Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1933-04-13

Article of Agreement 4

composed of s Rowland, VIM. Cor
rell and j. Hardes.ty of Bristol
township, Morgan county, of the
first part, and Samuel Gay of the
second part. The. party of the first
rart agree to pay by order on the
treasury of Bristol toWnship the
sum of $6375, for the erection of
a foot bridge across Meigs- creek,
near John Little's. in the following
manner; Said bridge to, xbe 60. feet
long, four feet wide. and above
high water mark, composed of oak
timber; eight j. sills. 2NS inches;
railing, five feet, four inches high
center post. II feet high: braces,
16 feet long. Said work to be done
in a. workmanlike manner. Work
to be done by Dee. 10, 1s76.-Sol-
onion Rowland ". NJ. Gorrell, John
Hardesty, Samuel NJ Gay. Witness,
w. H Hardesty.
If we remember correctly, John
Little's lived at that time where
Joseph Downing's now live. All
five of the men who signed the
agreement have gone over the river
that. has no foot bridge to come
back on. Only two foot bridges
are left on the creeks one at the C.
r. Flanders ford, south of Cloud,
and one between the J W Par
mitaI and f, IT. Little farms. These
bridges were built by the school
boards, Ito accommodate the. school
children The one at the Flanders
place is not used now, us the folks
go to the iron bridge on the J. r.
Dunkle farm, and, only one pupil
crosses the other-but they come
handy for folks in. the neighbor-
hood
More and more as the months go
by and the story OF Bristol folk un-
folds, and we write anj think and
Ulite some more, are we made to
realize that the actuality- Of human
living is far and away ahead of any
OF the Imagination OF noyelists
The novelist has the advantage of
the writer of real, true life stories,
in hat The former makes them act
10 suit his fancy. But one thing
we are glad of, you can't tell how
our actors are going. to perform,
and another thing we like about
this writing much of it is news to
us
Herbert Cotton, who was broth
er of Rufus D.. who spent his life
here. lived for many years in Illi-
nois, whore his first wife died. He
came to Bristol and wooed and won
Angelina Argo for his second wife
They had part of the r. d. Cotton
farm, and had a new dwelling and
outbuildings. where they resided
until Mr., Cotton's death, which oc-
Cured Oct IS, 1910 His death
was very sudden Of heart trouble
The body was kept here the cuSto-
mary time and a funeral service
held, then accompanied by a son
the body was taken to his former
home in Illinois, where another SER
vice was held, and interment was
made We remember when the
word came that Mr.. Cotton was
dead, we made a run across fields
m tho Cation bop,a 1Na oIcc 20
member that while helping Web
Moore the undertaken We found
that on account of the hardening
Of the arteries, it was most impos-
sible to get the embalming fluid to
feed into them. But Wei filled the
cavities with fluid We we'll remem- I.
ber how pleased he was when the
son came back following the fu-
neral, to settle up his fathers bust
ness, and brought the word that his +
father looked better on the day of
the funeral there than he did be
fore 4eaving here. Mrs. Cotton sold /
cut and bought property in McCon-
ed and this makes us think
since we moved to Bear Run we /
have been called to the house above
referred to, four times, on account T
Of sudden deaths The other three I
we're VIM. James. Paul McGrath +.
and G. r. Flanders, Oh no, there
is nothing wrong with the place.
The present occupants, Harry Camp
bell and family, are hale and hearty. |
Harry is|a real Muttonburger, hav-
ing spent his life hereabouts. His
wife, formerly Alta Finley, was a |
former Deerffeld girl They have
two little boys, Gene and Darl Dean.
Harry has been an employe of the
state. highway department for sew
eral years. ~.
In our Meigs cemetery story, xe /
told of the fact that we have SOL
diers sof all wars, except the World
war, buried here While Bristol
furnished her quota fog that war,
we peileee ohiy Two 'ost tlear hses
or died during the war-Charles
Hale and. Lyle D. Ray. Charley of
course was not credited to Bristol
having gone to the west, but he
was Bristol boy nevertheless. In
our writings We 4haye told of the
great number of veterans of the
Civil war who resided here follow
ing the war, and noted their passing