Read your favorite Forgotten Franklin County articles from the Brookville American online and in color!
By Julie Schlesselman, Local History & Genealogy Department Manager, FCPLD This article ran in the January 15, 2020, edition of the Brookville American. Glenn English died in California in 1951. He was born in Midland, Ohio, in 1898, but called Franklin County his home for many years and spent the majority of his formative years…
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By Julie Schlesselman, Local History & Genealogy Department Manager, FCPLD This article ran in the March 15, 2025, edition of the Brookville American. This image of Dr. Maguire’s house, cropped from a larger view, was just too intriguing to overlook. Who was Dr. Maguire, where was this house, and what happened to it? The image…
By Julie Schlesselman, Local History & Genealogy Department Manager, FCPLD This article ran in the May 18, 2022, edition of the Brookville American. I was a beautiful house – one of the most regal and unique in our entire county. I was a showplace in Laurel, and that’s saying a lot because at one time,…
By Julie Schlesselman, Local History & Genealogy Department Manager, FCPLD This article ran in the July 3, 2024, edition of the Brookville American and is available in the book Forgotten Franklin County, volume 5. For the Forgotten Franklin County column of August 19, 2020, I wrote about Beers the Cartographer. Mr. Beers’ map company is…
By Julie Schlesselman, Local History & Genealogy Department Manager, FCPLD This article ran in the August 19, 2020, edition of the Brookville American and is available in the book Forgotten Franklin County, volume 2. In the past, I have referred to our “standard” county reference books, which simply means they are the go-to books for…
By Julie Schlesselman, Local History & Genealogy Department Manager, FCPLD This article ran in the December 27, 2023, edition of the Brookville American and is available in the book Forgotten Franklin County volume 5. Having been published in all of those renditions, in addition to scholarly publications and written about in newspaper articles – with…