Grave Digger Foley Records 403 Burials Across Counties
William A. Foley of Wilkesville, 82, has spent over 50 years digging graves in northern Vinton, Gallia, and Meigs counties. He recalls 403 graves, mainly at Wilkesville, with 340 there and 40 at Radcliff, and helps locate old markers for recording and platting with local efforts.
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William A. Foley
Wilkesville
Meigs County
Vinton County
Gallia County
Foleys
Carpenter
Maryland
Thomas Foley
Ohio
Test Farm
Foley
Carter Settlement
William Foley
Radcliff
Old Salem
Jem Center
Piper
Franklin
Avis
Mr. Foley
Wilkesville-Salemarter-Radcliff
Cindy
William Cline
Underground
Virginia
Charley Stewart
Mae Duffy
Lily Might Foley
Local residents visit relatives across states in weekend trips
Hamden and nearby residents share visits with relatives in South Carolina North Carolina and Ohio. Families include Cox Dye Johnson Harper Matteson Cottrill Byers Gibson Salmans Gerty Ward Ange Eberts among others as they travel and host in Columbus Cincinnati Gallipolis Springfield and Byers with shop moves and Navy homecomings noted.
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Hamden
Ray Cox
John Watters
Jonnie
Clara
Cox
Cliff Cox
South Carolina
Merle Dye
Salisbury
N. C
Dye
H. J. Dye
John Johnson
Gallipolis
Martha Newman
Harry Dickman
James Wyckoff
Nora Byers
Feasel
Napper
Main St
Ada Gibson
Columbus
Robert Gibson
Navy
Cuba
Minnie Gibson
Anderson Salmans, Jr
Holzer Hospital
Henry Gerty
Robert Gerty
Ralph Rogers
Leonard Burris
Byer
Philip Ward
Kermit Ward
Mary
Ralph
Russell Dye
Vernon Russell
Springfield
Edwin Ange
Obett
Pearl Eberts
Mineto Ee
Racine Social Notes: Legion Auxiliary Posts Updates
The Racine American Legion Auxiliary met at the Curtis Building with 19 members. A citation of merit was announced, officers to be elected in September, and a nominating committee named. Auditing committee members were appointed. potluck refreshments ended the meeting.
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Racine
American Legion Auxiliary
Curtis Building
Louise Stewart
Graetta Simpson
Audrey Hayman
Nancy Chapman
Blanche Spencer
Elva Young
Mac Cleland
Hattie Curtis
Lina Curtis
Magma Custer
Pearl Irvin
W. B. Cross
William Tenthorey
Athens County Fair
George Simpson
Clara Laughlin
Georgetown
Beaver
Robert Roush
Barbara
Connie
Athens
Marriage Licenses Report from Gallia County
Record of marriage licenses issued listing Raymon C. Blazer and Mary K. Sowards. William Pegg Jr. and Nelgene McKean. G L. Smith and Mary Carpenter. Edgar Stanley and Zelda Rollins. S Patrick Wood and Mary Joann Sherritt. Robert Moodispaugh and Reba Wolfe. Norwood D. Tupps and Doris M. Rice. Cecil E. Lambert and Helen Elizabeth Hames. Clay McKinney and Addie Mae Barcus with listed ages and hometowns.
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Raymon C. Blazer
Gallipolis
Mary K. Sowards
William Pegg, Jr
Nelgene McKean
G. L. Smith
Chesterhill
Mary Carpenter
Edgar Stanley
Zelda Rollins
S. Patrick Wood
Columbus
Mary Joann Sherritt
Vintom
Robert Moodispaugh
Reba Wolfe
Norwood D. Tupps
Galion
Doris M. Rice
Cecil E. Lambert
Patriot
Helen Elizabeth Hames
Clay McKinney
Addie Mae Barcus
Clipper Mills
Cars Crash On Curve Near Route 554
Moderate property damage reported when Howard E. Frank 21 Minersville and Everett E. Hutton 21 Rutland collided on a curve on Storys Run road one mile north of Route 554. State Highway Patrol found no injuries or citations. Doyle T. Shuler 35 Cheshire fined 46 dollars and costs for overloading. Russell Heatherly 21 Parkersburg W Va fined 20 dollars and costs for illegal truck height.
