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  Buildings

  Cemeteries

  Churches

  Family Trees Searches

  Monroe County

  Petroleum (Oil)

  Schools: one-Room-Schools

  Schools: High & Elementary

  Towns & Villages of Monroe County, Ohio

  Towns, Villages, and Locations of Interest found outside Monroe County, Ohio (eg. ancestors origins)

  Unknown (people, places and things)

  Vocations

 

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ANCESTORS and RARE PICTURES of PEOPLE FROM YESTER-YEAR

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BRIDGES

                    Foraker Covered Bridge photo taken 1964

                    Foraker Covered Bridge photo taken July 2004

                    Knowlton Covered Bridge photo taken 1964

                    Swazy Covered Bridge photo taken 1961

                    Sycamore Valley Covered Bridge photo taken in the 1950s

                    Sycamore Valley Covered Bridge photo taken in the 1950s

                    Sycamore Valley Covered Bridge photo taken 1961

                    B & O Railroad Bridge over Ohio River this photo taken 1902

                    B & O Railroad Bridge over a creek this photo taken 1902

 

BUILDINGS

 

                    Mallory House Located at 224 Eastern Ave., Woodsfield, Ohio

 

CHURCHES

                    Bracy Church a history of the Bracy and Mt. Zion Church of Christ (no photo)

                    Buchanan Presbyterian Church - brief history of church - photo taken 1928

                    Buchanan Presbyterian Church - View 1 - photo taken 2002

                    Buchanan Presbyterian Church - View 2 - photo taken 2002

                    Buchanan Presbyterian Church Cemetery - photo taken 2002

                    Burkhart Church - near Lewisville, OH

                    Creighton Ridge Church - Church of Christ on Creighton Ridge

                    Fairview Methodist Chapel Chapel plus parishioners taken about 1940

                    Fletcher Methodist Evangelical Church

                    German Methodist Church German Methodist Church outside Lewisville, toward Monroefield, Ohio

                    Goudy Church of Christ photo taken Sept. 2005

                    Hartshorn Ridge Church of Christ - Located between Graysville and Lewisville, Ohio

                    Immaculate Conception Church History of Catholic Mission at Ozark, Sunsbury Twp., Monroe Co., OH

                    Jackson Ridge Church of Christ winter photo of Jackson Ridge school and church

                    ME Church - Clarington

                    Middle Church, St. John s photo taken about 1940

                    Middle Church, St. John s photo taken about 1940

                    Middle Church, St. John's - photo taken in 1952

                    Mt. Olive Mt. Olive Sunday school about 1920

                    Mt. Zion Church of Christ a history of the Bracy and Mt. Zion Church of Christ (no photo)

                    Mt. Zion Lutheran - Sardis

                    Presbyterian Church - Located in Woodsfield, Ohio - Photo taken in 2002

                    Presbyterian Church - Located in Woodsfield, Ohio - Photo taken in about 1950s

                    Rich Fork Church of Christ Located on County Road # 17 in Wayne Twp.

                    St. John's Catholic Church - near Miltonsburg - photo on silk, about 1900

                    St. John's Catholic Church - near Miltonsburg

                    St. John s Catholic Church a brief history of this Catholic Church near Miltonsburg with many names

                    St. John s United Church of Christ Powhatan Point, Ohio

                    St. Joseph Catholic Church a history of Wills Creek/Chapel Hill and St. Joseph church near Lewisville, OH

                    St. Paul's United Church of Christ - Located in Woodsfield, Ohio

                    St. Peter's - German Evangelical Protestant Church in Lewisville, OH - photo taken in 1979

                    St. Peter's - Church in Lewisville, OH - now an auto repair garage and tire shop - photo 2002

                    St. Peters Evangelical Church - photo on silk - Miltonsburg taken about 1900

                    St. Peters Evangelical Church and Parsonage - Miltonsburg about mid-1900s

                    St. Peter's - German Evangelical Protestant Church in Miltonsburg, OH - photo 2002

                    St. Peter s View of the Lewisville church when it was active in the early decades of the 20th Century.

