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Category : Adams County (Ohio)
Languages : en
Pages : 464
Book Description
Thompson's Historical Collections of Adams County, Ohio
Thompson's Historical Collections of Adams County, Ohio
Author: Historical Collections of Ohio
Author: Henry HoweQuarterly
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Category : Boulder Region (Colo.)
Languages : en
Pages : 548
Book Description
Historical Collections of Harrison County, in the State of Ohio
Author: Charles Augustus HannaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Harrison County (Ohio)
Languages : en
Pages : 666
Book Description
Ohio Guide to Genealogical Sources
Author: Carol Willsey BellPublisher:
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
Arranged alphabetically by county. Within each county lists important agencies, court records, census records, and published sources to aid in local genalogical research.
James & Mary Veatch Ellis
Author: Ann-Jannette EmersonPublisher: R C Emerson Company
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Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 828
Book Description
James Ellis Sr. (ca.1723-1800/1801) was born in either Prince George's County, Maryland or in Wales. He married Mary Veatch in 1749 (pro- bably in old Frederick County, Maryland), and moved to Washington County, Pennsylvania. Descendants and relatives lived in Maryland, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Ohio, Illinois, Missouri, California and elsewhere.
Museum Echoes
Author: Ohio State MuseumPublisher:
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Category : Ohio
Languages : en
Pages : 608
Book Description
Beyond the River
Author: Ann HagedornPublisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1439128669
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 362
Book Description
Beyond the River brings to brilliant life the dramatic story of the forgotten heroes of the Ripley, Ohio, line of the Underground Railroad. From the highest hill above the town of Ripley, Ohio, you can see five bends in the Ohio River. You can see the hills of northern Kentucky and the rooftops of Ripley’s riverfront houses. And you can see what the abolitionist John Rankin saw from his house at the top of that hill, where for nearly forty years he placed a lantern each night to guide fugitive slaves to freedom beyond the river. In Beyond the River, Ann Hagedorn tells the remarkable story of the participants in the Ripley line of the Underground Railroad, bringing to life the struggles of the men and women, black and white, who fought “the war before the war” along the Ohio River. Determined in their cause, Rankin, his family, and his fellow abolitionists—some of them former slaves themselves—risked their lives to guide thousands of runaways safely across the river into the free state of Ohio, even when a sensational trial in Kentucky threatened to expose the Ripley “conductors.” Rankin, the leader of the Ripley line and one of the early leaders of the antislavery movement, became nationally renowned after the publication of his Letters on American Slavery, a collection of letters he wrote to persuade his brother in Virginia to renounce slavery. A vivid narrative about memorable people, Beyond the River is an inspiring story of courage and heroism that transports us to another era and deepens our understanding of the great social movement known as the Underground Railroad.
Collections of the Kansas State Historical Society
Author: Franklin George AdamsPublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3385382114
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 334
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1881.