This is a very interesting story ,I remember hearing lots of stories over the years .Every time the river would go over the banks we would go to see it, and Someone would always say "you should have seen the `13 one ". Last one I remember was probably `39 when we went to McConnelsville and saw ( I think it was Braggs service station ) surrounded by about three feet of water .Very good story ,we need more like it . Bernie

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When I was in the 4 th thru the 8 th grade at McGregor School in Canton Ohio ( they just demolished it last year ) .our whole recess was taken up with marble games. I wasn`t too good to start with ,but got better .I was so thrilled one year, that I only had to beat one more guy, to be the school rep. in the city tournament ,( but of course I lost ) When My Mother passed away a couple years ago,I found my marbles ,even my best "shooters " in a 39 oz. coffee can in the attic . Anyone care for a game of marbles ??? Bernie

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In some of the research I did on this - one photo had a poem superimposed - it was too small to be read and too "pixelly" when enlarged. BUT I was able to see that it was written by James Ball Naylor.
Anyone have the poem anywhere?

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What a great story! I clearly remember the merry-go-round. How I loved it when I was a little girl. We'd visit in the summer and found the school to be sooo mysterious. How could that little building be a whole school? But the swings and the merry go round were the real draws. It was hard on little kids at the Sprague home, because we could see the playground, but were not allowed to cross the highway by ourselves. How frustrating! There is was--just out of our reach. I'm sure we drove the adults mad with our requests to go over there! What a treat it was to finally be allowed to go across.

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What a story, Franz! And in some ways, it doesn't seem that long ago since I can relate to my great-grandparent's time - which was the mid-1800's.
In searching for a photo/drawing of Gen. Morgan - I came upon the Harper's Weekly site online. What a rich source of information surrounding the Civil War!

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The oldest of three children, I was born in McConnelsville; after we moved, we often visited grandparents who lived in Pennsville. I remember well the land and the houses and the barn where my grandfather and his father before him farmed with one horse and one plow. As a child, I often walked the gravel road one mile into Pennsville on an errand to the General Store for a spool of thread or other item my grandmother needed. Inside the double doors was a wooden barrel, and on its top, was a checker board with neatly arranged red and black checkers. I remember most the huge candy case in this creaky-floored store. The case was glass on the top for peeking in to admire the many tempting varieties of sweets. I always asked for one red cinnamon ball which I paid for with the penny my grandmother gave me. On the walk home, we passed Greatgrandfather Williams' home where each morning we carried the tin bucket to "tote" water for drinking from his well. After attaching the bucket to the hook at the end of the rope which wound around a large diameter wooden spool, we cautiously turned the handle to lower the bucket into the well until we heard the "plop." Retrieving the water-filled bucket, we paused for a drink of very refreshing water before taking it back to the kitchen in Grandfather's home. All during the day we each drank from the same long-handled blue-speckled tin cup which we dipped into the water in the bucket.
During these family visits to Pennsville, we always stopped to see my other grandparents and Greatgrandfather Kinsey, who lived with them. I most remember Greatgrandfather Kinsey's three piece suit which he wore to dinner and the huge moustache positioned just above the area where he should have had a mouth. As I child I never understood where he put the coffee when he tipped the mug under the moustache.
With this recollection I am hoping some reader has information about the Kinsey family in the area.

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Bernie has some poems that were written under the name of S.Q. Lapius - and is wondering if that might be a pen name used by James Ball Naylor. Interesting ... so right away I found reference in an O. Henry story titled "The Gentle Grafter" to an "S. Q. Lapius" - here is the context:

"'Doc,' says the Mayor, 'I'm awful sick. I'm about to die. Can't you do nothing for me?'
"'Mr. Mayor,' says I, 'I'm not a regular preordained disciple of S. Q. Lapius. I never took a course in a medical college,' says I. 'I've just come as a fellow man to see if I could be off assistance.'

Now - that might lend some strength to the argument that Naylor used that pen name since he was also a doctor and might have been a fan of O. Henry ... perhaps not. More intrigue to follow, I'm sure! Anyone else have any knowledge?

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It is interesting to note that there is another story about his death that places it on the Robert's farm along the Olive Green, about a mile and a half down the creek from where Moscow Mill stood. The Herman Welch property ajoined the Roberts Farm on opposite sides of the creek. An old rusty rifle was plowed up in one of the bottoms near there and it is in the Museum at Marietta also, they beleiving that it is Silverheels rifle.

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That is a great story Franz keep up the good work
Alan

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Bernie,
What a great story to deliver the real meaning of Christmas!
By the way, who was the Sunday School teacher who was prodding you to say a poem for the Christmas program?

Karen

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