Does anyone have any information about the following family found in the 1850 Census in Warren Township, Washington County, Ohio: Dwelling #112, Family #119 James Needs, 32, M, Farmer, Pennsylvania Catherine, 23, F, Ohio Thomas, 6, M, Ohio Mary, 4, F, Ohio Sarah J, 1, F, Ohio **************************************************************************** http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/s/c/h/Richard-M-Schoen/index.html http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=rschoen63 Administrator for RUPPLE Surname List and Message Board: http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/surname/r/rupple.html http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p=surnames.ruppel

Hi Debbie what is there on the Needham-Shedd and the others that you listed under that line send it off the list Will

Is anyone researching any of the following Surnames? I have on CD "History of Ellenwood -- Wharton and 20 Allied Families 1620-1968" Compiled By Willard White Ellenwood Surnames include Needham-shedd-doty-potter-chamberlain Irvine-wier-smith-sanor-wilkinson Soule-devol-fleck-cowell-henderson Delano-oakes-bent-freeman-atherton If anyone is researching any of these surnames, I will be glad to send you what I have. The Ellenwood History is full with LOTS of genealogy information. Most of it from Washington County, Ohio Debbie Noland Nitsche Philadelphia, PA. Researching MANKINS, JOHNSON, PARKE, MASON, COBURN, McNEAL, FARNSWORTH, COYLE, NOLAND, McNAMEE http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/n/i/t/Debra-Nitsche// PHOTO SITE OF "FAMILIES OF WASHINGTON COUNTY, OHIO" http://hometown.aol.com/familiesofwashco/index.html MY HISTORICAL PHOTO COLLECTION OF WASHINTON COUNTY, OHIO http://hometown.aol.com/washcoohiopics/myhomepage/collection.html WASHINGTON COUNTY, OHIO HISTORICAL & GENEALOGICAL LINKS (under construction) http://hometown.aol.com/washcohistory/index.html

I just found these items on EBAY........Thought they might be of interest to someone researching the KINKEAD and STILLE family histories. Ohio Diary Saga Racoon Valley Pioneers Ohio Diary. The Saga of Racoon Valley. Memoirs of Charles B. KINKEAD. ("Jim Blaine") Exposition Press. 1953. Hardbound, about 5.5X8.25, with 268 pages. Inscribed and signed to a Cincinnati author. "Racoon Creek...rises in Licking County, flows southeast through Athens and Vinton Counties, strikes Gallia County in Huntington Township and flows south through Huntington and Racoon Townships, and about three and one half miles into Perry Township; thence southeast through Green, Harrison and Clay Townships, emptying into the Ohio River, six miles below Gallipolis. Little Raccon..." Marietta, Denison University, Granville, Rio Grande College, mills, covered bridges Keystone Furnace, more, more. Some photos. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3532130781&ssPageName=ADM E:B:SS:US:1 1939 OHIO BUILDS A NATION LOWER SALEM STILLE Your bidding on a 9 x 6 inch hard cover book titled OHIO BUILDS A NATION A Memorial to the Pioneers and the Celebrated Sons of the Buckeye State by Samuel Harden Stille Marietta Ohio. Book was published in 1939 in Lower Salem Ohio and has 249 pages with illustrations. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3532018097&ssPageName=ADM E:B:SS:US:1 Debbie Noland Nitsche Philadelphia, PA. Researching MANKINS, JOHNSON, PARKE, MASON, COBURN, McNEAL, FARNSWORTH, COYLE, NOLAND, McNAMEE http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/n/i/t/Debra-Nitsche// PHOTO SITE OF "FAMILIES OF WASHINGTON COUNTY, OHIO" http://hometown.aol.com/familiesofwashco/index.html MY HISTORICAL PHOTO COLLECTION OF WASHINTON COUNTY, OHIO http://hometown.aol.com/washcoohiopics/myhomepage/collection.html WASHINGTON COUNTY, OHIO HISTORICAL & GENEALOGICAL LINKS (under construction) http://hometown.aol.com/washcohistory/index.html

