Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1929-08-22
The Parmiter Reunion

The Parmiter Reunion
While there have been reunions
of churches, schools and families
and without doubt they all were en-
joyable, yet the Parmiter was diff
ferent, perhaps We should say
unique in that the name Parmiter
dates back perhaps as far as any
family name in Morgan county. We
find the following bit of history
which comes from B. B. Parmiter
who is "a years old in years, but
who has a mind that any man could
well be proud Of The family came
from France during the French
revolution, from there to England,
from England to Maine, from Maine
to Massachusetts, and from there to
Bristol township, settling on the
farm known to former residents as
the VIM Wilson, then the Finley
Brothers farm, building a house
near where the Valley school house
now stands; from there to the farm
known as the Robert Whitehouse
farm. The family tree is as fol-
lows: John Darling Parmiter, chill
dren Ruth Martin, Betsey Pool. Mrs.
Atkinson, Jno. Parmiter, Lavina
Farra, Ephraim, Oliver, Joseph,
Reuben, and Jewett Parmiter, Sarah
Whitehouse, Docia Whitehouse;
Jno. Parmiter, children, Joseph,
Nancy and B. B. Parmiter, Henriet-
ia Bowen, Mary Parmiter, Sarah
Jane Bowen. We are giving this
on account of the fact that arrange
ments have been made so that the
Democrat will go into about every
home represented in the family re-
union.
The forenoon was spent in getting
acquainted and renewing old friend
ships. At the noon time a wonder
full dinner was served cafeteria
style, after which the following pro-
gram was rendered: Song, America !;
reading of minutes; election of Off
GERS as follows: Pres, Fred Mum
mey; V. Pres, Will Parmiter; Secy-
Treas, Mrs. Bertha Parmiter; read
ing, Miss Mary McCune, Athens
talk, r. A. Parmiter. Los Angeles
CAL; talk, Will Parmiter; songs
c. F. Bozman, Roosevelt. Okla.
original poem, Mrs. Edna Parmiter
Bachman; reading, Betty Fisher,
Crooksville; talk, Mrs. C. F. Boz
man, Roosevelt, Okla: talk, B. B.
Parmiter; reading, Elane Milligan;
talks, Robert Bachman, Fred Mum
mey; song.
1t was decided to hold the next
reunion at the Morgan county fair
ground the third Sunday in August,
1880.
The following from out of the
county were present: r. A. Par
miter, wife and daughter. Los An
geles, CALI C. F. Bozman and wife.
Roosevelt, Okla. Robert Bachman
and family, Oklahoma; Mr. and Mrs
Albert Parmiter, Mr.. and Mrs.
Floyd Buchanan, Newark; Mr.. and
Mrs. H. D. Christman, GAINESVILLE;
Mr.. and Mrs. L. E. Dillehay, Water
ford; Mr.. and Mrs. Thos. McCune,
Mr.. and Mrs. Len McCune and
daughter Mary, Mr.. and Mrs. John
Parmiter, Carl McCune, Mrs. Marsh
McCune, Athens; Mrs. Mary Nc
Cune, Mr.. and Mrs. John Parmiter,
Mr.. and Mrs Jewett Parmiter,
daughters Ida, May and Mary,
Amesville; Lou Winner and family,
Stewart; Mrs. Martha Brawley,
Cleveland; Mrs. Nan Faires, Mr.. and
Mrs. Jas. Dunlap and son Charles,
Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse Ryan and baby,
Corning; Mr.. and Mrs. Russell
Faires, Hemlock; Mr.. and Mrs. John
Jaynes, Shawnee; Chas. Whitehouse,
jr., and family, Mr.. and Mrs. Luther
Jadwin, Crooksville; Mr.. and Mrs.
Edwin Melvin, Mr.. and Mrs. Michael
Fisher, Mr.. and Mrs. George Way,
Mr.. and Mrs. Ellis Robinson, Zanes.
vile, who with the Morgan county
folks, made a crowd of some 200.
AS the sun started down over the
hill, goodbyes were said, and with
hopes of meeting next year the hap
py folks separated for their homes
toward all points of the compass
G. B. r.
The following is the reading
which was given by Mrs. Bachman
Of Oklahoma, and which tells of her
fathers family: To Ohio | am going,
soon / shall see once more, my faith
9r waiting for me on the stone be-
side the door. The old house stands
upon a hill mid fields of waving
'orn; soon I'll stand upon the
threshold of the house where II
was born. Dear childhood home.
what memories around thy portals
cling; the blossoms in the orchard
made sweet perfume in the spring:
md how sweet was the water from
he bucket in the well, and how the
sunlight sparkled on the brooklet
n the dell. | never can forget the
lay when in a darkened room. our
mother in casket lay, and all were
'lunged in gloom. We laid her in
he valley where a tall sycamore
crows; she sleeps the sleep eter-
lal where the blue Muskingum
lows. We have scattered over many
tates like young birds from the
lest; under California's genial
kies Ernest was laid to rest, though
Ann and Jen are in Los Angeles, !
heir spirits will be there, so when
We meet at the feast there will be
Wo vacant chairs From Okla |
tomas cotton fields across the roll !
ng plain. Edna, Nellie and brother |
Bob are coming back again: from
he green fields of Iowa, sister Liz
lie will come, Allie is there to well
ome us back to the dear old home.
Dear Aunt Sarah, sixty winters have |
'assed over your head, since the I
walls of the old homestead have |
choed to your tread; but we have
Ilways loved you, and are glad that
'ou once more can wander with us
Id the hill to old homestead door.