The French Grant Saga in Scioto County Ohio
The article recounts the 1790s French settlement along the Ohio River near Gallipolis and the French Grant. It details land grants to French families, settlements at Burrsburg, malaria and depopulation, and notable figures such as Mons Gervais, Duduit, Chabot, Vincent, and Durlingy.
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Harris
Scioto County
Ohio River
Gallipolis
Gallia County
Ohio
Congress
Little Sandy Creek
Kentucky
Mons. J. G. Gervais
Burrsburg
Scioto-Lawrence County
A. C. Vincent
Claudius Cadot
Petre Chabot
Francois Valadin
Jean Bertrand
Guillaume Duduit
Petre Ruishond
Mons
Ginat
Dr. Duflingy
Duduit
Bertram
Gervais
Lecroix
Dutiel
France
M. Dutilel
Robert Safford
Raishond
New Orleans
Big Sandy
Antoinme
Antoine Claude Vincent
Marietta
Louis Philipe
Vincent
Conservation Committee Elections Are Scheduled in Hocking County
Preparations for the annual election of Agriculture Stabilization and Conservation committeemen in Hocking County proceed with special election boards. Ten districts form the contest with Ward and Green townships combined. Candidates must be listed by August 4 and ballots mailed by August 16. Electors are ASC cooperators. votes due August 20 and tabulated August 23. A new USDA ruling limits re election after three consecutive terms.
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ASC
Election Committee
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Presbyterians to Celebrate Church's 125th Anniversary
Plans for the First Presbyterian Church of Logan to observe its 125th anniversary run October 10 through 17 with services and weeklong events. A celebration committee led by Rev. Karl F. Schottke includes George Rolston and several residents, noting the church lineage dating back to 1821 in Starr Township and Logan since 1833.
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Logan
Hocking County
First Presbyterian Church of
Karl F. Schottke
George Rolston
Hubert Lappe
Edna Anthony
Uth Tannehill
George C. Shaw
Darley Kitchen
Martha Steele
J. Russell Young
Dean Collison
Starr Township
George W. Warner
Ohio
New Plymouth
Hockay County
Drivers face Court in Logan Traffic Plea Roundup
Logan motorists appeared in a Sunday court on traffic charges. Mayor Joseph Phillips and four others were arraigned. Uhl Urton of Creola faced a failure to stop charge and was fined $10 plus costs. Jesse Orn of Logan Route 1 pleaded guilty to stopping on a highway with a $10 fine. Clayton Walter of New Plymouth and Fred Nixon of Deanville also received fines for speeding and ignoring a stop sign respectively.
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Logan
Joseph Phillips
Uhlrich Urton
Creola
Jesse Orn
Logan Route 1
Clayton Walter
New Plymouth
Fred Nixon
Deanville
Rural Home Burglarized In Little Pine Road Area
Sheriff deputies Spurgeon Metzler and Joe Breeze investigated a burglary at George Poling's home on Little Pine Road after the family returned from Circleville. A small radio, a rifle, and a shotgun were reported missing. value not determined. Entry appears to have been through a rear door boarded up.
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Logan
Spurgeon Metzler
Joe Breeze
George Poling
Little Pine Road
Circleville
Hocking Valley Hospital Notes
Mrs. William A. Lemon of Logan listed under medical. Mrs Clyde P Hinton of New Straitsville Route 1 listed for surgery. Ney Rider of Rockbridge Route 1 noted as medical. Connie Smith and Joy Smith of Kenton Route 2 listed under Kenton Route 2. Suzanne Sildabolt of Logan and J F Courter of Logan also noted.
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William A. Lemon
Logan
Clyde P. Hinton
New Straitsville
Ney Rider
Rockbridge
Gerald L. Smith
Kenton
Connie Smith
Joy Smith
Suzanne Sildabolt
J. F. Courter
Chauncey Marine Joins Aloha Retirement Rite at Pearl Harbor
Pfc Charles F. Williams son of Mr and Mrs Clarence Williams Elis Ave participated in a historical retirement ceremony at Pearl Harbor. The Aloha events honored Lt Gen Franklin A Hart first Marine retiring outside the continental United States. Notice of appointment and probate details follow.
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Chauncey
Charles F. Williams
Clarence Williams
Elis Ave
Pearl Harbor
Aloha
Franklin A. Hart
Eufaula
Ala
Continental United States
Logan Man Is Rescnewed
Logan man Robert W. Bartley 26 of 846 Church St was arraigned before Mayor Joseph Phillips and sentenced to three days in jail and a $100 fine plus costs for driving while intoxicated. He was committed to the county jail Friday. Police filed the charge. Three others were cited in mayor’s court for intoxication and disorderly conduct with fines of $10 and costs. Harold Collins Edward Flowers and Robert F. Shields were named.
