Henry Duncan Killed by a Rock Rolling Off of the Kentucky Hill

“Henry Duncan, of Carter county, Kentucky, a member of Company F, 22nd Kentucky Regiment, started for the reunion Wednesday morning, in company with a neighbor, and met his death in a tragic way, in sight of this city where he was joyfully expecting to meet his comrades and friends.” “They Continue Reading

Confident is John Blondon That he can Break his Father’s Will

“Among the passengers who alighted from the B&O SW accommodation last Saturday morning was John Blondon, of East Tenth street. Mr. Blondon ware returning from a month’s visit with Maryland relatives. The circumstances of his visit have been previously published. It will be remembered that Blondon, who was a Marylander, Continue Reading

Captain James C. Stimmell Escapes Confederates

“Prisoners of the 56th- We publish a letter from Lieutenant SE Varner, containing the gratifying intelligence of the escape of Captain JC Stimmel, a brave and resolute officer and his safe arrival at New Orleans. The Captain was captured on Red River in May last. He broke through the guard Continue Reading

Ephemera Friday #20: American Civil War Discharge

Another remarkable piece of ephemera in my collection is a folded document detailing the discharge of Joseph Gregory, also known as Josephus A. Gregory, a private in Captain James Cadot’s Company F, First Regiment of the Ohio Heavy Artillery. Enrolled on August 22, 1862, to serve for three years or Continue Reading

Wesley Chapel Aid Society Success

“The Committee of Arrangement, Treasurer and other officers of the Wesley Chapel Aid Society, held in Nile township, Scioto county, Ohio, April last, have settled and paid all dues and expenses of the Society, and found the net proceeds to be $120, which has been expended in purchasing clothing, catables, Continue Reading

Street Fighting and Shooting in Portsmouth

On Monday last, quite a serious disturbance occurred on Market street, which resulted in the shooting of two persons and the damaging and bruising of a number of others. The facts, as we have collected them, are as follows. The first difficulty occured in a saloon on Market street where Continue Reading

1883: Official List of Those Drawing Pensions in Scioto County, Ohio.

On December 8, 1882, the U.S. Senate required the Secretary of Interior to submit a list of pensioners on the roll January 1, 1883. The Secretary of Interior submitted the completed list to the Senate on March 1, 1883. The 1883 Pension Roll was published that year in five volumes as Continue Reading

The Legend of Bloody Run and Jim Peyton

“I promised last week to say something about ‘Bloody Run,’ which cuts its way through the hills north of Otway and if the readers of the Times will indulge me, I will conclude my Otway article, with something pertaining to that, and a few anecdotes which I picked up about Continue Reading

William Deaver Obituary

“Death has finally ended the months of suffering of William Dever, aged 67, a Hygean Run farmer and dairyman, who passed away at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Hayes James, of No. 1228 Ninth street, early Sunday morning.” “Mr. Dever had been ill with lung trouble since December. Ten Continue Reading