Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1942-01-22

in a coal mine some time ago, il
now able to go without crutches o
cane. They are residents of Ath
ems county. The Muse name wa
once borne by Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse
Muse, daughters Mamie, Cynthi;
and Mabel, sons John, Fred, Leon
ard and Hugh. Today they are al
out. The father, mother, sons Johr
and Fred are deceased. They came
to Bristol from Windsor township
Mr.. Muse purchased the farm now
owned by Miss Burdella Henderson
and nephew Julian White, but still
known to old timers as the "Muse
farm" l.. J. and family, the only
members of the family live on the
Boy Scout farm at Luke Chute. Mr.
Muse and sons were horsemen, al.
ways keeping good ones. If they
didn't want to work, they didn't
want to come into the hands OF
these men. AS we have no doubt
told in former writing, Jesse Muse
had the first horsepower threshing
machine in this territory. At that
time the wheat was all stacked. 1t
was thought wheat must go through
the sweat before it was threshed.
1t took long time to finish the
seasons work. Mr.. Muse took, ]
believe, four of his own horses and
our father took his team, the own
er of the wheat furnishing one
team. We well remember how the
farmers used to discuss the price of
| wheat When it brought so cents
per bushel they said If we could get
a dollar per bushel we could make
money. At this time it is a debat-
able question. Len brought us the
whooping cough. While we didn't
enjoy it, after more than half cen
tury, we can think of no one we
would rather had passed it to us.
The Arricks at one time lived on
the farm now owned by w. D..
Brock, where he and his parents,
John and Kere Bradley Brock re-
side. Everett, Carl and Clarence
We're the sons. Their mother was
sister of John and H. B. Vincent.
'sEv" as he was known to many,
worked in his uncle's jewelry store,
and after their death continued the
business for several years. The
Bradleys-William and wife, whose
name we believe was Kerenhapic,
She was called Kit" her maid
en- name was Richardson. They liv-
ed where Will Fox now owns and
lives. The Bradleys had the house
at the top of the hill built and NOV
ed there. They were the parents Of
four daughters-Kere Brock, Eta
Ford, Nan Eveland and one whose
right name don't come to us, bat
they called her pet" who died in
young womanhood, and one son,
Wilkes, who was an attorney. Mrs.
Brock and son are all that are left
of the blood line. The name has
gone out. Mrs. C. C. Wilson in
forms us that Wesley Mousley was
the father instead of the son, as we
guessed She spoke in the highest
terms of him, telling Of the impress
sion he had made on her life when
she was young girl and attended
church at Mt Zion.
The Harmons came into the
township from Noble county. Mrs.
Harmon, widow, bought the Sal
mon Sneideker property now owned
by Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Knox, near
the Lebanon church. While the
mother of several children, only
Tom now of GAINESVILLE and Sher-
man and family who lived in Meigs
were all of the name who came to
Bristol. Mary, wife of T. V. Ray,
had changed her name before be-
fore becoming a resident of the
township.
The name of Keyes once answered
to by several, as told in our Bristol
cemetery story, they went to
Meigsville. Mrs. Eliza Wells whose
death occurred during the past
summer was the last of the family,
Wells family who made an impress
sion on the community have gone.
Billy Wells, as he was known, own
ed and lived on what we have al
ways known as the John White
house farm at the forks of Mans
and Boals forks of Meigs creeks.
OF the family we only knew two,
Gale who was very large man
with a voice that would have been
winner in any calling contest, be
it hogs, or cows. He was a Civil
war veteran, going into the service
from Illinois. After the war he
drove stage in some of the western
states. He was a master hand with
four-hOrse teams. In our boyhood
he came to the home of his sister,
Sarah Sprague, where he and his
wife stayed for some time. He,
with S. w. Sheridan as partner,
rented and operated the Sprague
farm. Later he and wife returned
to the west. When he came back
he came alone. Later he and Ruth
Wells left for the west, where they
were married. Later they returned
to the Sprague home, where his
death occurred suddenly while turL-
ing the grindstone for his brother
in-law, d. M. Sprague, to grind the
AK. He sleeps in the Meigs ceme-
terry. His sister, Mrs. Sarah Sprague,