Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1933-04-20

but as we have often remarked,
we forget the easy things. Yes we
forgot that Billy Ward came back
later and lived for time in the log
house, back of the village, which we
told you Aaron Jordan built, but
Billy had lost Annie in the mean
time After Billy had resided here
for a while the urge to be on his
and Stanley Ray bought his belong
ings, and away he went never to re-
turn yet.
While we were at the Ferguson
home last Week, getting the story Of
the Washington Ferguson family,
the Morgan County Democrat was
being. distributed to the readers,
caryihg the word that Washington
c. slook who was named for Mr..
Ferguson, was dead. AS we have
related in a former section, the
Shook children were born in Bris-
tol. We note in the record for sub
district clerks of sub-district No 10,
that someone wrote the oath that
the directors had to take before as
suming office, which reads as fol-
lows: do you solemnly swear that
you will support the constitution of
Ohio. and that you will faithfully
and impartially discharge the duties
of your office as local director of
sub-distriet No. 10, for the town
ship OF Bristol, during your con-
Einuance in office, to the best of
your skill and ability" Those of
our readers who are acquainted
with the nature of an oath as ad-
ministered at this time. will no
doubt notice the funny word in the
above
Lou Workman who later became
Ehe richest man in Bristol township,
said the first time he ever went in
debt was at the Stevens stand, for a
silk handkerchief At one time Mr..
Workman went to see girl, where
he met another young man who had
come to see another girl in the fam
lily The young man had on a pair
of fine boots, and noticing Mr.. Wort
man had coarse boots, he made fun
of them AT the time of their death,
Mr. Workman had away and far the
most money of the two.
Robert Chambers for whom Rob-
ert " of kennebec ridge was nam
ed. came over from Belmont coun-
ty, and cleared some land on the
farm now owned by Arthur Girls
man. One evening he shouldered
his mattock saying he could make
money easier than by grubbing, and
went back to Belmont and went to
practicing law. He taught music.
The funny thing about it was the
fact that he never took a lesson,
having learned without a teacher.
Many times we noted in the records
where meetings and elections were
held at the school house on the
William Chambers farm This man
was grandfather of Geo. Cham
ber7 who now owns the land where
the school house Robinson was sit I
uated. We wish to tell you that We
want to speak of the Wortmans and
Mrs Wortman's folks the Browns, I
in a coming section. J. A. G. Le- /
land was clerking for Mr. Stevens, {
and sold the silk handkerchief.
The Stevens cemetery was named
for the first settler who owned the .
land on which the cemetery is To-
Gated, and where he is buried. Mr. I
Stevens owned quite large acre (
age of land which has been divided I
into smaller tracts, since his death. (
Some time before we write fnis to
this work. we want to visit the Stew 7
ems cemetery, and tell you what we I.
ind.
Finley Brothers was born near
Cadiz and came with his fathers
family to Meigsville township and .
from there to Muskingum county.
He came back and worked for
Johnny Brown, back of the Morgan
county fair ground. He married
Ann Richardson who was born in
Meigsyille township They moved
10 Bloom, then back TO Meigsyille,
and then to Bristol John was born
in Bloom. Ella and Fred in Meigs-
Vile, and Will in Bristol John
married Amanda Gordon, and they
own and live on the p C. Gorrell
farm, the south line of which Joins
Meigsville, at the Patterson school
house. Ella married Richard James,
now deceased. Mrs. James still re-
sides at Canton, S. D., their old
home. Fred married Jennie Rich
ards, and they own farm near
Morganville. Will married Ota
Thomas, and they live east of Otho.
Mr.. Brothers went to West Virginia,
was killed by falling tree. Mrs.
Brothers made her home with her
daughter for several years, where
her death occurred Mr.. Brothers
was a hard worker, cutting timber,
grubbing, ETC. In the years we re-
member him, he farmed on a large
scale.
We are sorry the hard times
and the increase in postage has