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Kouns Family
The Kouns Family of Lawrence county, Ohio, is one of the first settlers and is connected to many other early families of southern Ohio.
Civil War Sword of Elijah Gillen
This sword probably belonged to Elijah Gillen, as my Aunt Susannah Smith Hartley had mentioned it to me once. Nathan P. Ames founded a cutlery business in
Elijah F. Gillen Letters
The following are two letters from Elijah F. Gillen dated 10 July 1892 and 18 April 1893, Proctorville, Ohio. At the bottom of those two letters, there is another letter written by Mary E. Moss Winkler to Miss Sara Wilson Gillen, Proctorville, Ohio, on Aug. 8, 1932,...
Meteoric Shower Rockwood, Ohio
a meteoric shower in Rockwood, Ohio and Ceredo, WV such as has never before been witnessed in that section of the country.
From Ohio to Oregon
This 1896 letter was written by Sarah Austin, sister of Isaac Austin, to Elizabeth Haines. Sarah remained in Hanging Rock; both Isaac Austin and Elizabeth Haines emigrated to Oregon from Ohio. Hanging Rock, Ohio Mar - 3 - /96 My dear cousin. I will now endeavor to try...
Haverhill Methodist Church
The M.E. church at Haverhill, Ohio was organized in 1815 by Thomas Gilruth, who served as its pastor until death.
Great Flood of 1884
The entire business portion of the city has been invaded by the Great Flood of 1884 deluge, and in every store, the waters are from a foot to eight feet deep. From Fourth Street to the river,
Ghosts Stories
Ghosts Stories -Haunted House which was formerly occupied by the Rev. Elisha Thacker, a Baptist minister, in Getaway, Ohio but had been deserted for many years.
A Skeleton
The Skeleton’s that of a man found drowned in the river, whom E. J. Folwell, who then a township trustee, helped me carry up the bank from near the East Ironton landing, over 25 years ago.
Getaway Ohio Possesses an Odd History
About five miles up Symmes Creek from its mouth is situated the village commonly known as Getaway. Unincorporated, and therefore legally but a community of Union Township, it had an interesting history and one of sufficient importance to deserve recording and preserving. It is a village in which several descendants of pioneers still dwell, one of whom, Mrs. W. H. Waldeck has been kind enough to go to a great deal of trouble in collecting many facts for us regarding this historic old place.
Windsor Township
Windsor Township, Lawrence County, Ohio, lies just north of Union, and west of the northern part of Rome Township. Some Pioneers of Windsor Township were the Earles and Cade Families who ‘Went West’ to Settle in the Ohio wilderness.
Children’s Home
On Feb. 4, 1874, a meeting was held at the old Spencer church on 5th and Center Streets, at which time period Cyrus Ellison presided and E. Bixby was the Secretary.
Defender Chapel
18 Sept. 1955-Defender Chapel, named after a riverboat which suffered a disaster at a point on the Ohio [River], overlooked by the church, will celebrate
Fashions of Past
Peep into Past -Miss Anna Fitziu a native of Huntington, WV was a soprano who sang with the Metropolitan Opera Co. and with traveling opera companies.
Anderson Family
D. P. Anderson has just received a beautiful piece of sculpture work for Dr. O. Ellison, to be placed in Woodland cemetery at the grave of little Richard Ellison, the two year old son of Dr. and Mrs. Ellison, who died in August, 1881.