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Pioneer History of Meigs County 113 Isabel." Mr. Artemas Johnson and his little daughter Margaret, and others. Mrs. Lindley was a sister of President Lindley, first Presi- dent of the Ohio University at Athens, O. I well remember his visit to his sister's grave, stopping over night at my father's house. Mr. George Warth was the real pioneer. His grave is known, but has never been marked by a stone. In regard to him I wrote to Col. David Barber, of Harmar, and received an interesting letter, which shall be read presently. Before this letter is read, I beg to state my object in pre- senting these names before you. It is my wish to secure the ground where these dead are lying by a deed, in some form claiming the oversight and guardianship of the membership of the Meigs County Pioneer Society. It contains nearly one-fourth of an acre, on the bank of the Ohio river, a south- east corner lot, that might be made, with small expense, a place fair to look upon. I ask for this old pioneer, this Indian scout, George Warth, a stone for his grave. What more? The ground is grown up with brush and briars, and without a fence. In order to deed the land a survey will be necessary, and some expense will be incurred to clear it out, and enclose it with a fence. Two men are lying there with the compass and square on their headstones. These beautiful lines, "My flesh shall slumber in the ground, Till the last trumpet's joyful sound, Then burst death's chain in sweet surprise, And in my Savior's image rise," are the Christian watchwords on the tombstone of Mrs. Lindley. Shall the plow of any future proprietor lengthen furrows over these graves? Will you help secure God's acre from un- hallowed uses? |
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