                    St. Peter's - Parsonage of the German Evangelical Protestant Church in Lewisville, OH

                    Sts. Peter and Paul Mission History of a Catholic Mission about 1843 in northeastern Washington Twp.

                    St. Sylvester Catholic Church - Located in Woodsfield, Ohio - Photo taken in 1980

                    St. Sylvester Catholic Church - Located in Woodsfield, Ohio - Photo taken November 2002

                    West Union Church West Union Church in Perry Township, Monroe Co., OH probably a Sunday School Class

                    West Union Church and School This one-room school was also known as Lyman School

                    West Union School After the school had been removed

 

CEMETERIES

The cemeteries below are being charted, inventoried, and photographed for inclusion on the web site.

                    Atkinson Cemetery

                    Buchanan Presbyterian Cemetery - Chart and inventory of graves, directions to cemetery, and latitude/longitude

                    Chapel Hill Cemetery Catholic Church Cemetery

                    Cox-Gray-Myers Cemetery

                    Free Cemetery

                    Fairview Methodist Cemetery

                    Farnsworth Cemetery

                    Gillespie Cemetery

                    Hamilton Cemetery

                    Hope Cemetery

                    Morris-Latta Cemetery (in progress)

                    Oak Lawn Cemetery Chart with some data about the cemetery

                    Pioneer Photos of Pioneer from atop the Monroe County Courthouse

                    Potts Cemetery (in progress)

                    Schell or Free Cemetery - Chart and inventory of graves, directions to cemetery, and latitude/longitude

                    Steed Cemetery Chart and inventory of graves, directions to cemetery, and latitude/longitude

                    St. Joseph Catholic Church Cemetery near church

                    St. Peter s Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery in Lewisville, Ohio Old Section

                    St. Peter s Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery in Lewisville, Ohio Newer Section

                    Un-named #1

                    Wise Cemetery

                    Zesiger Cemetery

                    Zonker Cemetery on Pumpkin Ridge

 

FAMILY TREE SEARCH

                    Mellot - Baker - Laughery - Hartman - Family Tree search

                    Piatt Family ?? [Suspected to be early John P & Elizabeth (Shriver) Piatt family]

                    Craig Farm Two photos - Located on County Road 10, Woodsfield, OH John Thomas Craig family early 1900s and 2000

MONROE COUNTY, OHIO

                    Our German-Speaking Heritage talk given by Karen Romick at a MCC of OGS monthly meeting

                    Cheese Making at Home part of a talk given by Karen Romick at a MCC of OGS meeting

                    Fair Ground Grandstands paintings of the barn quilt project in Monroe Co., OH

                    History a history of the formation of Monroe County, Ohio

                    History of MCC of OGS a history of the Monroe County Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society

                    Latitude and Longitude latitude & longitude data for specific, selected locations in Monroe County

                    Monroe County Organization a chronology and account of how the county was formed

                    Rock-Cut Cut for narrow-gauge railroad and Ohio Route # 78

                    Do You Remember Histories of people and event before 1922

                    Good Old Monroe Poem, author unknown, probably penned about 1940s

                    Belmont-Monroe Reunion nine scenes from the 1941 and 1951 reunions: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9

PETROLEUM (Oil) Industry in Monroe County

                    Oil The petroleum producing industry in Monroe County, Ohio

                    Feldner # 7 photo of well after being shot

                    Hehr # 1 oil well in Owl Hollow, Monroe County, Ohio

                    Hehr another oil well in Monroe County, Ohio

                    Hehr 2 oil well being shot

                    Oil Wells Oil wells dotted the landscape in and around Lewisville, Ohio after the turn of the century.

                    Spiry # 1 Oil well located about 1 mile east of Lewisville, Ohio

                     Rig unknown typical oil low-cost drilling rig used by speculators and contractors.

                    Wise Rig # 1 a mile east of Lewisville on Ohio Rt. 78

                     

SCHOOLS

One-room (sometimes two or three rooms) schools in Monroe County

See also the book titled THE ONE ROOM SCHOOLS of MONROE COUNTY 1808 1957 also found on this site.

