Author Unknown HOME HISTORY - FIRST THINGS - ORIGIN OF LOCAL NAMES &C. Ironton Register, June 21, 1888 Previous to 1817, Lawrence county was a part of Gallia and Scioto. It was organized in...
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Early Furnace History
LAWRENCE COUNTY, OHIO, THE CONTINUATION OF THE HISTORY OF EARLY TIMES. The Early Furnaces - The First Use of Hot Blast and its Success, Familiar Names. Thomas A. Walton Ironton Register, August 25,...
Charles Campbell
Charles Campbell son of John Campbell, founder of Ironton
Elizabeth Caldwell Clarke Campbell
Mrs. Elizabeth C. Campbell, daughter of James Clark and Mary Ellison, was born at Manchester, O., April 15, 1815, and died at Ironton, O., Nov. 19, 1893.
Lillian Neal Hunter
MISS LILLIAN NEAL is now Mrs. Gordan Hunter. The marriage occurred at Paris, on the 11th, or rather on the 11th and 12th. On the first day the civil
Diary of Charles H. Ralph
Names from the Diaries of Charles H. Ralph – Lawrence County Ohio
Robert B. Miller Ironton City Solicitor
Mr. Miller was born at Millersport in 1850. In his boyhood days he worked on a farm and attended the country school. In 1879, he began a collegiate
Briggs Library History
Did you know? Memorial Hall was one of the old sites of the library. We take the liberty of publishing the following letter from Judge Johnson, touching on the recent munificent gift, Dr. Briggs has made. The letter embraces many points which our citizens will read with pleasure regarding the grand enterprise in view:
William A. Julian – U. S. Treasurer
William A. Julian – U. S. Treasurer Has Ties to Ironton, Lawrence County, Ohio. The late Mrs. Julian was a native of Ironton, a granddaughter of John
William Means
Married by Joseph Chester, V.D.M. Law. Co. Marr. Rec. Book 6 p. 144 William Means married Martha Elizabeth Campbell, daughter of John Campbell, founder
John Campbell Obituary
John Campbell died last Sunday morning, August 30, at twenty minutes past seven. The immediate cause of his death was uremic poisoning. He was taken
Finley Family
Mrs. Flossie Copney, the great-great-granddaughter of a slave owner from Va, celebrated her 89th birthday recently. It was a beautiful Thursday
John Davisson
Judge John Davisson was born in Maryland in 1777, came to Ohio and about 1801 settled on a tract of land beginning with the south bank of Storms Creek,
First Presbyterian Church – Ironton Ohio
New Pastor To Be Installed Tonight Special Service At First Presbyterian The first Presbyterian church installation of Rev. Martin L. Gerhardt as pastor will be held at a special service at the...
John Campbell
John Campbell, young Andrew Ellison and Hamilton and others had built Mount Vernon, the firm being known as Campbell, Ellison & Co.