Martin Bazell married Anna Layne of Rock Camp, Ohio, and Capt. J. B. Bazell married a Mary Winters of Lawrence County, Ohio. William Clay, only brother of John M. Clay, accompanied him and his family to Missouri in 1850 and remained there when John M. returned to Ohio.
Pioneers & Profiles
William Liden Davis
William Linden Davis was born in Ironton, Ohio, on March 17, 1855 and was the of John J. and Catherine (Marshall) Davis, the father being a native of Wales. John J. Davis first settled in New York state.
Herman Hutzel
Herman Hutzel, head of the firm of Hutzel & Company, general heating and plumbing contractors at Muncie, has been a resident of that city for nearly twenty-five years and in that time has built up a business which has much more than a merely local reputation.
George E. Henry
George E. Henry, superintendent of the Vincennes Traction Company, was born in Ironton, Ohio, June 17, 1859. His father, William D. Henry,
Artists Avery and Henry Sharp Are Natives of Ironton
The fortune young man is none other than Avery N. Sharp, a handsome and talented graduate of the Cincinnati Art School. He comes of a family of artists, Henry Sharp, who ranks high among the wielders of the brush being his brother. They are natives of Ironton, Ohio. Avery is aged 24.
Pioneers of Rome Township
Rome Township History Pioneers of Rome Township The Gardners, Morrisons, And Waltons All Contributed Heavily To The Early Development Of This Ohio Community. The Herald-Advertiser, 17 April 1938...
Rev. Jacob Young
Jacob Young was born March 19, 1775, and thus began life a little over four months before the United States of America came into existence. The site of
Quakers in Southern Ohio
As readers of these columns know, we have referred quite often in the past to the early settlement of Friends, commonly known as “Quakers” on the site now occupied by the village of Proctorville, Ohio.
Wm. D. Kelly
Mr. Wm. D. Kelly was born in Lawrence County, Ohio, January 15, 1815. His father, Joseph Kelly, emigrated from Shenandoah County, Virginia, to this county, at the age of twelve years, being among the early pioneers.
George Willard
The subject of this sketch, George Willard, was born in 1820, at Plainfield, Sullivan County, New Hampshire, where he lived till he was sixteen years old.
William H. Enochs
Announcement of Death – 7 Aug. 1893 – William H. Enochs, a Representative the death of my distinguished colleague, William H. Enochs, a Representative from the State of Ohio, who died at his home in the city of Ironton, Ohio, in the early morning of July 13, last.
Washington L. Dunn
Washington L. Dunn, a prosperous farmer of Michigan township, Clinton county, Ind., and an ex-soldier, was born in Lawrence County, Ohio 12 Feb. 1844. His great-grandfather was a soldier in the war of the Revolution.
O’Neal – Neal Family
This family name was originally O’Neal, the prefix being dropped in familiar usage, after the immigrant ancestor had reached America. Thomas Neal, or O’Neal,
Benjamin F. Ellsberry
Benjamin F. Ellsberry, after an illness of almost five years, died Monday afternoon about 4:30 o’clock, and by his death one of the leading citizens of Ironton Ohio, is removed.
William Henry Harrison Kelley
W.H.H. Kelley, familiarly known as General Kelley, of Hanging Rock, Lawrence County, Ohio, was born at Union Landing, Lawrence County, Ohio, on 18 Feb. 1814. His Grandfather, Luke Kelly [Kelley],...