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Random Thoughts about Ironton, Ohio
The Irontonians are a “peculiar people.” Shut out from the world, except by the Ohio river, their ideas of social etiquette are strange to a person who
Foster Stove Company Ironton, Ohio
In 1848, William Clark Davis invented cooking stoves made from iron ore and began selling them at his business W. C. Davis in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Colonel Henry Adam Marting
Colonel Henry Adam Marting was born 17 Dec. 1850 in Greenup County, Kentucky. His parents were Henry Marting and Mary E. Knaper,
Lawrence County, Ohio 1890-1938
Chronological Year of Events of Lawrence County, Ohio1890 - 1938 [unsure of the date and the source from newspaper-mm] 1890 Ironton Elks organized - D.T. Bush, the only living charter member here today. Citizens National Bank organized. Crystal Ice Co. was founded in...
William Russell Letter to Samuel Russell
This letter was recorded in the Lawrence County, Ohio Deeds. I transcribed it the best I could and changed the misspelled words, except one (something I never do, but made an exception to this document for easier reading). I am not quite sure which William Russell he is referring to in this letter that had died, that will require a little more research on someone else’s part.
Civil Rights Bill 1874
the suspension of the public schools in Proctorsville, [sic] Lawrence county, we have received the Ironton Commercial, which confirms our report, only it shows that the imbroglio was even more complicated than we had at first supposed.
An Industrious Census Taker in 1860
Mr. J. L. Barber, Assistant Marshall, in Lawrence county, Ohio, thus sums up his week’s labor in a note to the U.S. Marshal:-
Ironton, Ohio and the Tax Tariff of 1846
Ironton, on the Ohio River, the capital of Lawrence county, Ohio, was begun four years ago next month, by a company of associated capitalists, who bought 350 acres of river bottom and 4,500 acres
Collier and Davis Kidnapping
Two persons, named Collier and Davis, kidnapped a colored man in Lawrence County, Ohio, a few days ago.
John Robinson’s Circus Fifty Years Ago
If you saw John Robinson’s circus fifty years ago you too can be a guest. All is necessary is that you fill out the coupon in this paper
Ironton, Ohio Rolling Mill
The Mill is being erected in Ironton, Lawrence County, Ohio, on the bank of the Ohio River, about two miles above Hanging Rock. It is in the centre of the great Iron Region of Ohio and Kentucky.
Bloody Affray
Six Negro slaves who had escaped from their masters on the opposite side of the Ohio river, some eight or ten days previous, called on Josiah Crawford, who lives in Lawrence County, Ohio requesting him to show the road north.
German Reform Church Ironton, Ohio
The old German Reform church building, which was later remodeled and converted into a duplex residence was being removed to the South Side from Fourth and Vernon street. A Refiners Oil Company filling station is to be constructed at the latter site and G. P. Mahl and Son,
Old Resident Writes a Letter
A letter was received Thursday by Postmaster Strobel and handed to us by Deputy Wiseman, which comes from a man who has been out of communication with Ironton for so long a time that he asks for the names of the newspapers published here.
William Naylor McGugin -Ironmaster
The William Naylor McGugin lands are among the richest in Southern Ohio and bear every natural advantage as a splendid sight for any big industry.