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EMERY F. MARRS
was born in Illinois in 1855; came with his father,
William Marrs, to Shelby County in 1860. In
1879 he married Jane Key. From this
union they have two children, Myrtle D., born
1880, and Harry Lee, born 1881.
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WILLIAM MARRS.
About the year 1720 Wm. Marrs, a nobleman of
Scotland (leaving a vast estate in Scotland, which now
of right belongs to his American descendants), emigrated
to America, in order to avoid being put to death or
severe torture as a religious heretic. The
dominant religionists had passed his sentence, which was
that he he tried to the tail of a wild colt, and it be
turned loose in the streets of Edinburgh. To avoid
this fearful fate he fled his country, and left friends
and property behind. Originally the name was
spelled Marr, but he, to avoid detection, added
an s, since which time it has been written Marrs.
Upon his arrival in the land of religious freedom, he
located at or near the town of Little York,
Pennsylvania, where he reared a family of three sons,
Samuel, Henry, and Barnabas. Samuel,
the eldest, was born about the year 1740, and remained
there to marry about the year 1759 or 1760. A few
years later he removed to Rockbridge County, Va., but
remained there but a short time, when he moved to what
is now Tazewell County, where he remained until 1793,
when he moved to Jesamine County, Kentucky. Whom
he married, or when he or his wife died, we have no
account, but of his family we know that he had eleven
children, viz., Henry, Phillis, Elizabeth,
Christopher, Ruth, Samuel, William, John, James, Josiah,
and Abigail.
Wm. Marrs, the pioneer of Perry Township, was one
of the above eleven children. He was born in
Virginia, Oct. 13, 1770, and married Jane McClure
Nov. 25, 1794, in the State of Kentucky. About the
year 808 they came to Champaign County, Ohio, where they
remained until 1816, when they settled on the bank of
the Mosquito Creek, within the present limits of Perry
Township. He and two of his sons are known to have
been here as early as 1814, but did not permanently
locate until 816. He entered his land in 812 at
the land office in Cincinnati. Their family
consisted of five children, whose names and dates of
birth are as follows: John, 1796; Samuel,
798; William, 1800; Betsey, 1801; and
James, 1809. This old pioneer departed this life
Mar. 2, 1844; his wife survived him until April 6, 847,
when she, too, was taken away.
Betsey Marrs, one of the above mentioned, was
married to Wm. Pepper Oct. 23, 1817. They
lived in Champaign County, Ohio, until 1820, when they
settled on Mosquito Creek, four miles east of Sidney,
where they lived until Wm. Pepper departed
this life, Dec. 11, 1854. His widow remained on
the home place until May 5, 1876, when she was called
home. Their family consisted of four children:
Greenup, born 1819; Marshall, born 1822;
James, born 1825; and John, born 1828.
Greenup, the eldest of the family, died 1840.
John, the youngest, died in 1854. James
resides in Pulaski County, Indiana.
Marshall Pepper, Esq., one of the four sons of
Wm. Pepper, was born and lived all his life in
Perry Township, until recently he moved to the town of
Sidney. While living in Perry the people of that
township honored him with the office of justice of the
peace for eighteen years. In March, 1845, he was
married to Elizabeth Hollopeter, by Thompson
Vaughn, Esq. Their children consisted of six
sons and four daughters, all of whom died in childhood
except one, Rudolph James, who was born in 1854.
In 1875 he married Harriet E. Frazier, of
Painesville, Ohio. Four children have been born to
them, three of whom are living.
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WASHINGTON MEDARIS was born in
North Carolina in 1795. Came to Clermont County,
Ohio, in 1804, where he grew to manhood, and learned the
blacksmithing trade in Batavia. In 1819 he married
Elizabeth Salters. They moved to
Shelby County in June, 1831, and lived a short time in
the town of Sidney. During this time he entered a
piece of land in Perry Township, and moved to it with
his wife and six children. He erected a cabin and
a shop in the woods. Here he did blacksmithing and
gunsmithing, also shoemaking for his neighbors. By
this means he got his first land cleared. Not long
after his location in Perry, his shop burned together
with all his tools. This left him without means of
support. In order to maintain his family he put
his land into the trust company. He did not get it
redeemed until 1847, when the interest on the loan bad
amounted to more than the principal. In 1843 his
wife died, leaving him with ten children. In 1844
he married Matilda A. McDavitt. By this
union there are nine children, all now living.
