JOYCE KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK I have been reading these and laughing alot latly THANKS I needed That HAVE A GREAT DAY

These pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other persons or organizations. They are for individual research ONLY. They will remain the property of the OHVINTON list serve and may NOT be FORWARDED on to any second party or group. Persons or organizations desiring to forward or use this material must obtain written consent from me or my legal representative and contact the archivist of the OHVINTON list serve with proof of consent. I have given permission for these files to be stored permanently for free access in the archives of the OHVINTON list serve. [This article was transcribed without making changes to spelling or grammar.] Athens Messenger May 27, 1880 VINTON When completed to Pomeroy, the O. & W. Va. railroad will be eighty-five miles in length. The Hamden Enterprise says that the hills around that place are rich in mineral deposits, Decoration Day will be observed at Wesley Chapel Cemetery, in Swan township, next Monday. The McArthur Journal says: Zaleski didn't incorporate last Thursday, a mistake in the survey compelled the withdrawal of the papers in the case. Intense excitement was last week prevalent in Deerfield and Union townships in consequence of the great number of real or imaginary mad dogs running around loose, many of which have been killed. In a drunken brawl Thursday night at John McBride's saloon Chas. Nutter, a hard character, and a former companion of Terrell, the Weldon murderer, shot and seriously wounded Thos. Connolly, an employe (sic) of the Gore Iron Works. Nutter has fled. Transcribed by Joyce Robinson

These pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other persons or organizations. They are for individual research ONLY. They will remain the property of the OHVINTON list serve and may NOT be FORWARDED on to any second party or group. Persons or organizations desiring to forward or use this material must obtain written consent from me or my legal representative and contact the archivist of the OHVINTON list serve with proof of consent. I have given permission for these files to be stored permanently for free access in the archives of the OHVINTON list serve. [This article was transcribed without making changes to spelling or grammar.] Athens Messenger May 20, 1880 VINTON There are a number of new brick buildings going up at Zaleski. Chas. Shanon, aged nineteen, of Allensville, lately died of consumption. The McArthur Enquirer says: Wheat is selling at $1 in this market, with a downward tendency. There are now but forty-eight men at work in the Zaleski car shops and they are on eight hours time. John W. Scothbone, of Zaleski, was recently admitted to the bar and will practice law at that place. Mrs. John Newman, of Hamden Furnace, while white-washing, fell from her support to the floor breaking her right arm. The body of Samuel Wilson, who fell in Raccoon Creek, in Wilksville township, last November and was drowned, was but recently recovered. There is a startling eruption of headlines in the McArthur papers of last week consequent upon the completion of West Va. Road to that place. A McArthur correspondent under date of 12th inst., says: The track on the Ohio and West Virginia Railroad having been laid across Main street this afternoon, the McArthur Brass Band, with the town artillery force, marched out to the camp cars on the switch, and amid the booming of cannon the buzzals (sic) of the people of the track-laying force were serenaded in gallant style. Thurman Tweed, who several weeks since shot and killed Mat. Slosser, the McArthur Station saloonist, surrendered himself to the authorities last week and was recognized for his appearance in the sum of $1,000. The McArthur Journal says: The general feeling in this community is that Tweed did what he was compelled to do to save his own life, and that he ought to be acquitted. James Hood, aged about thirty, a resident of Zaleski, while returning from Athen on the fast line on Friday, attempted to jump off the train one- quarter mile east of the depot, and opposite his home. In doing so he was thrown about twenty feet against a post, and his neck broken. He has been in the habit of jumping off trains at this point in order to save, walking back from the depot. He leaves a wife and three children. Transcribed by Joyce Robinson

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Correction!!John Ward was not the son of Norma McManis-He was the husband of Norma!!Big-big difference!!I`m sorry.Must have been one of my stupid anxious moments.No harm done,i guess,just to my "pride"???Ha! Ha!Oh well,i guess we can`t all be perfect.I`ll have to try harder next time. Dorothy!!!

