Albany Woman Recounts Early Life In New Marshfield Trading Era
Rebecca Feordon Stanley, 85, recalls Albany history and the old “Big Trading” era near New Marshfield. She describes family ties, a long residence in two homes, church shifts, and memories of roads, neighbors, and the garden scenes around her corner house above Cline drug store.
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Rebecca Gordon Stanley
Cline Drug Store
Albany
Rebecca Feordon Stanley
Alice Stanley
Stanley
New Marshfield
Alles Anley
Hinds
Sirius
Atselt
It's Attractive Albany Baptist Church Has Geautiul Wrent and tle Lawn
Albany Baptist Church presents an attractive neat appearance with a well kept lawn. The old settlement notes mention a Tree Will toplist and a long history dating back to 1544 with Rev Haning, who led a notable revival in 1857 adding 68 members and the current church building erected in 195%.
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Albany Baptist Church
Echnteh of
Albany
Haning
Mer Eimiing
Or. Haning
Ollotming
Albany’s Early Growth Under Mayors and Development
The article recalls Albany in Lee township southeastern Ohio. It notes M. Wood as a former mayor, the village’s neat, prosperous character, development by William Graham's lots in 1832 33, first house by Lucius Beckley, John Brown’s land sales, incorporation in 1844, and early leaders John V. Brown and J. M. Gorstene with J. Wood serving as mayor from 1876 to 1877.
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Leany
Ohio
Albany
Lee Township
William Graham
Lucius Beckley
John Brown
Albany Civil War veteran Jarrott Bobo profile gains local interest
The piece features Jarrott Bobo, an 81 year old Civil War veteran and 35 year Albany resident, praised as a marksman and horseman. It recounts his service with Company A, 66th Ohio Infantry, notes he was not wounded, and highlights his long life of travel and community welcome in Albany.
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Albany
Jarrott Hale
Jarrott Bobo
Jarrett Bobo
Bobo
Sixty-Sixth
Ohio Volunteer Infantry
Atlanta
Sherman
Arizona
Georgia
California
Wilds
West
Oho
Colorado
Athens County
Spokane
Washington
Fagen
Wagan
Tannes
Fagan
Aunty Lee a cherished Albany figure and children’s friend
Mary Lee known as Aunty Lee. widow, 79, long resident of Albany praised for elegance and philanthropy. She hosts children, shares kindness, and keeps a home open to neighbors’ kids. Her father T. K Rossetter, born 1822, moved from New Hartford to Ohio and to Albany, later farming 170 acres and joining Albany lodge No. 166 A F and A M.
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Mary Lee
Albany
Ike
Lee
T. K Rossetter
New Hartford
Conn
Ohio
Shade Creek
Alexander Township
Athens County
Matilda J Wheeler
Chandler M
Mary
Hattie
Lou
Rossetter
Albany Lodge
Knee Bones Help Tell Mummy's Age
Scientists at Western Reserve University say knee bone condition can reveal age up to 27 with high accuracy, with broader ranges up to 70. They note akelion ages from 27 to 50 show larger errors, while knee joints remain a key age indicator amid historical mummy studies and related anecdotes.
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Cleveland
T. Wingate Todd
Department of Anatomy
Western Reserve University
Todd
Evil Moniker Leads Dog Into Law's Clutches
New York August 25 NEA Service outlines a curious case where a dog named Fagan, accused of predatory instinct, is entangled with his master Leon Jasancs over missing money from a garage till. The dog sits in kennel awaiting legal fate while authorities weigh individual responsibility.
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NEA
York
Fagan
Cours
Leon Jasancs
Coder
Society For Prevention of Cruelty
Isaacs
Lee Township Organized in 1816 Deep South County
Lee Township was organized in 1816 as the southern part of the county, covering 15 360 acres in 24 sections. Bounded by Watyiloo to the north, Ales coming to the south, and Vinton to the west, its land is rolling and largely suited for farming. Early settlers included Captain John Martin and others noted for education and pious progress, whose efforts supported schools and churches amid frontier life.
