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1849-1899

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Read more about the article Murder of Captain Alexander Heasley, 33rd US Colored Troops

Murder of Captain Alexander Heasley, 33rd US Colored Troops

  • Post published:February 28, 2022
  • Post category:1849-1899/Black History/Military/War

By Betty Hoover DiRisio, LCHS Board Member & VolunteerAlexander Heasley was born in 1840 in Pennsylvania and was living with his family in Pulaski Township, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania by 1850.Enlisted…

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Read more about the article Portersville Posse

Portersville Posse

  • Post published:February 20, 2022
  • Post category:1849-1899/Black History

By Betty Hoover DiRisio, LCHS Board Member & VolunteerIn October 1841, the Mercer Luminary reported that six or eight Negro hunters from Virginia came upon four Negroes at a house…

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Read more about the article Alexander Scott  – Former Slave Settled in New Castle

Alexander Scott – Former Slave Settled in New Castle

  • Post published:February 16, 2022
  • Post category:1849-1899/Black History/Military/War

By Betty Hoover DiRisio, LCHS Board Member & Volunteer An interesting account of a former slave was found in a 1898 issue of the New Castle News. According to the…

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Read more about the article Advise Against Establishment of Business in North Hill Historic District

Advise Against Establishment of Business in North Hill Historic District

  • Post published:July 21, 2021
  • Post category:1849-1899/1900-1929/1930-1949/Mansions

By Edward X. Petrus, Board President, LCHS. Originally posted on our front page April 26, 2021. “The Lawrence County Historical Society strongly advises against the establishment of a Dollar General…

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Read more about the article 1866 Adverts by Three Black Businessmen

1866 Adverts by Three Black Businessmen

  • Post published:February 19, 2021
  • Post category:1849-1899/Black History

By Betty Hoover DiRisio (LCHS Board Member & Volunteer) – originally posted on our Facebook page February 18, 2021 Three Black Businessmen's ads in the 1866 New Castle City Directory…

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Read more about the article Black “Roundhead” Lost to Modern History

Black “Roundhead” Lost to Modern History

  • Post published:February 15, 2021
  • Post category:1849-1899/Black History/Blog Topics/Military

By Betty Hoover DiRisio (LCHS Board Member & Volunteer) - originally posted on our Facebook page February 9, 2021 Many have studied the Civil War history of the infamous 100th…

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Read more about the article Mt Jackson Soldier & US Congressman

Mt Jackson Soldier & US Congressman

  • Post published:February 19, 2020
  • Post category:1849-1899/Black History

By Betty Hoover DiRisio (LCHS Board Member & Volunteer) On May 12, 1862, 22 year-old Robert Smalls, a slave who was to soon go down in history, was working onboard…

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Read more about the article The Road to Coal Town

The Road to Coal Town

  • Post published:August 25, 2019
  • Post category:1849-1899

By Betty Hoover DiRisio (LCHS Board Member & Volunteer) Sometime after John Stockman discovered coal in Lawrence County in 1810, it was found there was a heavy coal deposit in…

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Read more about the article George Milton Book – from Midshipman to Rear Admiral

George Milton Book – from Midshipman to Rear Admiral

  • Post published:March 5, 2018
  • Post category:1849-1899/Military

By Betty Hoover DiRisio (LCHS volunteer) George Milton Book was born in New Castle May 25, 1845 to Col. William and Ann (Emery) Book. He spent his childhood in town,…

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Read more about the article William A. Stewart – An Overly Qualified Barber

William A. Stewart – An Overly Qualified Barber

  • Post published:January 26, 2018
  • Post category:1849-1899/Black History

By Betty Hoover DiRisio (LCHS volunteer) William A. Stewart was born in 1834 in Mercer County to Lemuel B. and Margaret Stewart. He married Isabelle Berry and they had two…

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Read more about the article New Wilmington’s Village Barber

New Wilmington’s Village Barber

  • Post published:January 26, 2018
  • Post category:1849-1899/Black History

By Betty Hoover DiRisio (LCHS volunteer) Henry Williamson Brooks was born in Ross Township, Allegheny County on July 3, 1846 to John and Eliza (Turbin) Brooks. Henry learned the “tonsorial”…

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Read more about the article Hauntings of the Area

Hauntings of the Area

  • Post published:July 27, 2017
  • Post category:1849-1899/1900-1929

By Joyce Ross, Administrative Secretary, LCHS staff My love of spooky and eerie things probably stems from one of my favorite childhood movies: The Ghost and Mr. Chicken, that starred…

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