See also the Internet link, http://www.oldohioschools.com/monroe_county.htm

                    Barker School Class members of this class are named but the year of the picture is not yet known

                    Barker School Class only the teacher is known in this picture the students are unnamed and the year is unknown

                    Barnhart School Site - located in Summit Township north of Lewisville, Ohio

                    Benwood School located 2.8 miles south of Laings on State Route 255 -- class of 1898-1899

                    Benwood School souvenir listing teacher and class of 1898-1899

                    Benwood School Class class of 1907

                    Brown School (front and side view) - Brown School in Malaga Township, Monroe Co., Ohio

                    Brown School (side and rear view) - Brown School in Malaga Township, Monroe Co., Ohio

                    Calais School souvenir listing teacher and class of 1899-1900

                    Calais School photo of class of Calais School

                    Calico Ridge School Class year about 1939

                    Calico Ridge School Class of 1940 1941

                    Calico Ridge School Class of 1946 1947

                    Calico Ridge School Class of 1948 1949

                    Calico Ridge School Class of 1950 1951

                    Fox Hollow School, 1894

                    Fox Hollow School, 1911 list of students, teacher, board of directors for 1910-1911 school year

                    Fox Hollow School, 1940 photo of school house

                    Grizzle Ridge School - front and side view in 1977

                    Grizzle Ridge School - side and rear view in 1986

                    Haga School souvenir listing teacher and class of 1899-1900

                    Halfway School located between Lewisville and Woodsfield date and subjects unknown

                    Hanson School -

                    Jackson Ridge School located near the intersection of Ohio Routes 800 and 255

                    Johnston School Map - map of the area in which school was located

                    Johnston School Site - photo of the site where the Johnston School stood

                    Johnston School Sketch - sketch of the school and surrounding buildings

                    Lower Narrows Run Grade School Class of 1949 - 1950

                    Miltonsburg Grade School - Class ca. 1906-07 [Need names]

                    Miltonsburg Grade School Likely the class of 1907-08 [Need names]

                    Miltonsburg Grade School - Class ca. 1915-16 [Students and teacher named]

                    Morton Ridge School Class of about 1925

                    Morton Ridge School Class of about 1930

                    Mt. Etna Class Class of 1915 with students and teacher named

                    Punkin Ridge School Class of 1897 1898

                    Punkin Ridge School Class of 1897 1898 (enlargement of class and selected individuals)

                    Owl Hollow School - Photo taken April 30, 1930

                    Owl Hollow School and Bridge

                    Owl Hollow - Class of 1926 1927

                    Rich Fork Last day of school 1897

                    Rich Fork? may be students of the above Rich Fork School

                    Ridgeville School Class of 1897-98 and list of names of students. Help requested with identifications.

                    Ridgeville School souvenir listing teacher and class of 1898-1899

                    Ridgeville School Class of 1921

                    Ridgeville School Class of 1936

                    Ridgeville School Class of 1942

                    Rinard Mills date unknown

                    Sardis School 2nd grade class, 1936

                    Sardis School 4th, 5th, and 6th grade class, 1942

                    Starr School entire school class about 1923

                    Starr School 1924

                    Starr School - 1929

                    Sycamore Valley School - View 1

                    Sycamore Valley School - View 2

                    Tice School Class of about 1915

                    Vernon School date and subjects in this picture are not known

                    Way School House, View of Front, Photo August 2002

                    Way School House, View of Side, Photo August 2002

                    Way School House, View of Back, Photo August 2002

                    Way School at Way, Ohio about 1916 [Students and teacher named]

                    Way School at Way, Ohio about 1918 [Some students and teacher named]

                    Way School at Way, Ohio about 1927 [Students and teacher named]

                    Way School at Way, Ohio about 1929 [Students and teacher named]

                    West Union Church and School This one-room school was also known as Lyman School

                    West Union School Class of 1945 last year West Union, also called Lyman School, was in use

