Hocking Valley Coal Boom Began With Canal Completion
The article traces Athens County coal history from early deposits near Nelsonville to the post canal boom. It notes Meeker Run operations, county production rankings from 1897 to 1922, and major developments like the Acadia Coal and Coke Company buys in Bee Be. It covers coke ovens at Utley and Lathrop, and early shafts at Chauncey Beaumont Hamley Run and Canaanville, with remnants and historical references.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Harris
Athens County
Hocking Valley
Hocking
Nelsonville
Meeker Run
Rome Township
Beebe
Acadia Coal and Coke Company
Moncton
New Brunswick
Canada
Decatur Township
Washington County
Federal Creek
Rome
Bern
Utley
Broadwell
Marietta & Cincinnati
Chicago
Lathrop
Amesville
Salt Works
Route 33
Chauncey
Hamley Run
Beaumont
Canaanville
Athens Mining Company
Ohio University
Hocking Canal
Athens
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Turkey Run Social Notes Birthdays and Visits
Mrs. Claude Ridenour hosted a party in Turkey Run honoring sons Ronnie and Davey Ridenour on June 18 and July 14 respectively. Ice cream and cake were served. guests included the Clark, Matthews, Taylor, Sigman, and Farley families among many others visiting relatives in Meigs and surrounding areas. The note also mentions a convalescence for Mrs. Dayton Spencer after surgery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude Ridenour
Middleport
Ronnie
Davey
Lee Clark
Kathy
Billie
David Matthews
Debbie
Terry
Paul Taylor
Connie
Becky
Fred Taylor
Bobby
Pamela
Judy Bradbury
Mamie Matthews
Wayne Matthews
Emma Matthews
Ronnie and
Descendants of William Pierce Meet for July 4 Dinner
Radcliff notes list attendees at the annual Pierce family Fourth of July dinner at the family home. Present were Clyde and Emma Pierce, Jean and Emma Stephen, Dan Shelton, John and Tara Palmer, Johnny Palmer Jr, Kathryn Connie Judy Jerry Sharon, Jack Walters, Harry Morton, Edward Rife and son Billy, Clyde Morris Brenda Priscilla Jane, William Pierce Harvey Lowe and the hostess Mrs Emma Pierce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde Pierce
Radcliff
Jean Pierce
Emma Stephen
Camp Breckinridge
Dan Shelton
John Palmer
Johnny Palmer
Tara Palmer
Glen Perry
Kathryn
Connie
Judy
Jerry
Lewis
Sharon
Jack Walters
Harry Morton
Edward Rife
Billy
Clyde Morris
Brenda
Priscilla Jane
William Pierce
Harvey Lowe
Mrs
Emma Pierce
Community gatherings and family news from Puritan Road area
Mr and Mrs Homer Haburn hosted a dinner for 26 relatives including Mrs Margaret Malone Clarance Haburn and Earl Hayburn family from Mansfield. Numerous picnics at Lake Alma featured Eberts Angel and Cottrill families with relatives from Obetz Hamden Springfield and Mansfield. Vacation trips, births and church activities plus visits to St Charles Missouri and Camp Breckinridge Kentucky are noted along with a fire damage at North Wilton school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Puritan Road
Homer Haburn
Margaret Malone
Clarance
Earl Hayburn
Mansfield
Ralph Gaston
Lake Alma
Don Eberts
William Simmons
Emma Eberts
Winnifred
Fred Bishop
Springfield
Lulu Gar- Trott
Paul Jewell
Buck” Cash and Sons
Glen Frazie
C. A. Eberts
McArthur
Earl Haburn
Vinton County
Avonell Angel
Joann
Tommy
Bobby
Obetz
Patty Angel
Emma F Eberts
Hamden
Mrs Bay hosts Miss Wright during post surgery recovery
Miss Mary K. Wright resides with Mrs. Robert Bay at Union Ridge while recovering from surgery. Mr. and Mrs. Harry E. Norton announce the birth of their first daughter, Deborah Sue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary K. Wright
Robert Bay
Union Ridge
Harry E. Norton
Deborah Sue
Community Social Notes From Fairview Field
The Fairview Sunday School held a Fourth of July picnic at the home of Mr and Mrs Eddie Griffiths. Numerous visitors stopped by including Mr and Mrs Leo Eddy and children of Millersburg and others from Pomeroy Middleport Westerville Wadsworth Ripley Charleston Reedsville Racine and Pennsylvania. Guests shared birthday time for Patty and Barbara Russell with Mr and Mrs Russell Bailey of Middleport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dara Rose
