BIOGRAPHIES

Source:
The History of Clark County, Ohio:
containing a history of the county, its cities, towns, etc., general and local statistics, portraits of early settlers
and prominent men, history of the Northwest Territory, history of Ohio, map of Clark County, Constitution
of the United States, miscellaneous matters, etc., etc.
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	Pleasant Twp. - A. S. McCLINTOCK, farmer; P. O. Catawba.  He is a son of Alexander McClintock, a native of Westmoreland Co., Penn., who came to Ohio in 1822, and first located in Licking Co.; lived there four years; then moved to Knox Co., and from there to Delaware, and from Delaware to Marion Co., where he lived until his death, which occurred May 23, 1880, at the age of 87 years.  The subject of this sketch was born Sept. 21, 1824, in Licking Co., Ohio.  He was raised and educated upon a farm.  His marriage was celebrated Mar. 21, 1852, with Eliza, daughter of Henry Curl.  They had five children - Lucinda J., Mary M., William H., Clara A. and Ulysses G.  Mr. McClintock came to this county in the spring of 1845.  He had a beautiful farm of 98 acres, located two miles southeast of Catawba. SOURCE: The History of Clark County, Ohio : Publ. Chicago: W. H. Beers & Co., 1881 - Page 977
	Harmony Twp. - JOHN McCOY, carpenter; P. O. Vienna Cross Roads; was born in Clark Co., Ohio (Mad River Township), Apr. 30, 1853.  William McCoy, the father of John, came to Clark Co. in 1839, from the State of Pennsylvania, where he was born, and commenced working at the cooper's trade, and has still continued.  The subject of this sketch worked with his father at the cooper's trade until 1870, when he engaged in carpentering.  Mr. McCoy is one of the prominent members of Vienna Lodge, No. 345, I. O. O. F.  He is engaged in house-building, and, during the building season, he employs form six to eight carpenters.  He is a number one workman, very steady and industrious.  He is one of the reliable citizens of the village of Vienna, where he resides; he has won a good name and reputation. SOURCE: The History of Clark County, Ohio : Publ. Chicago: W. H. Beers & Co., 1881 - Page 963
A. C. McLAUGHLIN	German Twp. - ANDREW CAMPBELL McLAUGHLIN, M. D., Tremont City.  Is a son of James W. McLaughlin, who came to this country from Scotland with his father, Duncan McLaughlin, about the year 1787; the latter settled in Mifflin Co., Penn.  Upon arriving at early manhood, the father of Dr. McLaughlin removed to Kentucky, and there married Jemima Stretch, native of Pennsylvania, but soon after his marriage located in Concord Township, Champaign Co., Ohio, where the subject of our sketch was born Aug. 1, 1809, being the second of a family of eight children, viz.:  William Wilson, Andrew Campbell, Eliza, Cyrus, James (died in infancy), Elmira, and Peter and Rebecca (twins).  Our subject received a good common-school education, and at 22 years of age entered upon the duties of a school teacher, and about the same time became a student of medicine under the instruction of Dr. Richard W. Hunt, of Springfield.  After completing his course of study, he commenced the practice of his profession Apr. 2, 1836, at Clarksburg, now Tremont City, Clark Co., and is a graduate of Starling Medical College of Columbus.  For a long period he has been a member of the Clark County Medical Society, of which he has been President.  For upward of a quarter of a century he has belonged to the Ohio State Medical Society, of which he was Vice President in 1874 and 1875; is also a member of the Central Ohio Medical Association, a permanent member of the American Medical Association, Examining Physician for the Michigan Mutual Live Insurance Company, and also for the Union Central Life Insurance Co. of Cincinnati, and was at one time Surgeon of a regiment of State militia.  Having experienced considerable difficulty in his early efforts to obtain a medical education, he has given material aid to students who have sought guidance and instruction in the pursuit of their studies, and they are now prominent practitioners.  Dr. McLaughlin's first Presidential vote was cast in Moorefield Township in 1832, for Gen. Jackson, who received at that voting place 14 votes in all, which were copied by the young voter from a newspaper he happened to have in his possession, there being no Jackson tickets on the ground.  The newspaper referred to was the Ohio Monitor, published half a century ago in Columbus, by David Smith.  Reorganizing it to be a duty of the physician to keep abreast with all the discoveries in medical science, and to be thoroughly posted in the literature of his profession, he has studied for many years many of the leading medical journals of his country and Europe, thus acquiring a respectable amount of scientific knowledge.  