EXCERTS FROM OHIO HISTORICAL NEWSPAPERS The newspaper articles relate to people in Marietta and/or Washington County, Ohio Transcribed by Debbie (Noland) Nitsche on October 27, 2003, for the purpose of historical and genealogy research only. CONTENTS: 1904 Cambridge Jeffersonian DEATH BY SUICIDE (Robert Orr) 1905 Cambridge Jeffersonian E. C. GATEWOOD DEAD 1905 Cambridge Jeffersonian FOUND DEAD - James B. NICKEL & INVESTIGATION 1905 Cambridge Jeffersonian DEATH NOTICE (MRS. NICHOL / NICKLE) 1905 Cambridge Jeffersonian CAMPBELL and MILEY 1917 Lancaster Daily Eagle Newspaper MRS. LUCY B. BROWN OBITUARY 1929 Lancaster Daily Gazette BALTIMORE MAN SUCCUMBS AT 84 (James Stewart) 1859 Progressive Act Newspaper - 1st Printing Press Destroyed in Fire, Matthew Backus) 1859 Progressive Act GREAT FIRE AT MARIETTA 1875 Steubenville Daily Herald And News John MILLIGAN 1875 Steubenville Daily Herald And News (204 people above 70 yrs. old (no names) 1838 The Ohio Repository HENRY RANGER MURDER 1957 Zanesville Signal NOBLE CO.MAN DIES OF HEART ATTACK (Harry Wright) 1958 Zanesville Signal ADAM HARPER, 103, DIES; RITES IN MARIETTA TODAY 1967 The Times Recorder DAVIS SERVICE (Virgil E. Davis) 1906 Cambridge Jeffersonian NEW CURE FOR EPILESPY - J. B. WATERMAN 1927 Lancaster Daily Eagle WASHINGTON CO. COUPLE WED (Graham & Schafer) 1936 Lancaster Eagle Gazette CLAIMS ASSAULT (Georgia Turner) 1936 Lancaster Eagle Gazette $35,000 BLAZE MARIETTA DEATH BY SUICIDE The remains of Robert ORR were brought here Tuesday morning from Beverly by a nephew of the dead man and taken to Winterset, whre the funeral services were held. The Marietta Daily Register gives the following account of the death of Mr. ORR: “Rober ORR, an aged gentleman of Beverly, and uncle of Dr. ADAIR, of that place, committed suicide Saturday night by hanging himself to an iron bedstead in his room, at the Collison house. He was found dead Sunday morning by Mrs. J. M. SHOEMAKER. He was far advanced in years and was well known in Beverly and that community. The cause is supposed to have been despondency as he had not been in good health for may months. When found life was extinct, and it is probable that he had been dead for several hours. The some of $102 was found on his person.” pg. ? col. 2 Robert ORR, aged over 75 years, died in Beverly Sunda6, March 13. His nephew, Milton BONNELL, of Winchester, went to Beverly yesterday to bring the body to Winchester for interment. Mr. ORR was formerly a citizen of Cambridge township but for many years has lived elsewhere. He was a soldier of the Union army and pensioner. He has many relatives and friends in this county in and about Winchester. Cambridge Jeffersonian Newspaper (Cambridge, Ohio) Thursday, March 17, 1904 pg. 4. col. 5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- E. C. GATEWOOD DEAD E. C. GATEWOOD died at his late home in Beverly, Washington county, O., Sunday, Feb. 12th, after a short illness of apoplexy. Deceased was 52 years, 7 months and 13 days old at the time of his death. He was a highly respected citizen, having resided at Beverly for the past eight years. Mr. GATEWOOD was born in Morgan county. He was married to Martha DUDLEY in 1891 and to them were born two children. A wife and four children, two children being the result of a former marriage, are left to mourn his death. Cambridge Jeffersonian Newspaper (Cambridge, Ohio) February 23, 1905 pg. 5 col. 4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FOUND DEAD - James B. NICKEL. An Old Soldier Meets Death in Peculiar Manner. Foul Play Suspected. Neck Broken. Zanesville, March 15---Special to Jeffersonian:-- James B. NICKEL, an old soldier, bearing the address of Cambridge, Ohio, was found dead this morning about 3:45 in the alley on the west side of Hotel Arlington, by W. T. SHAFER and John HAY, two drivers for the National Biscuit Company, as they were going to the stables. Neck broken, partially dressed with only one shoe on, the sight was gruesome. The body was still warm, and life had led not longer than one half hour before. Mr. NICKEL came to Zanesville on Tuesday