Bertha Dye
Linda
Brian
Wadsworth
George Roberts
Maston Roberts
Pomeroy
J. C. McKay
Arthur Williams
Ripley
W. Va
John Long
Charleston
Walter Harris
Frank O’neal
Pennsylvania
Clint Orr
Billy Orr
Reedsville
Howard Frank
Racine
Lettie Frank
Mary Mc Ray
Picnic gathers family at Simpkins farm on Independence Day
A July 4 gathering at the farm home of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Simpkins celebrated a picnic dinner and the birthday of Carole Ann Parker Dayton. Attendees included the Parkers, Norman Simpkins and family, the Robinetts, the Howard family, Jimmie and Dorothy Jane Defiance, the Mingus family, Helen Gillespie, and Joe Morgan among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Millfield
Ben Simpkins
Carole Ann Parker
Dayton
Carl Parker
Carole Ann
Carl Edward
Norman Simpkins
Stewart Robinett
Jon
Judith
Bill
Victor Robinett
Columbus
Don Howard
Jimmie
Dorothy Jane Defiance
Jack Mingus
Athens
Helen Gillespie
Joe Morgan
Simpkins
Local Social News From Various Ohio Towns
Mrs Celia Boudinot visits her son in law and daughter. The Sams family spent the Fourth of July in Columbus at a Redbirds game. Carl Parker and family vacationing with relatives in Glouster and Millfield and plan to return to Dayton on July 12. Alice Carr travels to Nelsonville after her sister's death. Susie Bell confined to Sheltering Arms Hospital. Jimmy Becky and Ronday Sanders visiting Frede Sanders on Trimble Route 1 while parents vacation. Mrs John Theisen
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Celia Boudinot
Arthur Corwin
H. G. Sams
Barbara
Carol
Emily
Jane
Columbus
Redbirds
Carl Parker
Dayton
Worthy Parker
Glouster
Helen Gillespire
Millfield
Ben Simpkins
Alice Carr
Nelsonville
Haybron
Susie Bell
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Jimmy
Becky
Ronday Sanders
Frede Sanders
Trimble
John Theisen
142 Year-Old Hatch Cabin and Rome Beauty Apple Origin
The article details Judge Elijah Hatch's 1810 log cabin near Beebe in Decatur Township Washington County, his pioneer role, and family history. It notes Hatch’s influence in Athens County, the Hatch Cemetery, and the Rome Beauty apple tree discovered on his land around 1825, whose grafts popularized a new Ohio apple variety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome Township
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Rome
Decatur
Pittsburgh No. 8
Beebe
Washington County
Belpre
Constitution
Rome-Decatur
Canadian Company
Athens County
Decatur Township
Elijah Hatch
Stewart
Coalville
Hatch
Northwest Territory
New York State
Hocking River
Youghingheny River
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Ohio Company
Little Hocking River
Hockingport
Federal Creek
Haga Ridge Road
Daniel Dailey
Daileys
Barrows Mill
William Hatch
Harriet
Ebenezer
Common Pleas Court
Tiffin
Ohio University
Fiavel Hatch
Hatch Cemetery
James E. Hatch
Judge Hatch
Daniel Stewart
Laura Ann Hatch
Rocksprings Stone Marks Victim's Grave
Story centers on the Rocksprings cemetery marker for Josiah Terrell who was hanged in 1887 for the Meigs County murder of Charles Phelps. The article notes disputed evidence, a marked coat, a now-erased inscription, and local reactions amid a decades long debate over his guilt. it also recalls Terrell’s earlier Gore killings and execution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josiah
Si) Terrell
Rocksprings
Meigs County
Meigs
Ohio Penitentiary
Charles Phelps
Ohio
Phelps
St Terrell
Vinton County
Terrell
Columbus
John Rankin
Gore
Hocking County
Pomeroy
Hillside Burying Ground
Regional families share holidays across Danville area