Mr. Medaris died July 17, 1881, at the age of
eighty-six years, having been A. F. and A. M. for
thirty-six years. He was also a Sir Knight.
He died full of honors and years.
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Green
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WILLIAM MALONEY, Farmer; P. O. Plattsville, Ohio. Mr. Maloney was born in
Ireland, June 20, 1819. In 1854 he came to America
and located in Summit County, Ohio, remained a few
years, then in 1858 or 1859 he moved to Miami County,
where he married Miss Elizabeth Ryan in 1856.
They settled in Miami County, remained until in 1870,
when they came to Shelby County, purchased and moved on
the farm in Green Township where they are now living.
They have a family of eight children, five sons and
three daughters. Mr. Maloney has made
farming his vocation. At present he owns several
farms in Green Township, and is one of the most
extensive farmers in the township.
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Washington
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THE MARSHALLS.
This is one
of the oldest and most prominent families of Shelby
County, as already indicated by the county records.
Judge Samuel Marshall was born in Ireland in
1775, but came with his father to the United States in
1784 and settled in Washington County, Pennsylvania.
Here Judge Marshall married Margaret Cracraft,
and shortly afterward moved to Butler County, Ohio,
where he resided until 1808, when he came and located on
land now owned by William Marshall, in Washington
Township, this county. Here he became one of the
most prominent men of his day, and served as one of the
first associate judges of the county, a position he held
during a number of years. He was one of the first
contractors for the old Piqua and fort Defiance mal
route, and the route from Piqua to Bellefontaine.
His sons Hugh and C. C. Marshall carried
the mail over these routes at a very early day.
Judge Marshall also served as county commissioner,
and is all official capacities, as in the private walks
of life, he was greatly respected during his active and
influential career. His death occurred Feb. 12,
1838, and he bore with him to the grave the deep and
abiding esteem born of that confidence reposed by a
whole community. His widow survived him until
August, 1854, when she laid aside the cares of a useful
life to be mourned by a host of devoted friends.
WILLIAM MARSHALL, a son of
Judge Marshall, was born in this county Jan. 30,
1819, his age thus corresponding exactly with that of
the county. As a boy he commenced life by
purchasing furs through the country, in which business
he was engaged for several years. Later along he took a
contract for the grading of two miles of the C. C. C.
and I., or old B. and I. Railroad bed. All this
time, in fact nearly all his life, he has been engaged
in the live stock trade, and has probably done more
horseback riding in this occupation than any other man
in the county. He is now the owner of the old home
farms of his father and father-in-law, these being two
of the earliest settled farms in the township.
In1841 he married Margaret Leighty, who was born
in Shelby County October, 1818, with whom he raised a
family of five children, four of whom are living viz.,
Orlando S., Martha, Samuel C., and Allen L.
Mrs. Marshall died February, 1850. In
November, 1852, he married Martha A., daughter of
Moses and Ann (nee McCullough)
Sturgeon. This family had come to Shelby
County in 1816, and it was here that Martha was
born 1820. Her parents were born in Pennsylvania
in 1776, and coming to this county reared a family of
ten children, of whom four are still living.
Mr. Sturgeon died here in 1849, while his wife
survived him until 1850.
After his marriage Mr. Marshall continued
engaged in farming and stock-dealing, to which his life
has been almost wholly devoted. One of his sons,
Vincent, moved to Illinois, where he became an
extensive stock-dealer, occupying a prominent and
respected position up to the date of his death, which
occurred in that State in 1873. His loss was
lamented by a large circle of relatives and friends.
