Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1938-09-22
Reinersville

Six standard sized buses trans
port pupils to our school.
DR.. and Mrs. John Hill returned
to Columbus Sunday, after visiting
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. S. l.. Hill. He
is professionally located at Ft
Hayes.
A son born Sept. 10 to Mr.. and
Mrs. Thomas Lowe, was named Dav.
i'd Dean
No Walking In The Lane, Now
The boy-the girl-the spending
money; If you have no car; you
have no "honey."
Mr.. and Mrs. John Wesley Gamma
Gilbert) of Pittsburgh, Pa, were
last weeks guests of relatives here.
Z Mrs. Lulu Irwin Of Young Hick-
ory is assisting with the house work
at the George Hall home.
Herbert Craig Married
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Craig OF
Cincinnati arrived at the Mrs. Mar
garet Combs home, Sunday. Mrs
Craig was formerly Miss Marietta
Menny of that city and the marital
ceremony was an event of September
10. Mr.. and Mrs. Craig will for the
present reside in Mrs. Combs home,
the hearthstone of which has well
coined Mr.. Craig since he was four
year old boy. Mr.. Craig holds a di-
ploma from the Ohio Mechanics In
stitute of Cincinnati, and following
completion of his course embarked
with others in an art business
which did not prove sufficiently
profitable and he returns here, ex-
nonfinU fn dnunfn hic 10 h0
trade of general painting and paper
hanging. Monday night a charivari
party entertained the newlyweds
with vocal halloos and horn blasts
The border landscape of Noble
county was recently altered by the
razing of home that had weather
ed century of time. The home of
the late j. Wesley Leonard, neigh
boring that of Charles Rowland and
Adam Hill has been torn down and
transplanted on remote Noble coun-
ty soil southwest of Fredericksdale.
The sale of the house was made by
Mrs. Roy Cora Leonard) Ellison,
present owner of the premises, to
Morris Henry, who will shortly ter
inmate his tenancy on the Alfred
Cant (Harper) farm in Morgan
county, to take up his abode in the
reconstructed Leonard" house near
Fredericksdale. The usual senti-
ment which attaches to a family
homestead has made this place note
worthy as the home of William
Jumper, son of one of the found
ers of this village-George or
''Grandad" Jumper. "Grandad"
T,,vn 1,z
known was said to have then owned
some 1900 acres of land in this
region and was easily the most COL
orful character of his time He sue
ceeded Samuel Reiner in the store
business and the Jumper addition
to the village and the Jumper
House" or hotel, are names which
perpetuate in record and by tradi-
ton his early connection with the
village. ''Grandad" Jumper was
born in Pennsylvania, Jan. 10, 1901,
and was the father of nine children.
The son, William, who settled on
this Leonard farm, later located in
Delaware county where he prosper
ed and remained to the end of his
years. Williams son, George, is
now "a, and a resident of Delaware
county.
In a September Sth item, we erred
in stating that Eldon Drummond
was employed with the Iron, Fire
men company, of Cleveland. He is
now senior engineer of the municipal
power company of that city. The
company supplies water and light
for the city, the water supply being
taken from Lake Erie. The office
is in the city hall.
Funeral OF w. w. Peck
The last rites of William w. Peck
of Cumberland were held here Sun
day forenoon. William Wallace Peck,
the son of William and Catherine
Collins Peck, was born near Wood
grove, Manchester township Oct.
16, 1848, and died at Cumberland,
Sept. Is. 1888, aged almost 80
years. His wife, Rebecca, a daugh-
ter of the late j. Morgan Gilliland,
of Reinersville, preceded him in
death some six years ago. Their
/ A> n.