Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1942-08-20

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Pennsylvania to Bristol township,
Ohio, which was at that time most
ly a wilderness of woods. I have
heard their son, Robert, say it was
a long and toilsome journey, and
that at one time they ran out of
provisions for several days. Anoth-
er incident | have heard Uncle
Robert relate was of himself and
sister, Anne, being sent to bring the
cows home. They found a bear cub
and started to take it home with
them, but the mother bear pursued
them and they hastily abandoned
the cub and narrowly escaped.
Here. on what is now owned by Lee
Wilson, John and Nancy Carlin
made a home for themselves and
family of three sons and four
daughters. John died in 1885, at
the age of 72 years, and Nancy in
1S47, aged II years. They are
buried in the Blue Rock cemetery.
The four daughters, Mary, Hannah,
Ann and Katherine, and son Rob-
ert settled in the same neighbor-
hood on adjoining farms.
One son, James, located in
Washington county and another son
John moved with his young family
to Illinois. After a courtship OF
Is years Robert married Della
Smith and spent his whole life on
the home farm. No children were
born to this union, but several grew
up in their home. Among them,
Amos Stall and Charlie and Emma
line Pearson ''Uncle Bobbie,' as
he was best known, and his gray
mare, "Philly," were familiar fig
ures as they sped along the coun-
try roads. One Of the pleasures OF
my childhood was to be allowed to
visit Uncle Bobbie and Aunt Lila,
where l would probably feast on
honey and fresh white fish, luxuries
in my home. But at night when
Aunt Lila would escort me up
stairs, l would climb into a high
four-poster bed with its immense
feather mattress, I'd lie there shiv-
ering with fear at old Meigs' angry
roar until l fell asleep In the
morning Amos would mount old
Philly and take me on behind him,
and we would ford the high waters,
then | would hike over the hills
home Uncle BCbbie and Aunt
Lila died within a couple of years
of each other, in the 1S90s, prior
to 1895, | believe. They lie bur
led in the Mt. Carmel cemetery.
Aunt Mary, the oldest sister,
married Samuel Roberts, half
brother of Ephraim Roberts They
lived where the Yes Sines family
now live They were the parents
of three children-Lizzie, who died
early in life, and two sons, John
and Clark Samuel died in 1871, aged
S4 years, and Mary in 1880, aged
so years. John married Ellen
Gibbs and spent all but the last few
years of his life on the home place,
when he moved to Rural Dale
where he and his wife passed away
within few years of each other,
and were buried in the Mt Carmel
cemetery. The two daughters,
Lib" and Minnie are also deceased.
Clark married Julia McHenry, l
believe, and located near Rural
Dale, where their deaths occurred.
They We're the parents of four sons
and two daughters, one son James,
is now the only survivor.
The next farm belonged to Ann
and Hannah Carlin-the farm
where Ray Smith and family live
These two sisters never married
They were Weavers. Ann died in
1880, and Hannah in 1882, aged
rs and II years respectively, and
were buried in the Blue Rock ceme-
terry. Elizabeth Ann Carlin, my
mother, was the daughter of John
and Betsy Ann Culver Carlin, and
when she was orphaned at the age
of six years by the death of her
mother, the two sisters, Ann and
Hannah Carlin, took her into their
home where she lived until her
marriage to Joseph Revenaugh.
Her death occurred in 1898, at the
age of SO years, on the farm where
her girlhood was spent. My fathers
death occurred in 1880, near Eph-
rata, Washington, aged SO years.
OF the five children born to them
three are living-brother Carl of
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