I think it's time to add another entry from Grandpa's journal. This is for April, 1943. I'm going to try a different approach to the way it's presented. Hopefully this will be easier to read.
Thur Apr 1st; Temp 50-66; 53600 Gal: All tools day-Joe and Wayne Dewey St 1hr. Second St-1 1/4 hrs. I connected water to meter for Amos Eby.
Fri Apr 2nd; Temp 33-45; 50400 Gal: Joe and Wayne, E. Second St 2 1/2 hrs.
Shut water off to Tittles service, pipe full of holes.
Sat Apr 3rd; Temp 24-45; 51200 Gal: Joe worked this AM 1 1/2 hr at Tittle, 2 1/2 at Slantpipe fire hydrant 1/2 hr there. PM 1 1/2 hrs at Tittles. Wayne 1/2 hr PM at fire hydrant, 1 1/2 hrs at Tittles. fire hydrant repaired and Tittle job finished, put in 27'9" 3/4" pipe new, old eat out. That's all.
Sun Apr 4th; Temp 31-53; 60000 Gal: A little rain, windy, temperature fine. John Flory visited this PM.
Mon Apr 5th; Temp 50-53: Took Mary and Janet home last night, saw "Air Forces" at Victory. Coming home a fire back of Indian bulk plant west Third St. It was a cause for a 3 alarm. (fire in junk yard.) at New Lebanon a runaway truck broke off a fire hydrant causing a loss of a lot of water.
This morning Pat Stage drove right through our barricade on E 2nd st, broke barricade & one new lantern.
Wayne at disposal plant 2 hrs, Joe 1 hr.
Tues Apr 6th; Temp 30-51; 55200 Gal: I assisted Charles at Woodards AM 1 hr. Wayne and Joe dug out meter at Probst place (Mrs Laura Oser tenant0 put in new (illegible), set sewer over curb cock, meter was cleaned and all reset. Wayne 2 3/4 hrs, Joe 2 1/2 hrs. for water works. I finished laying sod myself.
Wed Apr 7th; Temp 35-64; 46400 Gal: Wayne and Joe 2 1/4 hrs at disposal plant cleaning filter beds.
Thur Apr 8th; Temp 41-73; 56000 Gal: Wayne 2 hrs on filter bed and Joe 1 hr on same. Victory garden committee allotted garden plots this eve. Wilbur received lot #18 south west corner of plot.
Fri Apr 9th; Temp 54-65; 48000 Gal: Cloudy AM, rain most of afternoon, no work for the boys. Gilbert started to plow garden plots, rain chased him out.
Sat Apr 10th; Temp 50-52; 49600 Gal: Windy today, too damp to rake weeds at disposal plant. Garden plots were being plowed today. Received goody from Ford Meter Box Co. OK.
Sun Apr 11th; Temp 28-57; 45600 Gal: Cool but nice weather. Nina 20 today and George Thomas Carico is 6 today. Anna Beckers' birthday also. Mrs Ruth Copp and Mrs Ruth Lesh paid a visit to the station today.
Mon Apr 12th; Temp 43-44; 48800 Gal: No entry.
Tues Apr 13th' Temp 30-35; 48000 Gal: Snow flurries all day, repaired leaks for Mrs Oser. Took Mary to Esther's after dinner. That's all. Thomas Jefferson's 200th birthday.
Wed Apr 14th; Temp 28-30; 51200 Gal: Abner Clemmer 79 dies. More snow flurries. I helped Charles at Woodards this AM. did Frank Gazelle a good deed, coil in furnace of his house burned out, took it out and plugged tank. Frank Miller borrowed the hoist and tripod with chain to lift pump.
Thur Apr 15th; Temp 27-41; 48800 Gal: Sure having March weather in April. Not much on program today, hope weather lets up soon.
Fri Apr 16th; Temp 44-50; 48000 Gal: Some rain and hail today. I worked on tip protectors all of AM. Ab. Clemmer was buried this PM and Dr Brookins 75 dies on street in Eaton, O. this afternoon.
