> Dear Mr. Laube, > I just wanted to say thank you for the website on Jockey Hollow > one-room school house. My grandmother Elma Lucille Axline Gordon and my > Great-aunt Mary Axline were two of its students and I have only an oral > record of their childhoods. Thank you for your note - my wife Betty Jean Clark of Glenford was also a Jockey Hollow student - as I suppose you saw her name in the list. And she is rightly very proud of the education she received there. We have written a family history honoring six of our eight-grandparents. Her maternal grandmother is Anna Maude Bowser Orr. You probably know that your great-grandmother was Cora Ida Bowser. She married Edward Clarence Axline March 28, 1894, in the Methodist Episcopal Parsonage in Somerset. Cora was the great-granddaughter of a John Bowser (1783-1829), a Brethren, who bought land in Hopewell Township, along with his father, Jacob, in 1814 and 1816. In those days and for several generations the Bowser families were important members of the Jonathan Creek Brethren community. They were well to-do sheep farmers. BJ's grandmother, Anna Maude Bowser, was also the greatdaughter of John Bowser. Anna Maude and Cora were second cousins. And BJ's mother Ada Bowser Clark was third cousin of Cora's children, that is, your Elma Lucille and Mary. BJ remembers Mary very well. In about 1926 when the Charleston was becoming popular - Mary was quite expert at it. And eight-year-old BJ so wanted to be able to do that. Today we are pretty good ballroom dancers but we do not do the Charleston. In our Bowser book we only go to Cora and Edward. You may want to find this book at the Perry County OGS library in Lexington. You could add a page of Axline data to the Perry County Copy - if you send me a copy I will insert it in my file copy. > I remember the story about the pony cart. We are delighted. > I have my grandmother's graduation class picture if you would like > to add it to the site (I can scan it from home). OK - please send me a gif or some such file. Also take a look at the Bowser Book first. I think we added some names to the book that are not on the web site. And you might want to put a copy of the graduation photo in that book also. And the stories would be very interesting to a lot of people. You might consider publishing the stories on the Perry County rootsweb. They would be very welcome I am sure. I hope you don't mind but I am posting a copy of this letter on the Perry County list. >I noticed that Gordon was also a name listed. We think that name must have come from Ray (Reynold) Hazlett. He took the photograph and contributed names to the Jockey Hollw Story. BJ recalls the name bu can add nothing else. Ray may know - I am sending him a copy of this note and your original posting. You will see his e-mail address on this note to you. Also Evan Clark lives in the Buckeye Lake area - he lived in Thornville for years - Clark's Appliance's or some such name. > Thank you, > Jessica Gordon > Thornville, Ohio Jessica we are delighted to make your acquaintance - There are maps in that Bowser book - and you will be able to locate where your great-grandparents farmed - a stone's throw from the Bowser farm. With very best personal regards -- Hal and BJ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Jessica's letter ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jessica Gordon" <jgordon@muskingum.edu> To: <Zurlauben@mindspring.com> Sent: Saturday, November 03, 2001 5:23 PM Subject: Jockey hollow > Dear Mr. Laube, > I just wanted to say thank you for the website on Jockey Hollow > one-room school house. My grandmother Elma Lucille Axline Gordon and my > Great-aunt Mary Axline were two of its students and I have only an oral > record of their childhoods. It was so nice to see this history written > down. I remember the story about the pony cart. > I have my grandmother's graduation class picture if you would like > to add it to the site (I can scan it from home). I also have some dates > (birth, death, graduation, etc.) Between my family and I, think we > might be able to recall a few more of the stories she told. I noticed > that Gordon was also a name listed. My grandfather was James William > Gordon his family was also of the Sommerset area. He is the son of > Edward and Josie (Richie) Gordon though I don't believe any of them > attended the school at all or much beyond elementary years. > Please let me know if you would like any further information from me > or if you can provide any more information about that part of my family. > > Thank you, > Jessica Gordon > Thornville, Ohio > >