“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
Civil War
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
Name of Persons Drafted in Brushcreek Township
“The following is a list of persons drafted in Scioto County, September 27th, 1864, including the 100 per cent additional:”
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
The Hutton Brothers of Friendship Cemetery
The neat rows and clusters of rural cemeteries often tell their own stories. The small family plots have their own particular geometry and tragic arithmetic for those that stop to visit. In the first picture is Private John Hutton. He enlisted at the age of 17, and died September 14, Continue Reading