Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1939-10-05
CHAPTER X

CHAPTER X
Colonel Lindimore gives us the
facts regarding the Indian mound
which we told of being opened, or
the Mrs. Fanny Lyle, former Matson
farm. Coloners father, c. P. Lin
dimore, and Jesse Sheridan, father
of S. w. Sheridan opened the
mound. The bones We're taken TO
the home of DR.. Kirk. who was at
that time a resident of the village.
After the death of the doctor a sale
was held. Robert Henderson bought
a trunk, and among other things ne
found in it were the bones which
accounts for how they got to the
Henderson barn. The leg bones
were much longer than those of
white men. -
Rowland was greater than we
thought. A A. Mendel, Valparaiso,
Ind, tells that the first merchant
at Rowland christian name vas
Silas, and that we didn't mention
the great manufacturing plants OF
that village Harry Mclaughlin,
who made the best wheat cradles
known, Clemp Hardesty, who run a
cabinet shop, Harrison Warner, the
boat maker, which brings to mind
the trip Mr.. Warner made to Balti-
more in 1890, wheeling wheel
borrow made, we believe, by the
late Hiram McGrath. This was
wonderful from the fact that Mr..
Warner was born in the year 1871.
So far as financial benefit was con-
cerned, it was failure. Speaking
of Warner it calls to our mind a
story told by the late Webster
Moore Mrs. Warner died at the
home of her daughter in Unionville.
Mr. Moore was the undertaken. The
interment was made at the Mt. Zion
church, Bristol township. Mr. Moore
said ''it took five years to make the
trip He explained it thus: They
had service at the home and read
an obituary, then held another SER
vice at the church, where some 9TH
er member of the family produced
another obituary which when read
made her five years older.
By reference to our Bristol cem-
etery story we find that the father
of George Miller who was killed III
the explosion of the Buckeye Belle
owned the farm now owned by Z. O
Tilden, and that Nathan kept store
at the Blackledge place. This nc
doubt was before Rowland was for
mally open to the attention of the
world The Tilden farm was for
merly owned by Valentine Mendel
father of our friend A. A Mendel
of whom we have told you, and oi
whom we hope to tell more later.
No doubt in previous writings we
have told of the fine potter's clay
found here Some years ago the
late Eddy Walker prospected some
veins of what proved to be as fine
clay as any found anywhere. He
took samples and had ware made
which proved to be very fine. He
had one farm leased, but was unable
to get capitalists interested. Nc
doubt some day this clay will be
MIXED and utilized.
Erosion
Many fields show the effect ol
having been ploWed much through
gullies-and many fields that have
been plowed--and cultivated sue
cessfully for more than one year
have much of the soil washed away
The streams show the effect, also
What were one time only rivulets
are now cut out wide and deep. We
see many instances where farmer
plows along the bottom--then the
creek gets out and washes it off as
deep as pIowed. The farmer below
who has his land in grass benefits
by the loss of the farmer above.
We are glad we are weeks ahead
with our story, as it gives us time
to interview those who know the
history. While we have written
much in former years. yet it is quite