                     

 

High Schools and Elementary Schools in Monroe County

 

                    Beallsville School School building about 1910

                    Beallsville High School Building and train about 1928

                    Beallsville School Class of about 1920

                    Beallsville Grade School Class on about the 1920s

                    Beallsville Grade School Class on about the 1920s

                    Beallsville Grade School Class with no year identified

                    Beallsville Basketball Team Basketball team 1942

                    Beallsville Basketball Team Basketball Freshman team 1956

                    Beallsville Postal Employees Turn of century postal staff

                    Bethel School - Bethel H.S. - Elementary School - Community Center

                    Graysville High School 1927 [Some people named - need more names]

                    Graysville High School Basketball Team 1924 - 1925 [Some players named - need more names]

                    Graysville High School Basketball Team 1925 - 1926 [Some players named - need more names]

                    Graysville High School Basketball Team 1950 - 1951

                    Graysville High School - High School, Elementary School and Community Center

                    Jackson Ridge School about 1947-48

                    Lewisville School Class of 1925

                    Lewisville High School then Elementary School - white wooden, photo taken 1979

                    Lewisville Elementary Class Picture of about 45 students and teacher in need of identification

                    Lewisville School - High School, Elementary School and Community Center, red brick, taken 2002

                    Miltonsburg High School - 1922

                    Monroe County Central High School - Photo taken November 2002

                    Sardis High School Graduating class of 1914

                    Sardis High School Believed to be the Class of 1936

                    Sardis High School Five pictures from the 1940s-1950s: 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5

                    Salem High School Championship basketball team in 1930

                    Salem High School Program of Commencement Exercise, 1931

                    Skyvue High School- Elementary School

                    Sunsbury Basketball Team Sunsbury (Beallsville) Basketball Team 1930

                    Sunsbury Basketball Team Sunsbury (Beallsville) Basketball Team 1932

                    Woodsfield High School Girl s Basketball Team - Basketball Team 1925 1926

                    Woodsfield High School Girl s Basketball Team - Basketball Team 1927

                    Woodsfield High School - Photo taken in the 1940s

                    Woodsfield High School - Photo taken in the 1950s

                    Woodsfield High School - Photo taken November 2002

TOWNS, of Monroe County, Ohio

Antioch

                    Plat of Antioch 1898

Beallsville

                    The Wall Street Journal story of the patriotism of Beallsville and Monroe County, Ohio citizens.

                    Beallsville School - class of students

                    Beallsville RR - across the tracks

                    Beallsville Postal Employees Turn of century postal staff

                    Plat of Beallsville 1898

Brownsville

                    Plat of Brownsville 1898

Calais

                    Covered Bridge near Calais, Ohio about 1940

                    Methodist Church on the Square in Calais, Ohio about 1940

                    Tobacco Barn near Calais, Ohio about 1940

                    Calais Church in Calais, Monroe County, Ohio; date unknown

Cameron

                    Photo of Cameron a view of Cameron with buildings and major sites identified; probably 1930-1940

                    Plat of Cameron 1898

Clarington

                    ME Church - Clarington

                    Plat of Clarington 1898

                    Will J. Cummins Christmas card of an Ohio River Boat card dated December 19, 1958

Dairy

 

                    Article about Dairy and Foxtown

                    Description of Dairy

                    Dairy Cash Store 1888

                    Dairy Cash Store 1940s

                    Dairy Blacksmith Shop blacksmith shop located in downtown Dairy, OH

                    Dairy, OH Farm farm near Dairy, Ohio as seen in 1920s

                    Dairy, OH Farm same farm (as 1920s view) near Dairy, Ohio as seen in 1959

 

 

 

