Pioneers & Profiles

Vintage black-and-white family portrait showing adults and children gathered outside a house.Explore the lives of Lawrence County, Ohio's early pioneers, families, and notable residents through historical biographies, family histories, and genealogical research. Located where Ohio, Kentucky, and West Virginia meet, the county became a crossroads for settlers traveling along the Ohio River and surrounding waterways. Some families established permanent roots, while others continued their journeys elsewhere.

For decades, The Lawrence Register and its dedicated volunteers have collected and preserved family histories, biographies, and personal accounts. Drawing upon courthouse records, cemetery readings, oral histories, and other historical sources, these collections reveal the accomplishments, hardships, and everyday lives of the people who shaped Lawrence County.

Do you have a family history, biography, photograph, or historical story to share? We welcome contributions that help preserve Lawrence County's history and genealogical heritage. Please email us with information you would like to share.

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Martin Elswick

Martin Elswick is the son of Bradley and Rebecca (Bazell) Elswick who settled in this county in 1852.  His wife is the mother of four children by...

Elisha T. Edwards

Elisha T. Edwards

Stephen Martin, reading tombstones in Hasting Cemetery. Photo courtesy of Matt Bice Elisha T. Edwards and Mary A. Hastings were married in this...

Josephine Ware Clemens Ferguson

Waverly Democrat, Waverly, Ohio21 Feb. 1912, front page The greatest and noblest earthly gift ever bestowed by God upon man is a woman. In the...

George W. Bennett

Waverly Democrat11 Oct. 1909 Mr. Geo. W. Bennett, of Newfain, Ohio, was born near Pine Grove Furnace, Lawrence County, Ohio, on 19 Dec. 1834 and...

James M. Deering

Photos Courtesy of Matt Bice James M. Deering was born in the county of Wayne, West Virginia, on December 27, 1814.  His father, John Deering,...

Reuben Davisson

Reuben Davisson was born in Lawrence County, Ohio, on June 30, 1819.  His parents, Nathaniel and Elizabeth (Kelley) Davisson, were among the...

Edwards Family

Editor’s Note: This historical sketch of the Edwards Family and Lawrence County, Ohio, was written by the late Attorney H.M. Edwards, one of the...

Lucian Troy Claybaugh

Submitted by Robert KingreySource: Joseph F. McFarland Lucian Troy Claybaugh, who has been a resident and postmaster of Donora, Pa., since the...

Lorenzo D. Morrison

Lorenzo D. Morrison was a person thought considerably of in his county, as is shown by the number of times he has been elected to serve their...