The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1873-02-20
PERSONAL RECOLLECTIONs.
By THE EDITOR.


A couple of weeks ago the Ironton
Register stated that there were in one
family in Lawrence county four men,
known as Big Jep, Little Jep, Old Jep
and Young Jep. Also, men named Green
Corn, Yaller Corn and Pop Corn. The
Jeps were evidently the Massie family,
who formerly lived in this county.
knew four men known by the same names,
but as Old Jep has been dead many years,
others no doubt have taken the names.
Big Jep was known sometimes as Long
Mountain Jep.'
When l can first remember, Moses
Massie lived half mile west of the place
where McDaniel's Switch is now located.
Thomas Massie lived where Henry Thorn
as now lives, in Oak Hill, Robin Massie
lived where Joseph Phillips now lives,
and few years afterwards Jepthah Mas
sic settled on the Evan o. Davis farm,
half a mile south of the place where Jef-
ferson Furnace is now located. These
men were all brothers, and they came
from West Virginia, perhaps from Mon
roe county" Their fathers name l think
was Jepthah, or as they pronounced it,
| Jepter. l think there were twelve broth
ers of them in all The four who lived
in this county were large, healthy men,
and all had large families. Thomas Mas
sizes wife was Mcdaniel, sister of Levi
Mcdaniel the Baptist preacher. Moses
Massie's wife was sister of BAIL Lewis,
a man of considerable talent, and perhaps
the first Baptist preacher who ever resi-
ded in this county. He had many con-
troversy with old DR.. McNeel on Baptism.
Robin Massie's wife was a sister of
James Phillips, father of Joseph Phillips.
while the wife of James Phillips was a
sister of BAIL Lewis and Rebecca Massie,
wife of Moses Massie.
The Massie's were quiet, good citizens,
and most kind and obliging neighbors.
Old Tom Massie was the LATEST man lex
cept his brother-in-law Jim Humphreys }
who ever lived in jackson county. He
was so lazy that W hen he went to neigh
bor's house, instead of sitting in a chair
he would at once lie down on the floor.
When cutting wood at the furnace,
have spent many a night in the 'shanty'
with Old Jep Massie and his five sons
Tom, Aleck, Bill, Jep and Ed. Old JeI
was just the man with whom boy liked
to camp out Always kind and agreeable
be would for hours tell marvellous hunt
ing and fighting stories, the scenes o
which were laid in the wilds of Yves
Virginia 1t was, to me, vastly more in
| IL l1.A IL
not excepting the wonderful writings o
Dickens.
Well, there was Old Jep and his son
Young Jep. Little Jep was the son o
Moses Massie, while Big Jep was the sol
of Old Robin Massie. The families al
removed to Greasy Ridge, Lawrenc
county, thirty to thirty-fve years ago.
knew Green Corn, but l never hear,
) of Yaller Corn or Pop Corn. Jesse Corr
4 was for some years our nearest neighboI
i He had five sons by his first wife, name
: Harrison, Henry, Henderson, Hiram an
/ Harvey. He acould commence the name
+ of all his boys with the letter II. II
. wanted to call the oldest son of his secon
v wife Hamilton, so as to go through wit
e his favorite letter, but his wife obiectin!
i the boy was named Greenville. This
y perhaps the Green Corn of the RegiStc
f He then had Clark, and other son,
d whose names l forget.
e Big Jep Massie married Lucy Corn, 81
a ter of Jesse, and l was at the weddini
s when 1 was little boy. 1 intended
> describe this wedding as it was condu
= ted as all weddings then were among tn
v more respectable citizens of the sout
n part of this county; but as this article
n long enough, 1 must wait until ne2
II week