M. Reckard was the son of Salmon and Susan (Stacy) Reckard; the former was born in Massachusetts, on 24 April 1798; he moved to Lawrence County, Ohio, in 1832, settling in Proctorville, there being...
Peras R. Polly was a Judge of the Probate Court of Lawrence County, Ohio, who was born in Otsego County, New York, on May 5th, 1815. He was the third child in a family of ten children, whose parents were Daniel Polley and Mary (Holcomb) Polley. His father, a native of Massachusetts, followed through life the trade of millwright.
Merrit E. Judd was born in this Township on November 11, 1839. His parents were William F. Judd, born May 15, 1810, died January 2, 1876, and Eliza (Gillett) Judd, born June 16, 1816. The Judds...
In all the research I have done, the Wakefield family has been the most documented. Much of the early information I have included comes from the Wakefield Memorial,Comprising Historical, Genealogical and Biographical Register by Homer
David C. Beaman was born in Lawrence County, Ohio, on November 22, 1838, the son of Rev. Gamaliel C. and Amelia (Crichton) Beaman. His father, who was a native of Massachusetts, was a son of David Beaman, a selectman of his town; in youth he was given excellent educational advantages and prepared for college at Amherst Academy, later graduating from Union College, in Schenectady, New York, and 1831 completing the theological course at Andover. [Brother to James L. Beaman]
Simeon Nash, of Gallipolis, died Sunday, January 18th, in his 75th year of his age. He was born in Massachusetts and went from there to Gallipolis by
Judge Henry A. Towne, of Portsmouth, died at Santa Barbara, California, last week. The following notice of the deceased was written by R. M. Stimson
Augustine BOICE was born and reared on a farm. He was a native of Cheshire Township, GALLIA COUNTY, OHIO where he was ushered into the world on the 1st of December 1842.