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No subject line is necessary, but if your software requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #1 Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2005 14:41:03 -0500 From: Archives To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <200501031941.j03Jf3O23925@genrecords.org> Subject: Oh-Meigs Co. News (Athens Messenger) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Meigs County OhArchives News.....Athens Messenger July 29 1875 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/oh/ohfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Connie Cotterill Schumaker Schumaker4@aol.com January 3, 2005, 2:41 pm microfilm July 29, 1875 Athens Messenger Athens Ohio NEIGHBORING COUNTIES MEIGS Mr. G. W. Richie, of Letart, has sold his place to Captain Thomas Alexander, for $2,000. Capt. Wm. Grayum died at his residence in Cheshire, Monday of last week, of kidney disease. Clinton Decker, son of Wm. Decker of Portland, came near being fatally kicked by a horse, recently. Mr. C. B. Dutton and Captain J. M. Cooper, of Pagetown, died week before last, within six hours of each other. Mr. J. C. Probst, of Pomeroy, recently fell with his left hand against a buzz saw at which he was working, cutting off three fingers. Mr. James H. Wright, a young man of Rutland, while sharpening his scythe, accidentally cut one of his fingers nearly off. Mr. Henry Backus, of Columbia township, had a dog go mad on the 3d inst. The rabid animal was killed before he did any injury. James March, a salt roller at the Bedford Furnace, had one of his toes cut off by the wheel of a car running over his foot, on Monday of last week. Mr. J.L. Lasley, formerly of Rutland township, and late student in the college at Delaware, Ohio, will take charge next year of the Middleport High School. The wife of Evan Evans, of Syracuse, aged about 50, was taken ill at the supper table, on Thursday evening, 15th inst., and went and sat in the door, where she suddenly expired. The cheese factory at Chester is doing quite a large business this summer. There are on hand, in process of curing, part of which is ready for market, over six thousand pounds of the article. Mr. John Hatchie, an employe at the Pomeroy Rolling Mill, was dangerously hurt, recently, by falling on an iron pin, breaking one of his ribs and injuring him otherwise badly. About a year ago, he lost two children from accidents. We can't imagine how an addition to Pomeroy is practicable without the aid of an earthquake to first removed the hills with which that town is closely environed; but they have got one any how, and it is called "Remington's". A man named Webb and a woman named Mary L. Rock, with whom he was cohabiting, and who live near the mouth of Leading Creek, were recently suspected of fowl play with reference to the disappearance of a boy named Wm. Burrell, whom they had taken to raise, but it afterwards appeared that the boy had ran away. [The above was transcribed as it appeared in the newspaper without making changes to spelling or grammar.] Transcribed by: Connie Cotterill Schumaker File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/oh/meigs/newspapers/gnw85athensme.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ohfiles/ File size: 3.1 Kb ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #2 Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2005 15:47:00 -0500 From: Archives To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <200501032047.j03Kl0904722@genrecords.org> Subject: Oh-Meigs Co. News (Athens Messenger) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Meigs County OhArchives News.....Athens Messenger October 21 1875 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/oh/ohfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Connie Cotterill Schumaker Schumaker4@aol.com January 3, 2005, 3:46 pm microfilm October 21, 1875 Athens Messenger Athens Ohio NEIGHBORING COUNTIES MEIGS George Miles, son of H. H. Miles, of Racine, died on the 10th inst., of inflammatory rheumatism. Miss Myra Cline, late a very efficient teacher in the Columbia public schools, died lately of consumption. Healy DeWolf died in Syracuse, October 1st. He was sick almost two years. His age was about twenty years. Mr. Furman Smith, says the Pomeroy Telegraph, of this township, raised on one vine this year, 33 pumpkins weighing, altogether, 524 pounds, Mr. Jasper Branch and wife, both former citizens of this county, and who were each about 77 years of age, recently died in Wayne county, Ill. David, son of John C. McElhinney, while playing on the school grounds, Tuesday afternoon, 12th inst., fell and broke his right leg just above the ankle. The Williamson boys of Great Bend, have sold their potato crop (about 3,000 barrels) to a Mr. Graham of Gallia county, at 40 cents per bushel. -- Racine Herald. Daniel Rutherford, of Rutland, extensively known as a nurseryman, fruit grower, and proprietor of Merrill's black salve, died on Friday, the 9th, of Epilepsy, aged 61 years. On Wednesday morning, 3d inst., Jacob Warner, who lives on Leading Creek, found his child, about 2 months old, dead in bed. Mrs. Hartinger dressed it and Warner took and buried it without putting it in a coffin or administering any funeral rites. [The above was transcribed as it appeared in the newspaper without making changes to spelling or grammar.] Transcribed by: Connie Cotterill Schumaker File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/oh/meigs/newspapers/gnw86athensme.