I remember growing up in the village of Byesville back in the 1990’s and everybody getting excited about the “Annual Jonathan Bye Days” festival. After driving my Mom crazy for $10, I can remember cutting through the wind on my bike to get to the park and then trying to decide what I was going do from there. I […]
Prominent Citizens: The Beatty’s
John Beatty-The Father of Cambridge Although we know from his gravestone his birth to be in the year 1738, his birthplace and date is unknown to the history books. However, his life would not be. John was known as the “Father of Cambridge” and the true patriarch of our town. As a young man he […]
We Can Only Preserve Our History With Your Help!
Cyrus P.B. Sarchet was our first author on local history. An ancestor of both the Beatty family and the Sarchet family his superb memory formed the foundation on which most of us view our local history. He published a book in 1911. You can find the book online for free here. This book was very fragmented and hard to […]
Prominent Citzens: C.P.B. Sarchet
The following is an excerpt from the book “Stories of Guernsey County” by William G. Wolfe, published 1943 by Kingsport Press, Kingsport, Tennessee.