Having for forty years been engaged in a laborious practice, he has retired on an ample competency to enjoy the years that may still remain of a well-spent and honored life.  Although he has maintained a high position in his profession, he has been no less prominent as a citizen.  Dr. McLaughlin is six feet one inch high, and weighs 315 pounds; has good use of himself; eats well and sleeps well; has no pain nor aches, and enjoys life well.  "He abstains from the use of strong drink and tobacco, and never used profane language at any time in his life.  Has no corrosive care nor anxiety; obeys the apostolic injunction, "owe no man anything;" has great reason to be thankful.  His aim is to do right and his trust is in God.  Dr. McLaughlin married, Aug. 28, 1838, Eliza Jane, only daughter of John and Elizabeth Beamer, and had one son who died in infancy. SOURCE: The History of Clark County, Ohio : Publ. Chicago: W. H. Beers & Co., 1881 - Page 1004
	Harmony Twp. - ALEXANDER McMAHAN, farmer; P. O. Plattsburg, Ohio.  The subject of this sketch was born in Morrow County, Ohio, Dec. 9, 1832.  He came to Clark Co., Ohio, and settled in Harmony Township in 1850  He was united in marriage, Oct. 11, 1860, to Miss Lucy Sprague, a daughter of L. B. Sprague one of the leading men of the county.  This union has been blessed by the at Lisbon.  Mr. he birth of three children - Harley L. was born June 15, 1862; Hattie, Mar. 28, 1866, and Glenna B., Dec. 14, 1871.  Mr. and Mrs. McMahan are members of the Baptist Church at Lisbon.  Mr. McMahan is a member of the I. O. O. F. at South Charleston.  Mr. McMahan is a man who has been contented to devote his time so farming, and to let politics and other outside matters alone.  He, however, has been elected by his neighbors a Director of the schools in the district in which he has lived for a number of terms. SOURCE: The History of Clark County, Ohio : Publ. Chicago: W. H. Beers & Co., 1881 - Page 963
John A. Marquart Pike Tp. Mary J. Marquart Pike Tp.	Pike Twp. - JOHN A. MARQUART, farmer and dealer in fine horses; P. O. North Hampton.  We are pleased to be able to place among the prominent men of this township the name of John A. Marquart, who has a well-merited reputation as a farmer and stock dealer among all who know him.  He was born in Green Township, Clark County, Aug. 9, 1853.  He is the son of John and Dorcas Marquart, natives of this county.  The father was a farmer and stocker raiser, and lived until July 30, 1858, when he died, at the ripe old age of 60 years 3 months and 26 days.  The wife died July 14, 1865, at the age of 43 years 5 months and 12 days.  John, our subject was thus left an orphan at the age of 13 years, but his parents left ample means for the support of himself and his two sisters.  He lived with his uncle, who was his guardian until he was 21 years of age.  On the 23d of January, 1879, he married Miss Mary J. Hector of this township, who was born Mar. 6, 1858.  Immediately after the marriage, they moved to his farm of 144 acres in Section 20, where they now reside.  Mr. M. devotes his whole attention to farming and raising fine stock.  He spares neither time nor expense in procuring and breeding the finest obtainable stock, and his reputation as a breeder is daily spreading throughout the State.  His farm is a model of neatness and convenience.  It is well supplied with fruit of all kinds and is watered by unfailing springs.  Every convenience that modern science has produced for the farmer will be found on his place.  All who have any dealings with hime say he is the impersonation of hospitality and honest integrity.  He is a highly esteemed member in good standing of Carles Lodge I. O. O. F. SOURCE:  The History of Clark County, Ohio : Publ. Chicago:  W. H. Beers & Co.,  1881 - Page 1018
	German Twp. - JEREMIAH W. MAURICE, farmer; P. O. Dialton; born in England May 4, 1833; is a son of Isaac W. and Eliza Maurice, who emigrated to Ohio in 1833, locating in Clark Co.  Isaac was a printer by trade, and worked in Canada one winter; thence in Columbus, thence in Springfield, following his trade in these places some three years; thence bought and located upon the farm where our subject now lives, in 1836, and here he resided until his death.  In 1862, he recrossed the ocean to visit his native land, returning again in 1863.  He died July 10, 1873, aged 71 years.  His wife died in November, 1843.  They were parents of five children - three now survive - John T., Jeremiah W. and David W.  He was married the second time in 1845, to Caroline, daughter of Sylvester and Lois Davis, natives of Virginia; issue, six children; three now survive - Joseph, Maria W. and Vanhorn.  