over the Ohio River and western railroad, drew his pension for the last three months, and registered at the Arlington. In the afternoon he started out to see the city, and unfortunately became intoxicated. Nothing else unusual was observed by the people around the hotel except that he could be heard walking about his room early in the evening muttering to himself. After the body was found, the room was entered and open window right above where the body lay, tells a part of the tale. The bed showed that he had retired and probably slept and Zanesville physicians express the opinion that he was sober at the time of his death. Upon receipt of the above message a Jeffersonian reporter was detailed to look into the matter and after much inquiry it was found that Mr. NICKEL was related to a number of Cambridge people, none of whom had heard of his death. He was probably on his way to visit a relative, Mrs. Mary BOYD, who resides near Washington, this county, and who had invited him to pay her a visit and was expecting him to come on Saturday. Mr. NICKEL has a bachelor and spent most of his time at the home of his brother; Samuel, who is the mayor of Beverly. His sister, Mrs. James McCARTY also resides in Beverly. Later developments led to the theory that foul play caused his death. He was seen displaying a considerable sum of money early in the evening and when found this morning there was no money on his person. The window of his room had been hoisted, but the blind was down and intact. The lamp in his room was burning but the broken chimney lay scattered on the floor. A rigid investigation will be instituted by the coroner. The body is in the care of an undertaker and will probably be sent to Beverly for internment. Cambridge Jeffersonian Newspaper (Cambridge, Ohio) March 23, 1905 pg. 3 col. 5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Say Window Was Closed Seven witness have been subpoenaed by Coroner MATTHEWS in his investigations of the death of James B. NICKEL of Beverly, who was killed early Wednesday morning by falling from the fourth story of the Arlington hotel. There are a number of queer incidents which had lead the coroner to believe that there was foul play. The report that the window in Nickel’s room was open when his body was found is contradicted in the statements made to Coroner MATTHEWS Thursday morning, on of the witnesses saying that it was closed and the blind was drawn the entire length of the window at the same time. The clerk also alleges that he saw three or four dollars in Nickel’s possession after they had come from the bar room, showing that he was not entirely out of money as was stated by the bartender. The body of Mr. NICKEL was taken to Beverly Thursday morning over the O. & L. K. His brother, Mayor Samuel NICKEL, of Beverly, came to Zanesville Wednesday evening and took charge of the remains. The funeral will be held in Beverly Friday morning.--Zanesville Signal. Cambridge Jeffersonian Newspaper (Cambridge, Ohio) March 23, 1905 pg. 4 col. 5 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A telephone message from Beverly to relatives in this city announces that Mrs. NICHOL, wife of Mayor NICHOL, dropped dead at her home Friday morning. Her husband’s brother was recently murdered in Zanesville. She had all along bvenn in good health apparently and her death is a great surprise to her relatives, the BOYDS, ERSKINES, GARBERS and others in Cambridge. The funeral is arranged for Sunday afternoon. Cambridge Jeffersonian Newspaper (Cambridge, Ohio) Thursday, March 30, 1905 pg. 5 col 2 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mrs. Alex CAMPBELL and daughter, Mrs. C. D. MILEY, are the guests of relatives at Beverly and Marietta. Cambridge Jeffersonian Newpaper (Cambridge, Ohio) June 8, 1905 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MRS. LUCY B. BROWN Mrs. Lucy Armstrong BROWN was born September 30, 1830 at Beverly, Ohio; died February 14, 1917, at Lancaster, Ohio Of sturdy Virginia parentage, she was one of four children, all the others of whom have preceded her in death several