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These pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other persons or organizations. They are for individual research ONLY. They will remain the property of the OHVINTON list serve and may NOT be FORWARDED on to any second party or group. Persons or organizations desiring to forward or use this material must obtain written consent from me or my legal representative and contact the archivist of the OHVINTON list serve with proof of consent. I have given permission for these files to be stored permanently for free access in the archives of the OHVINTON list serve. [This article was transcribed without making changes to spelling or grammar.] Athens Messenger April 8, 1880 VINTON McArthur is to have a banquet on the completion of the railroad. The new Town Hall at Zaleski was formally dedicated recently. A company has been organized in McArthur for the purpose of optioning (sic) mineral land adjacent to the Ohio & West Virginia Vailway (sic) in Vinton and Wilkesville townships, this county. Wm. Chesser, a married man, living near Prattsville, eloped with Mary Painter, a young unmarried woman, one night recently. Chesser leaves his wife and several children in destitute circumstances. Mr. Schlegel, a farmer living in Eagle township, was recently swindled out of a respectable sum of money on a Missouri railroad train by the venerable confidence "lay" of giving him a worthless check for security. The McArthur Enquirer of last week makes mention of the recent elope- ment from that place of Mrs. Mary M. wife of J. C. Cooney, the clerk of the court, with one H. E. Radfern. The eloping woman left a husband and four small children. Transcribed by Joyce Robinson

These pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other persons or organizations. They are for individual research ONLY. They will remain the property of the OHVINTON list serve and may NOT be FORWARDED on to any second party or group. Persons or organizations desiring to forward or use this material must obtain written consent from me or my legal representative and contact the archivist of the OHVINTON list serve with proof of consent. I have given permission for these files to be stored permanently for free access in the archives of the OHVINTON list serve. [This article was transcribed without making changes to spelling or grammar.] Athens Messenger April 1, 1880 VINTON An adopted daughter of A. Richey, of Wilkesville, recently died as the result of injuries sustained from a fall. A Wilksville correspondent of the Hamden Enterprise says: Lincoln Shurtz, of whom we spoke some time ago as having received an injury at the hands of three drunken scoundrels, is now dead. This is the fourth death which has resulted from the use of whiskey in this township within the last six months. "A four-year-old child of Mr. McMannus, living at Hamden Furnace, was, says the Hamden Enterprise, very badly burned a few days ago from its clothes taking fire. Dr. Howe has charge of the case and reports favorable." The Dr. Howe here named is the veritable Doctor "Lou" formerly of Athens, whom we are pleased to learn is working into a large and lucrative practice at Hamden. Transcribed by Joyce Robinson

With much appreciation thanks to Joyce Robinson for her transcriptions, that she has been submitting, from the Athens Messenger. I find them refreshing. Delores

These pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other persons or organizations. They are for individual research ONLY. They will remain the property of the OHVINTON list serve and may NOT be FORWARDED on to any second party or group. Persons or organizations desiring to forward or use this material must obtain written consent from me or my legal representative and contact the archivist of the OHVINTON list serve with proof of consent. I have given permission for these files to be stored permanently for free access in the archives of the OHVINTON list serve. [This article was transcribed without making changes to spelling or grammar.] Athens Messenger March 18, 1880 VINTON The (sic) is considerable talk of a new proposed railroad from Circleville via Hamden to the Ohio River. Mrs. Martin Heiliger, of Zaleski, who leaves five small children, recently died at her home in Zaleski. Thomas, son of John McCormick, of Eagle Furnace, is reported hopelessly sick at home with consumption. The Presbyterian society at Wilkesville have secured the services of Rev. Thomas Welsh as pastor for the coming year. Charles Johnson, of Richland township, charged with removing mortgaged property out of the county, has been bound over to answer at court. Harvey Dozier, who has been one of the Justices of Peace for Harrison township, for several years, having sold his farm is preparing to remove to Cozaddale, Dawson county, Nebraska. Hamilton Snyder, says the Hamden Enterprise, met with a very painful accident at Zaleski Tuesday evening, by jumping off a freight train, breaking one of his legs just below the knee. Samuel Hays, whose sudden and unexplained disappearance was, says the McArthur Enquirer, mentioned in this paper last week, has been heard from. He writes from Hamilton, Missouri. The body of Wm. McKabe, a railroad laborer, who while intoxicated was drowned in attempting to cross Raccoon Creek, near Wilkesville, last November, was found in a drift some days since. Joseph Bothwell, a resident of Vinton county since 1853, has sold his farm in Section 19, in Richland township, and is making preparations to remove upon a farm near Centre Ridge, Woodson county, Kansas. Harvey Zimmerman, living two miles north of McArthur, lately pursued a thief who had broken into his house and stole a suit of clothes, and under the persuasive logic of a shot gun compelled his surrender. Lincoln Shurtz, an inoffensive young man, was recently without provocation, assaulted near the Wells Mills, in this county, by a party of drunken roughs and struck on the head with a rock, producing, it was thought, fatal injuries. Some unknown parties recently drove on the farm of John Miller, near Wilkesville, and deliberately pitched a stack of hay on their wagon and drove off with it. The theft was not discovered until a few days after it was committed. Rev. J. D. Smith, of the McArthur M. E. Church reports sixteen recent accessions to his church -- all heads of families except two young men. Our Sabbath School, he writes, which numbered about 60 when we came here, had yesterday 138. The Hamden Enterprise says: Vinton Furnace has been leased for a term of years, by the parties who are to run the Eagle, and it will be made ready for work as soon as possible. All the furnaces in this county are now, or are making preparations to go in blast. -- The business out look in this section for the coming year is certainly a very bright one. Of the new railroad in course of construction through this county the McArthur Enquirer expected that at the close of last week "the track-layers will, perhaps, have the work completed a mile or two south of New Plymouth, and there being a number of bridges to build between that place and Karnes' Station, six miles north of McArthur, and six miles south of New Plymouth, perhaps Karnes' Station will not be reached before the last of the month." Again we had the privilege and pleasure of hearing Rev. C. D. Barbour lecture on the subject of Temperance on Friday night last, at the Court House Hall, and it was a master-piece of eloquence, truth and illustrative lecturing. Rev. Barbour has commenced a good work in our community, and seems determined to labor on in the great cause, thereby lending his separate aid in the moral lessons of Christianity. His lecture on Saturday night was equally excellent, and all were highly pleased who heard it. -- {McArthur Enquirer. The dead body of an unknown man was found Saturday morning by a haystack on the farm of Mrs. Paine, near Hamden. Coroner Russell was notified, and upon examination found the body considerably decomposed, and he believed it to have been dead three weeks. Cause of death, exposure. He was an American, aged fifty-five, height five feet eight inches, brown coat, black vest, dark cotton pants, brown striped shirt, heavy boots, black soft hat, black hair, gray chin whiskers. He has a ticket on the Huntington and Broad Top Railroad, and a paper with two addresses -- Samuel R. Faust, Millheim, Center County, Pennsylvania, and Charles Miller, Fairview, Guernsey county, Ohio. He had a cane and valise which contained a few articles of clothing. Transcribed by Joyce Robinson

These pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other persons or organizations. They are for individual research ONLY. They will remain the property of the OHVINTON list serve and may NOT be FORWARDED on to any second party or group. Persons or organizations desiring to forward or use this material must obtain written consent from me or my legal representative and contact the archivist of the OHVINTON list serve with proof of consent. I have given permission for these files to be stored permanently for free access in the archives of the OHVINTON list serve. [This article was transcribed without making changes to spelling or grammar.] Athens Messenger March 11, 1880 VINTON Elisha Williams and Mrs. Erastus Davis, both of whom were well advanced in years recently died suddenly at Zaleski. Several persons, says the Journal, are optioning (sic) land west of McArthur. They now have some two thousand five hundred acres. Leora, aged 26, daughter of Henry Mosey, of Hamden, was recently adjudged insane and application made for her admission into the Athens Hospital. The result of a recent nine days meeting at Eagle Chapel, (Beech Grove, ) was, says the McArthur Journal, an accession of twenty-two to the membership of the church. J. D. Clark recently sold 1544 acres of mineral land, located in Swan township, this county, to John D. Martin, of Lancaster. The amount paid was $44,000.00. Dennis Ruther would, it seems, ruther steal than earn an honest living, he was recently committed to the jail of this county in default of bail for stealing chickens from Delilah White, of Eagle township. The interior of the jail of this county caught fire one night last week, but was timely discovered by Sheriff Cottrill and put out, and now the prisoners unite in saying that they would like the Sheriff to serve them the same way. The Hamden Enterprise says: Joseph Truman and William O'Connery, of Byers Station, were pretty badly injured while blasting last Friday in Scott's coal bank at Eureka. O'Connery is so badly injured internally that he will not survive his injuries. Transcribed by Joyce Robinson

These pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other persons or organizations. They are for individual research ONLY. They will remain the property of the OHVINTON list serve and may NOT be FORWARDED on to any second party or group. Persons or organizations desiring to forward or use this material must obtain written consent from me or my legal representative and contact the archivist of the OHVINTON list serve with proof of consent. I have given permission for these files to be stored permanently for free access in the archives of the OHVINTON list serve. [This article was transcribed without making changes to spelling or grammar.] Athens Messenger March 4m 1880 VINTON John Bethel, an esteemed farmer of Harrison township, recently died of neuralgia of the heart. Mr. Frank Strong, an esteemed citizen of McArthur, has gone to prospect for a new house in Kansas. Harvey Dozer, a Justice of the Peace, of Harrison township, has sold his farm and is about to remove west. Samuel Hill, a coal miner, was seriously injured Saturday morning by the falling of slate in a coal bank at Zaleski, in which he was employed. Mrs. Bishop, wife of Harvey Bishop, of Jackson township, died Sunday morning of last week, of typhoid fever and rheumatism of the heart. On Thursday evening last in the Court House Hall in McArthur, Rev. C. D. Barbour began a series of five lectures, the subject of the first one being: "Struggles and Triumphs of Temper-perance." (sic) A building used for storage and belonging to Dr. Wolf, of McArthur, was burned early Wednesday morning of last week and from which the Dr.'s residence, adjoining, narrowly escaped destruction. A new frame dwelling built and occupied by the family of Dr. J. C. Pendergrass, in Knox township, was undermined by the late protracted wet weather and the family in consequence were compelled to vacate and the house torn down. George Miller, aged fourteen, was caught by a revolving shaft Saturday morning in Cozzens & Faulkner's flouring-mill at Hamden, tearing nearly all the clothes from from (sic) his body, breaking the bones in one foot and bruising both badly. The McArthur Journal asks: Can't McArthur and Richland township persuade the M. & C. R. R., to change the track from a point south- west of Zaleski and run directly through McArthur to Richland Furnace, Raysville or Londonberry? It would save some eight or nine miles of track, open a new field and be of great benefit to McArthur and Vinton county. The Hamden Enterprise prefaces the report of an interview which a representative of that paper had with a female resident of this county who is 108 years old: Vinton county has living within her limits an old lady named Nancy Moore, who is, we think, the oldest woman in the State of Ohio. She lives four miles south-west of Wilkesville. Our reporter visited her last Friday afternoon at her home and onterviewed her as to her age. He found her domiciled in a little log house about twelve by fourteen. He rapped, and a voice within, clear and distinct, told him to enter and he soon had the pleasure of grasping the hand of a woman who had witnessed the rise and progress of our country from the Revolution down to the present time. She was born in May, 1773. Transcribed by Joyce Robinson

These pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other persons or organizations. They are for individual research ONLY. They will remain the property of the OHVINTON list serve and may NOT be FORWARDED on to any second party or group. Persons or organizations desiring to forward or use this material must obtain written consent from me or my legal representative and contact the archivist of the OHVINTON list serve with proof of consent. I have given permission for these files to be stored permanently for free access in the archives of the OHVINTON list serve. [This article was transcribed without making changes to spelling or grammar.] Athens Messenger February 26, 1880 VINTON Mrs. Ann B. Sain, aged 80, of Mt. Pleasant, died on the 14th inst. Joseph Eidson, of Swan township, died February 15th, aged about 70. The barn on the farm of Isaiah Lacy, in Eagle township, was recently destroyed by fire. Insurance $200. The protracted meeting at the Allensville Christian Church recently closed with an accession of sixteen members as a result. The petition for the Incorporation of Zaleski was recently withdrawn and the application dismissed on account of imperfection in the plat and survey. The McArthur Journal says: Great religious revivals are reported in Eagle Township, this county. Thirty-three persons joined at Mt. Carmel M. E. Church, one day last week. The U. B. Church, in the same neighborhood, has received many accessions; and Eld. J. A. Barr, of the Christian Church, is holding interesting meetings, at Union Chapel, on Salt Creek, and numbers have joined the church. Transcribed by Joyce Robinson

These pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other persons or organizations. They are for individual research ONLY. They will remain the property of the OHVINTON list serve and may NOT be FORWARDED on to any second party or group. Persons or organizations desiring to forward or use this material must obtain written consent from me or my legal representative and contact the archivist of the OHVINTON list serve with proof of consent. I have given permission for these files to be stored permanently for free access in the archives of the OHVINTON list serve. [This article was transcribed without making changes to spelling or grammar.] Athens Messenger February 12, 1880 VINTON George Snook and family, living near McArthur, are about removing to Missouri. Miss Ruth Ray, of Hamden, was lately married to Mr. J. Davidson, of Madison county. Mrs. Hewitt, of Swan township, was at the close of last week very sick and not expected to live. Mrs. Esther Tarr has sold her farm, four miles east of Hamden, to J. R. Butchel & Co., for $4,000. Richland Furnace, west of Hemden (sic), which has been idle since 1873, is undergoing repairs, and will soon go into blast. A colored man who lately died in the infirmary of this county, was 111 years old; and very remarkably for one of his age, he had never been a l??ly servant of Washington. The result of a recent fox hunt in Richland township, this county, was the capture of two Reynards and a lively quarrel among the participants about the merits of their respective hounds. Wm. Jones got tired of serving out a sentence in the jail of this county for engaging in the diversion of wife whipping, and recently made his exit through the roof of that ancient and insecure building and lost no time in putting a wide vista between himself and the county seat, and expectation now is that he will not be present to report when the census enumerator gets around. Transcribed by Joyce Robinson

