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Source:
Commemorative Biographical Records of Northwestern Ohio
including the counties of Defiance, Henry, Williams & Fulton.
Published at Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co.
1899.
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SAMUEL B. McLAIN. The
subject of this sketch, who for many years was a prominent,
progressive and prosperous agriculturist, now living
retired, is a native of this State, born Mar. 31, 1836, in
Knox county.
John McLain, grandfather of our subject, came
from Pennsylvania to Knox county, Ohio, in 1829, where he
followed farming and stock raising. He married Miss
Phoebe Swan, of Pennsylvania, and by her had a family of
eight children - four sons and four daughters - and one of
the sons, Abijah, is now living in Granville, Ohio,
at the age of eighty-three years.
Charles S. McLain, the eldest born in the family
of John and Phoebe (Swan) McLain, and the father of
our subject, was born in June, 1813, in Pennsylvania, coming
thence to Knox county, Ohio, where he married Miss Ruth
R. Berryhill, a native of that State, born in 1815.
They had a family of ten children - five sons and five
daughters - as follows: Samuel Berryhill; Mary A. (deceased);
Hattie, of Mt. Vernon, Ohio; Loretta (deceased);
William E., living in Colorado; Frances
(deceased); Charles A., of Colorado Springs,
Colorado; Henry H., of Knox county, Ohio; Louis,
of Mt. Vernon, Ohio; and a son that died in infancy.
S. B. McLain, the subject proper of these lines,
received a liberal education for his boyhood day in the
subscription schools of Knox county, somewhat primitive
though they were in their makeup, and seats being made of
slabs, and the writing desks of rough boards, while quill
pens were yet in use, and the ink was made form the bark of
the maple tree. Until 1859 he assisted his father in
the labor of the farm, and then took a trip to the South,
spending over a year in the sunny latitudes; thence moving
northward again, to Illinois and Iowa, in which States he
made his home some seven years, then returning to Ohio, and
settling on his present farm of three hundred forty acres,
one hundred of which lie in Fulton county, and two hundred
forty in Henry county. In addition to this he has
given eighty acres to each of his sons. For several
years he dealt extensively in horses, cattle, sheep and
hogs, but is now living retired, having rented his farm.
In politics he is a Republican, in religious faith a member
of the Presbyterian Church.
Mr. McLain has been twice married, first time,
in 1864, to Miss Angeline Rosecrans, whose father was
a cousin of General Rosecrans, late of the United
States Army. She had one child that died in infancy,
and she herself passed away after about one year's married
life. On Aug. 29, 1866, our subject wedded Miss
Mary E. Crawford, a native of Knox county, Ohio, born
Feb. 11, 1841, and five children graced their union, namely:
George H., of Liberty Center, Ohio; Burton C., a
farmer in Fulton county, Ohio; and Leroy, Ruth and
Hattie, all three deceased.
George and Jane (McCann) Crawford, parents of
Mrs. McLain, were natives of Halifax, Nova Scotia, and
Washington county, Pennsylvania, respectively. They
were married June 12, 1837, in Muskingum county, Ohio, and
came to Knox county in 1838, where they carried on
agricultural pursuits. Their family comprised form
children: James C., who died in April 1883; Mary
E. (Mrs. McLain); Eliza (Mrs. Joel B.
Couch), of Napoleon, Ohio; and G. A., of Liberty Center,
Henry county. Mrs. McLain's grandfather, James
Crawford was a native of Ireland, where he married Catherine
Miller, and in 1812 they came to this continent, making
their home in Nova Scotia for a time, thence coming to Ohio.
They had a family of eight children, all now deceased.
Mrs. McLain's maternal grandfather,
Archibald McCann was married in Washington,
Pennsylvania, to a Miss Mary Mathews,
also of Irish birth, and some time afterward they came
to Ohio, both dying in Muskingum county. They had nine
children - seven sons and two daughters - one of whom,
Doctor A. C. McCann, is now living in Paulding county,
Ohio.
Mrs. S. B. McLain was educated in part at the
schools of Napoleon, in part at Granville (Ohio), Female
College, graduating from that institution in 1861, after
which she taught three terms in Henry county. She and
her husband are numbered among the citizens of Fulton county
of the highest respectability, and, socially, they occupy an
enviable position.