years. Her childhood days were spent in and about Beverly, Ohio. Later she joined an elder married sister in Albany, Ohio, making her home there until 1864, where she married John D. BROWN of Amesville, Ohio. Two children were born of their union, William D. BROWN, now of Cleveland, Ohio and Frances, now Mrs. Geo. M. HICKLE, of Lancaster, Ohio. In a few short years here husband died, and she was left to care for five small children, which she did lovingly and valiantly; her step children finding her as true a mother to them as she was to her own son and daughter, as she reared them to mature years while yet in Amesville. One of them, Mrs. E. H. WYATT, of Adrien, Missouri, lives to mourn her departure, as also do her children and several grandchildren. In 1882 Mrs. BROWN left the farm home and went to Athens, Ohio, for better advantages of residence and education of her son and daughter. Eighteen pleasant years were spent in shedding happiness even beyond the home portal, and when men and women of that vicinity today are better for her kind deeds and earnest Christian influence. In the fall of 1900 she removed with her daughter, Mrs. HICKLE, to Lancaster, Ohio where she lived and died. with all love and devotion surrounding her. In early childhood she gave her life to Christ, and at all times was devoted in her Christian faith. Her years of strength were given to active Christian usefulness, in the church and out of it. Her hears of infirmity were marked with a cheerful, peaceful Christian trust, with God’s comforting promises in the Bible as her constant reliance. Her last hours manifested the same patience, faith and courage, which had characterized here whole live; and in that spirit she went to sleep on earth, to awaken in the other life prepared by Christ for them that love Him. Services were held in the home by her pastor, Rev. I. L. DUGNAN, of the First Presbyterian Church; and a final service in Athens, by Rev. A. Y. WILCOX of the Athens Presbyterian Church. In the cemetery there she was laid to rest amidst the flowers and with friends all about her. The end of a life like hers is not death, but a wonderful going home. It is not like the extinguishing of a light, but rather like the passing of a star beyond our horizon to shine brighter in a clearer sky. What seems to be the final touch of infirmity, becomes a setting free into what the Apostle calls “the glorious liberty of the children of God.” And in that life shall her loved ones find her again, as they follow the path which her motherly words and influence have witnessed to them, and which she herself so faithful walked with Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord. Lancaster Daily Eagle Newspaper (Lancaster, Ohio) Thursday February 23, 1917 pg. 8 col. 3 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BALTIMORE MAN SUCCUMBS AT 84 James W. STEWART, 84, died at eleven 0’clock Tuesday morning, at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Harry Roberts, Baltimore, following a two months illness of complications. Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. ROBERTS, Baltimore, Mrs. Arthur NIXON, Lowell, Ohio, Mrs. Ed HAMM, Marietta; one son, Wilson STEWART, Duncan Falls, Ohio. Two brothers, Frank and Charles STEWART of Montana. Funeral services will be held Thursday at one-thirty p.m. at the Presbyterian church at Beverly, O., with Rev. O. W. SMITH, officiating. Burial will be made at Waterford, Ohio A. E. JOHNSON of Baltimore will be the director in charge. Lancaster Daily Gazette Newspaper (Lancaster, Ohio) January 30, 1929 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A correspondent of the Marietta Intellegener says, that the first printing press ever used in Marietta, and perhaps in Ohio, was destroyed in the late fire at Marietta. It was set up between 1790 and 1800, by Matthew BACKUS. Progressive Act Newspaper(Coshocton, Ohio) June 8, 1859 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ GREAT FIRE AT MARIETTA Cincinnati, May 13---A dispatch from Marietta states that a fire broke out in BRENMAN’s warehouse yesterday