Thank you Joyce-This John Ward is a relative to me through my McManis side.He was the son of one of my grandpa`s sisters,Norma McManis.My grandpa was James McManis,from Dundas,Ohio,Vinton Co.,Ohio.My mother was Essie(McManis)Perry,the daughter of James and Sarah Jane(Irvin/Ervin)McManis.They lived in Clinton township(Dundas).These transcriptions are very helpful,and also very enjoyable,to everyone,to be able to see what was happening in the news back then.Please keep them coming,from all the papers,including Athens Messenger(lots of good news),.Now,Joyce,what canwe do to help you?I know that everyone on the list is as grateful as i am.Thank you so much. Dorothy Morgan!!!! ----- Original Message ----- From: <JAR422@aol.com> To: <OHVINTON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2005 11:24 PM Subject: [OHVINTON-L] February 5, 1880 - Athens Messenger > > These pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or > presentation by any other persons or organizations. > > > They are for individual research ONLY. > They will remain the property of the OHVINTON list serve and may > NOT be FORWARDED on to any second party or group. Persons > or organizations desiring to forward or use this material must obtain > written consent from me or my legal representative and contact the > archivist of the OHVINTON list serve with proof of consent. I have > given permission for these files to be stored permanently for free > access in the archives of the OHVINTON list serve. > > [This article was transcribed without making changes to spelling > or grammar.] > > Athens Messenger > February 5, 1880 > > VINTON > > John Ward, aged about ninety years living in Elk township, died recently > > A protracted meeting is in progress at Pleasant Chapel, Richland township. > > Mrs. Elizabeth, wife of Martin Kinsel of this county, died of lung disease, > on the 21st ult. > > The McArthur Enquirer predicts the rapid growth of that place on the > completion of the railroad. > > A very nearly successful attempt was lately made by the prisoners in the > jail of this county to break out. > > The Grand Jury of this county recently found a bill against Henry Zartman > of Somerset for burning a house on Reuben Kings farm. > > The Allensville correspondent of the Hamden Enterprise has several > specimens of grass-hoppers which he lately captured in the fields. > > An Eagle Mills correspondent says that at the series of religious meetings > at the M. E. Church there, they have a crowded house every night, and > many old hardened sinners are coming to repentance. > > A Zaleski correspondent of the Record says: Most of the men in the shops > were placed on six hours time last week. This sounds like "panic" but is > only temporary, and will last but a short time. > > A man named Dixon, living 8 miles from Allensville, came near bleeding to > death recently by accidentally severing his brachial artery by the > misdirection > of a knife with which he was in the act of killing a superannuated horse. > > What is the use to sing of going to a country where your "summer would > last all the year?" Havn't (sic) we got what the poet wished for? We have > the > potato bugs, snakes frogs, and daises in full bloom -- do you want more? -- > [Hamden Enterprise. > > The lecture of Rev. C. D. Barbour, was, says the Vinton Record, attended > by a crowded house last Saturday evening. A committee of five was > appointed to draft a suitable petition to be presented to the General > Assembly, > praying for the passage of a suitable local option law. > > The mail carrier between Hamden and Wilkesville lately started out on his > return trip obliviously drunk, and scattered portions of the mail matter > along > the road and finally fell out of the wagon himself, and was found by the > roadside in a blissful state of unconsciousness, his team completing the > trip unattended. > > Not a fractional part of the whole has been told of the great mineral > resources of this county. That there are both coal and iron in inexhaustable > (sic) quantities, is now a known and indisputable fact, lying dead, as it > were in the hills for the proper facilities to carry the same to market, > or manufacture the same into "pigs." -- {McArthur Enquirer. > > > > > > > > > > > > > >

These pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other persons or organizations. They are for individual research ONLY. They will remain the property of the OHVINTON list serve and may NOT be FORWARDED on to any second party or group. Persons or organizations desiring to forward or use this material must obtain written consent from me or my legal representative and contact the archivist of the OHVINTON list serve with proof of consent. I have given permission for these files to be stored permanently for free access in the archives of the OHVINTON list serve. [This article was transcribed without making changes to spelling or grammar.] Athens Messenger February 19, 1880 VINTON The Vinton Record out for Sherman. The Journal stands for Blaine. Mr. T. J. Payne and Miss Maggie Arnold, of McArthur, were married Thursday evening, 12th inst., at Hamden. A protracted meeting of four weeks duration at the McArthur M. E. Church lately closed with an accession of fourteen new members to the church. A McArthur correspondent says: Work is being pushed forward rapidly on the Ohio & West Wvirginia Railroad. The track layers will read McArthur by the middle of March. Mr. Henry Pierhup, an old resident of this county, living near Cornelia Furnace, died Sunday afternoon of last week. His death, the Hamden Enterprise learns, was caused by mistake on the part of a member of his family in giving him medicine. A little child of Rev. J. C. Arbuckle, of this place, aged eight months, swallewed (sic) a pin on last Thursday morning imbedding both ends in the walls of the throat. It was removed by Dr. Howe, and the little one is doing well. --{Hamden Enterprise. Diptheria, says the Vinton Record, prevails in an epidemic form in the Beech Grove School District, in Eagle township. John, a seven year old son of Vincent Barbee, was attacked on Monday of last week, and died the following morning. Charles, a son of Thos. Nichols, also died the next day. A number of others are sick, and altogether the situation is alarming. Two men, names not learned at the time of writing this, attempted to cross the Big Raccoon Creek Saturday morning before day at Radcliff Bridge, near Wilksville, this county. The creek being very high, they attempted to climb along on the fence to the bridge, and when about half way across the current of the water carried the bridge away, and both were drowned. Their bodies has not been recovered at latest advices. A Zaleski correspondent of the Record says: Our town is undergoing a local panic at present. A short time ago the workmen at the shops had their time reduced to six hours; last week thirty-seven men were suspended. The shops now have the appearance of a deserted camp; most all the suspended men have the "blues," and are looking out for employment elsewhere. Some are going to the Far West, others to various points where work is more reliable. Transcribed by Joyce Robinson

