John Bowles and Sarah McIntyre were married in Elizabeth township, Lawrence County, Ohio, on August 19, 1848. He was born in Tazewell County, Virginia, on November 12, 1826. His wife is a native...
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John B. Bomer
John B. Bomer is a native of Washington County, Ohio, born April 30, 1817. Both his father and mother are deceased. Mr. Bomer was married in Lawrence County, Ohio, on June 27, 1850, to Eliza...
Frank X. Boll
Frank X. Boll was born in Württemberg, Germany, and came to this county in 1849. He was married in this county in 1851 to Valentine Strobel, who was born in Sigmariany, Germany. Their children are...
Andrew T. Blair
Andrew T. Blair and Mary Willis were married in Lawrence County, Ohio, on February 14, 1864, where she was born on July 16, 1837. He is a native of Brown County, Ohio, where he was born in 1834,...
Thomas J. Backus
Thomas J. Bakus was born in Scioto county, Ohio, December 25, 1810, and came to this country in 1878. His parents are Peter and Barbary (Hoover) Backus, both of whom are deceased. They were born in...
James I. Shute
James I. Shute, son of Dr. I. F. Shute was born in Burlington, this county. The Doctor’s father was Capt. James G. Shute, one of the former well-known citizens of this county, and who has relatives still living here. The reference to young James I. Shute is as follows:
Jesse W. Ball
Some time ago, we published a letter from Burlington stating that Orville L. Owen had received a letter from Jesse W. Ball, who was thought to be dead, as nothing was heard of him, since the war.
An Exciting Day
AN EXCITING DAY – One hundred and three years ago this date, July 12, 1863, was an exciting day in this town, according to the story in the weekly newspaper…The town was alarmed over the spreading...
How About Jimmy Durante?
HOW ABOUT JIMMY DURANTE? – One question asked was could we tell them a good story about the courthouse?… There are so many to tell we offered a choice – the big vote steal of 1936, the election...
Taps for Howard Lewis
TAPS FOR HOWARD - Another of our long ago friends answered the final roll call Sunday…Howard C. Lewis, the West Ironton boy who sang with the old Spanish-American War brass band died in Detroit...
The Boat Builders of WW2
THE BOAT BUILDERS – A friend suggested last week that if we had records of 1942 that we write a column about the boats built in Ironton during WWII, which not many people knew much about at that...
Capt. John Combs Death
Ironton Register Aug. 23, 1894 Capt. John Combs died last Saturday and his funeral took place at the residence of Maj. Jere Davidson, Tuesday morning at 10 o’clock. Rev. E. E. Moran conducted the...
Who Remembers Jay Taylor
Today’s paragraph is about the chief of the civil aeronautics administration, Los Angeles, remembered by many living near Lawrence Street School during the roarin’ twenties as Jay Taylor
Thomas Gilruth Civil War Veteran
Thomas Gilruth who lives in Hamilton Township did his part in putting down the rebellion in the 1st Ohio Light Artillery Battery F.
Martin Slaughter Civil War Veteran
That was the experience of Martin Slaughter of Company I, 5th West Virginia on the memorable 24th of July near Kernstown.