Pioneers & Profiles
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.
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Ironton Register History
FOUNDING OF THE IRONTON REGISTER NEWSPAPER SPRING, 1850 Ironton Register, Thursday, November 15, 1877 As some little talk in the local newspaper…
John Richards
John Richards, 925 north Second street who was 78 on his birthday last January 18, remembers John Campbell, having worked for him at the age of 10…
Phillips Carriage Works
Frank F. Phillips, 510 Adams Street, came to Ironton in November 1873, at the age of six weeks, and has been a good citizen ever since. His father…
Cloran Grocery
Luke W. Cloran, 519 Vernon, remembers John Campbell as the elderly gentleman who used to walk along Railroad Street almost daily. At that time,…
McMahon Family
Thomas J. McMahon, 1034 N. Fifth Street, perhaps knew John Campbell, the founder of Ironton, better than any citizen living today. The McMahon home…
Leo Ebert Family
Mrs. Fannie Ebert Geiger, the 90-year-old Citizen, Tells of the First Beer Delivered on Handcar. Many interesting stories have been narrated about…
Marshall Field
I.R. March 1, 1883 – PURCHASED – Mrs. Field of Chicago, has bought, through H. C. Burr, the residence of Rev. J. H. Young, owner of Fifth and Vernon…
Robert Scott
Last Saturday evening at 5 o’clock Robert Scott died in Ironton, and on Sunday morning at 9 o’clock, Thomas W. Means expired in Ashland. What vivid…
Charles Burgess
Source: Samuel P. Bates, L L. D. Submitted by Robert Kingrey Charles Burgess was born in Pelsall, England, on October 2, 1841, and in his early life…