Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1933-01-19

township, MusAingum county, Ohio,
Aug. s, 1918; was married to Sarah
A Gorrell. May 13, 1S41. Mrs.
Hardesty was born in Hartford
county, Maryland of Fnglish-Irish
stock, July II, 1924. They were
the parents of two sons-Sylvester
and William H, and two daughters
Elizabeth F. and Mary l.. ,Syl-
yester married Mary j. King; Will
liam H. married Maletta Weeden;
Elizabeth F. marred John King;
Mary l.. was twice married. first to
Frank (Dock) Gray, then to Will
bur Chambers. John Hardesty died
March 9, 1899 Sarah A., who
came 20 Ohio when small child,
died Oct 8, 1919. While we think
of it. Mr.. and Mrs Hardesty, the
son William II. and wife, and the
two daughters Elizabeth Frances
and husband John King. and Mary
Louise and husband Wilbur Cham
bers. all sleep in the Lebanon NJ E.
church cemetery.
John Hardesty ii seems bought
and sold land. From the way he
bought, sold and traded, he did it
with as little hesitation as Wilson
Henderson trades a pocket book or
knife At the time of his death he
was the owner of the w. H. Cool
farm at Bristol, also the farm on
which the Stevens stand was To-
Gated at the junction of rs, rs,
284. Someone may misunderstood
this, as 2S4 does not come quite up
to rs. but the land referred to
touches both functions. The son
William H. was also a trader, being
in the merchandise business at
Rowland, Meigs and Bristol. He
would trade store goods for any
thing his customers had. The late
H. W. Leland said he owed his rise
in the business world to loan of
money from VIM Henry, without a
note, all of which Hamer paid In
the dividing of the John Hardesty
estate William H. got the home
place and we forgot John Hardesty
owned the farm at the old Emery
church. now owned and occupied by
the Bryan family. which was the
John Freeborn farm in our boy
hood Since the death of William
H. and wife, the children have their
holdings intact, which include the
Cool. the Scott Hooper (Osbornel ,
some so acres acquired from Phillip
Brown-which was part of the John
Mcdonald farm on Horse run; some
so acres of the former VIM. Gun
ningham farm, and the home of the
late VIM Henderson, which Meigs
creek cuts off from the rest of the
Muse farm, and which is now the
home of the Oldest son Frank and
family Franks wife was Mary,
daughter of George and Lille Hen
derson Richey. Miss Etha is cash
ier in a railroad office in New York
City. w. L. and Miss Mary who are
waiting TO be sure they are right
are keeping house at the, old home
stead.
Mary L. and Frank Gray were the
soon after her marriage to w. d.
Hancher, and w. H. Gray whose
death occurred some three years
ago. His wife Alma Gilliland Gray
with two daughters Lora and Wav2
and one son Howard, survives. BY
her second marriage Mary L. was
the mother of one daughter, bessie,
wife of j. w. Martin south of
Meigs.
The Kings were the parents of
one daughter--Mary, whose death
in young womanhood cast a shadow
over her parents life, which it
seemed they could not get from un-
der. We are unable to give the
names of the children of Sylvester
at this time.
expert claimed that left handed
writer's crossed their t's starting
from the opposite side from what
right handed people do, and he new
er knew that we oft forget to start
at either side.
In our writing we have told of
much marrying. While we have
never said anything about it, we
have often wondered why some
folks married some other folks
Perhaps some of our unmarried
friends who have come up to the1
age of the marriage trap without
being caught, wonder why anybody |
Have any of you ever letI
your mind loose in that area? Any |
way at this time, we want to copy |
into our story a clipping found in |
our wife's scrap book. We are un-
able to tell the paper from which |
clipped: "A very queer marriage |
is reported from Perry county, at
Thornville, July 81, 1887. The par
ties who figure in the leading role
of this always interesting ceremony |
are Charles Love, jr., and Miss |
Sarah Lawrence. The curious fea-
lures of the marriage are found in
the ages of the couple-the bride
being over CT and the groom but %
This makes difference of As years
in their ages. but apparently makes
no difference in their love. The
bride weighs 237 pounds, and is as
rich as Croesus, while the groom
weighs but 1872 pounds is as
poor as Lazarus If you note in
next weeks issue that our friend
Jimmie has gone, don't ask us
where.
John Newman
Was a resident of Bristol town
ship, and not only a resident, but at
that time an important parsonage,
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