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Historical Histories of Harrison County, Ohio, lists Thomas Smith family under the entry of his father 'John Smith' on pages 571 and 572. http://www.archive.org/stream/historicalcollec00hann#page/570/mode/2up

Selected Pages from Commemorative Biographical Record of the Counties of Harrison and Carroll, Ohio 1891 with biographies of Theodore Smith (Thomas' son), Doc McGavran and his father William McGavran.

Historic Map Works - Harrison County 1875 - North Township by map maker Caldwell - Thomas' Farm is located west  of Masterville: http://www.historicmapworks.com/Map/US/20453/North/Harrison+County+1875+Caldwell/Ohio/

Google Map of Thomas' Farm today. The farm is located immediately west of Conotton which used to be called Masterville.

Harrison County Ohio Deersville Cemetery  (Franklin Township) Thomas' sister Sarah Simonton is here.  http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&GSln=Simonton&GSiman=1&GScid=40526&CRid=40526&pt=Deersville%20Cemetery&

Conotton Creek Trail -AllTrails.  This Website offers great information about the Conotton Creek recreational trail. In 2004, the Rails-to-Trails Conservancy ranked the Conotton Trail number 6 in their top-10 trails for viewing fall foliage
https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/ohio/conotton-creek-trail-bowerston-to-scio

Thomas Smith Fierbaugh (Thomas' Grandson) Page 33 The Bower Family History: http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/b/o/w/Larry-D-Bower-New-Philadelphia/PDFBOOK1.pdf

Sam Adams Grave Harrison County Ohio, Ridge Graveyard: http://files.usgwarchives.net/oh/harrison/cemeteries/archer/ridge.txt

A Brief History of Harrison County, Ohio by Samuel B. McGavran 1894 - Sloan Foundation - Library of Congress - American Libraries Internet Archive. (Could this be the Doc MGavern who was called to Caraline's bedside before she died from 'bleeding from the lungs'.)
 
Tombstone Transcription Project - Harrison County, Ohio: http://www.usgwtombstones.org/ohio/harrison.htm

Harrison County, Ohio Genealogy Forum: http://genforum.genealogy.com/oh/harrison/

History of Ohio by James Patterson Lawyer. Google Books:
http://books.google.com/books?id=wKkTAAAAYAAJ&source=gbs_navlinks_s

Historical Collections of Harrison County, Ohio Page 493 Daniel Fierbaugh's son Michael B. married Thomas' daughter Sarah E. Smith who was b. 1852, d. Feb 10, 1845. Click the PDF link to open page.

Wonderful site full of historical treasures and with connections to the Bartow and McKenney families of Harrison, Belmont, Guernsey, and Monroe Counties in Ohio:  http://evermore.imagedjinn.com/blg/

Historical Maps of Ohio from the University of Alabama - Great site!: http://alabamamaps.ua.edu/historicalmaps/us_states/ohio/index.html

Abraham Lincoln Blog - Article: Ohio Village Had Major Ties to Lincoln (Cadiz). Also, articles about the Underground Railroad: The Abraham Lincoln Blog

New York Times Archives - June 4, 1906 - 2000 Ohio Troops Called Out - Mine Guards Are Shot

1850 Mortality Schedule Jefferson, County, Ohio - by James L. Murphy
 http://www.garlock-elliott.org/archive/1850mort.html

Family of Emery Theodore Garlock & Doris Irene Elliott -Includes Jefferson County, Ohio: http://www.garlock-elliott.org/index.html

Annual Report of the Secretary of State - Go to Page 159 for a Reference to M.B. Fierbaugh, Harrison County, Ohio. Published 1913:  http://books.google.com/books?id=bmqdH3RyCm4C

Appalachian Ohio and the Civil War 1862-1867 by Susan G. Hall. http://books.google.com/books?id=GBi7b6HzuH4C
 
Bowerston, Ohio Public Library: http://www.bowerstonlibrary.org/Bow_history/history_1883_1983.htm

Carroll County, Ohio Cemeteries: http://ohio.hometownlocator.com/features/cultural,class,Cemetery,scfips,39019.cfm
 
Conotton Cemetery, Harrison County: http://ohio.hometownlocator.com/maps/feature-map,ftc,2,fid,1699589,n,Conotton Cemetery.cfm

Find A Grave: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gsr&GScid=40377

Cyndi's List Ohio: http://www.cyndislist.com/oh.htm

Craig's Daguerreian Registry: http://www.daguerreotype.com/

Public Health Journal- Excessive Mortality from Influenza - Pneumonia Among Bituminous Coal Miners of Ohio in 1918: http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1362822

Family Search- B.W. Price, Leesburgh, Carroll County, Ohio: http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/frameset_search.asp?PAGE=census/search_census.asp