Source: Commemorative Biographical Records of Northwestern Ohio
including the counties of Defiance, Henry,
Williams & Fulton - Published at Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co.
1899. - Page 160 |
STANTON
E.
MILLER,
M. D.
This successful physician and
surgeon of Florida, Henry county, has been in active
practice in that locality for about ten years, during which
time he has established a high reputation for professional
knowledge and skill.
A native of Ohio, Doctor Miller was born in York
township, Fulton county, February 28, 1862, and his family
is entitled to pioneer honors. His grandfather, John
S. Miller, was born near Reading, Pennsylvania, whence when
a young man he removed to Ohio, locating first in Seneca
county, where he was engaged in business as a mechanic.
About 1835 he settled in Henry county upon a tract of
unimproved land, which he cleared and cultivated for a
homestead. In 1832 he married Miss Rebecca Wright, who
was a native of Pennsylvania, and they now reside at Liberty
Center, Ohio. This worthy couple had six children:
Charles, George, Emeline, Warren, Eli, and James. The
father died November 10, 1897, at Liberty Center.
Rev. George Miller, our subject's father, was
born at Republic, Seneca county, Ohio, in 1834, and for many
years has been a prominent minister in the Christian Union
Church. At present he resides at Liberty Center, and
much of his time is devoted to agricultural pursuits.
His wife, whose maiden name was Ellen C. Leist, was born
near Circleville, Pickaway county, Ohio, and died in Fulton
county June 7, 1897. Their children were Mary, Stanton
E., Homer H., Lucy M., Charles E., Jay H., and Blanche A.
Doctor Miller had the advantage of a wholesome
country life during his boyhood, and was educated in the
public schools of Liberty, where he completed a course in
the high school, and at Fayette, Ohio, in the normal school.
He then began his preparation for a professional career and
in September, 1883, he entered the medical department of the
Northwestern University, at Chicago, where he was graduated
in the spring of 1887. He immediately engaged in
practice at Florida, opening his office in April, 1887, and
from the first his abilities have met with gratifying
recognition. As a citizen he is popular, and he is
identified with various organizations, including the Masonic
fraternity and the National Union.
The Doctor was married in Liberty Center, to Miss
Alma A. Babcock, who died in Florida, January 24, 1888,
and their only child died during infancy. On October
2, 1890, the Doctor formed a second matrimonial union, this
time with Miss Effie S. Kemmer, daughter of Peter
Kemmer, a well-known resident of Florida. John
S. Miller, the grandfather of our subject, sat on the
first jury empanelled in Henry county.
Source: Commemorative Biographical Records of Northwestern Ohio
including the counties of Defiance, Henry, Williams & Fulton
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Published at Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co. 1899. - Page 516 |
WILLIAM
H.
MOWERY.
Among the agriculturists of
Harrison township, Henry county, who have attained success
from a financial point of view, is the gentleman whose name
introduces this sketch.
Mr. Mower is one of the most progressive and energetic
farmers of his community, is a complete master of the
calling which he is following, and today his fine farm of
one hundred and twenty acres is under excellent cultivation
and well improved. Upon the place he has erected good
and substantial buildings, including a comfortable
residence, where hospitality and good cheer reign supreme.
Our subject was born June 26, 1848, in Pickaway county,
Ohio, and in the order of birth is fourth child in a family
of eight children - four sons and four daughters - whose
parents were Samuel and Elizabeth (Gensel) Mowery. The
first twelve years of his life he passed in the county of
his nativity, and then accompanied his parents on their
removal to Allen county, Ohio, where the father's death
occurred. The mother is still living.
William H. Mowery continued a resident of Allen county
until he was married, December 5, 1871, to Miss Martha K.
Spangler, a native of Pickaway county, and a daughter of
Levi Spangler, late of Harrison township, Henry county.
Two children grace this union: Mamie and Nona. After
his marriage, Mr. Mowery came to Henry county, and in
Harrison township has since successfully engaged in farming.
He is held in high regard by all who know him, and his
sterling integrity and honorable, upright manhood, fully
entitled him to the position which he holds in the
estimation of the people of the community.
Source: Commemorative Biographical Records of Northwestern Ohio
including the counties of Defiance, Henry, Williams & Fulton
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