Mr and Mrs James Hewitt and Gregory visit with Mr and Mrs Sam Dyke and Ruth Hewitt while Gregory stays with his grandparents. Sanford Davis family reunion includes Reuben Davis Bancroft West Virginia Ernest Davis Salem Center Mabel Goff Langsville Samuel Davis Urbana Carmel Davis Winfield. Spires discharge from Army. Paul Jeffers Bladen Amanda Thivener Clipper Mill Dora Spires Gallipolis James Glassburn Camp Lejeune Walter McCarley Ewington. Lowell Vance at Great Lakes spends furlough with J F Vance. James Glassburn visits grandparents Joe Swick and sister Margaret Kardillo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danville
James Hewitt
Gregory
Mary Woodrum
Columbus
John Dyke
Johnsville
Sam Dyke
Ruth Hewitt
Gregory Hewitt
Sanford Davis
Reuben Davis
Bancroft
W. Va
Ernest Davis
Salem Center
Mabel Goff
Walter McCarley
Ewington
Lowell Vance
Great Lakes, Il
J. F. Vance
James Glassburn
Joe Swick
Margaret Kardillo
Flora Wolf of Racine A Meigs County Blacksmith’s Wife
Flora Evelyn Wolf, 75, longtime partner of Riley Wolf in Sutton Township iron work, lived in Racine Meigs County. Born 1861 near Portland, she helped shoe horses, weld, and repair farm machinery, sharing a life of hard toil from the DeWolf and Cross lineages. Her story recalls a veteran village smithy era and family ties to early Ohio settlers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flora Evelyn Wolf
Racine
Riley Wolf
Augusta
John Cross
Cross
Sutton Township
Lucius Cross
Connecticut
Clement DeWolf
Portland
Clinton
Daniel
Daniel DeWolf
Clark DeWolf
Flora Wolf
Solommon Wolf
Silas Jones
Jones
Sharpsburg Social News Roundup of Visits and Parties
Mr and Mrs Car Quinn return from a Michigan trip visiting Francis Mulpas and Rosene Houghton. Patty Antle returns from Columbus visit. Watson Brill and family with others visit Ira Bennett in Columbus. Harkins family visits Lancaster and Trimble relatives. Theta Townsend hosts a brush party. Patty Armstrong to host a cosmetic party. Groups travel to Buckeye Lake with Navy leave. Snow and Walton visit Rode Armstrong home. Good Neighbor Club plans ice cream at the club house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sharpsburg
Car Quinn
Michigan
Francis Mulpas
Rosene Houghton
Newton Falls
Patty Antle
Merie Neff
Columbus
Watson Brill
Judith
Janice
Vern Harris
Ira Bennett
Frances Harkins
Betty
Harry Naylor
Lancaster
Glen
Jean Harkins
Orville Harkins
Trimble
Theta Townsend
Patty Armstrong
Roy Pierce
Ray Pierce
Ray, Jr
Arnold Deal
Roy Pierce, Jr
Middleport
Howard Parsons
David
Athens
Joe Drengaces
Kenny
Bill Drengaces
Harry Savage
Zanesville
Good Neighbor Club
Lotridge Social Notes Highlights Weekend Visits
Local families shared Sunday dinners and visits across Lottridge and nearby towns. Guests included the Frosts, Blakes, Archers, Warners, Dillingers, Vandalls, Gastons, Sniders and many others with multiple families hosting events at Alfred and Athens areas. The Christian Endeavor group planned a meeting at the Warner home, and a children day program occurred at the EUB Church in Tuppers Plains.
Murray City Social Notes
Sue Henders on Coshocton Ohio visits Nancy Thompson and Janice Worthington. Eileen Koon visits sister at New Lexington. Lois Louise and Patty Williams visit. Numerous Ohio visitors and relatives arrive in Murray City including Mansfield Carroll Glouster Trimble Hollister Columbus and Cleveland residents. Local gatherings and weekend visits noted with several family and friend connections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Reedy
Clarence Morrison
Near Glouster
Leo Morrison
Robert Davenport
Trimble
Ed Aberts
Hollister
Howard Craft
John C. Penn
Ronnie
Ray Kruger
Gyneth Thompson
Cleveland
Paul Berry
Michael
James Smith
Columbus
Charlies Hise
Rex Pinnick
Blanche Brooker
East Fultenham
Ohio
Mires Brooker
Betty Sabo
Frances
John Shelton
Robert Sands
Shawnee
Rolland Sweazy
Barberton
Ches
Dexter Grange Members Plan Visit and Programs
