The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1897-09-23
Obituary.

Davis Alpheus McConnaughey was
born Feb. 18th, 1928, near Uniontown,
Fayette county, Pennsylvania Died,
Sept 11th, 1897, aged SO years months
and 80 days.
At the age of seven years, he emf.
grated with his parents, Andrew and
Mary McConnaughey, to Ohio, in the
year of 1885, settling in the vicinity of
the present village of Harrisburg and
not far from his late residence. OF his
fathers family he was the oldest of eight
children who grew to man and woman
hood, four of whom have preceded
him in death.
His early life YVES connected with the
pioneer efforts of Highland county.
And no young man of his generation
seemed to be more earnest and enthusi
astic in the subst,ntiability of the growth
and development of the community in
which he lived.
This spirit of enthusiasm led him into
more active fields than merely hus.
bandman, and at the age of eighteen he
entered the mercantile business, in
companionship with his father, in the
purchase and expectation of large
proportion of the farm products of the
southern portion of Highland county.
This he continued for about six years,
when he merged his business into the
traffic of live stock, trade which he
continuously pursued for more than
forty years, handling from producer to
consumers and feeders large numbers
} of live stock annually, to Cincinnati and
northern counties, respectively. And it
has been truly said of Davis McCon
, naughey that he had ridden on horse
back many times more miles and en-.
dured more untold hardships and de
privations of natural rest than it seemed
possible for man to endure.
But he bore with his efforts uncom-
plainingly, and numberless were the
times he has returned to his little fam.
: lily tired unto exhaustion. But he was
a thoughtful loving parent. Such was
his ambition for his family that he will
lingly met the severest storms of life
for their welfare, though it proved ar
. early sacrifice of his own life in the pre-
r mature dissolution of an extraordinary
Il active, mind and strong physical body
. During the year of 1852, he was con
~ verted and baptized, uniting with thu
l. New Market Baptist Church under th'
- preaching of Rev. VIM. Hall. In th'
Il church as in business, his activity wa
marked with careful consideration o
y the interests of his neighbors and fellow
x beings: He was liberal to fault.
~ Having served the church for man,
years as one of it's most active trustees
he was necessarily placed on the build
~ ing committee in the erection of tn
~ beautiful edifce which adorns the lii
re le village of New Market, and gave va
IL liable service in his loyal support {
W "holding up hands" OF the faithful oil
H. pastor he always remembered in tender
~ mess even to his last hours, leaving a
IN one of his latest requests that Rev
~ Daniel Trickler speak the last word
~ over his mortal rema.n ms.
TX During the year of 1876, and following
10 at the dedicatory exercises OF this churc
a part of the officers of the New Vienp
40 Baptist Church agreed to pay a stipr
40 lated sum of money toward the liquids
W ton of the debt then staring this churc
III as unpaid, on condition that it be r.
- turned when they, the New Vienr
so Church, should decide to build a ne
II, church structure The proposition ws
'u accepted by the church officers, bu
eo when after few years the New Vienr
Or Church was completing and reque
IN that the money be returned was brougl
o. before this church, the church voted
IL not pay the obligation.
Nv Feeling keenly the personal sense
sn obligation due the New Vienna Churcl
n he, with David McConnaughey paid II
debt. Subsequently, both Davis an
~ David McConnaughey Withheld the
IT, presence from church association, unit
III such time that, by the rules of II
ea church, our brothers name was droppe
VI from the church roll.
ns At about this period, meeting wit
Is business reverses, he permitted himse
re to entertain unkindly feelings again
re many of the membership, which CO
pe tinued until the year of 1894 and 5,wht
70 our brother again showed the quicke
NJ ing of the Holy Spirit, and following
ns bright experience, he united with tt
Fn Prospect M. E. Church under the ear
'at and spiritual preaching of Rev. J. E.
DO Sentman, of which he was member
en- good standing until his death.
'or He always seemed however, to tu
10 with tenderness to the former chur'
to homo an mucb of which wes the resr