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Special Notice: Mark Haselberger has been working on a project for several years to honor those Monroe County men who died in the Civil War.  Mark would like to identify these men and have their names posted on the Scroll of Honor at the courthouse.  If you have information on a Monroe County Civil War soldier who died in the war, please contact Mark at 203 Maple Ave., Woodsfield, OH  43793 or call him at 740-472-5506. 

Civil War Book in progress -- Gerald Earley, P. O. Box 106, Goddard, KS 67052, is writing a book on the 116th Ohio Volunteer Infantry that served during the Civil War. He is interested in collecting any information relating to this unit. He is also researching background information such as the political atmosphere in the area during that time. If you have any information to share with Mr. Earley, he would be happy to hear from you.

Long-distance Phone Calls -- The MCC of OGS is a low-budget, largely volunteer organization. Phone numbers and e-mail addresses used by the Chapter are those of private individuals. While we would like to be able to return all long distance calls that we receive (we receive several each week), our officers and volunteers are unable to pay for them from their personal funds. If you place a long-distance call and do not receive an answer (our officers may be at their jobs), please place your call again at a later time. Evenings and weekends are usually good times to contact our officers and volunteers. We will respond to all local calls so feel free to leave a message. We will also respond to all e-mail messages.

FROM ACROSS THE ATLANTIC -- The following message comes from Andrea Kindelberger who lives in Rumbach, Germany. Andrea is related to many residents in Monroe County and many non-residents who trace their roots back to Monroe County. The message from Andrea is as follows:

Hello,
In June 2002, I visited Woodsfield, the Monroe County area and the excellent MCC of OGS library. You can see from my last name that I have relatives in Monroe County although I m not currently in touch with them.

I m lucky to own some old letters from relatives who emigrated to the States in the 19th century. I was wondering if somebody in Monroe County might also still have some old German letters and pictures from relatives of the Palatinate?

I support the German Institute for Palatine history, which plans to publish a book about immigrant letters. Would it be possible to post something in the library for me asking for copies of those kind of letters?

I would very much appreciate your help!

Andrea Kindelberger
Hauptstr.52
76891 Rumbach
Germany

andrea@kindelberger.de

Attack on United States -- On Tuesday September 11, 2001 at about 8:46 a.m. EST, the first of the two World Trade Center towers in New York City was struck by a loaded, commercial passenger jet plane which had been hijacked by suicide terrorists. About 18 minutes later, the second tower was struck by a second loaded, commercial passenger jet plane that had been hijacked by suicide terrorists. Both towers collapsed. Approximately 20 minutes later a third loaded, commercial passenger jet plane that had been hijacked by suicide terrorists crashed into the Pentagon across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C.

Outbreaks of Smallpox in the mid-1890s threatened to spread to the small towns and villages of Monroe County, Ohio. Working with the records of the Board of Health of Miltonsburg, Ohio, photographs, and some of his own sketches, Paul E. Young created an historical snapshot of how the Village of Miltonsburg coped with the crisis of Smallpox in the winter of 1896. He had titled his work, Difficult Days in the Winter of 1896. In preparing this document, Paul Young has captured some of the scenes, the people, and the feelings of the period. He has added visual perspective to his work with a number of sketches that he made based on historical records, old photographs, and some buildings and features of the village that have survived.

 

Visit to Woodsfield by President Mckinley: John Ogden of 5713 Eliot Court # 372, Alexandra, VA 22311

johnowamp@aol.com writes: My Mother is the historian for the United Methodist Church in Woodsfield, OH.  There is a local tradition that President McKinley visited the Mooney family in Woodsfield and attended a church service at the UMC.  Mother is collecting materials, pictures and memorabilia for the history of the church.  Can anyone validate or verify that Pres. McKinley attended a service at this church?  If you have stories or memories of this church, please let me know, and I will forward them.  Thanks. (8/23/2003)

 

 

 

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