The ‘tombstone cleaning’ volunteers of the Historical Society have been working in the old section of Pleasant Hill, also known as White House Cemetery north of Bridgeport on the frontage road. (You are welcome to join us…just email a contact number.) In the process they are comparing the stones’ information with Irene Black’s Cemetery book. Some of the stones that were there fifty years ago and able to be read, are not there now. The older stones were probably difficult t

As we have said before, Time has taken its toll on the older tombstones in our county cemeteries. One would not know this from looking at Find-a- Grave photos because most of those pictures were taken twenty -five years ago. Now many of those stones that were once white and standing upright are now lying broken on the ground or covered with moss and black mold, making the inscriptions impossible to read. These “history parks”, that capture the changing history of our county a

I am certain many of you are aware that the Historical Society has been working in various cemeteries on stone restoration. We have...

The Trustees of the Presbyterian Church of Bridgeport arranged to give a public supper at O’ Donnell’s Hall in Bridgeport on the evening...

Old winter had almost “marched” out in April of 1880. Sumner News: Business improved as the roads got better. The surplus wheat that...

Joseph Henry Worstell was born on September 18, 1843, to David Johnson and Naomi (Martin) Worstell in Clermont County, Ohio. Joseph’s...