“Mr. W.E.S. McLean, proprietor of the McLean House, corner of Second and Jefferson streets, died yesterday morning at a quarter to one o’clock.” “Mr. McLean was the son of a sister of the late Judge Salters, and was born in Unionville, Fayette county, Pennsylvania, September 16th, 1811. He came to Continue Reading
Wheelersburg
An April Walk In Old Wheelersburg Cemetery
A Fisherman’s Find
“Charlie Price, a fisherman, living near Wheelersburg, found the body of a colored man floating in the Ohio River yesterday afternoon, a few miles this side of Wheelersburg. The body had evidently been in the water for some time and was badly decomposed. The remains were hauled out on the Continue Reading
Andrew Gleim Suffers a Big Loss When Buildings are Fired by Lightning
“In one of the most spectacular fires has taken place in Scioto county in recent years the immense barn, tool shed, dairy and granary owned by Andrew Gleim, well-known dog Dogwood Ridge farmer and dairyman, were wiped out within 30 minutes Monday night. A bolt of lightning fired the big Continue Reading
Reminiscent Wheelersburg
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