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Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co.
1884
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WILLIAM H. MABERRY
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JACOB
N. MAST, proprietor grist mills, Rowville, was born
in this county January 7, 1854. His father, Noah
Mast, is a native of Holmes County, and his mother,
Elizabeth (Miller), is a native of Tuscarawas County.
Jacob N. was raised on a farm, educated in the
common schools, and was married, in 1875, to Polly Ann,
daughter of John Miller, a native of Holmes
County. They have a family of four children -
Isadora, Ida, Susan and an infant son.
In 1880, a grist mill was erected, under the firm name of
Mast, Troyer & Co., Rowville Mills. In 18832, it was
refitted, with nine run of rollers, capable of turning off
from 60 to 100 barrels of flour per day. Also three
run of buhrs for corn-chop, etc. Mr. Mast is a
member of the Omish Church.
Source: History of Tuscarawas County, Ohio -
Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co., 1884
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York Twp. -
GEORGE WASHINGTON MATHIAS, farmer, P.
O. New Philadelphia, was born in York Township, Tuscarawas
County, Ohio, Dec. 11, 1835. His parents, Adam and
Elizabeth Mathias, are natives of Pennsylvania, and were
married in the township (Mr. Mathias having come in
1813), and reared a family of twelve children - John,
George W., Alfred, Emanuel, James, Daniel; Lucinda
(deceased), wife of David Johnson;
Elizabeth, wife of Joseph Helmick;
Rosana, wife of Levi Shull; Rebecca,
deceased; Mary Jeanette; and Ellen,
wife of Adam Stormer. The subject of
this sketch was married Oct. 10, 1861, to Miss Elizabeth
McFadden, and to them have been born two children -
Joanna Moffitt and Edwin. The family are
members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr.
Mathias has served his township as Trustee with great
honor. His farm of 150 acres is well-improved, with
splendid buildings thereupon. He has made his way
through life, commencing without capital, and by his energy
and enterprise has been successful.
Source: History of Tuscarawas County, Ohio - Chicago:
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JACOB MAURER, farmer, P. O. Bolivar,
was born Oct. 17, 1824, son of Jacob and Susan (Masser)
Maurer, natives of Germany, who emigrated to Ohio in
1840, and settled near Dundee, in Wayne Township, Tuscarawas
County. They remained residents of that place five
years, and died there. Of their seven children five
are living, viz.: Catherine, Christina, Frederick,
Christian and Jacob, the subject of this sketch,
who was married, in June, 1854, to Margaret, daughter
of Jacob Baad. Mr. and Mrs. Maurer have eleven
children, all living, a follows: Jacob L., John B.,
Christian F., George C., William H., Christiana K., Mary M.,
Lottie S., Frederick G., August A. and Albert T.
Jacob is married of Henry Haglock. All are
members of the German Lutheran Church. Mr. Maurer
is Democratic in politics. He owns an excellent farm
of 205 acres, located on the Zoar & Sandyville roads.
It is highly improved, and commands a fine view of the
surrounding beautiful country.
Source: History of Tuscarawas County, Ohio - Chicago:
Warner, Beers & Co., 1884 - Page 788 |
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Warren Twp. -
GEORGE MCCARTNEY, farmer, P. O.
Sherodsville, Carroll County, was born Mar. 1, 1832, in
Bucks County, Penn., son of Robert and Mary McCartney,
who came to this county in 1864. Our subject same to
this township in 1849, and learned the blacksmith trade,
which he followed for five years. He was married,
November 26, 1853, to Miss Amanda Sherod, daughter of
Charles M. and Amy Sherod, early settlers of the
township. Eleven children have been born to this
couple, of whom three are dead, viz., Louis, Charlie,
and an infant. Those living are John S., Richard,
James, Joseph, William, George, Cinderella and Amy A.
Mr. McCartney obtained a common school education, is a
Democrat, a member of the Masonic fraternity and also of the
Methodist Episcopal Church. He is a very successful
farmer, having acquired an improved farm of 420 acres.
He prefers a private life, but takes great interest in all
affairs that are beneficent to the public. Mr.
McCartney has won the esteem and respect of all his
friends and neighbors by his honest and upright conduct.
Source: History of Tuscarawas County,
Ohio - Chicago:
Warner, Beers & Co., 1884 - Page 762 |
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JAMES McCLURE
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JAMES M. McCOLLUM
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JOHN McCREERY, farmer, P.
O. Zoar Station, was born Aug. 7, 1822. His father,
John McCreery, was born July 22, 1769, and
died Apr. 29, 1857; his mother, Margaret (Slutts)
McCreery, was born Nov. 28, 1788, and died June 15,
1877. They were married about 1809, and to them were
born ten children, four of whom are living. As narrated
in the history of Warren Township, John McCreery,
Sr., was one of the foremost pioneers of this
county. He first settled in Warren, and built a "corn
cracker" on One Leg Creek, which could be reached only by a
narrow path, through which the settlers brought their grain
on horseback. He took a great deal of pork by canoe to
Zanesville, and there sold it. Salt was hauled from
over the mountains, and Mrs. McCreery made
all the wearing apparel for the family. John,
the subject of this sketch, was raised in his father's
pioneer home in Fairfield Township. He was married,
Aug. 30, 1865, to Mary Wise, daughter of
Jacob and Ann Wise. The
family of Mr. and Mrs. McCreery consists of
seven children - Amanda A., Margaret A., Diana May,
William, Mary A., Alma B. and John N.
