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Wesley Canaan
Wesley Canaan is a son of John and Ruth (Cumpston) Canaan, settlers of this county in 1810. They are both deceased. Wesley was born in this county, on June 11, 1814, and married in Hardin County, Ohio, on February 14, 1838, to Allen Cumpston, who was born in the...
Richard D. Butler
Richard D. Butler and Sarah Kline were married on October 7, 1852. He was born in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, in 1814, and his wife was born in Berks county, the same State. The parents of Mr. Butler were William and Sarah (McBride) Butler, both deceased. Josiah...
Charles Butcher
Charles Butcher is the son of Mathew and Lucinda (Peyton) Butcher, settlers of this county in 1862, while Charles did not come until 1865. He was born in Barboursville, Cabell County, West Virginia, on July 18, 1842. He was married in Bradrickville, Lawrence county,...
Squire Burvender
Squire Burvender was born in Surrey County, North Carolina, on March 3, 1827. He came to this county in 1856. His parents are Jacob and Talitha (Hill) Burvender, who settled in Lawrence county in 1858. Squire Burvender’s first wife was Nancy Steward, who was born...
James E. Buchanan
James E. Buchanan commenced the boot and shoe business at what is known as the Opera House in 1877 and subsequently removed to his present location, 157 Third Street, opposite the post office, in 1881. He built the buildings he now occupies at a cost of $5,000. The...
G. T. Buchanan
G. T. Buchanan and Elvira Gholson were married in Ironton, Ohio, on January 7, 1852. He was born in Maryland, on January 1, 1825. His wife is a native of Lawrence County, Ohio. They have the following children: Sarah A., born November 5, 1852; J. E., September 28,...
Daniel Brubaker, Jr.
Daniel Brubaker, Jr. and Nancy Davidson were married in this county, on October 20, 1859, and they are the parents of the following family: Annie L., born November 20, 1861, resides in Port Byron, Illinois; Nancy J., March 20, 1865, resides at home; Elmer E., January...
Abraham Brubaker Civil War Veteran
Abraham Brubaker was born in the county of Lawrence, Ohio, on July 12, 1825, and his marriage took place in the same county, October 29, 1850, his choice being Malinda Winters, who is a native of Lawrence County, born September 29, 1832. Abraham Brubaker was a soldier...
Joseph Boyd
Joseph Boyd and Nancy Vaughn were married in Lawrence County, Ohio, on October 21, 1860. He is a native of Hancock County, Ohio, where he was born in 1830. His wife was born in Wayne County, Virginia, in 1839. Their children are: Minerva, born July 15, 1861 Martha...
Bixby Family
Bixby Family Source: A Bixby family history (familysearch.org) Lizzie Bixby Campbell knew little of her family prior to her father, Edwin Bixby, a jeweler in Ironton, Ohio. It was her belief that the Bixby’s came to America much later than the Campbell's although this...
John Bowles
John Bowles and Sarah McIntyre were married in Elizabeth township, Lawrence County, Ohio, on August 19, 1848. He was born in Tazewell County, Virginia, on November 12, 1826. His wife is a native of this county, born November 26, 1825. Their children are Becca Jane,...
John B. Bomer
John B. Bomer is a native of Washington County, Ohio, born April 30, 1817. Both his father and mother are deceased. Mr. Bomer was married in Lawrence County, Ohio, on June 27, 1850, to Eliza Burgess, who was born in this county on June 12, 1831. The parents of Mrs....
Frank X. Boll
Frank X. Boll was born in Württemberg, Germany, and came to this county in 1849. He was married in this county in 1851 to Valentine Strobel, who was born in Sigmariany, Germany. Their children are John, born in 1852; Andrew, in 1853; Joseph, in 1855; Martin, in 1857;...
Andrew T. Blair
Andrew T. Blair and Mary Willis were married in Lawrence County, Ohio, on February 14, 1864, where she was born on July 16, 1837. He is a native of Brown County, Ohio, where he was born in 1834, the same year his parents came to this county. Their names are Joseph...
William Betts
William Betts was born in Muskingum County, Ohio, in 1835, and removed to this county in 1848. He was married in Athens, Ohio, in 1866, to Addie M. Crawshaw, who is a native of Guernsey County, Ohio, born in 1842. Both of her parents are deceased. Thomas and Rebecca...