Mr. Maurice received a stoke of paralysis by which he became helpless upon his left side for some eighteen years prior to his death.  His last wife died June 10, 1876.  Our subject was raised to farm labor, and remained with his father on the home place till his death, and still resides there and has never married.  Joseph, the eldest child of his father by his second wife, also resides on the home place; was married October, 1870, to Isabel M., daughter of Elias and Sarah Neese, natives of Virginia; issue, five children - Wesley a., Adelia I., George A., Clinton A. and Sarah B.  The farm consists of 89 acres mostly in cultivation, with good improvements.  They are members of the Reformed Church, Jeremiah having been such twenty-two years, Joseph twelve years, and their sister Maria Twelve years. SOURCE: The History of Clark County, Ohio : Publ. Chicago: W. H. Beers & Co., 1881 - Page 1005
JESSE MEAD German Tp.	German Twp. - JESSE MEAD, farmer and stock-raiser; P. O. Bowlusville.  Mr. Mead is a native of Clark Co., having been born Sept. 1, 1824, to Daniel and Mary (Palmer) Mead.  His father was a native of Massachusetts and his mother of New York.  They had five children who are all now dead except Jesse, whose grandfather, William Palmer, later became resident of Mad River Township, Clark Co., and died in this county; his remains rest in the cemetery known as the "Knott Burying-ground," near Enon, Ohio.  Daniel, the father of our subject, became a settler of Clark Co. in 1806, where his whole life was spent, with the exception of two or three years of his early married life, which he passed in Jackson Co., Ohio.  He first settled in Mad River Township, but, in 814, he moved to Pike Township, where he lived most of his days, and where he died Nov. 30, 1846.  His wife died Mar. 30, 1860.  He was drafted and served six months in the war of 1812, during which time his family suffered terrible hardships and privations.  He and his wife were both consistent members of the Christian Church.  Our subject lived with his parents until his father died.  He was married, Nov. 2, 1843, to Harriet Callison, a native of this county, and daughter of Arthur and Margaret Callison, natives of Virginia; they had one child - Austin, deceased.  His wife died Jan. 15, 1847.  On Apr. 5, 1849, he was again married, to Mary Ann, who was born in Warren Co., Ohio, to Andrew and Elizabeth Harman, natives of Virginia.  By her he has had nine children - John W. (deceased), David W. (deceased), Levi, Sarah J., Daniel (deceased), Jesse A., James L., George E. and Charles H.  Mr. Mead, after his father's death, remained on the home farm in Pike Township until the spring of Honey Creek mill property, near New Carlisle, which he ran successfully until the winter of 1859.  The year previous, he sold the mill property and bought the farm upon which he now resides.  This farm contains 290 acres of good arable land; he also owns 125 acres three-fourths of a mile north of this, in Champaign Co., and 160 acres in Illinois.  In politics, Mr. Mead is a stanch Republican, and he and his wife are both members of the Reformed Church.  He is one of Clark County's most prominent farmers, taking a deep interest in the progress of his county, and encouraging any enterprise that will redound to the advantage of its people.  He is engaged in the propagation of fine breeds of stock, and is an advanced thinker on all subjects relating to the affairs of the husbandman.  He is a man of honest integrity and moral worth, and has the respect and esteem of all who know or deal with him. SOURCE: The History of Clark County, Ohio : Publ. Chicago: W. H. Beers & Co., 1881 - Page 1005
	German Twp. - JOHN METZ, farmer; P. O. Springfield; was born in Virginia Aug. 28, 1814; he is a son of Peter and Susannah (Baker) Metz, he a native of Pennsylvania and she of Virginia.  Peter Metz, the grandfather, was a native of Germany.  Rudolph Baker, the maternal grandfather, was a native of Virginia, and became a resident of Clark Co. and died here, but the grandfather Peter Metz died in Virginia.  Peter the father, and family, became residents of Clark Co., locating in German Township in 1827; here he lived and died; he died in the spring of 1861.  His wife died in the fall of 1857; they were parents of eight children, five now living - Isaac, John, William, Thomas and Peter.  Our subject remained with his father till 31 years of age.  He was married, Oct. 12, 1845, to Margaret, daughter of William and Mary M. Miller, natives of Pennsylvania, and became residents of Clark Co., in 1818.  They were parents of thirteen children; five now survive - William, Isaac, Sarah, Catharine and Margaret.  Mr. Metz and wife have had two children - Mary S. and William C.  Mr. Metz, after his marriage, located on Mr. Nawman's farm, where they lived on e year; thence located upon the farm where they now live and have since resided.  The farm consists of 75 acres of good land, most of it in good cultivation, with good buildings and improvements, constituting a fine farm and residence.  Mr. Metz has been a member of the German Reformed Church forty-six years.  His wife has been a member of the Lutheran church forty-four years. SOURCE: The History of Clark County, Ohio : Publ. Chicago: W. H. Beers & Co., 1881 - Page 1006
