Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1931-03-26
Meigs

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daughter of Jared and Margaret
Wilkes Shook, in our story of the
Meigs cemetery Mrs Shook, the
mother, was buried at Stockport,
and Mr.. Shook at Gaysport. We al
SO missed our friend VIM. l.. Jen-
kins. Not finding any mark here,
and knowing his last wife was bur-
led at Bristol. supposed he was bur-
led at Bristol but j. w. Bird in
forms us that he is buried beside his
first wife here. BY the way, we are
knee deep in a story of the Bristol
Presbyterian cemetery. Folks here
are helping nicely, but we find a few
that we have been unable to get the
connection. We want to give you a
few names and ask you to write.
phone or tell us what you know Of
them, that we may get them in the
story: Benz f. Boy, Aaron Burr,
Terrence Campbell. Truman and
Elizabeth Ransom, Sarah Ann, wife
of VIM. Ewing. Thank you in ad-
vance. The sooner you tell us, the
sooner we can finish the story.
Ruth Ray left Sunday for South
GAINESVILLE, where she will be en-
ployed
The discussion of the appraise-
ment of Morgan county lands, seems
to be attracting quite bit of inter
est. The majority seem to be in fa-
vor of Mr. Gordon's idea. AS we re-
member, when the land was ap-
praised before, the three appraisers
marked, and the middle man won
Should we have but one man do the
work, We wouldn't know whether he
would mark high, low, or in the
middle. AS we understand Mr. Cor
don's plan after he has taken off an
other 1919, if you feel your land is
still too high, you may have the
board Of revision adjust it.
The Robert Farus family and the
children of Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. O. Ris-
berg, have been i'll with flu.
Mrs. Carrie Murray, former resi- !
dent of the Valley eighborhood
just over the line, in Meigsville, but
who has been residing in McConnels-
vile the past several years, was bur-
led here. Wednesday afternoon.
Word has been received by rela
tives of the serious illness of Mrs.
A. p. Wilson, who is with her
daughter Mrs George Singleton and
family, Of Dietrich, Idaho.
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Wilson, son
spent Sunday with Ellis Wilson and
family of GAINESVILLE.
John and Webster Anderson. Mr..
and Mrs. S. w. Scott and Mrs. O. F.
Flanders spent Saturday with the
formers brother Henry Anderson of
Portsmouth, who is seriously i'll with
heart trouble and complications.
Talleytown
Last Sunday we took a walk look
ing for something of interest for our
section. Our path led US to Airing
ton, commonly called Talleytown.
In passing through we had often
noted the tombstones over in the
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over and read the inscriptions, SO
we made trip on purpose to see
what we could learn. After we had
made the trip and read the story as
old by the slabs, we stood and
oked about and tried to imagine the
picture that was there when these
persons had been living, moving
part OF the village. But all was
luiet except the cawing of a bunch |
)f crows, and in nearby field we
could hear farmer chopping. We
'ound only three monuments or
'ather slabs which are of marble, on
which we read: Hannah p, wife of |
John F. Talley, born Aug. II, 1898,
lied Sept. 80, 1857, aged GA years.
'ne month and 19 days. Harmon !
T., son of J. F. and H. p. Talley,
lied Dec. 81, 1S47, aged 10 years,
month and Is days. Hannah p.
wife of John Wallar, daughter of J.
.. and H. p. Talley, born Sept. II,
1874, died Nov. %, 1856, aged %
ears, 2 months and days. Not |
atisfied, we visited our friend G.. p.
Roberts who was willing as he al
Ways is to help us. BY the way, he
links Frank and Merrel Jewett ana
le are the only ex-residents of the
illage when it was in it's heyday
after it began its decline, other
antilles lived there. The Jewetts
i've in the Eagleport neighborhood.
We believe The Mrs. Talley buried
here is the first wifS, his second
wife was Mrs. Williams who had
on that taught school in a school
ouse that stood near the Wilson
ouse, now owned by Ed Richard
on. Mr.. Roberts was a pupil in his
chool at the age of nine years.
ohm Wallar the son-in-law went to
'alifornia in the gold rush, and
ever returned. He was a brother
f Ike Wallar whom we used to see
t the Morgan county fair. Mr.. Talley
7as a surveyor. and much of the
and in Bloom and Bristol was sur
eyed by him. Mr.. Roberts has a
eed for 40 acres of land which they
urchased from VIM. Anderson. On
he deed he wrote Surveyed by
ohm F. Talley in his S5th year.
as. Warner and Thomas McGrath
Tere chain carriers. Mr.. Talley in
tructed them to locate certain
Ornerstone. After they had made
search they came back saying they
ad not found it. He ordered them