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Ironton Register February 27, 1873:
A couple of weeks ago the Ironton Register stated that
there were in one family in Lawrence county, four men known as Big Jep, Little Jep, Old Jep, and Young Jep. Also, men named
Green Corn, Yaller Corn and Pop Corn. The Jeps were evidently the Massie family, who formerly lived in this county. I knew
four men known by the same names, but as Old Jep has been dead many years, others no doubt have taken the names. Big Jep was
sometimes as "Long Mountain Jep."
When I can first remember, Moses Massie lived half a mile west of the place
where McDaniel's Switch, is now located. Thomas Massie lived where Henry Thomas now lives, in Oak Hill, Robbin Massie lived
where Joseph Phillips now lives, and a few years afterwards, Jeptha Massie settled on the Evan O. Davis farm, half a mile
south of the place where Jefferson Furnace is now located. These men were all brothers, and they came from West Virginia,
perhaps from Monroe county. Their father's name I think was Jeptha, or as they pronounced it, Jepter. I think there were twelve
brothers of them in all. The four who lived in this county were large, healthy men, and all had large families. Thomas Massie's
wife was a McDaniel, the Baptist preacher. Moses Massie's wife was a sister of Bazil Lewis, a man of considerable talent,
and perhaps the first Baptist preacher who ever resided in this county. He had many a controversy with Old Dr. McNeel on Baptism.
Robbin Massie's wife was a sister of James Phillips, father of Joseph Phillips, while the wife of James Phillips was a sister
of Bazil Lewis and Rebecca Massie, wife of Moses Massie.
The Massie's were quiet, good citizens, and most kind and obliging neighbors. Old Tom Massie was the laziest man (except
his brother-in-law Jim Humphreys,) who ever lived in Jackson county. He was so lazy that when he went to a neighbor's house,
instead of sitting on a chair, he would at once lie down on the floor.
When cutting wood at the furnace, I have
spent many a night in the "shanty" with Old Jep Massie and his five sons, Tom, Aleck, Bill, Jep and Ed. - Old Jep was just
the man with whom a boy liked to camp out. Always kind and agreeable, he would for hours tell marvelous hunting and fighting
stories, the scenes of which were laid in West Virginia. It was, to me, vastly more interesting than the best written novels,
not excepting the wonderful writings of Dickens.
Well, there was Old Jep and his son, Young Jep. Little Jep was
the son of Moses Massie, while Big Jep was the son of Old Robbin Massie. The families all removed to Greasy Ridge, Lawrence
County, thirty to thirty-five years ago.
I knew Green Corn, but I never heard of Pop Corn or Yaller Corn. Jesse
Corn was for some years our nearest neighbor. He had five sons by his first wife, named Harrison, Henderson, Henry, Hiram
and Harvey. He would commence the names of all his boys with the letter H. He wanted to call the oldest son of his second
wife Hamilton, so as to go through with (h)is favorite letter, but his new wife objecting, he was called Greenville. This
is perhaps the Green Corn of the REGISTER. He then had Clark, and other sons, whose names I forget.
Big Jep Massie
married Lucy Corn, sister of Jesse, and I was at the wedding when I was a little boy. I intended to describe this wedding,
as it was conducted as all weddings then were among the more respectable citizens of the south part of this county; but as
this article is long enough, I must wait until next week.
Ironton Register March 6, 1873
It was perhaps as early as 1826 that old George Corn settled on
the hill about a mile south of the place where Jefferson Furnace is now located. He came from Old Virginia, and he had a large
family. I have often heard him remark that he was the father of twenty children. He was a small man, but his sons were all
remarkably stout, healthy men. William Corn, one of his sons, married Pollie Massie, a daughter of Robin Massie, and Peter
Corn married Rebecca, another daughter, while Big Jep their brother, married Lucy Corn.
