Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1936-01-23

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COS father took his wife and little
family on a visit to relatives in
Iowa, travelling all the way by
steamboat He liked the country
so well he bought farm in Marion
county, Iowa, near two of his
brother-in-laws, and lived there
from 1869 to 1881, when i'll health,
malaria, sent him back to Ohio. He
again left Ohio in 1897, moving to
Unionville, Mo-, where he lived un-
til his death Feb. z, 1901, at the
age of 83 years. His wife Eliza
| beth lived to be almost S5 years
dying Sept. 10, 1908. Both are
buried in the cemetery at Union
Vile, Mo.
| will add that our parents stood
for all good things and sound
moral teachings, scrupulousiy hon
est and honorable in their deal
ings with all. They had the re-
spect Of all friends and have done
much to help those less fortunate.
Father was a Republican, voted
Whig at first election-for VIM.
Henry Harrison for president. He
was a Mason, and by religion, Uni
versalist. The Counsils, Wilson's,
Murrays and Walkers were all
strong Uniyersalists.
/ Children of Joseph Draper and
! Elizabeth COUNSEL Wilson: Julia
Eaton, teacher, married Fl. r.
man OF Unionville, Mo-, and later
state representative, which office he
held at his death. Frances Anne,
married James Buchanan Davis,
! rancher, in Iowa. South Dakota and
! Kansas. She died in Kansas in
I 1920. Loretta married Charles Ell
! bert Davis in Ohio, 1882, son of
John P. Davis Of big Meigs creek,
and later McKendree neighborhood.
Charlie moved to Kansas, then to
! Tacoma, Wash, where he followed
contracting: later moved to near
Leahy, Douglas county Washing
! ton, onto a wheat ranch where he
died in 1919. His widow still
! lives on the farm with her son Ray
mond who never married. Augusta
and Grace Greenwood remained sim
/ gle, taking care of their parents
until their deaths. Augusta stud
! led music and became a piano in
! structor of ability Grace G. took
( business course, later studied osteo-
pathy and practiced eight years i'll
i Unionville, Mo. Then she and Au-
gusta moved to Tacoma, Wash, in
1910, and in 1916 moved to the
larger city Of Seattle. In 1918 she
took special course in reconstruc-
( ton hospital work in Portland,
Ore, and in March, 1919, was APP
pointed by the war department to
Camp Bowie, Fit Worth. Texas, and
placed in charge of the physical
/ reconstruction work for returned
wounded World war veterans. Later
she was sent to TT Sam Houston,
san Antonio, Tex, where She work
ed several months. Since her War
work. she still pursues her pro
fcssion as a drugIess physician.
We find at this time the Draper
Wilson farm is owned BY Charley
Stokes, with Wood Ashton as farm
er, he and his family occupying
the residence. The James r. VIII
son farm is owned and occupied by
Mr. Schmidt, the Walker farm by
Carl walker and wife. Mr.. Walk
er is a grandson Of the Chas. Walk
er mentioned When the Wilson's
| lived here there were many houses
occupied by large families, which
have given way to the ravages of
time and weather or been raZed and
converted into barns, sheep houses,
and so on There are not as many
people in the neighborhood as were
here when the folks of whom we
are writing were. So after all the
moving away. and cutting down on
production, there seems to be plen-
ty Of houses. AS we write, we no.
tice snow flakes in the air, which
calls to our mind a trip we made
with our father with a bunch of
poultry which he took over to some
of the Walkers on Little Creek. AS
we went down the road from the
Emery church, the snow was drift
ed as high as the fences. Men with
shovels had cut a road through,
piling what they took out of the
roadway on top of the drift, which
made it look to us like mountain.
What a change since then. At
that time fowls for the city mar
kets had to be started days and
days before the time when they
We're to be consumed. Now trucks
rush over our improved highways
gathering up poultry, eggs, cattle,
hogs and 50 on Then the next
morning they unload in Pittsburgh
Cleveland, and our city cousins
could have chicken for dinner un-
less it was an old rooster; and we
are not sure but that the new elec-
trio ranges would make an aged
bird tender in that limited time.
If we had known we would pencil
this, we would have asked friend
Carleton at the Twin City Electric
store. Many of those of whom we
are writing never knew about cleo
tricity. In their time, oil lamps set
on posts lighted the streets of our
town. Come to think about it,
many of our readers can not re-
member the old time lighting sys-
TEN.
In previous issue we told Of
some of the Strongs. We find on
another stone the following: Here
lies the body Of Christian Strong
who died Dec. Is, 1899, aged "a
years and seven days. Martha
Strong, July 10, 1851, aged 79
years. Thomas P., son of James and
Elizabeth Strong, died Aug. 6, 1851,
aged six years and six days. Will
liam, another son, 1888. The stone
is crumbled and the rest Of the in
scription is gone. Elizabeth, wife
of James Strong, died Nov IL,
1849, aged ~ years, six months,
seven days. James Strong died May
0F 1891 aped go wears Acheah