The Men of Grant County - 1901
These pictures are from the Williamstown Courier May 30, 1901
Reprinted September 19, 1981 by The Grant County Historical Society.
 John D. Lawless Survivor of the Lopez Expedition to Cuba "For more than fifty years John D. Lawless has been a fixture in Williamstown, There is not a man, woman or child in all this part of the world that does not know him or know of him. He is the soul survivor in Grant County of the famous Lopez expedition to Cuba, in 1847, which had so many adventures and underwent so many hardships and disasters. Later in life John served in the Civil War as a Union soldier. He is now a pensioner and is an inmate of the Dayton, Ohio, Soldiers Home. He is growing very old and time has softened his disposition and made more congenial his harsh nature."  Bert Cobb  Leonard McGlasson  W. H. Childers  W. H. Nortcutt  John Sheldon Steers  Coleman Reed  A. L. Childers  William Glidden Cram Sr.  James A. Littell  Hon. D.S. Clay - Attorney  P. J. Renaker  James Billiter  F. M. Clark and prized stallion "Bedinger"  Overton Hogan  W. E. Hearn  Blackburn Brothers Fom Left to right: W. T. S. Blackburn; E. R. Blackburn; J. H. Blackburn; E. E. Blackburn Return home |