Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1932-07-28
The Sycamore
A Story of Bristol Township Folk
By C. B. RAY

were added unto them three or four.
Some of the early members of
the family sleep in Mt. Zion GEM
etery. We will give names and
dates of these later While we
know Will, brother of the writer,
and might tell of his wife and fam
lily, we won't attempt to tell of c..
WIS wife and children until later
on in the story at least
When we wrote about the Dom
ovan family, we knew our good
friend Mrs. Mary Sims was going to
help us, but we felt we wanted to
tell you what we got from the fam
lily, and some younger folks, and
then give you her history. So here
it is:
Jackson Donovan, son of Andrew
Jackson and Mary Langley Donovan,
lived in the house where John Hall
now lives, near Renrock. He was a
shoe cobbler. Their children were
Mira Jane and Oscar, Walter, Will
liam, Susan, Theodore, Laura, Rose,
Sadie, Clyde, Mary, Maude They
moved from the above named place
to the Adam Barclay place, now
owned by w. 0. Workman, where
they lived several years, after which
they sold the farm in 1876 to Jas.
Bell, father of J. J. Bell, who lived
on the farm for about three years.
The farm was sold to Mr.. Barclay
who lived there until his death.
From the Barclay farm the DON
ovans moved to Windsor. Dono-
vans probably moved from Renrock
about 1880. While we have it in
mind. James Bell was killed by a
runaway team many years ago. We
hope to tell more Of the Bell fam
lily.
In our Bristol cemetery story we
told of hearing our father tell that
when they wanted to have a party
ir the tCloud neighborhood, all
they had to do was go out on the
hillside and call TO two other FAM
lilies, as in these three families there
were SO children. When we went to
gather the proof, descendants of
these folks couldn't name enough
to make the number, but we have
not given up hopes that before we
finish our work we will find the
proof. AS we remember the story,
the names of the families were
Scott, Rowland and Cunningham
While Taylor Cunningham has
not been dead SO long, we want to
tell of him here. He was born
April 2, 1S49, died Dec. 9, 1918. He
was the youngest Of a family of II
children. His entire life was spent
in Bristol township, until only
few days before his death when he
was taken to McConnelsville where
his death occurred. Taylor at one
time owned what is now known as
the Fouts farm, near the Meigs |
church. He was a Democrat, serv-
ing two terms as assessor and land /
appraiser. He bought property in |
where he first started
a butcher shop. To this he added |
a general merchandise line where he
continued until his death. He
owned the property now owned by |
C. L. Swallow, and occupied by
Mr.. and Mrs. Stanley Radcliff. His
store room is now used by Mr.. Swai-
low as a garage. He married Eliza |
Sealock Cunningham, widow of his
brother William. She survives, and |
her four children: Ellsworth Dutch |
err, Charley and William, who live
with her in McCOnnelsville, and I
Maud, widow of John Calvin Ray,
Mr.. and Mrs. Ray were I
he parents of one daughter-Mrs. !
Fausta Holzchuher. Will and his I
wife Nellie Sheridan were the par
ents of three children-Sheldon of |