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Baldwin Family
John Wesley Baldwin was born in 1836 in Lebanon, Russell Co., Virginia. He died on Jun 29
Quaker Bottom History
Some 50 miles up the river, at the most southern part of Ohio, at a place known as Quaker Bottom, a very large and interesting meeting was held
Yellow Poplar Lumber Company
John Ferguson was struck and fatally injured by a board at the sawmill of the Yellow Poplar Lumber company, below here Tuesday.
Hon. Edward S. Wilson
Edward S. Wilson, carved his name in the newspaper world in the city of Ironton, where he made the Ironton Register one of the great papers of the day.
Reuben Kelley Bible
From the Bible of Reuben Kelley, Lawrence County, Ohio Reuben Kelley was married to Delilah Stewart July 1 A.D. 1819.
Elizabeth Kelley was married to Abraham Rasor Ap. 14, 1842.
Ancient History of Ironton, Ohio
South of the Ohio Iron & Coal Company’s land, which became the plat of Ironton, lay the land owned by the late W. D. Kelly, which extended to a point probably near Fifth and Oak streets, and back to the hills in the rear of the fair grounds,
Naturalization Indexes 1856 – 1878
This index of the Lawrence County Ohio Naturalizations are recorded in the old Journals housed at the Lawrence County, Ohio, Courthouse and are available on familysearch.org.
Ironton, Ohio Depot
When Ironton, Ohio was laid out in 1849, the depot for the Iron Railroad was the first building and the passenger waiting room became the first place in the new town for public meetings
Ohio Iron and Coal Company Dissolves
IR May 26, 1859 - The Ohio Iron and Coal Company - the Company which received its charter from the Ohio Legislature early in the year 1849 -the Company which laid out and established the town of Ironton now ten years ago - had a meeting of its stockholders recently,...
Iron Men
Iron Men is a compiled list of early men who were instrumental in the early Iron Industry from Lawrence County, Ohio, in the 1800-1900 years. Some of the men listed were owners, managers, and builders, and some just worked at the furnaces or were perhaps injured or...
Lawrence County Gazette
Thomas A. Walton of Oklahoma, sends the Register a copy of the Lawrence County Gazette, published at Burlington, Ohio, and bearing the date of October
Barney Reynolds Paige
M. Barney [Reynolds] Paige, a man of intelligence and good education, hung himself in the Lawrence County, Ohio, jail, on the 17th inst.
The Luke Kelly Family
Luke Kelley was born in Shenandoah Co., Va., in what is now Page County, of Irish parents; Mary Keyser, his wife, was born in the same county, of German parents.
Yingling Family
Christian Yingling, the emigrant, had three sons that we know of; John, Andrew, and Christian Yingling Jr. They were in Philadelphia in about 1710. Christian Jr., the youngest, was born in about 1723. He lived in Diggs Choice 1763 (disputed land between...
The Dillon Family
In the Dillion Family – When “Sherm” Dillon prepared this narrative, he interviewed family members in Ohio and West Virginia, including my grandfather, Vincent F. Dillon, of South Point. In addition to whatever direct research, he may have done, he relied on family tales, stories, and memories which were not all verified. In this narrative “Sherm” Dillon references Thomas Dillon as the first of our line to come to America. After the distribution of this narrative in 1932, “Sherm” Dillon in association with at least one other family researcher, concluded that the Thomas Dillon, here referenced as our original ancestor and quite possibly found only in family interviews, and a Peter Dillin, discovered through research, were one and the same.