Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1924-12-25
TALLYTOWN
lBy G. B. Ray. Meigs)

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4 short history of Tallytown. Again
in conversation with Mr.. Roberts he
nromised to furnish us with the facts
ana fenres. SO we are at 1t. All
credit Is due him for this article:
The village was started in 1885;
vas situated in Bloom and Bristol
5 townships. The land on which the
village was situated was owned by
John II. Talley, with the exception
AZ one lot which was off the Rander-
am now the Geo. Wallace, farm.
There were 16 or II lots in the plot.
Mr.. Talley whose name the village
bore. never lived in the village. he
1;vad in a brick house that stood
where the residence of Harlan Rich
ardeon now stands. In the begin
ring Mr.. Tally built IA houses and
the store building. 1t was not long
untiI these houses were occupied and
more put up. The store did good
business. Robinson's history is In
error in that it says when Tally sold
his store the town began to go down.
y The real cause will be given later.
Mr.. Tally bought wool, wheat ana
hogs, besides other produce handied
" merchants of those days The
logs were butchered and the meat
cu-cd AS many as SO hogs were
butchered in day. Moses Bullock
was the first blacksmith. He MADE
sdged tools, draw knives, chiseis'
mattocks. ETC. Mr.. Roberts says
they we're better than any tools ever
made here or shipped in. he having
some of them that have been In use
for over 80 years. The first thresh-
ing machine of the cleaner type
made at least in southeastern ONO,
and probably in Ohio, was MADE
here by Cyrus Fisher. After ne quit
Delphos Patterson took up the pusl-
ness. having his shop near the ola
house of S. E. Bone near the Cotton
bridge. The business was later NOV
Cd to Meigs. Some of the first resi-
dents were DR.. Workman, VIM. Har-
mon DIR. George Story, Moses Bui-
lock Hickman Bullock, Amos Stahi,
nr Griffith, JOS Reed, VIM Stevens,
Sol Osborn, Dennis White, VIM.
Frame. John Greer. and families,
Ephraim Roberts, (undertaker and
cabinet maker) and family, DR.. Jew
ett. VIM. Kirk, Benz. Jewett, and
families, and John Doan who kept
store after Tally quit. Other busl-
ress carried on was cooper shop,
two tailor shops with Stahl and
Slissman as tailors. Mr.. Roberts re-
members that they were fine ta1lors
and that G. P. Morris, founder OF
the Morris Hardware company, came
there to have his clothes made.
There were two blacksmiths, gun
smith. three shoemakers, three cab
met makers, undertaken weaver,
plasterer, Isaac Connel; two we'll
+ diggers-at that time that business
was a profession, and they were
kept busy; wagon maker, Hickman
Bullock. Peter Lawrence was the
gunsmith. Mr.. Phillips, father OF
:, los. Phillips of East Windsor, was
one of the shoe makers; Perry
Lawrence the other shoe maker. Mt.
Zion M. E. church was the nearest
to the village. Reeds was the near
est school. There were seven or
eight different physicians there at
different times, never more than Two
at any one time. There never was
any post office there. They got
their mail at McConnelsville. Many
of the houses of that early date were
frame. One of the houses, known as
the DR.. Story house, was sold TO
Daniel Stevens in 1854 or '55, for
$1,000. which at this time doesn't
seem high priced We only tell you
this to show you something of the
value of the buildings which were
built of the very best of lumber and
which today would cost three or four
times as much. The settlers OF that
time related an incident in regard to
the burial of Mrs. Griffith, wife or
DIR. Griffith. They related that
while they didn't think of it until
after the. funeral, then they remem-
bered that large beads Of perspira-
ton stood on her face. They al
ways thought she was buried alive.
Mr.. Tally was gaid to have been
great rail splitter, having cut the
timber and split 467 rails in one day.
Folks talk about the high cost OF
living today, but it was told that
Dan Chandler cut 40 cords of wood
for the salt works, to pay for pair
boots. Howard Chandler Christy.
the famous artist, was named for
this man Chandler. Now comes the
beginning Of the end which was
! when work began on the "Calico r.
r." Pittsburgh. Maysville and Gin
. cinnati Railroad Co. M. Peacock,
president, authorized capital $12,-
! 100000. Work on the road was be-
gun prior to 1856. With the labor
ers came three saloons, with every
thing carried in a saloon. This was