HISTORY OF BELPRE, WASHINGTON COUNTY OHIO By C. E. Dickinson, D. D. - Formally Pastor of Congregational Church - Author of the History of the First Congregational Church, Marietta, Ohio Copyrighted in 1920 by C. E. Dickinson (Chapter VIII) On this CD, in Chapter VIII, there are ESTRACTS FROM LIVES OF EARLY SETTLERS of the following people: Captain Jonathan DEVOL Griffin GREENE Captain William DAVIS Colonel Nathaniel CUSHING Major Jonathan HASKELL Colonel Ebenezer BATTELLE Colonel Israel PUTNAM Aaron Waldo PUTNAM Captain Jonathan STONE Major Nathan GOODALE Major Robert BRADFORD Captain Benjamin MILES Captain Perly HOWE Truman & Stephen GUTHRIE (Brothers) James KNOWLES Captain Eleazer CURTIS Howell & Captain Aaron BULL (Brothers) Aaron CLOUGH Peregrene FOSTER Some of these sketches are lengthy, with quite a bit of detail about their lives, before and after arriving in Washington Co. If anyone wants any of these sketches, please email me direct at: Diamonddeb@comcast.net I will be glad to send you the sketch. Debbie Noland Nitsche Philadelphia, PA. Researching MANKINS, JOHNSON, PARKE, MASON, COBURN, McNEAL, FARNSWORTH, COYLE, NOLAND, McNAMEE http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/n/i/t/Debra-Nitsche// PHOTO SITE OF "FAMILIES OF WASHINGTON COUNTY, OHIO" http://hometown.aol.com/familiesofwashco/index.html MY HISTORICAL PHOTO COLLECTION OF WASHINTON COUNTY, OHIO http://hometown.aol.com/washcoohiopics/myhomepage/collection.html WASHINGTON COUNTY, OHIO HISTORICAL & GENEALOGICAL LINKS (under construction) http://hometown.aol.com/washcohistory/index.html

I just added LOTS more website links to this site. If anyone has anything they want to add, give me a hollar, and I will be glad to add the Link. WASHINGTON COUNTY, OHIO HISTORICAL & GENEALOGICAL LINKS http://hometown.aol.com/washcohistory/index.html Debbie Noland Nitsche Philadelphia, PA. Researching MANKINS, JOHNSON, PARKE, MASON, COBURN, McNEAL, FARNSWORTH, COYLE, NOLAND, McNAMEE http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/n/i/t/Debra-Nitsche// PHOTO SITE OF "FAMILIES OF WASHINGTON COUNTY, OHIO" http://hometown.aol.com/familiesofwashco/index.html MY HISTORICAL PHOTO COLLECTION OF WASHINTON COUNTY, OHIO http://hometown.aol.com/washcoohiopics/myhomepage/collection.html WASHINGTON COUNTY, OHIO HISTORICAL & GENEALOGICAL LINKS (under construction) http://hometown.aol.com/washcohistory/index.html

