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Bootlegger William Bonds Convicted
Another Bootlegger Convicted at Waverly, Ohio – 1915 Another arrest and conviction in the Waverly bootlegging cases were had Friday, when William Bonds, familiarly known as “Hoop Pole Bill”, was taken in town on a charge of illegally selling liquor. He pleaded guilty…
Whiskey Leads to Murder
On Friday the 13th inst., about sundown, a row took place at the house of Widow Canter, some two miles from Monroe Furnace, Jackson Co., between some Irishmen and Perry Price, Wm. Canter and Levi Canter – all intoxicated. Wm. Mack, an Irishman, stabbed and killed Levi Canter.
Murder of a Moonshiner
Huntington, W. Va., Nov. 1. – Peter Bowles, a moonshiner, and ex-convict, was murdered yesterday, and just before he died accused Thomas Trail and Albert Maynard.
Bowles throat was slashed, and his body riddled with bullets. The murder was committed at the home of Trail at Burnside. According to the statement made before he died, Bowles staled that Maynard and he were Infatuated with Trail’s daughter. The two met at the latter’s homes.
Stamper Moonshine Captured
U.S. Marshall Geo. W. Castle, of Grayson and a posse, captured a large moonshine plant last Thursday. It was being operated by French [Frank?-mm] Stamper.
1874 – 1896
Lizzie Stamper, a young woman who went to Portsmouth, Ohio, about two weeks age from Lewis county, was arrested by Deputy United States Marshal Prichard of Lewis county, Kentucky, on the charge of selling whisky without a license. The Marshal says the woman belonged
Illegally Selling Liquor 1871
Ironton-Silas Hill and James Gossett were convicted of horse stealing in the common pleas court, and eleven persons were fined from $15 to $60 each for selling liquor.Source: The Vinton Record, Vinton, Ohio, 23 February 1871, page 2 GOSSETT, James CRIME: Grand Larceny…
Guyandotte Crimes 1853
GUYANDOTTE, VA. – We are glad to learn from the Guyandotte Herald, that the hand of improvement has at last reached that locality, and that it seems to be rapidly changing its former character. The editor is right in admitting that it was a ‘hard place’ a few years since, the hardest, that ever we planted foot in. We spent a day there in the summer of 1844, and must say, that of all the vile and abominable holes we ever fell into, Guyandotte was the worst.
It was then a mere cluster of rickety, tumble-down groggeries and dwellings, with grease, fifth, drunkenness, brawling and blasphemy within, and mud, discomfort and desolation without.
Bootlegger Liquor and Moonshiners
Bootleggers, liquor, and the making of moonshine – Most of the following stories happened in Southern Ohio, Eastern Kentucky, and West Virginia, with the focus being on the area of Lawrence County, Ohio, and the surrounding counties.
Thacker-Shafer Murder in Rockwood, Ohio
Charles Shafer who murdered his wife, mother – in – law, and little son at Rockwood, Ohio, near here yesterday afternoon was found lying dead in the woods a mile from the scene of the crime with his weapons at his side.
List of Cemeteries in Lawrence County, Ohio
This cemetery index page has the most complete listing of cemeteries that have been located in Lawrence County, Ohio. It is compiled by townships, in alphabetical order, with directions given to find these cemeteries.
Elizabeth Ruggles Obit
Mrs. Elizabeth Ruggles, of near Powellsville, died last Tuesday, aged about eighty years. She lived on Cartrow, a branch of Pine Creek. The deceased was the mother of John, Samuel, and Fletcher Ruggles; the latter is the Manager of Washington Furnace, and also of Mrs….
Wakefield Family
In all the research I have done, the Wakefield family has been the most documented. Much of the early information I have included comes from the Wakefield Memorial,Comprising Historical, Genealogical and Biographical Register by Homer
First Baptist Church in Burlington, Ohio
First Baptist Church Burlington Ohio
The Holroyd Family
“At her residence in Lawrence County, OH Dec 20, 1865 Mrs. D. W. wife of Wm. Holroyd and daughter of E. W. Wakefield, of this county died at 36 years. From the early age of 12 she lived a professed and consistent Christian. Although afflicted for several years, she ever bore it with Christian fortitude.
Elizabeth Blake Medium Psychic from Bradrick, Ohio
Psychic Elizabeth Winn Blake, who lived in Bradrick, Ohio, was a medium who lived in a small community between Chesapeake and Proctorville, on the banks of the Ohio River.
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