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History of Shelby County, Ohio
Publ. Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So.
1883

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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.
Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ. Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. - 1883 - Page 219

  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.
Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ. Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. - 1883 - Page 216
  Perry Twp. -
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.
Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ. Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. - 1883 - Page 223
  Green Twp. -
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.
Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ. Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. - 1883 - Page 203
  Washington Twp. -
THE MARSHALLSThis 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.

Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ. Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. - 1883 - Page 284
  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.
Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ. Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. - 1883 - Page 379
  Cynthian Twp. -
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.
Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ. Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. - 1883 - Page 276
  Green Twp. -
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.

Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ. Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. - 1883 - Page 203
  Van Buren Twp. -
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.

Source 2: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ. Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. 1883 - Page 252
  Dinsmore Twp. -
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.
Source 2: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ. Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. 1883 - Page 244
  Washington Twp. -
THE MELLINGER FAMILY

Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ. Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. - 1883 - Page 283

  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.
Source 2: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ. Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. 1883 - Page 380
  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.
Source 2: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ. Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. 1883 - Page 380
  Dinsmore Twp. -
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.
Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ. Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. - 1883 - Page 246
  Green Twp. -
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.

Source 2: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ. Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. - 1883 - Page 206
  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.
Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ. Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. - 1883 - Page 253
  Perry Twp. -
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.
Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ. Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. - 1883 - Page 224
  Salem Twp. -
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.
Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ. Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. - 1883 - Page 336
  Dinsmore Twp. -
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.
Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ. Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. - 1883 - Page 241
  Loramie Twp. -
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 SwihartMr. 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.
Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ. Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. - 1883 - Page 318
  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.
Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ. Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. - 1883 - Page 218
  Cynthian Twp. -
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. Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. - 1883 - Page 275
  Cynthian Twp. -
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.
Source 2: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ. Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. - 1883 - Page 275
  Cynthian Twp. -
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.
Source 2: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ. Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. - 1883 - Page 274
  Green Twp. -
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. Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. - 1883 - Page 202
  Loramie Twp. -
IGNACE MONNIN

Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ. Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. - 1883 - Page 317

  Loramie Twp. -
JOHN GEORGE MONNIN

Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ. Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. - 1883 - Page 317

  MONROE AND CAMPBELL FAMILIES - See CAMPBELL & MONROE FAMILIES
Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ. Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. - 1883 - Page 289
  Clinton Twp. -
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.
Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ. Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. - 1883 - Page 390
  Turtle Creek Twp. -
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
  Loramie Twp. -
THOMAS MORROW

Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ. Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. - 1883 - Page 312

  Loramie Twp. -
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. Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. - 1883 - Page 315
  Clinton Twp. -
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.

Source 2: History of Shelby County, Ohio - Publ. Philadelphia, PA: R. Sutton & So. - 1883 - Page 389

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