The only child of William Marshall by his last
wife is one daughter, Margaret, born in 1854.
George died September, 1877.
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Clinton Twp. -
GEORGE A. MARSHALL was born in
Turtle Creek Township, Sept. 14, 1849, where he remained
until after his father's death, attending and teaching
school. He was one of the eleven children of
Samuel Marshall, a pioneer of Turtle Creek Township,
in the personal history of which will be found a sketch
of his life. G. A. Marshall studied law in
the office of Conklin & Burress, in Sidney,
some three years, and was admitted to the bar in
February, 1876, by the Supreme Court. He remained
with his tutors about one year after his admission and
then opened an office alone. In February, 1878, he
formed a partnership with Judge Conklin, which
was dissolved in February, 1882. Since that date
he has been alone. He was elected prosecuting
attorney on the Democratic ticket in 1877, when he
served one term. Again in 1882 he was elected to
the same office, which he holds at this time. On
December 22, 1881, he married Miss Lou. Cowan.
They have three children, Benjamin and Samuel
McCaslin (twins), and Frank.
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Cynthian
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JOSEPH MARSHALL, deceased, was
born in France in 1836. He was a son of Francis
Marshall. Just when he came to the United
States we cannot learn, but he settled in this township
in 1853. In 1864 Joseph married
Philomena Spraley, who was born in Germany in 1844.
John Spraley, her father, came from Germany to
the United States in 1847, and made their settlement in
this township the same year. Mr. and Mrs.
Marshall, after their marriage, engaged in the hotel
and saloon business in Newport, which he followed during
the remainder of his life. He died in 1881.
During the rebellion he served as a soldier in Company
C, 118th O. V. I. He was wounded at the battle of
mossy Creek, Tenn., and was discharged from the service
on account of his wounds in 1864. His wounds never
healed, and he died from their effects. The year
1881 was a sorrowful year to Mrs. Marshall; she
buried her husband, father, and mother all the same
year. She was left alone with three small
children. Since the death of her husband she has
carried on the business of the hotel and saloon, as did
her husband in his lifetime.
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Green
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SAMUEL M. MARTIN, Blacksmith and
Farmer; P. O. Plattsville, Ohio.
A native of Shelby County, and son of John and
Margaret Martin, was born in Orange Township Sept.
4, 1842. When the age of twenty-one years he began
working at the blacksmith trade, which he has since made
his principal vocation. On the 23d day of August,
1866, he married Miss Jennie, daughter of John
Rogers, of Orange Township, this county.
Mr. and Mrs. Martin settled in Orange Township,
remained until March, 1869, when he purchased and moved
on the farm in Green Township where they now reside.
They have a family of four children, three sons and one
daughter. Since Mr. Martin's settlement on
his farm he has been conducting the business of farming
in connection with his business of blacksmithing and
repai8ring farm implements, wagons, buggies, etc. etc.
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PHILIP MAURER was born in Germany
in the year 1828. He came with his parents to this
county in 1833. They first stopped for a short
time at Hamilton, Ohio. While located here his father
Philip J. Maurer, purchased about 1000 acres of land
in one body, being partly in this and Auglaize
counties.. He then brought his family to New
Bremen, and left them there while he and his sons
erected a cabin on his land. This was the year of
the "Cholera epidemic" in New Bremen, which proved fatal
to the lives of a number of the citizens of that new
village. Mr. Maurer fell a victim to this
disease before he moved on to his land. He died
November, 1833. The widow, with the family, moved
on to his land. He died November, 1833. The
widow, with the family, moved on to the land that same
fall. They were among the very first settlers in
the township.
The subject of this sketch was only five years of age
at this time. He never had the advantage of an
English education, only receiving about five months of
English schooling in his life. In 1852 he married
Miss Doretta Young, who was born in Germany in
1826, and came to the United States in 1849.
