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Centennial Biographical History of Hancock Co., Ohio
Pub: New York & Chicago by The Lewis Publishing Company
1903

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  NORMAN L. MACLACHLAN

Source: Centennial Biographical History of Hancock Co., Ohio - Pub: New York & Chicago by The Lewis Publishing Company - 1903 - Page 478

  WILLIAM MADSUSE

Source: Centennial Biographical History of Hancock Co., Ohio - Pub: New York & Chicago by The Lewis Publishing Company - 1903 - Page 689

  CHARLES MALLEN

Source: Centennial Biographical History of Hancock Co., Ohio - Pub: New York & Chicago by The Lewis Publishing Company - 1903 - Page 480

 

JEROME M. MARTIN.  Among the busiest, most energetic and enterprising men of McComb, is the subject of this review, the senior member of the hardware firm of Martin & Weinland.  He was born at Commercial Point, Pickaway County, Ohio, in 1854, and when only a year and a half old was deprived by death of his mother, and at the age of six years was left an orphan by his father’s death.
     Mr. Martin remained in the place of his nativity until twenty-one years of age and during that time acquired a good common-school education, well fitting him for the practical and responsible duties of life.  In the winter months he attended schools and in the summer seasons worked on a farm, thus providing for his own support from an early age.  In the year 1875, with the capital which he had acquired through his own exertions, he embarked in the grocery business at Napoleon, Ohio, but after a year spent at that place he sold his store and removed to Decatur, Illinois, where he opened a restaurant.  He conducted the new enterprise for a year and then returned to Napoleon, where he followed the trade of carpentering, which he learned there, also executing contracts for work of that nature.  He remained in Napoleon until 1888, when he came to McComb and established his hardware store, having one of the largest and best stocked stores in this line of commercial activity in northern Ohio.  The firm carries an extensive stock in order to meet the constantly growing demands of its trade, and the business is continually increasing, both in volume and importance.
     In 1877, in Napoleon, Mr. Martin was united in marriage to Miss Clara J. Weaver, and they now have a pleasant home and many friends in McComb.  Mr. Martin is a democrat in his political views and has taken an active part in political affairs, serving as a member of the city council of Napoleon.  He was also chief of the fire department, acting in that capacity for a number of years in a most capable manner.  For six years, from 1893 until 1899, he served as treasurer of McComb, and from the latter date until the present time he has been the treasurer of Pleasant township, Hancock county.  In 1888 he was a member of the city council here, and is an officer whose political record is above reproach, for he is true to every trust reposed in him and is loyal and patriotic in the discharge of his duties.  Fraternally he is connected with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and is an exemplary representative of the organization.  His attention, however, is closely give to his business interests, which are now of an extensive character, and in the control of which he is meeting with very desirable success. 
Source : Centennial Biographical History of Hancock Co., Ohio - Pub: New York & Chicago by The Lewis Publishing Company - 1903 - Page 252

  CHARLES W. MASCHO

Source : Centennial Biographical History of Hancock Co., Ohio - Pub: New York & Chicago by The Lewis Publishing Company - 1903 - Page 499

  ALBERT C. MATTHIAS

Source : Centennial Biographical History of Hancock Co., Ohio - Pub: New York & Chicago by The Lewis Publishing Company - 1903 - Page 517

  MOSES McANELLY

Source : Centennial Biographical History of Hancock Co., Ohio - Pub: New York & Chicago by The Lewis Publishing Company - 1903 - Page 115

  GEORGE McARTHUR

Source : Centennial Biographical History of Hancock Co., Ohio - Pub: New York & Chicago by The Lewis Publishing Company - 1903 - Page 276

  WILLIAM H. McELWAINE

Source : Centennial Biographical History of Hancock Co., Ohio - Pub: New York & Chicago by The Lewis Publishing Company - 1903 - Page 523

  MARTIN P. McGEE

Source : Centennial Biographical History of Hancock Co., Ohio - Pub: New York & Chicago by The Lewis Publishing Company - 1903 - Page 446

  JOSEPH R. McLEOD

Source : Centennial Biographical History of Hancock Co., Ohio - Pub: New York & Chicago by The Lewis Publishing Company - 1903 - Page 349

  LEMUEL McMANNESS

Source : Centennial Biographical History of Hancock Co., Ohio - Pub: New York & Chicago by The Lewis Publishing Company - 1903 - Page 181

