Former Irontonians

Former Irontonians Where did they go from Here?

Submitted by: Jeanette Johnson
Something about them, where they are now-1875

• Dr. Briggs, one of the founders of Ironton, and its first Postmaster are now living in Long Plain, Mass.
• William Colvin, the secretary of the company that built the Ironton Rolling Mill, also a member of the firm of Yard and Colvin in the furniture business, where Devine & Bryne’s shoe store now is, has recently been elected Professor of Political Economy of the State Agricultural College at Columbus, Ohio.
• William Price, who was 1853-4, was the bookkeeper of the Ironton Rolling Mill and is now Cashier of the bank of C.C. Russell & Co., Zanesville, Ohio.
• W. J. Chandler, who learned dentistry with Dr. Sloan in 1853-4, is now a leading dentist in Zanesville, Ohio.
• Edward Jordan, attorney-at-law, is now practicing law in New York City.
• George B. Hibbard, at one time a law student of Mr. Jordan, is at Tacoma, Washington Territory, in business for the Northern Pacific RR Co.
• Ad. Hepburn, once Clerk of Moxley, Barbour & Egerton, lives in De Moines, Iowa.
• D. C. C. Bronson, formerly the Homeopathic Physician of this place, is in successful practice in Cincinnati, Ohio.
• Frank Wheeler, an Ironton schoolboy of 1853 and the grandson of the late Judge Wheeler, is in business with the Ohio Iron Co. at Zanesville, Ohio.
• J. B. C. Harris was Clerk of Court in 1856-7; he is now in the grocery business in Marietta, Ohio.
• A. H. Windsor was Clerk in the Post Office when Dr. Cory was postmaster; he is now a minister from the Ohio Conference.
• Rev. W. C. French, Rector of the Episcopal Church of Ironton from 1855 to 1857, when he moved to Oberlin, Ohio, now lives in Cleveland, Ohio, and publishes the Standard of the Cross.
• J. W. Lyons left here about 1857; now lives at or near Pomeroy, Ohio.
• N. Derby is in the clothing business in Newark, New Jersey.
• J. M. Root, who used to stay in Moxley & Barber’s drug store, is now in California.
• Albert Bixby, brother of E. Bixby, left here last time in 1861; he is in the jewelry business at Danville, Illinois.
• J. C. Mead, a lumber merchant, is in Youngstown, Penn. He was a well-seasoned old bachelor when he lived here but is now married.
• E. Hurd was the landlord of the Ironton House in 1851; afterward, in the carpentering and building business, he lives now in Sandolva, Illinois.
• Rev. George E. Leonard, the Baptist minister, in Peru, Indiana.
• H. Wise, the old clothier, is in the hat and cap business in New York City.
• Rev. Watson Clark, a High School teacher in 1854 and again in 1865, is now living in Winchester, Scott County, Illinois.
• J. G. Ward, Dry Goods merchant, left here in 1862; went to Manchester; started on a collecting tour, and has not since been heard of.
• Smith Ashcraft left Ironton in 1865; he is farming in Champaign County, Illinois.
• George W. Jackson, a great society man in his day, is in the banking business in Waco, Texas.
• A. G. Mackey, once a carpenter here, is now in Chicago.
• Col. C. G. Hawley and John and Charles Earls are at Girard, Kansas.
• Sam Silverman, who, in the early days, was in the clothing and, afterward, furniture business, is now merchandising at Pomeroy. His brother Simon, we believe, is with him.
• Thomas Murdock left here about 1855 and is now settled in Emporia, Kansas
• Dr. Bing, who was practicing medicine here in 1853, resides in Portsmouth, Ohio.
• James Steen, the sign painter, is in Chicago and is said to have made some money.
• Firman D. Davis, who taught the Ironton High School a few years ago, is now editing a newspaper in Oxford, Ohio.
• A.D. Jaynes is in Sedalia, Missouri. A rather flattering notice of this gentleman is elsewhere printed in this paper.
• Fletcher Golden is a Methodist preacher stationed at Barboursville, W.Va.
• R.D. Lewis is making scales in Rochester, NY His son William is with him.
• A.D. Downing sells groceries for cash only at Cardon, Geauga County, Ohio.
• John Duke is in Plattsmouth, Nebraska.
• J. B. Carlile is at Eureka, Kansas, cultivating cattle.
• Dr. G. K. Ackley, who was here in 1854, is now practicing medicine in Pomeroy, Ohio.
