Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1939-08-17

ago, it must have been built around
century ago. Only a few years
ago the Fergusons re-roofed it with
galvanized roofing. This building
was also used for church purposes in
the early days. 1t is now used to
store feed
Another school building which
was also used for Christian worship
was the Robinson school house,
which stood beside the cemetery of
the same, which is located on a
county road leading from Bristol
down the Emery ridge. This school
was discontinued at the time the
Sand Hollow and Valley were start
ed. While we saw the board on the
front of the building which read
valley Sub-District No. H." and
we believe gave the date, but we
can't remember. We guess it was in
the late SOS or early COS. Before
the Capitalization craze struck Ohio
we had II districts. Slowly but
surely they clipped them until when
tralized building was completed
employed. This building which was
built with federal and WPA funds,
is good building. 1t is located on
three acre tract, purchased from
John Whitney, and is just across the
little run west of the Whitney resi-
dence-and that brings to mind the |
bunch that used to wend their wayI
from down that way, and beyond to-
the old school house at Muttonburg.
Let's see, the Roberts, Muses., Whit
neys, Rays, Dal Henderson, Maggie
Shook, McConnells, Mary King and
Mag and Dell Greer. Recently wei
saw the picture of foot print, wei
forget how many years old. While
they're not so old yet on the other
hand that bunch made thousands Of |
them.
Speaking of Mary King, she was
the only child Of John and Elizabeth
King. While her parents
had more Of the earthly possessions
than other folks in the district, and
she could have most anything she
asked for, yet 1t didn't spoil her. She
died in young womanhood. Her
death was a severe blow to her par
ents. They sent picture of her toI
Italy and had a life-size statue cutI
in granite which tops the King mon
ument in the Lebanon cemetery, on
route IS, east of the old BRISTOL
store.
Folks with money go away off
somewhere to see things-poOrI
folks stay at home, and see more.
If you haven't seen Bristol from theI
hilltops and valleys, include it inl
one of your drives. Drive slowly
stop often.
Old Hickory
Many of our readers-especiallyI
hat means-but ask Lafe Lindi-
ball team that won
he silver ball. Who knows where
hat ball is?
Somewhere we spoke about law
uits. We find Bristol has product
ID the following attorneys: c. H.
Touts, deceased; Judge J. C. Ogle.
rec, Carrollton, o.; Everett Ogle-
zee, Bloomington, ILL.,; John F. Hen
lerson, Ashland; Geo. o. McGon-I
gle, who has stayed at the county
eat, where he has many friends.
The late w. E. Sealock, We be-
ieve, was the biggest man in the
leld of education the township has
Produced. Hon. X. C. Ray, now sui
of the ZanesvilleI
chools, has the eyes of the educa.l
ional world focused on him. Wei
anne nigh leaving Martin Andrews
,ut. We are not sure he was born
n Bristol, as his father lived for
ime in Indiana. At any rate he
vas of Bristol stock He was for
many years a professor in the Ma
ietta college. So far as we can
hink, none of the inhabitants took
much to the ministry, or at least,
7ait a minute. Rev. Muchmore.
7hose home was on the farm now
'wned by B. F. Reed, at the top OF
reek hill, rose to the top in his
of the Presbyte- :
ian church of the United States.
In the line of medicine and sur- :
cry, DR.. James M Pedicord, now of :
,anesville. started his life's journey
n the old Pedicord, now the T. V. ,
lay farm, on state route 284. lot ,
f M. DIS got experience by testing
ut medicines on Bristol folk-set- !
ing broken bones and SO on. 9th '