“Year after year Portsmouth, like every other city, sends forth her young men and those of older growth, to take their stations, and try their fortunes in the stern battle of life. Some go to distant points; some north, some south, and many to the boundless west. This scattered all over the land, they lose sight of each other and are ignorant of the whereabouts of their old neighbors, their school mates of years ago- the companions of their boyhood days. The Times has compiled a list of some of those who, once residing here, have friends still among us or readers of the paper abroad who will be glad to learn of their present place of residence. The list will be continued from time to time, and those of our friends who have old Portsmouth friends abroad will confer a favor by reporting their names and location.”
“James W. Dennis, is a thriving merchant in Forest City, St. Francis county, Arkansas. He left Portsmouth over twenty years ago.”
Honor E. George Turner is practicing law in San Francisco. He went to the territories in 1861 and has not visited Portsmouth since.”
“Lee Eichelstein holds forth at Wilmington, North Carolina.”
“Al Yeager is engaged in the drug business in Knoxville, Tennessee.”
“Nathaniel G. Powers is at Kansas City, Missouri.”
“Tom Overturf is superintending a sewing machine business in Cleveland, Ohio.”
“Honorable Elza Jeffords represents one of the Mississippi districts in Congress.”
“John Hamilton, formerly in the coal business with WW Little, is connected with the Smith Bridge Company, of Toledo.”
“Kansas City, Missouri, is the abiding place of a great many Portsmouthians. We can mention that Robert W. Quade, Jesse Swim.”
“Frank Warwick1 has an office on Broadway in New York City.”
“Ed Raine, Jr., now lives in New Orleans and travels for a leading molasses and sugar house.”
“Charley Pike, who used to wear a police badge, is way up in New Hampshire, at Hinsdale.”
“Captain JC Stimmel resides at Connellsville, Pennsylvania.”
“James Shackleford resides with his mother’s family at Des Moines, Iowa.”
“George Wilhelm makes his headquarters at Enterprise, Clark county, Mississippi.”
“George Reiniger is Treasurer-elect of Jackson county.
“George Brodbeck was elected Commissioner of Pike county and AC Emory2, Infirmary Director, last October.”
“J. Orme and OV Cole3 are domiciled at Washington City.”
“CP Chandler4 has been identified with Peoria, Illinois, for many years.”
“AJ Williams, the school teacher, is a hardware clerk at Springfield, Ohio.”
“AB Adams5 resides at Avondale, near Cincinnati.”
“Squire AJ McFann‘s6 post office address is Bush Mills, Gallia county, Ohio.”
“Leroy S. Bronn lives on a plantation near Natchez, Mississippi.”
“Honorable James Ashley, who used to edit a paper here, still resides at Toledo.”
“F. Sill Pursell7 edits the Hocking Valley Gazette, at Logan, Ohio.”
“James Kerr, son of the late Adam Kerr, has held cases for years in the State Journal office at Columbus, Ohio.”
“Richard M. Lloyd is a resident of Chicago.”
“Adolphus M. Cunningham has resided for years in southern California, where he went for his health.”
“Honorable Thomas McCauslen practices law at Steubenville.”
“Murtaugh Salsbury has been a Pittsburgher for about a quarter of a century.”
“John M. Doty is a well-known bookkeeper of Cincinnati-can be found on Fourth street.”
“William H. Newman is in Washington City- Rigdon Newman is at Louisville, Kentucky, and Charles H. Newman at Argenta, Arkansas.
“Texarkana, in the southwest, has a Portsmouth colony. Frank and Will Varner, EN Maxwell8, John Semlear, and others represent our city there.”
“Reverend DB Cull9 is doing good works of charity at Bellaire, Ohio.”
“William Haller, son-in-law of John R. Powers, is in Albions county, Idaho Territory.”
“George L. Drouilleard holds forth at Coal Valley, West Virginia.”
“Henry Parr resides in Edgar county, Illinois.”
“Hiram Newman is located at Clarkesville, Iowa.”
“Dave Cunningham is at Caldwell, Texas.”
“The members of the old Portsmouth firm of Lehman, Richman & Company, and A. Deutschel, are citizens of Cleveland.”
“Charles A. Clutts has his post office address at Danville, Tennessee.”
Mrs. DH Derrick10 resides at East Saginaw, Michigan.”
“Thomas Kendall resides at Cleveland, as does also his son-in-law, Colonel William H. Raynor.”
“Dr. Kotzleben is a Daytonian.”
“Joseph McDowell has long been a resident of St. Louis- John McDowell and Colonel Henry McDowell live in New York City.”
“Lawrence Dickinson is train-dispatcher at Van Wert, Ohio.”
“William H. Bonsall manages an insurance paper in New York City.”
“John C. Malone lives at Granville, and is janitor at the college.”
“Horace L. Chapman is engaged in the railroad and coal business at Jackson.”
“Jacob Youkers is a resident of Elk City, Clarion county, Pennsylvania.”
“JT Galford11 lives in Logan county, Illinois.”
“M. Frazee is in active business at Frazee City, Minnesota.”
“August Lordier is flourishing at Fort Wayne, Indiana.”
“Revillo Enslow is at Guyandotte, West Virginia.”
“John L. Reed farms near Grafton, Illinois.”
“Cole Gillilan has located at Greenfield, Ohio.”
“Hiram Deeds, for years engaged in the carpenter business, lives at Concord, Dodge county, Minnesota.”
“Peter Kehoe is in the drug business at Clay Centre, Kansas.”
“James Culbertson is an attorney at Abilene, Kansas.”
“Lieutenant James Jones is instructor at West Point- George H. is practicing law at Port Townsend on Puget Sound in Washington Territory.”
“Colonel Oliver Wood is an Indian agent at Walla Walla, Washington Territory.”
“WD Cunning has been at Leavenworth, Kansas, for several years.”
“David Strahm supplies the Circlevillians with cigars -while Ed Hughes runs a mill in the same place.”
“James H. Moore farms near Waverly -Fred Moore runs a bank at Kingston, while Oscar Moore is railroad ticket agent at Chillicothe.”
“John H. Kemple is one of the business men of Richmond, Virginia.”
“James T. Douglas, ex-Recorder, lives at Unionville, Missouri, and so does ex-Treasurer Charles Slavens.”
“AJ Enslow12 resides near Richmond, Virginia.”
“Joseph C. Gilbert is a popular but veritable boniface at Kokomo, Indiana.”
“Ben Gaylord is a New Yorker -and deals in stocks.”
“John B. Gregory is Chief Engineer of the Public Works at Columbus.”
“Thomas G. Howell is in the Secretary of State’s office, Columbus.”
“William Salter, Jr., is in business at Thurman, Gallia county.”
“This interesting note of absent Portsmouth people will be continued from time to time, and our readers will do us and their friends a favor if name and location of absent friends and relatives are sent to this office.”13
- Jacob Francis “Frank” Warwick
- Allansing C. Emory
- Omer Vanderlin Cole
- Charles Powell Chandler Sr.
- Ayres B. Adams
- Andrew Jackson McFann
- Francis Sylvester Pursell
- Edley Nebraska Maxwell
- Reverend Daniel Bartholomew Cull
- Mrs. Adeline Derrick, widow of David H. Derrick
- Reverend James Thomas Galford
- Andrew Jackson Enslow
- Portsmouth abroad. wanderers from the old home. (1883, December 22). Portsmouth Times, p. 4.
