Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1931-05-14

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Flute Robinson, Ada; Mrs. Mertie
Brooks and Mrs. Effie----------
GAINESVILLE. Mr. Coalman has no
monument Mrs. Coalman who was
Martha ]. Yocum before her mar
| riage, moved to GAINESVILLE after Mr.
Coalman's death, where she died
and is buried
Robert A. McGregor, son of Alex
ander and Elizabeth Weeks Nc
! Gregor, was born in Bristol town.
ship, in 1916, died Dec. II, 1907.
! His father was born 1890, died
August, 1853. He was twice mar
ried; his first wife as We have said
was Elizabeth Weeks To this un-
ion the following children were
born: Mary, wife of David Down
ing, born 1925, died 1891. Mar
garet, 1826-1845; John, 1928
1849. His second wife was Nancy
Camp. To this union were born
| Elizabeth who married Jefferson
Grant, and Robert, the subject of
] this section. Mr.. McGregor was
twice married. His first wife was
! Martha Carrell. To this union
! two children were born-Charles Of
! McConnelsville, and Mary who died
in infancy and with the mother is
/ buried at Lytlesburg. His second
wife, Harriet Culver McGregor, born
1847, died April 4, 1881. They
were the parents of the following
daughters = Mrs Dora Campbell,
Mrs. Ida Little. Bristol; Mrs. Nan
Heron, Meigsville; Mrs. Bessie
Johnson, McConnelsville, and Lizzie
/ A., who died Jan. 23, 1888, aged
four months and 25 days. At the
time we wrote of the other Nc
/ Gregors, we did not have sufficient
data to tell of this family. Mr. Nc
! Gregor was trustee of Bristol town
/ ship, and like all of the family was
a Democrat. His last wife was
buried the sixth day of April, 1881,
! beside her husband and little daugh.
ter.
In our more than 25 years of
writing for the county papers, we
have never got into anything that
attracted as much attention; neith-
er have we ever had as much help
in anything we have undertaken.
For many years we have heard
folks tell of the picture or image of
Mr.. Richey on his monument, but
never saw it until today when p. G.
Lawrence and S. w. Hale pointed it
IL, l. thn orkI
This is a wonderful piece of statu-
ary The form is plainly visible,
with the long white beard as worn
by the old gentleman When you
visit the cemetery, have these gen.
tlemen show you this wonder.
How often as we write, do We
wish we had taken notes as we in
! boyhood heard our elders relate the
| tales of the early days; but the op-
! portunity has gone and we must
gather it thread by thread.
Millers
The name Miller is one that is re-
corded often on the monuments
here. Of the many families, we
want to tell you of the James Mil
Ter first. Mr.. Miller was born in
Monaghan county, Ireland, March,
1880. The record was lost and he
was not sure of the day of the
month. His death occurred March
5, 1905. At the age of 10, in 1849,
he left Ireland, coming first to Har-
rison county, then to Muskingum
county In 1867 he came to Bris
tol township. His wife, Anna Mary
Reed, was born Dec. 2S, 184S; died
June 10, 1926. She was born in
Bloom township. To this union
two children were born-Mrs. Jen
ME Downing, wife of Jos. Downing,
and Robert F., both living in Me-
Connelsville, Robert being at this
time president of the Citizens Ma
tional bank, of McConnelsville. At
ter Mr. Miller had been over here
three years, he returned to his old
home. During the time he had
been away his parents had died. He
brought his four brothers and one
farmer and stock raiser; being sue
cessful he acquired quite large
acreage of Bristol township land.
The old home is now owned by the
son Robert and occupied by his son
Orrin and family. Of his brothers
and sister none are buried here.
Three brothers are buried at the
Baptist cemetery at Rural Dale; the
sister in California, and the other
brother in Utah. Besides the son
Orrin, Mr.. and Mrs. Miller-and we
should have told you that "Bob's'
wife was formerly Mary Evans,
daughter of r. l.. and Elizabeth
Gorrell Evans,-have one daughter,
Mrs. Edith Roberts, wife Of Ber-
nard Roberts. Mr. and Mrs. Rob-
erts are both teachers in the Ring
gold school. When they were build
ing the locks and digging the canal
at Stockport, Billy Miller, a brother
of James, worked on it, walking
from his home in Muskingum coun-
ty to and from. These men worked
and invested their earnings in
stock, and kept buying land, until
they owned large acreage. So far
as we can remember, Mrs. Harry
Henderson is the only member OF
the families of any of the brothers,
living in Bristol.
A friend suggested today that we
should have written these stories
20 years ago. Had we written them
at that time they would not have
been appreciated. and we doubt if
the county papers would have given
the space. But things have chang