These births and deaths were printed in the Ironton Journal on 9 Oct. 1872 and were typed by our volunteer Peggy Wells. According to the newspaper clipping, these were the births and deaths reported in Symmes Township, Lawrence County, Ohio, for the year ending 31 March 1872.
Did you know? At that time, it was the County Assessor’s job to assign persons to go door to door and ask if there were any deaths or births in that particular household. This is the reason so many were never recorded during this time period. The only person home could have been a child, neighbor, or someone who didn’t know about the birth or death in the home.
By law, the County was required to do this each year until 20 December 1908, when Ohio passed a law that the State Vital Statistic Office in Columbus, Ohio, would handle all births and deaths. This is why the births and deaths from 1868-1938 are recorded in the Probate Courts by Townships in the early books.
You can view them at familysearch.org. We have added this link for easier access.
BIRTHS
| Names of Parents | Father’s first name | Mother’s first name | Name of Child |
| Adams | David | Sheba | David |
| Allen | Robert | Nancy | Mary J. |
| Bandy | Nathan | Mary J. | Sela |
| Bass | Obidiah | Emily | None stated |
| Belcher | John W. | Mary A. | Sarah F. |
| Boggs | Harrison | Sarah J. | Susan A. |
| Bandy | Patterson | None given | Mary H. |
| Carter | Jesse | Elizabeth | Washington |
| Cooper | J. C. | Polly A. | Farris |
| Cunningham | William | Mary | Charles C. |
| Cawley | A. J. | Rebecca | Harry E. |
| Coffman | Perry | Mary J. | Asklissa |
| Copper (Cooper ?) | William | Lydia | Raymond A. |
| Delany | William | Lizzie | Octava |
| Dewitt | Wash | Catherine | Mary C. |
| Delany | John | Martha | Samuel |
| Delany | Thomas | Sarah | Rosette |
| Delaney | Michael | Lanner | Artemirta |
| Geff | Samuel | Mary J. | Arabie |
| Hutchison | D. W. | Anna B. | Oliver D. |
| Hutchison | I. N. | Mary S. | Sarah |
| Hatfield | Henry | Barley | Edna F. |
| McHanly | E. | Eliza | Mary |
| Jackson | John | Josephine | Minnie B. |
| Jones | Samuel | Nancy | Bonaparte |
| Joseph | Abigail | Kemp | Charles R. |
| Malone | Hugh | Elizabeth | Rosette |
| Miller | Eli | Anna | None given |
| Miller | John B. | Amanda | Rosetta |
| Miller | Thomas | Martha | Lucretia |
| Miller | George | Angelina | Charley F. |
| Miller | George | Comfort | Elias |
| Miller | John | Amanda | Mary |
| Miller | John | Louisa | James W. |
| Messer | S. P. | Virginia | John L. |
| McDonald | Franklin | Amy | Mina B. |
| McDaniel | Joseph | Alice | Margaret |
| Null | John | Nancy | Mary J. |
| Oliver | Hiram | Eva | Rebecca V. |
| Oliver | David | Cynthia | Elizabeth A. |
| Rise | T. J. | Mary | Sherman J. |
| Rice | Charles | Della | Alfred |
| Rankins | Wm. | Delila | Abram |
| Rayburn | Thomas | Mary | None given |
| Sneed | Richard | Aretta | Laura |
| Stewart | Harmon | Mary C. | Sarah |
| Sharp | Wm. | Ellen | Sarah E. |
| Sharp | Milton | Jane | Matilda A. |
| Stewart | F. G. | Francis | Cynthia |
| Tolbert | Chas. W. | Jenny C. | Mary E. |
| Thompson | J. H. | Rachel | Margaret D. |
| Tipton | George | Susan | John J. |
| Wilson | John A. | Sarah A. | George W. |
| Woodram | C. G. | Elizabeth B. | Jarusha |
| Woolum | Jacob | Rhoda J. | Alfred |
| Wiseman | L. F. | Mary J. | Thomas F. |
| Woolum | Raymond | Christina | John |
| Yates | Benjamin | Elizabeth | Jacob |
DEATHS
| Names of Parents | Father’s first name | Mother’s first name | Name of Child |
| Addis | Nath. | Born dead | |
| Bandy | Lafayette | 31y8m8d | Accidental |
| Bass | Obadiah | 2y3m22d | |
| Copenhaver | H. | 70y1m10d | Accidental |
| Comston | Martha | 72y11m5d | Lung fever |
| Hobble | Wm. | 68y5m | Breast com. |
| Hanly | C. M. | 31y1m6d | Consumption |
| Hanly | Leatha | 73y9m3d | Unknown |
| Kizer | A. J. | 7d | Brain fever |
| Lambert | E. | 53y5m | Palsy |
| Lambert | E. P. | 7d | Chol. infan. |
| Marshal | E. | 10m9d | Dis of Liver |
| Miller | J. H. | 3y29d | Flux |
| Snead | S. | 15y10m10d | Consumption |
| Stewart | Hamer | 19m | Inflam brain |
| Smith | Wm. | 60y5m11d | Fever |
| Stewart | J. C. | 70y5m2d | Heart disease |
| Stewart | Levina | 17y5m7d | Diphtheria |
| White | John F. | 80y8m | Consumption |
| White | John C. | 1y7m4d | Inflam brain |
| Ward | George L. | 46y11m | Lung fever |
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