	German Twp. - FREDERICK MICHAEL, merchant, Lawrenceville; a native of this county born June 6, 1837; is a son of David and Rebecca (Johnson) Michael, he a native of Virginia and she of Kentucky.  The paternal grandparents were natives of Virginia and the  maternal of Kentucky.  The grandfather, Frederick Michael, with his family, became residents of Ohio, locating in Clark Co. about 1817, where he lived till his death.  David was about 15 years of age when brought to this county with his father's family; here he grew to manhood, married and spent his entire life in this county; he died in August, 1853, aged 51 years.  His wife is still living in German Township, and is now 74 years of age.  Of an issue of nine children, eight now survive - Charlotte, Rachel, Alexander, Mary, Frederick, Catharine, David and Commodore Perry.  Mr. M. was a very industrious, hard-working farmer throughout his life, and his death very sudden.  One Saturday he left home to go to one of his neighbors, with whom he intended to go and catch some fish, but for some cause did not go; he started for home, but not arriving there on Sunday morning, search was made and his lifeless body found lying beside a log, having evidently died from disease of the heart.  Our subject was 17 years of age at his father's death; remained with mother until his majority.  Was married June 20, 1860, to Leah, daughter of John and Margaret (Hartman) Xander, natives of Pennsylvania; issue, seven children; five now survive - Laura B., Emery V., Ida Ann, Dora Etta and Carrie May.  His wife died Sept. 21, 1877.  On Feb. 11, 1879, he married Mrs. Sarah Jane Myers, daughter of Moses and Eva (Rust) Overholser, natives of Virginia; issue, one child, dying in infancy.  Mr. Michael, after his marriage, followed the wagon-making business in Lawrenceville and Tremont for twelve years; thence followed farming five years; thence entered upon the mercantile business in Lawrenceville, in which he is still engaged.  Mr. Michael's life has been spent in German Township, and the entire confidence of her citizens.  Has been Postmaster one year, and Township Treasurer four years, which offices he still holds. SOURCE: The History of Clark County, Ohio : Publ. Chicago: W. H. Beers & Co., 1881 - Page 1006
	Pike Twp. - ISAAC MILLER, farmer; P. O. Christiansburg, Champaign Co.   Mr. Miller is the son of Augustus and Mary (Williamson ) Miller, natives of Penn.  The father came with his parents to this State in 1811 and settled in Sugar Creek Township, Greene County, where his father died.  He had been three times married.  His first wife, Mary Williamson, was married to him in 1818.  She became the mother of two children - Isaac, our subject, born May 1, 1819, and Joseph, born November, 1821.  After the death of his wife, in 1822, Mr. Miller moved to Montgomery County, where he married June L. White in 1826.  She was possessed of a piece of wild land, where Mr. Miller built a cabin and lived until the death of this wife in 1854.  By her he had seven children, only one of whom, viz., Hannah J., born 1830, is now living.  In eighteen months after the death of his second wife Mr. Miller married Mrs. Martha Irvin, with whom he lived until his death, Nov. 28, 1865.   By her he had one child, not now living.  He was a member of the Presbyterian Church.  His son Isaac, our subject, lived with his father until he was 23 years old, when he moved to Jackson Township, Champaign Co., where he purchased eighty-four acres of land, on which he lived six years.  During this time he was married to Anna, daughter of George and Elizabeth (Winters) Merritt, of Jackson Township.  They had thirteen children, as follows: Elizabeth M., born Feb. 8, 1843; Augustus C., born July 28, 1844; George N., born July 18, 1846; Peter N., born Feb. 6, 1849; John L., born Mar. 3, 1851; Mary A., born May 9, 1853; Hannah J., born Apr. 11, 1855; Joseph W., born Aug. 23, 1857; Rosa E., born Feb. 22, 1859; Susan A., born May 11, 1862; Carrie A., born July 20, 1864; Harry L., born Mar. 23, 1866; Bertha E., born July 21, 1868.  The father moved to the farm where he now lives in 1847.  He is a member of Beech Grove Grange, No. 335, and of the German Reformed Church.  He is one of the oldest residents of the county, and has always voted the Whig and Republican.  His eldest son enlisted in 1863, in the 44th O. V. I. during the rebellion, and received an honorable discharge at the close of the war. SOURCE:  The History of Clark County, Ohio : Publ. Chicago:  W. H. Beers & Co.,  1881 - Page 1018