Library of Congress: First American West: The Ohio River Valley, 1750-1820: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award99/icuhtml//fawhome.html Library of Congress: The Journal of a Tour into the Territory Northwest of the Alleghany Mountains 1803

Greenmont Union Cemetery, Harrison County, Ohio: http://www.interment.net/data/us/oh/harrison/greenmont/ 

The African American Experience in Ohio 1850-1920 -Temperance Talk by Rev. Peterson: http://dbs.ohiohistory.org/africanam/page.cfm?ID=2397

Harrison County Ohio Beech Spring Graveyard: http://files.usgwarchives.net/oh/harrison/cemeteries/beechsp.txt

Harrison County Ohio Harrisville Methodist Episcopal Graveyard (Short Creek Township):http://files.usgwarchives.net/oh/harrison/cemeteries/franklin/deersville.txt

Crawford County Ohio History: http://ohiobios.ancestralsites.com/bios/crawford/castledo.txt

Gutenberg eBook Project- Twentieth Century Negro Literature: http://www.gutenberg.org/files/18772/18772-h/18772-h.htm 
 
John Earl Borland (1924-1986) Leesville, Ohio: http://genealogy.wikia.com/wiki/John_Earl_Borland_I_(1924-1986)

Leesville Ohio Cemetery: http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=143991

Harrison County Ohio Genealogy Resources: http://www.linkpendium.com/genealogy/USA/OH/Harrison/

List of Registered Historic Places in Ohio: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Registered_Historic_Places_in_Ohio

Harrison County Longview Cemetery, Bowerston: http://www.interment.net/data/us/oh/harrison/longview/index.htm

Ohio Cemeteries near Smithdale Post Offices near Old Cadiz Cemetery, Ohio

Ohio History Central: http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/subcategory.php?c=H&s=IMAGE

The African-American Experience in Ohio 1850-1920 Photograph Collection: http://dbs.ohiohistory.org/africanam/photo/miscellaneous.cfm
 
Online Ohio Death Records & Indexes: http://www.deathindexes.com/ohio/

Photography of George Elmer: http://www.frontierfamilies.net/family/Panhandle/photo_index.htm 

Panhandle Railroad Wreck Photo January 20, 1903: http://www.frontierfamilies.net/family/Panhandle/Wreck.htm

Panhandle Railroad Trains & Engines: http://www.frontierfamilies.net/family/Panhandle/trains.htm

Round Barn Freeport Township, Harrison County Ohio: http://www.dalejtravis.com/barn/ohio/htm/oh03404.htm
 
Tippecanoe, Ohio Google Map

Wilson S. Fisher 1830-1907 Tunnel Hill Cemetery: http://www.frontierfamilies.net/family/Panhandle/Fisher/WilsonSFisherG4.htm
 
Google Books:  W.W. Reilly & Co.'s Ohio State Business Directory 1834

Google Books: Wiggins & Weaver's Ohio River Directory 1871-1872

Historic Pittsburgh -wonderful site: http://digital.library.pitt.edu/pittsburgh/
 
Vice President Henry Wilson 1873-1875: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Wilson

President Ulysses S. Grant 1869-1877: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulysses_S._Grant Carroll County News Archive Google Search

Wennawoods Publishing Company - Books relating to the17th and 18th Century Journey Across the Eastern Frontier: http://wennawoods.com/cgi-bin/listpage.cgi?store=books

Wikipedia Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad History: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pittsburgh,_Cincinnati,_Chicago_and_St._Louis_Railroad

Telegraph History: https://www.history.com/topics/inventions/telegraph

Library of Congress National Atlases:  https://www.loc.gov/rr/geogmap/guide/gmillatl.html

University of Texas Libraries Historical Map Collection: http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/map_sites/hist_sites.html#US

National Park Service Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System: https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-soldiers.htm

Ancestors of  Rhea Alice Thornton: http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/f/o/r/Kristi-Fortney/PDFGENE1.pdf
 
History of the Barr Family, Published 1901  Google Book Search

History of the Lancaster Family, Published 1902, Lists Reverend William McCarty  Google Book Search

Legend of Conotton Creek - 1894

Minard.com - Interesting Genealogy site honoring Ohio Pioneers: http://www.minerd.com/ohiobicentennial.htm

Thunder in the Heartland - A Chronicle of Outstanding Weather Events in Ohio: Thomas and Jeanne Schmidlin, native Ohioans, have brought together data from government records, scientific studies, memoirs, diaries, and newspapers in the first comprehensive book on Ohio weather.

An Historical Guide to Ancient and Modern Dublin - Bride Street Church in Dublin  Book by George Newenham Wright.  Published 1821. https://archive.org/details/anhistoricalgui00wriggoog  Could this be the Bride Street Church in Dublin mentioned in Commemorative Biographical Record of the Counties of Harrison and Carroll, Ohio 1891 as being the church were Thomas and Mary were married in 1838.

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