Garfield.
Source: History of Tuscarawas County, Ohio - Chicago:
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NATHAN McCREERY, farmer, P.
O. Zoar Station, was born in this township, Juy 10, 1827.
His father, John McCreery, was a native of
Virginia, and of Irish descent; his mother, Margaret
(Slutts) McCreery, of Maryland, and of German
extraction. John McCreery, in his
young day, living in Pennsylvania, built flat boats, bought
up produce and boated it to New Orleans. He made seven
trips to New Orleans, and five times returned afoot, a
distance of 500 miles through the wilderness, without seeing
a white family. He was a powerful man, physically, and
stood six feet in height. One day on a wharf, a
bystander remarked that it would take a stout man to carry a
ship anchor lying close by. John McCreery
overhead it and offered to wager that he could find
a man who would carry it 100 yards, provided that two men
would place it on his shoulders, and two remove it
afterward. Looking at his strong physique the bet was
not accepted. Mr. McCreery, stepping
astride of it, raised it and swung it backward and forward
several times. The anchor weighed 600 pounds. John
McCreery was a Presbyterian, his wife a Methodist.
Nathan was married, Feb. 20, 1855, to
Margaret Scarlett, of Jefferson County.
She died May 8, 1881, and on the following October 9,
Mr. McCreery married Ellen Frose,
by whom he has one child - Margaret Luella.
He is a Methodist, and has been class leader for twenty-five
years.
Source: History of Tuscarawas County, Ohio - Chicago:
Warner, Beers & Co., 1884 - Page 767 |
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WILLIAM McKEAN, M. D.,
was born in Venango County, Penn., May 21, 1837. He is
of Scotch-Irish extraction. On the paternal side, he
traces back to Revolutionary stock, Thomas McKean, a
signer of the Declaration of Independence. The
Doctor's father, a father, gave his family the benefit of a
moderate or rather a common school education. The
father removed from Western Pennsylvania to Wayne County,
Ohio, in 1850, settling in the northern part of the county,
on a small farm, bringing up the family to the labors of the
farm with the advantages of schooling during the winter
season. The Doctor had the advantages of an academic
education, spending some winters in teaching. In April
of 1860, he entered the office of Dr. Joel Pomerine,
then practicing medicine in Middletown. After spending
some time with the Doctor and attending one term of lectures
at Ann Arbor, Mich., he occupied the office of the Doctor in
this absence in the army. He continued there in
practice, graduating from Jefferson Medical College in the
spring of 1866. Removed from Holmes to Tuscarawas
County in *74, since which time he has been in practice in
Dundee. In 1861, he was married to Rachel
Slutts, their union being blessed by six children, five
of whom are living. The oldest, John E., is a
student of the Ohio Wesleyan at Delaware; Josiah S.,
the second son, is filling a cadet's position in the Naval
Academy at Annapolis; Mary, the oldest daughter, is a
student at Mount Union; George, the youngest son, is
a salesman in his uncle's store at Middletown; and Celia,
a child, at home. The Doctor has always been an
uncompromising Republican, outspoken and aggressive.
Source: History of Tuscarawas County, Ohio - Chicago:
Warner, Beers & Co., 1884 - Page
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HENRY McMERTER, farmer, P. O. New
Philadelphia, was born in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, Sept. 16,
1844, and is a son of Henry and Anna (Adkinson) McMerter.
His father was a native of Ireland, born Feb. 12, 1805, and
his mother of England, born in Somersetshire, Sept. 29,
1805. The latter came with her parents to America in
1811. Our subject's parents were married in
Steubenville, Ohio, Jan. 9, 1841, and in the spring of that
year settled in Mill Township, Mr. McMerter engaging
in farming. To them were born three children -
James Patrick, who died in infancy, and Henry.
Henry, our subject, has always remained in the single
state, devoting his life to the care of his aged mother.
His father died in this county, Mar. 2, 1845, being killed
by the falling of a tree. James, the brother of
our subject, enlisted during the late rebellion, in Company
I, Thirtieth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and died at home from
the effects of a wound in the head, received while in the
army. Mr. McMerter owns a nice little farm,
highly cultivated, from which he realizes a good living.
Source: History of Tuscarawas County, Ohio - Chicago:
Warner, Beers & Co., 1884 - Page 1005 |
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Jefferson Twp. -
GEORGE W. MEESE, manufacturer, P. O.
Stone Creek, was born in Jefferson Township, Tuscarawas
County, Ohio, Oct. 24, 1843. His parents, Elijah
and Mary (Walter) Meese, were both natives of Somerset
County, Penn., where they were reared and married, residing
there until 1831, when they came to this county and settled
in Jefferson Township. They have had a family of nine
children, seven of whom are living. Mrs. Meese
died in 1861, and Mr. Meese Mar. 22, 1879. The
latter was a farmer, and he and his wife endured many
hardships. He was on Old Line Whig and a Republican.
He was Director of the County Infirmary for two terms, and
also held other offices of trust. He was a stanch
Union man during the late war. He belonged to the
Lutheran Church, and his wife to the Presbyterian Church.