	Springfield Twp. - JOHN C. MILLER, Probate Judge, Springfield.  Judge Miller comes of a pioneer family; is a son of Reuben Miller, who came to Clark County in 1812, he then being a boy of 15 years of age, with his father, Rev. Robert Miller, who was a pioneer local preacher of the Methodist Episcopal denomination, and known over a large region of country, his residence being in Moorefield Township, where he owned a section of land, and where Reuben grew to manhood, and married Mary, daughter of Samuel Hedges, of Berkeley Co., Va.; she left her parents in Virginia and came to Champaign County with her brother, Jonas Hedges, who settled just over the line in Champaign County and adjoined Mr. Miller's land in this county; after their marriage, Mr. Miller farmed and taught school for a time, and subsequently became a county officer and removed to Springfield, where he continued to fill important offices for several years, as well be seen by reference to the body of this work, and continued to reside in Springfield until 1875, when, his wife having deceased Jan. 2, he went to Keokuk, Iowa, and resided with his only surviving daughter, Mrs. R. B. Ogden, until his decease, which occurred Oct. 3, 1879; his remains were brought to Springfield and interred in Fern Cliff Cemetery. He had a family of five sons and two daughters, of whom four sons and one daughter survive - D. B. Miller, M. D., of Covington, Ky., John C.; Commander J. N. Miller, of the United States Navy; and Henry R. and Mrs. R. B. Ogden, of Keokuk, Iowa.  The subject of this sketch was born in Springfield Apr. 13, 1834; he received rudimentary training in the district school, and finished his school days at the Ohio Conference High School; learned the printer's art, and at 18 began the study of law, under the direction of the Hon. Samuel Shellabarger; was admitted to practice in April, 1855, and, in the fall of the same year, having spent the spring and summer in the West looking up a location, commenced the practice of his profession in Springfield.  In 1861, he was elected Mayor of the city, and in the fall of the same year was elected Prosecutor for Clark County, and held the latter office five years; the City Solicitor from 1869 to 1876, when he resigned to enter upon the duties of Probate Judge, to which he had been elected the previous October, and which he continues to discharge with credit to himself and satisfaction to the people.  He married, Oct. 4, 1860, Miss Marianna T., daughter of James R. Hoglen, of Dayton; from this union have been born two children - Robert J. and Ella C. SOURCE:  The History of Clark County, Ohio; Publ. Chicago:  W.H. Beers & Co.,  1881 - Pg. 881
	Springfield Twp. - JOSEPH N. MILLER, United States Navy; son of Reuben Miller, and grandson of Rev. Robert Miller pioneers of Clark County; was born in Springfield, Ohio, Nov. 22, 1836; after passing the required examination, was appointed an Acting Midshipman at the Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md., Oct. 1, 1851; in February, 1852, was advanced one year, and was graduated Nov. 3 of his class in June, 1854, having made two summer cruises in the practice ship Preble, in 1852 and 1853; from Sept. 1, 1854, to Sept. 20, 1845, served on board the United States flag-ship Independence, in the Pacific Squadron; Nov. 22, 1856, passed his final examination, and was warranted as a Passed Midshipman in the navy; from Feb. 20, 1857, to Oct. 26, 1858, was an assistant in the department of Ethics and English Studies at the Naval Academy; was warranted as Master in the navy Jan. 22, 1858; from Nov. 2, 1858, to Sept. 24, 1860, served on board the United States ship Preble in the Paraguay expedition, and in the Home Squadron; assisted in the capture of the steamers Gen. Miramon and Marquis de la Habana, off Vera Cruz, Mexico, on Mar. 6, 1860; was commissioned as Lieutenant in the navy Feb. 19, 1860; was assistant in the department of Ethics and English Studies at the Naval Academy from October, 1860 until the breaking-out of the rebellion in April, 1861, when he was detached and ordered to the brig Perry, fitting out in New York; the vessel was employed on the blockade, and captured the privateer Savannah, off Charleston, June 3, 1861; the Savannah was the first privateer captured in the war; in November, 1861, was transferred to the United States steamer Cambridge as Executive Officer, and was in the action when the Cumberland and Congress were destroyed by the Merrimac, on March 12, 1862; in May, 1862, was transferred to the practice ship John Adams, and in August