Educator Killed Leading Men in Civil War Battle
Feature recalls Edwin Keyes a Meigs County educator who founded Tuppers Plains Seminary and raised a company for the 116th Ohio Infantry. He was mortally wounded near Lynchburg in 1864, died in a Confederate hospital, and was honored by Marietta College. The piece highlights the Keyes family impact on regional education through Hockingport and nearby towns.
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Keyes
Hockingport
Athens County
Athens
Meigs Counties
Heckingport
Edwin Keyes
Windsor Township
Morgan County
Marietta College
Lghth Sergeant
Charles Edwin Keyes
Tuppers Plains
Meigs County
116Th Ohio Infantry
Marietta
West Virginia
Virginia
Lynchburg
Fred Humphrey
Gilbert van Horn
George Lyons
Royal Davies
116Th
Meigs
Wolfe
Stout
Davies
Chevalier
Cole
Cooper
Dinsmore
Gilmore
Goldsberry
Hostetter
Newland
Reed
Rose
Shumay
Wiley
Barstow
Kibble
Humphrey
Hartley
Ooley
Hetzer
Secoy
Flowers
White
Carmi Allison
John Young
Perry Gardner
William Hunter
Charlies
E. Keyes
Tuppers Plains Seminary
Belpre
Southern Ohio Normal School
The
Cook
River Traffic and Lock Readings for June 18
River operator bulletin detailing gauge readings at Locks 18 through 23 and Gallipolis Locks with water levels, plus a log of boat movements on the Ohio and Kanawha rivers for Thursday, June 18, including vessel names and times of up or down status across multiple locks and stations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Winfield
Kanawha Falls
Point Pleasant
Ohio River
Orleanian
Lucas
Inca
Workman
Rand
Cherokee
Invader
Ogram
Curtis
Bruce
LaSalle
Constitution
Java Sea
Stevenson
Francis
Creditor
Jones
Sohio State
Ernestine
Lady Ree
Brandt
Kanawha
Marmet
Ellen Hatfield
Merrill
Semet
Criss
Dawson
Solvay
Kyger Creek Workers Injured in Mishaps
Two Kyger Creek plant workers were hurt in separate accidents yesterday and admitted to Holzer Hospital. Guy C. Beam strained his back while hooking a crane, and Emmett L. Brabham fractured his left heel after a 15 foot fall from a scaffold.
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Gallipolis
Kyger Creek
Holzer Hospital
Guy C. Beam
Coolville
Emmett L. Brabham
Bidwell
Boy loses finger in workshop accident near father’s saw
Four year old James Richard Ward of Jackson placed his hand under a saw while his father worked nearby. He lost the first joint of his right middle finger and was taken to Holzer Hospital for treatment.
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Gallipolis
James Richard Ward
Two-Car Collision in Gallipolis Injures Drivers
A Thursday morning crash at Third Ave and State St in Gallipolis involved drivers James Boggs 67 of Gallipolis Route 2 and Charlies M. Neal 27 of Patriot Star Route. Police said both men were the drivers.
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Gallipolis
Third Ave
State St
James Boggs
Charlies M. Neal
Patriot Star
McCune and Tracy Families Shape Athens County History
A detailed history of the McCune family in Athens County links them with the Boyles Tracys and other lineages. It notes frontier settlement in 1790s and 1800s, notable hunters and gunsmiths, Revolutionary War ancestry through Jason Tracy, and later descendants including Len McCune and M Frank McCune. The piece highlights marriages into Owens Boyles Howard and Beasley families and early local figures like John McCune, Charles McCune, and Len McCune.