IMPORTANT info for genealogists -- cost of Ohio birth & death certificates may go from $1 to $17. Your immediate action is necessary if we are to have any chance fo stopping this increase. I recently learned that the Ohio legislature has proposed a budget for 2002-2003 that will eliminate uncertified copies of birth and death records. If Governor Taft signs the bill as presented, you won't be able to get uncertified copies of those any more from the state or county depts of health after July 1 -- and your cost will go from $1 per uncertified copy to $17 for each certified copy -- a 1700% increase that will make the cost of genealogy research prohibitive, especially for retirees. Governor Taft has line item veto power which would enable him to veto the offending provisions of the bill -- but we must act NOW if we are to have any chance of influencing him to exercise his line item veto power. A campaign of email and phone calls should do it (letters will take to long, since Gov Taft is considering the budget now and is expecting to act on it within just a day or two). Please send Governor Taft an email -- or call his office and complain about the proposed increase. His email address and phone number are set forth below. Also below is a copy of an email I sent to the Governor this morning. You may also want to mention that many people begin researching their family histories after retirement -- but the proposed increase will make that cost prohibitive for them in particular. If just half of the subscribers to the Ohio rootsweb lists contact the Governor, we may be able to stop the increase. If yoiu want the Governor to send you a written response, you must include your snail mail address. (I included mine.) Thanks Mick Burdge Dayton, Ohio Governors email address: Governor.Taft@das.state.oh.us His office phone numbers: (614) 466-3555 (614) 644-0957 My email to his office this morning: Dear Governor Taft -- I am asking that you please use your line item veto, and whatever other powers you have, to remove the proposed increase in the cost of obtaining death and birth certificates -- to be specific, please remove from the proposed budget the requirement that the public can obtain such vital records only in the form of expensive certified copies. The proposal would mean that the Ohio public would have to suffer an increase from $1 to $17 per copy. It is quite ironic that in the year 2003, while Ohio purports to celebrate its bicentennial, Ohio is about to enact legislation that makes it too expensive to research part of Ohio's history. The proposed budget will eliminate uncertified copies that so many historians, genealogists, and newspaper reporters use in researching early Ohioans. Perhaps a reasonable and modest increase to $2 for uncertified copies would be appropriate; but raising the cost from $1 to $17 is outrageous. The proposed increase will make it cost prohibitive for Ohioans to conduct family and genealogical research in this state. These records, especially death certificates, are critical to doing proper research. Death certificates contain names of parents, places of birth, and other information necessary to do proper research. I understand that the Dept of Health has stated that it needs to increase the fees for such records because it does not receive enough in fees to pay for the manpower necessary to fulfill requests. In my opinion, that is a false and pretextual position -- and attempt to continue it current unreasonable restriction on access to public records. The fact is that the dept makes it virtually impossible for researchers to access the records to conduct their own research. If the dept would make the records more accessible for citizens to do their own research, the dept could avoid the high labor costs it complains about. In order to research the records a person has to make an appointment about 2-3 weeks in advance because the dept places an unreasonable restriction on the number of researchers per day. Then the dept charges just $3 for doing research for a 10-year period. No wonder the dept fees do not pay for the labor costs involved. If the dept would make the records mor! e accessible and charge an appropriate fee for doing research, it would no have to raise the raise the cost of certificates from $1 to $17. Let me give three examples that show how the proposed increase will make research cost prohibitive. (1) Last year, I prepared a family history report as a gift for an Ohio citizen that served as a pilot in both World War II and the Korean War. His ancestors were some of the first to settle in the Cincinnati area when it was then called Columbia in the Northwest Territory. One of his ancestors is mentioned in an article in the first newspaper printed in the Northwest Territory. In the course of doing that research, I had to get copies of about 30 death certificates. Insofar as the certificates were for research purposes, I did not need them to be certified and my cost was $1 per record, a total of about $30. Under the proposed budget, I would have to pay for certified copies at $17 each -- a total of $510 -- even though I did all the research to determine the precise record that I needed. There is no way I could afford to make that kind of gift. (2) This year, I made a! similar gift to another Ohio elderly Ohio citizen who served in World War II at Normandy. I had to obtain about 27 uncertified death certificates at a cost of $27. Under the proposed budget, the cost would be $459. (3) Over the last five years, in researching my own family, I have obtained approximately 300 uncertified death records. The proposed budget would make that absolutely cost prohibitive -- $5100. Also, please note that the Mormon research facilities are no substitute for public access to Ohio public records. Moreover, the Mormon library's material does NOT include Ohio birth and death records after 1908. There is nearly a 100 year gap between the info at the Mormon library and today's records. The simple fact is this -- there is no legitimate reason why researchers should not be able to do their own research, and to pay for the actual cost of obtaining copies that their own research has identified and located. Please, please -- do not eliminate uncertified copies of vital records -- and do not allow the cost of vital records to increase to $17 each. Such an increase will put an end to family and genealogical research in this state. Thanks for listening -- and I hope to read in the newspaper that you have vetoed such an increase. Michael J. Burdge

