Workmen, who are exhuming the bodies buried in the Lambert cemetery, in the south end of the city on the site of the new Solvay plant, Tuesday afternoon
Ironton
City of Ironton, Ohio
By a proclamation of Gov. John Brough, this village, town, county seat or whatever you may call it, has been advanced to a City of the second class. We have therefore, the rights and titles of a city. What we have not: 1st. We have no city wharf, merely the right of way of the width of a street.
David Nixon
In 1850 Mr. David Nixon removed to Ironton and built the brick building on Second street now occupied by Hugger the jeweler. Here he started a notion
Ironton, Ohio Street Railroads
The street railroad was talked about in the early 70’s, however, Ironton Ohio did not get one until 1888.
Storms Creek Baptist Ironton, Ohio
In the year 1811, Rev. John Lee, relative of the famous General Robt. Lee, came from Virginia with his family, a wife and five daughters, and bought a farm near the mouth of Storms Creek. He with other Baptists, who had settled on farms along the river in the community, cut logs and built a large log church house on the river side of the road near the present Storms Creek bridge. Ironton, Lawrence County, Ohio
Pilgrim Writes of Early Ironton 1895
Pilgrim writes of early Ironton, Ohio in Lawrence county, Ohio – 1895
John Campbell Home
John Campbell Home in Ironton, Ohio
History of Ironton, Ohio
F. G. Leete’s documents give an interesting story of the founding and naming of the city of Ironton, Ohio. Contained in it, are numerous papers relating is the founding of Ironton. Following is a quotation from a characteristic letter by John Campbell in 1846 when projecting the establishment of a town in the neighborhood of Hanging Rock, which indicates his vigor and vision. “We could soon have a town of 10,000. It would be far enough from any other city to become one of the largest in the west. On our own energy, all would depend. Why should it not go on? why should we not be the actors in this? We have the capital, we have the capacity, why should we not have the energy?”
Clara Campbell lawsuit against Arbuckle
Researched and submitted by Sharon M. Kouns Local Necrology of 1891 (from The Brooklyn Daily Eagle Almanac) Name Position in Life Death Date Age Arbuckle, Charles coffee merchant March 27 59 John...
Ironton School
In October ‘52, the contract for building the Ironton brick school house was awarded to Thomas Murdock, his bid being $20.00 less than any other.
Founding of Ironton Ohio
The town founding of Ironton, Ohio, was created by act of the State Legislature on March 21, 1851… By this date, the new town was up and going, and