Historic Tales of Meigs County, Ohio

Historic Tales of Meigs County, Ohio

Author: Jordan D. Pickens & Calee M. Pickens

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2019

Total Pages: 144

ISBN-13: 1467144258

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Organized in 1819, Meigs County rests in the Appalachian foothills of southeastern Ohio along the beautiful Ohio River. The land's deep reservoirs of coal and salt provided early residents work in mines and in shipping the goods via steamboat and railroad. Local communities also nurtured talented scholars like James McHenry Jones and poets and writers such as James Edwin Campbell and Ambrose Bierce, as well as Dr. Brewster Higley VI, whose poetry inspired the American classic "Home on the Range." The county is home to Ohio's oldest standing courthouse in Chester and to Pomeroy, the only town in America with no cross streets. Join historians Jordan and Calee Pickens as they recount times of prosperity and hardship that have been engrained on the timeline of Meigs County.


The Durst and Darst Families of America, Vol II

The Durst and Darst Families of America, Vol II

Author: Sanford Gladden

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2013-07-26

Total Pages: 478

ISBN-13: 1304268489

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Sanford Gladden traces the history of the Durst/Darst family and some 40 other related families from their European roots to Philadelphia in Colonial times. They migrated to the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, to Delaware and Pickaway Counties in OH and on to Texas. Some of the related surnames are: Beck, Cecil, Chandler, Charlton, Cozad, Craig, Damon, Deam, Dill, Eaton, Ewing, Fry, Glendy, Glotfelter, Grigsby, Guy, Harshman, Haynes, Holman, Huston, Jamison, Keithly, Kennedy, Kent, Lightner, Marshall, Morgan, Orman, page, Perrins, Ramsey, Selling, Stroop, Trolinger, and Weiser among other smaller branches.


Meigs County

Meigs County

Author: Jordan D. Pickens and Ivan M. Tribe

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2014

Total Pages: 128

ISBN-13: 1467111341

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For nearly two centuries, Meigs County has occupied the near-center of the Buckeye State's frontage on the beautiful Ohio River. After British and German pioneer farmers initially settled the area, the founding fathers of Meigs County took advantage of river commerce and developed an industrial base by mining for salt and coal, which found markets downstream. In the 1880s, when railroads crossed the county, Hobson Yards and Hobson provided employment for hundreds of "Iron Horse" workers. With the demise of both steam locomotives and the agrarian economy, Meigs languished for a time until a 1970s coal revival ushered in three decades of renewed growth. Through prosperity and hard times, Meigs Countians in river communities and hilly hinterlands have fostered camaraderie by demonstrating pride in their schools, churches, athletic teams, and organizations.


Artists in Ohio, 1787-1900

Artists in Ohio, 1787-1900

Author: Mary Sayre Haverstock

Publisher: Kent State University Press

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 1096

ISBN-13: 9780873386166

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A three-volume guide to the early art and artists of Ohio. It includes coverage of fine art, photography, ornamental penmanship, tombstone carving, china painting, illustrating, cartooning and the execution of panoramas and theatrical scenery.


The Pryors, American Pioneers

The Pryors, American Pioneers

Author: John Henry Cunningham

Publisher:

Published: 1989

Total Pages: 492

ISBN-13:

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John Raleigh Pryor (b.1889) was the son of James Franklin Pryor (1858- 1924) and Mary Ann Hawkins (1864-1908) of Marrietta, Washington Co., Ohio. He married Iva Beatrice Barnhart (b.1893), the daughter of James Franklin Barnhart (1866-1938) and (1) Georgia Anna Staats (1870-1910) of Jackson Co., West Virginia. Their daughter Virginia Beatrice Pryor married John Henry James Cunningham, Jr. in 1929 at Vienna, West Virginia. Includes several generations of ancestors and descendants.


Ohio Guide to Genealogical Sources

Ohio Guide to Genealogical Sources

Author: Carol Willsey Bell

Publisher:

Published: 1988

Total Pages: 400

ISBN-13:

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Arranged alphabetically by county. Within each county lists important agencies, court records, census records, and published sources to aid in local genalogical research.


Rectors Remembered: The Descendants of John Jacob Rector Volume 8

Rectors Remembered: The Descendants of John Jacob Rector Volume 8

Author: Laura Wayland-Smith Hatch

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2014-10-22

Total Pages: 421

ISBN-13: 1312620420

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Volume 8 of 8. Sources & Index to a genealogical compilation of the descendants of John Jacob Rector and his wife, Anna Elizabeth Fischbach. Married in 1711 in Trupbach, Germany, the couple immigrated to the Germanna Colony in Virginia in 1714. Eight volumes document the lives of over 45,000 individuals.