Reed Residence Chronicle Tells Webster Family Heritage
A century-old Reed residence near Chester in Meigs County Chronicle details Isaac Webster born 1801 who built Ohio’s first linseed oil mill and founded the Webster line. It covers the Parr Great Bend home, Civil War veterans, river lumber shipments, and a flood of 1913 that covered the Reed house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Route 7
Chester Meigs County
C. C. Reed
Ohio
Websters
Isaac Webster
Meigs
Chester
Tuppers Plains
Parr
Great Bend
Gilbert Webster
Webster
Meigs County
Middleport
Pittsburgh
America
John Webster
Connecticut
Chester Township
Gilbert
Manning
Robert
Parrs
Homer Webster
Long Bottom
Manning Stiers Webster
Robert Webster
Drew Selby Webster
Pomeroy
Judge Advocate General's Department
War Crimes Commission
Manila
Reeds
Portsmouth Selbys
Perry County Court Notes Highlight Estate and Divorce Actions
Records from New Lexington detail guardianship accounts for William T. Ferguson minor, guardianship sales in Bearfield Township, and filings for the Waddell and Tedrow estates. Real estate transfers include Oil and Gas Co. to Ohio West Virginia Gas Co., and multiple county parcel changes. James Neff and Ollie Aksin fined. divorces filed by John W. Murdock and Clarence Young. marriage licenses issued for Harlan/Hammond and Branigan/Bateston.
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New Lexington
Myrtle Hinkle
William T. Ferguson
Bearfield Township
Verna Keats
Hilda Ruth Brannigan
Thomas J. Waddell
Pike Township
Mary M. Tedrow
A. T. Pottet
M. J. Lennon
C. E. French
Benjamin F. Newman
Harry Neff
Crooksville
Ollie Aksin
John W. Murdock
Thornville
Helen M. Murdock
Thelma Young
Clarence Young
Stillwell St
Zanesville
White Cottage
Pittsburgh Oil and Gas Co
Ohio- West Virginia Gas Co
Perry County
Clarence Yost
R. C. Yost
Dexter residents visit friends and attend events
Dexter, Ohio notices show Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Fickle visiting Mrs. Winnie Bolen. Mrs. O. S. McCann returns home from Meigs Hospital. Several couples attend a Wilkesville flower show and visit local families in Columbus. Ed Ferrer falls and fractures his hip, taken to Holzer Hospital.
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George Perry
Berger
Perry
Hawks Nest
Lawrence Chapman
Emma Romine
John Strong
William Romine
Columbus
Ed Ferrer
Holzer Hospital
Residents donate blood as Red Cross unit visits church
Corning area residents gave 26 pints of blood during the Red Cross Bloodmobile visit to the Methodist Church. Dr Elizabeth Sands served as center doctor welcomed by Dr James Miller. Fire destroyed a Rehobeth home due to a defective flue. New Lexington fire crews could not save the house or contents. The Ohio Bar Association appointed Mell G Underwood Jr and John C Furgason to committees. The New Lexington High School band will perform at the Ohio State Fair on August 31 under director G Allen Conn. Wade Vegon suffered a left leg amputation at Misco mine and is alive in Good Samaritan Hospital. The Perry County telephone directory lists 23 co operators mainly in Glenford Thornville. Mr and Mrs John W Dugan celebrated their 57th wedding anniversary. An auditor election is set for Perry County to decide on an unexpired term and a full four year term with John Adams listed for the latter. Clyde Garey Jr received 180 days in jail for probation violations and resisting arrest. Crooksville Board of Education seeks extension to use East School due to bond issue failure. Building Inspection to reinspect.
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New Lexington
Corning
Red Cross
Elizabeth Sands
James Miller
Charles Stanley
Rehobeth
Mell G. Underwood, Jr
John C. Furgason
Ohio Bar Association
State Bar
Paul C. Weick
Underwood
Furgason
Farm Bureau
G. Allen Conn
Wade Vegon
Misco
Good Samaritan Hospital
Zanesville
Perry County
Ohio Bell Telephone Company
Cooper
Glenford
Thornville
John W. Dugan
Dugan
Virgil Wright
Columbus
Dwight Wolfe
John Adams
Clyde Garey, Jr
Clyde Garey
S. E. Frasure
Crooksville Board of Education
W. D. Darling
Division of
McArthur Visit and Community Notices Highlight Local Socials
New Plymouth residents Earl Heinlein Emma Haas and Luther Rardan visited McArthur. WSCS members plan a potluck at Kathleen Trowbridge’s home in Orland after church. The Jones family Ham ilton visited Earle Heinlein. Attendees also joined the Cassell Hoffhine reunion in Sheldon and J C Cremean spent time with the Sandusky family. Richard Cremean plans a new home by Sept 1. Mrs Porter Harden from Logan will teach locally this year. Anna Heinlein.
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New Plymouth
Earl Heinlein
Emma Haas
Luther Rardan
McArthur
WSCS
Kathleen Trowbridge
Orland
C. H. Jones
Kay and
Larry
Hamilton
Earle Heinlein
Sheldon
J. C
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Reed
Selby
Reed Farm
East Shade Creek
Ohio River
Roebuck & CO
Sears
Sears and Save
Logan
Fealty and Ferguson Motor Sales
State Automobile Mutual Insurance Co
K. M. Coole
Clyde Taylor
Lola Bush
Debie Klinger
Florence L. Moore
Harold L. Moore
Jon T. Harlan
Somerset
Patricia Hammond
Patrick Branigan
Corning Rfc
Gladys Bateston
Franklin Wolfe
G. W. Wolfe
Maxville
Lena Guisinger
Leo Dupler
M. H. Stoneburner
W. M. Barlett
C. M. Milks
Joseph Parker
Reading Township
E. H. Eppley
Thorn Township
Dexter
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