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Logan
Robert W. Bartley
Church St
Joseph Phillips
Bartley
Harold Collins
McArthur
Edward Flowers
Rockbridge
Robert F. Shields
Rites Held for Mrs. Sarah F E Smith Saturday
Mrs. Sarah FE Smith widow of John Smith was buried after a 2 p.m. Saturday funeral at Woodard Funeral Home with Rev. E F Bradford officiating. Music by a vocal quartet and organ accompaniment, pallbearers named, burial at Harmony Cemetery.
Watkins Birth Announcement for Richard Albert Watkins
Mr and Mrs Albert T Watkins of Park Forest Illinois announce the birth of their son Richard Albert on July 13. The couple also have two daughters Charlotte and Martha. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs H D Morrison of Lakewood Ohio and Mr and Mrs A E Watkins of Chauncey.
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Chauncey
Albert T. Watkins
Park Forest
Richard Albert
Watkinses
Charlotte
Martha
8. D. Morrison
Lake Wood
Ohio
A. E. Watkins
Weekend Guests Visit Alliance Family Hosts
Weekend guests at the homes of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Heinlein and Mr. and Mrs. G. R. Robinson were their son and daughter in law Mr. and Mrs. Richard Robinson and family from Alliance. Carol Heinlein, a Robinson niece, joined them for a week long visit in Alliance.
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Harry Heinlein
G. R. Robinson
Richard Robinson
Alliance
Carol Heinlein
Robinson
Chauncey Church Board Sets Tuesday Meeting
The Chauncey Church of Christ official board will convene Tuesday at 7 30 p m to plan the annual homecoming event.
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Chauncey
Chauncey Church of Christ
Homecoming at Bishopville Church of Christ Draws 105 Attendees
About 105 people attended the Bishopville Church of Christ homecoming Sunday afternoon with participants from Hooper Ridge Wrightstown Carbon Hill Mountville Corning EUB Oakdale Glouster Church of Christ and Glouster Methodist and Bishopville. A noon basket dinner was served on the Allmonds lawn Route 78. In the afternoon a songfest featured women’s and men’s choruses. The Bishopville Church introduced tentative plans for a new church building.
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Glouster
Bishopville Church of Christ
Hooper Ridge
Wrightstown
Carbon Hill
Mountville
Corning Eub
Oakdale
Glouster Church of Christ
Glouster Methodist
Bishopville
Arthur Allmond
Route 78
Chit Chat Club to Meet at Mrs Camwell's Home
The Chit Chat Club will meet at the home of Mrs Glenna Camwell on Walnut Hill Wednesday at 7 30 p m A pot luck supper will be served
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Glenna Camwell
Walnut Hill
UMW Auxiliary to Meet at Glouster Moose Hall
The United Mine Workers Auxiliary will meet Wednesday at 7 30 p m in the Glouster Moose Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
UMW
United Mine Workers Auxiliary
Glouster Moose Hall
Picnic Supper Planned by American Legion Auxiliary
American Legion Auxiliary hosts a picnic supper at Gloucester Park on Thursday at 4 p.m. Each member brings a covered dish while meat is furnished.
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American Legion Auxiliary
Glouster Park
Priscilla Class Meets at Glouster Methodist Church
The Priscilla Class of Glouster Methodist Church met in the church social rooms on Wednesday. Mrs. Lucille Dorton led devotions and prayers, Mrs. Beulah Lee sang with accompanist Mrs. Margaret Elias. President Mrs. Blanche McAfooes read a poem and lunch followed for members Lovella Lawrence, Blanche McAfooes, Bessie Taylor, Essa Cairelli, and others plus three guests and three hostesses.
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Priscilla
Glouster Methodist Church
Lucille Dorton
Beulah Lee
Margaret Elias
Blanche MecAfooes
Lovella Lawrence
Blanche McAfooes
Bessie Taylor
Essa Cairelli
Ann Conway
Ruth Cole
Stella Rockhold
The
Family visitors and weekend guests noted in local society
Mrs. Ethel Jones Williams and her son Rolland of Miami visited Mr. and Mrs. Richard Williams and Mr. and Mrs. Delmar Gladden. Their daughter Lynn, employed in Columbus, was also a weekend guest. Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Shirkey spent two weeks with Byron Shirkey and Mrs. Ernes tine Turvey in Columbus and with Mr. and Mrs. Harold Shirkey, who returned to Dayton. Mrs. Brenda Miller of Congress Run visited Mrs. Harry Keagy for a day.
