Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1933-05-25

ana 06f nuSDdUu ndQ snow WHSIc
they exhibited wax figures and
monkeys. The old lady would lee
ture to beat the wind, on her chos
en- subject, and every once in a
while she would stop to tell of the
show-the wax figures, and mon |
keys, which calls to mind the fact
that our informant of these events,
our good grandmother Ray, we re-
member told us not only these
stories, but related much of the ex-
periences of religion, sickness, and
of the good folks who were part
of the life of the township in the
early days The great regret of our
life is that we did not have sense
enough TO make written record as
she related the history. But we still
insist that if all of our readers will
aid us, by refreshing their men,
ories, we can hand down to coming
generations the history of our folks
who made Bristol township.
And while we are wiggling our
ears, we wish to say it is surprising
how little some folks know of their
people on the one hand, and how
much others know not only of their
| folks, but of their neighbors and of
| folks who lived here. 1t is also sur
! prising how nearly everyone is in
terested in the early history of our
township.
Going back to the Mcdowell fam
lily, another son, Samuel, after his
marriage lived at Charlottesville.
He was the father of three daugh-
ters; Ella Barbour, Columbus; Lot
tie Robinson, Charlottesville, and
Bertha Snyder, Shawnee. Samuel
outlived the rest of the family. We
are unable to give the date of his
death.
Another son, James, who is men,
toned in the will, must have died
in childhood or young manhood.
were born to the said James and
Charlotte Mcdowell. AS we remem-
Der, they died while only young
women. One of them was engaged
to marry j. c. Murduck, whom we
have told you about in the Meigs
cemetery story.
1t seems that Mrs. Mcdowell had
a higher appreciation of married life
than of acres of land, as we find she
married Samuel Paxton, and to this
union three sons-Frank, James
and Perley, were born.
| n. to he InI oJ0
family. they were the parents Of
eight children-four sons, George,
JOS. w, Samuel and John, all de-
ceased except Joseph. OF the four
daughters, Annie, Eva, Cora and
/ Mary E., all are deceased except the
! latter who is the wife of John w.
| Parmiter, and resides on the old
home farm They are the parents
of one daughter, Mrs. Ella Knox of
route two. two sons, Clarence of
route two, both in Bristol, and Fred
who lives in East Bloom. Asw have
| told you, Joseph lives on part of
/ the home farm. Mrs. Mcdowell be-
/ fore marriage was Lizzie Fowler,
| daughter of the late John and Re-
| becca Conn Fowler They are the
parents of one daughter, Ethel, wife
of Everett Greer, who resides on
the former Thomas Weeden farm
near the Mt. Zion NJ E. church.
We feel our story would be far
| from complete, did we not tell you
more about the deceased members
of this family. We remeber the
father as an invalid, and we also
remember that everything that med
ical skill could do and suggest was
done to relieve him. While we re-
member but little of what was done
we remember distinctly an electric
battery they had and how we used
to catch hands and one on the enc
would take hold of the handle or
the instrument, and how the cur
rent would shoot through us. Some
one has said trouble never comes
single. At any rate that was more
than true in the case of this family
AS we remember, the father, Sam
uel, Eva, and Annie all died inside
of 13 months. Then a few years
|
meath falling tree, and his leg was
so badly crushed that it had to be
amputated Then he last the sight
of both eyes. We will give the
dates of these deaths later. John
the youngest son, was never very
rugged; only a few years ago he
met his death by drowning. Many
of our readers will remember thai
he had gone to the creek to water
the horses. There had been heavy
rain, and the creek was up. 1t will
never be known for sure, but it was
supposed at the time that when he
started the horse which he was rid
ing, down the bank, the horse on
seeing the rising water bolted and
stopped suddenly, and John went
over it's head into the racing cur
rent Even had he been strong and
a good swimmer, it would have been
difficult to save himself, dressed as
he was with his clothing and rub
ber boots on, and taken by surprise
as he no doubt was, it would have
been a real task. Soon a large
number of neighbors gathered. w.
M. Newton, then sheriff of Morgan
county, with several more from Nc
Connelsville came out with boats
and graphing hooks, and the creek
was dragged as far down as the
Murray, now the Glenn, bridge, but
the body could not be located, and
the search was given up after sever.
al hours, until daylight. On going
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