The subject of this sketch was reared on a farm, receiving a
common school education. ON Sept. 19, 1861, he
enlisted in Company G, Fifty-first Ohio Volunteer Infantry,
under the call for the first three years men. On the
second day of the battle of Stone River, while he was biting
off the end of a cartridge, he received a severe wound in
the right hand, losing the middle finger. Before his
wound was healed, he rejoined his regiment and participated
in the battle of Chickamauga, Lookout Mountain and Mission
Ridge. He was one of the four at this time who were
the first to veteranize. When his regiment went back
with Gen. Thomas, he was in nearly all the
engagements of the Atlanta campaign, and was mustered out
Nov. 2, 1865, having served for nearly four years. He
was a good, brave soldier, and is highly spoken of by his
comrades in arms. After the war, he worked on the
railroad in Pennsylvania for about a year, and then came to
this county and purchased an interest in a saw mill, which
he ran until 1876, coming thence to Phillipsburg and
starting a saw and planing mill. He has since remained
there, and is doing a good business, making sashes, blinds,
etc., also manufactures brick. He takes contracts for
building, putting up stone, brick and frame buildings.
On Jan. 14, 1875, he was united in marriage with Rosanna
C. Blous who was born in Jefferson Township, this county
and State, Nov. 25, 1845. They have a family of three
children - Mary V., John B. and George W.
Mr. Meese has always voted with the Republican party,
but has never aspired to any political prominence. He
takes an interest in all laudable public enterprises, and is
a good citizen.
Source: History of Tuscarawas County,
Ohio - Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co., 1884 – Page
777 |
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A. S. METZLER,
physician, Baltic, was born in Coshocton County December 2,
1839, the son of Jacob and Susan (Suter) Metzler, of
Westmoreland County, Penn., who came to Ohio about 1820.
He was raised on a farm, received a common school education,
taught school for five years, and, in 1864, served for four
months in the One Hundred and Sixty-sixth Ohio National
Guard. Mr. Metzler read medicine with Dr.
Guittard, of New Bedford, and attended the Medical
Department of the Wooster University, at Cleveland.
His education he obtained means of his own labor. The
Doctor practiced six months at Keene, Coshocton County, and
in 1868 came to his present residence, and began a practice
which he has since successfully maintained. In
politics, he is an active and influential Democrat. He
was married, in 1867, to Miss Eleanor, daughter of
Albert Scott Wade, of Holmes County. Six children
have been born to them - Edith, Victor Wade, Jessie Ruth,
Walter Scott, Vesta Susanna and Lucretia.
Source: History of Tuscarawas County, Ohio - Chicago:
Warner, Beers & Co., 1884 - Page 731 |
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GEORGE MIESER,
farmer, P. O. Bakersville, was born in Tuscarawas
County, Ohio, in 1812, and is the only living son of John
and Betsy (Miller) Mieser, both natives of Pennsylvania.
John Mieser settled, in 1811, in this county, which
was then a dense wilderness. He came without a cent,
but had the support of his wife and two children.
He entered eighty acres of land, but afterward sold it,
purchasing 700 acres, for which he paid $10 per acre.
He was one of the noted hunters of the day, and by his gun
he not only earned a livelihood, but amassed considerable
money. It was customary for him to absent himself,
while hunting, for days, finding rest and shelter in the
forest. At one time, while sleeping in a tree, he was
awakened by the nose of a beast which he knew to be a bear,
and lying still he let his bearship descend the tree, and
seizing his gun shot him. When day dawned, the bear
was found to be 700 pounds in weight. Another time he
killed a huge panther, which measured eleven feet in length,
and a second one was twelve feet. At one time he came
upon a rattlesnake, which he killed, but coming upon a
cluster of them, and trying to slaughter them with the butt
end of his gun, the poisoned atmosphere compelled him to
flee, and he ran for miles before being relieved from the
poisoned air. Again, while attempting to capture one
of three cubs that were playing in a tree, he was attacked
by the mother, which he killed, and securing the cub carried
it home for a pet. He and his son (our subject) were
excellent sots, and were widely known. Their dress or
clothing was made a buckskin, hand made. The result of
one of the day's sport was thirty-one deer. Our
subject was twenty-one years old when he wore the first
shoes on his feet, having many a time stood in the winter's
cold without a covering on his feet. He was a
companion of his father during the latter's life, and was
the first white child born in the limits of Tuscarawas
County, and is now the oldest born citizen. He lives
on and owns the homestead of 700 acres in Buck Township.
He was married to Betsy, daughter of Benjamin
Helwig, a pioneer. The seven children born to this
issue are as follows Benjamin, Polly, John W., Simon P.,
Samuel, Margaret and George. Mr. Mieser
advanced capital for mercantile trade at one time, gut the
investment was doubled in indebtedness, which, however, he
has cleared up, and at the present does not owe a dollar.
As a pioneer he is widely known, and as a citizen is highly
esteemed.
Source: History of Tuscarawas County, Ohio - Chicago:
Warner, Beers & Co., 1884 - Page 731 |
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Goshen Twp. -
F. C. MILLAR, a pioneer druggist
of New Philadelphia, was born in Lancaster County,
Penn., June 28, 1826. His father, Jacob Millar,
a native of the same county, was a manufacturer of
woolen goods, and married Barbara Porter, who
came from North Ireland to America in 1817 or 1818.
