Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1933-09-14

King, born March II, 1897, dice
March ~, 1915, Co. G, SO Regi-
ment o. V. I. VIM. Hastings, Co. H
IS Regiment, o. V. l., born Feb. 2
1888, died Sept. A, 1904. Junie A
butcher, Co. G, 81 o. ". l., dice
July 81, 1882, aged "A years, one
month, three days. Elias Murphy
Co. D, 55 Regiment, o. v. T., nc
oates. VIM. Burkheimer, co. d. 9th
Regiment, O. V. L., Oct. 8, 1928
July II, 1890. Ellis Carr, Co. c.
122 Regiment, o. v. |. John Farus
Co. D, 63 Regiment, o. V. L., nc
dates. Ellis Miller, Co. C, 1872
Regiment, O. v. l., Nov. 18. 1919
April 80, 1882. H. NJ. Sanders. CO,
G, 1S2 Regiment, o. V. l., no dates.
Where we found no dates was where
the government had placed markers.
A little later we hope to give date
OF birth and death of the three
above whose markers bear no dates.
Back in our boyhood we heard
our father tell of the McGraths.
II we mistake not, grandmother and
that generation pronounced it as
though it was spelled McGraw We
have long known Frank McGrath.
In fact we learned quite a bit of
the carpenter trade from him. or
rather we learned he was a won
derful mechanic, and we were not.
We worked under him on the Camp
4 bell bridge form. While we did not
! know Hiram, we found he was not
! hafd TO get acquainted with. Re
Gently we called on him. We found
him full of Muttonburg history. The
/ McGrath boys were born in the vii
lage. Mr.. McGrath kept foxes in
/ the village. The McGraths owned a
/ saw and grist mill at the bridge. at
what we have long known as the
Lewty Lindimore place. At that
time the McGraths owned this prop
erty.
Thos. Stevens owned and operated
the tannery where Lawrence Shields
now resides, the former A. j. Scott
house. Thomas had a son Asa who
was born with defective feet. He
had to have shoes made the shape
of horse shoes. He peddled crock
cry ware.
Frank Shades (and that adds an
other to the list of names that have
gone off the township poll) lived in
the Lindimore property. His wife
was Alvena McGrath.
McGraths And Whom They Married
Caroline, Jacob Rogers; Kinda,
John Hook; Julia Ann, Henry Out
| calf; Alvira, Henry Patterson;
Mary, ; Sidney, Porter;
Atheuis killed by lightning, was
driving a team, both horses were
killed; Cicero, went west, and Mr..
McGrath did not know his history.
The Muchmores Of whom we have
written, were not only the parents
of moderator of the Presbyterian
church, but owned and operated
still. We understand the white
mule of the present age is not con-
ducive to preacherism. The old
man carried saddle bags. In one
end he carried Bibles and in the
other liquor. Loaded for all GUS
toners.
A man was killed at the Eph Kel-
lar shop on the now S. E. Bone
farm. A silk muffler or something
of that nature caught in or by
shaft.
At that time millwright got 81
per day; worked from early to late.
In some of our writings we told
of ''No Mans Land" in East Wind
sor, but that was an idea Of Mr.
Sells to show that he was not go
ing to get entangled in any neigh
borhood trouble-but right in Nut
tonburg we have piece of land
that no one has a deed for. 1t is in
the Marion Little yard. 1t was here
that Frank Adams made barrels,
bushel half bushel and peck mea-
sures The road has been changed
until it is hard to tell just where it
is. When the Clay Products Co.
begin erecting their factory, all this
land will be surveyed. When Hi
was a boy the village was mostly on
the south side Of the road as at
present DR.. Kirk, Blickmore and
Kuntz were on the north side.
Blickmore and Kuntz were caught
with dies for making counterfeit
money. On the south side, from
west to east, McGrath's wagon shop,
Stephen Miller, Atkinsons, Sheri-
dams, Squire Paxton, Isaac Carnes
the tailor. Mr.. McGrath tells us
the Merwin house by the cemetery
was built for dance hall. man
by the name of Ballard had 1t
built. Maria Cotton, sister of r.
D., was school teacher at Meigs
in those early days.
Seth Andrews was good man;
found a five cent piece on street,
measured and found the nearest
store, and left it there.
If there is anybody who can give
more interesting history of Mutton
burg than Hiram McGrath, they will
have to be more than 81. There is ]
still much that he will tell us, and
we will pencil to you.
Joseph f. and Sarah j. Sheridan |
lived in Muttonburg in GAGS, on
the Jenkins farm '6S-'70. They |
were the parents Of the following |
children: Laura, who married David |
Stoneman; Elizabeth, VIM. Hemp
field; Editha, David Mccormick; |
Abagail, General Frank Carscadon; |
Emma, VIM. McNabb, Finley Dye,
and Sarah Garrett Henderson. Fin |