Gallia Pioneer's Grave Recalls Simple Life
This reminiscence profiles Uncle Johnny Boice a pioneer who cleared woods near Meigs County over a century ago. It recounts his rugged build and influence on a boy who lived nearby as the Boice family migrated from Western Pennsylvania down the Ohio River to a wilderness site.
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Johnny Boice
Meigs County
Johnny
Joseph Boice
Ohio River
Pennsylvania
Wilderness
Lindsey Hill
John
Kggerville
Cecle Johnny” Boice
Kyger
Gullia County
John Boice
Gallia County
Thanksgiving Guests From Area Families
Mr. and Mrs. Frank James and Mr. and Mrs. Harry Vandyke hosted guests including Oscar and Sandra James of Columbus and Joe and Della Ellis of Athens. Albany visitors joined Arthur, Roger Vandyke families, Mae Lowery and Zenith Jewell party, plus Mona. Several Brill, Smith, Sampson and Parsons households shared holiday hospitality among Amesville, Glouster, Chesterhill, Massillon, Marietta, and Sharpsburg with local relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman Lowery
Zenith Jewell
Mona
Glouster
Evalina Brill
Clyde Calentine
Donna
Shirley
Bobby
Massillon
Joe Smith
Edith Smith
Carol Jean Smith
Chesterhill
Betty Sampson
Mabel
Christine
Janet
Marietta
Uncle Johnny Boice and his pioneer 160 acre homestead life
A historical sketch recalls John Boice and his widowed sister Sally Price living on a 160 acre Ohio frontier farm in the 1880s. It notes their self sufficient life with sheep, hogs, timber stands, a portable mill sale, spring water, and crops set by moon phases, plus a lifelong bachelor stance and local community ties.
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John Boice
Sally Price
Johnny
Meigs County
Andie Lovsey
WSCS
R. H. Strightland
Washington
Dori Kernward
Carl Davis
Poland
Ohio
Davis
New Marshfield
Eastern Star
Fred Hoodlett
Grace Dinsmoor
Nora Frank
Eva van Dyke
Dorothy Terrell
Donald van Dyke
Norfolk
Harrison Lovsey
Columbus
Fern Rorick
Lyons
Plains
Mt. Pleasant Methodist Church
Logan
Carroll Chesser
Macie Haught
Claude Whitlatch
Athens
Leo Dickerson
June
Yellow Springs
Jenn
Bradford Street
Bristol
Rhode Island
Robert C. Jenne
Common Pleas Court
Athens County
BO. Dimos
Earlter
le & Stosenberry
Thomas R. Baker
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Gallia
RB. B. Carson
Broadwell
Juliana
Kggerville Church
James
Fate
Anor
Johnny Bolce
Kgger Hills
Wallace Bennett
Utah
Joseph McCarthy
Wisconsin
Senate
Elberfeld
Merry Christmas
Eaton
Beauty
Mom
Revere Ware
al Taean
Revere
Wasa
Teal
Chapel Hill
Cannon
Dad
Eiberfeld
Teylor
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