Lawrence County Ohio

Novel Tomb in Ohio

by | Oct 13, 2022 | ,

A novel tomb at Hanging Rock, Ohio in Lawrence County, Ohio, in the middle of last century, attracted so many of the curious that it had to be removed along with the corpse. At his request, a wealthy Ironmaster was Interred In an iron coffin placed two feet above the ground on Iron pillars, and a wooden building was built around the coffin. Crowds poured in from all directions to see this strange tomb until the building was finally removed and the coffin buried in a grave near the place.

Aid Township

by | Jun 16, 2022 | ,

In 1800, the first cabin in Aid Township was built on John’s Creek by Captain John, an Indian, and Andy Friend, a white man, and squatters who made their living hunting and trapping. The first settlement was Marion, [now known as Aid] in 1815. The name was changed due to the conflict with a larger and previously established Marion in northern Ohio. William (Uncle Billy) Stumbo laid out Marion (Aid) in 1840. The village of Arabia also lies partially in Aid Township. Aid Township was organized by Adam Haymaker in 1823.

Murder of Mary Young

by | Jun 4, 2022 | ,

On Sunday evening 12th inst., Mary Jane Young, a young unmarried woman died under such suspicious circumstances at Greasy Ridge in Lawrence County, Ohio that mention was made of the circumstances in the Gazette’s dispatches from Ironton, Ohio.

Mathilda Burcham

by | Mar 14, 2022 | , , ,

The Ironton Register of July 2, published at Ironton, Ohio, contained the subjoined article concerning the death of Mrs. Mathilda Burcham, grandmother of Mr. Louis Burcham who is situated at Wilbert in West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana. The obituary was handed a representative of the South by Mr. E.B. McCorkle who was born and raised in the same county as was Mr. Burcham, but didn’t meet him until they both came to Louisiana.

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