Union Cemetery in Chesapeake, Ohio, the photo was taken in 2021, courtesy of Matt Bice. Want to know the origins of Memorial Day? This excellent article written by R. C. Hall and published in The...
Martha J. Martin
William H. Peters
William H. Peters and Mary A. Murdock were married in Ironton, Lawrence County, Ohio, in the year 1869. He was born at Olive Furnace, Washington township, Lawrence County, Ohio, in 1848,
James F. Peters
James F. Peters was an insurance agent, residing in Ironton, where he was born in the year 1857. His parents are John and Mary C. Peters.
Charles Peters
Charles Peters was born in the city of Ironton, Lawrence County, Ohio, on November 19, 1855. He is the son of John and Mary C. Peters. He was educated in Ironton, Ohio,
Emma Campbell
I.R. Feb. 20, 1868 - MISS EMMA CAMPBELL, daughter of John Campbell, Esq., of this city is teaching the freedmen at Atlanta, Georgia. She volunteered some time ago under the auspices of the...
Elliot Pemberton
Elliot Pemberton was born on August 4, 1832, in Lawrence County. His father, John Pemberton, came to this county from Kanawha County, Virginia, in 1822; he found this county an unbroken forest, there were no roads, nothing but cow-paths; the county was very thinly settled.
John Payton
John Payton and Julia A. Marcum were married in Lawrence County, in 1837. Mr. Payton was born in Adams County, Ohio, in the year 1813, and came to this county at the age of four years, in 1817.
Lewis P. Ort
Lewis P. Ort was the son of John Paul Ort, who died December 18, 1861, aged 91, and Anna Catherine (Fitt) Ort, who died May 6, 1873, aged 78, coming to this county in 1867. Lewis was born in Salem...
James H. Nixon
James H. Nixon was a son of William and Jane Nixon who came to this county in the spring of 1817. He was born in Burlington, Lawrence County, Ohio, September 8, 1834, and married in Harmar,...
Colonel Elias Nigh
Colonel Elias Nigh was born in Fairfield County, Ohio, in 1815. His father, Samuel Nigh, was a native of Maryland, settled in Ohio in 1802, and died in 1877. The subject of this sketch has experienced all the vicissitudes common to young men
Albert Campbell
I.R. August 30, 1877 – Colorado Item – We have a copy of the Silver World published at Lake City, Colorado, on the date of August 11th. In it, we find the following item, which mentions an Irontonian: Albert Campbell, Frank Curtiss, J. Pancake, and D. C. Mason have struck last month located the Ten O’Clock lode, a 5-foot vein carrying 8 inches of pay, in which ruby silver shows in large quantities; it is believed to be one of the richest prospects in the district.
Alice Neal Anderson
Attorney Julius L. Anderson of this city will be united in marriage on April 30th to Miss Alice C. Neal, the nuptials will take place in London.
Vinton Neal
Vinton Neal was born in Jackson County, Ohio, on March 1, 1832. His parents, William and Catherine (Rose) Neal, settled in Lawrence County in 1834.
John Murnahan
John Murnahan was born in Windsor township, this county, on October 1, 1820, his parents being Edward and Mary (Clark) Murnahan. He was married in Mason township to Mary A. King, on June 24, 1838.
Andrew Morrison
Andrew Morrison came to this county when a mere child, with his parents, from Greenbrier County, Virginia, where he was born. The year of their arrival was 1820. His father, Richard Morrison, was...