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Ethel Jones Williams
Rolland
Miami
Richard Williams
Delmar Gladden
Gladdens
Lynn
Columbus
E. C. Shirkey
Byron Shirkey
Ernestine Turvey
Harold Shirkey
Dayton
Brenda Miller
Congress Run
Harry Keagy
Reunion Held By Gillespies In Millfield
Chauncey Gillespie reunion held at the home of Mr and Mrs Ben Simpkins in Millfield. A picnic dinner served to many relatives including James Gillespie and family Susan and Jimmy of Kansas City Missouri Stewart Robinett John Bill Judith Phoenix Arizona Carl Parker Carol and Carl Dayton Don Howard Jane and Lea Ann Defiance Helen Gillespie Pauline Mingus and Donnie Victor Robinett Joe Morgan and Ben Simpkins all of Millfield.
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Chauncey
Gillespie
Ben Simpkins
Millfield
James Gillespie
Susan
Jimmy
Kansas City
Stewart Robinett
John
Bill
Judith
Phoenix
Ariz
Carl Parker
Carol
Carl
Dayton
Don Howard
Jane
Lea Ann
Defiance
Helen Gillespie
Pauline Mingus
Donnie
Victor Robinett
Joe Morgan
Mineral area social notes and upcoming Methodist homecoming
Local families in Athens Mineral and surrounding towns share visits and travels. Mrs Oda Morrison of Columbus dies. Crow Ely kin and Mrs Mary Ely cited. The Mineral Mission Church hosts an Aug 8 homecoming with 10:30 morning service and noon basket dinner. Parishioners from Albany Lake Hope Shrine attend.
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Woodrow Thomas
Athens
J. P. Emish
Co. V. Hester
Orland Ely
Mary Ely
Arnold Goodwin
Newark
Oda Morrison
Columbus
Crow
Albany
Main Mace
Patty
C. V. Hester
Clifton Swaim
Lake Hope
Methodist Charge
Mineral Church
Charles Woods
Sandy
Chillicothe
Lewis Crow
Melvie Crow
Pauline Pelton
William Jackson
Della Bobo
Elizabeth Scott
Raymond
Nelsonville
Bobo
Lottie Webb
Zaleski
Bertha Lightfritz
Nelsonville Becomes Active Agent for Ohio Area
Nelsonville in Ohio is announced as the new active agent for a regional operation. The move positions Nelsonville to coordinate services, with local officials citing streamlined oversight and enhanced community access to programs.
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Nelsonville
Ohio
Two Runs for Firemen
Nelsonville fire department answered two calls Saturday night during the storm period about an hour apart. Fireman Robert Bumgardner reported the first at 8 45 p m to the Lee Hardgrove residence on Frank Street where wiring attached to a stove light shorted with no damage. The second at 9 40 p m to the Daugherty and Wolfe Store on Chestnut Street after hours had smoke from an electric motor in the basement powering a compressor burning up, with no other damage.
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Nelsonville
Robert Bumgardner
Lee Hardgrove
Frank St
Daugherty & Wolfe
Chestnut St
Myron Cox
Chestnut
Births at Mount St. Mary Hospital Listed in Notice
The Mount St. Mary Hospital births section lists multiple new arrivals from Nelsonville Glouster and Athens area families including Mr and Mrs A Kiser Nelsonville with twins and several newborns of Hayes Miller Dowler Stanley McMahon Orwiler Chapman Collette Dup chief Cullison Idyi field Mitchell Murray City Auflick Flossie Morman Hook Hurst and others across Nelsonville Glouster Athens New Lexington and Logan.
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A. Kiser
Nelsonville
Alice Hayes
Zaleski
Freda Miller
New Straitsville
John Reeves
Jan Collette Dup
James Cullison
Athens
Arlene Idyi
Field
Gene Mitchell
Murray City
Onie Stump
Glouster
Edgar Auflick
Flossie Morman
A Douglas
Ruth Hook
Edgar Hurst
Vernon Gallette
New Lexington
Local Visits Highlight Weekend Socials Across Millfield and Columbus
Chauncey personals note visitors including Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Judson and Mr. and Mrs. Stewart Robinett at the Morgan home in Millfield. Columbus guests Mr. and Mrs. Frank Dunnett visited West Mound Street. Mrs. Dunnett is Ceccill Perry’s sister. Iva Sweazy, Louie Malatesta, and Jay McAfee of New York visited Mrs. Gertrude Johnston. Marie Johnston received care at Mount St Mary Hospital for an accident while swimming.