Sat Apr 17th; Temp 39-53; 56000 Gal: Repaired drinking fountain at Hotel corner this AM. Charles assisted. Wayne Bennett and Joe Seeckamp did some cleaning at disposal plant,began 1:30 to--
Sun Apr 18th; Temp 34-54; 42400 Gal: Palm Sunday. 352 at church, 7 were confirmed and one was received by letter of transfer. Kenneth Moony was here asking where to pay water & sewer bills besides bank. Folks went to Lebanon. Geo. C. borrowed truck.
Mon Apr 19th; Temp 39-42; 49600 Gal: Dr. Brookins buried, funeral at Salem Lutheran Church, buried at Eaton, O. Rain most of day.
Tues Apr 20th; Temp 39-38; 60000 Gal: Attended black out at Eaton last night with other members of defence council, it was a success. Mr A.R. Will (boiler inspector) was here this morning giving permission to increase steam line to boiler feed pump and whistle so that we can use whistle for air raid warnings. Rain again a great part of day,a little snow. Fire hydrant for W. Dayton St arrived today minus repair parts which were ordered.
Wed Apr 21st; Temp 34-44; 50400 Gal: Cloudy until evening, repair parts for fire hydrants arrived today, went to Dayton and got pope and fittings for boiler. Repaired Harry's bicycle this PM. packed valved for Ed Rinck.
Maunday Thur Apr 22nd; Temp 28-64; 52000 Gal: Took pipe off of boiler to have tee inserted, quite a task had to heat before it let loose. took it to Charles Schreel at Lewisburg to cut and thread it. Fine day today, clear.
Fri Apr 23rd; Temp 44-55; 57600 Gal: Good Friday, good attendance at church, school children attended, a total of 379 persons. Cloudy today again with a little rain. Went to Lewisburg and got pope for boiler and put it in place. pumped a little late. Got check for Sight Feed for $31.51 added enough and bought $50.00 war bond.
Sat Apr 24th; Temp -78; 44800 Gal: Very foggy this morning but the sun shone nearly all day however smoke fell to ground this PM. I look for more rain (Fred Grover 74 died). Chas Mause moved in with Mrs Ruth Copp and water pressure seemed to be low. Victory gardens were finished so we can plant now.
Sun Apr 25th; Temp 45-72; 55200 Gal: Easter Dawn Services at Sugar Grove Cemetery. Fine AM but this PM cloudy maybe rain. Chas Winkelman and Geo Carico were here a while, all grand children were home today.
Mon Apr 26th; Temp 44-75; 48800 Gal: A very fine day, Victory gardeners are out in full force. Attended Fred Grover's funeral this PM from Blocks Funeral Home, buried in Fairview. Helped Charles with Mrs Yost's roof.
Tues Apr 27th; Temp 57-75; 55200 Gal: Hauled sludge from filter beds on Wilbur's truck patch.
Wed Apr 28th; Temp 49-59; 51200 Gal: Worked in truck patch & assisted Charles at Ed McClellan's cleaning drain. Planted potatoes in evening 8 long and 7 short rows.
Thur Apr 29th; Temp 40-67; 52800 Gal: Finished cleaning drain (sewer) at Ed McClellan's this AM. planted a few more potatoes 2 short rows. Weather was cool but otherwise good till after 5 PM then it rained.
Fri Apr 30th; Temp 66-55; 56000 Gal: Still cool and getting cooler & windy. Filled east boiler today, it took 23 minutes for water to come to bottom of glass. Packed blow off valves on east boiler.
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
I'm changing course a little today and switching from the Winkelman family to the McGregor family. My grandmother Mary McGregor Winkelman had two sister, Florence and Caroline (Carrie). Florence never had any children, but Carrie had three: Doris, Constance, and Janet. So, today I'm going to add some history of the McGregor family.
Our branch of the McGregor family tree goes back to the late 1790's when John C. McGregor came to America and settled in Virginia. The following are the biographies of John, his son Eli, and his son John Sexton McGregor. These are found in the History of Clinton County, Ohio, published by B. F. Bowen & Co., Indianapolis, IN.
John McGregor, a native of Scotland, and for some time a resident of Londonderry, in the north of Ireland, came to America with six of his brothers, subsequent to the rebellion of 1794, in which he had been engaged, and settled in Frederick County, Virginia, on what is known as Apple Pie Ridge, where he engaged in keeping a house of entertainment. He was by trade a weaver, having learned the business in Scotland.