She died in 1829, and Jacob Millar married, for
his second wife, Henrietta Kryder, by whom he had
two children, both living. F. C., one of
three children by his father's first marriage, remained
at home till ten years of age, when his father's failure
in business obliged him to work for himself. He
acquired the cigar-maker's trade, and remained at the
old home till sixteen years old. He was quite an
adept at music, and gave instruction in the art until
the age of twenty-two, when he came to Dover, Ohio,
where he clerked for a time, then became station agent
at the construction of the C. & P. R. R.; be was
afterward toll collector of the Ohio Canal. In
1858, he removed to New Philadelphia, and became a
partner in the drug store of Hazlett & Millar,
which was afterward owned for thirteen years by
O'Donnell & Millar. Mr. Millar then sold his
interest to the senior partner, and opened a new store
in partnership with is son. He is a member of the
Dover Moravian Church, of the Royal Arcannum, is a
stanch Republican, and for six years was member of the
New Philadelphia Board of Education. Mr. Millar
was married Aug. 23, 1853, to Lydia Bear a native
of Dover, and a member of the Lutheran Church.
They have but one child, William H. in
partnership with his father. He is married to
Kate Rosemond, and has one child - Frankie.
Source: History of Tuscarawas County, Ohio - Chicago:
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Sugar Creek Twp. -
AARON T. MILLER, physician,
Shanesville, was born in Holmes County, Ohio, Apr. 9,
1855, and is a son of Tobias Miller, a farmer of
that county. Our subject spent his boyhood days on
his father's farm, receiving his education in Holmes
County, and in the high school at Berlin, Ohio. In
1875, he came to Shanesville and entered upon the sturdy
of medicine under his half brother, Dr. N. W. Yoder.
After taking the regular course of private study, he
attended lectures at the Cincinnati College of Medicine
and Surgery. He received his degree of Doctor of
Medicine, Feb. 22, 1879, and returning to Shanesville,
at once engaged in the practice of his profession.
He was united in marriage, July 20, 1878, with Miss
Mary C., daughter of Michael Schott of
Shanesville, whose sketch is given in his work. To
this union has been born one child - Irma
The Doctor supports the principles of the Republican
party, but believes in independent personal judgment in
the affairs of the nation. He and his wife are
members of the German Reformed Church, and both
encourage all efforts for the intellectual and moral
improvement of the community where they reside.
The Doctor is successful in his profession and has built
up an extensive practice. His genial and courteous
treatment, as well as his superior scientific
attainments, makes him a general favorite.
Source: History of Tuscarawas County, Ohio - Chicago:
Warner, Beers & Co., 1884 - Page 940 |
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ADAM MILLER, farmer, P. O.
Blackband, was born in Westmoreland County, Penn., May
23, 1817. His parents, Daniel and Elizabeth
(Smith) Miller, were both natives of the Keystone State,
where they were reared and married, and in 1821 came to
Harrison County, Ohio, where Daniel Miller died
in 1825. The widow came in 1826 to Sandy Township,
this county and State. She was left with nine
children, none of whom had attained their majority,
which large family she reared with credit, being
possessed with great executive ability. After some
years, she removed to Dover, Ohio, and there died in
1854. Our subject was reared on a farm and
received a common school education. When a young
man, he worked at mining as a collier, and attained
considerable prominence as a geologist and prospector in
iron and coal, becoming well and favorably known to
capitalists in Pittsburgh and other Eastern cities.
He was married, June 18, 1837, to Catherine Richards,
born in Somerset County, Penn., Apr. 11, 1817. To
this union six children were born viz., John, Sarah,
Isabella, Charles W. and two that died in infancy.
Our subject commenced life as a poor boy, and is
essentially a self-made man. Although meeting with
reverses in 1875, he acquitted himself with credit, and
has the confidence and respect of all who know him, and
while he may not be today a Vanderbilt, his
reputation for honesty and fair dealing is
unimpeachable. Mr. Miller has always
followed farming and mining, and has devoted much time
to the study of geology. There is, perhaps, not a
man in the county to-day who is more conversant with
topography and geology of Tuscarawas County than Mr.
Miller. He has never aspired to political
prominence, and is a stanch Republican, and a consistent
member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He votes
for men and measures and not for party, and
is one of the leading, progressive and influential men
of York Township.
Source: History of Tuscarawas County, Ohio - Chicago:
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Bucks Twp. -
ALEXANDER MILLER
was born May 26, 1826. His father, Jacob Miller,
was born in Northumberland County, Penn. He helped to
fight the battles of the war of 1812, and was for nine or
ten months in McArthur's division.
Alexander's mother was a native of Bedford County, Penn.
He was raised a farmer's lad, and educated in a backwoods
school. In 1862, he was married to Catharine,
daughter of George Gonter. There were born to
them two sons - John C. and Edward J. Mr.
Miller has held different township offices. He
owns a well cultivated farm of 250 acres, in the northern
part of Bucks Township.
