This material was taken from articles in area newspapers, mostly the Ironton Register from Ironton, Ohio. The newspapers would publish the names of veterans who had an increase in payment from the...
Civil War
Civil War Sword of Elijah Gillen
This sword probably belonged to Elijah Gillen, as my Aunt Susannah Smith Hartley had mentioned it to me once. Nathan P. Ames founded a cutlery business in
G.A.R. 5th Reunion Held at Deering, Ohio
The second day brought a large audience and they were well entertained throughout the whole day. The forenoon exercises consisted of short personal experiences from old soldier comrades, in connection with speeches by Joe McKEE and Rev. D.W. HIGGINS.
Civil War Diary of Elias Asa Robinson
Elias Asa enlisted in the Union Army in Ironton/Reedsburg, Sauk Co., Wisconsin on September 16, 1861. This diary covers only one year of the time he
George G. Adkins
GEORGE G. ADKINS – was born in Bedford county, Virginia, May 2, 1826, and married in this county, August 20, 1851, to Elizabeth Miller, who is a native
Thomas B. Addis
THOMAS B. ADDIS – is the son of Freeman and Henrietta (Davis) Addis, and was born in Lawrence county, Ohio February 6, 1841. He was a soldier of the war
1890 Census
Most of the 1890 Federal census records were badly damaged by a fire in the U. S. Commerce Department Building in January 1921. However, special
Lawrence County Ohio Civil War Deserters
Lawrence County Ohio Civil War Deserters The following soldiers are absent without leave. They will return immediately to duty; or, if arrested, will be
William I. Wise aka Isom Walters
William I. Wise and Isom Walters Civil War Unbelievable Story of Survival Lawrence County, Ohio
Jenny Prater Female Civil War Veteran
A private in the Second Virginia Cavalry turns out to be a woman named Jenny Prater, hailing from Lawrence county, in Ohio. She has been arrested and
Major John McMahon
Major John McMahon, of this city, who has only recently passed his eighty-second birthday, is probably the only Mexican War pension in this section of
Obituary of Mark King
Ironton Register, February 28, 1901, Thursday, Page 1. Submitted by Peggy A. Wells Mark King, one of Ironton's oldest citizens, died at his home on North Fifth street at 12:20 o'clock last Thursday...
John W. Fuson
Submitted by Peggy A. Wells Ironton Register, 2 February 1905, Thursday, Page 1 John W. Fuson was born in Logan county, Ohio, on Oct. 30th,1831, and died at his home in Buffalo Gap on January 17th,...
Walton Letter from Victoria Texas
INTERESTING LETTER FROM Thomas A. WALTON Ironton Register, March 30, 1905 Victoria, Texas, March 15. Editor Register: Little did I think when I talked with Capts. Wm. Wilson and Frank Payne about...
Joseph Hankins
Civil War – Service and Death of Joseph Hankins Lawrence County, Ohio Veteran