Captain Fuller, known as the Southern Paul Jones, was a prominent figure in the Confederate Navy during the American Civil War. Commanding the gunboats Cotton and Queen of the West, he became...
Civil War
Jeptha Massie
Jeptha and Mary Massie's Civil War Records Marriage Book 1-2-3, page 14418 Nov 1841Lawrence County, OhioJeptha Massie and Mary Massie were married on 29 Nov. 1841. Jeptha served in the Ohio Infantry...
Stewart Family
The Stewart Family This was written by the late R.C. Hall, Ph. D., who was writing a complete series covering Lawrence County and Ironton but was claimed by death before completing the work. His...
Russell’s Place News
Charged With Perjury Cincinnati Enquirer, 2 Oct. 1888, pg 5 - Deputy Marshal Costello returned from Russell Place, Ohio, with George Wilson, whom he had arrested on the charge of sweary falsely to...
John S. George
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...
James Duncan
James S. Duncan, born July 9, 1858, in Jackson County, Ohio, was the proprietor of a flourishing general store at Limestone and also extensively engaged in the limestone business. His parents, James and Amy (Verner) Duncan, were both born in Armstrong County, Penn., the father in 1827 and the mother in 1835.
Charles Worthington
Charles Worthington and Rachel Cartwright were married on September 18, 1834. He is a native of Fayette County, Pennsylvania, where he was born in 1813. He came to Lawrence County in 1836.
Isaac Winters
Isaac Winters was the son of Mathias and Rebecca (Brubaker) Winters, who was born in Lawrence County, on August 26, 1830. His parents came to this county in 1815. His father died in 1834, and his mother in 1877.
Silas Wilks
Silas Wilks was born in Lawrence County, Ohio, on June 12, 1838, in which county he was married on January 3, 1867, to Carolina M. Munsell, who was also born in this county, on November 25, 1846.
Joseph Wildes
Joseph Wildes was a native of England, where he was born in 1844. He came to Lawrence County in the year 1865. He was married in Elizabeth township, on October 12, 1865,
Samuel H. White
Samuel H. White commenced an active business life in his fourteenth year, and he has continued ever since. He has traveled over fourteen different States; he has clerked in the following places: Bellville, Virginia; Parkersburg, Virginia;
Charles E. Watters
Charles E. Watters was a native of Maryland, where he was born on November 27, 1821; after leaving that State, in 1833, he settled in Portland, Jefferson County, Ohio, where he remained until 1847.
Albert W. Ward
Albert W. Ward was born in Lawrence County, Ohio, on July 28, 1852. His father, George L., was in the war of the rebellion. He served under General Sherman for twelve months. He was in twenty-seven States and took part in four battles.
William G. Waller
William G. Waller and Eliza I. Mace were married in Lawrence County, Ohio, on April 15, 1871. He was born in Charlotte County, East Virginia, on July 28, 1825. She was born in this county, on December 29, 1848.
Relic of the Civil War
R. J. Higgins of Coal Grove, Ohio, recently came into possession of the sword of Capt. Wm. Smith, who was shot in a battle in the Shenandoah Valley, four miles from Winchester.