The following appeared in the Jan 1, 1919 Noble County Leader: Column 2 Ben LANDAKER and wife, of South Olive, were shopping in town last Monday. ***** Start the new year right by getting your name on The Leader's subscription list. ***** Henry SMITH, of Columbus, spent Christmas with his family and friends of this place. ***** Mrs. Omar HARMON visited her sister, Mrs. Joseph O'DONNELL and family at Barnesville last week. ***** Mrs. Mary WILSON of Dexter City, spent the holidays with her sister, Mrs. W.H. BOWRON, at this place. ***** Miss Lena MILLS, a teacher in the public schools in Akron, Ohio, spent the holidays at her home at this place. ***** Miss Pearl YOHO, of Columbus, spent the holidays with her mother, Mrs. M.S. YOHO and friends at this place. ***** Carl RUCKER, of Wright's aviation field at Dayton, Ohio, spent the holidays with his parents and friends at this place. ***** Mrs. J.P. STRANATHAN, of Pleasant City, spent Christmas with her daughter, Mrs. S.L. ALTER, and family at this place. ***** Ernest BOZENBERG of near Mt. Ephraim, was an agreeable business caller at this office while in Caldwell last Saturday. ***** Mrs. A.G. KINSEY, of near Sarahsville, was a pleasant business caller at this office while in Caldwell last Saturday afternoon. ***** Mrs. Dora SMITH and daughter, Miss Beatrice, spent Christmas with the former's sister, Mrs. Abe RICH, of near Mt. Ephraim. ***** Mrs. C.W. LINCICOME of Jefferson township, was a pleasant business caller at this office while in Caldwell last Saturday. ***** Teddy McAULEY, who is attending the blind school at Columbus, spent the holidays with his father, James McAULEY, on Route Three. ***** Donald DYE and Byron SCHAFER, of Camp Taylor, Louisville, Ky., spent Christmas and a part of the holidays with their parents and friends at this place. ***** P.E. BLAKE and wife entertained with a family dinner Christmas. Those present were P.J. KANE and wife, Mrs. Sarah McKEE and daughter, Miss Jennie, and Irvin QUICK and wife. ***** William RUSSELL of Marietta, spent Christmas with his parents near Sarahsville, and while on his return home Saturday afternoon favored this office with a pleasant business and social call. ***** Instructions were issued upon reopening of the Woodsfield schools that all students caught sneezing would be sent home. Several boys, mischief bent, figures that snuff would cause and "awful epidemic" of the influenza and a quantity was secured and used, resulting in several being furloughed home. ***** Get your army discharge recorded. This warning to soldiers now being demobilized was given by Major W. S. PEALER, head of the state draft headquarters, at Columbus. Army discharge papers should be recorded with the county recorders. "In case the papers are lost this precaution may prove invaluable," says PEALER. ***** Lewis L. RANKIN, president of the Buckeye State Building and Loan Company at Columbus, whose advertisements have appeared in The Leader regularly each week during the past two years, died at his home in Columbus last Friday morning following a week's illness from bronchial pneumonia following an attack of the influenza. His death, however, will not affect the standing of that widely known financial institution. ***** Edward E. McLAUGHLIN, former superintendent of the Caldwell public schools and later superintendent of the schools at Carbondale, Ills., and Miss Nellie WILLIS, a former teacher in the schools at the latter pace but later principal in the Decatur, Ills., schools and more recently engaged in war work at Washington, D.C., were recently united in marriage in the latter city. Those intimately acquainted with them say they are ideally suited, and that the bride is a practical business woman. Ed is at the present time engaged in the Anti-Saloon League work at Carbondale, and with his many Caldwell friends The Leader joins in extending congratulations and very best wishes for a happy and prosperous married life. They will make their home at Carbondale. There are other newspaper transcriptions on my website. Feel free to contact me if you would like a photocopy of an article. Joyce Fullen Grove City OH http://www.fullenfamily.com Proud of our National Championship Buckeyes!!!