It had been known in the
neighborhood for some time that Big Jep and Lucy were going to be married, and as our family and the Corns and Massies were
on very friendly terms, we were all invited to the wedding. We went soon after breakfast, and found the women busily engaged
in making arrangements for dinner. It was about a mile from George Corn's residence to that of Robbin Massie, the path running
along the top of the ridge most of the way. - About eleven o'clock we heard a shout a distance of half a mile down the ridge,
and soon we heard the clatter of horses' feet, and here came two men, their horses at full speed. The men had red spotted
cotton handkerchiefs bound around their heads and they were leaning forward their faces nearly on the necks of the horses.
As there was only a narrow path through the woods, the man who got before had much the advantage, as it was somewhat difficult
for one horse to pass the other; but about a hundred yards from the fence, the hind most man struck through the woods, and
his horse jumped over a large log, and he stuck in ahead of the other, and secured the bottle in much triumph. The people
at the house were all standing out waiting and watching. One of them held out the bottle to the successful horseman, who took
it and both trotted their horses back until they met the wedding party, consisting of about forty persons, men and women,
Big Jep and his "attendance" being in front. - The bottle passed all the way back along the people, each taking a taste of
the whisky it contained. The bottle was what is called a decanter, holding about a quart, and having flanges around the neck
and mouth. It was dressed off with red, white and blue ribbon. The wedding party then rode up to the house. The fence was
torn down, and they all rode around the house three times, when they alighted and went in. Big Jep shook hands with Lucy and
took a seat by her side, and in a short time they were married. Big Jep was a fine looking man. He must have been six feet,
three or four inches high, straight and well made. He was a very quiet man, and an inoffensive, good citizen.
I
will not describe the manner in which the parties were dressed, nor the dinner. The afternoon and night were enjoyed by all.
Everybody appeared to be in a good humor. The old men sat on the logs near the house, and told stories about Indian wars,
bear hunts, &c. The young folks as now, said and did many things that were not the most wise; but young folks will have
their ways. I remember one performance which interested me, and the other little boys immensely. Pete Corn went through a
performance which he called "Pattin Juber." He slapped both hands on his thighs in rapid succession, patted his feet, whistled
and groaned all at once, and in regular time, while a lot of young folks danced to this original music.
Ironton Register Oct. 11, 1900
SHOOTING AT WATERLOO
The village of Waterloo was the scene of a shooting affray Monday morning in which it is said Neal Massie shot Morris Bandy
inflicting a severe flesh wound in his left arm. The trouble it seems, arose over the tenancy of the house belonging to Bandy,
in which Massie lived. Monday Bandy went to the house and served notice on his tenant to vacate. This precipitated a quarrel
and Massie used his revolver. After the shooting he fled and has not been apprehended. Complaint, was made before the Justice
of the Peace Boggess (?) of Waterloo, charging him with shooting with intent to kill, and a warrant for his arrest was issued
by the official.
Ironton Register 24 Jan 1903
Fred Monroe charged with the murder of Pearl MASSIE, daughter of J. MASSIE of the city, was acquitted
. The trail was held at Clarksburg, WV last week. Dr. O. ELLISON and J. MASSIE, father of the murdered attended the trial.
MONROE was acquitted on the grounds of self-defense, the girl's dying statement, in which she stated that she is to blame
and did not want MONROE prosecuted, being allowed to go to jury.
Ironton Register March 17, 1892
Mr. Isaac Massie, of Lawrence township, was in town Friday, seeing the Commissioners in regard to some "sheep claims."
Mr. Massie is turning his attention to sheep raising and has rearranged his farm, erected new wire fences, and had, a few
days ago, one of the finest flocks of sheep in the county. But within the past week the dogs of the neighborhood made a raid
on his flock, and killed a dozen or more of the finest of the flock and injured a number of others. He found a number of his
neighbors dogs in his field after and sholed of his sheep and killed them then and there. He feels very much discouraged and
says no person can raise sheep in this county where so many dogs are kept and allowed to run at large. And when you remonstrate
and threaten to use the law, you in nearly every instance, offend the owner of the dog, who is usually your neighbor, and
no one wants the ill will of his neighbors. Mr. Massie is one of the successful farmers of the county, and has shown his good
judgment in his new departure in farming. He has a good sized farm of about 150 acres or more, and has it well down in grass
and has prepared himself to properly engage in the business. We think Mr. Massie pursued the right course in introducing his
gun into the argument, and think the results will tell in the future as well as they were felt on the occasion of the shooting.