In company with his wife, Elizabeth (McGee), and family, he came to Ohio in 1802, settling in the spring of 1803 at Deerfield, Warren County. On Dec 3, 1803, for the price of seven quarters an acre, he purchased 200 acres of land in Murray's Survey, no. 1632, in Vernon Township, Clinton County, and settled upon it in 1808 or 1809.
On Dec. 5, 1810, John McGregor purchased lot #36 at the southeast corner of Main and Mulberry streets in Wilmington. In the spring of 1812, he removed to Wilmington, and on May 7, he was granted a tavern's license, and as early as June 2, in that year, he opened a tavern at that location.
At the June term of the Clinton County Court in 1811, it "adjourned to meet in Wilmington" in the following October, and on the 7th of that month, it met at the house of John McGregor, that being the first term held at the new county seat.
John McGregor died in 1813, having ruptured a blood vessel while attempting to lift a barrel of whiskey, and lived only an hour after the occurrence.
Reprinted from "The History of Clinton County, Ohio".
Eli McGregor, son of John McGregor, was born in Berkeley County, Virginia, Jan. 1, 1798. He came with his parents to Ohio in 1802. In 1812, he came to Wilmington, and, in 1813, went to Lebanon to learn the cabinet-maker's trade; he remained there a few years then went to Paris and Bowling Green, Ky.; then he returned to Wilmington, where he resided up to the time of his death, in July 1877. After his return from Lebanon, about 1821 or 1822, he opened a cabinet shop at his father's old corner. In May, 1822, he was married to Maria Sexton, daughter of Col. Joseph Sexton, of Frederick County, Va. Mrs. McGregor was born May 26, 1797, in Hendricks County, Va. They spent fifty-four years of happy married life together; they had seven children, six of whom lived to maturity.
On Nov. 6, 1835, Mr. McGregor was elected Mayor of Wilmington, the town having been incorporated Jan. 15, 1828. He was a member of the Wilmington Library Society.
Mr. McGregor was a strong anti-slavery man, and attended the Hamilton Convention, that, in 1840, organized the Liberty Party. He served in the organization known as the "Clinton County Anti-slavery Society" in 1842. A central committee was organized for Clinton County, and among those elected to serve upon it was Eli McGregor. He was a member of the Clinton County Auxiliary Bible Society. The subscription to the Society, according to an old slip of paper in the possession of Rachel, daughter of Eli McGregor, was $9.
Reprinted from "The History of Clinton County, Ohio".
Obituary
Death of Eli MacGregor. This venerable gentleman, so well and favorably known in this community, died at his residence, in Wilmington, on Sunday morning last, the 23rd inst.
Mr. MacGregor was born in Jefferson County, Virginia, January 1, 1798. his parents, John C. and Elizabeth MacGregor moved to Ohio in the spring of 1803. In the following year, they purchased a farm not far from Clarksville and built the ninth cabin on Todd's Fork. In 1813, they moved to Wilmington, and Mr. Eli MacGregor went to Lebanon, where he lived five years; after that, spent one year in Paris and Bowling Green, Kentucky. At the end of the year, he came back to Ohio; spent a few months in Xenia, and then removed to Wilmington where the remainder of his life was spent.
On the 30th of May, 1822, he was married to Maria Sexton, since which time he has resided in this place. They had seven children, four whom are living.
In 1840, he attended the Hamilton Convention that organized the Liberty Party, and nominated James G. Birney. He was a strong anti-slavery man, and the friend to liberty, justice and equal rights.
Mr. MacGregor lived a blameless life, and it can be truthfully said, in his case, "Behold the upright man!"
Obituary
Died. McGREGOR--At his residence in Wilmington, on Sunday morning, July23d, 1876, after short illness, Eli McGregor, in the 79th year of his age.
A man of great honesty of purpose, of pure character, and decided convictions he died respected by all.