Mr. and Mrs. Maurer have raised a family of eight
children, whose names are as follows: Charles,
Elizabeth, Adam, Jacob, Doretta Young, who was born
in Germany in 1826, and came to the United States in
1849. Mr. and Mrs. Maurer have raised a
family of eight children, whose names are as follows:
Charles, Elizabeth, Adam, Jacob, Doretta, August,
Carolina, and Lewis. Mr. Maurer
inherited 137 acres of his father's farm. To this
he has added until he now has 360 acres of well improved
land, with good buildings, and is one of the leading
farmers in the township. He has filled the office
of Township Treasurer nineteen years in succession.
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Dinsmore
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EBER F. MEDE was born in Greene
County, Ohio, on the 12th of April, 1822. He is a
son of Jonathan and Zilpah Mede. His father
died when he was yet a small child, leaving him without
the paternal care. His mother married Joseph
Brunner in 1826. In 1834 he came to Shelby
County with his mother and stepfather, and located in
the southeast corner of Dinsmore Township, and he has
since been a citizen of Dinsmore Township. In 1837
or '8 he attended the first term of school taught in the
township. This school was taught by William D.
Johnston, in a log-cabin school-house which stood on
the ground now occupied by the Botkins burying-ground.
He attended the common school during the winter months
until he was nineteen years of age. He then
attended school at Sidney one year. In 1842 he
began teaching during the winter months, and attending
school through the summer, which he followed as his
vocation until in 1848, when he turned his attention to
farming during the summer months, and teaching four or
five months each winter. He continued to make
farming and teaching his vocation until 1874, when he
retired from teaching, and has since been giving all of
his time to farming, which he has conducted with
success, and now owns a good farm of eighty acres in the
northeast quarter of section 20, Dinsmore Township, on
which he has resided since the summer of 1848. On
the 20th of April, 1848, he married Miss Amanda,
daughter of Richard C. and Hannah Dill. Miss
Dill was born in Hamilton County, Apr. 26, 1826, and
came to this county with her parents in October, 1832,
who settled in Dinsmore Township. By this union he
reared four children, viz., Franklin L., Richard D.,
Hannah S., and William. Franklin L. and
Hannah S. are now dead. Mr. Mede served
as justice of the peace for Dinsmore Township two terms,
clerk of the township one term, and trustee one term.
He is highly esteemed by all that know him, and is
classed as one among Dinsmore's leading citizens.
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THE MELLINGER FAMILYSource: History of Shelby
County, Ohio - Publ. Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. -
1883 - Page 283 |
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JACOB MENTGES was born
in Prussia May 6, 1826, where he learned cabinet-making
and came to America in 1854. After working at
Albany, Cincinnati and other points in different
occupations, he came to Sidney in 1862. Here he
opened a furniture store and manufactured his own goods.
In 1869 sickness overtook him, which prevented his
working for three years. In 1873 he went to
Cincinnati and bought a stock of goods and reopened at a
new stand. After eight years he moved to his
present place of business. As he started with
empty hands, his present business must be taken as
evidence of his industry and frugality. In 1869 he
married Miss Elizabeth Hass, of Cincinnati.
They have six children; Jacob, Elizabeth,
George, Maggie, John, and Fred,, all living.
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WILLIAM P. METCALF
was born in Belmont County, Ohio, Nov. 24, 1834, and
when three years old was taken with his parents to
Morgan County, where he lived until 1863, engaged a part
of the time in the dray goods trade. He afterward
moved to De Graff, but in 1867 came to Sidney, and
opened a dry goods store. He has since continued
the business, enlarging it from time to time buying
wool, and engaging in other enterprises. He has
served on the school board and city councils, and is a
stockholder in the gas company and Citizens' Bank.
He has also been one of the directors of the latter
institution during the past ten years, and for the past
year treasurer of the gas company. He was married
to Miss A. Silvers Mar. 26, 1861. They have
three children: Estella, Lucille, and Hattie.
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Dinsmore
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PHILIP METZ, Farmer; P. O., Montra.
