Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1933-06-29
Morgan County Thursday 1888

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chain, and that leads us to this
how many folks do you know who
you believe are wrong-are on the
highway to hell? How many of
these have you waved red flag at?
How many have you talked with?
In the Shook section, in telling of
the children of Isaac Shook, we
omitted one daughter Mary. She
married Jefferson Dyke, and for
many years they lived near Rox-
bury and Brokaw. Mr.. Dyke has
been dead several years, but Mary
still resides in that neighborhood.
George Chambers informs us he
was glad to hear from isis" Mary
Lindimore Vanoster, and went on
to relate a story of the Robinson
school, when he was a small lad.
Henry Woodward was the teacher,
and kept Mary in after school. Her
brothers and other big boys staid
to see what would happen. AS
George was the smallest, they held
him up so he could look in the
window and report to them. Adam
Barclay who was the director had
bought a new stove for the school
house, and with the stove came
long poker When the teacher got
the withe he had ready, Mary jump
ed over seat and grabbed the pok-
er and told him what to expect. He
took her word for it. With her
basket she took her time in leaving
the school room. When we have
the reunion we will have Mrs. Van
oster show us how she jumped over
the seat. Oh yes, she had red
and black shawl, so says George,
which goes to prove that George
was paying attention to the girls at
tender age.
Mary Vanoster made the first
short sleeved shirts for her husband
that ever appeared in the neighbor-
hood. At first Dan did not like
them, but later found they were
what he needed. Dan Vanoster was
a big stout man, looked like he
would meyer die, but as per former
section he went on and left many
who were weak and frail looking.
We feel we should tell you that
after being used as cattle barn on
the Chambers farm for several
years. the Robinson school building
was sold to the l. O. O. f. lodge
which used it in building a resi-
dence for Mrs Gus Shrivers, across
the road from the Emery school
house.
Among the early settlers in Bris-
tol were Jonathan and keziah Pick
enpaugh Rex. They came from
Pennsylvania on horseback, that is
Mrs. Rex did. She carried their
belongings. Mr.. Rex walked and
led COW. Somewhere along the
way he watered the COW at salt
spring, and they thought she drank
too much. At any rate she died.
We find the first record of where
they acquired land as given in the
record of deeds in the recorders
office of Morgan county, the follow
ing March II, 1880: George Dye
and Sarah Dye, his wife, to Jotha-
than Rex, 80 plus acres, town IL,
range 10. This deed was written by
John Richey, and there is mis-
take in it. Do you see it? Their
children were: John, married Ra-
chel Sevall; William. Mary A. Dye;
Zelda Walls; Jacob, Mary
Bell Eli, Mary A. Wadsworth;
Sarah, Conkle; Mary, Thos. Wilson;
Malinda, Thos. Bay; Elizabeth, John
Davis; Rebecca, Felty SeVall'
Keziah, George Walls. All of this
large family are dead. After their
only two, Jacob and Jon
athan, remained in the township.
1t is told that Mr. Rex had so pros
pered that he gave each Of his chill
dren a farm or it's equivalent in
cash (160 acres).
Jacob and Jane Bell Rex owned
the farm now known as the Porter
farm, on Horse Run. Their children
We're as follows: Robert. married a
western lady; John w, Lizzie
Bond; Jonathan, Fanny Reed; Mar
garet, Wm. Bozman: James,
western lady; George w, Annie Nc
Carty; Mary A., died in young
womanhood; Minnie c., Kaylor. 1t
will be remembered that Jacob Rex
built a great house, large enough
for a hotel The cost was too much
for his finances, and he lost the
farm. Jonathan and Fanny Reed
Rex were the parents of the follow
ing children: Alice, who died at age
of seven, with diphtheria; Frank,
who married Belle Garrett Charley,
Blanche Bethel; Maud, John T.
Turner. Mrs. Turner lives in Co.
lumbus; Frank, on Reinersvllle
route. BY a sketch found in the
scrap book of the late Cora Scott,
we find Mary Rex died Sept. 27,
1888, aged 27 years, four months
and % days. 1t will be remember
ed that Charley Rex was trampled
TO death by horse some years ago.
We believe we are right when we
say of these two families, only one
descendant, Bethel Rex, with his
wife and son, now lives in Bristol.
1t has been a surprise to us to find
h ow fo1lyc caaffprpd not nnlv over