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January Marriages and a Horrific Austinburg Murder in Ashtabula
Probate records show sixteen January marriages including Josiah Essig to Mary Mack and John English to Martha English among others. A gruesome January 22 murder in Austinburg left 70-year-old Robert Pray killed with a hand ax after a possible burglary gone wrong, with hidden wealth rumored, tracks indicating two assailants, and Pray buried by local neighbors. The era’s local notices also report religious meetings, town improvements, and stockholder votes defending railroad leases amid regional changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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Josiah Essig
Mary E. Mack
William R. Tully
Ellen M. ‘Green
Adam Adof
Margaret Eshler
John C. English
Martha Jane
Michael
Margaret Jane
English
Charles Percey
Zelia Simons
G. Stanley Aint
Cornelis A. Cannon
Zenas F. Benjamin
Mary Barber
Charles W. Cook
Billa C
Alexander DeFields
Alice Hoddard
Acon Raugh
D. W. Jenks
Anna J. Jenks
Seth Reed
Cyntha Shefelton
Robert H. Payne
Anna L. Pe Wm. Spires, Jr
Mary An Laynes
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Free | Owtist
Nalon
Disciples’ Church
Union Church
Yer “Brown
Gilbreriddist
Grier
A. Reeves
Union Literary Lotiety
Ety
O. Fer|ing
Win
He Bierce
H. Cobb
D. A
P. A. Carlton
Cole
King
Anstinburg
Geneva Times
Ashtabula Cominy
Austinburg
Ashtabula County
Robert Pray
Pray
Gillan
Fragut
Stossis
Whitch
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