Joyce, I love these news articles. Even though none of my ancestors have been mentioned, I enjoy reading them. Keep them coming. Clara ----- Original Message ----- From: <JAR422@aol.com> To: <OHVINTON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2005 2:41 PM Subject: [OHVINTON-L] February 19, 1880 -Athens Messenger These pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other persons or organizations. They are for individual research ONLY. They will remain the property of the OHVINTON list serve and may NOT be FORWARDED on to any second party or group. Persons or organizations desiring to forward or use this material must obtain written consent from me or my legal representative and contact the archivist of the OHVINTON list serve with proof of consent. I have given permission for these files to be stored permanently for free access in the archives of the OHVINTON list serve. [This article was transcribed without making changes to spelling or grammar.] Athens Messenger February 19, 1880 VINTON The Vinton Record out for Sherman. The Journal stands for Blaine. Mr. T. J. Payne and Miss Maggie Arnold, of McArthur, were married Thursday evening, 12th inst., at Hamden. A protracted meeting of four weeks duration at the McArthur M. E. Church lately closed with an accession of fourteen new members to the church. A McArthur correspondent says: Work is being pushed forward rapidly on the Ohio & West Wvirginia Railroad. The track layers will read McArthur by the middle of March. Mr. Henry Pierhup, an old resident of this county, living near Cornelia Furnace, died Sunday afternoon of last week. His death, the Hamden Enterprise learns, was caused by mistake on the part of a member of his family in giving him medicine. A little child of Rev. J. C. Arbuckle, of this place, aged eight months, swallewed (sic) a pin on last Thursday morning imbedding both ends in the walls of the throat. It was removed by Dr. Howe, and the little one is doing well. --{Hamden Enterprise. Diptheria, says the Vinton Record, prevails in an epidemic form in the Beech Grove School District, in Eagle township. John, a seven year old son of Vincent Barbee, was attacked on Monday of last week, and died the following morning. Charles, a son of Thos. Nichols, also died the next day. A number of others are sick, and altogether the situation is alarming. Two men, names not learned at the time of writing this, attempted to cross the Big Raccoon Creek Saturday morning before day at Radcliff Bridge, near Wilksville, this county. The creek being very high, they attempted to climb along on the fence to the bridge, and when about half way across the current of the water carried the bridge away, and both were drowned. Their bodies has not been recovered at latest advices. A Zaleski correspondent of the Record says: Our town is undergoing a local panic at present. A short time ago the workmen at the shops had their time reduced to six hours; last week thirty-seven men were suspended. The shops now have the appearance of a deserted camp; most all the suspended men have the "blues," and are looking out for employment elsewhere. Some are going to the Far West, others to various points where work is more reliable. Transcribed by Joyce Robinson -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 266.4.0 - Release Date: 2/22/2005 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 266.4.0 - Release Date: 2/22/2005

Caleb Sharp born abt 1820 - Married 1841 Melinda Pewther. They had children Hiram born 1843 Daniel: born 1846 George born 1849 Mary E. born 1853 Irving Sharp Caleb born 1859 Supposedly Caleb is buried in Hamden Cemetery. Can someone who has a Hamden reading check and see if any of these people are there and, if so, give me the dates. Thanks so much Elsie