Ravenswood's Historic Ravenswood House Hotel Story
A 1855 built Ravenswood House hotel along the Ohio at Mulberry and Water Streets is traced from owner A J Keeney through John Kounts and Cai Shank to W C McConnell and finally Elmer Padgett of Lubeck W Va It lists 42 rooms five apartments and amenities plus current operators Mr and Mrs Charles Dott and notes former operators Navy Mothers and Girl Scouts events and local club activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marguerite Compston Ravenswood
Ohio River
Mulberry
Water Streets
Hugh Cottonwood
Havamwonis
Elmer Padgett
Lubeck
W. Va
Charles Dott
Dott
Ravenswood
Oldacre
Death notices from Shawnee and Sugar Creek communities
Mr and Mrs Claude Imler and Mrs Ethel Imler visited the Brunton home in Shawnee after the death of Sarah Brunton. Mr and Mrs Howard Bobo of Sugar Creek visited Mr and Mrs Jack Williams. Harry Brunton and family attended Sarah Brunton s funeral in Shawnee. Her husband Lewis stays with the Bruntons. Mrs Jessie Lehman returned home after visiting relatives in Columbus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hemlock
Claude Imler
Ethel Imler
Brunton
Shawnee
Sarah Brunton
Howard Bobo
Sugar Creek
Jack Williams
Harry Brunton
Lewis
Jessie Lehman
Columbus
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Ohio
Heart and Hand Rebekah Lodge
IOOF
Blanche Snider
Noble Grand
Mrs Snider
Faye Lindamood
Vice Grand
Lora Abels
Nellie Hughes
Mary Hupp
Etta Stanley
Belle Deleney
Geraldine Hupp
Marguherite Geren
Elsie Geren
Dot Leeson
Blanche Gorrell
Ruby Watts
Ruth Anderson
Grover Cowdry
Virginia Burdette
Alice Casto
Clyde Hupp
Carroll Burdette
Dale Hupp
Frank Abels
Weltha Kilgus
Navy Mothers Club
Mildred Stewart
E. J. Leeson
Hupp
Kilgus
Snider
Stewart
Frankie Roush
Eliza
Athens Messenger
Casto
Aphra Poliff
Mrs Hilah West
Boy Scouts Room
Jackson
Mil
Mia Kathleen Somerville
Mia Loretta Norman
Linda Bennett
Janet Morehead
Wanda Linchcome
Rae Cox
Sue Somerville
Laughlin
Patsy Merrill
Walton Memorial Methodist Church
Rita Staats
Mary Caldwell
Jean Bish
Kay Buffington
Mary Ann Twiggs
Judy Lincicome
Mary Merritt Game
Janie Blackburn
Kay Hudkins
Jean Fletcher
Debbie Gandee
Peggy Dee Anderson
Jane Davis
Connie Laughlin
Sharon Evans
E. M. Reynolds
Madge Jones
Hugh McPherson
H. D. McPherson
William S. Ritchie, Jr
West Virginia University
Lions Club
Ritchie
The
Junior Womans Club
Dodge Dealers
DODGE
Glenna Willians
S Ligal
Coca-Cola Company
Parkersburg
Coca-Cola Bottling Company
Ntmark
Altmans
Charlie
Baby
Pepperell
Stevens
Taffeta Comforts
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!