Kenneth Lawrence of Orwell was the speaker at the Ashtabula County Genealogical Society meeting 6th Ohio Calvary on Wednesday, August 25
Kenneth Lawrence a local dentist with a love for Ashtabula County history, especially the Civil War and the people who fought. He has been collecting artifacts for 35 years. Lawrence is a collector who refers to himself as a preserver of history. He focuses on items with a story, either the person the item belonged to or the item itself. Besides the Civil War, Lawrence has interview 60 WWII veterans.
The Ohio 6th Volunteer Calvary, Company A formed at the Jefferson Fairgrounds, moving on to Warren, Ohio for training. Ohio 6th Cal was organized in October, 1861 under Col. William R. Lloyd for three years service. Lawrence had nine ancestors in the Ohio 6th Cal and three in the 105th Ohio Infantry, four of these ancestors died in the Civil War. A few items Lawrence brought with him were a sabra belonging to Corporal Brockway, of Hartsgrove, letters from Albert W. Stiles, who was the nephew of Platt R. Spencer and a photo album of identified soldiers.
The next meeting of ACGS will be, “Timelines to Advance Your Research, presented by Sandra Beane Milton,” September 22 at 1:00 P.M.at the Geneva Library, meeting room. The next board meeting will be 1:00 P.M. on October 6. The public is welcome at all meetings.
Ashtabula County will be celebrating 200 years as an organized county, January 22, 2011. ACGS is looking for family stories of families living in Ashtabula County in 1811. If anyone has a diary or letters describing the life here, please bring them to the Geneva Library, Genealogy Room.