was detached, on application, for active service; was commissioned as a Lieutenant Commander in the navy July 16, 1862; from September, 1862, to June, 1863, served on  board the ironclad Passaic as Executive Officers, and was present at the naval attack on Ft. McAllister Mar. 3, 1863, and the attack on Ft. Sumter Apr. 7, 1863; in June, 1863, was assigned to duty with Admiral Gregory in New York, superintending the construction of ironclads; in September, 1863, was ordered as Executive Officer of the United States steamer Sacramento, and in November was transferred to the command of the ironclad Nahant, and in May, 1864, was engaged in an attack on Ft. Sumter; in July, 1864, was detached from the Nahant and granted sick leave; in August, 1864, was ordered to the ironclad steamer Monadnock, and was present in both attacks on Ft. Fisher, Dec. 24 and 25, 1864, and Jan. 13, 14 and 15, 1865; in February, 1865, was detached from the Monadnock and ordered to the Naval Academy as head of the department of Seamanship; commanded the practice ship Marion during the summer cruise of 1865; was detached from the Marion on Sept. 30, 1865, and was assigned to duty at the Naval Academy as head of the department of Ethics and English Studies; in September, 1867, was detached from the Naval Academy and ordered to the United States steamer Powhatan, South Pacific Squadron; served in that vessel in the Pacific and Gulf of Mexico until Jan. 5, 1870, when he was detached and placed on leave; was commissioned as a Commander in the United States Navy Jan. 25, 1870; was ordered on duty at the New York Navy Yard in February, 1870, and in April, 1870, was detached and ordered to the South Pacific Squadron as Chief of Staff; in February, 1871, was assigned to the command of the United States steamer Ossifer, in addition to the duties as Chief of Staff; in December, 1872, was detached from the Ossifer, and placed on waiting orders; in January, 1873, was ordered as Executive Officer of the naval station at New London, and in February, 1873, was transferred to the Hydrographic Office at Washington as Assistant Hydrographer; in November, 1873, was ordered to command the ironclad Ajax, which joined the fleet at Key West, assembled in anticipation of difficulty with Spain; in June, 1874, was detached from the Ajax and again assigned to duty as Assistant Hydrographer; in August, 1875, was detached from the Hydrographic Office and ordered to command the United States steamer Tuscarora; ran a line of deep sea soundings with that vessel from the Sandwich Islands to Fiji Islands and Australia; in September, 1876, was detached from the Tuscarora and placed on leave; in December, 1876, was ordered as Assistant to the Chief of the Bureau of Yards and Docks; in March, 1877, was detached from the Bureau of Yards and Docks and ordered as Inspector of the Eleventh Lighthouse District, which embraces Lakes Huron, Michigan and Superior; on Oct. 1, 1880, was detached from light-house duty and ordered on special duty at the Naval Department, Washington, D. C., and is at present on that duty.  Commander Miller was promoted to a Captaincy in May, 1881. SOURCE: The History of Clark County, Ohio : Publ. Chicago: W. H. Beers & Co., 1881 - Page 882
	Moorefield Twp. - MILTON M. MILLER, (deceased), farmer and local minister; P. O. New Moorefield; born in Kentucky Dec. 23, 1811; was a son of Robert and Elizabeth (Hanson) Miller, he a native of Virginia and she of Maryland.  They became residents of Clark Co. in the spring of 1812, locating upon the farm now owned by Abraham Mumper, and here they resided till their death.  He died Oct. 18, 1834; his wife died in August, 1857.  They were parents of six children, and he had three by first marriage.  Two only now survive - Mary (now Widow Banes), and Maria (now widow of Samuel Hunter).  They were strictly pioneers in this neighborhood, taking their farm right from the woods in its wild state, and enduring all the labors and hardships incident to such life, bringing the forests into fine cultivated fields, with waving grain, and replacing their primitive log cabin with a comfortable frame house, and before their death were able to enjoy the general comfort and conveniences of life, and all accomplished by his own labor and industry.  He owned two quarter sections of land, and in connection with his many labors and progress in accumulating property and obtaining the comfort's and conveniences of a good farm and home, he was an active Christian worker in the M. E. Church, being a local preacher for many years, and in his death the community lost a kind neighbor and the church a great worker.  Our subject being but an infant when his parents moved to this county, was nurtured, raised and grew to maturity inured to the hardships of the early settlers of that day, and lived with his parents till their death.  