Mr. Metz was born in France Nov. 2, 1824.
He is a son of Jacob and Catharine Metz. He
emigrated to America in 1840 with his father's family,
and located in Stark County, Ohio, where he remained
until in the fall of 1848, when he came to Shelby
County, entered the west half of the northwest quarter
of section 13, and a few weeks later he purchased the
east half of the northeast quarter of section 14,
Dinsmore Township, on which he made improvements, and
has since resided. He has made farming his
business through life, and now owns a good farm of 240
acres of land in one body; also, other farms not joining
his home farm. On the 12th of April, 1852, he
married Miss Catharine, daughter of Christian
and Elizabeth Elsass, then of Auglaize County, Ohio,
but a native of France, where she was born Sept. 29,
1832, and came to America with her parents in 1834.
They have a family of nine children, viz., Jacob,
Mary C., Christian, George, Philip, Caroline, William,
Michael and Elizabeth. Mr. and Mrs. Metz
are members of the Lutheran Church.
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Green
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JOHN H. MIDDLETON, Farmer;
Plattsvile, Ohio
Mr. Middleton, a son of William and Rachel
Middleton, was born in Hamilton County, Ohio, Jan.
29, 1814. He is a blacksmith by trade, and
followed that business for eight years. In 1845 he
turned his attention to farming, and has since that date
made farming his avocation, and now owns a farm of 133
acres. Dec. 5, 1838, he married Miss Lydia
Graham, daughter of James and Mary E.
Graham. Miss Graham was born in Lancaster
County, Pa., Aug. 14, 1818, and moved to Hamilton Count,
Ohio, with her father in 1823, he mother being dead.
Mr. and Mrs. Middleton settled in Hamilton
County, remained until Apr. 3, 1853, when they came to
Shelby County, and settled on the farm in Green
Township, where they have since resided. They
reared a family of eight children, viz, Lucinda H.,
James B., Mary J., David, Elizabeth, Lewis N., Alice B.,
and William L., all of whom are now living.
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Van
Buren Twp. -
AUGUST MILLER, a farmer of thsi
township, was brought to this county by his parents in
1843. He was born in Germany in 1840. In
1867 he married Elizabeth Maler, who was born in
1848, but whose parents came to the county in 1850.
Their children are named Henry C., Eliza C., William
F., Polly D., Christian H., Lafayette H., and
Edelie C.
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Perry
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HENRY R. MILLER was born in
Montgomery County, Ohio. in the year 1825. He was
one of ten children. His father, Conklin
Miller, emigrated from New Jersey to Montgomery
County in the year 1800. He was one of the first
settlers in the town of Dayton, and drove the first
shingles on a roof in the town. Henry R.’s
father died when he was only five years of age; his
mother died some two years later. He then went to
live with Samuel Maxwell, who was his
guardian, and came with him to Shelby County in 1835.
He lived with Mr. Maxwell till he was
seventeen years of age, when he was apprenticed to
Daniel Kyler, of Dayton, for four years, to
learn the blacksmithing trade, for which he received
thirty-six dollars per year, or about ten cents per day.
At the expiration of his apprenticeship he returned to
Shelby County. He brought with him a set of tools,
but had not a dollar of money. He borrowed two
dollars to bring him to Sidney. He started his
first shop near where Manning & Line’s
mill now stands. He commenced without money enough
to buy a rod of nail iron. He used to go to Sidney
to buy iron, when he carried it all home in his pocket,
having no credit, and would not ask the merchant to
trust him. This is the way he made his
commencement in life. In the year 1849 he married
Miss Catharine Beezley. By
this union they had three children, viz., Samuel,
born Aug. 25, 1850; John, born Nov. 16, 1853;
Mary E., born Nov. 12, 1860. Mr.