Source: History of Tuscarawas County, Ohio - Chicago:
Warner, Beers & Co., 1884 - Page 731 |
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Sugar Creek Twp. -
DANIEL J. MILLER, farmer, P. O. Winfield, was
born in Sugar Creek Township, this county and State, on
Mar. 6, 1831, and is a son of Jacob D. Miller. His
father was born in Somerset County, Penn., and came to
this county about 1822. He was subsequently
married to Catherine Mills, and in 1832 bought,
at a Government land sale, the place in this township
where he ever after lived. Here he developed his
home, raised a large family, and in business was quite
prosperous, leaving a fine estate to his descendants.
Mrs. Miller departed this life in August, 1876,
followed by Mr. Miller in 1881. They were
both quite advanced in years, and were members of the
Omish Church, well respected as honest pioneer people.
The subject of this sketch was raised on a farm and
educated at the schools of his district. In 1854,
he was united in marriage with Miss Martha Garber,
a native of Tuscarawas County. Of their seven
children born, five have survived, viz., Lavinia
(wife of Daniel Maus), Eliza (widow of
George Stutzman who was killed at a boiler explosion
at New Carlisle, Ohio), William H. (married to
Miss Fannie Stutzman and living at home), Gideon
and Laura J. Mr. Miller is an adherent
of the Democratic party; he and his wife are members of
the Omish Church. His farm consists of 157˝
acres of well improved land, all nicely situated; it is
part of the farm known as the old Miller farm
since 1832.
Source: History of Tuscarawas County, Ohio - Chicago:
Warner, Beers & Co., 1884 - Page 939 |
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Goshen Twp. -
JACOB MILLER, dealer in groceries, etc., North
Broadway, New Philadelphia, was born in Southwestern
Germany Nov. 18, 1831, and came to America in 1854.
He and a brother bought 114 acres of land near
Phillipsburg, Jefferson Township. Our subject
resided there till 1859, and then went to Lock No. 7,
where he clerked till 1862. In that year he came
to New Philadelphia, and embarked in his present
business in a frame building on present site of City
Block. In 1868, he bought half of his present
building, and moved into it in 1869. In 1876, he
purchased the south half, and has since occupied both
lower rooms. In 1863, when Morgan made his raid
through Ohio, Mr. Miller joined a
volunteer company, and in 1864, when Gov.
Brough called out the troops, enlisted for 100 days
in Company D, One Hundred and Sixty-first Regiment Ohio
Volunteer Infantry, and served five months, chiefly in
the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. Mr.
Miller is a Republican in politics; is a member of
the New Philadelphia Board of Education; was formerly
connected with the I. O. O. F. fraternity.
He was married, Jan. 6, 1866, to Barbara
Schoch, a native of Germany, but reared in this
country. Of their three children, two are living—Ida
C. and Karl T.
Source: History of Tuscarawas County, Ohio - Chicago:
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Washington Twp. -
JOHN M. MILLER, farmer, P. O. Gilmore, was born
in Washington County, Penn., Oct. 25, 1823. He
emigrated to this county from Guernsey County, with his
parents, and settled on his present farm. He was
twenty-three years old when he was married to Miss
Rebecca A., a daughter of Thomas and Sarah Myers.
They have had ten children, three of them dying in
infancy. Those now living are as follows:
Nancy, married and living on the farm adjoining her
father's; Sarah, living at home; Anthony,
married to Martha Morris and living on the home
farm; Maria M., wife of Samuel Dunlap, of
Perry Township; Thomas C., married to Miss
Sadie Merchant, who also lives on the home farm;
Ida L. and Elmer B., living at home.
Mr. Miller and family are members of the Methodist
Protestant Church. He has been successful in
business, having cleared a farm of 314 acres, with good
buildings on the same.
Source: History of Tuscarawas County, Ohio - Chicago:
Warner, Beers & Co., 1884 - Page 990 |
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Lawrence Twp. -
MICHAEL J. MILLER, member of the
Zoar Society, was born Apr. 16, 1807, son of John
Miller, who in 1817 emigrated from Wurtemberg,
Germany, with his family to America with the colony of
Separatists. They settled in this township, then a
vast wilderness. John Miller was a
blacksmith, and followed his trade for a number of years
at Zoar, until he was elected a Trustee of the society.
He died in 1832, of cholera, and his widow in 1850.
Their three children were Michael J., Anna Maria
and Rosanna. Michael J., in his
younger days, was a herder of cattle on the lands of the
society. He was married, in February, 1832, to
Lucy, daughter of George Ackermann, a former
Trustee of the society. Their one child died in
infancy, and Mrs. Miller followed it to the grave
in August, 1833. Mr. Miller was again
married in 1836 to Mrs. (Border) Linderman, who
by her former marriage had one son, who died in the
army. To Mr. and Mrs. Miller were born
three children, two of whom, Louisa and Joseph,
are living. Louisa, who was the widow of
Jacob Brymier, is the wife of William,
Principal of the Zoar Schools. Joseph was
born Apr. 11, 1840. He remained at Zoar till 1861,
when he worked for the Society of Economites, remaining
with them nine years and six months. He was
married, May 2, 1867, to Maggie Shillkopf, and
has two children - Emma J. and Josephine.
He owns a fine garden and hot house near Bolivar, and is
also foreman in the Bolivar Planing Mill, and one of
that village's enterprising citizens. Michael
J. Miller in early life followed milling
carpentering, engineering and other avocations, and is
now retired from active work, a venerable and highly
esteemed member of the Zoar Society.
