Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1931-01-29


church yard there were quite few
cedar trees; later these trees which
he'd been found to be injurious TO
the monuments were removed. To
day very little shrubbery and no
trees are in the yard. Several lots
are cared for by relatives; these
plots are kept in much better shape
than where it is left TO the neigh
bcrhood.
Robert Whitehouse was a son of
the soldier Isaac Whitehouse His
mother McGrath, sis
te~ OF Mrs. VIM Hempfield whom we
mentioned in our last division. Mr..
Whitehouse was born on Bear Run,
on the farm now owned by S. w.
Scott, for many years he worked for
the Doans, on the farm near Muse
vile. After his marriage to Sarah
Parmiter he moved to the farm or
Meigs creek, which was sub-divided
after his death and is now in three
c. u. Parmiter and S. E. Ray. the
latter owning the part where the
old house stood which burned some
years ago. They were the parents of
three sons. Isaac, Israel and John.
We have told you about Ike in a
previous section. By the inscrip-
Ian hat DnI hnr
May 81, 1921 died Nov. A, 1894.
Sarah c. was born Jan. IL, 1922:
died Jan. S. 1908. Mr. Whitehouse
was a large boned man and no doubt
had been powerful i'll his young
days; on the other hand Mrs. White.
house was small Of stature
We also find that Mr.. White
houses mother was a cousin of
Lydia Seng of whom we have told
YOU One of our helpers said Of the
Whitehouse boys. that they could
play any kind OF musical instrument
and that this was inherited from
the kennis0ns He went on to say
that McGraths also inherited their
mechanical ability from this same
lineage. Let us diveree TO wonder
why we should not pay more atten-
tion TO breeding and less to educa-
tion. Later we Will tell YOU about
Israel tDudD and John
The O>bornes
From time To time in our writing
in rte past p years We have had
occasion TO mention the revolution
airy soldier Hugh Osborne. the only
soldier oil that war buried here. He
and his wife Zuba were natives of
Maine As we have told YOU, the
old home was ON Mouse run At one
time several houses We're on the
farm; the house We spoke of as
having been razed some years ago
Another house stood on the hill
side. which had blocks. of wood TO
level il UP. With so many nice
building sites, We can't help Won
dering why they would set d hou-e
on the side Of a hill Ezra, their
son. with his wife. went to Kansas
where he became judge of the com
mon pleas court. This was in the
early days Of the Sunhower state.
and it is told that he would sit on
the bench in his bare feet, with his
pants rolled up. He was very pop
ular with the early settlers In 1904
his widow Thurza had Remarked
and was living in Salina, Kan. Hugh
and Zuba We're the parents of at
least three daughters One mar
ried Joe Petty, one Frank Petty.
and one a Mr. Brewer 1t was said
that the girl who married the Brew
er wanted to read and study all the
time. and became d wonderful
scholar. Two OF her sons are prom
inent physicians. Ezra died in a
Motel in st. Louis, and the body was
brought back here for burial The
following is on the stone: "Oh God
of love | wonder why | had to 90 so
Tar to die and when | was dead my
friends thought best 10 brine me
back by them to rest" Sounds as
bough he had written it, but in
act it was the work Of his wife
The following names and dates
are found on the stones on this lot:
Hugh died May %, 1S47, aged S4
years, six months and Is days;
Azuba, wife Of Hugh Osborne, died
Oct L, 1854, AGED SS years, two
months and 5 days Ezra Osborne
died June 2S, 1871, aged 50 years,
seven months and - days; Cyrus,
son of f. t., died Aug. IL. 1896,
aged one year. nine months and 28
days.
Since writing the above, we have
talked with Mrs. Fauna Wilson
Hooper who tells us that three OF
the Brewer boys were doctors.
Their names and addresses in 1915:
DR.. j. r. Brewer, Minneapolis, Kan.
DR.. Thos. Brewer Lawton. Okla. DIR.
Ed Brewer, Beloit, Kan Another
son, c. F. Brewer, Independence.
Kan, and a daughter, Mrs Thurza
Blades, Minneapolis, Kan, compris-
ed the family, as we have said. in
Wife, Gas, Scare Man
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