He was married, Nov. 29, 1832, to Mary T., daughter of Samuel T. and. Rebecca (Dunlap) Hedges, he a native of Virginia and she of Kentucky; became settlers of Champaign Co. about 1812.  They were parents of eleven children; those now living - Mary T., James, Jane, Elizabeth, Tabatha, Sarah and Samuel.  Mary T. was born Sept. 22, 1814.  Mr. Miller and wife had ten children, six now living - Mary E., Rebecca, Clara L., Robert N., Hattie M. and Milton M.  Mr. Miller followed the footsteps of his father in being an industrious, energetic farmer; also an active Christian and a local preacher in the same church, and thus continued to the end of his life, which was terminated very suddenly. On May 5, 1872, having returned from church feeling wearied, he laid down to rest, and when called by his daughter to dinner, was found dead.  This, though a severe stroke and loss to his family, was doubtless his eternal gain. SOURCE:  The History of Clark County, Ohio : Publ. Chicago:  W. H. Beers & Co.,  1881 - Page 993
	Mad River Twp. - R. L. MILLER, dealer in agricultural implements, Enon; his parents, Abraham B., and Barbara Miller, were both born in Lancaster Co., Penn., and emigrated in Ohio in 1840, locating in Clark Co.  R. L., the subject of this sketch, is a native of Ohio, born in Clark Co., May 12, 1853.  He was brought up to farm labor, and received his education in the district schools; when 18 years of age he commenced to learn the carpentering trade, which he followed for about six years, meeting with good success.  He married Miss Irena Shellabarger when he was 22 years old.  Two children have been born to them, viz.:  Bertie May, born Apr. 14, 1876; Dasia Iowa, deceased.  Mr. Miller is now engaged in selling agricultural implements and machinery of all kinds. SOURCE: The History of Clark County, Ohio : Publ. Chicago: W. H. Beers & Co., 1881 - Page 1045
	Moorefield Twp. - REV. ROBERT MILLER, was born in Prince George Co., Md., on the 19th day of August, 1767; his father was born in America, of Scotch parentage, and died while a soldier for the cause of American independence, leaving a widow and six children, of whom Robert, then only 11 years of age, was the oldest.  His lot was the usual one in those days, of a hard struggle with poverty, notwithstanding which he educated himself in the English branches of study; learned the trade of carpenter and worked at his trade for several years, until the 19th day of January, 1793, he was married to Mary Highfield (to whom were born three children), and immediately afterward moved to the State of Virginia, where he lived until the fall of 1796, when he emigrated to Kentucky, crossing the mountains to the Monongahela River, near Brownsville, Penn., where he remained during the winter, and in the spring of 1797, conveyed his family and household goods on flat-boats down that river and the Ohio to Limestone (now Maysville), Ky., in which State he settled as a farmer, first in Mason and afterward in Fleming Co. May 7, 1799, his wife having died, he was married again to Elizabeth Hanson, who had born to her six children.  In the year 1812, he again removed his family to the Pretty Prairie, in Champaign Co., Ohio, and bought a considerable body of land in what is now known as Moorefield Township, in Clark Co., where he died Oct. 18, 1834, and was buried in the graveyard of the Moorefield M. E. Church, being a tract of land which he himself had donated as the site for a church and for burial purposes.  His own account of his religious life and ministry is quite lengthy, and we have space for only a few extracts; he wrote of himself as follows: “My mother and most of my relations called themselves church people (the Church of England), and I thought nobody was right, as to religion but them.  I sometimes heard of a people called Methodists, and from what I heard about them I was exceedingly mad against them, and thought they were the false prophets.  About the 21st year of my age, the Methodists began to preach in the neighborhood where I lived.  Among the rest of the people, I went to hear what these bad folks would say.  The preacher began to preach, and I to hear; my prejudices were removed; my heart felt the truth of his doctrine, and I went home in some sense a Methodist.  In February, 1789,  I joined the church.  April, the same year, the Lord spoke peace to my soul.”  From this time forward, all through his life, he was an uncompromising foe to wickedness of all sorts, so much so as that he said of himself, “My friends thought I was overmuch righteous because I would not run with them to the same excess of riot.  I became the wicked’s by-word and the drunkard’s song.”  