Obituaries

Eliza Wortman Obit

Obituary of Mrs. Eliza A. WortmanMorning Oregonian., September 16, 1914, Page 4   Mrs. Eliza A. [Stumbo] Wortman, the widow of the late Jacob Wortman and mother of H. C. Wortman of the firm of...

1998 Obituaries Index

These obituaries were abstracted from the Ironton Tribune newspaper in Ironton, Ohio by Dave Parsons and submitted to the Lawrence Register. 1998 Obituaries Taken from Ironton Tribune     Submitted...

Mathilda Burcham

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.

Robert Scott

Last Saturday evening at 5 o’clock Robert Scott died in Ironton, andon Sunday morning at 9 o’clock, Thomas W. Means expired in Ashland. What vivid reminiscences do these names call up! How much of the past of Lawrence County is mingled in their lives!

Robert Scott was born near Paris, Ky., September 22, 1809. While yet a young man, he became interested in the iron business and was connected with several furnaces across the river.

Nelson Cox

Nelson Cox, the Nestor of the fruit growing industry in Southern Ohio, and one of the most widely known and best beloved residents of Lawrence County, died at 7:30 0’clock, last Thursday at his home. His death was due to a cancer and was expected, even by the deceased himself, who was thoroughly resigned.

Mr. Cox was born at Cox’s Landing, Cabell County, W.Va., May 21, 1828, being past 74 years of age at the time of his death. He was married to Miss Katherine Gardner in 1852, and eight children were born of the union, seven of whom, with the mother, survive the deceased.

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