St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1859-03-03
YiistoriitaI.
Frontier Life in Ohio.
THRILLING INCIDENTS IN THE HIS
TORY OF THE JOLLY FAMILY.

We checrfulIy accede to the re-
oncst of one of our neighbors to pub
l;sb tlo fI,ow:rc narrative which we
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ed III lllIIsborouSh, OIlo. W Imam
jolly. mentioned below, is now resi-
lont If WASHINGTON County, in Ore
nu1 .hroo aorrl+ers IF his arc
9"n "''N ."', -, -.
residents OF thlS plaee'-I"S' 1"''''F
gcarr.
r.,,.. :, 1uo ,eo5 David I,IIv
I1"I ~ !! III LILY Ine' ,i;,I, ~ ,nn;r fom;Ii".
an" '.'1 I'''s S r,,n, ,ln ,.;.;,it,. nf Ch;II;,
'!'4' - va '.D, '1ttIoI ~, .i,a r',lv Enrl.
co',.'' . g O., ,ha n,.osont tnwn Of IiiIls,
L'o' Va NV .,'a ror',, ,an, on,,oI omJ
Oo.ou3 J u, Ti' ~, ''I ILn II InIIv WIN
,I,S.I na',,a 'Loir LrotLor William and
t''c.'. o":.'I '"o,' moI s;,tnr Nv;lI;,n, and
,I' Vto',.o' ,n,' 'n.'" WI, , W;I;am Wor.
,GStS ,,;'i. l;ni -ai'lt tha f'jInwinc f,Il
n'gM rha "''I Iii;o, iTo ,roro o,nnmo the FIRST
...i>,, ho 80 Th;,l;cotLo hov;Ho. nmirra.
so,'.o'. 1 :. .1". ~. n;a'hhnrhnad in fhc f,Il Of
nc Zoe ~ f.nnt ~ Virm;ria D,vid was tbc
- IT, ''G,H ,,'' IS .ho family and
ILo many IF the nionrcrs of Ohio
iNS my .n "i"" ,oL nf LarJshin and rriva.
,,a.;nn .,,, in o,rIv Iifc lie was born and
s';'',I "''otI 'm -" ,Ln frn,,;nr and oarlv bc-
',ar,o ",,,, . h,ntnr = srout and an Indian
e.nhtor ~ WA cnr,uauinn Of the Whct-
I,a prolvs Iapns and others.
I .nI,, ban,,,a coIoI,r,tcI in border war.
fsTo No SLarcd 1hcir pcrils, and merit
"a thc;r confidence and rcspcct. He
was also the companion of AcArtlul
and Davis-McDonald, MaSsic, and
others of the early surveyors and
spies il. southern Ohio.
His father, David Jolly Jr, was
among the earliest settlers in tn,
neighborhood of Wheeling, Virginia
| His dwelling was on the hill abou
three miles from the mouth OF " heel
) inc creek, and the site of his cabin Il
still pointed out by old residents, no
/ far from the turnpike road whlcl
crosses the hill from the old toll-gat
} TO the river. His family consisted, II
= 1890, when he lived at this place, 9
; himself. wife and six children, wit
one grand-chiId.
, From the time he made his Settle
, mcnt there, up to Nayne's treaty
= 1895 the border line Of civilization wa
+ in constant danger and conSequei
l. dread of Indians, and not a year passe
: that did not witness conflicts and ma
: sacres more or less sanguinary. III
# Fort at Wheeling afforded protectlo
e only to those within its gates.
:. On the Sth day Of June, 1890,
S small party of Indians, who had S
2. crnted themselves behind some COOS
a hnrrv bushes in the garden. fired upc
t the house in open daylight The
e had selected their hiding place so
~ observe all that was going on
in the house and lain in wait for all Il
re family to return, as far as they we
IT. abIn To iud~e of its numbers. NJ
I'd Jollv had m0ne that day on a iournt
IL IN tho Mononmahela, to collect a pa
Id mcnt for some property he had SO
is before he moved to his present re
dence. His daughter Mary was a
Ell sent on a visit to her uncle Jose
i'll McCune some five miles distant. |
he yid Jr. had gone out into the ran
ri 70 bunt the cows, and expected C,
De- tainly to be home by dinner time, a
ne would have been, without doubt, L
la far a very unusual, and of course, I
rxnccted occurrence. When only
short distance from home, on his
turn he being in perfect health, W
,en suddenly seized with fainting SEN