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Gallipolis
Howard E. Frank
Minersville
Everett E. Hutton
Rutland
Storys Run
State Highway Patrol
Doyle T. Shuler
Cheshire
Russell Heatherly
Parkersburg
W. Va
Neal sentenced to 13 years at Ohio Penitentiary
Judge Robert M. Betz announced Monday that Donald Neal’s probation on non-support was terminated and he was sentenced to the Ohio Penitentiary for a 13 year term.
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Gallipolis
Robert M. Betz
Donald Neal
Neal
Ohio
Taster poisoning common in late Roman Empire meals
Officials note that poisoning by tasters became widespread as the empire declined. Wealthy patrons employed slaves whose sole job was to taste every drink or dish before it reached them, preventing deliberate harm.
Holzer Hospital Notes Births and Discharges
Births listed for Gal lipolis a daughter. Oak Hill residents Carl Snyder Jr and others. Discharges include Raymond Brown and multiple named patients with Mrs replacements and a note of the Rev Roy Tillis.
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William Saunders
Gallipolis
Worthy Siders
Carl Snyder, Jr
Oak Hill
Dana Cooley
Bidwell
Linda Sue Dawson
Jackson
John L. Shelton
John Lee Hall
Ruby Rose
Bladen
Gary Wayne Cook
Pomeroy
William Deal
Wellston
Arthur Orr
Long Bottom
John F. Bailey
Minersville
Frank Fell
Jessie McGath
Northup
Raymond Brown
Ann Daugherty
George Friedenmaker
Fred Facemire
Myron Pummel
Ruth Holtz
Arthur Mitchell
Millard McCoy
Lilya Lu Angel
John Bonecutter
Russell Eblin
Ernest Taylor
Delbert Boster
Carl Dennison
Charles Richards
Roy Tillis
Two Gallipolis Men Fined Five Dollars for Intoxication
William Maxwell of Gallipolis and Marion Bornheimer of Gallipolis Route 1 were fined five dollars and costs each in municipal court on charges of intoxication.
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Gallipolis
William Maxwell
Marion Bornheimer
Gallipolis Commission OKs Road and Parole
Gallia County commissioners approved bids for 4000 bushels of clean forked coal for the courthouse and 2500 bushels for the county home. They also sanctioned a new township road on Route 218 in Guyan Township about half a mile, 30 feet wide. The meeting adjourned after signing a parole order for Haffelt Gillingham in jail for driving while intoxicated.
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Gallipolis
Mongay
Guyan Township
Webster Sheets
Brookie Sheets
Haffelt Gillingham
Split Money In Anglo-Saxon Penny Uses
In Anglo-Saxon times English pennies were silver and impressed with a deep cross that allowed them to be broken into halves or quarters for smaller payments.
River traffic report from Gallipolis locks and nearby districts
The Gallipolis locks show boats including Alice Tennessee Jones and Solway moving at various times. Kanawha River entries include Semet London and Atlas Winfield. Upper gauges read 18.3 feet, lower 9.9 feet with three feet at the rollers. Ka nawha Falls 1.13 feet and Point Pleasant at 24.12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Gallipolis Locks
Tennessee
Jones
Solway
Kanawha
Semet
London
Atlas
Winfield
American
Forsythia
Seneca
Neville
Roland
Nemicolin
Ohio
Winifred
Percheron
Casablanca
Titan
Winnie Mae
Tampico
Sohio State
Keystone
Point Pleasant
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H. Harris
W. A. Poley
Racine Social Notes
Owen Watson
Arthur Roush
Homer Jaccaud
Delaware
Mr. Jaccaud
Jerry Jaccaud
East Liverpool
Tasters
Ok’s Road
Roger Dean
Manu
America
Mercurys
Mobilgas
Grand Canyon Run
U. Airport
Incom
Mercury
Athens, Ohio
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