Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1941-03-06

Afterward she lived alone, excep
she kept some of her brother Jim
my's children with her part of th
time. Many of our readers will re
member that Jimmy and Carrie
! were mutes, and that brings to ou
mind the fact that we have Otter
heard the expression Deaf an(
dumb" The deaf part is all right
but dumb, nay. All the mutes tina
we have known have been far from
dumb.
Miss Hattie taught her nieces ant
nephew to talk. She was well edu
Gated, and was very precise, we be
/ lieve that is the word. Unless you
, had known her you wouldn't be
| competent to tell whether that is
the word, or not. She was a good
woman.
The community of which we are
writing would embrace the Little
Ireland" of Meigsville-as we look
| southwest we note but short
space intervenes between this place
Irish Come to think of it, Joe and
Caroline Humphrey were south and
James and Ann were west. But Joe
and Caroline had gone on before the
beginning Of our story. But Jimmy
was going strong at that time. Per-
haps you have noticed as words
make lines and lines pages, and you
see 1t in columns more names of
those who have passed on are added
to the list we gave early in the story
While we have written much con-
corning these folks We have always
found that after we had finished a
writing some of the important facts
and events had been left out-so
we are going to go slowly and gath
er more carefully While we re-
member the Stewards, Carrs, john
sons, HerrOns-we were about to
say McCormicks-the McCormickS
debarred from being Irish, but not
from our story, and then Boyd mar
ried bonafide member of the col
ony. Later we will tell you about
them. John Fowler and his wife,
Rebecca Conn, came into Bristol
from, we believe, Manchester. While
they lived in Bristol they were close
to the point from which we started.
They We're the parents of four
daughters, Lizzie Mcdowell, Lille
Chambers and Flora LIE Page, de-
ceased; Millie Harris of the county
seat, and William, who with his
wife, Anna Stegner, who own and
live on the old home place on En-
cry ridge. Mrs. Mcdowell, following
her husband, Joseph W. Mcdowell,
went to live with her daughter,
Ethel, and husband, Everett Greer,
on the old Greer farm near the Cot
ton bridge. These folks were prom
inent in the church and social life
of the community. We remember
that Mr.. Fowler and your scribe set
up at the VIM. Chambers wake, and
that reminds us that Mr.. Chambers
died in the spring Of 1900. He, an
old man, had his daughter Lizzie
w HO never lldI leu anu DCIlC, WAooC
husband was George Wilson, and
their children Coda Dewitt, Fauna
Wilson and Welty, with him. Mrs.
Chambers had died some years prev
ious. Mr.. Chambers had gone after
finishing his morning chores out
along the lane which leads down to
the former home of the Wilson's to
build fence. When the noon meal
was ready they sent one of the lit
tie girls, Coda, believe, to tell him
to come When she found him, he
was dead
Robert Henderson, who had only
4 short time before started in the
business, lived on the
the T. V. Ray place,
close by the Chambers home, but
ne had gone to town. j. w. Par !
niter on the west side with crew
of the late Johnny Will /
son, T. E. Knox and yours truly were
1t work on the formers saw mill in
Big Hollow; Abe Hayes, who lived