W. H. Feurt is a native of Scioto County, Ohio, born July 25, 1852. He graduated from college with the title of a medical doctor and is now engaged in the practice of medicine and surgery in...
Martha J. Martin
William Elkins
William Elkins is the son of Marvin and Nancy (Sharp) Elkins, who settled in this county in 1812; the former is deceased, and the latter died October 12, 1866, aged 82 years. William was born in...
Martin Elswick
Martin Elswick is the son of Bradley and Rebecca (Bazell) Elswick who settled in this county in 1852. His wife is the mother of four children by her former husband, Thomas Dyer, named: John W.,...
Elisha T. Edwards
Stephen Martin, reading tombstones in Hasting Cemetery. Photo courtesy of Matt BiceElisha T. Edwards and Mary A. Hastings were married in this county on September 6, 1855, and they have the...
Josephine Ware Clemens Ferguson
Waverly Democrat, Waverly, Ohio21 Feb. 1912, front page The greatest and noblest earthly gift ever bestowed by God upon man is a woman. In the beginning, when God said in anticipation of her...
George W. Bennett
Mr. Geo. W. Bennett, of Newfain, Ohio, was born near Pine Grove Furnace, Lawrence County, Ohio, on 19 Dec. 1834 and died at New Mountain, Ohio, on 28 Oct. 1909.
He was united in marriage to Miss Nancie Sampson on 21 May 1854. To this union were born ten children, nine of them survive him.
James M. Deering
James M. Deering was born in the county of Wayne, West Virginia, on December 27, 1814. His father, John Deering, senior, was born in 1769 in Stokes County, North Carolina; from there he removed to Cabell County, West Virginia; from there to Greenup County, Kentucky, and then to Lawrence County, Ohio, in 1830, where he died in 1843.
Reuben Davisson
Reuben Davisson was born in Lawrence County, Ohio, on June 30, 1819. His parents, Nathaniel and Elizabeth (Kelley) Davisson, were among the pioneers of this county, having settled here in 1800. The...
Edwards Family
Editor’s Note: This historical sketch of the Edwards Family and Lawrence County, Ohio, was written by the late Attorney H.M. Edwards, one of the county’s leading history students, and was presented to the Tribune by him shortly before his death on Feb 19, 1939.
Lucian Troy Claybaugh
Lucian Troy Claybaugh, who has been a resident and postmaster of Donora, Pa., since the organization of that borough in 1900, was born February 3, 1856, in Ironton, Ohio, and is the son of Moses B. and Rebecca (Troy) Claybaugh.
Ironton Portland Cement Co.
The Register has several times called attention to the fact that this locality possesses the most favorable resources for the manufacture of Portland or hydraulic cement. We have every ingredient in our hills and our furnaces increase the facilities. The demand for cement grows yearly, and the business is sure to be good.
Portland Cement Company
Superior Portland Cement Company The Superior Portland Cement Company was located in Superior, Ohio along a spur of the Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad. Superior was located at Center...
Sheridan Coal Works
The Vinton Record, McArthur, Ohio, 18 Non. 1869 We learn from the Ironton Journal that an old lady named Deitz, over 70 years old, was run over by a coal car at Sheridan Coal Works and crushed so...
Belle Melvin Kidnapping
Belle Melvin, aged 11 years and an inmate of the Children’s Home, was the victim and her aunt, Mrs. Arch Melvin of Catlettsburg, was the abductor.
The little girl was taken from the Kingsbury School grounds shortly before the time for school to begin. Mrs. Melvin approached her niece and two little girls, with whom she was playing, and wanted them to go down the street with her so that she could buy them something.
Broad Hollow
Broad Hollow – The first branch of Turkey Fork was named by the hunters, “Broad Hollow,” because its bottom was wide or broad. In this hollow grew a large number of very large beech trees. On two...