Does anyone happen to have or know where I can get info on the Precints of Washington Co., in relation to the Census. Because of the precint areas changing through out the years it would be nice to have for record keeping, and whenever I do census look-ups for people. Take for example.......Marietta city; Ward 2 (part of), Precinct C. What all areas of Marietta would this cover? I would probably vary to some what, depending what year you are looking at. Hope someone can help with this. :o) DEBBIE Debbie Noland Nitsche Philadelphia, PA. Researching MANKINS, JOHNSON, PARKE, MASON, COBURN, McNEAL, FARNSWORTH, COYLE, NOLAND, McNAMEE http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/n/i/t/Debra-Nitsche// PHOTO SITE OF "FAMILIES OF WASHINGTON COUNTY, OHIO" http://hometown.aol.com/familiesofwashco/index.html MY HISTORICAL PHOTO COLLECTION OF WASHINTON COUNTY, OHIO http://hometown.aol.com/washcoohiopics/myhomepage/collection.html WASHINGTON COUNTY, OHIO HISTORICAL & GENEALOGICAL LINKS (under construction) http://hometown.aol.com/washcohistory/index.html

If it isn't one thing, it's another.........All the photos, records and links that I have just added to my site within the last 2 weeks is not there. I need to get in touch with genealogy.com and find out what is going on. I don't know if it has anything to do with me upgrading my family tree maker software for 8.0 to 10.0 or not. I sure haven't used all the KB that they allow. I have tried searching the site for trouble shooting info for home pages, and can't find an answer. Until I find why this is happening, I have added some pretty intresting links on this site. If anyone has a link that they would like to add, please email me directly. DEBBIE http://hometown.aol.com/washcohistory/index.html Debbie Noland Nitsche Philadelphia, PA. Researching MANKINS, JOHNSON, PARKE, MASON, COBURN, McNEAL, FARNSWORTH, COYLE, NOLAND, McNAMEE http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/n/i/t/Debra-Nitsche// PHOTO SITE OF "FAMILIES OF WASHINGTON COUNTY, OHIO" http://hometown.aol.com/familiesofwashco/index.html MY HISTORICAL PHOTO COLLECTION OF WASHINTON COUNTY, OHIO http://hometown.aol.com/washcoohiopics/myhomepage/collection.html WASHINGTON COUNTY, OHIO HISTORICAL & GENEALOGICAL LINKS (under construction) http://hometown.aol.com/washcohistory/index.html

I just finished adding some more historical and genealogical links of Washington Co., and Marietta, Ohio to my webpage. If anyone knows of any other websites that should be added, please let me know. You will find the new links in the RELATED LINKS section of my family history site. Debbie Noland Nitsche Philadelphia, PA. Researching MANKINS, JOHNSON, PARKE, MASON, COBURN, McNEAL, FARNSWORTH, COYLE, NOLAND, McNAMEE http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/n/i/t/Debra-Nitsche// PHOTO SITE OF "FAMILIES OF WASHINGTON COUNTY, OHIO" http://hometown.aol.com/familiesofwashco/index.html MY HISTORICAL PHOTO COLLECTION OF WASHINTON COUNTY, OHIO http://hometown.aol.com/washcoohiopics/myhomepage/collection.html