Miller followed smithing until about 1862. His
first purchase of a home was a lot of two acres;
afterward bought eighty acres in section 28, Perry
Township. Some time after this he bought the old
Marrs homestead, where Wm. Marrs
had settled in 1816. The old cabin built by
Marrs in 1816, previous to his settlement, is still
standing; also the frame barn, said to be the first one
built in the county, is still standing: the lumber with
which it is sided was sawed at Musselman’s mill,
on Mosquito Creek, over sixty years ago. The wife
of Mr. Miller died Nov. 1862.
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Salem
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DR. J. F. MILLER. The grandfather of Dr.
Miller was born in Ireland, came to the American
colonies some time prior to the Revolutionary War, for
we find that he served as a soldier in the American army
during that struggle, and was wounded and taken prisoner
at Quebec. He died at Lancaster, Pa., in the year
1836. Alex. Miller, a son of the
above, was born in Pennsylvania 1784. He held a
captain’s commission during the war of 1812, and was
provost marshal at Lancaster, Pa. He married
Sarah Lovett in 1820. She was of Quaker
parentage, who came from England. They reared a
family of six children. John F., one of the
six, was born in Lancaster, Pa., in 1833. In 1839
his parents moved to Dayton, O., where John
remained until 1854, when he came to Port Jefferson and
commenced the study of medicine under Dr. S. C.
Hussey, and attended Starling Medical College in
1857. Immediately afterward he commenced the
practice of medicine in Port Jefferson, which he has
continued successfully since that time. In 1858 he
married Miss Margaret I. Henry, a daughter of
David Henry. By this union they have
two children, viz., Judson C., born 1865, and
John E., born 1870.
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Dinsmore
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J. M. MILLER, a young but
successful merchant of Botkins, was born at Tippecanoe
City, Ohio, Jan. 3, 1856. In 1874 he located at
Piqua, Ohio, where he was engaged in the dry goods trade
about three years, when he returned to Tippecanoe.
After about one year passed at his native town he came
to Botkins in 1878, where he entered the merchandise
business with a cousin under the firm name of J. H.
and P. Miller. In 1881 he purchased the
interest of Phillip Miller and has since
conducted the business alone. The stock consists
of dry goods, hats, caps, boots, shoes, and groceries,
in fact the business is that of a general supply stock.
Mr. J. H. Miller was married Oct. 4, 1878, to
Miss Lizzie Werth, of Covington, Ky. They have
one child.
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Loramie
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JEREMIAH MILLER was born in
Montgomery County, Ohio, Jan. 7, 1839. He is a son
of Frederick and Catharine Miller, who were
natives of Berks County, Pa., came to Ohio in 1832, and
located in Montgomery County.
Jeremiah Miller, subject of this sketch,
was reared on a farm. On the 26th of April, 1860,
he married Miss Hannah Swihart, of
Montgomery County, who was born May 26, 1839, daughter
of Jonathan and Sophia Swihart.
Mr. and Mrs. Miller settled in Montgomery County
and remained there until August, 1873, when they came to
Shelby County and moved on the farm in section 22,
Loramie Township, on which they now reside. They
have four children, viz., Harvey O., Levi P., Lillie
O., and William S. In April, 1875, he
was elected clerk of Loramie Township, and served one
year. In November, 1880, he was elected justice of
the peace of the township, and is now filling the
office.
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of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ. Philadelphia, PA: R.
Sutton & So. - 1883 - Page 318 |
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Perry Twp. -
NEWTON MILLER was born in Perry
Township in 1845. He lived with his parents on the
farm; received a fair common education; at the age of
eighteen he commenced teaching district school, which he
followed until 1875, at which time he engaged in the
grocery trade at Pemberton, and is engaged in the same
business at the present time; he is also post-master and
township clerk. In 1874 he was married to Miss
Katie Wilson. They have two children:
Maud born 1877; and Mable, born 1879.
Wm. Miller, the father of the above, was born in
Pennsylvania in 1802; came to Franklin County, Ohio, in
1816, where he remained until 1824, when he came to
Shelby County. Here he married Lucinda Goble,
a daughter of Caleb Goble (who located in Shelby
County in 1814 or 1815), in 1826. They raised a
family of twelve children, eight of whom are still
living.
