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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,
Civil War Soldier’s Records
Short biographical sketches of Soldiers from Lawrence county, who enlisted in the 2nd West Va. Cav. and sacrificed their lives in defense of their Flag,
A Civil War Incident
Ironton Register, September 29, 1898 – “Hon. Wayne Ferguson and wife are the guests of Mrs. Ferguson’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Kelly – Kenova Reporter”
We never see the name of Wayne Ferguson that a Civil War incident does not intrude. In those days, especially the earlier days of the rebellion, war’s tumults were common along the river; and vague alarms came of rebels gathering here and there and meditating an attack on Ironton.
Soldier’s Aid Fair
I was struck with the aptness and beauty of the above on last Thursday, March 31st, on visiting as a looker on, the Soldier’s Aid Fair,” held by the
Raid into Ohio
Published in the Ironton Register, on July 21, 1864, guerrillas raided Ohio to rob L.D. Russell’s store, at the mouth of Indian Guyan (Bradrick, Ohio). The article describes what occurred and the response from area residents. Jimmie Epling abstracted this story for The Lawrence Register website.
Lawrence County Ohio Civil War Companies
When the Civil War outbreak in April 1861, Ohio Governor William Dennison dispatched George McClellan and Jacob Cox to the state arsenal in Columbus to investigate the guns and other supplies that Ohio had on hand to help equip the state's militia units. The two men...