I just added to my webpage the following articles: UNDERGROUND RAILROAD EARLY BURIALS IN BELPRE, OHIO WORLD WAR I - BELPRE's ROLL OF HONOR FARMER'S CASTLE (History of Farmer's Castle with A list of families in Farmers Castle at Belpre in 1792) You will find these filed listed in the "RELATED FILES" section of the page. http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/n/i/t/Debra-Nitsche// Hopefully someone will find some useful info. :o) Debbie Noland Nitsche Philadelphia, PA. Researching MANKINS, JOHNSON, PARKE, MASON, COBURN, McNEAL, FARNSWORTH, COYLE, NOLAND, McNAMEE http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/n/i/t/Debra-Nitsche// PHOTO SITE OF "FAMILIES OF WASHINGTON COUNTY, OHIO" http://hometown.aol.com/familiesofwashco/index.html MY HISTORICAL PHOTO COLLECTION OF WASHINTON COUNTY, OHIO http://hometown.aol.com/washcoohiopics/myhomepage/collection.html

Gravel Bank (Riverview) Cemetery burials. This is NOT a complete list, but LOTS of surnames. http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/n/i/t/Debra-Nitsche/FILE/0023text.txt Debbie Noland Nitsche Philadelphia, PA. Researching MANKINS, JOHNSON, PARKE, MASON, COBURN, McNEAL, FARNSWORTH, COYLE, NOLAND, McNAMEE http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/n/i/t/Debra-Nitsche// PHOTO SITE OF "FAMILIES OF WASHINGTON COUNTY, OHIO" http://hometown.aol.com/familiesofwashco/index.html MY HISTORICAL PHOTO COLLECTION OF WASHINTON COUNTY, OHIO http://hometown.aol.com/washcoohiopics/myhomepage/collection.html

Hi All - I was outbid for the Goddard family bible that was for sale on Ebay that Debbie posted last week! Ebay said that they would email me if someone came in with a higher bid, but I didn't get any such message. Bummer! I did email the buyer and ask if I could pay for copies of the family information. Another Goddard cousin thought she saw an ancestor's name in the picture of the bible on Ebay that confirmed it was our mutual Goddard line, so I really hope this buyer would want to share the treasure he/she just bought. I assume that Ernie Thode would be happy to have copies of that Bible's information for a family file in the Wash Co library.... Best, Chaille in Vermont --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month!

Please send me a copy of the Underground Railroad in Wash. Co. to Ocala3897@aol.com. Thank you

Thanks for the heads-up about the Goddard bible! Martin Goddard was my ggg-grandfather and a man of mystery - I am hoping that the Bible will have some info relevant to him and I am so excited at the prospect of owning some real family stuff! Thanks for sharing! Chaille Washington County names: PLACE, GODDARD, LOBDELL, SCHWEIKERT, RODACKER, ATHEY, HALL, BARNETT, VINCENT, MILLER, TICE, ALLARD, and more! --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Free online calendar with sync to Outlook(TM).

Found this on Ebay. Thought I would pass it along, just in case anyone is researching the GODDARD surname. This bible was owned by the Goddard family of Marietta Ohio. There are family pictures, marriages, deaths and births in the bible. There is also some extras that came inside, birth cirtificate, old college newspapers from 1890's, and a few more little items. The covers have some little engravings on them. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2537412313&category=2196 DEBBIE

The Ohio River located at Marietta and the Muskingum River were major routes for fugitive slaves crossing the Ohio River from Virginia. In all, there were 16 documented Underground Railroad stations in Washington County. There is a great MAP you can print out at: http://www.mariettaohio.org/ The Underground Railroad was the secret network of "safe" houses, back roads, rural barns, farms and tunnels that helped more than 40,000 slaves make their way through 22 states to freedom before and during The Civil War. The network included many stops from the slave state of Virginia (now West Virginia) across the Ohio River to freedom in Marietta and Washington County. http://www.mariettatimes.com/communities/underground2.asp

