Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1932-03-17


formant was not able to give the
Ike Fouts, BENJAMIN Matson and
Ephraim Kellar were the three Re
! publicans. John Henderson, and
he thought Adam Barclay, were two
of the Democrats. The attorneys
were, for Grow Judge Wood, for
Cunningham Judge Hanna and his
son Finley Hanna. One witness,
Ed Fouts, a carpenter, when asked
what he would charge to fix the
door said, "If I had to walk from
] home | would charge quarter. If
/ was here ] would do it for moth
j ing.' The jury decided against Mr.
/ Cunningham, in the amount OF one
half cent; and here is where our
/ friend Mrs Lizzie Henderson,
! daughter of Mr. Cunningham, got in
the case. She had the only half
penny in the family, and it was TAX
en- to pay the fine. Some other cases
will be told of later
Over on the east of the township,
perhaps in Section one, there lived
for many years, Mark Elliott and
his wife Betsy kuntz Elliott. They
had three daughters, Mrs Emma
Ross, who for many years told Of
the Rural Dale doings, in the Dem
ocrat, and who with her husband.
O. w. Ross, moved to GAINESVILLE
following the burning of THAR home
in Rural Dale; Mrs Nancy Brill.
wife Of the late VIM Brill, Reiners
vile; and another daughter whose
name our informant could not re-
member, and who married a Mr..
Smoot The family left their old
home, and Mrs Elliott, later, then
an old lady, who had always bee'
a great horseback rider, had long
ing to visit her old home. Mount
ing her steed she made her way to
the scenes of the early days. Some
where on the way the horse became
frightened and threw Mrs Elliott
iniuring her so badly that she soon
died.
Geo Fowler owned land IN Bris-
tol. but never lived in the township.
and Travis A. Petty We're married.
they went to housekeeping on this
farm. The farm is now owned by
Rev Misel, on state route rs, in
Section 1 whore they continued t.
liFe until 1920, when they moved to-
Cumberland, where they have since
lived They were the parents o.
three daughters. one Of whom is
Rosa. wife Of Edward Richardson.
who lives or the old Talley farm in
Bloom, but who owns quite lit O.
land in Bristol as well as Bloom.
Our friend 4. II, Humphries in his
write up CT Talleytown got the
luildines located wrong The barn
he speaks Of is on the Richardson
farm. and not Perry farm as be
had it. The Collins house is IL
Bloom township. Mr. Richardson
owns all the town excepting this
one lot. Mr.. and Mrs. Richardson
are the parents OF two sons, Fran
els and Aurice The oldest daueh-
ter, Pearl, is the wife of Dwigh"
Hall, and they live in Section IL
They are the parents of the follow
ing children: George, who married
Gladys Elliott; Edwin, who married
Edna Hall; Ethan, who married
Edith Ray; Elizabeth, who married
Gleason Anderson; Grace; Dane, al
home. The third daughter, Fran
ces. wife Of Merrill Teener, and
they live on Cumberland route
During the time the Pettys resid-
ed in Bristol, they were prominent
in grange work. Both Mr. and Mrs
Petty served as Master Of Bristol
grange, No. so. We remember Mr..
Pettys work in installing officers.
He gave the work throughout with
out reference to the manual. Dur
ing Mrs. Petty's term as W. NJ. the
grange membership was increased,
Both Mr.. and Mrs. Petty were well
posted on the law Of the order.
More and more as we write, do the
wonders unfold. We will no doubt
leave untold much that should be
told. because we can't find the his
tory; but we want our readers TO
rections. We are surprised at the
great number Of folks who have
connection with Bristol folks, and
with the great number Of names
that are now only a memory.
A family by the name of Allen
w. Martin The house was built
on the hill side We are unable to
get any names or dates in cOnnec
tion with this man and his family.
It was in the days when Jackson,
Perley and Lewis Lindimore were
lived where Jesse (Bub) Haines
and wife now live. 1t is told that
Mr. Allen was helping Mr.. Hemp
field harvest, and Mr.. Allen tarried
too long at the jug; the spirits went
to his legs to the extent they would
not carry on. When the others
came around to where he was, one
said "AlIen is drunk" when Allen
said Don't say that; say Allen har
had enough" Perhaps some of our
readers are surprised that we have
gone thus far without mentioning
Muttonburg several times. Nut
tonburg is a chapter by itself We
want to sharpen our pencil here to
tell you that it seems funny that
men who started at Muttonburg
and have gone high in their chosen
profession, write, speak and adver-
tise the Burg as a hallowed spot.
A few who were blot on the