George Washington Thompson was born 15 Oct 1844 in Waterloo, Symmes Township, Lawrence County, Ohio. He was the son of George Thompson and Martha ??.
Martha J. Martin
William M. Taylor
Know Ye that William M. Taylor a Private of Captain Hamilton Willis Co. E, 5th Regiment of West Virginia Infantry Volunteers. He was invited on the
Newton A. Baker
Newton A. Baker – On this 15th day of April A D 1865, personally appeared before me Judge of the Probate Court within and for said County Mary F Baker
James Alexander
JAMES ALEXANDER Private, I. 146th O. V. I., March 11, 1893. Foreman of the Foster Stove Foundry died at his home on south Second street Wednesday. He was in his sixtieth year. Mr. Alexander was born near Mt. Vernon Furnace
Susan M. Davidson Fry
Mr. Susan M. Fry (maiden name Davidson, wife of the predeeding), was born in Burlington, Ohio on 4 February 1841 and was educated in the Female Seminary
Former Irontonians
Former Irontonians Where did they go from Here?
Something about them, where they are now-1875
Dr. Briggs, one of the founders of Ironton, and its first Postmaster, is now living at Long Plain, Mass.
William Colvin, the secretary of the company that built the Ironton Rolling Mill, also member of the firm of Yard and Colvin, in the furniture business, where Devine & Bryne’s shoe store now is, has recently been elected Professor of Political Economy of the State Agricultural College at Columbus, Ohio.
George W. Willis, Jr. Civil War Letter
George W. Willis, Jr. of Rankins Creek, Lawrence County, wrote to his family while serving in Company E, Fifth West Virginia Infantry near Charleston WV. Later he was captured and held four months in Libby Prison until Richmond was taken by Federal troops.
Paschal F. Gillette Obituary
Paschal F. Gillette of Kanauga, 80, died of pneumonia Friday. He was an ex-recorder of Lawrence county, was one of Abraham Lincoln’s bodyguards
John A. Bowen
“SAVED THE LIFE OF A GOOD SOLDIER”
The following is taken from “History and Life of John A Bowen”
(As Written by Himself On Thanksgiving Day, November 29, 1928.)” Proctorville, Ohio.
Battle of Guyandotte WV
That our neighboring town of Guyandotte was the most venomous and prolific nest of Secession Vipers in all Western Virginia is undisputed.
History of Civil War Troops
Many of Lawrence County, Ohio men served in the WV Army during the Civil War. This is history of WV Civil War Troops so help the researcher understand
William H. H. Adkins Civil War Veteran
William H. H. Adkins was born 1830 in Kentucky. Sept.1,1850 he married Lucinda Wiley in Louisa, Lawrence Co. Ky. She was the daughter of Hezekiah Wiley
Civil War Deaths From 6th Ohio Cavalry Company H
List of Deaths of Soldiers from Company H, 6th Ohio Cavalry, Organized at Ironton, O., 1861. Lieut. Commander T. Steece, U. S. N., entered the service
9th WV Infantry in Salisbury Prison
The list of the men of the 9th WV Infantry who were released from the Salisbury Prison some were from Lawrence County
Tim Crook Civil War Veteran
-Conscience stricken because he had stolen chickens during the Civil War and desiring to square accounts, before it is too late, “Tim” Crook,