Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1933-03-09


ledge around the center, and shale
on the lower side. Mt. Zion very
stony. Mt Carmel on hillside.
Lebanon, stone and shale. Bristol
perhaps is as near free from rock as
any, but they find hard digging
there, and often in wet seasons the
graves cave before they get them
finished. But why mention it? At
least SO percent of the folks who
will read this, don't want to be bur-
led in any of them-at least this
winter.
To be an important parsonage,
and be able to carry on to the end
Of life's journey, would be nice, but
to be important and then slide and
have to re-focus and look up, would
sure give one pain. Sometimes
we hesitate to write on account of
the fact that so many readers want
to put their own Interpretation on
what we write. Please don't do it
this time, as sometimes lame
ducks" are bigger and better than
those that go without cane or
crutch. What we are trying to i'm
part-that big men and women and
little men and women are found
among the followers, as well as
among the leaders. So when you
read, you may read about someone
we did not have in mind at all.
M. e. Gilbert came to Bristol
somewhere near 1920. After ca
reer as restaurateur in several
cities of the IT, S.. he purchased the
Chas. Sheridan farm from Harley
Lawrence His father Perley Gil
bert came with him and was cared
for by him until his death. Marion
has been in the coal business ever
the platform at all times. Whether
Marion has had love affair which
never eliminated in marriage and
M. f. becoming father to large
brood,-we are sure he never had
better half. When Marion gets his
crown, we are sure there will be
stars in it, because of the fact that
he took care of his father and moth
er.
On another visit with George
Roberts we found him in reminis-
cent mood. He told of the tales
they told of William Hempfeld, sr.:
of the big sleigh he had In sleigh
ing time he hitched up his team to
go to town where he would get
load of the children and drive
around town. We thought of some
men we had known who would slash
their whip to keep the boys off their
sleds and sleighs. Then he told
about Mr. Hempfield taking sacks
of apples with him and scattering
them along the street. and watching
the children gather them up. Mr..
Hempfeld has gone on, so Tong ago
that very few of the residents of the
township even remember of hearing
of him, but we are sure "the good
that men do live after them"
We note with gladness what our
friend Williams Of the Ringgold
pencil says about Rev Pierce. We
are hoping Mr. Williams may be
able to eye us the reverend's ad-
dress, and that we may be able to
hear from him in regard to his pas
torate here. If we figure correctly,
he was preaching here 3S years ago
Mt. Zion VI. Il. Church
We have here a brief history of
this church. We are unable to give
the author. AS we remember, it
fell into the hands of a former pas
tor who gave it to us with this very
purpose in mind No doubt very
few of the present membership of
the church know even this much of
its history. While only guess, we
are most sure this was written 35
or 40 years ago:
"F'rom its organization it has
been one of the strongest country
churches in Morgan county. At the
same time it is one of the oldest,
having been organized by John
Hammond in 1919. The records hav-
ing been lost, it is impossible to
give the names of the original mem
bers, but among them were the
Hammonds, Devols, Murphys, Ham
mersons, Cuddingtons, McCartys,
Smiths, Harmons, and others. James
Abbott was the first class leader.
The first church building was of
logs. 1t was built in 1921. The
present structure was erected in
1850. 1t is 38x44 feet and cost
$1,000. The present membership is
about so. The society has a -four
ishing Sunday school of SO men,
bers. OF this church w. D. Mercer
says: There is probably no country
church in the state that so many
people will call their spiritual
Later we will tell you more of it's
history.
(To Be Continued)