Rappsburg, Ohio

Rappsburg or Rhappsburg, Ohio Stories, and Photos

Talk about the President frowning upon women in office. He has made Sarah Rapp an Ohio Postmistress and named the office Rappsburg in her honor. The Winston Leader, 14 Feb 1882, Tue, Page 3


Mrs. Dorous Snyder, of Rappsburg, Ohio, accompanied by her son, Mr. B. P. Snyder, and three children, is visiting her daughter, Mrs. J. S. O’Roark. The Weekly Register, 30 Oct 1901, Wed, Page 3


Old Rappsburg Store, located way out on CR2 Greasy Ridge Road Mason Twp. Photo courtesy of Carl Murdock

Old Rappsburg Store, located way out on CR2 Greasy Ridge Road Mason Twp. Photo courtesy of Carl Murdock

Sheila R Foe: I sent the photo to my dad last night, and he called a little while ago and said this was not the building he remembered…glad you all have already been discussing that. My great-grandmother (Marjorie White Callicoat) was postmaster at Rappsburg for 12 years.

Her father (James White) had a store and was postmaster at Greasy Ridge..he was named in the book as Mary Massie called after the bodies were discovered in the barn. James White’s daughter Della was married to Bernard Massie, and the two girls who discovered the bodies were his grandchildren.

Tom Rose Marilyn Sowards my aunt Mary (Rose ) Roshon, passed away Nov thanksgiving 2012. My aunt Ruth (Rose) Jenkins died in 1973 and was buried at Locusts Grove with her husband, Wayne O’Neill Jenkins died in 1995. Mary and her husband lived in Sunbury, Ohio.


Editor J. W. S. Dillon of the Grant City Star was a RECORD caller Monday morning on his way home to St. Louis. He was accompanied by his cousins, Misses Margaret and Cora Rucker of Rappsburg, Ohio, who will visit Grant City for some time. Darlington Record, 10 Jul 1902, Thu, Page 1


Rappsburg Cemetery

The Rappsburg cemetery.  Photo courtesy of Danelle Lee


FORMER MAYOR DIES LOUISA, Ky. (AP)– Augustus Snyder, former mayor of Louisa, died Sunday, one day after his 99th birthday. A native of Rappsburg, Ohio, he leaves two daughters, Mrs. H. P. T. Vanhoose of Shelby, Ohio, and Mrs. J. J. Jordan Jr. of Louisa, and one son, A. H. Snyder of Louisa. Lancaster Eagle-Gazette, 14 Oct 1957, Mon, 8


 The Rappsburg cemetery.   Photo courtesy of Danelle Lee

The Rappsburg cemetery.  Photo courtesy of Danelle Lee

Helen F. Riley, There is a Rapp-Ellcessor Cem. near Rappsburg (Mason Twp).

Christine Roby Thanks, Helen. Someone sent me information listing John Sampson and his wife, Caroline Fowler, buried on the old Rapp property, and their daughter Martha Jane Sampson in Ellcessor-Rapp Cemetery. I’m thinking obviously that they are the same cemeteries but wondering if there was a possibility they were different.


Former Mayor, Who Wanted To Reach 100, Is Dead At 99 LOUISA, Ky, Oct. 14 Former Mayor Augustus Snyder missed by a day less than one year his wish to reach 100 years of age by. Snyder died yesterday at 99, one day after his birthday. The Rappsburg, Ohio, native who came here to learn the blacksmith’s trade and became one of Louisa’s leading citizens had been in good health until ten days ago. But he was unaware that Saturday was his birthday, so grave was his illness.

A man who “loved being on the go,” Snyder was not only a blacksmith but also a grocer, hardware store operator, automobile dealer, funeral home director, and mayor during the 82 years he lived in the county. Snyder was a former director of the old First National Bank of Louisa, then became president of the Louisa National Bank and the Louisa-Ft. Gay Bridge Co. Funeral services will be held at the Louisa Methodist Church, which he helped found 74 years ago tomorrow. Survivors include two daughters and a son. The Paducah Sun, 14 Oct 1957, Mon, 9


From Sheila R. Foe comments: In the book in the other chapter it mentions Pap having a store. I knew at some point he had one and since this one says Rappsburg Post Office on it and Mamaw was postmaster I thought this might have been it...I didn't figure it would be too much a stretch that he might have had it then sold it to Nannie and Alph. I had called my dad earlier but couldn't keep him on topic (sometimes happens since his stroke)  Sheila R Foe :My dad just called me back and said Pap sold his store to Nannie and Alpha

Photo courtesy of Sheila R Foe

Sheila R Foe In the book, the other chapter mentions Pap having a store. I knew at some point he had one, and since this one says Rappsburg Post Office on it, and Mamaw was postmaster, I thought this might have been it…I didn’t figure it would be too much of a stretch that he might have had it, then sold it to Nannie and Alph. I had called my dad earlier but couldn’t keep him on the topic (it sometimes happens since his stroke).

Sheila R Foe: My dad called me back and said Pap sold his store to Nannie and Alpha.

Nancy Dailey Ison Could be since Owen and Nannie were brother and sister! However, there were several small community post offices on Greasy Ridge in the 40s!

Angela Reynolds-Hively Found out about 30 minutes ago that there used to be an apple orchard, and I guess they used it to store apples in it. I think I saw an old photograph in Ironton Tribune with a bunch of people picking apples, and this building was in the background. After the orchard was gone was told it was used as a scale house for the strip mining company. Then was an auction house. Floyd Craig passed the information along.

Angela Reynolds-Hively, I can’t remember where I saw the photo. I thought it was in the Ironton Tribune, but I could be wrong. When I saw this post, I asked Floyd Craid’s son when he would talk to him again, which he relayed to me. I was in the building about ten years ago, looking at an older car that a man named Lee had parked there.

If I’m not mistaken, I would have to agree with some others without pulling my papers out at post offices. I think it used to be an old post office. But I couldn’t be for sure. The only reason I think that is because when I was researching our right-of-way lawsuit against the State of Ohio, I came across some post office papers for the Okey post office. When it was closed down, some of the mail was transferred to Rhappsburg, and I think that was the description of the location for Rhappsburg PO.

 

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