Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1932-03-24
The "Sycan1ore'
A Story of Bristol Township Folk
Bristol In Politics

Bristol In Politics
While Bristol has been dong
things for 12S years. her inhab-
itants have not been honored mucn
by holding offices. AS we remember,
three of our citizens have held the
office of county commissioner
George J. Henderson, B. B. Par
miter and Fred Radcliff, present in
cumbent If we mistake not, Mr..
Parmiter is the only Democrat who
ever held a county office. The late
d. L. Jenkins served as coroner 1t
is true that many of Bristol birth
landed after becoming residents Of
other parts of the county. At the
present time, besides Mr.. Radellff,
we have in the person of Kenneth
c. Ray, representative to the gen.
eral assembly, and to date we have
a candidate for representative in
the United States House of Rep
resentatives; also three candidates
for county commissioner. The late
G. w. Moore was infrmary director,
being member of the last board.
when the law abolished the board.
rs we are Writing history. it
might be we'll to write into the his
tory that this is one of the hottest
campaigns we have ever Witnessed.
The Republicans have long been in
the majority in the county, which
has called for the best men in the
minority party if they hoped to win.
But it seems this year they will be
refined with fire.
Whitehouse Family
We mentioned the Whitehouse
family in the 'Story the Tomb
stones Tell' of Meigs cemetery. We
told Of this family, and as we are
writing into the same record we do
not want to rewrite, but we want to
tell you that where there were four
families here in our boyhood, there
is only one now, Mary c., and son
Vernon. They live on a nine acre
lot that Perley Lindimore and fam
lily resided on when we started to
transport ourself to the Meies
school soon after, he sold to Seth
Andrews. This lot adjoins the
home farm Of the late Israel White
house. This farm is the one where
George Matson had his nursery.
White blackberries and yellow rasp-
berries, which got their start IL
this nursery, are still found in the
township We have found one man
who Is not interested in the cid
times, but wants 10 know about the
future. We are leaving that to the
preachers. And that brings us back
TO the churches.
In our history of Bristol town
ship we have searched the records
as kept by the church folks. as well
as the records in the recorders Of
fee 1t is surprising-th accuracy
of the records OF some of these
churches, and the lack of records
of some. Even the records Of mem
bership Of some of the churches
are gone. Through the 12S years
that men and women have been
making history, much of it has
been lost through the negligence OF
some in not writing the facts; and
then in some cases, after the rec
ords have been kept, someone who
felt no interest. destroyed them. !
Digging Wells
Perhaps no township is better wa
tered than Bristol Very few farms F..
but have at least one spring, and I
many have many. Springs of liv~
ing waters" could Well have been .
written Of Bristol township. In the /
early days. folks built their houses 4
close by a spring; later they began
digging wells simply in many cases .
TO have the water supply closer to .
the house. Then later cisterns
We're buiIt,-so all in all the water
supply is wonderful, While during
the drought of 193O-31, water was
scarce, much more could have been
had by eXcavating in the gravel
beds Of the creeks and runs. But
what we started to relate, was that
it has always been a common state
ment here that you can find water
if you 90 deep enough. Mr.. Rob-