Closson Press

Authors: Dorothy Yakubek & DeWayne C. McCarty

...Newspaper Abstracts from the Village of Columbiana, Ohio - Covering the years 7/18/1862 to 12/26/1930. The authors are members of the Columbiana County Chapter of Ohio Genealogical Society. This is the second book in a series of newspaper abstracts from the Columbiana Village Area. It includes genealogical articles of the area covering births, deaths, marriages, divorces, funerals, anniversaries, etc. as a chronological history of local family events. All articles were copied verbatim. The Columbiana Ledger was published weekly from 1862 thru 1984.

It is important to note that entries before 1900 are very limited. There are 5 entries for 1862, 3 entries for 1863, 1 entry for 1887, 12 entries for 1890, 41 entries for 1891, 7 entries for 1892, 2 entries for 1893, and 11 entries for 1898.

The articles in this paper extend to surrounding communities such as East Fairfield, Mosk (Middleton), Rogers, Elkton, New Waterford, Oakville (Signal), Salem, Island, Leetonia, Washingtonville, Canfield, Steam Town (Woodworth), North Lima, East Palestine, East Liverpool, Franklin Square, Palmyra, New Springfield, Elk Run, Goshen Township, Alliance, Hum Town, etc. Articles were copied verbatim and formatted in chronological date order. Index.