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Dr. J. H. Cotter Priest
Rev. Dr. Cotter was ordained on December 18, 1881 and over thirty-six of his forty-four years as a priest have been spent in Ironton, Ohio as pastor of
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Boice
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Boice of Ironton, Ohio will celebrate their Golden Wedding Anniversary April 1932
Pilgrim Writes of Early Ironton 1895
Pilgrim writes of early Ironton, Ohio in Lawrence county, Ohio – 1895
John Campbell Home
John Campbell Home in Ironton, Ohio
History of Ironton, Ohio
F. G. Leete’s documents give an interesting story of the founding and naming of the city of Ironton, Ohio. Contained in it, are numerous papers relating is the founding of Ironton. Following is a quotation from a characteristic letter by John Campbell in 1846 when projecting the establishment of a town in the neighborhood of Hanging Rock, which indicates his vigor and vision. “We could soon have a town of 10,000. It would be far enough from any other city to become one of the largest in the west. On our own energy, all would depend. Why should it not go on? why should we not be the actors in this? We have the capital, we have the capacity, why should we not have the energy?”
Fred G. Leete
Fred G. Leete says there were in all forty-two of the charcoal furnaces in the Hanging Rock iron region on both sides of the river, and that they were
Clara Campbell lawsuit against Arbuckle
Researched and submitted by Sharon M. Kouns Local Necrology of 1891 (from The Brooklyn Daily Eagle Almanac) Name Position in Life Death Date Age Arbuckle, Charles coffee merchant March 27 59 John Arbuckle 1838-1912 Inventor, merchant, and philanthropist born in...
Tweed – Campbell Families
Tweed – Campbell Families
Henry Safford Neal
Henry Safford Neal graduated from Marietta college in 1847, engaged in mercantile business as his father’s clerk, studied law under Simeon Nash, state senator and a prominent jurist of southern Ohio,
Koontz, Kouns families of Gallia County, Ohio
Researched by Sharon Kouns My working hypothesis is that the Lawrence Co. OH, Gallia Co. OH and Greenup/Boyd Co. KY KOUNS' are all related as follows: Jacob Swallow - Records of Augusta Co. VA by Chalkley, p 246;287: 2d Mar 1796 Jacob Swallow's will - to brother,...
Aleck Tolliver
Perhaps it was on the court house wall, last time you saw Aleck Tolliver. It may have seemed the aging, bent colored man was just “sittin” but through
Ironton School
In October ‘52, the contract for building the Ironton brick school house was awarded to Thomas Murdock, his bid being $20.00 less than any other.
Probate Judge Helen P. Clarke
Probate Judge for 32 years, Miss Helen P. Clarke, 79 of 602 S. 7th St., [Ironton, Ohio] died at Lawrence County General Hospital at 7:40 p.m., Friday
Woodland Cemetery Ironton, Ohio Burial Index
These records are listed by date of burial resulting in a numbering system which gives each person buried in Woodland Cemetery Ironton, Ohio, a unique number
Lawrence County, Ohio Cemeteries
Lawrence County Ohio Cemetery Inscriptions, Photos, Stories & More