Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1933-02-23

only Incorporated society In the
township. If we read correctly, the
church can sue and collect assess
ments of their members The
preacher could sue and collect his
salary in case they failed to pay. So
far nothing wonderful has come of
this writing, and we suspect many
of the preachers and members have
gone on and never knew of the in
corporation. Somewhere in our
story we said we only knew of one
person in the township who could
not read and write. Since we wrote
that section we have thought of two
more-but this is why we speak OF
it again, some of our readers had
the wrong person spotted. Guess
again. 1t doesn't cost anything to
guess, and no prize for correct
guesses.
our mind that the family at one
time lived in Bristol township. 1t
was while they were living here on
/ the farm known then as the j. w.
] Cunningham farm. near the old
/ Election school house, now the
property of C. M. Garrett, that the
! daughter Jennie died. She was bur-
! led at Mt. Zion; then after the fam
ily moved to near McConnelsville,
the body was moved to the McCon-
nelsville cemetery. AS we remem-
ber the family first went to Illinois,
and from there they scattered to
different states. We may be dream
ing, but we think it was the Keyes
family who when they went west
took the family cat with them, and
that the cat came back. II it WASH t
them, and the eat did not come back
the cat didn't come back.
Somewhere in our story we said
in writing of the George and Eliza
beth Anderson family, that James
j married Margaret Ann Kirkpat-
rick At reunion of the fam
ily, some of the family took excep-
ton to the statement, saying her
maiden name was Holmes. We find
we were correct, or rather our in
formant was correct, and that after
Mrs. Anderson's fathers death, her
mother married Holmes. The grand
children remembered their grand
mother as Holmes, and never knew
or had forgotten her re-marriage.
We learn that George Anderson
was a brewer. had still and made
whisky in building that stood
near the barn on the old farm on
Bear run. From history read by
Mrs. Mary Anderson Scott at the re-
union above referred to, we find
Granny Anderson raised more flax
than any farmer hereabout. The
old home house of the Andersons
was bought by Aaron Jordon and
torn down and moved to near the
old mulberry spring back of the
burg, where it was used as a dwell
ing by several families until after
Stanley Ray purchased the property,
since which it has been used for a
/ COW stable. Some folks have the
idea that this was an UNUSUAL house
for size, but we learn that the son
James built an addition to it, and
i
got the idea it was out of the ordi-
nary for log houses And that calls
to mind that Aaron Jordon came
here from over about Cumberland,
and married Alta, daughter of
James and Nancy j. Ashton. Aaron
was a carpenter and saw mill man.
/ After their marriage they lived at
Meigs, in the house spoken of above,
] for several years, then went to Cum
berland. Some of our readers Will
remember that Alta is a practical
/ nurse, and while she was away at
work, their house caught fire and
burned, and that Aaron who had
become very deaf was trapped in
| the burning house and came near
losing his life The Jordons have
10 children to whom they can tell
their experiences at Muttonburg.
A friend recently said in refer
ring to our story-'I don't know
how you ever think of it, When
we told him that we did not have to
think, we are most sure he did not
, understand what we meant, which
is only that when we had to stop
and study we had to quit or do
, something like the foregoing, while
the thing we want comes to us.
The reason some folks fail to
gain prominence, is the fact that
they choose a career where there
are not enough, or at least whole
lot, of high places. The Presbyte-
rian church, we believe, is one place
that offers to her ministers less
high places than any other church
or at least any that comes near
requiring as much in education, and
for that reason the honor is greater
we think. To become moderator OF
the Presbyterian church of the
United States, to be chosen out of
the great list of preachers, is sure
an honor The birthplaces of presi-
dents are made shrine. With all
honor to our presidents, we believe
it takes more ability to get to be
moderator, than president. Some
men buy or their friends buy, their
way to the White House. But
preacher buying a rulership, even IT
they would -stoop to such a thing.
where would they get the money?
After serving as moderator, you are
soon forgotten, or at least we have
been unable to find any record of
the incumbents of the highest office
in that church. But what we want
to tell you at this time, is that a
boy born in Bristol township went