Barbara; Thanks for the website addresses for the Underground Railroad. :o) I added them to my favorites. DEBBIE ----- Original Message ----- From: "Barbara Jean Green" <bjgreen@infinet.com> To: <OHWASHIN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2003 8:11 AM Subject: [OHWASH] Map of UNDERGROUND RAILROAD in Wash. Co. > The Ohio River located at Marietta and the Muskingum River were major routes > for fugitive slaves crossing the Ohio River from Virginia. In all, there > were 16 documented Underground Railroad stations in Washington County. > There is a great MAP you can print out at: > http://www.mariettaohio.org/ > > The Underground Railroad was the secret network of "safe" houses, back > roads, rural barns, farms and tunnels that helped more than 40,000 slaves > make their way through 22 states to freedom before and during The Civil War. > The network included many stops from the slave state of Virginia (now West > Virginia) across the Ohio River to freedom in Marietta and Washington > County. > http://www.mariettatimes.com/communities/underground2.asp > > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >

A HISTORY OF BELPRE, WASHINGTON COUNTY, OHIO By: C. E. Dickinson, D. D. Formerly Pastor of Congregational Church (Author of the History of the First Congregational Church Marietta, Ohio) Copyrighted in 1920 - Pgs.189-193 BURIAL OF THE DEAD The first death in Belpre was that of Captain Zebulon KING who was murdered by Indians May 1st, 1789 while clearing the land on his claim. The place of his burial is unknown. It is probable that his body and those of several others who died during the first decade were buried in private grounds. A cemetery was laid out very early on the bluff a little below the site of the first log meeting house, and this was about half a mile above Farmers Castle it seems probable it was not laid out until after the Indian War. Here are graves of most of the first settlers although a part of the original ground has been carried away by the river. The following inscriptions from the old cemetery were obtained by E. B. DANA for A. T. NYE, Esq., previous to 1881. 1. Over (or near?) this spot were buried Capt. KING, Jonas DAVIS, Mrs. ARMSTRONG and her three children, all of whom were massacred by the Indians in this vicinity. Mrs. Armstrong and her children on the Virginia shore, during the years 1791-5. This stone is erected to rescue their names and fate from oblivion. Erected by George DANA, 1836. 2. To the memory of Col. Daniel BENT a native of Mass, who died April 4, 1848. Aged 74 years. Mary, wife of Col. Daniel BENT died June 10, 1851 in the 84th year of her age. 3. Jonathan STONE, who departed this life March 24, 1801, in the 60th year of his age. A Captain and an active officer in the American Revolutionary War, one of the first settlers of this town. An affectionate husband, a tender parent, beloved and respected by all who know him. 4. Captain William DANA, a revolutionary soldier, born in Massachusetts, emigrated to the west in 1788, and settled in Belpre. Died in 1809 aged 69 years. Captain DANA spent a part of the first year in Marietta, went to Belpre in 1789. Mary, wife of Captain William DANA, a native of Massachusetts died in 1852, aged 79 years. 5. In memory of William BROWNING a native of Massachusetts whence he emigrated to the then western wilderness in 1789. He lived to behold, and contributed in causing these valleys to give place to the arts and comforts of civilized life. Died August 1825 aged 56. In memory of Abigail BROWNING, wife of William BROWNING and daughter of General Rufus PUTNAM, who departed this life February 24, 1803, aged 35. In memory of Mary BROWNING, wife of William BROWNING, Esq., formerly wife of Peregrene FOSTER, Esq., who died September 1825, aged 65 years. 6. Persis HOWE, wife of Perley HOWE, and daughter of Rufus PUTNAM (Whose dust lies hear) died Sept. A. D. 1822 aged 55 years. 7. In memory of Jonathan HASKELL, a native of Massachusetts, who departed this life December 6, 1810 in the 62nd year of his age. 8. In memory of Daniel LORING, who died 31st July 1825, aged 73 years. In memory of Mrs. Lucy LORING consort of Daniel LORING, Esq., who died 8th of September, aged 75 years. 9. In memory of Major Robert BRADFORD who died September 11, 1822 in the 72nd year of his age, was a revolutionary officer and one of the first settlers of this county. Captain and Mrs. Benjamin MILES were buried in this cemetery but their graves could not be found. REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS The complete list of officers and soldiers of the Revolution buried in Belpre so far as known is as follows: 1. Captain William DANA of Charleston or Worcester Mass. 2. Major Jonathan HASKELL born in Massachusetts. Commissioned Major in the regular service. Stationed at Marietta 1791. Died 1810 aged 62 years. 