1900-1929 Archives - Lawrence County Historical Society

“Harry the Hermit”

Post published:May 16, 2020
Post category:1900-1929

By Betty Hoover DiRisio (LCHS Board Member & Volunteer)Harry Stein was born in May 12, 1903 to Isaac and Harriet Stein in Wampum. He made his home in the Turkey…

Sound Familiar? Influenza Epidemic 1918

Post published:May 8, 2020
Post category:1900-1929

By Betty Hoover DiRisio (LCHS Board Member & Volunteer) The Spanish flu or the grippe as it was also called, came in two waves. The first wave lasted three months.…

Suffrage Pioneer Pamphilia Hardman Phillips

Post published:March 8, 2019
Post category:1900-1929 Women

By Betty Hoover DiRisio (LCHS volunteer) Pamphilia Hardman Phillips was a Lawrence County Suffrage Pioneer. She was born on October 31, 1844 in Petersburg, Ohio to Mr. and Mrs. David…

Nurse Harriet J Eckels

Women Also Served in the Great War

Post published:February 8, 2019
Post category:1900-1929 War Women

By Betty Hoover DiRisio (LCHS volunteer) Nurse Harriet J. Eckels was born on April 2, 1888 in New Wilmington, Pennsylvania. She and 100 fellow Red Cross nurses and 30 physicians…

The Red Cross in Lawrence County

Post published:November 9, 2018
Post category:1900-1929 Women

By Betty Hoover DiRisio (LCHS volunteer) The establishment of the American Red Cross in Lawrence County was due in large measure to the untiring efforts of Mrs. William Wallace Clendenin.…

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…

Home to a Prince (Johnson-Turner House)

Post published:March 6, 2016
Post category:1900-1929

By Susan Linville, Administrator LCHS Article corrected and revised April 18, 2016. The structure, referred to as the Johnson-Turner House was not built for nor owned by George W. Johnson as…

St Luke AME Zion Church: Oldest Black Church in Lawrence County

Post published:September 17, 2014
Post category:1849-1899 1900-1929 1930-1949 Black History

By Betty Hoover DiRisio, LCHS Volunteer Edited by Kathleen A. Mooney, LCHS Webmaster & Volunteer St Luke African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church is the oldest Black congregation church and one…

Imported Macaroni & Olive Oil circa 1911

Post published:August 15, 2014
Post category:1900-1929

By Betty Hoover DiRisio, LCHS Volunteer In 1911 Thomas Monico and A. E. Alles incorporated an import and wholesale business known as “Monico & Alles Co.” Located at 802-804 South…

First Grist Mill in Hickory Township

Post published:August 9, 2014
Post category:1849-1899 1900-1929

By: Betty Hoover DiRisio, LCHS Volunteer The first grist mill in Hickory Township was built by Henry Reynolds on Hettenbaugh Run, a mile east of the village of Eastbrook. According…

New Castle’s First Policewoman: Mrs. Rae Muirhead

Post published:June 17, 2014
Post category:1900-1929 Women

By: Betty Hoover DiRisio, LCHS Volunteer Before women were given the right to vote in Pennsylvania, New Castle had appointed it's first woman police officer. In March 1920, a new…

First Female Funeral Director in Pennsylvania: Elizabeth May Mangan

Post published:June 12, 2014
Post category:1900-1929 Women

Elizabeth May Mangan, daughter of Daniel and Elizabeth Mangan of Allegheny was born in August 1876. She worked as a confidential secretary for her uncle who was a senior member…