John S. George, the chief representative of the interests of the Chicago & North-Western Railway company in Milwaukee, is a man whose responsible position and extensive business interests...
Ironton
William Cole Frailey
William Cole Frailey, iron master, Ironton, Ohio, was born in Fredericktown, Maryland, on October 28th, 1829. His parents were Christian Frailey and Elizabeth Hopeman, the former of Pennsylvania and the latter of Missouri. His father was a Maryland planter but never owned slaves, being a Whig in politics.
Gas Explosion at St. Lawrence School
Gas, which had accumulated in the cellar of St. Lawrence School, Ironton, Ohio, exploded, resulting in the fatal injury of Elizabeth Haas,
Recollections of Ironton
My first acquaintance with it was in the spring of 1853 when as a boy of nine years old, I was brought over from Wales and started to grow into the spirit and stature of an American. The first school I attended was in the second story of part of the block where D. C. Davies now holds forth.
E.S. Culbertson
This section of the Ohio Valley was a far cry from its present state when John Culbertson, grandfather of Ed Culbertson, Ella, and Jennie Culbertson, moved with his family from Pennsylvania. Attracted by the growth and promise of this new-developing area of coal, iron, and timber resources the elder Culbertson joined pioneers and was associated with John Campbell and others in founding the city of Ironton.
Goldcamp Hardware
Prospering is the Central Delivery Company - Drives Out Two New Wagons - Ten Wagons Now in Use Lancaster Eagle-Gazette 26 Jun 1917, page 7 On Tuesday the Central Delivery Company drove out...
Pioneers Relics of Olden Times
In the band stand, under the shade of the Court yard trees, last Saturday afternoon, a small company of the “oldest inhabitants” met to form a Pioneer Society.
Ironton Ohio Yesterday Years
On Tuesday morn about eight o’clock a large number of our citizens, provoked beyond further endurance, took the law into their own hands and assembled on the bank of the river at East Ironton, near Graham’s liquor boat; a short speech was made, a committee appointed, and the person in charge of the boat notified to remove his nuisance outside the corporation, and fifteen minutes were given in which to start. At the expiration of the time, the boat was peaceable manned and taken two miles down the river.
Ironton Bank and the Mob
The Ironton Bank, through an organized mob called to its aid, repulsed Gen. E. B. Tyler, of Ravenna, who presented a few thousand of its notes for payment a few weeks ago. It has been well punished for its lawlessness. Gen. Tyler was not a broker, but an agent of the American Fur Company, annually disbursing large sums of money in the purchase of furs in Ohio and Western Virginia.
Ironton Country Club
The membership drive of the Ironton Country Club formally opened today, following a meeting of the membership committee of Mrs. Helen Robinson, chairman, Elmer Crance, Bob Blanton, and Carl Zimmerman Monday evening.
Emma Campbell
I.R. Feb. 20, 1868 - MISS EMMA CAMPBELL, daughter of John Campbell, Esq., of this city is teaching the freedmen at Atlanta, Georgia. She volunteered some time ago under the auspices of the...
Alice Neal Anderson
Attorney Julius L. Anderson of this city will be united in marriage on April 30th to Miss Alice C. Neal, the nuptials will take place in London.
John Carter Mordica
Wire and Wire Products, Jan. 1949, Vol. 24, #1 54 Years in the Wire Business by C. L. McGowan, Superintendent Wire Mills Atlantic Steel Company Atlantic, Ga. The Mordica Memorial Lecture, 1948 Among...
First National Bank of Ironton, Ohio
Ironton, Ohio - The First National Bank of Ironton, Lawrence County, Ohio, was organized in September, with a capital of $100,000, limited to $500,000. President John G. Peebles; Cashier, George...
Ironton Portland Cement Co.
The Register has several times called attention to the fact that this locality possesses the most favorable resources for the manufacture of Portland or hydraulic cement. We have every ingredient in our hills and our furnaces increase the facilities. The demand for cement grows yearly, and the business is sure to be good.