Duffy

                    Plat of Duffy 1898

Fly

                    Plat of Fly 1898

Foxtown

                    Article about Dairy and Foxtown

                    Foxtown, Ohio photo probably taken in the early 1900s

                    Foxtown Store Foxtown was really never a town more of a cross-road

Graham

Graysville

                    Graysville - Graysville, Ohio in the late 1920's - 30's by Delvin Devore

                    Graysville High School - High School, Elementary School and Community Center

                    Plat of Graysville -- 1898

Hannibal

                    Hannibal a brief history of Bare s Landing, Baresville, and Hannibal

                    Plat of Baresville/Hannibal 1898

                    Hannibal Mill a brief mention of the mill, ownership, and date of construction. (no photo)

                    John Bare (b. 1810) Front yard a view from John Bare s (b. 1810) front yard

                    John Bare (b. 1810) s Pigs a photo of John Bare s (b. 1810) pig sty with Ohio River in background

                    Hannibal post card of Hannibal about 1910

                    Olin Mathieson Aluminum Plant photo taken in 1968

                    River Boats two boats at Hannibal, Ohio the Tom, a ferry boat and the Milton, a passenger boat

                    Steamer on Ohio River the steamer, Virginia, passing Hannibal on the Ohio River in 1909

                    Steam-powered Tractor photo of Sadie Baker of Hannibal standing on the wheel of an ancient tractor

 

Jackson Ridge

                    Jackson Ridge Store David Yoss store near intersection of Ohio Routes 800 and 255

                    Jackson Ridge School school located in parking lot that Jackson Ridge Church of Christ now occupies

 

Jerusalem

                    Belmont-Monroe Reunion a programme for the August 1905 Reunion

                    Belmont-Monroe Reunion Ribbon Commemorative Ribbon of 2nd Annual Belmont-Monroe Reunion 1896

                    Belmont-Monroe Reunion nine scenes from the 1941 and 1951 reunions: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9

                    Jerusalem High School 1920 - 1921

                    Plat of Jerusalem 1898

Laings

                    Plat of New Castle/Laings 1898

Lebanon

                    Plat of Lebanon 1898

Lewisville

                    Arlington House Hotel a Lewisville Hotel built about 1882

                    Bent Tree a Monroe County landmark found near Lewisville, Ohio

                    Billman Store a brief history of the Billman Store. Also see Oblinger - Billman Store below

                    Billman Postcard postcard from Frank Billman to his wife written in 1944

                    Burkhart Church - near Lewisville, OH

                    Citizens' Petition to the Council of the Village of Lewisville, Ohio

                    Distler Hotel/(former) John Feiock Hotel - photo taken about 1900

                    Feiock and Distler Store outside view of the store

                    Feiock and Distler Store inside view of the store taken about 1907

                    Feiock's Store Collapsed - storm of July 14, 1954 in Lewisville, OH

                    German Methodist Church German Methodist Church outside Lewisville, toward Monroefield, Ohio

                    John Feiock Hotel (former)/Distler Hotel photo taken about 1900

                    John Feiock Hotel (former) - photo taken 1982

                    John Feiock Hotel (former) - photo taken 2002

                    Lewis (or Levi) Hehr # 1 oil well in Owl Hollow, Monroe County, Ohio

                    Lewisville Band - photo taken 1898

                    Lewisville, Ohio - a "word picture" of Lewisville taken in September 1890

                    Lewisville, Ohio - a history of Lewisville written in 1907

                    Lewisville, Ohio - a history of Lewisville written about 1930

                    Lewisville, Ohio - photo taken in 1900

                    Lewisville, Ohio - photo taken in 1980

                    Lewisville, Ohio - map of Summit Twp., Monroe County, showing Lewisville, OH

                    Lewisville High School then Elementary School - white wooden, photo taken 1979

                    Lewisville School picture picture from a year book

                    Lewisville, Ohio Post Office - Former bank building

                    Lewisville, Ohio Town Hall

                    Lewisville Railroad Station the narrow-gauge railroad station in Lewisville, Ohio

                    Lewisville Tobacco Packing House - photo 2002

                    License Plate Holder bought at sale in Lewisville, OH

                    Mollie's Garden - original settlement in Summit Township, Monroe County, Ohio

                    Narrow Gauge Railroad at the Lewisville Station, photo taken about 1880s

                    Oblinger - Billman Store - a history of store ownership and fate. Also see Billman Store above.