An abolitionist of the old school, and ardent supporter of the Nation in its struggle to overthrow rebellion he hailed the abolition of slavery as the realization of the hopes of his earlier years. He had been a well known and highly esteemed resident of Wilmington for many years, and leaves an aged companion with whom he had lived for fifty-four years and four months, together with two sons and two daughters, and a large circle of relatives and friends to mourn his death.
John Sexton McGregor, a prominent farmer of the north-eastern part of Union Township, was born in Wilmington, Ohio, Jan. 26, 1826. He subsequently kept a general store on the corner of Main and Mulberry streets in Wilmington, the site of his grandfather's tavern, when those thoroughfares were yet full of trees and stumps. Mr. McGregor's parents were Eli and Maria (Sexton) McGregor. The former was a member of the Society of Friends, and a strong anti-slavery man. He was a conductor on the 'underground railroad' previous to the rebellion. Mr. McGregor was reared on a farm, and obtained a good English education in the schools of the neighborhood.
He learned the cabinet-maker's trade, and assisted his father at this business until he was thirty years of age. He subsequently carried on a cabinet-maker's shop in Brown and Greene counties for ten or eleven years. He was engaged in farming in Greene County until 1865, when he moved to his present location. He is the owner of sixty-seven acres of good land, through which runs the Pan Handle Railroad, and a flag station is located on the farm. He has been moderately successful in life. He was formerly a member of the Free-Soil Party, but of late has been a Republican. Mr. McGregor was united in marriage in 1857 to Caroline Bartholemew, a daughter of Chester Bartholmew. She is a native of Adams township. They have two children; Eli Chester and Joseph H. Mrs. McGregor is a member of the Christian Church.
Reprinted from "The History of Clinton County, Ohio".
I would appreciate it if someone in the family could write a biography of Eli Chester McGregor so I can add it to this blog. Unfortunately, I don't know too much about him other than the fact that he died exactly one year before I was born. Can someone help me out?
My next entry I'll go back to Grandpa's journal.
Our branch of the McGregor family tree goes back to the late 1790's when John C. McGregor came to America and settled in Virginia. The following are the biographies of John, his son Eli, and his son John Sexton McGregor. These are found in the History of Clinton County, Ohio, published by B. F. Bowen & Co., Indianapolis, IN.
John McGregor, a native of Scotland, and for some time a resident of Londonderry, in the north of Ireland, came to America with six of his brothers, subsequent to the rebellion of 1794, in which he had been engaged, and settled in Frederick County, Virginia, on what is known as Apple Pie Ridge, where he engaged in keeping a house of entertainment. He was by trade a weaver, having learned the business in Scotland.
In company with his wife, Elizabeth (McGee), and family, he came to Ohio in 1802, settling in the spring of 1803 at Deerfield, Warren County. On Dec 3, 1803, for the price of seven quarters an acre, he purchased 200 acres of land in Murray's Survey, no. 1632, in Vernon Township, Clinton County, and settled upon it in 1808 or 1809.
On Dec. 5, 1810, John McGregor purchased lot #36 at the southeast corner of Main and Mulberry streets in Wilmington. In the spring of 1812, he removed to Wilmington, and on May 7, he was granted a tavern's license, and as early as June 2, in that year, he opened a tavern at that location.
At the June term of the Clinton County Court in 1811, it "adjourned to meet in Wilmington" in the following October, and on the 7th of that month, it met at the house of John McGregor, that being the first term held at the new county seat.
John McGregor died in 1813, having ruptured a blood vessel while attempting to lift a barrel of whiskey, and lived only an hour after the occurrence.
Reprinted from "The History of Clinton County, Ohio".
Eli McGregor, son of John McGregor, was born in Berkeley County, Virginia, Jan. 1, 1798. He came with his parents to Ohio in 1802. In 1812, he came to Wilmington, and, in 1813, went to Lebanon to learn the cabinet-maker's trade; he remained there a few years then went to Paris and Bowling Green, Ky.; then he returned to Wilmington, where he resided up to the time of his death, in July 1877. After his return from Lebanon, about 1821 or 1822, he opened a cabinet shop at his father's old corner. In May, 1822, he was married to Maria Sexton, daughter of Col. Joseph Sexton, of Frederick County, Va. Mrs. McGregor was born May 26, 1797, in Hendricks County, Va. They spent fifty-four years of happy married life together; they had seven children, six of whom lived to maturity.
