The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1874-08-20
PERSONAL RECoLEECTIoNs.
BY THE EDITOR.

They never forgot the scenes of their
childhood, and they sent back to the old
home and had one of the hearthstones
taken TO their present home, where they
kept it,as sacred memorial of the time
when in their innocent childhood they
had crawled over it, in their youth had
set around it, with their parents, long
since gone to the other country. This
simple narrative touched sympathetic
chord in my own heart.
do not write my personal recollec
tions with the hope that many of my
readers will feel a particular interest in
the incidents l may relate, but that it
may recall to their minds the incidents
of the past in their own particular lives.
There is a common brotherhood among
US all, which to great extent makes us
all akin.
| Last Thursday l went to Portland.
had couple of hours to myself in the
forenoon, and 1 got horse and buggy at
the livery stable and drove up to Oak
Hill. passed Mr.. Reeves, son-in-law of
Esq. Rule, and he invited me to stop at
his house and rest and eat some peaches
1 accepted his invitation. He resides
where Lucas Toumine jr. once resided.
Mr.. Toumine set out fine assortment of
fruit trees and grape vines about twenty
two years ago. He volunteered during
the first years Of the war, and was killed
in battle, a bursting shell tearing him to
pieces, if am not mistaken. At the
time of his death his wife was on her
death bed with consumption. l had
seen a notice of his death in the papers,
and day or two afterwards called to
see her. The family had not told her of
his death, and they notified me not to
tell her. She seemed to suspect some
thing, and anxiously inquired of me if
had heard from Lucas, or had seen any
thing about him in the papers. always
tabhorred deception, or any evasion. How
could | lie to or deceive dying woman,
who, together with her husband, had
been my neighbor and friend? Ibid the
best could, telling her that sometimes
bad news was contradIcted, and let us
hope for the best. She died few days
after 1 saw her.
A short distance beyond the residence
of Mr.. Reeves is the place where the old
frame Methodist church stood. 1t is now
corn patch. Not stone or stick of
timber of the old church remains. Here
had attended Sabbath school when a
boy, and then as teacher had never
missed a Sabbath for more than two
rfyears, although had two miles to go
from home, A short distance west of
the place where the old church once
stood, just about fifty years ago, or the
first Saturday in August, 1924, in a grove
of great white oak trees, the Ohio Bap-
list Association was held That is about
the first distinct recollection have of
! anything in this life. At the same place
another association was held in the year
1880. 1 can remember that-44 years
! ago, as distinctly as if it had occurred
! yesterday. Parker Smith, who ten years
child theni and his next younger brother,
Enos, was just beginning to talk, and his
] father Wilson Smith, was pestered to
, keep him quiet. remember the very
words used by Mr.. Smith, who had fine
+ voice, like that of woman. In this
grove was the place where attended
{ Sabbath School in the year 1882, under
! the superintendent of Julius A. Bing-
j ham.
A short distance west of the old Sab
bath School ground was the original Oak
Hill grave yard. 1 drove around there
! but not yestige of grave is to be seen.
There must be 40 or so persons buried
!. there My grandmother Mackley was
O, buried there, before my recollection, and
a James Mcdaniel, once prominent man
!. in this county, also lies just inside of the
lot 1 once owned, and where / resided,
g up to 1855 Mr.. Mcdaniel was the
father of Levi Mcdaniel, the Baptist
preacher. He was school teacher, and
for many years justice of the peace. l
u went TO school to him at one time ]
: only remember being at two funerals al
the old grave yard. One was the wife Of
Jesse Kelly, the same man of whom
recently spoke, as making remarks al
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;, the sale of the AK handle. Readers Of
the STANDARD need not be told that
}, have a high and sacred respect fol
5 woman. l always especially respected
/, what considered handsome women ,and
}, in my boyhood (and afterwards too, fol
t that matter,) regarded most women as
handsome. Mrs. Kelleys maiden name
h was Matilda Fleming think she has
relatives yet living in this county. She
surely was lovely and beautiful woman
= q can see her now as she lay in her coffin
!, and her husband stopped down and
: kissed her beautiful white forehead
: Her three little children stood around
and Mr.. Kelly, when he had kissed hei
= said, in his solemn way, "Oh how hard il
is for me to give you up.
{ The other funeral at the old grave
! yard was that of my sisters child, little
{ boy, John Austin Kelly. His father
James Kelly, was brother of Jesse
Kelly. They bad four or Eve girls, and