  JEFFERSON C. McRILL

Source : Centennial Biographical History of Hancock Co., Ohio - Pub: New York & Chicago by The Lewis Publishing Company - 1903 - Page 296

  MRS. HARRIET H. MEASEL

Source : Centennial Biographical History of Hancock Co., Ohio - Pub: New York & Chicago by The Lewis Publishing Company - 1903 - Page 192

  JOHN H. MELLOTT

Source : Centennial Biographical History of Hancock Co., Ohio - Pub: New York & Chicago by The Lewis Publishing Company - 1903 - Page 463

  ARNOLD F. MERRIAM was the second lawyer to locate in Findlay.  He was born in Brandon, Vermont, December 17, 1811, and was there educated and began the study of law.  In early manhood he removed to Zanesville, Ohio, where he completed his law studies and was admitted to practice.  He soon afterward started for Vinton county, where he intended to locate, but during his journey met Wilson Vance, who induced him to change his mind and come to Findlay.  He arrived here in the spring of 1835, and entered into partnership with Edson Goit.  In June, 1836, he was appointed prosecuting attorney, which office he filled till April, 1837, when he resigned.  On the 27th of May, 1837, he married Miss Sarah A. Baldwin, sister of Dr. William Baldwin, who bore him one son and two daughters.  In January, 1838, Mr. Merriam started the Hancock Republican, the first Whig paper published in the county, which he published about a year.  He then removed to Mansfield, Ohio, sold the press and subsequently went to Kentucky, where he died in July, 1844.  His widow returned with her family to Findlay, and afterward married Judge Robert Strother.  The lady is now living here, the venerable Mrs. S. A. Strother, whom everybody loves and reveres.  Though Mr. Merriam followed his profession about four years in this county, he left Findlay at such an early date that little is remembered of him by the older citizens still living.
Source : Centennial Biographical History of Hancock Co., Ohio - Pub: New York & Chicago by The Lewis Publishing Company - 1903 - Page 72
  W. M. METZLER

Source : Centennial Biographical History of Hancock Co., Ohio - Pub: New York & Chicago by The Lewis Publishing Company - 1903 - Page 418

  HARVEY C. MILEY

Source : Centennial Biographical History of Hancock Co., Ohio - Pub: New York & Chicago by The Lewis Publishing Company - 1903 - Page 51

  ALEXANDER MILLER

Source : Centennial Biographical History of Hancock Co., Ohio - Pub: New York & Chicago by The Lewis Publishing Company - 1903 - Page 264

  FRANCIS M. MILLER

Source : Centennial Biographical History of Hancock Co., Ohio - Pub: New York & Chicago by The Lewis Publishing Company - 1903 - Page 39

  LEVI MILLER

Source : Centennial Biographical History of Hancock Co., Ohio - Pub: New York & Chicago by The Lewis Publishing Company - 1903 - Page 273

 

WILLIAM B. MILLER.  Industry is a leading characteristic of the German people, and this fact probably accounts in a measures at least for the unrelenting activity that has marked the life of William B. Miller and those who went before him.  Hard work and rigid economy made of the father a comparatively wealthy man, and despite the heavy expense of raising a large family, Martin Miller was able to give his son William eighty acres as a start in business.
     Christopher Miller came to this country from Germany in 1805, settling in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania.  Martin, the son, was but eight years old when he landed, remained there until 1816, when at the age of nineteen he moved to Fairfield county, this state.  Here his son William was born, Feb. 11, 1825, and here the family resided until the death of the parents, Martin dying in 1877, and his wife, who was Catherine Baker, in 1884.  She was a native of Sunberry, Pennsylvania, and was seven years younger than her husband, having been born in 1804.  They were members of the Reformed church and Mr. Miller was a Republican in politics.  They had seventeen children; thirteen grew to maturity, seven are still living, and of this number two reside in this county.
     At the age of twenty-two, in 1847, William Miller removed to Hancock county, and three years later added by purchase one hundred acres to the eighty he had received as a gift from his father.  Some of this land was not in the best state of cultivation and Mr. Miller set about at once to improve it.  He subsequently sold twenty acres to a neighbor.
     On Mar. 24, 1845, he was united in marriage to Miss Jane, daughter of William and Susan S. Martin.  She bore him thirteen children, of whom eight are living.  She was a native of Ohio, born in Fairfield county June 18, 1823, and is now deceased.  For his second wife he married Mrs. Helen E. Flack.
     Mr. Miller
lives very near the southeastern limits of Findlay, on one hundred and sixty acres of valuable farming land, and is very intimately associated with the political and religious life of the town.  He is one of the strong men in the Republican party, has held the office of township treasurer and has also been one of the trustees of Marion township.  He was justice of the peace for some time and in 1879 was nominated by his party as member of the state legislature.  It was in the same year that Governor Foster was defeated by a vote of three hundred and ninety-seven, and Mr. Miller was beaten by a majority of two hundred and ninety-five votes.  A comparison of these numbers will indicate the degree of Mr. Miller’s popularity.  As superintendent of the Sunday-school and class leader of the United Brethren church, Mr. Miller has put a personality into his work, the influence of which is very wide-reaching in its effects.  Mr. Miller and his family belong to this church and in Findlay he is counted as one of this county’s most popular, progressive and representative men. 
Source : Centennial Biographical History of Hancock Co., Ohio - Pub: New York & Chicago by The Lewis Publishing Company - 1903 - Page 247

