Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1942-04-23

homes here with plenty OF space
to build more, we can't see any
thing but wonderful future for
the village. We feel at this time
we should tell you of the folks who
made up the village, their occupa-
tions or professions in 1872. We
want not only to tell of the folks
in the village but of the township,
which we are taking from the Nor
gan county atlas, 1875, under head,
ing stockport Business Directory"
which reads:
j. B. Abbott, physician and sur
geon; Russell Morris, physician and
surgeon; J. H. Broomhall, pro-
prietor American House; John Nc
Dermott, general store; Pierrot and
Lane, proprietors of merchant and
custom Touring mill; ]. w. White,
physician and surgeon, and pro-
prietor of the drug store; J. D..
Thomas & Co., general merchants,
also general forwarding and COM
mission merchants; E. T. White,
blacksmithing in all its branches,
special attention given to horse
shoeing; Charles Hook, professional
teacher; Matte w. White, profes-
sional teacher; A. J. Donavan,
farmer and stock dealer; Jackson
Geddes, cooper; Cyrus McGlashan,
professional teacher; Smith and
Lane, general merchants, forward
ing and commission merchants;
James Gormley, general merchant;
J. ]. Montgomery, general mer-
chant, Roxbury; Henry Brine, pro-
prietor lime kiln; N. B. Henery,
pastor Baptist church. Roxbury; ID.
A. Henery, farmer and stock raiser;
J. @. White, professional teacher;
Thos Daugherty, farmer, fruit
grower, stock raisers G. c. Cheadle,
proprietor fruit farm, has 1000
peach, 1000 apple and choice
variety of pear and cherry trees;
Isaac Purviance, proprietor of nur-
sery; Milton Walker, professional
teacher: Jas. W. Brownell, cooper;
Andrew Walker, proprietor OF float
ing saw mill; j. A. Rogers, school
teacher and breeder of standard
poultry and pure Italian bees; Jas.
H. Lutgen, physician and surgeon
+. B. Davis, general merchant,
Hooksburg; J. A. Penrose, general
merchant, Hooksburg; ]. B. San
burn. counselor-at-law; c.. w.
Campbell, superintendent Nelson
Vile Union school; Hiram Outcalt,
proprietor of tannery; O. Brokaw'
farmer and grower Of fine fruit;
Chas. S. Hambleton, proprietor
floating saw mill; John Mccoy, pro-
prietor of saw mill and generai
lumber dealer; E. w. Gibson, gen.
eral produce dealer, Roxbury; l.. r.
Craig, stone mason and plasterer;
John Bingham, farmer, wagon max
er, coal mine, breeder of pure ltal-
ian bees; Webster Gray, general
merchant; J. r. Keadle, profes-
sional teacher; Jas. S. Belch, plas-
terer.
We find many of these names as
we'll as their line of business have
gone out, yet we find the offsprings
OF quite a few of these men are
still here. Looking back 67 years
seems quite span, but we remem-
Der quite a number of these men,
and will touch on their life and
work more fully later.
We note four cooper shops, which
reminds us at that time much or
groceries and merchandise came to
the retailers in barrels. Sugar,
crackers, kerosene, and so on, while
many years have become history,
and many giant oaks have been
made into barrels we, note that
now instead of hauling the staye
mills to the timber, the timber is
hauled to the stationary mills. Pa
per and glass have in large part
taken the place of wood as food
containers. Concrete has taken the
place of stone, thus the stone ma
son is no more. Another thing that
has disappeared are the steam
boats on our river. We are inform
ed we have a neighbor, Henry Hook,
who is posted on steam boats. We
hope to make that section of our
story.
The Christian Church
This was the first church organ
lied in the village. 1t seems the
early history is gone. Mrs. Mary
Justice who came to the village in
1876 tells of the dingy looking
church that was here then. 1t was
one-story building. In ---- the