We think sheep raising one of the most profitable enterprises the farmers can engage in, and Mr. Massie should be encouraged
in his undertaking.
Ceremony recognizes students
Springfield News-Sun, Springfield, OH May 2004 By SHAWN ANKROM News-Sun
Staff Writer
The 10th annual Award of Excellence ceremony honored 277 Springfield City School District students, and awarded 10 $500
scholarships to graduating seniors.
Sponsored by the district's Business Advisory Council, the ceremony Sunday afternoon in Kuss Auditorium downtown honored
students who have achieved academically as well as in the areas of character, leadership and service.
"You are the most important part of the school system," said Regina Rollins, keynote speaker and a member of the Board
of Education. "We are here today to celebrate your successes as students of quality and people of quality."
Award of Excellence honors students in grades 8 through 12, and Sunday more than two dozen students received the accolade
for four years.
The program has honored 2,192 students over 10 years and awarded 28 $500 scholarships.
Rollins congratulated the students on their choices to take advantage of opportunities within the school district.
"You have chosen to more than merely seize those opportunities," said Rollins, a North High School graduate. "You have
chosen to go far beyond them and strive for excellence in life."
"Quality matters. Character matters," said Rollins. "It's through quality and character it is possible to transform the
realities of the present into your dreams of tomorrow."
Seniors awarded the $500 sholarships were Mallory Adams, Tiffany Haley, Christopher Haycox, Jalyn Isley, Chris Kelley,
Brittani Lewis, Angela D. Potts, Diana Riggs, Tabitha Thornburg and Steven Wolgast.
Scholarships are funded by donations from individuals and businesses.
Students honored were:
Eighth grade: Devon Bader, Megan Bobb, Brooke Bodenmiller, Alyssa Brodbeck, Cassandra Callan, Ameerah Cameron, Christopher
C. Clark, Tiffany Clark, Lysandra Coleman, Cassandra Collier, Charla Colwell, Rachelle Connelly, Jessica Davis, Mollie Dixon,
Elicia Fenner, Alexis Gutierrez, Ben Honefanger, Jessica Jordan, Ida Laitasalo, Nakeisha Lawrence, Renee? Maras, Carlene Martin,
Daniel Mays, Rachel Nelson, Ciara Noland, Matthew Plant, Tiffany Ray, Whitney Reshonsky, Megan Riley, Tunisia Roe, Lindsay
Saunders, Kourtney Scott, Jazmyne Scott-Jones, Katie Setty, Shatila Smith, Cleo Stoll, RaShunda Strodes, Taeler Thomas, Ashlee
Thornsberry, Cassie Tierney, Erika Wagner, Caitlin Whittaker, Sara Wilson.
Ninth grade: Bethany Abbott, Jane Adam, Farhan Ahmed, Talal Akhter, Nathaniel Anthony, Laura Banks, Christopher Barnes,
Kristopher Bruce, Katelyn Butterfield Aubrey Churchward, Abi Clark, Carena Cole-Young, Ciara Daugherty, Courtney Davenport,
Clarence DePriest, Molly Dunlap, Chris Enoch, Sheenah Freitas, Elisa Furay, Heather Glaskox, Karissa Goodridge, Ivy Hatcher,
Erin Haulman, Michael C. Hickey, Laurie Highman, Audrey Hopkins, Matthew House, Antwyn Jones, Omeir Khan-Niazi, Kelsey Knasel,
Geoffrey Lama, Jessica Lau, Alex Lyons, Michael Mbagwu, Amanda Moran, Jessica Newton, Andy Payton, Amber Perry, Stephanie
Petty, Kathryn Phillips, Jeffrey Pidcock, Nanditha Ranganathan, Kristina Saunders, Milan Sheth, Raymond E. Smith, Zoe Spangler,
Jonathan Tinker, Raghuram Vellanki, Ashley Wagner, Andrew White, Megan Workman*.
