Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1933-06-15
The A STORY
go - Bristol Township Folk
- AkL@JLOx BY C. RAY
By c. B. RAY

before we came on the stage, but
he was not too big to play with us
when we with our parents visited
at their home. After attending the
common schools, and taking the test
that at that time determined what
the applicant knew, rather than
where and how long you had been
there, he was given permission to
teach school, He attended the Ohio
University at Athens; read law with
Mckinney and Danford; was ad-
mitted to the bar in December,
1895; served as clerk of courts,
1S99-1905; prosecuting attorney,
January, 1915-January, 1888; may
or Of McConnelsville, 1906-1912;
served as J. P. of Morgan township.
We could name the secret orders OF
the town he does not belong TO,
easier than the ones he does. he
has long since proved to the folks
Of Morgan and surrounding coun-
ties. that he is public speaker,
worth while, and is always IN de-
mand. While he has held office
quite a bit, his party has always
been careful 10 not let him have a
chance to run for some OF the hlgh
places. While we have stated III
previous sections, we are not
weighing the folk and giving the
weight, we feel we should state
facts-had George been Demo
crat. he would have been governor
of Ohio ere this, and were he gov
ernor he would still be George, go
ing about saying Hello Joe, Sam and
Jim.
We have never Ielt like writing
spring poetry, for which we want 10
thank God and our mother, but we
can't help feeling and trying to pen
Gil the beauty of the fields at TINS
time. AS we went to bring the COWS
to the milking place, we beheid the
beauty of the field carpeted Win
blue grass and clover, with the
early sun shining on the dew cover
ed grass; it was sure a beautifui
sight. and that brings to our NINA
that this is Mothers day, as we
write this We have met and known
many women. We have found many
who have been most kind. we are
life's journey with the
best woman alive, and some day we
know her children and ours, VIII
feel and say as We do now, II was
and is. to mother we owe what we
are of worth whileness; who taught
us to read and appreciate, and MN
ister to the sick, and she will i've on
in the lives of her children as ours
lives in us. and that is why we
the love of Ruby, and this
is the flower we offer to our noun
er whose ashes rest beneath the sod,
but whose works do follow her.
Many of the children OF the pres
ant have no idea Of the work that
has been done in Bristol township,
workmen in iron, steel and wood
making everything from butcher
knives to threshing machines, fur
niture and caskets.
Two men who lived and worked
IN Tallytown many years ago, are
often spoken Of today by the folks
of that section of the township
G. p. Roberts informs us that the
edge tools used by his father, the
late Ephraim Roberts. were maze
by Moses Bullock and have his
name stamped on them. 1t will be
that Mr.. Roberts was
cabinet and coffin maker. These
tools are still in the work shop OF
the son G. P.
Hickman Bullock, the wagon
maker, was the father Of 13 chill
dren, all now dead except Mrs.
Grove Patterson OF Wolf Greek, and
Harrison Bullock Of PainesTille, 0.
The latter is S6 years Of age, and
nearly blind. His wife is sister
Of Mrs. Samuel Torbert. Mr.. Bul-
lock enjoys having the Democrat
read to him. John Talley Bullock
Mr.. Bullock you will notice was
named for John Talley. His wife
was Nancy Jane Ackels. They We're
the parents Of the following chill
9ren: Harrison of Iowa; Eta, wife
Of John McPeak of Rosseau; Alma,
wife Of Frank Parsons, WoIt
Creek, and William of Deavertown.
While we have known that Will
lcted like Bristol folk, we never
knew until recently how he got
hat way
In a recent issue of the Times
Recorder. in the Little Stories OF
Southeastern Ohio section, was a
partial story Of the walk Harrison
Warner took from McConnelsyille
o Baltimore. AS we get the story,
Garrison Warner was born on the
eastern shore of Maryland, Oct. 8,
1901. At the age of IS he came to
ohio, stopping in Belmont county,
md from there to GAINESVILLE. He
was in New Orleans during the
,holera scourge in the wear 1881.
Luckily he did not contract the
disease; then he came back TO
where he stald awhile,
hen moved to Blue Rock, and
rom there to Bristol township.
For many years he lived in house
hat stood near the Fred barn on
The Easlick, now the John Anderson
tarm, where he piled his trade Of
From there he moved
10 a house now gone that stood
across the ridge road from where
the road turns off to 90 70 the Fred
Downing residence. 1t was here he
was living when he started on his
trip to Baltimore, and where he re-
turned to and where his death oc-
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