Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1932-07-14
The "Sycannore'
A Story of Bristol Township Folk
By c. B. RAY


friend James Beatty .Meigsville
township. Mr.. Beatty tells us that
the late Jacob Workman told Of
driving the Observation-Disclosures
stage. We really feel more like
patriarch than ever, in our pilgrim
age. since we learned how near the
beginning we can remember, We
will later on tell you more of Mr..
Workman and his family.
George and Elizabeth Anderson
owned the G. p. Roberts lower farm
in the early days Their early his
tory seems to have faded from the
memory OF the living, but we know
they were the parents Of James An
derson who was born on this farm,
and where his death occurred Jan.
I. 1883. aged 50 years, two months
and 81 days. His wife, Margaret
Ann kirkpatrick Anderson, died
April 8, 1876, aged SO years, nine
months and eight days. They were
the parents of ten children, as fol-
lows: William, deceased; Henry,
who with his wife Maggie King,
lives near Portersville; John and
his wife Ida Easlick live on McCou-
nelsville route four; Webster has
been married twice-married first
to AIDA Gillespie, and after her
death to Rachel Scott, and they re-
side on route four; Oliver, deceased,
his wife Sarah Spencer lives in Nc
Connelsyille James, unmarried:
Ed, deceased; Rufus; Hannah, wife
of Jas. Penrod, Crooksville route;
Mary married Joshua Lindimore,
then -- West, resides in Zanes-
vile; Alice, wife of George Ogg,
west of Deavertown.
Again our friend George comes
TO the rescue and informs us that
ii was George Hartman who was IN
the store with Duvall and who also
owned the farm now owned by e.
G.. Swallow. If We remember cor
rectly, his wife was a Gray.
In all our writing we have tried
to emphasize the fact that the man
or woman who takes care of the
church is as important as the
preacher; that he or she who gives
a cup of cold water has done some
times more than the rich man who
gives thousands OF course the
brass bands do not play for the for
mer as they do for the latter, which
makes it hard for us to give true
history Of each class. May we say
here that we believe that many
times folks who are least appreciate
ed in life are remembered ana
spoken of most after they have gone
on. So far as we are able to learn,
none of the citizens of our township
helped write the declaration of in
dependence. but several of them
fought and died to make it etfec-
tfve-then the scores who have CIV
en- their lives and others their
health to perpetuate the principles
the forefathers flung to the winds
of the world; we might do we'll 20
stop here to call your attention to
the fact Of the wonderful change
not only in the geography but in
the history of the world, in little
over century and half of the in
dependence of the United States
Reading up to that time, Rome,
Madrid. London and other cities on
that side of the globe We're the high
liehts-the spots to which not only
the citizens Of those empires faced
when they had occasion to think OF
the power Of the world. but now
the nations Of the world look and
listen toward and to Washington,
ali Of which was brought about by
the soldiers who left blood stained
tracks on the frozen earth of Tren-
ton and thereabouts, as they march
ed forward to throw off the yoke of
the mother country. Not only these
we say, but the men and women
who have labored, fought, sacrificed
and died in the years since.
But we can't get away from the
fact that the tall oak is more
noticeable than the pawpaw or the
beech. No doubt we have had men
who were as intelligent, who could
have written the declaration, the
constitution, had they been called
10 the task, but they were busy
building homes. schools and church
houses. a young man said recently
that many college men since the
hard times hit the L. s.. went into
the west TO find work. When they
went on the ranches they did not
know how to harness or saddle a
horse Perhaps many OF the men
who could use the teams and ride
the fences did not know an equi-
lateral triangle from an adjective.
What we want you to think about
fer "A minute is the fact that the
reason Bristol folks have been Won
derful folks was and is because at
least a great percent Of them found
out what they were fitted for, and
then did it with their might We
thought we were ready to tell you
of the men who had gone high in
the ministry in the educational
field, and in fact in all the fields;
but we find after we have wigglcd
our pencil through the preceding
page that our mind is diverted by
the receipt Of letter from A. A.
Mendel, Valparaiso, Ind, who sends
the following interesting history of
the Mendel fa9nily:
Valentine Mendel and his wife
Caroline Richey Mendel were born
in Brook county, West Virginia.
Mr.. Mendel followed the store boat
business for number Of years, on
the Ohio river. He would load his
boat at Wheeling and other points
along the river, and turn it loose to