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DENNIS C. MILLS
was born in the
year 1815. Came to Shelby County in 1825. In
1839 he married Elizabeth Geeseman. By this
marriage there were six children born, viz.,
Augustus, Rebecca, Nicholas W., Marcus W., Margaret J.,
and Sarah. Mrs. Mills died in 1861.
In 1863 he married Martha J. Perry, the widow of
Nathan L. Perry, of Miami County. By this
marriage there was one child born, John H. Mr.
Mills died in 1861, after having spent fifty-six
years in this township.
Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ.
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MARCUS MILLS, a son of D. C.
Mills, was born in 1848. Married Eliza Harp
in 1878. Their children are two in number,
Ollie and Mary.
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WILLIAM MILLS, one of the pioneers
of Cynthian Township, was born in New Jersey in 1790.
In 1810 he married Elizabeth Clark, who was born
in the same year as that of her husband. In 1822
they emigrated to Warren County, Ohio, where they
remained about three years. Then, in 1825, they
settled in this township on the farm now owned by
Henry Sweigart at Newport. On this farm was
started the old town of Cynthian, which has long since
became extinct. Mr. and Mrs. Mills had born
to them seven children. His wife died in 1831.
He shortly afterward married Joanna Flinn.
By this union there was one child born, Mr. Mills
died Feb. 8, 1873.
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Green
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THOMAS MINNIEAR, Retired Farmer;
P. O. Plattsville, Ohio.
Mr. Minniear was born in Montgomery County,
Ohio, Feb. 27, 1804. On the 11th day of April,
1811, he was brought to Shelby County by his parents,
William and Elizabeth Minniear who settled in
Orange Township, where young Minniear grew to
manhood. On teh 26th day of August, 1810, he
married Miss Lydia daughter of Edward and
Margaret John. They settled in Orange
Township, this county, remained a short time, then moved
on a farm in Loramie Township, this county. They
lived in Loramie Township until 1855 or 6, then they
purchased and moved on the farm in Green Township,
section 20, where they are now living. They reared
a family of five children, viz.: William, Denitia,
Margaret E., Mary C., and Thomas C.
Margaret is deceased; the other four are married and
are now living in Green Township.
Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ.
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IGNACE MONNIN
Source: History of Shelby County,
Ohio - Publ. Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. - 1883 -
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JOHN GEORGE MONNINSource: History of Shelby
County, Ohio - Publ. Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. -
1883 - Page 317 |
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MONROE AND CAMPBELL FAMILIES - See CAMPBELL &
MONROE FAMILIES
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Clinton
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W. H. MONROE, of Sidney, Ohio, was
born in Shelby County in 1854. He is a son of
John W. and Marian (Beeson) Monroe. Married
Laura J. Wilkinson (a daughter of Isaac
Wilkinson) October 10, 1876. By this union
there were two children, Lulu M., born Apr. 2,
1879, and Jennie A., born Nov. 30, 1880.
The latter died July, 1881. Mrs. Monroe
died Dec. 7, 1880. He married Eda L. Monroe,
of Kentucky, Dec. 1, 1882. By the last marriage
they have one child, Violet, born Jan. 1883.
Mr. Monroe was engaged for several years as
bookkeeper of the Sidney Planing Mills, but in January,
1883, he became a equal partner with P. B. Birch
in the concern. Mr. Monroe at the present
time is a member of the city council from the fourth
ward of Sidney. For history of ancestors, see
sketch of Hanson Monroe, of Washington Township.
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JOHN MORRIS,
deceased, was born in Rockbridge County, Virginia, Jan.
29, 1790. When he was yet a small boy he came with
his parents to Dayton, Ohio, where he grew to manhood.
In 1812 he enlisted in Captain John F. Fleming’s
company of Ohio militia, and marched forth with his
comrades to face the British lion, which at that time
was rampant. When peace was declared he received
an honorable discharge from the United States service.
