Bob Enoch
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- Aug 17, 2026
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Look Back: Saying adieu (opens the original)
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In the 1980s, when Dave Owen was editor of the Parkersburg Sentinel I approached him with the idea of reprinting items from early newspapers. He liked the idea and titled the column "Attic Clippings." Perhaps some readers will recall the column. It appeared in the Sentinel for three or four years. It was twelve years ago in April of this year that the first "Look Back" item appeared in The Parkersburg News and Sentinel. Just a month or so before, Christina Myer had come to Parkersburg as executi
Look Back: Conclusion of Revolutionary War patriots buried in Wood County (opens the original)
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Joseph Spencer -- Dr. Joseph Spencer was born in Conn. in 1750. During the Revolution Dr. Spencer held the title of surgeon. In 1794 Spencer purchased a large tract of land which would become the City of Vienna. He married Deborah Seldon to whom eleven children were born. He died at his home at Vienna in 1824 and is buried there in what is known as Spencer Memorial Park. Jonathan Sheppard -- Born about 1760 in Hampshire County, Va. He enlisted in 1775 and served until the end of the war. In 1786
Look Back: Parade of patriots continues (opens the original)
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(Editor's note: Being a reproduction of historical notes, the following contains a description of people that is understood to be outdated, does not conform to Associated Press style and would not be used in print today.) Wood County Residents of the Revolution, continued... (Taken from grave marking activities of the Captain James Neal Chapter of Sons of the American Revolution.) ∫ John Gard -- Born in 1742, served as a private in the Continental army for one year and had been a wagon master in
Look Back: A trail of patriots (opens the original)
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Following the Treaty of Paris in 1783 ending the Revolutionary War, tough times faced the thousands of soldiers who fought for the creation of the United States of America. Many were due back-pay and few other than officers received pensions. Land grants issued by states and the federal government were issued to some, based primarily on rank and time of service. Federal grants were issued in the yet unsettled North-West Territory, causing many officers to obtain land parcels in the area of what
Look Back: Reflections on the strange… (opens the original)
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The windstorm which passed over this region of country on last Sunday afternoon, was accompanied with considerable damage. Fences and trees were swept down before it, and the shingles from the roofs of houses flew in all directions. If the fire which broke out at Odbert's refinery about the same time as the storm had been in the city, Parkersburg would have been laid in ashes before midnight. We fear this will be our fate someday, unless we speedily provide against such a probable calamity, by s
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