                    Oblinger House burned Sept: 7, 1956 with the Oblinger Billman Store in Lewisville, Ohio

                    Oil Wells Oil wells dotted the landscape in and around Lewisville, Ohio after the turn of the century.

                    Plat of Lewisville 1898

                    Spiry # 1 Oil well located about 1 mile east of Lewisville, Ohio

                    St. Peter's - German Evangelical Protestant Church taken in 1979

                    St. Peter s View of the church when it was active in the early decades of the 20th Century.

                    St. Peter's - Parsonage of the German Evangelical Protestant Church in Lewisville, OH

                    Road Construction - Routes 78 and 145 intersection in Lewisville, OH

                    Wise Rig # 1 a mile east of Lewisville on Ohio Rt. 78

Malaga

                    Plat of Malaga 1898

Marr

                    Bethel School - Bethel H.S. - Elementary School - Community Center

                     

Mechanicsburg

                    Plat of Mechanicsburg 1898

Miltonsburg

                    Menkel House - Historical house in Miltonsburg, Ohio

                    Miltonsburg Baseball Team - before 1910 [Some players named - need more names]

                    Miltonsburg Blacksmith Shop - About 1900 - photo on silk

                    Miltonsburg Ed Young Store - as it appeared in about 1900

                    Miltonsburg General Store - photo taken in the early 1900s

                    Miltonsburg General Store - photo taken before 1918

                    Miltonsburg General Store Bldg. - after conversion to garage - photo taken Nov. 2002

                    Miltonsburg Groux Store - sketch of store as it appeared in about 1900

                    Miltonsburg High School - Class of 1922 [Students and teacher named]

                    Miltonsburg House - Abandoned house in Miltonsburg - Photo taken November 2002

                    Miltonsburg Jail - [Historical information needed]

                    Miltonsburg Jail 2 - [Historical information needed]

                    Miltonsburg Jail 3 - Photo taken July 19, 1959

                    Miltonsburg Menkel Shop Probably the William Menkel Monument shop in Miltonsburg

                    Miltonsburg Post Office Closure of the Miltonsburg P.O. in 1942

                    Miltonsburg School History - Written by Clyde Decker and published in the Spirit of Democracy, Dec. 1980

                    Miltonsburg St. Peters Evangelical Church and Parsonage - about mid-1900s

                    Miltonsburg Tobacco - Two hogsheads of tobacco going to market

                    Miltonsburg Town Hall - Photo taken November 2002

                    Miltonsburg Town Plan - As it was in about 1898

                    Smallpox - Difficult Days in the Winter of 1896 - How Miltonsburg coped with the smallpox epidemic

Monroefield

                    Bent Tree a Monroe County landmark found near Monroefield, Ohio

Rinard Mills

                    Rinard Mills School Date and subjects unknown

Round Bottom

Sardis,

                    Construction building a barn or house near Sardis, OH about 1910

                    Decoration Day photo on Decoration Day at Sardis, OH about 1910

                    Farm Work use of a steam driven tractor in early 20th century

                    Farming two photos of Homer Jones making hay in the 1930s: 1 and 2

                    Ferry Ohio River ferry between Fly, OH and Sistersville, WV

                    Fire Brief report of a fire in Sardis in 1895

                    Mt. Zion Lutheran - Sardis

                    Packet Boat the Helen E., a packet boat out of Sardis, Ohio

                    Plat of Sardis 1898

                    Sardis picture post card of Sardis about 1910

                    Road Work road-grader pulled by tractor about 1940s

                    Sardis, Ohio 1913 flood

                    Sardis, Ohio 1936 flood

                    Sardis, Ohio Knight of Pythias Officers Sardis 1910

                    Sardis, Ohio history: school essay written by Mrs. Ella B. Vetter in the year of 1877

                    Sardis, Ohio Mound Street in Winter

                    Sardis, Ohio summer photo taken about 1900

                    Sardis, Ohio winter photo taken about 1900

                    Thrashing Time Six Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 taken in 1952