afternoon, destroying twenty buildings in the business portion of the city. The principal sufferers are NYE and HENTINGTON loss $5,000, unsured for $2,000; BOSSWORTH, WELLS & Co., $12,000, insured for $8,000; S. R. FURNER, $5,000, insured $2,500. The Etna Insurance Co. of Hartford has about $15,000; the Insurance Hartford C., $7,000; the City Co. of Hartford $1,800. A large portion of the goods were saved in a damaged condition. Several persons were injured by the falling buildings. Progressive Act (Coshocton, Ohio) June 8, 1859 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Marietta Register says: John MILLIGAN, fisherman, cast his seine in the Ohio river, at Harmer Landing, on Saturday last, and drew out 830 fish at one haul. The seine is thirty feet long. The catch was rated at $40, taking the market price of fish at the present time. Steubenville Daily Herald And News (Steubenville, Ohio) Monday, March 8,1875 Pg. ? col. 1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The pioneers of Ohio were not mistaken in a good place to settle when they stopped on the banks of the Ohio where Marietta now stands. The healthiness of the location is demoustrated by the fact that there are within the township of Marietta 204 persons who are above seventy years old. Steubenville Daily Herald And News (Steubenville, Ohio) Monday, February 22, 1875 Vol. 28-No. 249 page ? col 2 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- On the night of the 30th ult. near Marietta, Henry RANGER, aged about 20 years, was stabbed twice by his father-in-law, with a butcher knife, and on the night thereafter died of his wound. MORRISON, the murderer, is in prison. --Columbus Register The Ohio Repository (Canton, Ohio) October 25, 1838 pg. ? col. 3 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NOBLE COUNTY MAN DIES OF HEART ATTACK Beverly -- Harry A. WRIGHT 79, of Coal Run route 1, Noble county, died suddenly at his home early Tuesday morning of a hear attack. He had suffered from a heart ailment for some time. Born October 29, 1877, in Adams township, Washington county, he was the son of Freeman and Nancy DOBBINS WRIGHT. He spent his youth in Marietta. Mr. Wright married Sarah L. ALEXANDER of Campton, Ky., Aug. 12, 1907. For 35 years Mr. WRIGHT was superintendent of the Cumberland Pipe Line company near Campton, Ky. He retired to his Noble county farm in 1932, He was a 50-year member of the Campton - Cox Masonic lodge and of the Scottish Rite and Shrine. Surviving in addition to his widow of the home are a son, Richard of Beverly; two grandchildren, Joseph and Barbara WRIGHT, also of Beverly; three brothers, Joseph and Sidney of Devola near Marietta and Nate of Coal Run, and a sister, Mrs. Hazel DIXON of Marietta. Services will be held at 2 o’clock Thursday afternoon at the McCurdy funeral home, Beverly, with burial in the Beverly cemetery. Masonic Services will be conducted at 7:30 o’clock Wednesday evening at the funeral home. Friends may call at the McCurdy funeral home after 5’o’clock Tuesday afternoon. The Zanesville Signal Newspaper, (Zanesville, Ohio) Tuesday, July 2,1957 page 9 col. 5 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ADAM HARPER, 103, DIES; RITES IN MARIETTA TODAY Funeral services for Adam HARPER, 103, of near Lowell, Washington county’s oldest living resident, will be held at 1 o’clock today at the Dounda and McClure funeral home in Marietta. Burial will be in Rainbow cemetery of near Lowell. Mr. HARPER died late Friday afternoon at the home of his niece, Mrs. Cora RUSH. He was born at Cadiz on July 3, 1854, the son of Joseph and Melinda Solvil Harper. Most of his early life was spent in Wetzel County, W. V. He was eleven when the Civil War ended. “Uncle Adam” as he was know was twice married. His first wife, Isaphine CHANDLER, died and he later married Anna CURTIS, also desceased.. He had no children, but leaves two stepsons, Lawrence and Clesson CURTIS, who live in Columbus. A half-brother, Isac WOOTEN lives near Lowell and a half sister, Mrs. John MAYLE resides in Columbus. He had a number of nieces and nephew