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Emelda Junkin Donaldson’s Speech to First Steubenville D.A.R. Meeting
This memoir has been reproduced in its entirety from a hand-written account of the speech which is preserved by the JCHA. Mrs. Donaldson (obituary link) was 81 at the time she gave the speech in…continue readingEmma Carter Sharpe Zeis
(Original owner of the JCHA Museum and Library) Emma Carter was born in 1879, at Titusville, Pennsylvania, one of 5 children born to John Joyce Carter and Emma Gibbs who were married in 1866. Only…continue readingGlorious Reunion
The total population of Scio, Ohio probably never exceeded 1,000. But on September 4, 1885, 5,000 people turned out to recognize veterans of the 98th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. From the Ohio Press, September 4, 1885: 98th…continue readingMemorial Day: In Honor of Our Dead, The Procession, Decorating the Graves, Addresses
From the Ohio Press, June 5, 1885: Saturday morning dawned clear and bright and all nature was refreshed and beautiful after the recent showers. Business houses were nearly all closed and the day was generally…continue readingLife of Joseph Ruggles Wilson
Joseph Ruggles Wilson, the father of the 28th President was born in Steubenville, Ohio and it was here that he met his future wife, Janet Jesse Woodrow, in 1846. Janet was a student at the…continue readingThe First Historical Society
As Jefferson County was thinking ahead to the Centennial Celebration for 1897 it was decided to form a historical association that would plan and oversee the celebration. The name chosen for this organization was the…continue readingSteubenville Weekly Gazette
SELECTED ITEMS FROM THE STEUBENVILLE WEEKLY GAZETTE -1891 JOHN McKEOWN, the millionaire oil producer, and largely interested in the Island Creek and Turkey Foot oil region died at his home in Washington, Pa. Sunday morning,…continue readingWest Virginia Born in Wheeling
The similarities of the these two cities is remarkable when one considers they were both born from Revolutionary era forts, both were major wool, tannery and riverboat centers while glass and nails were early products…continue readingConflict with Indian Tribes in late 1700’s
Brilliant, Ohio, is in a very historical area of eastern Ohio. It is in Range One of the original Seven Ranges area of the the Northwest Territories. Brilliant was originally named, Phillipsburg and later LaGrange…continue reading- 1
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