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Welcome to Perry County, Ohio
History and Genealogy a proud part of the OHGenWeb project in USGenWeb!
Did you know
that in the late 1800's Perry county was known to have the largest
working coal mines in the world? People from all over the
world came to work in these mines. The coal was used to make
fires in furnaces that were cooking pig iron nuggets into
iron
used for making steel. After a purer grade of iron was found
in the Great Lakes, the mines closed, and around 1900
there was an oil revolution and practically every yard had an oil well
drilled because Perry county land was full of oil. Today
farmers are in the county working organic farms on the land and
raising non antibiotic fed cows and chickens for healthier
eating options so that Perry county will continue to be a viable asset
to the state of Ohio.
I am Sandra Mitchell Quinn the webmaster of this site. I spent several years growing up in the Wayne National Forest in Coalgate hollow, Coal Township, Perry County, living near where my Mitchell ancestors mined coal since the 1880's. I come from a long line of coal miners. My great grandfather was the motorman for Coal mine number 7. My grandfather was a truck driver and heavy equipment operator for the Murray City coal mines. My dad was a coal truck driver in the Peabody coal mines up until the mines closed in the 1970's due to high sulfur content. My ancestors have been in Perry county since 1800, starting with the Allen's, Skinner's, Criswell's, Dusenberry's, Spurgeon's, Morrison's, Main's, Robinson's and Mitchell's.
I plan on sharing historical info and genealogy with you that I have learned and gathered over the years about these families and what they were doing in the county as time allows. Please feel free likewise to donate information to this site and help it grow to one of the best in OHGenWeb. In the links below you will find information that has been donated and also links to others research sites. Have fun researching your genealogy!
I am Sandra Mitchell Quinn the webmaster of this site. I spent several years growing up in the Wayne National Forest in Coalgate hollow, Coal Township, Perry County, living near where my Mitchell ancestors mined coal since the 1880's. I come from a long line of coal miners. My great grandfather was the motorman for Coal mine number 7. My grandfather was a truck driver and heavy equipment operator for the Murray City coal mines. My dad was a coal truck driver in the Peabody coal mines up until the mines closed in the 1970's due to high sulfur content. My ancestors have been in Perry county since 1800, starting with the Allen's, Skinner's, Criswell's, Dusenberry's, Spurgeon's, Morrison's, Main's, Robinson's and Mitchell's.
I plan on sharing historical info and genealogy with you that I have learned and gathered over the years about these families and what they were doing in the county as time allows. Please feel free likewise to donate information to this site and help it grow to one of the best in OHGenWeb. In the links below you will find information that has been donated and also links to others research sites. Have fun researching your genealogy!
New Straitsville Public School 1907
Great Local Pages for your
Perry county research and entertainment!
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