News From Orange Township

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Meigs County Telegraph
November 7, 1867

We learned that a little child of Phineas HASELTON of Orange Township,
Meigs County, was very severely burned last Saturday, the particulars of
which we did not learn.  Its recovery is considered doubtful.
 
Transcribed by Cheryl Hartley



Meigs County Telegraph
March 13, 1872

    ED. TEL.: -In your last issue, after a reference to Mrs. Mary
Bradfield, George W. Bradfield confidently asks, "What Township can beat
Scipio?"  Orange picks up the glove.  On Tupper's Plains lives the widow
of James Shields, one of the Tax Payers on your published list, having
settled on that land in April, 1816.  On this place he raised thirteen
children, every one of which lived to marry and have children of their
own.  From these families she has witnessed the birth of eighty-two
grand children, and fifty-four great grand children.  She is remarkably
strong and active, and not until this spring could she be induced to
yield up her household cares to younger hands.

    She is eighty-one years of age, and has been an acceptable member of
the Presbyterian Church from early life.  Come again, Scipio

           FULMEN BRUTUM



Unknown Meigs County, Ohio, newspaper
March, 1885

Tuppers Plains

   Art Ballard has returned home from West Virginia
where he has been teaching school.

   Mr. M. Oppenheimer, of Pond Creek, W. Va. is
here trimming fruit trees.

   Simon Beatty and Emery Green expect to start for
Kansas City, Missouri, next Monday.

   Miss Jennie Dodderer is visiting friends at Little Hocking.

   Mr. M. Wolf spent last week with his family at Letart, Oh.

   Miss Laura Coleman of Long Bottom is visiting at Sam Coleman's.

   Ed Flowers, nephew of J. P. Barrett of this place was killed
by a runaway team last week in Franklin County, where he
went a short time ago.  He was brought home and buried at
Fairview.

(Transcribed by Kay Williams)