Source: History of Tuscarawas County, Ohio - Chicago:
Warner, Beers & Co., 1884 - Page 788 |
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SOLOMON P. MILLER, merchant and
Postmaster, Barr's Mills, was born Sept. 1, 1843, in
Westmoreland County, Penn., where his parents, Joseph
and Hannah (Long) Miller, still reside. He
enlisted, September,1826, in the Sixty-seventy Regiment
Pennsylvania Volunteers, and was in the battles of the
Wilderness, Cold Harbor, Fisher's Mill and others.
He was a prisoner of war at Libby Prison and at Belle
Isle, and received an honorable discharge June 23, 1865.
On Jan. 25, 1866, he married Miss Elizabeth C. Conkle
of Westmoreland County, Penn., which union has resulted
in five children, viz.: James M., Joseph C., Cyrus
C., Harry E. and Alta May. He moved to
Ohio in 1867, and in 1877 he established a general store
at Barr' Mills. Here he has a very full, general
stock, and does a prosperous business. He holds
the appointment of Postmaster also. He is a
Republican in politics, and he and his wife are members
of the Lutheran Church at Shanesville, of which church
he is one of the trustees. He is a member of the
I. O. O. F., and is one of the enterprising and
influential citizens of Tuscarawas County.
Source: History of Tuscarawas County, Ohio - Chicago:
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TOBIAS J. MILLER, farmer and
mechanic, P. O. Winfield, was born May 15, 1844, on the
place where he now lives, Sugar Creek Township,
Tuscarawas Co., Ohio. He is a son of Jacob D.
Miller. (see biography above.) Our
subject was reared on a farm and educated in the schools
of his township. In 1864, he was united in
marriage with Miss Anna Schneider, a native of
Switzerland. To them were born five children,
viz., Samuel, Malinda, Jacob, John and Purley.
Mrs. Miller departed this life Mar. 8, 1872.
She was a true, faithful wife, and a kind, devoted
mother, her death being a sad loss to her husband and
her little ones. She was a pious member of the
German Reformed Church. Mr. Miller
subsequently married Miss Malinda Mizer, by whom
he has had five children - Wesley, Orbie, Jennie M.,
Bell and Matilda. In 1873, he bought
the old homestead of his father, and has been living
there ever since. Besides his regular occupation
as a farmer, he does considerable business in building
barns, which trade he learned in 1861. He is a
skillful mechanic, and has built some very substantial
structures. In politics, he is a Democrat.
His wife is a member of the United Brethren Church.
He encourages the cause of education, giving his family
many advantages, and is esteemed and respected as one of
the upright and reliable business men.
Source: History of Tuscarawas County, Ohio - Chicago:
Warner, Beers & Co., 1884 - Page 939 |
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WILLIAM MILLER, proprietor of
Miller's Mill, P. O. Shanesville, was born on the
farm he now occupies in Sugar Creek Township, Tuscarawas
Co., Ohio, Nov. 7, 1836. He obtained his education
from the schools of the township, and was brought up to
the trade of a miller. In 1858, he was married to
Elizabeth, daughter of Christian Strome, Sr.,
of this county. To this union have been born
three children, viz., Leander (married to Miss
Emma Froelich and living on his father's farm),
Franklin (residing in Dover, Ohio) and Flora J.
(wife of William C. Rosenberry, living on r.
Miller's farm). In about 1860, Mr. Miller,
in connection with his brother, Henry J., bought
out Miller's Mill, and were joined some years
later after by Henry Baker, and subsequently by
Allen Richardson. Mr. Miller finally bought
out the whole property, and has since retained the
ownership of it. It is one of the oldest
mill sites in the county, and Mr. Miller has made
many important improvements in the building and
machinery. He has built up an extensive custom by
his fair dealing and courteous treatment of his patrons.
He holds the office of Justice of the Peace, and in
business has earned a reputation for honesty and
integrity.
Source: History of Tuscarawas County, Ohio - Chicago:
Warner, Beers & Co., 1884 - Page 940 |
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JACOB B. MILLIGANN, farmer, P. O. Lock 17, is a native of this
county. He was born in
Rush Township Oct. 31, 1847.
His parents, Thomas and Margaret (Edgar) Milligan, of Pennsylvania, were early settlers of the county. Jacob B. was brought up on the farm, and received his education from the public schools of
the neighborhood. He was married in 1871
to Ellen A. Rank, daughter of
Levi and Mary Ann (Tachudy) Rank, of
this county.
Mrs. Milligan is a memer of the Moravian Church. Their children,
three in number, are Oscar E., Erwin M. and Harry R.
Source: History of Tuscarawas County, Ohio - Chicago:
Warner, Beers & Co., 1884 - Page
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THOMAS MILLIGAN, farmer, P. O. Gnadenhutt, was born in
Rush Township, Jan. 2, 1843, son of
Thomas and Margaret (Edgar) Milligan,
who were natives of Pennsylvania, were of Irish extraction, and emigrated to this county in
1837.
Thomas was reared on the farm, and
received his education in the common schools.
In 1862, he enlisted in the Seventy-eighth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and
remained in service about three years, receiving no injuries during the time.
Mr. Milligan was married in 1870 to Mary E. Rank, daughter of Levi Rank, of this county,
who died at Aurora,
Ind., Dec. 17, 1864.