10th grade: Saif Ahmed, Anne Alexander, K. Lindsay Ayers, Christopher Biddle, Tiffany Brigham, Jessica Brougher, Patricia
Buck, Jessie Catenacci, Megan Clark, Laura Creager, David Fennig, Bradford Fisher, Joseph Frost Jr., Matt Fuller, Ricky Furay,
Teresa Furman, Cindy Garland, Brennen Glass, Meagan Green, Natalie Grinvalds, Kori Gunther, Ariane Harper, Caitlin Headley,
Ashley Henthorne, John W. Henthorne II, Danielle Hertz, Krystal Jacks, Katie Johnson, Stephanie Leep, Jennifer Lucas, Maheen
Masood, Cassandra Mundy, Jenny Oliver, John Petroff, Stacy Pikey, Allen Plant, Lucas Prether, Kelly Randall, Kristin Ray,
Jaleisa Riggins, Amanda Rogers, Sara Russell, John Ryu, Nicholas Schuyler, Ramona Selvarajah, Anita Shankar, Jonathan Slark,
Sam Smith, Hannah Spangler, Phillip Strodes, Lisa Tatman, Misty Taylor, Tenika Tyson, Anthony Voltz, Heather Vose, Justin
Webb, Lyndsay Welliford, Alexander N. Wendt, Shannon Werner, Erica Willis, Athena Winget, Rachel Wise, Nathaniel Wolgast,
Tara Zanish, Peter Zeller.
11th grade: Joshua Adams, Shannon Alejandro, Pete Ankrom, Jessica Arnold, Ian Bostick, Amy Brown, Ashley M. Cain, Matthew
Casareno, Matt Cherry, Dustin Crew, Ryan Espich, Allison Fralick, Deara Freeman, Marquis Fudge, Kiera Givens, Richard Hague,
Mohannad Hamayel, Kyle Haulman, Leah Henry, Kara M. Hill, Christie Hollopeter, Matthew Jenkins, Andrew D. Johnson, Brent Kreckman,
Jenna Kuntz, Michelle M. Kurian, Michael Lassiter, Kristin Lynam, Alex Martin, John Mbagwu, Sarah McCarty, Zachary McPherson,
Jessica Meadows, Lindsay Mendenhall, Megan Mitchell, Jessica Morrow, Anne E. Murphy, Matthew C. Neely, Priti Patel, Kenneth
Peyatt, Jr., Libby Pillers, James Ray, Slocomb Reed, Brandy Robison, Kelly Jo Ruckman, Katie Scheerschmidt, Luke J. Schlather,
Philip Schuyler, Sidney Scott, Shannon Smith, Evyn Steinberger, Jessica Swaney, Angela Thompson, Jessica Threats, Brandon
L. Tingley, Kendra Tuttle, Abisha Varatharaj, Natalie Waryck, Lauren Washington, Blayne A. Young.
12th grade: Kimberly Abston, Mallory Adams, Theodore Adams, Jelena Avakumovic, Erin Bader, April Beck, Jonathan Black,
Sara Branch, Thomas Brodbeck, Kristina Bryant, Jessica Carter, Ralph V. Casareno, Alexander Creager, Christopher M. Echols,
Jack Elliott, Sarah Engle, Kathryn Fennig, Zach Frey, Tandra Gray, Deon Guillory, Tiffany Haley, Christopher Haycox, Danica
Hemmann, Daniel Hursh, Jalyn Isley, Barbara Johnson, Jessica Jones, Brandon Justice, Cortney Karshner, Chris Kelley, Tim Keriazes,
Suchin Khanna, Alicia Krier, Brittani Lewis, Krista Maggard, James McKee, Courtney Merrill, Whitney Moore, Joel Murphy, Sudhansh
Neravetla, Angela D. Potts, Mallory Raber, Kavitha Ranganathan, Saad Ranginwala, Diana Riggs, Zachary Rumery, Rami Salhieh,
Chip Smith, Kelli Sproles, Erich Stolz, Tabitha Thornburg, Jessica Tinker, Elizabeth Waild, Bart Walls, Brandon Weems, Steven
Wolgast, Shannan Wray, Joe Zeller.
*Megan is the daughter of Lisa Anway; Lisa is the daughter of Edward Clarence Massie.
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