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ohfiles/ File size: 2.2 Kb ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #3 Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2005 15:47:51 -0500 From: Archives To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <200501032047.j03KlpR05077@genrecords.org> Subject: Oh-Meigs Co. News (Athens Messenger) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Meigs County OhArchives News.....Athens Messenger October 21 1875 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/oh/ohfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Connie Cotterill Schumaker Schumaker4@aol.com January 3, 2005, 3:47 pm microfilm October 21, 1875 Athens Messenger Athens Ohio NEIGHBORING COUNTIES MEIGS George Miles, son of H. H. Miles, of Racine, died on the 10th inst., of inflammatory rheumatism. Miss Myra Cline, late a very efficient teacher in the Columbia public schools, died lately of consumption. Healy DeWolf died in Syracuse, October 1st. He was sick almost two years. His age was about twenty years. Mr. Furman Smith, says the Pomeroy Telegraph, of this township, raised on one vine this year, 33 pumpkins weighing, altogether, 524 pounds, Mr. Jasper Branch and wife, both former citizens of this county, and who were each about 77 years of age, recently died in Wayne county, Ill. David, son of John C. McElhinney, while playing on the school grounds, Tuesday afternoon, 12th inst., fell and broke his right leg just above the ankle. The Williamson boys of Great Bend, have sold their potato crop (about 3,000 barrels) to a Mr. Graham of Gallia county, at 40 cents per bushel. -- Racine Herald. Daniel Rutherford, of Rutland, extensively known as a nurseryman, fruit grower, and proprietor of Merrill's black salve, died on Friday, the 9th, of Epilepsy, aged 61 years. On Wednesday morning, 3d inst., Jacob Warner, who lives on Leading Creek, found his child, about 2 months old, dead in bed. Mrs. Hartinger dressed it and Warner took and buried it without putting it in a coffin or administering any funeral rites. [The above was transcribed as it appeared in the newspaper without making changes to spelling or grammar.] Transcribed by: Connie Cotterill Schumaker File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/oh/meigs/newspapers/gnw87athensme.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ohfiles/ File size: 2.2 Kb ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #5 Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2005 15:56:06 -0500 From: Archives To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <200501032056.j03Ku6m11747@genrecords.org> Subject: Oh-Meigs-Marion Co. News (Marion Daily Sta) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Meigs-Marion County OhArchives News.....Marion Daily Star December 10 1901 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/oh/ohfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Connie Cotterill Schumaker Schumaker4@aol.com January 3, 2005, 3:56 pm microfilm December 10, 1901 Marion Daily Star Marion Ohio Mrs. Pauline M. Graves died at her home, four miles north of town, Sunday, after an illness of long duration. The funeral services were held at the M. E. church today at 10 o'clock and the remains interred in the Prospect cemetery. She was about seventy years of age. She is the mother of Peter Graves of Richwood, Obediah and William Denny, with whom she resided. She formerly resided in Meigs Co. [The above was transcribed as it appeared in the newspaper without making changes to spelling or grammar.] Transcribed by: Connie Cotterill Schumaker File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/oh/meigs/newspapers/gnw88marionda.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ohfiles/ File size: 1.2 Kb ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #6 Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2005 16:13:45 -0500 From: Archives To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <200501032113.j03LDjW24403@genrecords.org> Subject: Oh-Meigs Co. News (Coshocton Daily ) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Meigs County OhArchives News.....Coshocton Daily Age December 23 1901 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/oh/ohfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Connie Cotterill Schumaker Schumaker4@aol.com January 3, 2005, 4:13 pm microfilm December 23, 1901 Coshocton Daily Age Coshocton Ohio Thomas Bradley, a prominent business man of Meigs county, O., was run over by a train and killed at Gallipolis, O. [The above was transcribed as it appeared in the newspaper without making changes to spelling or grammar.] Transcribed by: Connie Cotterill Schumaker File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/oh/meigs/newspapers/gnw89coshocto.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ohfiles/ File size: 0.9 Kb ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #7 Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2005 16:39:21 -0500 From: Archives To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <200501032139.j03LdLs10057@genrecords.org> Subject: Oh-Meigs Co. News (Democratic Stand) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Meigs County OhArchives News.....Democratic Standard March 9 1902 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/oh/ohfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Connie Cotterill Schumaker Schumaker4@aol.com January 3, 2005, 4:39 pm microfilm May 9, 1902 Democratic Standard Coshocton Ohio First Time She Was Ever Washed GALLIPOLIS OHIO, April 30. -- Six children of a Mr. Reeds, of Olive Township, Meigs County, were received at the Meigs Children's Home in a most pitiable condition. The youngest was 4 years of age and the oldest 14. When received at the home they were but thinly clad. Their hair was a solid mat, having apparently never been combed. They were given a thorough washing, and while undergoing this process the four-year-old looked up into the face of the matron, and lisped, 'dad iss te first time I was ever washt." One of the other girls, when handed a broom, inquired what she was to do with it. She was told, and said, "I don't know how; the floors at our house are wet and muddy, and we never had a broom in the house. [The above was transcribed as it appeared in the newspaper without making changes to spelling or grammar.] Transcribed by: Connie Cotterill Schumaker File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/oh/meigs/newspapers/gnw90democrat.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ohfiles/ File size: 1.6 Kb ______________________________ ------------------------------ -------------------------------- End of OH-FOOTSTEPS-D Digest V05 Issue #3 *****************************************