sciotoco

Scioto County, Ohio

WHEELERSBURG CEMETERY is located on the hill between old U.S. Route 52 and Shela Blvd. , Porter Township, Scioto Co., Ohio . The cemetery covers 23 acres in the NW quarter of Section 15-2-20. The township pioneers and others previously buried on the banks of the Little Scioto River were moved here in 1917. On April 23, 1968, a tornado overturned and destroyed many of the tombstones in Wheelersburg Cemetery . Many of the stones remain broken or toppled, although care of the cemetery has generally been good.

Caryn R. and Duane Shomaker previously recorded inscriptions in this cemetery up to 1980. Feeling the need for a complete revision and update, Virgil and Marguerite Ramsey recorded the entire cemetery, starting in September 1987 and ending in November.

Source: A HISTORY OF SCIOTO COUNTY , OHIO together with a pioneer record of southern Ohio , by Nelson W. Evans, A. M. Life member of the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society, Member of the Virginia Historical Society, and of the American Historical Association.

Volume 2 of Parts II, IV, V--- Portsmouth, Ohio published by Nelson W. Evans, 1903

page 933-934--- Robert Clutts was born in Greenup county, Kentucky , September 12, 1839. His father, Archibald A. Clutts, was born in Ohio . His mother's maiden name was Mary Gantz. He lived in Greenup County , Kentucky , from 1839 to the breaking out of the Civil War He received his education in the schools there. He worked at the furnaces, -- Pennsylvania , Buffalo and Star, driving team, from the time he was sixteen years old until he enlisted in the army.

In August 1861, he enlisted in Company I, 2nd Kentucky Cavalry for three years, as a private. His captain was A. C. Van Dyke, the owner of Buffalo furnaces, and Colonel Baird commanded the regiment. He was discharged in April 1863, at Murfreesboro , Tennessee on account of Ophthalmic. He was never wounded nor in the hospital. About September 1, 1862, eighteen of the regiment were detailed for a personal escort of General Rousseau as couriers. He was in the battle of Murfreesboro and there he captured a rebel flag, belonging to the Second Mounted Arkansas Regiment. This Flag had been presented to the regiment by the ladies of Richmond , Kentucky . The color bearer was shot down, and our subject got its flag. He presented it to General Rousseau. On this occasion the 2d Mounted Arkansas were fighting on foot. Their Colonel an Second Lieutenant were killed and one-half of the regiment were either killed or wounded before the remainder were captured. They were very brave and a daring and charged our forces for several hours. When two of General Rousseau guns mowed them down. This incident given occurred on Monday about 1pm. He rescued the color bearer from whom he took the flag and took him to the hospital, wand was never wounded himself.

After he had left the army, he went to work at Pennsylvania furnace in 1865m, driving team. He remained there until 1866, when the Eastern Kentucky Company bought the furnace out. He then went to Star Furnace and worked there until 1869, then he worked one year at Petersburg . From that time until to 1876. He went to Hopewell furnace from there and worked until 1879. His business was to make charcoal. He worked for this company on the Norfolk & Western railroad at Sciotoville, Rushtown and Franklin furnace, in the Years between 1879 and 1893 and all the time engaged in making charcoal. Since then he has resided on his farm in the French Grant. He has been married twice. First in July 1866, to Percy Skelton, who died in June, 1879. The children of this first marriage are Mary E., wife of William Williams, residing at Mt. Pleasant , Tenn. , Charles, living at Galesburg , Illinois , a brick maker; Laura, wife of Frank Parkins, residing at the same place. In the fall of 1882, he was married to Elizabeth Shennett of Lawrence County . The children are Oliver Perry aged sixteen, and Flora Ethel, a schoolgirl, aged nine years.

Mr. Clutts has always been a republican in his political views. He is a member of the Methodist church of Haverhill , Ohio , and has been for forty-five years. He belongs to the Grand Army of the Republic, but to no other social order. He is earnest and energetic in whatever he undertakes. He is patriotic and public spirited as ever old soldier naturally is. He is firm in his judgment and generous in all respects. He is cordial in his manners, a warm and true friend, and a valuable and highly respected citizen.

All of the above are of my family..... the Elizabeth Walters Shennet/Shenault/Shenaut is my common ancestor and looking for information on her.

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Alexander Cole was born May 08, 1837, in Mason County, Kentucky. His father's name was Thomas Cole, a native of Pennsylvania ; and his mother's maiden name was Mary Wallingford, from Mason County, Kentucky. His parent moved to Nile Township , Scioto County , Ohio , from Mason County, Ky., when he was three years old, and he has resided there never since. Our subject attended the common schools until he was nineteen years of age. He was raised a farmer and has continued such ever since. he enlisted as a private in Company I 140th Ohio volunteer Infantry, at the age of twenty-eight for one hundred days, May 2, 1864. He was reduced from Corporal June 25, 1864, at his own request, not caring for the office, and was mustered out with the Company September 3, 1864. In 1870, he took up the lumber business with farming, and has been in that business from that time to the present. He manufactures lumber, buys, and sells it. From 1887 to 1895, he was engaged in t he business of contracting and getting out railroad ties.

He was married October 22, 1858, to Miss Hester Ann Hall, daughter of Aaron Hall of Scioto County, Ohio . They had seven children; Catharine, married James Shaw, resides in Portsmouth ; William unmarried resides at home; Ella , married Thomas Bennett, resides at Galesburg , Illinois ; Henry married lives on his father's farm; Emerson at home. He lost two children in infancy.

Mr. Cole is a republican and always has been. He was treasurer of Nile Township for six years. He lives on the Kinney farm near Turkey creek on the Buena Vista turnpike, and has lived there twelve years. Mr. Cole is one of those happy characters who make a friend of every acquaintance and his pathway in life is about as smooth as that of any one mentioned in this book.

James Madison Cole, son of Silas W. Cole and Elizabeth Huston, his wife was born in Scioto County , Ohio , October 03, 1845. He obtained his education in the schools of the county, and was raised a farmer. He enlisted July 28, 1862, at the age of eighteen, in Company C 91^st O.V>I> and served until June 24, 1865.

He married Dora Stone, daughter of William and Susan Stone. The children of this marriage were Pearl Amos, resides at Hulett, Wyoming, an architectural draftsman; Arthur who, resides at the same place, a miner; Grace married to Richard Bush, resides at Hulett, Wyoming; Albert, resides at Hulett, Wyoming, a machinist; Walter and Floyd, schools boys. Mr. Cole is engaged as a stock raiser, and he owns a section of land and keeps a herd, the location of his home is 3,000 feet above the sea.

He is a republican and an Odd Fellow. He emigrated to Illinois in 1875, and was there until 1876 at Windsor , Illinois . Then he went to Lenox , Iowa , took up Government land there, and was there a year, and was appointed Infirmary Director, and remained until 1888 and then went to Hulett , Wyoming , where he has remained.

Pearl Amos, his son was born February 12, 1868, at Portsmouth , Ohio . He started out for himself as a “cow boy” in 1885 at the age of sixteen, and kept at it for nine years. He then learned the carpenters’ trade in 1894.—stops. All I have sorry.