The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-11-01

In October, 1867. Secretary Stanton
visited Mt. Lebanon Shakers, and,
in meeting of the North family,
after some very interesting remn-
scences of Abraham Lincoln. made
the following remarks "Bretherm
and Sisters, in behalf of myself, wife
and child, | return thanks for the
love.I have felt from you, This OPP
portunity count as being among the
happiest moments of my life have
had n busy life, but always tried 10
do the right in whatever office
have been called to FILL From my
earliest recollections. you Shakers
have been talked of in my fathers
house. and ! always felt a desire to
visit you. To Benjamin Gates, who
| will always be a. brother of my
heart, and to his elder brother, Fred
erick w. Evans. am indebted for
this privilege. They came to me in
time of your distress and laid before
me your' condition. | understood the
case, and after consulting the Presl-
dent, we acted according to your de-
sire, and have always been thankful
that | could in any way befriend you.
| hope your society will always pros
per that Gods blessing may rest
upon it and that you who have joined
hands today may be reunited in the
spirit land"
AS the party left the room Elder
Antoinne Doolittle said to him. I'VE
are thankful to you for remembering
us in our affliction and we also pray
for your prosperity" He stopped
moment, loked earnestly at her. then
with great emotion and eyes filed
with tears, said Sister, when my
head was weary and my, heart was
heavy, the thought that tile prayers
of the righteous we're ascending TO
heaven in my behalf was my solace.
God bless you!'
| There were other settlements Of
Aboltionists in The South, chiefly in
Virginia There was quite settle
ment at Richmond. Though some
hundreds of miles from the colony in
North Carolina, these settlements
were their nearest neighbors and with
whom they intermarried. The Abo-
litionists did proelyting in Southland
Members of prominent Southern FAM
lilies Joined them, abolishing their
slaves, of course, which occurred
nearly a century before the war
There are many descendants of
Southern Abolitionists that have rs
good Southern blood coursing through
their veins as any there IL.
In the year 1916, David Macy and
wife left their native home, New
Garden, N. c., and found an asylum
in Southwestern Ohio, fifty-five miles
from Cincinnati, then town OF but
few thousand inhabitants, their near
est trading point. They fled from the
consciousness OF the evils OF negro
slavery Though relatives friends
and everything dear to them was left
forever, they never murmured or COM
planned of the hardshlps of pioneer
life, but entered into the new life
of Abolitionism in Ohio the de-
velopment of what may he termed
the educational white belt of Ohio.
The maiden name OF the wife was
Dicks (or Dix. Her grandmothers
maiden name was Lynch, of the. FAM
i lily for whom I4ynchburg was named
These names are familiar names
/, throughout the South. OF their fam
lily, four were born in the South, The
eldest was ten years of age, the
youngest two upon their arrival in
Ohio. The latter was the grand
father OF the writer In village In
Southwestern Ohio, prominent sta
tion upon the underground railroad,
lis a meeting house in the rear of
which rests the dust of five genera
Itions of his family. 1t is an honor
unspeakable to be trustee OF this
property. Sacred is the memory of
those whose dust 10 mingling with
the dust OF his native land. Sacred
Us the tradition OF those whose dust