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Ralph Judson
Douglas and Mary of Columbus
Stewart Robinett
Joe Morgan
Millfield
Frank Dunnett
Columbus
Ceccill Perry
West Mound St
Dunnett
Perry
Iva Sweazy
Cestola
Louie Malatesta
Jay McAfee
New York
Gertrude Johnston
Marie Johnston
Mount St. Mary Hospital
Nelsonville Mayor Court Hears 52 July Cases
In July Mayor Earl Hilleary’s court saw 52 cases filed. Police charged 35, the State Highway Patrol added 17 traffic citations, and 7 detainees were jailed for non payment of fines. Total fines and costs collected were $877.90 with distributions to city funds and state accounts.
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Mayor’s Court
Nelsonville
Earl Hilleary
James Cope
State Highway Patrol
Eee
State
Athens County
All-Ohio Band selects eight musicians from state schools
Ohio high school students from Union Furnace Logan and Laurelville join Gore Carl Hansgen in the 1954 All-Ohio Boys Band to perform at the Ohio State Fair August 27 to September 3. The group, led by Dr. Louis E. Pete, will rehearse in Columbus August 22 for a formal concert each evening and daytime appearances.
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Logan
Hocking County
Ohio
Union Furnace
Muril
Lloyd Zimmerman
Segel Charles Wilson
Bass
Orn
Logan High School
Harry Kitchen
Elmore Beale Jr
Laurelville High School
David Frey
John Reid
Gore
Carl Hansgen
Columbus
Louis E. Pete
Ashland High School
Two Minor Crashes Reported in Nelsonville
Nelsonville police investigated two early evening traffic incidents. At 5:15 p.m. Clifford F. Williams and Wm. Winigman Jr collided at Cross Street Madison with minor damage to front areas. At 5:30 p.m. Dr. Robert Seiple and Curtis Fishinger clipped a parked car at Canal and Hocking, causing minor damage after Seiple turned left to avoid an obstacle.
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Nelsonville
Clifford F. Williams
Cross St
Wm. Winigman, Jr
Carbon Hill
Madison
Everett Hewlett
Arthur Brooks
Williams
Brooks
Hewlett
Canal and
Hocking Sts
Robert Stanley Seiple
Racine
Canal
Curtis Wayne Fishinger
Seiple
Athens
Charles Kilgore Dies in New Plymouth
Charles H. Kilgore, 77, of New Plymouth Route 1, died Saturday at Mount St. Mary Hospital after a week of treatment. A former Columbus resident, his body was taken there for funeral services and burial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Charles H. Kilgore
New Plymouth
Mount St. Mary Hospital
Columbus
Twig To Picnic Twig 9 of Mount St Mary Hos Guild
Twig 9 of Mount St Mary Hos Guild invites all members their families and friends to a picnic Tuesday at 5 p.m. at Sokene Appressed Roadside Park Route 33.
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Twig
Mount St. Mary
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Conservation Committee
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Benton Township
Enid Wolfe
Samuel Reynolds
Falls
Frank St. Clair
Richard Bowers
Wayne Timberlake
Good Hope
W. F. Hahn
Henry CC
Brown
Ralph Blackston
Green Ward
Paul Thrush
Joseph Hutchins
Lloyd Nutters Laurel
Velva Brashares
Nelson Atbell
Charles Jones
Perry—Forest
Wolfe
Robert Bowers
Mary Wingett
Marion
Josephine Lowrie
Donald Ruff
Relna Derr
Salt Creek
Dan Delong
Vira Davis
Roswell Delong
Starr
Esther O'Neill
Edgar Norman
Hubert McDaniel
Washington
Porter Heigle
William H. Mowrey
Herman Thrush
Presbyterians
Hocking Valley Hospital
Chauncey Marine Takes
Nelle G Johnson
J. Edwin Johnson
Oia
Roger J. Jones
Said
Logan Man
Sarah FE. Smith
Butler Brothers
N. Court
Gillespies
Dick Turner
MEA Bervies
Keller & Weltner, Inc
Gaffney Motor Freight, Inc
Vivian Orwiler
Jon Lee Chapman
Norma Jean Burkhart
Glous
All-Ohio Band
Charles Kilgore
Mark Twain
Technicolor
Ars. 1
Vsi
Cotormy Mlard Motorell
Hallam Daes
Dane Clark
Harlem Globe Trotters
Aie
Charlton Heston
Mickey Rooney
Elf Chandler Khende Fleming
Yankee Pasha
Universal International
M-G-M
Sequoia
Jean Parker
Burt
Lancaster
Jean Peters
Harley
Rola v
Tae
Costar
Janet Leigh
Edward Arnold Wit
Fred Clark
Sheree North
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