Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1932-03-24
County McConne Thursday March a 1882

| and Jimmy coon hunting. Some
| time in the coming months we may
tell Of some of the pranks of these
| hunters. OF course Jimmie being
an elder in the church, you won't
| believe it-but we can prove them
| by Jimmy.
1t seems we missed William Lin
dimore, in the first count. We did
| not mean to leave him out. In fact
we couldn't if we wanted to. He
has fiddled from north to south,
from east to west. If you ever
danced in the heyday time of Bris-
tol life, you knew Bill. BY the way,
Bristol is awaiting the time when
the Lindimores can reune here.
In the story of Bristol township
we told of the Roy family, of the
terrible affliction that befell them
in the scourge of diphtheria. We
do not care to retell that story, but
through the kindness of Mrs. Mag
gle Daniels and her daughter Mrs.
Edith r. Hall, we have the follow
ing interesting facts: Alexander
Roy was born in County Downs,
Ireland. Oct. IL, 1899, living there
until he was 21 years of age, when
/ he came to America, spending sew
eral years at Baltimore, Md, and
at NobleStoWn, Pa, where he work
ed in the Woolen mills, being q
weaver by trade. 1t was at the lat
ter place he met and was married
to Margaret McWhorter, in the year
1910. She was born at that place,
Feb. 10, 1920 Her death occur
red March 6, 1896. soon after their
marriage they came to Bristol
township, where Mr.. Roy cleared .
piece of land and built log cabin
on the farm later known as the
/ Hyatt Rowland farm, now owned
by Dan Beatty. After selling this
farm to the Rowlands, Mr.. Roy
bought the farm which after his
the home of Maggie Moore. This is
at the cross roads just east of the
Bristol Presbyterian church. On
this farm is located the old Baptist
/ cemetery which we will tell you
more about later. We remember
Mr.. Roy. In that day most men
wore full beard, not so with Alex
/ Roy and VIM Phillips. 1t may
seem funny to our young readers
but at that time an elderly man
smooth shaven was as much Of a
curiosity as man today with q
20 year crop OF tangle down. But
Alexander and William cared little
fer the style Mr. and Mrs. Roy
We're first members Of the United
Presbyterian church, later uniting
with the Bristol Presbyterian
church. We remember Mr. Roy was
nearly blind in his later days. or at
least could not see as well as most
old folks. We remember of hearing
him tell that he could see a pin or
needle on the floor only when the
While employed on the state road
that goes through the old farm, we
couldn't help thinking that if Mr.
Roy could come back he would not
know the old home
We often hear the expression
folks are getting weaker and
WISER but we want to take excep-
ton to that statement, and feel VIZ
can prove it. When we were a boy,
folks had no trouble to tell ganders
from geese, but not SO now
In the Lindimore section we
omitted the name of S. L. Lindi-
more, San Benito, Texas. He is the
son Of William and Aman-
da Whitney Lindimore. We have
been requested to reprint some his
tory printed in the Meigs section,
Morgan County Democrat, follow
ing the Lindimore reunion, 1929.
We will do this after we have had
time to look it up in the files.
(To Be Continued)