Meigs County OhArchives News.....Meigs County Telegraph May 1 1855
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May 1, 1855

Melancholy Suicide
On Wednesday evening last (April 24th), a farmer named Joshua F. Johnson, who 
has been for some time past in the employ of Mr. Bazil Riggs, of Great Bend, 
Meigs county, committed suicide, by drowning himself in the Ohio river, at the 
mouth of Old Town creek.  Mr. Riggs, (from whom we obtained our information) 
states that Johnson had appeared to be in great trouble about some lawsuits in 
Maryland, in which he was interested – that he visited Maryland a few months 
since on business – that since his return he had exhibited signs of mental 
derangement; but that he continued to work steadily and faithfully, and on the 
day previous to his drowning he plowed two acres of ground.  After the family 
had retired to rest, he rose from his bed, walked directly to the river, with 
no other clothing than his drawers and undershirt, and drowned himself.  His 
tracks were distinctly seen next morning.  The body has not yet been recovered, 
although search has been made.  His pocket-book  (which he left in his bedroom) 
contained about $90 in money)

The deceased was about forty-five years of age, and formerly resided at 
Hagerstown, Maryland, where his family, consisting of three children, still 
reside.  Any further information respecting him can be obtained by addressing 
Mr. Riggs

Hagerstown papers please notice.

MARRIED
On the 29th ult., by the Rev. C. H. Warren, Mr. Wm. B. Skervin of Marietta, to 
Mrs. Minerva M. Self, of Racine, Meigs Co., Ohio

On the 29th April, by the Rev. C. H. Warren, Mr. Michael Roush, of Letart 
Falls, to Miss Sarah Wolf, of Racine, Meigs Co., Ohio

On the 28th ult., by Rev. S. C. Frampton, Mr. Jacob S. Hook, to Miss Mary Ann 
Barch

On the 21st ult., by Rev. R. Wilkinson, Mr. Robert Campbell, to Miss Jessie 
Gillspie

On the 29th ult., Mr. William Kallern, to Miss Ellen Bartlett

At the same time[sic] also, and by the same, Mr. James Karrick, to Miss Mary 
Bartlett.  All the above of this place.

Sheriff’s Sales [abstracted]

May 30, 1855 [date of sale]
89 acres property in Township #6. Range #14 fraction #34of Joseph Boice to 
satisfy costs in a suit of John Doe, ex dem. Of Bazilla M. Brown

May 31, 1855 [sate of sale]
Lot #40 in Chester, Meigs Co. property of John D. Morgan and Mary W. Morgan his 
wife to satisfy judgment against them in favor of Major W. Collins

NOTICE
Is hereby given that the subscriber has been appointed and qualified as 
administrator on the estate of Jacob Stansbury, late of Meigs county, 
deceased.  Wm. Stansbury Rutland, April 23, 1855.

NOTICE
Is Hereby given that the undersigned have been duly appointed and qualified as 
administrators of the estate of Thomas Saul, late of Meigs county, deceased.
Rich’d Woolaham, Charlotte Jane Saul. Pomeroy, April 28th, 1854 [that is the 
correct date, 1854, as it appears in the newspaper]


SALE OF LOT [abstracted]
Wm. H. Langley, executor of Sam’l Maxon’s, deceased, will is going tooffer for 
sale May 5, 1855 lots 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9, the west have of lot 13, 14 and sub-
division of lot 32 in Pomeroy.















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