                    Water-Lift an alternative to a water pump

Sprague

Stafford

                    Central Hotel located in Stafford, Monroe County, Ohio

                    Ham Curtis delivery service between Lewisville, Stafford, and surrounding communities

Swazey

                    Swazey Church photo is of the Swazey church photo taken about 1930

Switzer

                    Switzer Baseball Team photo date unknown. Team members unknown

Sycamore Valley

Way

West Union

                    Musical Institute West Union Musical Institute in Spring 1917

                    West Union Church this photo is of an earlier church bearing the date 1871

                    West Union Church and School this one-room school was also known as Lyman School; about 1900

                    West Union Church about 1913

                    West Union Church about 1913

                    West Union Church and School Church with school in background photo of congregation in 1914

                    West Union Church photo taken October 1965

                    West Union School Class last day of school

                     

Wilson

Woodsfield

                    1st_Car First car in Monroe County, 1910

                    Airplane The 1st airplane visit to Woodsfield, 1929

                    American Legion Fire Department Woodsfield firemen and fighting equipment about mid to late 1920s

                    Bakery new bakery to open in 1924

                    Bank Old Monroe Bank Building

                    Bank New Bank Building

                    Building Reymann Building

                    Children s Home see also 1900 census of Children s Home

                    Children on Wagon photo taken in 1902

                    Class of 1902 probably the 1902 class from the Monroe County Normal School

                    Confectionery and Tobacco Store Mrs. J. Bertram

                    County Fair a brief history of the Monroe County Fair

                    Courthouse a brief history of the 4 Monroe County courthouses by Mike Pallmer, Times Leader, Wheeling, WV

                    Courthouse before fire of 1905

                    Courthouse after fire of 1905

                    Courthouse architectural and design prints of Courthouse 1905-1906

                    Courthouse photos of clock-works installed in 1908

                    Courthouse 2009

                    Delivery Service horse deliveries make comeback

                    Directory a 1922 directory of Woodsfield establishments in poem format

                    Dillon Garage early undated auto garage

                    Electric Shop location of Paul Riemenschneider electric shop in Woodsfield, Ohio

                    Fire photos of a fire in a tire recap shop in Woodsfield on August 5, 2005

                    Flouring Mill

                    Football Team 1907

                    Football Team 1923 Woodsfield High School Football Team 1923

                    Group of Men Unknown group of men believed to be taken in Woodsfield, Ohio

                    Hardware Helbling Brothers Hardware

                    Hospital Woodsfield Hospital

                    Hotel Columbia Hotel

                    Hotel Eagle Hotel

                    Hotel Smith Hotel while under construction 1898 1999

                    Hotel Smith Hotel photo taken about 1906

                    Hotel Smith Hotel photo taken June 2003

                    House For Sale photo taken about 1900

                    House Bertram, Fred Bertram

                    House Bott, Louis Bott

                    House Diehl, Fred Diehl

                    House Kerr, George Kerr

                    House Mehl, A. C. Mehl

                    House Mooney, Samuel L. Mooney

                    House Parry, Dr. J. R. Parry

                    House Schumacher, William Schumacher

                    House Taylor, E. D. Taylor

                    House Tubaugh, A. J. Tubaugh

                    Infirmary Poor People s Home

                    Jail Old Woodsfield Jail photo taken about early 1930s

                    Jewelry Store new jewelry store opens

                    Junk Man

                    Livery Stable Manhattan Livery

                    Livery Stable O. D. Watson Livery

                    Lumber John Burgbacher Lumber Company

                    Main (North) Street in Woodsfield, OH photo probably taken in the 1920s

                    Main Street in Woodsfield, Ohio - photo taken in mid-1930s

                    Mallory House Located at 224 Eastern Ave., Woodsfield, Ohio

                    Monument Store Menkel Brothers Monument - photo taken about 1905

                    Monument Store Menkel Bros. Marble and Granite Works, Woodsfield

                    Monument Store Menkel Bros. Marble and Granite Works - current site of MBM&G Works in Woodsfield

