Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1942-07-02

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ed. While we wish all undertaken.
well, we also hope everybody else
will stay we'll. sif liz
We find that folks down here
are much like those we have met
elsewhere wherein when it is dry
wet, cold, hot. They seem to fee
that they know more about how the
weather should be run, and are
prone to complain, then when the
weather is such that there can be
no chance to complain, do not show
their gratitude by being. thankful
We are informed that while repair
ing the Brookover brick house the
former Isaac, Hook house, a pa
per was found telling that the
house is 100 years old. 1t seems
that when Herman Ring gets
through it will look like this years
model.
The following furnished us by
our neighbor, Mrs. Harley Mercer,
is we'll written and will be of inter-
est to our readers, but will also, be
relief to the proofreader. Mrs.
Mercer did not tell you that she is
chief clerk in the Stockport post
office. Mr.. Mercer who is known
to folks here as "Cy'' or :"Si," we
don't know, but we do know it is
not "Sigh." He is not that kind,
and no one else is allowed to in
his presence unless it is a Z case
termed critical. He is a govern
bent employe. AT present he is
guard at the Philo dam.
We met Mrs. MERGERS parents
when our friend the late Belle
Phillips, lived here. We want for
the benefit of Mrs. Phillips relatives
and friends to give statement of
Mrs. Mercer's when she spoke thus
Eve liked Belle and she liked us. !"
The O'Neals
James O'Neal's father and two
little girls were brought by their
father, after his wifes death, to
Ohio from Fort Royal, Virginia
His wife died when these little girls
were small and he came to the
Hackney neighborhood. His name
was Thomas Sealock, and the little
girls named Elizabeth, who married
John O'Neal, and Harriet, who
married a MacDaniel. The late
John Sealock of Caldwell, was
half-brother of Elizabeth and Har-
riett. Thomas Sealock never in
tended to stop in Ohio. He was
headed for Indiana or Illinois where
other relatives of his had gone, but
when he reached GAINESVILLE he was
persuaded to- come down the Mus
kingum to near Relief, or in the old
days Center Bend, then went back
on the hill from there and cleared
his land which was near the old
Ludman farm.
Then, as I said before, the girls
grew up, one married John O'Neal
and one married Mr. MacDanieI;
the latter lived at Sharon John
tinas or saloons are full, and there
has been much drinking. They are
O'Neal (James O'Neal's father)
drove stage coach from GAINESVILLE
to Marietta when the road was slit-
tie more than trail through
woods. James O'Neal was of
Scotch-Irish descent His mother
was born in Virginia, and migrated
to Ohio by way of covered wagon
route. James was born at McCon-
nelsville, March IA, 1852.
In his early childhood he moved
with his parents to Ft. Wayne, Ind,
where he lived until the death of
his father. The family returned to
Ohio. Morgan county had since
been his home. He was the last of
his family. Besides his father and
mother, these two brothers and
three sisters preceded him in death:
Marshall O'Neal, Mrs. Mary Paxton,
Mrs. Jane Aber, Mrs. Harriet Dav-
idson and John Leslie O'Neal. He
was united in marriage with Han
nah Ann Johnson, daughter of
Elvira and Gilbert Johnson (the
latter lockmaster at Stockport for
many years., March 25 1877. To
this union were born five children