Wilson Ellsworth McGonagle & Sarah Alice White
(Parents of Jesse Thompson McGonagle, Father of Marie Mae McGonagle, Mother of Nelada Marie Grant)
(Parents of Jesse Thompson McGonagle, Father of Marie Mae McGonagle, Mother of Nelada Marie Grant)
Wilson
E. McGonagle, a prosperous general farmer and stock raiser of Franklin
Township, has brought his farm of 155 acres into a high state of cultivation,
and through his enterprising methods set a dependable example to his neighbors.
Wilson E. McGonagle received his
educational training in the public schools of Deersville, Ohio. Until 1887 when
he was married, Mr. McGonagle remained at home, and during that period acquired
a useful fund of knowledge relative to the best methods of carrying on
agricultural operations. With the exception of three years when he was away,
Mr. McGonagle has lived on his present farm since 1888, and is now recognized
as one of the best farmers in his neighborhood.
Sarah
Alice White McGonagle was called Allie. Allie was seventeen and living at home
when her father died. She was very small
with a very tiny waist. When Marie (her granddaughter) was nine years old, and she
and her parents lived with Grandma Mc (Allie) for two months. Marie was taller
than Allie at that time.
Marie remembers her Grandmother Mac
as being a very sweet and loving lady. She remembers that her Grandmother used
to make sugar cookies filled with boiled raisins. Still to this day this type
of cookie is Marie's favorite cookie.
Marie remembers that her Grandmother didn't
spill things, she didn't make messes, and she was very neat, nothing was out of
its place. She didn't tell people to pick up shoes. She did it.