                    Monroe County Normal School 1926 [Need names]

                    Monroe County Courthouse - photo taken about 1930s

                    Monroe Theater - 1942

                    Oil Well Feldner No. 7 Oil Well after shooting

                    Parry Museum Former residence of Dr. John R. Parry (1855-1943)

                    Parry Museum Barn Barn on the farm of the residence of Dr. John R. Parry in Woodsfield, Ohio

                    Photographer Morris / Siburt Brothers of Moundsville, WV

                    Photographer W. T. Pennington Photographer

                    Plat of Woodsfield 1898

                    Pope Drug Store unknown date

                    Saloon A. J. Staudt Saloon

                    School Woodsfield High School

                    Store Armstrong Corner

                    Store Lude & Eager Hardware Store

                    Store Joost Meat Market (Exterior)

                    Store Joost Meat Market (Interior)

                    Store P. Schumacher Jr. & Son s Grocery

                    Town Square photo taken about 1900; also, a companion photo

                    Town Square looking south along Rt. # 800

                    Weisend Brothers Grocery photos of the Weisend Bros Grocery in 1908 and the same building in 2002

                    Woodsfield Artist Rendition mid-1800s

                    Woodsfield A cartoon of the beginnings of Woodsfield, OH about 1814

                    Woodsfield Directory 1922

                    Woodsfield High School Class Picture - Graduating Class of 1933

                    Woodsfield High School Girl s Basketball Team - Basketball Team 1925 1926

                    Woodsfield High School Girl s Basketball Team - Basketball Team 1927

                    Woodsfield History a history written in 1906 also a list of pictures

                    Woodsfield Post Office - photo taken about 1950s

                    Woodsfield Public Square view of East side of square

                    Woodsfield Public Square Woodsfield had been electrified

                    Woodsfield Volunteer Fire Department 1940

                    Yoss Building Fire - 1963

 

TOWNS, Villages, and Locations of Interest not in Monroe County, Ohio

 

                    Nothweiler, Alsace Lorraine, Germany village of origin of many Monroe County, Ohio family lines

                    Nothweiler, Alsace Lorraine, Germany village

                    Rumbach, Alsace Lorraine, Germany village of origin of many Monroe County, Ohio family lines

                    Sch nau, Alsace Lorraine, Germany village of origin of many Monroe County, Ohio family lines

                    Macksburg, Washington County, Ohio - School picture of 6th, 7th, & 8th grade in school year 1930 -1931

 

UNKNOWN

(If you can help identify any of these photos or subjects in the photos, please contact the photo owner and the webmaster, R.E. Harrington.)

Unknown Group about 1925 [Some people named - need more names]

Unknown [Possible Piatt family members need help identifying]

Unknown # 2 [probably member of the Stacey, Eikleberry or Hensel family line]

Unknown # 3 [probably member of the Stacey, Eikleberry or Hensel family line]

Unknown # 4 [probably member of the Stacey, Eikleberry or Hensel family line]

Unknown # 5 [probably member of the Stacey, Eikleberry or Hensel family line]

Unknown # 6 [probably member of the Stacey, Eikleberry or Hensel family line]

Unknown # 7 no idea who subjects might be appears to be a family picture.

Trigg House identified as Trigg house in Shadyside, Ohio on back of picture

Five-Generations companion picture to Trigg house above

School or Church probably a school picture

Ridgeville School Class of 1897-98 and list of names of students. Help requested with identifications.

Little Girl Photo bought on E-Bay. Subject unknown. A photo by Pennington of Woodsfield, Ohio.

West Union Women Five women identified two women unknown.

Unknown Couple Photo Provided by Tom Decker could be surname: Clark, Fisher, Griffith, Workman, Long or Murphy or some other surname

 

 

VOCATIONS

 

Bee Keeping Dave and Vern Latta about 1940

Thrashing at Lindsay Stalling s place 1916 - 1919

(This page is under construction. But, then, aren't they all.)

Last modified 10 July 2012 by reh

 

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