Here's an obituary of one of the first settlers of Lawrence County. - Jean Griesan Colorado DEATH OF CHRISTIAN YINGLING. Died, at his residence, near Hanging Rock, on Friday, Sept. 12, 1856, CHRISTIAN YINGLING, one of the pioneers in this region, in the 69th year of his age. Mr. Yingling was born in Western Pennsylvania, on the waters of the Youhiogheny, April 24, 1788. He removed with his father, Andrew Yingling, to the place called "Alexandria," on the Ohio river below the old mouth of the Scioto, in 1797, and in 1798, settled on the place in this county where he died. In the same year, Rev. John Kelley, who still survives, settled with his father, Luke Kelley, just below. At that time, "Sammons," as he was called, (Simmons was the true name,) a relative of C. W. Simmons, present Treasurer of Lawrence Co., lived in a cabin opposite Big Sandy. Next below, in order, came the cabins of Andrew Yingling, Luke Kelley, James Kelley, Vincent Ferguson, Peter Van Bibber, and George Stewart - all that there were then in what is now Lawrence Co. Mr. Yingling was married, Oct. 18, 1814, to Martha Lee, daughter of Rev. John Lee, first pastor of "Storms Creek Church," the Baptist Church of Ironton. He was a kind hearted man, an obliging neighbor, an honest citizen, and leaves a wide circle of friends. Ironton Register, September 18, 1856