Buffington Island Battle Haunts Ohio Homestead History
Historic Rivers edge home near Portland on Route 124 housed Morgan raiders and Union generals during the 1863 Buffington Island clash. The Middleswarts stories span Civil War veterans, preserved artifacts, Bible gift from Hobson, cannonball relics, and a Major Daniel McCook farewell tale.
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Ohio River
Portland
Buffington Island
Morgan
John Morgan
Judah and
Hobson
Tunis Middleswart
Franklin
Middleswart
Lower Newport
Washington County
Swan Creek
Gallia
Coma
William H
Tunis
Ohio
Jessie Crow Hannum
Athens
Vern McDade
Franklin Middleswart
Middleswarts
Susan West
Fairfax County
Virginia
Lebanon Township
Meigs County
James Middleswart
Essie
David Alexander
A. Eudell
McDade Place
James F
William H. Middleswart
Russell
W. H
Mary Williamson
W. H. Middleswart
McDade
Oscar Middleswart
Daniel McCook
McCook
Henrietta Middleswart
Major McCook
Ralph McDade
R. C. Middleswart
William Middleswart
Price
Runaway Coal Truck Overturns on Middleport Hill
An empty coal truck ran out of control on Middleport Hill at dawn snapping a downtown light standard and crashing into a plate glass window, overturning. The driver Clifford Michaels, 21, Rutland, was not hurt. He told emergency workers that the brakes had failed.
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Middleport
Middleport Hill
Clifford Michaels
Rutland
Michaels
Cheshire
Mill St
S. Second Ave
Ohio River
Mill and
Second
R. H. Rawlings Sons Agency
Kidneys Sluggish Watch Your Diet Two Day Test
A health warning promotes a two day test to relief kidney issues. It urges fruit vegetables milk and water and limits meat starches tea coffee and alcohol while touting Bukets diuretic compared for price and formula.
Five Hurtless After Route 7 Auto Turnover Near Hobson
Five persons escaped injury when a car driven by Wesley Clark Jr of Toronto swerved to avoid a lightless vehicle and rolled over on Route 7 near Hobson. The cruiser reported the vehicle went into a field and landed on its top.
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Pomeroy
Route 7
Hobson
State Highway Patrol
Wesley Clark, Jr
Toronto
Meigs County Land Transfers Highlight Local Property Moves
Public records show multiple transfers in Meigs County with parcels in Middleport and Salisbury Township. Notable deeds include Mildred Feeney acquiring several Middleport parcels from a long list of named grantors and the Thompsons receiving Lot 1 in Pomeroy from Otis and Mildred Spencer.
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Cecelia Watson
Peter Feeney
John H. Buechler
Howard Buechler
Romilda Buechler
Mary E. Buechler
Sadie V. Sauer
George F. Sauer
Winifred E. McLaughlin
Joseph E. McLaughlin
Helen M. Pipher
Samuel E. Pipher
Margaret Donovan
Harry B. Grant
Bessie B. Grant
Mildred Feeney
Middleport
Louise Wright Holden
Dent Holden, Sr
A. M. Wright, Jr
Carrol Shaw Wright
Margaret H. Tanner
Albert F. Tanner
David B. Wright
Josephine B. Wright
Robert C. Wright
Otis Spencer
Mildred Spencer
Gerald K. Thompson
Alice K. Thompson
Pomeroy
Edgar Rucker
Garnet J. Rucker
Wayne D
E. Florence Johnston
Salisbury Township
The
Covert Baking Co
Arthur W. Covert
Nell Covert
Mary Stobart
Darlene Graham
Frank Gardner
Barbara Gardner
Earl Gardner
Ida Dailey
Robert E. Dailey
Alice Coleman
Lee R. Roush
Naomi Roush
Perry R. Root
Jalonda M. Root
Rutland
Albert van Cooney
Marie van Cooney
F. L. McKnight
Salisbury
Carl E. Johnston
Mayme H. Malory
Charles L. Mallory
Sutton Township
Mason Man Fined in Mason for Driving Without Lights
Albert McDaniel, 44, Mason, was fined $5 and costs in Mayor Sidney A. Spencer's court on operating a vehicle without lights. The arrest was made by the State Highway Patrol.
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Pomeroy
Albert McDaniel
Mason
Sidney A. Spencer
State Highway Patrol
Pomeroy Association Fall Meeting And Local News in Middleport
Middleport notes cover the Pomeroy Baptist Association fall meeting in Racine with Mrs. Paul Smart leading a brief session and Miss Dora Stansbury as guest speaker. Community members attend hunts in Grove City and Radnor, hospital updates include Eileen Little after a glass door accident, a three year old with a larynx tumor, and various local social visits and family announcements.
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Middleport
Racine
Pomeroy Baptist Association
Paul Smart
W. K. Beaver
Harry Houdashelt
L. O. Gardner
A. R. Pullen
Edgar Vale
John Kauff
Harold Chase
Charles M. Pomeroy
Smart
Beaver
Dora Stansbury
Granville
Ohio Baptist Convention
Eileen Little
Meigs General Hospital
South Second Ave
Clifford Frazier
Franklin Bailey
John Bailey
Leo Hawk
Henry Rettmeier
Jacob Gaul
Grove City
H. M. Cross
Woodrow Wilson
Radnor
Ohio
George Thomas
Joe Stephenson
William Stephenson
Kermit Wiseman
Lincoln St
Robert Powell
Chillicothe
Middleport Literary Club Meets on Wednesday Hours
The Middleport Literary Club gathered at Mrs. C. W. Clark's home to hear papers by Mrs. Walter Waddell and Mrs. Robert Harris. New books were given at roll call. Mrs. Hartinger led the sale of Ohio blind articles. The next meeting on November 29 moves to Mrs. Hartinger's home.
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Middleport
Walter Waddell
Jefferson
Robert Harris
Middleport Literary Club
C. W. Clark
S. Third Ave
Arthur Howe Carpenter
D. B. Hartinger
Ohio Blind
Hartinger
L. W. McComas
Thanksgiving themed meeting of Heath Methodist Class No. 12
Heath Methodist Church Class No 12 met at Mrs. Bruce Lloyds home with Thanksgiving devotionals and readings from Doorsways To Devotion. Members shared favorite Thanksgiving memories, sang old songs, and discussed baskets for the needy and a Christmas party with homemade gifts.
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Middleport
Heath Methodist Church
Bruce Lloyd
Fourth Ave
D. S. Harold
Robert Coats
Earl Knight
E. S. Schaff
Orin Smith
George Bentley
E. M. Blake
Seventh Ave
Everett Davis
Also Mentioned on This Page
C. H. Harris
Dave Elias
Ray Manley
Dutton Drug
Akron
Greyhound Bus Station
H. J.hysell
D. S. Farmer, Mgr
Simon
Middleport Social Notes
Arthur Bowen
North Fourth Ave
Columbus
John Kincaid
Millard Wildermuth
Dayton
William Keith Kincaid
Everett Bachner
Karen
Raymond Allensworth
Harvey Edward
Rae Ann
Bastrop
Texas
Jean Roush
Downing Roush
Dickinson
W.va
Roush
Allensworth
C. H. Wise
Cecil Gr
Electrolux
Kasco Dog Food
Lawrence & Lohn
Meigs Hatchery
Piog
Young's Supermarket
Main
Middleport Department Store
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