in the Zanesville area. He worked as a construction employee and had helped build the railroad between Zanesville and Marietta and was employed on the construction of Muskingum dams at Lowell and Devola. He later managed a farm near Marietta and then moved to Parkersburg where he as a cement contractor for many years. It was 19 years ago, when 84, that he went to Lowell to live with his niece, Cora RUSH, and husband, Carl. Although he had no formal schooling, he kept abreast of developments by teaching himself to read. The Zanesville Signal, (Zanesville, Ohio) Sunday, March 9, 1958 pg. 3A col 7 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DAVIS SERVICE Marietta -- Services for Virgil E. DAVIS, 61, of Devola in Washington County will be held at 2 pm today at Harold HADLEY and Sons Funeral Home in Marietta with Rev. Joe VOSO officaiating. Burial will be in Putnam Cemetery. Mr. DAVIS, a Waterford native, died at 9:45 p. m. Monday in Marietta Memeorial Hospital following a short illness. He was born Aug. 2, 1906, a son of the late Denver D. and Maggie DAVIS. Mr. DAVIS graduated from old Waterford High School in 1924. He was an engineer with the Corps of Engineers. He attended Putnam Congressional Chruch, and was a member of Mount Moriah Lodge 37, F & AM of Waterford. Royal Masons, Marietta Commandery 59th Templar, aladdin Temple of Columbus, Marietta Shrine Club, and Musicians Protective Union 179. Mr. DAVIS conducted a band in Washington County and also owned and operated Davis Radio and Television Shop in Devola. Surviving are his widow, the former Yvonne PAYNTER whom he married March 7, 1936: two daughters, Mrs. Ed ANDRES of Medina and Miss Elaine A. DAVIS of the home; a son, Robert DAVIS, stationed with the Army in Thiland; and a brother, George R. DAVIS of Mansfield. A brother, Donald Carlos DAVIS, preceded him in death. The Times Recorder, (Zanesville, Ohio) October 6, 1967 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NEW CURE FOR EPILESPY J. B. WATERMAN, of Watertown, O., rural free delivery, writes: “My daugher, afflicted for years with epilepsy, was cured by Dr. King’s New Life Pills. She has not had an attack for over two years.” Best body cleansers and life giving tonic place on earth. 25c at C. A. Heiner’s, Byesville, and Neilley and Co.’s, Cambridge, drug stores. Cambridge Jeffersonian (Cambridge, Ohio) December 6, 1906 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WASHINGTON COUNTY COUPLE, WED HERE A pretty October wedding was soleminized at the First Methodist parsonage yesterdayt noon by Dr. T. B. ROBERTS when Miss Onlie Elenor GRAHAM of Belpre was united in marriage to Mr. Arthur Leslie SCHAFER of Caldwell. The party motored up from Marietta where they secured the marriage license earlier in the day. Miss GRAHAM, while living at Belpre, has held a position with the H. Pl Oils & Son Co. of Parkersburg, W. Va., a wholesale dry goods house. Mr. SCHAFER is a well known banker of Caldwell, where they will make their future home. Lancaster Daily Eagle (Lancaster, Ohio) October 21, 1927 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CLAIMS ASSAULT Clarksburg, W. Va., Mar. 26. (AP) -- Miss Georgia Turner, 20 of Belpre, O., testified yesterday that James J CONNELL, 29, former deputy collector of internal revenue, assulted her in an isolated section of the city while Connell CONDRY, 24, former basketball player, held her. Both men are under indictment for assault. Lancaster Eagle Gazette (Lancaster, Ohio) March 26, 1936 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- $35,000 BLAZE Marietta, O., (AP) -- Fire drove 60 patrons from two hotels and 20 families from apartments in a river-front block last night and caused damage unofficially estimated at $35,000. Firemen from Parkersburg and Williamstown, W. Va., and Belpre, O., aided Marietta firemen in combatting the flames which started in the Tiber Hotel and spread rapidly. Origin of the fire was not determined. Lancaster Eagle Gazette (Lancaster, Ohio) Tues., March 31, 1936 pg. 3 col. 7 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------