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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C. A. Alderman

C. A. Alderman

Taken from “The Headlight” no date given.Submitted by: Robert Kingrey Mr. C. A. Alderman, the senior member of the firm of C. Alderman & Son, has...

Josiah Lambert

Josiah Lambert and FamilyBorn:  c. 1744, Hunterdon Co., New Jersey.Married:  Joanna WoodwardDied:  c. 1819, Lawrence Co., Ohio.Buried:  Woodland...

Major Jeremiah Davidson

Major Jeremiah Davidson

Wounded Twice and a PrisonerNarrow Escape #26Ironton Register 12 May 1887 Submitted by: Shirley Reed Major Jeremiah Davidson was badly wounded on...

Peter and Keziah Burns Wakefield

(2449) Peter Wakefield, son of Peter and Keziah (Burns) Wakefield, was born on Sept. 24, 1794. (2398) Elhanen Winchester Wakefield, son of Peter and...

Joseph and Relief Wakefield

Researched and Submitted by Martha J. Martin-Kounse (2512) Peter Wakefield, son of Joseph and Relief (Kendall) Wakefield, was born on 9 Feb 1783....

Julia Marlowe

Julia Marlowe

Sadie BROUGH probably won’t mean much to you. But Julia MARLOWE will. They were one and the same. Ironton Evening Tribune September 4, 1938Submitted...

John Connelly Reminiscences

John Connelly Reminiscences

John Connelly, Veteran Plasterer Reminiscences Submitted by Martha J. Martin-Kounse SOURCE: Ironton Register, February 2, 1905 In conversation with...

Lucinda Baptist Church

Lucinda Baptist Church

The above picture shows a group at the Lucinda Chapel Baptist Church, Lawrence Co., Ohio, ca. in the late 1890s. The lower left, home of John and...

Theodore Wilson

Theodore Wilson

The experiences of Theodore Wilson, Born into Bondage Makeup One of the Most Impressive Success Stories of This Area A One-Time Slave Who “Made...