Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1933-05-18

their face. The folks who can see
the Christ and suffering mankind at
the same time, don't have to have a
brass band to go ahead with a
hawker, to tell folks a Christian is
passing by, and what church they
worship in
Rev. Father Louis Il. Preston
AS this writing was an idea of the
scribe, We feel we must adhere to
should say, in the way we feel we
should say, in he way we feel we
should say it. So here we go: Faith
er Preston was educated, as all
priests must be. In fact he spent IL
years in college. Now some folks
could spend 1900 years in college
and then not know much. Not SO
with Father Preston. He is, we be-
lieye, the best posted man in Nor
gan county on religion government.
BY why go on? He is so far beyond
the ordinary man that we are, that
we can only feel pleased, and listen
! in wonder when he talks. He dress
es as all men of his station. But he
is unlike many men OF the cloth.
He always has time to talk with
men, and he has been great help
to the high school boys of the town,
| helping them with their studies He
! has done more to break down the
! walls of sectarianism, and let folks
see that Christianity is living, not
simply believing and acting. Faith
er Preston does not know that we
are saying this.
Whether it is the Catholic relig-
! ion, we know not, but we do know
we have never met more hos
! pitable people than the folks down
at Hackney, and this is not only
true of the present generation, but
| has been a trait of the forefathers
bred and instilled in children and
4 grandchildren. We saw the inside
of the church only as we could see
through the windows, but we could
not help noticing the beauty of the
altar and the statue Folks remark
ed about the neat and substantial
way the seats were made. When we
! inquired how many members COM
prise the present church member
ship, the answer was tOnly five or
| six families, - and this was not said
with, or in a manner of We are
about gone. SO far as we could
! tell, it was uttered with the same
| feeling as though they had said five
or six hundred families. We wish
! we could gather the record of all the
! folks who have been a part of this
| old pioneer church, but at present
we find the thread of many of those
who were part of the church and
community, is lost to us at the pres
ent Mayhap when these lines are
read, those who read will help us to
gather together and write the story
of their lives. After we have told
you about the folks whose mortal
remains were not moved, but still
sleep in the first cemetery, we want
to tell you of one family who has
been a part of the church, all
through the years. Not because
they have done more than some 9TH
er families, in fact should you talk
with any member of the family, they
would tell you that they had done
little, and this is only to show yoa
what we wish we could write of all
these families
For this history and family tree,
Mrs Alice Sherlock Hook. who has
lived near Hackney all her life.
The Sherloci1s
Patrick Sherlock. the first Sher-
lock to land in America, was born
in Tipperary. Ireland, 1885. He
spent his young days and grew to
manhood on the Emerald Isle Early
in life he married Ann Glare, who
was born in Queens county, Ireland,
in 1875, and together they lived in
Ireland, where four of their nine
children We're born. Patrick, like
all Irish, rebelled under the rule of
England, and decided to come to
America. In 1918 with his family
and few belongings, he left Ireland
, His transportation was on sail
ship. After many weeks of hard
ship, he landed at Baltimore, Md
From Baltimore he came overland,
made many stops, the last one being
at Barnesville He Went out from
there to seek a location. 1t happen
ed he came down the Muskingum
valley At this time there were no
dams in the river, and on the low
bottom land were pools Of water,
causing much sickness. And at this
time there was an epidemic Of ague,
so Patrick decided to seek home
on higher ground. He came up on
what is now Hackney ridge, and
bought from the government 100
acres at $125 per acre This same
land is still owned by Frank Sher-
lock- and sisters Celia and Agnes.
His family consisted of his wife and
nine children-namely, Mary, Mar
tin, Edward, Hannah, John, Pat
rick. Eliza, Katherine and Joan
Mary and Edward never married.
Hannah married Edward Pilking-
ton. They had four children, Will
liam, Mary, Ida and Teresa. All are
deceased, but Teresa, who lives in
Caldwell. John married Sarah
Cooper. The last years of his life he
lived in Iowa. They had no chill
dren. Eliza who married Michael
Tague, lived all her married life in
Perry county. Their children Vim
cent and Charlie are living Kath
crime married Patrick Powers. They
had no children. Their home was in
Perry county. Joan married Dan
and had two boys One was
probate Judge He lived in Perry |
James f. married Rose Me-
Hugh. Their children-Celia, Ag- |
nes, Frank, and Stephen (deceased).
Patrick married Bridget McHugh. !
Of their ten children, we learn Kath-
crime, Elizabeth, Vincent and Frank
are living in New Lexington. Mar
in married Nancy A. Geary. She
was born in Tipperary, Ireland, and
to America with her un-
lie, Thomas Geary, at the age of 15
Jears. They located in Washington
not far from ChurchtoWn;
lnnpht / 60 acres of land from the |