Local Business Operators; George B. Bailey; Captain Francis Cleveland

Title

Local Business Operators; George B. Bailey; Captain Francis Cleveland

Description

Photo image of scanned scrapbook page. Typed page talking about local business owners and operators. Shown below are two pictures cut from page in Pictorial Portsmouth: James Charlesworth; David Ramsey; Schuler property; Thomas P. Brown; Dr. McBride; Dr. Wright; dentists; Free Reading Room; Mr. Ramsey; Cyrus G. Powers; National Millinery; Bowman and Kirby; William Grimes; Edward Wright; Ice Cream Soda.
Also pictured: George B. Bailey, born in 1821 in Brown County. Bailey was the man who organized the Kinney Light Guards into Company G, First Regiment of the Ohio Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War; Captain Francis Cleveland, born in Connecticut in 1796. He was integral to the building of the Canal from Chillicothe to Portsmouth. He gave Waverly its name in Pike County.

Creator

Henry A. Lorberg

Date

Unknown

Format

Scanned scrapbook page 182

Coverage

Portsmouth, Scioto County, Ohio

Rights

Scioto County Public Library