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McCune
Athens County
Tracys
McCunes
Boyles
Peter Boyles
Canaanville
George Boyles
Canaan Township
Hocking Valley
Canaan
John
Samuel
David
Jacob
Peter
Linscott (Warren
Ames Township
Amesville
Thomas Ewing
John McCune
Samuel McCune
Jacob McCune
Owens
Charles McCune
Bern Township
Seventh
Ohio Cavalry
Atlanta
Anderson Prison
Cherry Valley
Northwest Territory
Nehemiah Warren
Mary Boyles
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Betsy Boyles
Willow Creek
Daniel Stewart
Stewart
Dean
Martin McCune
Nancy McCune
Wheeler
Beasley
Howard
Gilchrist
Patterson
Almira Tracy McCune
Jason Tracy
Federal Creek
Hockingport
Ohio River
Thomas Tracy
Norwich
Conn
Echbert
England
Alfred the Great
Charlemange
Tracy
Thomas McCune
Detroit
Athens
Len McCune
M. Frank McCune
Mathews and Beasley Automobile
Grass Run Socials Include Visits and TV Evening
Mr and Mrs James Boggess of near Charleston visited Will and Grace Brogan on a recent Sunday. Several from the community attended a sale at Electa Harmon s home and others hosted dinner and weekend visits, with television viewing and refreshments served by Mrs. Davis.
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James Boggess
Charleston
W. Va
Will Brogan
Electa Harmon
C. L. Patterson
Jimmie McKnight
Delmar Redman
Dunbar
Marion McClure
Don Kennedy
Perry
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H. Harris
Little Hocking
Keyes Normal School
Hocking
M. H. Rits Haupt
Dick Turner
C. H. Harris
Morris Ave
Frank McCune
William McCune
Joseph McCune
Jonas Lampson
Sand Rock
A McCune
John Jacobs
Korean Front
John J. Stinglen
Philadelphia
45Th “Thunderbird
Chauncey
Harold Goddard
Bartlett
McKee Drug CO
Mac
Frank's Bait & Tackle Co
Second Street
North American
Athens Pharmacy
Uhlman
Marietta Chemical Products Co
W. E. Dicken
W. Union St
Paul Fiske
Congress
Te. Lamborn
Brown
S Court of Richland
Ladies Brown
Varsity Theatre
James E. Coen
Studebaker
Oldsmobile
Plymouth
DODGE
Wakefield Motors Acrom
Richland Av
International
Gail WA Equipme E
State St. Near
Livest
NT CO
Mercury
Olds
Platt's Shell Service Station
Hudegon Sales & Service
W. Union Dial
Apt
East State Vets Village
Sol Rosenberg
Athens Junk Co
Theisen
Millfield
Catalina
Algeo Motor Sales
E. State St
Albany
James Hutchison
Baker Settlement Road
Anderson
Kroehier
Preston
Washington St
Shafer St
Athens Auto Parts Carpeeter and
Lancaster
Landis Gulf Service
Auto Service
Brown’s Pure Oil Oerial
Court St
KRAFT
Back Auto Supply
Parker Tire Shop
Sewell
Glenn Woods
Mineral
Decker
Singer Sewing Machine Co
Jerry Baughman
Sunnyside Dr
Wolfe Hardware
Chesser Farm Supply
Gilmore Refrigeration Service
McClain Welding Service
Moore Ave
Mahaffey Motor Service
Monte Davis
Carpenter St
C. R. White
Johnson & West
Depot St
Williams Transfer & Parcel Delivery
Gary Sayers
Route 4
DIAL
Athens Messenger
Bailey's
Nene Ee Ree
Ray Richey
Shannon Ave
GEO. W
Ford Tractor
Union St
F. P. Nuckles
Guysville
James H. Pratt
Prone
Cow
Jersey
Durham
Just Came
Stanley Sikorski
Glouster Rt. 1
Oakdale Road
Carl H. Shenefield
Carpenter
Onio
Rocks
W. Rock
Hamp
Wyandottes
Roy, Ohto
Wayne
Enlow
McKinley Ave
Industrial Motors Our Specialty Electric Motor Service
Dia
W. Union
W. O. Rose
Desoto
Packard
Dwight Adams
Charles Stratton
Ray Meredith
Cincinnate
Cincinnati
USDA
U.S
Souare
Blaetmar
Blaettnars
Chevrolet
Hudson
BUICK
Pomeroy, Ohio
GMC
Pontiac
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