• Steve Roush 28 October 2015

    Ghost Stories: Money in the bank

    In the days of Highland County pioneer George Washington Barrere, who was born in 1770 and passed away in 1838, money was scarce and most things had to be obtained by barter. But as the 1800s progressed, that began to change.
  • Steve Roush 14 October 2015
    Ghost Stories: Esquires and Congressmen, continued
    Like his uncle, Granville Barrere would become a top-notch lawyer and would later serve in Congress. But unlike Uncle Nelson, Granville would not call southern Ohio home much longer.
  • Steve Roush 10 October 2015
    Tigers fall on road at Chillicothe
    It wasn't their best outing of the season, but the McClain Tigers did score a touchdown early in the fourth quarter, but the host Chillicothe Cavaliers eventually defeated the Tigers, 70-7 Friday night at Herrnstein Field.
  • Steve Roush 10 October 2015
    Tigers fall on road at Chillicothe
    It wasn't their best outing of the season, but the McClain Tigers did score a touchdown early in the fourth quarter, but the host Chillicothe Cavaliers eventually defeated the Tigers, 70-7 Friday night at Herrnstein Field.
  • Steve Roush 10 October 2015
    Tigers fall on road at Chillicothe
    It wasn't their best outing of the season, but the McClain Tigers did score a touchdown early in the fourth quarter, but the host Chillicothe Cavaliers eventually defeated the Tigers, 70-7 Friday night at Herrnstein Field.
  • Steve Roush 7 October 2015
    Ghost Stories: Esquires and congressmen

    Two days before Christmas of 1833, nearly 182 years ago, Nelson Barrere was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Hillsboro. Longtime Highland County historian Mrs. Jean Wallis described Nelson Barrere as a “brilliant leader.”

  • Steve Roush 30 September 2015
    Ghost Stories: An old soldier, true patriot and a good man laid to rest

    Ladies and gentlemen, five sons of John Mills and Margaret Morrow Barrere went off to fight in the Civil War. As we’ve discussed, three of their sons never came home and John Mills Barrere, who was in his 60s when America’s bloodiest conflict broke out, lost an arm in the battle of Harpers Ferry in September of 1862.

  • Steve Roush 23 September 2015
    Ghost Stories: Risking life and limb
    Ladies and gentlemen, we’ve discussed how terrible the Civil War was for the family of John Mills and Margaret Barrere. They lost three of their sons, Bebee, William and Thomas Jefferson Barrere, to America’s bloodiest conflict.
  • Steve Roush 17 September 2015
    Ghost Stories: Detention, disease and death
    In days where we can communicate with our loved ones at a moment’s notice, I can only imagine how John and Margaret Barrere felt as their sons languished in prison camps so far away from Highland County.
  • Steve Roush 10 September 2015
    Ghost Stories: Casualties of the Civil War
    In his lifetime, George Washington Barrere saw action in numerous battles – he was presumed to be dead following St. Clair’s Defeat, plus fought in the War of 1812 when he was in his 40s.
  • Steve Roush 10 September 2015
    Ghost Stories: Casualties of the Civil War
    In his lifetime, George Washington Barrere saw action in numerous battles – he was presumed to be dead following St. Clair’s Defeat, plus fought in the War of 1812 when he was in his 40s.
  • Steve Roush 10 September 2015
    Ghost Stories: Casualties of the Civil War
    In his lifetime, George Washington Barrere saw action in numerous battles – he was presumed to be dead following St. Clair’s Defeat, plus fought in the War of 1812 when he was in his 40s.
  • Steve Roush 3 September 2015
    Ghost Stories: Founder and master of the Lodge and a true pioneer passes away
    Several of the Founding Fathers were Freemasons, such as Washington, Benjamin Franklin and James Monroe, among others. Andrew Jackson, Paul Revere, Mark Twain, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Winston Churchill, Theodore and Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman, Harry Houdini, Irving Berlin, Henry Ford, Cy Young, Clark Gable, Will Rogers, Gene Autry and John Wayne are also on the list of famous Freemasons.
  • Steve Roush 26 August 2015
    Ghost Stories: A special sword
    As we discussed last time, Nelson Barrere became a lawyer and a U.S. congressman, Thomas Jefferson Barrere operated a store in Maysville, Ky., and Morgan Barrere became a successful businessman and farmer and eventually took over operations of the Barrere Tavern and Inn.
  • Steve Roush 22 July 2015
    Ghost Stories: George Washington Barrere, a man of many hats
    George Washington Barrere and his family left Clinton County in November of 1802 and settled in New Market in Highland County. By my math, that was a little more than 212 years ago.
  • Steve Roush 21 January 2015
    How sweet is victory if success is watered down?
    Sports can be a microcosm of life. I was never the best player by any stretch of the imagination, and I’ve found out in the “real world” that while I’m good at some things, there are folks out there who are better.
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