JOHN W. HUMPHREYS I.R. August 1, 1895 - APOPLEXY - Mr. W. S. Humphreys was seized with an apoplectic fit last Sunday morning. He was at Col. Gray's, where he makes his home, and most of the family...
Pioneers & Profiles
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John E. Bingaman
John E. Bingaman This representative businessman and popular citizen of Ironton, the judicial center of Lawrence County, has been a resident of this city for the past twenty-five years and has, by...
Matthew Hamilton Butcher
Descendants of Matthew Hamilton Butcher I Submitted by: Richard Hale Generation No. 1 1. MATTHEW HAMILTON1 BUTCHER I was born 1812 in Clarksburg, (W)Va, and died 7/18/1883 in Proctorville, Lawrence...
Mrs. Hester Aiden Obit
Another Pioneer Woman is Dead The Oregon Sunday Journal, Feb. 6, 1916, page 4 In the passing away of Mrs. Hester Aiken at her daughter's residence, Mrs. J. J. Sirey of 290 Thirteenth Street, Friday,...
Homer McCoy
The Inter Ocean, 29 April 1914, page 6 Homer Wirt McCoy, a bond dealer, was born in Sheridan, Ohio, on 29 April 1859. He received a collegiate and university education and began his business career...
Hagerman – Hagerman Family
Genealogy of the Hagerman - Hagaman Family a pioneer family which settled in Lawrence County, Ohio. Written and compiled by Benjamin Franklin Hagaman Benjamin Franklin Hagaman was the grandson of...
John M. Van Horne
John M. Van Horne, candidate for City CommissionerMorning Oregonian, October 12, 1922 Mr. Van Horne was born in Lawrence County, Ohio, in 1881 and has been a resident of Oregon since 1905. Prior to...
Early Manners and Customs
EARLY MANNERS, CUSTOMS, ETC. Luke Kelley's Reminiscences #3Submitted by Bob DavissonIronton Register August 10, 1854 Mr. Kelley relates that the first settlers of this region were all peaceable,...
John S. George
John S. George, the chief representative of the interests of the Chicago & North-Western Railway company in Milwaukee, is a man whose responsible position and extensive business interests...
William Cole Frailey
William Cole Frailey, iron master, Ironton, Ohio, was born in Fredericktown, Maryland, on October 28th, 1829. His parents were Christian Frailey and Elizabeth Hopeman, the former of Pennsylvania and the latter of Missouri. His father was a Maryland planter but never owned slaves, being a Whig in politics.
About Uncle Purl Willis
An interesting story about a Lawrence Countian comes to us from his nephew, Brady Willis, of Forest Dale, the old schoolmaster…..It concerns Purl Willis, 87 of 130 Lathrop Lane, El Cajon, California, who left Lawrence County in 1910, lured by the Golden West…He was a Spanish-American War veteran and was captain of Company I in Ironton…A story in the San Diego newspaper adds another chapter to Capt. Willis’ story.
E.S. Culbertson
This section of the Ohio Valley was a far cry from its present state when John Culbertson, grandfather of Ed Culbertson, Ella, and Jennie Culbertson, moved with his family from Pennsylvania. Attracted by the growth and promise of this new-developing area of coal, iron, and timber resources the elder Culbertson joined pioneers and was associated with John Campbell and others in founding the city of Ironton.
Reminiscences of the West
Col. John Johnston, who for sixty-five years, has been a prominent citizen of Western Ohio – for many years the Government Indian Agent at Piqua – communicates an interesting article to the Pioneer Association, Cincinnati, which is published in the Gazette, and from which we make liberal extracts.
Pioneers Relics of Olden Times
In the band stand, under the shade of the Court yard trees, last Saturday afternoon, a small company of the “oldest inhabitants” met to form a Pioneer Society.
Berndt Family Reunion
The Berndt brothers, Jacob and Louis of North Lancaster, Peter of the same township, and Phillip of Sough Lancaster, is having a series of family reunions in honor of their father, Peter Berndt, Sr., and their other brother Adam, both here from Ironton, Ohio, on a visit.