On Nov. 6, 1835, Mr. McGregor was elected Mayor of Wilmington, the town having been incorporated Jan. 15, 1828. He was a member of the Wilmington Library Society.
Mr. McGregor was a strong anti-slavery man, and attended the Hamilton Convention, that, in 1840, organized the Liberty Party. He served in the organization known as the "Clinton County Anti-slavery Society" in 1842. A central committee was organized for Clinton County, and among those elected to serve upon it was Eli McGregor. He was a member of the Clinton County Auxiliary Bible Society. The subscription to the Society, according to an old slip of paper in the possession of Rachel, daughter of Eli McGregor, was $9.
Reprinted from "The History of Clinton County, Ohio".
Obituary
Death of Eli MacGregor. This venerable gentleman, so well and favorably known in this community, died at his residence, in Wilmington, on Sunday morning last, the 23rd inst.
Mr. MacGregor was born in Jefferson County, Virginia, January 1, 1798. his parents, John C. and Elizabeth MacGregor moved to Ohio in the spring of 1803. In the following year, they purchased a farm not far from Clarksville and built the ninth cabin on Todd's Fork. In 1813, they moved to Wilmington, and Mr. Eli MacGregor went to Lebanon, where he lived five years; after that, spent one year in Paris and Bowling Green, Kentucky. At the end of the year, he came back to Ohio; spent a few months in Xenia, and then removed to Wilmington where the remainder of his life was spent.
On the 30th of May, 1822, he was married to Maria Sexton, since which time he has resided in this place. They had seven children, four whom are living.
In 1840, he attended the Hamilton Convention that organized the Liberty Party, and nominated James G. Birney. He was a strong anti-slavery man, and the friend to liberty, justice and equal rights.
Mr. MacGregor lived a blameless life, and it can be truthfully said, in his case, "Behold the upright man!"
Obituary
Died. McGREGOR--At his residence in Wilmington, on Sunday morning, July23d, 1876, after short illness, Eli McGregor, in the 79th year of his age.
A man of great honesty of purpose, of pure character, and decided convictions he died respected by all.
An abolitionist of the old school, and ardent supporter of the Nation in its struggle to overthrow rebellion he hailed the abolition of slavery as the realization of the hopes of his earlier years. He had been a well known and highly esteemed resident of Wilmington for many years, and leaves an aged companion with whom he had lived for fifty-four years and four months, together with two sons and two daughters, and a large circle of relatives and friends to mourn his death.
John Sexton McGregor, a prominent farmer of the north-eastern part of Union Township, was born in Wilmington, Ohio, Jan. 26, 1826. He subsequently kept a general store on the corner of Main and Mulberry streets in Wilmington, the site of his grandfather's tavern, when those thoroughfares were yet full of trees and stumps. Mr. McGregor's parents were Eli and Maria (Sexton) McGregor. The former was a member of the Society of Friends, and a strong anti-slavery man. He was a conductor on the 'underground railroad' previous to the rebellion. Mr. McGregor was reared on a farm, and obtained a good English education in the schools of the neighborhood.
He learned the cabinet-maker's trade, and assisted his father at this business until he was thirty years of age. He subsequently carried on a cabinet-maker's shop in Brown and Greene counties for ten or eleven years. He was engaged in farming in Greene County until 1865, when he moved to his present location. He is the owner of sixty-seven acres of good land, through which runs the Pan Handle Railroad, and a flag station is located on the farm. He has been moderately successful in life. He was formerly a member of the Free-Soil Party, but of late has been a Republican. Mr. McGregor was united in marriage in 1857 to Caroline Bartholemew, a daughter of Chester Bartholmew. She is a native of Adams township. They have two children; Eli Chester and Joseph H. Mrs. McGregor is a member of the Christian Church.
Reprinted from "The History of Clinton County, Ohio".
I would appreciate it if someone in the family could write a biography of Eli Chester McGregor so I can add it to this blog. Unfortunately, I don't know too much about him other than the fact that he died exactly one year before I was born. Can someone help me out?
My next entry I'll go back to Grandpa's journal.
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