John Eisman was born January 20, 1839, in the city of Forcheim, Kingdom of Bavaria, the son of Smile Eismann and Eva Friedman. He spent his boyhood in Forcheim and received his education in the public schools of that place. After leaving school at the age of eighteen, he learned Continue Reading
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Want Variety? Candyland Interview
Running a general store isn’t what it used to be but Steliane Loukes will never run out of things to sell. “We had everything under the sun,” Miss Loukes said of Candyland and Variety Store, the little shop at Second and Market that is practically bursting with a bizarre assortment Continue Reading
1930: Stelanie Loukes Clubs Intruder at Candyland
“A robber rated second place in a battle with Miss Steliane Loukes, 18, attendant in the Tender Candyland confectionery at 142 West Center street last night.” “The battle began when the robber slugged Miss Loukes, knocking her to the floor beside the cash drawer. It ended when she drove the Continue Reading
The Drake Family: One Mystery Leads to Another
West Union Village Cemetery, also known as “The Old Cemetery” is atop a small hill at the southern terminus of Market Street in West Union, Adams County, Ohio. The cemetery is neatly divided in half by a paved road; with northern hillside being the historic section, it’s southern slope a Continue Reading
1868: Early Reminiscences of Portsmouth
“Dear Times- I promised that when I received ‘Scioto’s’ second communication, you should hear from me again. That communication is before me, and now I proceed to fill that promise.” “Henry Massie agreed to give Francis Adam’s deed for that entire body of land then lying west of the old Continue Reading
Hero Publisher: George M. Taylor
“In a brave and heroic attempt to save the life of his only daughter, Betty, eleven years of age, George M. Taylor, publisher of the Portsmouth Morning Sun, lost his life in the treacherous Scioto river, Sunday afternoon at 4:30 o’clock, sinking beneath the water after he had completely exhausted Continue Reading
Arthur Pendleton BagbyArthur P. Bagby: From Spanish-American War Veteran to Pirate StorytellerArthur Pendleton Bagby
On a hillside overlooking the Ohio River and the town of Garrison, Kentucky, rests the son of William Marshall Bagby and Mahala Isabella Bruce. A veteran of the Spanish American War, having served in Fourth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Company M of Circleville, Ohio, Arthur worked for the railroad until Continue Reading
James E Hadley and Scioto County’s Recovery Center
Mr. John W. Manion and Will Hadley, of the W.U. Telegraph office at your city, were in town Thursday. Portsmouth Daily Times 3 March 1888 Pg 1 J.E. Hadley, superintendent of the West Union, was in Fayette county, West Virginia, on business connected with the company, this week. Portsmouth Daily Continue Reading
1st Lieutenant Robert C Lemley
While on a recent walking tour of the Old Wheelersburg Cemetery with the Local History Department of the Portsmouth Public Library I came upon the stone of 1st Lieutenant Robert C. Lemley. Aside from the simple grave marker unadorned with the trappings typical seen with the headstones of service members there was the last Continue Reading