Bits & Pieces

Bits & Pieces

Written by Genealogical Society volunteer, Beth Mitchell for the Wilmington News Journal. The article for this month was gleaned from The Wilmington Journal January 1886 to September 1886.  Please remember the words used are directly from the newspaper of the day and...
Historic New Vienna: Part Two

Historic New Vienna: Part Two

This was written by Genealogical Society volunteer, Beth Mitchell for the Wilmington News Journal. On the road from New Antioch to Highland is a tract of land frequently called the “Indian Lot” or the “Downing Lot” to distinguish it from other tracts in the same...
Historic New Vienna: Part Two

Historic New Vienna: Part One

Written by Genealogical Society volunteer, Beth Mitchell for the Wilmington News Journal  I found a small booklet in which was pasted several articles. This appears to have perhaps been published in the New Vienna paper. The first article is entitled The American...
Abraham Lincoln Shot!

Abraham Lincoln Shot!

Abraham Lincoln Shot! Witten by Genealogical Society volunteer, Beth Mitchell for the Wilmington News Journal – March 2024 This event occurred years after our country’s turmoil regarding slavery began. Late at night the telegraph wires, on April 15, 1865 hummed...
Abraham Lincoln Shot!

Early Settlers, by Beth Mitchell

Early Settlers This article was written by Genealogy Volunteer, Beth Mitchell The 1882 Clinton County History contains many mini-histories of early families. As we read about some of these families, we begin to understand the diversity of some of the early settlers...