He received no pension until in 1871, when, through the
exertions of his attorney, J. S. Conklin, he was
awarded eight dollars a month as a survivor of the war
of 1812. After the close of the war he returned to
his home in Dayton, where he engaged in the boating
business. He would load a flatboat with what he
thought would sell most readily in the Southern cities,
and float it down to New Orleans, where he would sell
his merchandise and boat as well, and walk all the way
back to Dayton. Getting tired of this unsettled
life, he turned his attention to farming, which he made
his principal avocation until old age compelled him to
retire from business. In 1836 he came to Shelby
County, entered, made improvements, and settled on a
piece of land in Cynthian Township, on which he lived
until 1871, when he left his farm, came to Turtle Creek
Township, and made his home with his nephew, George
W. Gump, for two years, or until 1873, since which
time he made his home with his niece, Mrs.
Washington Savage, of Turtle Creek Township,
where he died Jan. 18, 1881, at the advanced age of
ninety-one years, lacking eleven days. He was
never married.
Source: History of Shelby
County, Ohio - Publ. Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. -
1883 - Page 304 |
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THOMAS MORROWSource: History of Shelby County,
Ohio - Publ. Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. - 1883 -
Page 312 |
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GEORGE W. MOYER was born in
Cynthian Township, Shelby County, Ohio, Mar. 5, 1834,
where his boyhood days were spent on a farm. He is
a son of George and Sarah Moyer, who were natives
of Pennsylvania. They came to Shelby County some
time prior to 1825, and settled in Cynthian Township.
George W. Moyer, subject of this sketch, has
made farming his principal vocation, and now owns a good
farm of one hundred and twenty acres in Loramie
Township, on which he has resided since the autumn of
1881. In August, 1862, he enlisted in Company K,
1st Ohio Heavy Artillery, and served until Aug. 7, 1865,
when he was honorably discharged from the service and
returned to his home in Shelby County. On the 20th
of April, 1870, he married Miss Orilla Clifford,
of Loramie Township, who was born Apr. 14, 1839, by whom
he has five children, one son and four daughters.
Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ.
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JOHN A. MUMFORD was born in Miami
County, O., Oct. 9, 1843. He is a son of
Richard and Mary (Long) Mumford, who are married in
Maryland. Came to Miami County, O., about 1840,
where Mrs. Mumford died in 1852. Mr.
Mumford died in Shelby County in 1880.
The Mumfords are of English descent, the Longs
of German extraction; but when they came to the United
States is not known to us. John A., when a
boy only fourteen years of age, and had genius for
mechanical tools, which was discovered by his skill in
the making implements and machinery about home. A
carpenter in his neighborhood offered him $10 per month
if he would work for him at the trade, which he did at
the above wages for two months, when his progress was
such that he received one dollar per day. He only
worked at his trade about one year, when G. C.
Anderson, of Sidney, who was running a woollen mill,
offered him a place in his mills. This was in
1858. He remained in the mills during 1858 and
'59. In 1860 he returned to his trade, at which he
worked until in the spring of 1861. At the first
call for volunteers he was the fifth to offer himself
for enlistment; but the company was disbanded before
being mustered. He then immediately went to
Hamilton, Ohio, and enlisted in an artillery company;
but this also did not complete an organization, and he
came to Troy, Ohio, and joined the 11th O. V. I., and
was mustered on the first of June, and served his full
time of enlistment for three years. After his
discharge he worked for the Government as a carpenter
until the close of the war, when he returned to Sidney,
where he has lived since that time. Nov. 26, 1866,
he married Mary Fares, of Sidney. After his
marriage he rented a saw-mill, which he ran until the
fall of 1882, when he embarked in the boot and shoe
trade, at which he is engaged at the present time.
Mr. and Mrs. Mumford have had born to them three
children, viz., Minnie A., born Aug. 15, 1868;
John F., born Oct. 9, 1870, and Charles D.,
born July, 1873.
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