3. Colonel Nathaniel CUSHING; born near Boston, Mass. 4. Colonel Israel PUTNAM, born Salem, Mass. Served in regiment with is father General Israel PUTNAM. 5. Captain Jonathan STONE. Born Braintree, Mass. Served in Northern army under Gen. Rufus PUTNAM and General GATES. 6. Colonel Alexander OLIVER of Massachusetts. 7. Colonel Daniel BENT of Massachusetts. 8. Sherafiah FLETCHER, soldier, Lowell, Mass. 9. Major Oliver RICE, Massachusetts. 10. Captain Benjamin MILES, Rutland, Mass. 11. Major Robert BRADFORD, Plymouth, Mass. Lineal descendant of Governor BRADFORD. 12. Captain Zebulon KING of Rhode Island, killed by Indians in 1789. (old cemetery.) 13. Pregrene FOSTER from Rhode Island. 14. Noah SPAREHAWK These men were not only among the heroes who, by their sacrifices, gave us the best country in the world, they were the pioneers of our favored town of Belpre. They deserve to be honored by their successors to the latest time. The citizens of Belpre should secure the old cemetery from all encroachments by a strong and durable fence and the ground should be kept in such order that when the sons and daughters of Belpre shall visit their old homes they may not only walk among the graves of the honored dead but may also tell their friends how faithfully the memory of these heroes is kept fresh by the care of their resting place. The first deaths in the Lower Settlement (Newbury) were Mrs. BROWN and child and Persia DUNHAM murdered by Indians who were buried on the farm of Truman GUTHRIE near the river. Burials were made near this spot until about 1825 when this cemetery was abandoned on account of occasional floods and another opened on higher ground near the school house. In 1871 the tomb stones wee removed from the old cemetery and a marble monument was erected bearing this inscription. "Anthony SPACHT and wife Catharine, Hannah, wife of Joseph GUTURIE, STRATTON, LEAVENS, BLISS, DUNHAM, one woman and two children killed by Indians; these and some names not now remembered died and were buried on this spot between 12790 and 1810. Erected by some of their descendants as a token of their memory. Erected in 1871" There is a small neighborhood cemetery about one and one-half miles north of Porterfield station, used by families in the vicinity. The principal cemetery, now used by nearly the whole township, is known as the Rockland cemetery. this was laid out about 1821 and the old brick meeting house stood within its bounds. After the organization of the Center Belpre Church this building fell to them and after the erection of their house at Porterfield the old brick was demolished. It is quite generally conceded that this was a mistake for a chapel is needed in every considerable cemetery where services may be held for strangers and for bodies brought from a distance, and the old building was well adapted in size and locality for that purpose. It has been suggested by some of our citizens that a chapel should be erected in the Cemetery to be used when needed. If the citizens should decide to build such chapel we will take the liberty to suggest that it be erected as near the site of this old building as possible and architecturally be duplicate of the Chapel built here in 1821. This cemetery was considerably enlarged in 1895, and in the nature of things the graves are constantly increasing in number. A few revolutionary soldiers are buried here and a large number of soldiers of our civil war. The beautiful and patriotic services of decorating the graves of soldiers with flowers on May 30 is still performed and this festival has been adopted by many who make it an occasion for decorating graves of their friends. One of our best loved American poets wrote: "All that tread the globe are but a handful to the tribes that slumber in its bosom." The number of those whose mortal bodies have been deposited in Belpre Cemetery is even now larger than that of those who occupy our homes and the former citizens who shall return to this home town after absence of a score of years will find more familiar names on tombstones than familiar faces among those they meet. It is a privilege as well as duty of those who are alive to keep the place of the dead beautiful, and attractive, and it is a satisfaction to us while living to know that those who follow us will continue to honor the memory of the dead.