• Frank Cromley, a plasterer, and M. Greenwood, a painter, live in Gallipolis. The latter was used to keep the Buckeye livery stable.
• Moses Morgan, who used to keep a store on Lawrence Street, now lives in a little town in Missouri on the St. Joseph Railroad.
• J. S. Perry is in Manchester, Ohio, in bad health.
• William Davis, former superintendent of the Lawrence Mill, lives in Pittsburgh. His sons, Thomas and Richard, are also there.
• Wasil Boyd is in the furnace business at Waynesboro, Tenn.
• Luther Tyson, who used to run the flour mill, has a similar establishment in Jackson County.
• Theophilus Pugh is managing the iron mill at Clifton.
• R. C. Shoup is in the jewelry business at Greenup.
• David Phillips, formerly at Lawrence Mills, manages a similar institution at Columbus.
• Isaac Brown is one of the proprietors of and is managing the Star Furnace in Jackson, Ohio.
• R. M. Stimson, formerly editor of the Register, is now in Marietta, in no active business.
• J. W. Dumble is one of the proprietors of the Marietta Register and is fat and happy.
• J. N. Gould, who clerked at the Ironton hotel, and for Col. Kelly, is in a carpet house in Cincinnati.
• SR Bush is merchandising and milling at Bush’s Mills in Gallia County.
• Col. W. M. Bolles is managing the affairs of Monroe and Washington’s Furnaces located in Portsmouth.
• B.F. Bertram, Magistrate here in 1854-7, lives in Quincy, Ky.
• Gen. W. H. Powell is a Kansas City, Mo., agent for combined salt companies.
• William E. Hibbard, formerly a Clerk in Duke’s hardware store, is farming near Topeka, Kansas.
• Samuel Burdet, Jr. is painting at Charleston, W. Va., on the Kanawha River.
• Warren Hibbard is in the grain business in Brooklyn, Kansas.
• Charles and Aaron Bickel are brick masons; the former live in Nebraska City, and the latter in Salem, Illinois.
• John S. Place, one of the first carpenters, lives in Nebraska City.
• Samuel Browning, a well-known contractor, and builder, lives in Memphis, Tenn. he built the houses where Mrs. R.E. Rodgers, D. W. Richards, and J. T. Hannan now live.
• Mike Huffman, the butcher, who used to be with J. Bitman, is now in Cincinnati.
• Thomas W. Fagan, a carpenter, and William Jones, a merchant, lived in Mexico, Missouri.
• Joel Stover, James Hunter, carpenters, and G. W. Smith, grocer, are now in Flora, Illinois.
• John J. Vinton, who started a brass foundry in 1854, is in a similar business in Akron, Ohio.
• William H. Murphy, who put the machinery in the nail mill and ran it under the first management, is now at Pike’s Peak.
• Henry Stone, confectioner and afterward landlord of the Buckeye house, flourishes in Chicago.
• David Rees, a carpenter, lives up in Allen County, Ohio.
• William Snyder, a carpenter, resides in Clarksburg, W.Va.
• O.G. Hopkins, a somewhat enterprising and stylish grocer, who held forth in Center Block, lives in Louisville, Ky.
• Henry Clarkson, who was the superintendent of the Iron Railroad for some years, is a resident of New Richmond, Indiana.
• Clayton Rodgers, son of George P. Rodgers, runs a drug store in Milford, Missouri. He is married, owns property there, and left here seven years ago.
• John W. Hughes, the bricklayer, lives in Nebraska City, Neb.
• Colonel I. W. Kelly, the former dry goods merchant, lives in Serena, Illinois.
• T. C. Bridwell, the druggist, is in the same business in Evansville, Indiana.
• N. I. Behan, who opened a law office here about eighteen years ago, holds forth at Middleport.
• Dr. AC Swartzwelder is in Waco, Texas, indulging in his taste in agricultural pursuits.
• Thomas Leary, at one time in the grocery business with P. Murphy, firm name Murphy & Leary, is now a farmer in Freebom County, Minn.
• Father O’Donohoe, the pastor of St. Lawrence Catholic Church for many years, is now stationed in Marion, Marion County, Ohio.
• Mat. Long, who kept a store in West Ironton during the war, is now a banker in Germany.
• John Gillaspie, a heater years ago in the Star Mill (now Belfont), is a heater in the Top Mill, Wheeling, W.Va.
• Father Gilmour, who built St. Lawrence Church, and is the present Bishop of Cleveland, Ohio, is in Florida recruiting his health.