The children of Mr. and Mrs. Milligan are Orpha M., Melvin E., Francis
W., Maggie A., Charles C. and Austin E. Mrs. Milligan is a member of the
Moravian
Church.
Mr. Milligan has served his township
in various capacities.
Source: History of Tuscarawas County, Ohio -
Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co., 1884 - Page
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JAMES D. MILLS, farmer, P. O. New Cumberland, was
born Apr. 19, 1846, in Warren Township, son of Jonathan
and Srah (Downing) Mills. He obtained his
education in the district schools, and was reared to manhood
on his father's farm. He is the fifth in a family of
twelve children. Mr. Mills was married, Nov. 9,
1869, to Sarah M. Gartrell, of Carroll County.
Three children have been born to them - Jasper H.,
Charlie E. and Frank B. Mr. Mills enlisted
in the service as a private in February, 1865, and during
the campaign served mostly in West Virginia, Virginia and
Maryland. He is a Republican, and at present a Trustee
of the township. He has purchased the interest of most
of his father's heirs in the old homestead, where he now
lives. This he has earned by honest industry and
ecomomy.
Source: History of Tuscarawas County, Ohio -
Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co., 1884 - Page
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MRS. SARAH MILLS, New Cumberland, was
born May 5, 1814, near Magnolia, in Carroll County, Ohio,
and is a daughter of Hugh and Mary A. (Hibbett) Downning.
They were natives of Virginia, but came to Ohio when they
were young, and were married there in 1813. Theirs was
the first marriage in Stark County. Capt. James
Downning, paternal grandfather of our subject, was a
famous Indian scout and experienced many narrow escapes.
He was commander in the celebrated fight on Bug Sandy, and
took part in several other sharp skirmishes with the
redskins. Her maternal grandfather, James Hibbet,
was the first Justice of the Peace in what was then called
Sandy Township. Mr. Downing died in 1855.
Mrs. Downning died in 1881, in her eighty-seventh
year. Our subject was united in marriage, July 8,
1834, with Jonathan Mills, born Oct. 15, 1813.
He was a son of Thomas and Hannah Mills, natives of
Washington County; Penn., and who came at an early day to
this county. Their family numbered twelve children -
Hugh; Hannah, wife of Silas Lappin (deceased);
Thomas; Israel; James D.; Dyas M., who was
killed by an Indian in Colorado; Josephine, wife of
Hamilton Fry; Margaret, deceased; William S.;
Jonathan, deceased; and Robert L.,
deceased. Mr. Mills represented this county in
the Legislature in 1855 and 1856, being elected by the
Republican party. He served his constituents
faithfully and well, and remained true to the principle of
freedom and justice. He departed this life Nov. 13,
1869. He had been a pious member of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, and was a local preacher of much ability.
He acquired a large and well improved farm. Two of his
sons, Israel and James, served their country
bravely in the late war of the rebellion. Mrs.
Mills still lives on the home place. Her children,
grandchildren and great-grandchildren make a large company.
She is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
Source: History of Tuscarawas County, Ohio -
Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co., 1884 - Page
963 |
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FRANK MISKIMEN
Source: History of Tuscarawas County, Ohio - Chicago:
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Bucks Twp. -
SAMUEL P. MIZER,
farmer, P. O. Bakersville, was born in this county, December
15, 1832. His father, Philip Mizer, was born in
Pennsylvania March 27, 1799; his mother Margaret
(Schultz), a native of Loudoun County, Va., was born
August 12, 1800, and came to Harrison County, Ohio, when
five or six years old. Philip Mizer brought his
family to Bucks Township in the spring of 1832.
Samuel P. was raised on the farm, receiving a common
school education. He was married in 1855 to
Margaret C. Barrick, daughter of Jacob and Mary
Barrick. Her father was a Virginian and her mother
a Pennsylvanian. To Mr. and Mrs. Mizer seven
children have been born - Mary Margaret, married and
residing in Iowa; Elvira Alice; Sedilia Edith,
married and living in this township; Ida May; Ira
Bartholomew; Cora Bell, and Edwin P. During
the rebellion, Mr. Mizer
Source: History of Tuscarawas County, Ohio - Chicago:
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JOHN MINNIS, farmer, P. O.
New Cumberland, was born Oct. 25, 1828, in Allegheny County,
Penn., and is a son of Hugh and Eleanor Minnis.
They moved to Tuscarawas County in 1836, and entered land
there. They died many years ago. They raised a
large family, of whom five are now living, viz.,
James, living in Putnam County, Ohio;
William, of this township; Wilson,
also of this township; Eleanor, wife of
Daniel Smith, of New Cumberland; and
John. Our subject was united in
marriage in February, 1855, with Catherine Kelly,
daughter of Hugh Kelly, of
this township. To them have been born five children,
of whom four are living, viz., Melissa, Caroline, A.
Lincoln and Elvaretta. They
settled on the old Minnis homestead, and
have been living there ever since. Mr. Minnis
Source: History of Tuscarawas County, Ohio - Chicago:
Warner, Beers & Co., 1884 - Page 767
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J. R. MULVANE
Source: History of Tuscarawas County, Ohio - Chicago:
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WILLIAM P. MULVANE
Source: History of Tuscarawas County, Ohio - Chicago:
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BENJAMIN
MURPHY, farmer, P. O. Albany, Ohio, was born in
Belmont County, Ohio, June 31, 1818, son of John W.
and Sydney Murphy, who came to this county in 1838.
