J. M. taught school from his eighteenth year; studied law, and was admitted to the bar in Ohio. He held the offices of Assessor and Justice of the Peace and Supervisor. John H. Martin, born in Wayne County, Illinois, was raised in Marshall County, having lived there since 1829; removed on to Section 25 in March, 1856. Alexander Clegg, from West Virginia, settled on Sec. 25. His daughter, Florence, was the first child born in the town.
The story of wearing your wedding ring on the left hand can be traced back to ancient Roman and Greek times (really!). Back in that day, the Romans believed that the vein in the ring finger (the fourth finger) on the left hand ran directly to one's heart. Because of this belief, they called that vein the vena amoris or vein of love.
The wedding ring is usually worn on the fourth left ring finger of the left hand because it is believed that the left ring finger contains the âvena amorisâ or âvein of loveâ. It is a traditional belief that the âvein of loveâ directly ran from the heart to the fourth finger of the left hand.