  PARLEE MITCHELL

Source : Centennial Biographical History of Hancock Co., Ohio - Pub: New York & Chicago by The Lewis Publishing Company - 1903 - Page 552

  THOMAS M. MITCHELL

Source : Centennial Biographical History of Hancock Co., Ohio - Pub: New York & Chicago by The Lewis Publishing Company - 1903 - Page 352

  DR. WILLIAM R. MOFFETT.  This an age of progress, and America is the exponent of the spirit of the age.  Perhaps no greater advancement has been made along professional lines than in dentistry.  New methods have been introduced, and the profession has largely attained perfection.  Fully in touch with the advancement which has been made, Dr. William R. Moffett stands as a leading representative of the dental fraternity in Hancock county, residing and doing business in Arcadia, the town of his birth.  Dr. Moffett here first saw the light on Jan. 3, 1871.  He is the son of William and Sarah (Chambers) Moffett, both of whom are natives of the Emerald Isle.  The father was born in County Down, July 1, 1837.  The parents are married in their native isle and emigrated to this country to 1866, remaining a short time in Philadelphia, after which they removed to Arcadia, where Mr. Moffett engaged in the mercantile business for a short period.  He then entered the drug business, which he successfully carried on for a period of twenty years.  He was a man of superior intelligence and education, and made a marked impression on those with whom he came in touch.  He was a ready writer of both prose and poetry, and an interesting and fluent speaker.  He served Arcadia in the capacity of postmaster for a number of years, and served the township in holding with credit some of its offices.  In religious faith he was a strict Presbyterian, in which organization he was an elder.  His death occurred Jul. 2, 1899, an event which spread gloom over the entire community, for it was the loss of a good citizen.  The wife still survives, and of five children, namely: George H., William R., David E., Mary and Margaret B.  The mother of Dr. Moffett was a sister of Dr. John Chambers, deceased, a noted clergyman of Indianapolis, Indiana.  He was also a professor in the Indiana Medical College and a surgeon of note.  The Chambers family were of Scotch-English descent.
     Dr. Moffett passed the days of his boyhood and youth in the village of his birth, where he received an excellent education, graduating with honor from the high school.  In 1893 he was given a license as a practicing dentist, and immediately opened an office at Ottawa, Ohio, where his work proved so satisfactory that his patronage became very extensive.  He remained at Ottawa until 1900, at which time he returned to his native place, where he is now practicing.  Dr. Moffett uses the very latest methods of dentistry in his office, and his work is done to the entire satisfaction of his numerous and still growing patronage.  In connection with his dental practice Mr. Moffett also dips somewhat into agriculture, having purchased a farm of seventy acres near Arcadia.  In 1891 Dr. Moffett was united in marriage to Miss Nora Moffitt.  Miss Moffitt was the daughter of John J. and Edith Moffitt, and was born in Blanchard township, Feb. 17, 1873.  To this felicitous marriage there have been born two lovely daughters, Jessie Aldine, born Jan. 27, 1893, and Edith Pauline, born Jun. 2, 1895.
     Dr. and Mrs. Moffett are popular members of society in Hancock county, where their circle of friends is extensive, and the regard in which they are held in uniform.
Source : Centennial Biographical History of Hancock Co., Ohio - Pub: New York & Chicago by The Lewis Publishing Company - 1903 - Page 245
  JOHN MONTGOMERY

Source : Centennial Biographical History of Hancock Co., Ohio - Pub: New York & Chicago by The Lewis Publishing Company - 1903 - Page 109

