The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1876-01-20


mill had no bolt and did not grind
wheat. Persons came long distance to
this mill, and while waiting for their
grist old Dan would entertain them with
rich Irish jokes, a good fund of which he
had all the time ready for use. My
father lived four miles from Faulkners,
but he had been acquainted with the
family in Virginia, and when he first
came to Ohio, in the spring of the year
| 1918, no settled in the edge Of Gallia
county, near Faulkner's. Often have ],
when a small boy, gone to the mill in the
winter, and being chilled, old Dan. would
have me 60 into his little cabin near the
mill, where he kept fire. He had an
old skillet with the handle broken off
In this We parched corn, and the old
man would look as solemn as death while
he would be telling some exceedingly
funny story. Then you could notice his
humor rising, and at the proper point h Q
would bring in th laugh.
Mr.. Faulkner raised a large family, his
youngest son being Uncle Billy, Of the
Faulkner House, Portland. Andrew
Faulkner, of Madison township, now
well on to eighty years of age, is one of
his sons. He had several daughters, and
many of their descendants yet reside in
the county
In the year 1914 Peter Seel, very in
telligent German, came from Mason
county, West Virginia, and settled in
Jefferson township. and was the first tax
payer in that now wealthy township.
His first tax was twenty-five cents. Sew
eral other persons settled in the
southern part of tho county about the
same time, and among them ! now re-
member Thomas Spencer, John Accord,
Henry Luster, James Phillips, Robert,
Moses snd Thomas Massie, David and
Samuel Morgan, Edward Whit, Jere-
miah Roach, Joseph and William Price,
George Crump, and others. About the
same time there was a settlement COM
menced. in Hamilton township, in the
among the first settlers were Mr.. Dever,
Thomas and John Canter, Samuel Gilli-
land, and others. Between the years
1915 and 1920, a number Of others set
tied in the south part of the county, and
among them were my father, John Mack
ley, my uncle, Solomon Mackley; also
Jesse Kelly, James Mcdaniel, Lewis
Adkins, Laban Booton, DR.. Gabriel
McNeel Thomas and Daniel Oliver,
Henry Rhadabaugh, Joel Arthur. John
Horton, BAIL Lewis, and also the
Cheringtons and Stephensons, whose de-
scendants are still very numerous in this
county, and who are among our best citi-
zens.
Nearly ali these settlers were from
Virginia, and mostly from the counties
Of Mason, Kanawha, Greenbriar, Bath,
Logan and Monroe.
/ said in the commencement that
had already passed over most of the Incl
dents to be related in these Notes, but l
must now refer to the first tailor of
which l have any account in tho county,
although / some years ago spoke Of him.
Ills udilt was Occht W INNoCs hD DdAh
a cabin at the foot Of the hill west of the
Black Fork, about a mile southwest Of
the place where Jefferson Furnace Is
now located Ho had never been mar
ried, and was perhaps between fifty and
sixty years OF age. lie was a small man,
and was in the constant habit OF drink
ing to excess. There were no settlers
nearer him on the west than Jack Can
| ter's some eight miles, and il was mile
east to where my father resided. To
come east he had the creek to cross, and
the bottom was often covered with
water. There was a ford where horses
could cross when the water was not too
high, and a large log across the main
channel, for foot passengers. These were
known as "Reese's log" and "Reese's
ford The long hill running miles west
is known to this day as "Reeses Ridge"
Here, secluded from human society, sur
rounded by the bowling wolves, resided
this old man. A strange locality for q
tailor. At a later period Reese built n
cabin and cleared q patch of ground a
half mile southwest of Portland, where
George Yeager so long resided, and
where Thomas I. Jones, father of Eben
Jones, now resides. Reese was always
talking about his rich relatives at Kings
Salt Works, in Virginia, and heard that
after he left his county and went back to
Virginia he inherited large fortune, and
killed himself drinking.
As have already hinted, wild game
was plenty in this county for many years
after its settlement by white men. Buff
falo had been abundant, but had disap-
peared at the time Of which have been
speaking 1t is said that the last buffalo
killed in the State of Ohio was killed
within the present limits Of Jackson
county. Prof. Jared p. Kirkland. in his
report on the Zoology of Ohio, made to
Prof Mather, Nov. !, 1888, says "In
former times the buffalo ranged e1ten-
sively over the southern parts of our
State" And DR.. HIldreth says: 1.-TWO
were killed on the Sandy Forks OF
Symmes Creek, near tho southeastern
corner of Jackson county in the year
1900, which are the last that have been
heard of in this State"
The black bear was common for more
than twenty years after the first settle
ment Of the county. So much has beer
written about this singular animal. thai
/ will not go extensively into descrip
tion Of it. The Indians always looked
upon it with kind of superstitious awe
J and the white hunter was, to some ex