Days Gone By

West Jefferson in Days Gone By with a historical photo of Main Street West Jefferson

 

"I was born in 1936 in a house right on Main St. in West Jefferson, graduated from WJHS Class of '54.  I have always been interested in the history of West Jefferson.  In 1960, I decided to write a complete history of the town.  I worked on this for a number of years, finally getting up to 1935 and ran out of steam.  I get most of the history from history books and from the Madison County newspapers from 1855 on.  I have all of these stories, and now that there is no Madison Press, there's no way for people to read them.  I find them very interesting, and I think that you will also."

Charlie Miller 

- Charlie Miller of West Jefferson, Ohio

 

To read the articles written by Charlie, open the PDFs below. They will be in order by Series number. If you would like a physical copy, please download and print the article, or stop by the Library to have a Staff Member print them for you free of charge.

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West Jefferson in Days Gone By - series 1 362.22 KB
West Jefferson in Days Gone By - series 2 345.22 KB
West Jefferson in Days Gone By - series 3 354.45 KB
West Jefferson in Days Gone By - series 4 349.49 KB
West Jefferson in Days Gone By - series 5 431.73 KB
West Jefferson in Days Gone By - series 6 359.31 KB
West Jefferson in Days Gone By - series 7 357.91 KB
West Jefferson in Days Gone By - series 8 362.48 KB
West Jefferson in Days Gone By - series 9 359.67 KB
West Jefferson in Days Gone By - series 10 360.55 KB
West Jefferson in Days Gone By - series 11 364.25 KB
West Jefferson in Days Gone By - series 12 362.86 KB
West Jefferson in Days Gone By - series 13 258.39 KB
West Jefferson in Days Gone By - series 14 422.22 KB
West Jefferson in Days Gone By - series 15 433.25 KB
West Jefferson in Days Gone By - series 16 364.87 KB
West Jefferson in Days Gone By - series 17 355.46 KB
West Jefferson in Days Gone By - series 18 434.17 KB
West Jefferson in Days Gone By - series 19 362.01 KB
West Jefferson in Days Gone By - series 20 355.43 KB
West Jefferson in Days Gone By - series 21 362.25 KB
West Jefferson in Days Gone By - series 22 361.28 KB
West Jefferson in Days Gone By - series 23 357.98 KB
West Jefferson in Days Gone By - series 24 256.47 KB
West Jefferson in Days Gone By - series 25 361.55 KB
West Jefferson in Days Gone By - series 26 405.5 KB
West Jefferson in Days Gone By - series 27 363.42 KB
West Jefferson in Days Gone By - series 28 362.62 KB
West Jefferson in Days Gone By - series 29 360.54 KB
West Jefferson in Days Gone By - series 30 364.1 KB
West Jefferson in Days Gone By - series 31 359.29 KB
West Jefferson in Days Gone By - series 32 361.06 KB
West Jefferson in Days Gone By - series 33 359.32 KB
West Jefferson in Days Gone By - series 34 361.41 KB
West Jefferson in Days Gone By - series 35 360.84 KB
West Jefferson in Days Gone By - series 36 430.32 KB
West Jefferson in Days Gone By - series 37 450.83 KB
West Jefferson in Days Gone By - series 38 344.11 KB
West Jefferson in Days Gone By - series 39 361.83 KB
West Jefferson in Days Gone By - series 40 357.56 KB
West Jefferson in Days Gone By - series 41 364.13 KB
West Jefferson in Days Gone By - series 42 358.15 KB
West Jefferson in Days Gone By - series 43 354.96 KB
West Jefferson in Days Gone By - series 44 355.62 KB
West Jefferson in Days Gone By - series 45 420.58 KB
West Jefferson in Days Gone By - series 46 366.36 KB
West Jefferson in Days Gone By - series 47 424.57 KB
West Jefferson in Days Gone By - series 48 426.08 KB
West Jefferson in Days Gone By - series 49 431.01 KB
West Jefferson in Days Gone By - series 50 431.11 KB
West Jefferson in Days Gone By - series 51 436.64 KB
West Jefferson in Days Gone By - series 52 436.95 KB
West Jefferson in Days Gone By - series 53 356.62 KB
West Jefferson in Days Gone By - series 54 356.48 KB
West Jefferson in Days Gone By - series 55 360.89 KB
West Jefferson in Days Gone By - series 56 354.11 KB
West Jefferson in Days Gone By - series 57 423.6 KB
West Jefferson in Days Gone By - series 58 358.87 KB
West Jefferson in Days Gone By - series 59 452.77 KB
West Jefferson in Days Gone By - series 60 425.94 KB
West Jefferson in Days Gone By - series 61 449.91 KB
West Jefferson in Days Gone By - series 62 357.69 KB
West Jefferson in Days Gone By - series 63 348.42 KB
West Jefferson in Days Gone By - series 64 355.19 KB
West Jefferson in Days Gone By - series 65 352.17 KB
West Jefferson in Days Gone By - series 66 352.78 KB
West Jefferson in Days Gone By - series 67 353.7 KB
West Jefferson in Days Gone By - series 68 355.5 KB
West Jefferson in Days Gone By - series 69 355.37 KB
West Jefferson in Days Gone By - series 70 352.66 KB