Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1937-01-21
RECORDER o. r. MASTETSON
is CALLED FROM THIS LIFE


County Recorder Oswell Ihomas
Masterson, SIS, came to the ehd "
life's Journey, Friday morning, 1an
Is, 1897, at 1925. HIS deatn y.
Cured in their apartment IN the ouu
Fellows building, and was uue ~
asthma, heart trouble ana uropoy
He had suffered with astnIha dnu
heart trouble for many years. n.
Gently dropsy developed, ana the a.. a..
tending physician pronouhceu as mS
condition critical. However ne was
at the office Tuesday, attenains ~
his duties as usual. WEDNESDAY ~
WAS not so we'll, and renamed az
homo and Thursday he was aple ~
No nm and about the house. H'o
r,ass;no came as distinct shock ~
bic 20 milv and to his many 1rlenus
na ocnnaintances, who were n.y.
ara ~ his serious condition. lhe
arst Of this year he had entereu ua
IN b;s third term as county recoio
er. wore
Mr. Mastersons ancestors weIe
from england. 1t is noted tnal tne
GIVEN name Thomas runs pasn a,,a
tbroueh the family history 70 .ns
aIayanth century. The deceased wa'
! son Of the late Thomas ). anu oa
,1;,1a pankes Masterson. ana was
hnrn ln in Deerfeld township, Morgan ga
no,,ntv ohio. Feb 4, 1877. M
nI ,.1a Il now owned by Mrs. oIa
fancte and is where Dennis AIso
rasidas He was educated IN 'ne
o,,hl;c schools of Deerfield toWhshlp.
VIXEN Young man he was depuas
~ tbe time his father was clerk -
courts and who was first appol1le.u.
s,,ecaed the late j. q. Appoee
when the latter resigned uppn & o1de,.
elected state senator. a,actad
Masterson was Afterwards eiee'Gn =,
for two three year terms inah,nS rnad
all more than seven years nc -, son
as clerk, during which tiile NE nras
was his deputy. When Ihoii'o No
terson was succeeded Dy ~. ~
Gonagle as clerk, 0. /. MAST, 0o,s
remained for more than aan~
his deputy. In the capaclty s.! ~. .ant ~
,,tv clerk he proved very eni.i
T .ater he returned to Deernelu Wv"
shin. and was clerk or tha. ~
shin, and also served as to"nSh1p ~ 80
SCISSOR. He lived for Tune ~ e., far
county. and was in Cailloi nia
more than a year.
On Dec. %, 1894, Mr.. MastT,sun
was united in marriage WIN ~ 10 -
Ton,son daughter Of Elder w. ~
Tonson who resides in Zanesvlile.
,rbav were the parents or one 9on
and three daughters-Orrn OIL Nc"
Tav;noton O.: Mrs. Maye Orr, oaA
land Calf. Mrs Merle kllnsei'
HanasyiIle - and Mrs. Wilda Scout,
1T1r;c,,sville. He also leaves one
hrother. P. w. Masterson, marsnai
of McConnelsville, and three sis'el
1rs ANNA Fell of Deavertown, anu
Mrs Hattie Travis and Mrs Eutle
Houston. of Philadelphia. one pro'h-
or George Masterson, is deceaseu
Tn nolitics O. T. Masterson was
ya,a.hlican. He was member o.
+be Seventh Street Church OF Chrls.'
He was am honorable, upright cl.,
- ha+tar recorder. He was gooa
nonman. was thoroughly famlllar
with the duties OF the ouice' ras
nainstaking and exacung. anu m
at all times accommodates,
able and pleasant. he VIII oo '''N
ly missed. ,,a
Funeral services when were
TUESDAY afternoon at O'Clock, ~
tha seventh Street Church OF christ
were very largely attended, '1e 4e
church auditorium being nilea ~
oyerfowing. Elder Thomas bus
terfield was the officiating mlnls'S,, e.,
and carry out a request mace W ns
the deceased, Atty G. o. McGohaslu
read an obituary sketch ana eulosS
which was most appropriate an1
beautifully expressed. A quartet-
Messrs. P. G.. Ball, Chester MOTIF,
Mrs. F. c. Barkhurst and Mrs. Riley
price. sang Gathering Home anu
<.Good Night and Good Morning,
and Mrs. Barkhurst and Mrs. Price
sang duet Beautiful Home some
where The floral tributes were
MANY and beautiful. All the coul'
house officials attended in BODY.
The pail bearers were Messrs; wal
fer NORM. j. w. Carter. Ernest
price. Walter Campbell, Fl. w. Cor,
don and Frank Mcdonald. Burlai
was made in McConnelsviile GENIE
terry.