"I married Nancy Almeda Martin, daughter of Dorsey H. Martin.  I am the oldest son of Milton Piggot who was born at either opposite Shinnston at the old Fortney farm or on Piggott's Run, but my earliest recollection was at Piggott's Run.
     At the time of my earliest recollections, George Lucas lived on the hill near the mouth of Piggott's Run in a two-story log house.  He and his brother, Basil Lucas, owned about all of the land on lower Robinson's Run between Shinnston, Lumberport, and Prospect Valley.  Basil Lucas was a bachelor and live on the hill between Robinson's Run and Lumberport in a one and one-half story log house, afterwards owned by Luther Harbert and later occupied by Arthur Drummond.  Lucas lived there with a colored man named Reason Childs and afterward moved in with his brother, George.  In his old age, he died in the George Lucas house, near the mouth of Piggott's Run.
     Melville Bartlett's mother was a daughter of William Lucas, Sr, who was a brother to George and Basil.  George Lucas' children were William Jr., Edward, Rawley, Mary (Davis), Martha (Vincent), Amelia (Nixon), and Amanda (Boggess).
     The next house up Robinson's Run was the Nathan Ogden house.  He also operated a mill there when I was a boy, run by overshot waterpower, carried from a dam some distance up the run and a reserve dam at the present location of the Shinnston water dam.
     Nathan Ogden was born across the river from Enterprise on the Leander Griffin farm and married Emily Duncan, who lived about Prospect Valley, near where Luther Piggott's house now stands.  His brothers Samuel and Jonathan Ogden married sisters to Emily Duncan, and they were sisters of Asbury Duncan, who was the father of John, Albert, and Ezra.
     Nathan Ogden continued to operate this mill until he died.  Then his sons, Van B. Ogden, and Thomas Ogden, and sister lived on the place for some years and operated the mill at intervals.
     Dr. Jesse Flowers, who was a son of John Flowers, Sr, lived on the point between Piggott's Run and Robinson's Run, owned a farm there and practiced his profession from that point.  His children were Dr. Basil Flowers, Dr. Caleb Flowers, and a sister, Rachel, who married Dr. James Denham.  Before Basil Flowers moved to the farm, he built a house on Piggott's Run, where Milton Piggott afterwards lived.  He used the upstairs for a potting and pottery store, getting his clay from the neighborhood, and accumulated such a store of pottery people were afraid it might break in.  He lived downstairs until well up in the years, then moved over on the point between Robinson's Run, where he died.
     On the point by the laurel thicket lived John Flowers who taught a loud school there.  The school was across the road front he house and was a one-story building about 20X30 feet, and the road ran from his house over to Piggott's Run.
     A short distance west of this road and near the upper end of the present dam was a one and one-half story house in which Caleb Flowers lived.  This was a little west of the old Indian fort erected in Pioneer times.  I do not know who lived on top of the Abe hill (Abe Davis lived there for a time; the hill was named after him.- Ed.)
     Mr. Elmer Piggott taught school for fifty-four years in Marion and Harrison Counties.    His brothers, Ellis and Fletcher were good teachers also.

     Along in the late 1890's, the young people of the neighborhood began to realize the need of an organ in the church, and began investigations into the possibility of acquiring one.  This resulted in the consulting the catalogue of a well known mail order house, where we found that one could be had for $65.00.
     It was decided that the best method of raising the money money would to have a watermelon and ice cream festival on the lawn of the church; so several long tables were erected and covered with snowy linen, on which were placed many bouquets of flowers and sparking oil lamps brought from our homes.  Tall crystal cake stands held six & seven story cakes that would melt in your mouth.  All this hemmed in by the border of locust trees, and the stone church in the background, made a pleasing scene.  People came from far and wide.  The melons were sliced unmercifully thin so they could serve a greater number of people, but no one seemed to mind.  The ice cream was homemade, from the richest of cream and new laid eggs  donated by the farmers.  The weather was ideal, the crowd remained until everything was sold out.  Then, when the treasurer's committee counted the money and yelled, "sixty-five dollars and forty some cents", a rousing cheer echoed up and down that valley.  In a very few days we had out organ and were proud, indeed, even though it was only a five octave reed organ.  It wasn't many years until they got a better one, and now they have a good piano.
     Each generation has had an enthusiastic group who have taken pride in keeping the church in good repair and have beautified it in many ways."