Blown Fifty Feet in Air St. Catherines Standard 2 Aug. 1902, page one Huntington, WV. Aug. 1 - Jos. Hardesty, one of the best-known citizens of Lawrence County, Ohio, and whose home is near...
Martha J. Martin
Luke Cloran
LUKE W. CLORAN Luke W. Cloran, 519 Vernon, remembers John Campbell as the elderly gentleman who used to walk along Railroad Street almost daily. At that time, Luke, a young man just out of school,...
E. W. Crichton
Ernest Whitcomb Crichton Source: Portland, Oregon, It's History and Builders, by Joseph Gaston Among those who have been most active in keeping navigation interest in the northwest up to the high...
Welsh Tied to Ironton
IRONTON IN AULD LANG SYNE Ironton Register 20 March 1890 Submitted by Martha J. Martin-Kounse EDITOR REGISTER--In your issue of the 20th of February, I noticed the account of a birthday supper given...
George W. Hall
History of Washington, The Evergreen State, vol. 1, page 592 George W. Hall of Seattle, Wash., was born in Jackson County, Va., and at an early age, emigrated with his parents to Lawrence County,...
Hambleton Family
Genealogical Record of the Hambleton Family pages 64-66 Benjamin K. Hambleton, "Little Bennie" son of William, b. 10 Dec. 1786 in Bucks County, Pa., d. 20 Jul 1869; m. in 1906, Rachel Lewis, b. 5...
U. T. Cox Speech in Connecticut
The Connecticut Pomological Society Sixteenth Annual Meeting pages 45-58 President Eddy: I take great pleasure in introducing the next speaker, who has come to us from a distant state and is...
John H. Brice
John H. Brice, circus detective, not only recalls John Campbell but was among the boys who pestered him on Halloween night, throwing "whiskers" from the nail mill at the windows of his home on Fifth...
Jobe and Mahala Ferrell Smith
The above photo was posted on The Lawrence Register Facebook Group, courtesy of Marsha Ann Neubauer. Jobe and Mahala Ferrell Smith (born 1801, 1802) were parents to Hiram Smith, my 4th...
Arnold Dennison’s Family
Arnold Dennison's Family, the photo was posted on The Lawrence Register Facebook Group, courtesy of Marsha Ann Neubauer. Arnold is the son of Burke and Della Dennison. He was born on January 7,...
Old Country Stores
Lawrence County's Old Country Stores Someone requested a picture of Baker's Store At Deering. Knew Lawrence Baker well. Best general Store in the County! Photo Courtesy of Gary Bazell on...
Wesley Baldwin
WESLEY BALDWIN Wesley Baldwin, who now lives on Campbell Drive, Ironton Route 1, recalls living on the Hecla property when John Campbell was the owner. Wes and his brother Ed were assisting their...
John W. Humphreys
JOHN W. HUMPHREYS I.R. August 1, 1895 - APOPLEXY - Mr. W. S. Humphreys was seized with an apoplectic fit last Sunday morning. He was at Col. Gray's, where he makes his home, and most of the family...
Another Steamboat for the Kaw
Western Home Journal Lawrence, KS February 10, 1859 Another Steamboat for the Kaw - the many friends and the business community at this and other points on the Kaw River will be glad to learn that...
Early Villages, Communities, and Places
Early Villages, Communities, and Places When a Genealogist tries to establish where one’s ancestor once lived, the following accounts of early places and their origins are priceless. This research...