William G. Lambert was a member of Company H 6th Ohio Cavalry, and fought through the war. We asked him for a “Narrow Escape,” and he told us of getting into a close hitch one time when his horse was shot from under him. “But don’t tell that – that was the horse’s ‘Narrow Escape.’
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J. Q. Bellville Civil War Veteran
Esq. J.Q. Bellville sat in his office, last Friday, receiving the congratulations of his friends on the entrance that day, upon his second term as Magistrate of Upper Township, when the Register man drew near and offered his friendly wishes, at the same time taking occasion to ask
Capt. Jake Emmons Civil War Veteran
“Well, Captain Jake Emmons, it’s your time” said the Register reporter to Capt. Jake Emmons as he was getting a span of nags together for a ride to Portsmouth.
Brady Steece Civil War Veteran
Brady Steece wears a buckshot in his arm. It was planted there one hot July afternoon, down in Virginia, near Winchester. He didn’t like it at the time, but now he is proud of his little
Capt. I. B. Murdock Civil War Veteran
Capt. I. B. Murdock was in the 2nd Virginia Cavalry, and was in all the fights of that fighting regiment. The event which he described to us was not a bloody one, but it was rather exciting.
Captain John Edgington Obit
Services were scheduled today for Capt. John Emory Edgington, an Ohio River steamboat captain and tug boat pilot for more than 70 years.
Ohio River Boats
This story was written by Captain David R. Thomas about the Packet and Ferryboats that road up and down the Ohio River from 1860 – 1947.
Col. W. H. Raynor Civil War Veteran
At the generous supper table of Dr. Ewing, of Jackson, we were introduced to Col. W. H. Raynor, of the old 56th Ohio. He is a large man, of robust health, clear eye, fresh complexion and very companionable, though somewhat modest in his demeanor
Dedication of Kingsley Chapel
At the request of the Trustees of Methodist Episcopal Church, in Grant (formerly Proctorsville), Lawrence County, Ohio, we had the pleasure of dedicating and consecrating the new and elegant church edifice in that place, last Sabbath, the 26th inst.
Captain David Greene
“We are again called upon to record the death of one of our old friends. Captain David Greene is no more. He died on his boat, the Cumberland Valley.
Edgar T. Belcher
E. T. Belcher was born near Willow-Wood P.O., Lawrence County, December 13, 1867. He received his education in the public schools of Ironton and afterward was engaged as traveling salesman with Wm. Kerr
Captain E. G. Foster
Captain E. G. Foster was born in Clairmont, Va., of a mother from New Jersey and a father who was a civil engineer and a native of Rochester, NY., the “captain” spent most of his boyhood in Lawrence County, Ohio.
Dr. Andrew Clark Lowrey
Dr. A. C. Lowrey, president Marting Iron & Steel Co., Ironton, Ohio, died in that city March 1, after a long illness. He was born in Lawrence County, Ohio, 54 years ago and was graduated in medicine from the Eclectic College, Cincinnati.
Moonshine Stories 1923
In a moonshine raid on a shanty boat anchored in the Ohio river at the mouth of Turkey Creek Saturday night, county officers seized a seventy gallon capacity copper still destroyed twenty barrels containing fermentation and arrested John
Thacker-Shafer Murder in Rockwood, Ohio
Charles Shafer who murdered his wife, mother – in – law, and little son at Rockwood, Ohio, near here yesterday afternoon was found lying dead in the woods a mile from the scene of the crime with his weapons at his side.