Solomon Henry, in company with several others went over the Ohio into Virginia: he became intoxicated, and his company
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F. A. Chronacher Mystery
Nothing has been learned as to the whereabouts of F. A. Chronacher, the missing stock broker from Ironton. O. E. B. Chronacher, a brother of the missing man,
Proctorville, Ohio News 1888
Right there he stopped, scratched his official head, and said the scriptures must be fulfilled. Straightway he took a boat for Proctorville, where at 9:15 a.m. at the bride’s residence, J.W. SAYRE and Miss Fannie MARKS were made one, ‘Squire I.W. OLLUM officiating.
John left for Huntington, West Va. to take the 10:55 train for Ironton, to be in his official capacity in the Courtroom, Monday morning, but before going he showed great nervous excitement. He breakfasted at the Metropolitan hotel, and, on leaving, was careful to get a better hat than his own. The mistake was not discovered until about the time of his departure. It was too late to correct the mistake. So, Mr. Editor, if he has a difference in his countenance, it is not all due to his getting married, for the hat has something to do with it. Mr. SAYRE has won a pearl of a great prize in Miss MARKS. She is one of our best young ladies with a kind and amiable disposition.
Kelley’s Bridge School Tragedy
Kelley’s Bridge School tragedy happened Thursday morning, when a tree stump blasted by the Wasser Construction Company, of Columbus, contractors building the Black Fork road,
Yellow Poplar Lumber Company
John Ferguson was struck and fatally injured by a board at the sawmill of the Yellow Poplar Lumber company, below here Tuesday.
Ironton, Ohio Depot
When Ironton, Ohio was laid out in 1849, the depot for the Iron Railroad was the first building and the passenger waiting room became the first place in the new town for public meetings
Lawrence County Gazette
Thomas A. Walton of Oklahoma, sends the Register a copy of the Lawrence County Gazette, published at Burlington, Ohio, and bearing the date of October
Barney Reynolds Paige
M. Barney [Reynolds] Paige, a man of intelligence and good education, hung himself in the Lawrence County, Ohio, jail, on the 17th inst.
Robert Davisson Reminiscences
The following was transcribed by Robert Davisson, g. g. grandson of Judge Nathaniel Davisson mentioned herein. It came from a hand-typed, hand-bound booklet dated 1912. Whether this is when the material was written, I cannot say.
S. R. Bush Reminiscences
Mr. Bush looks better than he has for years; heavier and more youthful looking. He was one of Ironton’s earliest citizens, and the first school teacher.
Murder of Dr. Clark on Greasy Ridge
As I now write you, I am sitting up, watching the corpse of Dr. Clark, who was killed to-day by the rebels. We were waiting for the mail this morning up
Nancy Johnson Murdered at Mt. Vernon Furnace
Nancy Johnson Murdered at Mount Vernon Furnace wife of Robert Johnson.
Louis Hilgenberg Murder – Andrew Price Hanging
This story is about the Oct. 1868 murder of Louis Hilgenberg at South Point, Lawrence County, Ohio, by two men, Jerry Spears, age 40 years, and Andrew Price. Jerry Spears was given life in the Ohio...
A Few More Facts From Luke Kelley
We again change the scene of Mr. Kelley’s reminiscences back upon Clinch River, in Russell [County], Va., and give, as having occurred under his own
Captain Harmon’s Battle
It was about the year 1791, might have been 1792, that Captain Lewis Harmon [also Harman, perhaps Hermann, perhaps Henry Harman] who lived on the Blue