Both father and mother died in Washington Twp., and are
buried near the Hartwood Church. Benjamin
was married February 28, 1839, to Mary,
daughter of Charles and Martha Robinson,
who came to this county at an earlier date than the
Murphys. Mr. B. Murphy and wife are parents
of fourteen children, five of whom are dead. Those
living are as follows: Thomas J.,
born May 10, 1841; Charles W., born May 8,
1846; Lemuel C., born Mar. 2, 1849;
Josiah M., born Mar. 26, 1851; Amanda E.,
born Apr. 18, 1853; James A., born Jan. 12,
1855; Albert C., born Mar. 26, 1859;
Lucia M., born May 2, 1861; and Phebe E.,
born May 6, 1864. Mrs. Murphy, Thomas J.,
Lemuel C. and Phebe E. are members
of the Methodist Protestant Church. Thomas J.
is a member of the Masonic Lodge, and Charles W. of
the I. O. O. F. The children are all well educated,
and four of the boys have taught school.
Thomas A.
Source: History of Tuscarawas County, Ohio - Chicago:
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JOHN
MURPHY, farmer, P. O. Albany, was born Mar. 14, 1822,
in Belmont County, Ohio. He is a son of John
W. and Sydney Murphy, who came to this county in
1838, when our subject was sixteen years of age, and settled
on the farm on which John now lives, which
was a perfect wilderness at that time. John
has spent almost his entire life in clearing the land.
Himself, brothers and sons together own about 1,500 acres of
land, in Washington Township; nearly all of which is
improved. Mr. Murphy married
Eliza Swaney, Feb. 8, 1849. She was born,
Oct., 1828, in Harrison County, and is a daughter of
William Swaney. They are the parents of seven
children living, and one dead, as follows: Lloyd,
born Nov. 4, 1849; Adeline, born Sept. 20,
1851; William, born May 14, 1853; Sydney,
born Aug. 6, 1855, wife of John A. Taylor; Philip P.,
born Sept. 27, 1857; John W., born Feb. 12,
1860; and Margaret J., born Sept. 18, 1862,
wife of George W. Cappel. Their
youngest child was born June 14, 1865, and died April 16,
1871. The children each have a good education; Lloyd,
the oldest, has been teaching school since he was eighteen.
William S. is a minister of the M. P. Church.
Mr. Murphy and family (with the exception of
Philip) are members of the M. P. Church. He
has held each of the township offices at different times.
He takes great pride in his stock, which is principally
sheep, having at this time about 200 head of fine sheep.
Source: History of Tuscarawas County, Ohio - Chicago:
Warner, Beers & Co., 1884 - Page
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JOSIAH
MURPHY, farmer, P. O. Albany, was born July 2, 1829,
in Guernsey County, Ohio, son of John W. and Sydney
Murphy, who came to this county in 1838, when our
subject was a boy. At that time there was nothing
better to live in than a log hut. Several large
tobacco houses, some of which were forty feet high, dotted
the country here and there in that county. Tobacco was
about the only that that would bring money then, and was
more extensively cultivated than at present.
Josiah attended school about three months a year,
during the winter season, which was a much better chance
than his companions received. He was married, Nov. 20,
1852, to Elizabeth, daughter of
George and Ruth Chadwell, early settlers of this
county. Four children were given them, al of whom are
living, viz.: Brice B., George W., Mary E.,
now the wife of Adam Copple, and
Lanie M. Mrs. Murphy
departed this life May 15, 1866, and is buried near Hartwood
Church. Mr. Murphy married his second
wife, Mrs. Mary A. Porks, widowed wife of
George W. Porks, Apr. 9, 1868. To
this couple, three children were given - Josiah J.,
Elizabeth F. and Ingabee P.
Our subject was elected Treasurer of this county, in 1873,
and served two terms. He is now cultivating his farm,
which consists of 320 acres, well-improved. He deals
in Spanish Merino sheep quite extensively. He is one
of the most thrifty farmers and sociable men of this county,
and belongs to the Masonic fraternity. He and his wife
are members of the M. P. Church.
Source: History of Tuscarawas County, Ohio - Chicago:
Warner, Beers & Co., 1884 - Page
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LEMUEL
C. MURPHY, farmer and teacher, P. O. Gilmore, was
born in Washington Twp., Mar. 2, 1849. He is the son
of Benjamin and Mary Murphy. His
father came to this county in 1836 when the country was
almost a wilderness. Lemuel received
a good common school education, and has taught eight terms
of school. When he was twenty years of age, he went
out West, and spent two years there. He then returned
home, and has been living in this place since. He was
married, Oct. 8, 1874, to Cordelia A.,
daughter of John and Mary Browning, also
early settlers of this county. Three children have
been born to this union - Lillie May, Mary E., and
Eliza C. Both Mr. and Mrs. Murphy are
members of the M. P. Church. Mr. Murphy
has been quite successful in business, now owing 100 acres
of well-improved land, besides considerable stock.
Source: History of Tuscarawas County, Ohio - Chicago:
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