Dexter Star Grange members will visit Olive Grange on July 13 and present a program on July 3. Pomona Grange hosted by Star Grange plans a picnic for Sunday July 19 at Bailey's Lake. Raymond Miller has returned home from Meigs General Hospital and may seek Huntington treatment. He was injured in a coal mine months ago. Mrs Cash Braley and Mrs Ward Nicholson visited Athens on business. Kenneth Weaver returned to the Weaver home in Dexter. Mr and Mrs Pearl Will Huntington announce the birth of a daughter. Mr and Mrs Richard Smith and daughter Susie Columbus visited Mrs Mary W I on the Fourth of July. The Norman Will family were Sunday guests. Elaine Steele visited grandparents Frank and Nina Nelson Wilkesville. Jane Canode Athens visited her aunt Nina Steele and Elaine recently. The Kenneth Davis family returned from Baltimore Md to visit Mrs Davis father and sister. Mrs Alice Russell Cain Columbus holidayed with her mother and Mr Nelson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dexter
Star Grange
Olive Grange
Pomona Grange
Pomona
Bailey's Lake
Raymond Miller
Meigs General Hospital
Huntington
Cash Braley
Ward Nicholson
Athens
Kenneth Weaver
Weaver
Pearl Will
Richard Smith
Susie
Columbus
Mary WI
Norman Will
Elaine Steele
Frank Nelson
Wilkesville
Jane Canode
Nina Steele
Elaine
Kenneth Davis
Baltimore
Davis
Alice Russell Cain
Peter Nelson
Nelson
Enterprise youths enjoy camp week at Otterbein Ohio
A group from Enterprise spent a week at Camp Otterbein in Wester ville Ohio. Members named include Bobby Risch Emma Braden Rebecca Stevenson Sue Helber Shirley Van Bibber Joel Mathias and Garry Starner. Various visits and gatherings followed with relatives and friends in Mt Pleasant Gibisonville Logan Wakefield Jackson Columbus Rockbridge near Logan and other nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enterprise
Camp Otterbein
Westerville
Ohio
Bobby Risch
Emma _ Braden
Rebecca Stevenson
Sue Helber
Shirley van Bibber
Joel Mathias
Garry Starner
Bill Helber
Roy Primmer
Mt. Pleasant
Ted Helber
Dana Lou
Charles Robinson
Near
Gibisonville
John Blosser
Paul Blosser
Rachelmacher Park
Logan
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ralph Taylor
Acadia Coal Co
Turkey
Melda Carper
Nitro
Ershel Curfman
Nina Lou Spencer
Curfman
B. L. Darst
Dayton Spencer
Elmer Sigman
Johnny
Ravenswood
Betty Ashley
George Tipton
E. W. Swisher
Floyd Graves
Crooksville
Graves
James Clark
Vicky
Christy
Joyce Ann
Ross Matthews
Army Depot
Cora Dam
Charles Ables
Vinton
Raymond Taylor
Teresa
Radcliff Social Notes
Raymond Cottrill
Ralph Gaston, Jr
Eugene Haburn
Betty Newman
Robert Burns
Arnot Jeffers
Charles Burns
Lanny
Willis Norton
Austin Gray
St. Charles
Eli Stoltzfus
Orrville
Christian Church
First
First St. Jean Pierce and WO Emma Stephen of Camp Breckinridge
Lieutenant Pierce
Kathy Scheerschmidt
Barbara Bennett
Scheerschmidt
Alva Collins, Jr
Johnny Collins
F. E. Price
Charles Scheerschmidt, Jr
Jack Trotter
McLaughlin Sisters
North Wilton
Bashan
Mrs. Wolf
Webster
Lottridge Social Notes
Lottridge
W. A. Frost
Edward Blake
Mae Lynch
Ruth Martin
Fanny Barnhill
Juanita Misner
Marietta
Russell Archer
Joyce
Clarence Warner
Milford
Cheryl
Albert Warner
Aubrey Bailey
Delmas Martin
W. A. Barnhill
Oscar Dillinger
Lloyd Dillinger
Alfred
Frank Chapman
John A. Snider
Clarksburg
Lee
Omah Gaston
Floyd Matlack
Kent
Parkersburg
Raymond Boggs
Akron
Rexal Boag
Iph Allen
Lennon Townsend
Francis Coen
Otis W. Allen
Christian Endeavor Locie
Lottridge Efub Church
Wilbur Crace
Jacksonville
Russell Archee
Gayfoerd Cook
Lee Gaston
Omah
Glen Gaston
John Chevelier
Frank Caldwell
Minnie Clark
Coolville
Joscoe Burdette
EUB
Tuppers Plains
Murray City Social Notes
Ter Mitchell
Bert Sweazy
Wilburt Sanborn
Jack Collins
Charles Collins
Fred Collins
Pete Carroll
Kenton
Carroll
Anna Carroll
Mattie Dillon
Willis
Emmett Short
Lawrence Short
Frank Bryan
Claude Clendenen
Clayton Worthington
Lorna ‘Thompson
Granville Thompson
the Plains
Don Gosney
William Gosney
Gosney
Saul Johnson
Carbon Hill
Rodney Wilson
Gladys Dupler
Rex Dupler
Wakefield
Leland Davis
Jackson
James Jones
Hubert Hall
Luther Blum
Harold Blum
Kermit Blosser
Otis Landis
Newark
Lee Busch
Ruth Ansen
J. M. Ansel
Earl Richards
Margie, Logan
Walter Mathias
Arnett Griffith
Rockbridge
Robert Ansel
Bill Rheinscheld
Val Rheimescheld
Mr. Pleasant
C. H
Woodrow Thereff
Gay
Mavis Rheinscheld
van Route 1
William
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