  JOHN T. MONTGOMERY

Source : Centennial Biographical History of Hancock Co., Ohio - Pub: New York & Chicago by The Lewis Publishing Company - 1903 - Page 43

  WILLIAM MONTGOMERY

Source : Centennial Biographical History of Hancock Co., Ohio - Pub: New York & Chicago by The Lewis Publishing Company - 1903 - Page 74

  JOHN M. MOORHEAD

Source : Centennial Biographical History of Hancock Co., Ohio - Pub: New York & Chicago by The Lewis Publishing Company - 1903 - Page 174

  NELSON MORRISON

Source : Centennial Biographical History of Hancock Co., Ohio - Pub: New York & Chicago by The Lewis Publishing Company - 1903 - Page 594

  PHILEMON B. MORRISON

Source : Centennial Biographical History of Hancock Co., Ohio - Pub: New York & Chicago by The Lewis Publishing Company - 1903 - Page 451

  ROBERT B. MOTHERWELL

Source : Centennial Biographical History of Hancock Co., Ohio - Pub: New York & Chicago by The Lewis Publishing Company - 1903 - Page 228

  EDWIN R. MOYER

Source : Centennial Biographical History of Hancock Co., Ohio - Pub: New York & Chicago by The Lewis Publishing Company - 1903 - Page 253

 

M. M. MOYER.  Edwin R. Moyer, the son of poor Pennsylvania parents, was inured to hardships in youth, and as he grew up learned the trade of shoemaking, which he pursued some years as a means of livelihood.  After his marriage to Lucinda Grinawalt he obtained possession of a small piece of land, whose cultivation, in connection with his work on the beach, enabled him with difficulty to support his growing family.  Thinking to better his fortunes by a movement to the west, he came about 1866 to Hancock county, where he bought eighty acres of land in Union township.  This place, however, being found unsuitable on account of size and other reasons, he disposed of it to buy a tract double its size, on which he established his family as comfortably as possible.  From that time on he abandoned his shoemaker’s tools, and by devoting his whole attention to the farm obtained a success beyond his most sanguine expectations.  In fact the quondam shoemaker proved to be an excellent agriculturist and soon became noted for the abundance as well as quality of his crops, while his stock was among the finest and fattest in the land.  As Edwin’s circumstances improved his family kept pace with the increased income, and in time Mr. and Mrs. Moyer found their household enlivened by the presence of twelve lusty children.  The boys as they grew up all proved to be sober and industrious, and were of great assistance to their father in carrying on his farming operations.  In time they all married and without exception have done well, being found in honorable positions in the various walks of life and respected as useful citizens.  The father, after doing his full duty during a long and blameless life, passed away in 1888, and four years later his good wife, Lucinda, was laid by his side in the family burying ground.
     M. M. Moyer, one of the sons of this worthy couple, was born in Lehigh county, Pennsylvania, in July, 1862, and hence was only about four years old when his parents settled in Hancock county.  He had no aspirations aside from farming, and having learned the details of this business under his father’s tutelage adopted it as his regular calling as soon as he approached manhood.  When his mother died, in 1890, he bought the interest of the other heirs in half of the homestead, and now owns eighty acres of his father’s original purchase.  This tract he has been cultivating for twelve years with such skill and industry as to be ranked as one of the most promising of the younger generation of farmers, while his genial character and kind disposition have gained him the good will of all his neighbors.  He attends closely to business, manages his farm with judgment and his operations have yielded him a steady and increasing income.  In the same year that he effected the purchase of his place he led to the altar Miss Alice, the accomplished daughter of Dr. F. C. Steingraver, and this union, which proved in every way happy and congenial, resulted in the birth of three bright children, whose names are Frederick E., Helen M. and Myron D.  Mr. and Mrs. Moyer are members of the Methodist Protestant church, in which he holds the position of trustee and steward.  The success of Mr. Moyer, taken in connection with the standing obtained by his numerous brothers and sisters, shows that the emigration of the Pennsylvania shoemaker made a valuable addition to the stanch citizenship of Hancock county. 
Source : Centennial Biographical History of Hancock Co., Ohio - Pub: New York & Chicago by The Lewis Publishing Company - 1903 - Page 253

  URIAH B. MOYER

Source : Centennial Biographical History of Hancock Co., Ohio - Pub: New York & Chicago by The Lewis Publishing Company - 1903 - Page 308

 

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