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From: Barbara & George Grenier <>
Subject: Re: [OHHOCKIN-L] Oreville, OH
Date: Fri, 04 Jun 1999 22:42:12


Of course there is an Oreville. I remember staying there as a child during
the war. Darned if I can rememeber exactly whose house but I suspect my
cousin Marie's mother-in-law's house. My cousin's husband was off in the
war somewhere. This was summer vacation and I wasn't exactly happy to be
out here in the middle of nowhere. Had I but known that my Hocking roots
were around there it probably still wouldn't made any difference. The post
office was over in New Straitsville in Perry Co. Also the movie theater.
Stores. Etc. I was then living in the metropolis of Zanesville, Muskingum
(40,000). The house was right on the road and no traffic-of course this
was during the war and no gas I guess. Now the cars whiz along this
narrow, curvey road and it is hard to look for a house vaguely remembered.

James Lanning is my third great grandfather. I descend from his first wife
Mary Phillippi. But I am also related to his second wife. She is the
sister of my gr gr grandmother.

Barbara

At 07:21 PM 6/4/99 -0600, Thomas Sampson wrote:
>Hi, folks: I have just received a letter from the Ohio Historical Society
>telling me that Oreville, Oh does not and has not existed. I am NOT
>referring to Orrville in Wyandot Co. I have found an Oreville in a Hocking
>Co. Atlas & Gazeteer, published in 1995, located near the Perry Co. border
>in Falls Gore twp.
>
>I'm trying to find information about the early history of that area and
>specifically of my gr-gr-grandfather, James Lanning, who came to the area
>1825-1835 along with his brother Joseph. I have a newspaper clipping, not
>identified by name or date but with a dateline of Logan, mentioning the
>death of his daughter Mrs. Elsie Lanning Donley at New Straitsville. I also
>have references to James selling property in Oreville. So I am pretty sure
>it exists or has existed. Any suggestion about how I could get information
>about the early settlement or about my ancestors would be very much
>appreciated.
>
>Glad to share what I have about Lannings in Hocking and Perry counties.
>Thanks.
>
>

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