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...
Pioneers & Profiles
I. F. Dillon’s Snow Story
Discover the remarkable story of I. F. Dillon and the unprecedented October snowfall that left a lasting impression on Rockwood.5 Dec. 1903, Huntington Advertiser, page 4 Remembers A Heavy Snow of...
Who Was Nathaniel Frampton
While researching the Chesapeake History book, I found a Nathaniel Frampton, living in Lawrence County, Ohio, between 1824 and 1830. Who was Nathaniel Frampton, and how did he fit into the family of...
John and Anna Martin Frampton
John Frampton was a Revolutionary War Veteran born on 14 January 1744 in Trenton, NJ. In 1780, he married Anna Barbara Martin, born on 19 March 1749 in Germany. After John died on 6 April 1808 in...
Edward Miller
Edward Miller was the first landowner in Chesapeake.Edward Miller was born in Shenandoah County, Virginia, in February 1752. In 1779, at the age of 27, he enlisted in the Revolutionary War from...
Albert Ellison Apprentice
Albert Ellison by the Trustees of Fayette Township to Joseph DavidsonDeed Book 6, pages 13 - 14[typed as written, please check original record for corrections-mjmk] Indenture Apprentice This...
Remembering John Campbell
I Knew John Campbell Many Local and Former Ironton People Knew the City's Founder. John Campbell Accomplished Much Before Organizing the City of Ironton in the Year 1849 John Campbell, the founder...
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...
Jones Family of Athalia
LAWRENCE COUNTY YESTERYEARS (unknown newspaper article with picture) Sept. 11, 1976 (The following story of the Jones family settling in the Athalia area during the Civil War and establishment of...
Crawford – Kouns Family
Four Generations Represented Ceredo Advance, 22 Mar 1893, Page 1 It seldom happens that members of the same family, representing four generations, are permitted to assemble, but such was the case on...
Death of William Holroyd
Gunnison Colorado Review 30 April 1883Death of Wm. W. Holroyd The public will be pained to learn of the death of Mr. Wm. W. Holroyd of typhoid fever, which occurred in this city at Newport this...
Goldcamp’s
George J. Goldcamp, 811 South Fourth Street, doesn't remember John Campbell, only the name, but he does remember that the schools closed for his funeral and that holiday from school is something no...
Luke Cloran
LUKE W. CLORAN Luke W. Cloran, 519 Vernon, remembers John Campbell as the elderly gentleman who used to walk along Railroad Street almost daily. At that time, Luke, a young man just out of school,...
George W. Hall
History of Washington, The Evergreen State, vol. 1, page 592 George W. Hall of Seattle, Wash., was born in Jackson County, Va., and at an early age, emigrated with his parents to Lawrence County,...
Hambleton Family
Genealogical Record of the Hambleton Family pages 64-66 Benjamin K. Hambleton, "Little Bennie" son of William, b. 10 Dec. 1786 in Bucks County, Pa., d. 20 Jul 1869; m. in 1906, Rachel Lewis, b. 5...