Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1931-04-16

of Delaware. He was of a family of
eight children. He was born in
Bristol township, we are not sure
whether on the old Mousley farm
now owned by John Anderson, or
on the 40 acre farm now owned by
C. w. Smith. John was hard
working man, truly honest. The
Anderson farm was the home of the
Mousleys for many years. So far
as we are able to learn, the family
is all gone except one brother. Wes.
ley, who lives in Kansas. His wife,
Sarah Scott Mousley, was born
1852; died 1916. They were the
parents of two daughters-Flora
Shields, Meigs, and Ida McGrath.
GAINESVILLE.
William Henderson was born at
Spratt, Muskingum county, Ohio,
1913; died in Bristol township,
1918 He was of family of four.
having two sisters and one brother.
The brother and one sister lived
and died in Nebraska. One sister,
Sarah j. Scott,~is buried here. He
was Civil war veteran, being a
member of Co. G, 122nd O. V. /.
He was twice married, marrying
sisters-Isabell and Rachel Camp
bell. To the first union the follow
ing children were born-Hettie A.
Ray, Wilson r., David, Rebecca Ar
go of Bristol, Rev. F.. H. of Battle
Creek, Mich, Elzad Gorrell of Ak
ron; Dallas and Annie deceased Of
Mr.. Henderson's comrades of the
war, George Yarnell of Windsor
township is all that is left, around
here at least. OF the second mar
riage, one daughter, Mrs Mary Nc
Dowell, Bristol township, survives.
One daughter, Margaret, died at
birth, July 25, 1889. Mr. Hender-
son was a master with the gun
even in his old days, he made the
boys take back seat.
John Little was born 1923: died
1907. He was never sure as to
whether he was born in Canada or
the U. S., as he remembered of his
parents telling of crossing the lake
when he was a small child. His
wife, Jane Rowe Little, was born
in Bristol township, 1882; died
1884. Her death occurred in Meigs
township, Muskingum county. Mr..
Little died at the home of his son,
James, in GAINESVILLE. Mr.. Little's
parents came from Ireland, two
sisters having died before the par
ents crossed the pond. They were
the parents of II children, all of
whom grew to manhood and wom-
anhood. Five are now deceased
four of whom are buried in the
cemetery here Let us tell you
here that We have the names and
dates as chiseled on the stones.
and as we have looked over our
notes we believe this is the biggest
family connected with the ceme-
terry. We have found three other
families with ten children each.
We find four generations buried
here. The other member of the
family deceased is Seth, who we be-
lieve is buried at the Ark Springs
cemetery. He was the only one of
the children who was not born in
Bristol. He was born in Missouri,
where the family lived for time
In the fourth generation we find
Mary Adella, daughter Sumner and
Ella Hill Little, 1892-1893. They
are the parents of two other daugh-
ters, Mrs. Nellie Beatty, wife of
Dan Beatty of route four, and Miss
frankie of the home which is
known to former residents as the
Enos Dingey farm on Mouse Run.
When we were asked to write
this story. We were fearful we
would find great number buried
here whom we would be unable to
get the history of, but we are pleas.
ed with the way the material is
coming to light; and as We write
this the critical eye of the proof
reader has not had a look in on the
story, and we are having it all our
own way, but we are anxious that
the first installments get in the
hands of our readers who are ac-
quainted and interested in the
story and the cemetery, hoping you
will hasten to furnish us with any
thing you may know about these
folks who sleep here 1t is sur
prising how soon the things we are
all interested in get away from US.
When We are all so much interested
in these things, we feel that the
cemeteries should be better cared
for.
Robert Cunningham was born in
Lancaster county, Pa, 1893; died
1868. He was married to Sarah A.
Chiefly in 1923. Mrs. Cunningham
was born in Jefferson county, Ohio,
1904; died 1879. They are buried
at Mt. Carmel. They were the par
ents of ten children, as follows: AL
fred, James, George. William,
David Robert, Taylor, Lottie, Cath
crime and Emma
Mary A. Wilkes, wife of Alfred
was born April S, |
1890: died April IA, 1908.
They were the parents of three |
sons and one daughter, George L.,
buried here, ]. w. of McConnels- !
Vile, and Mrs. Lizzie Henderson, |
wife of w. G. Henderson, who live
on the old home place in Bristol;
George L., born 1851; died 1915.
His wife Allie r Henderson horn