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.
Pioneers & Profiles
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.
McComas Family Bible
Transcription of McComas Family Bible (which are genealogy notes written by Rev. John Clayton McComas). Rev. McComas never lived in Lawrence County, but his father (Amon Cecil McComas) & his family were from Ironton. Submitted by Jenny Linn
Wilson Dunn
Tuesday was the anniversary of the birth of Wilson H. Dunn, he having been born July 9, 1820, and he seemed surprised when asked about his age, as though someone must be curious, forgetting the fact that 82 years is a good long time as ages go, and yet he carries no care nor in the least marked by disease or infirmity, and is likely to hold his own a good many more days and years.
James Duncan
James S. Duncan, born July 9, 1858, in Jackson County, Ohio, was the proprietor of a flourishing general store at Limestone and also extensively engaged in the limestone business. His parents, James and Amy (Verner) Duncan, were both born in Armstrong County, Penn., the father in 1827 and the mother in 1835.
Jacob Proctor
Jacob Proctor, for whom Proctorville was finally named, was born in 1799, and now lives near the place, a remarkably well-preserved man. He formerly lived in Washington County, Ohio, and followed the river with a trading boat.
James M. Denison
James M. Denison (deceased). Was born in Lawrence County, Ohio on Nov. 24, 1818. When he was eighteen years of age, he went to Iowa, where he followed farming until 1852. He then crossed the Plains to California with ox teams, bringing his family with him.
Isaac Yates
Isaac Yates and Polly A. Neal were married in this county on January 6, 1870. They were both born in this county; he is 1851, and his wife in 1855.
Capt. J.W. Earles
After forty-eight years in Webb City, Capt. J. W. Earles age 91 years of 111 south Ball Street passed away from infirmities incident to age.
Notable Gunsmiths
Seldon (Sheldon) Peters was a noted maker of the “Kentucky Long Rifle” who lived at Getaway in Lawrence County, Ohio, from 1845 until his death on 3 January 1909.
Christian Yingling
Christian Yingling was born in western Pennsylvania, on April 24, 1788, and died September 12, 1856. His wife, Martha Lee, was born in Patrick County, Virginia, on August 2, 1795, and died on May 8, 1877.
William Wilgus
William Wilgus was born in Union township, where Proctorville now stands. He was raised on his father’s farm, where he remained up to 1845, when they both entered into the produce trade on the Ohio river, plying between St. Martinsville and Pattersonville.
Charles Worthington
Charles Worthington and Rachel Cartwright were married on September 18, 1834. He is a native of Fayette County, Pennsylvania, where he was born in 1813. He came to Lawrence County in 1836.