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Bey Watyiloo
Ales
Vinton Points
Johm Martin
Revolutonary Tame
Phin
Snuth
Benny Cassel
Muves
Daniel Knowlton
George Canny
John Holdren
Walliam Brown
William Gilham
Jacob Lentnis
James McGointyil
Francis Thomas
Samiuel Luckey
Hiram Howlett
Land John Doughty
Characteliot
the Times
Carnist
Albany Postoffice Established Along Mail Road
Albany Postoffice was first established along the Ath ens and Chillicothe mail road about two and a half quarts northwest of the current Albany. It moved to the village in 186, under James Wilson. Early postmasters included Jacob Lente 1829 to 1886, James Wilson 1846 to 1837, Lucius Beckley 1847 to 1840, J. McCulley 1810 to 1811, Jonathan Winn 1811 to 18, John Cy Brown 1810, John Earhart 1857 to 1stt, Peter Mose 1849 to 188d, James Gorslene 1843 to [sh1, Met er Morse 1861 to tSus, and WoW Kurtam 1965 to Iso6. The office became a tenry-order office in Lazo and the first money order was issued to C. C. Hewitt for 20 dollars.
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Albany
Athens and
Chilhicothe Mart
ISG
James Wilson
Jacob Lente
Lucius Beckley
John Earhart
Peter Mose
James Gorslene
Meter Morse
tSus
Lazo
C. C. Hewitt
Poultry Costs Drop Claim From Scott County Raiser
University of Ili nois reports a Scott County Missouri poultry raiser says fuel and feed cost about seven cents per chick to eight weeks. The claim challenges high local spring chicken prices.
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University of Ilinois
Scott County
Noultry
Marines Guard Soviet Legation Quarter in Pekin
American marines in Pekin are the only ones stationed in a major world capital to serve under the Soviet flag. After the April raid on the Russian Legation and departure of the diplomatic staff, a marine patrol now walks post beneath the Soviet emblem each morning as the quarter is guarded by international military police.
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Pekin
Russia
Chang Tso-lin
China
U. S
Legation
Powers
DLO Residents and Early Settlers in Albany
Names of earlier settlers are traced through biographical sketches. many listed still have descendants living in Albany today. The document notes that older residents remain part of the community and some will continue to be remembered.
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Albany
Old Atwood Institute and Albany church histories
The item notes the 1848 founding of Old Atwood Institute in Albany as a manual labor university. It records the winter 1876 founding of the Churches WE Methodist Episcopal Society of Albany by Rev. Oilas Nichols, remarks on its early prosperity, and the 1889 founding of Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Albany with trustees Lindley Patterson Vorkes Armstrong Hugh Fletcher. It mentions Rev Pod ky Lemon as pastor and a 1981 church reconstruction costing unspecified.
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Old Atwood Institute
Albany
Manual Labor University
WE Methodist Epioce Ipal Society of
Oilas Nichols
Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Lindley
Patterson
Vorkes
Armstrong
Hugh Fletcher
Pod
Ky Lemon
Gilsie
Pp. Garvin
James Dodd
Christian Church
Nehemiah Atwood
Atwood Institute
J [. Wood
J. M. Wood
Enterprise Institute
Ohio
Wells Library and Atwood Institute History Notes
The article traces Wells Library origins in the Tracking Valley, Henry Sae’s bequests for immediate book purchases and a perpetual fund, and the Cline family trusteeship. It covers Athens county figures like L. H. Moore, Mary Fletcher, and the Brown and Kerr families, detailing Atwood Institute’s evolution from Albany Manual Labor University to a denominational college, with shifts in administration and access. It also references early educators, local schools, and community figures including Hugh Laughlin.
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Tracking Valley
Henry Sae
T. Cline
Cline
Athens
L. H. Moore
John
Welly
Elizabeth Townsend Cilne
Virginia
Cilne
Lo Metgs
Mary
sWeethes
Albany
Wells Library
Albany Echo Weekly Journal's 1877 Origins and Changes
Albany Echo began as a weekly journal in 1877 by a joint stock company led by Dr. Alex Richardson as president J H Vorkes as secretary and A C Dalley as treasurer. After year one D A R McKinstry and J B Black became proprietors and switched publication to weekly. Dr E Gray, director of the Pacific Slope Dairy Show Association, led a group of American experts testing Berlin and advising Gorman on Mk consumption.
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J. H. Vorkes
A. C. Dalley
D. A. R. McKinstry
J. 8
Black
Albany Echo
E. Gray
Pacific Slope Dairy Show Association
Test For
Berlin
Gorman
City THENS Incorporation Under 1525 Act
Incorporation of City THENS by an act passed by the General Assembly of Ablo on January 24, 1525. The ordinance set residency and election rules for electors, requiring annual meetings to elect a mayor and marshal by ballot who will oath faithfulness before taking office. Additionally, notes include birth and death references to ehtla CR and Morris’s father William, killed by lightning in 1861, and a reference to AQSEPH OLIVER.
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General Assembly
Ablo
Athens
Lallot
Ehtla, CR
Me Morris
William
Aqseph Oliver
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