In 1802, he was licensed to preach, when, as be wrote, I now began, in my plain manner, to cry aloud against wickedness of all kinds, such as swearing, Sabbath-breaking, drunkenness, and above all, the abominable practice of holding our fellow-creatures in bondage.  Now the tongue of persecution was let loose against me by the wicked, and not only by them but by the religious, so-called, of all denominations, the Methodists not excepted; but still I went on to preach.”  Rather an early Abolitionist for a Kentuckian was this old-time Methodist preacher.  The result of this controversy was that, after manumitting a few slaves which he possessed, he removed from what he called “ the bloody land ” to Ohio.  In the year 1809, he was ordained, by Bishop Asbury, a local Deacon, and in 1831, by Bishop Roberts, a local Elder in the M. E. Church.  As a preacher, he was clear, incisive and forcible in his utterance, and famous throughout this part of Ohio far his quaint and graphic illustrations.  Many stories are told by early settlers of his peculiar gifts and powers in the pulpit, for none of which have we space in our record.  He died, as he had lived, fearing God and not man, and left a widow, now long since dead, and a large family of children, who, with their descendants and connections, are among the most prominent residents of Clark, Champaign and Logan Cos.  Having felt the fires of persecution in his earlier ministry, there was placed, by his own request, on his tombstone, in the little quiet graveyard above named, the simple epitaph, "Let me alone." SOURCE:  The History of Clark County, Ohio : Publ. Chicago:  W. H. Beers & Co.,  1881 - Page 992
	Bethel Twp. - JOHN MINNICH, deceased; was a son of Michael, Sr., and Eve (Sintz) Minnich, who were both born, raised and married in Lancaster Co., Penn.  They and five children emigrated to Ohio early in the 19th century, where two more children were born to them.  He entered 300 acres of land in what is now Bethel Township, Clark Co., which is still in possession of the descendants.  Michael and family were among the early and worthy pioneers of Clark Co., to whom much is due for the opening out of fine fields in Bethel Township, where in 1881, instead of being golden grain.  Michael died in 1847, and his wife in 1856.  Of their seven children (who are now all dead), John, the subject of this memoir, the sixth in number, was born in the present limits of Bethel Township, Apr. 28, 1810, and was raised through the early part of the same.  He nobly assisted his father until a matured age, in the meantime procuring a common education.  Upon Sept. 10, 1832, he married Susan Layton, by whom he had four children.  Susan was born in Clark Co. in 1812, and died in 1840, leaving husband and one child.  The former married Sept, 1842, for his second wife Caroline Layton, a sister of his first wife; she was born in Bethel Township, Clark Co., in December, 1824.  By this union five children were born, of whom four are now living, whose names respectively are D. C., who married February, 1866, Elizabeth V. Higgins; Felix G., who died in 1868, aged 23 years; Cassius W., married in 1872 Ida Higgins; Mary E. married in 1872 Norman Latta; and Jessie E. Michael, who was the surviving one at Susan's death.  He married in 1865 Sinda A. McAllister.  John Minninch soon after his first marriage settled on his father's farm, where he resided until his death, Apr. 11, 1864.  He through life was an active and energetic farmer, in which he succeeded.  He was always willing to lend a helping hand to all public improvements; took an active part in the erection of the Dayton and Mad River Valley Turnpike, of which he served as Superintendent from its erection to his death.  Politically he was a Republican; though an earnest worker in its behalf, he never aspired to any office whatever.  He took a liberal part in aiding the suppression of the late rebellion, with which he was connected until his death.  He was a man of much respectability, leaving a widow and five children above mentioned, the former still bearing the name of her departed husband. SOURCE: The History of Clark County, Ohio : Publ. Chicago: W. H. Beers & Co., 1881 - Page 1031
	German Twp. - JACOB MITZEL, farmer; P. O. Tremont City; born in York Co., Penn., Feb. 26, 1831; is a son of Jacob and Catharine (Flinchbaugh) Mitzel.  The paternal grandparents were natives of Pennsylvania, and the maternal of Germany.  The parents of our subject have always resided in Pennsylvania and followed farming as an occupation; the father is still living, and now 92 years of age; the mother died in summer of 1864.  They were parents of ten children; all are living - John, Elizabeth, Jonathan, Catharine, Frederick, Christian, Jacob, Lydia, Emanuel and Amos.  Mr. Mitzel has always been a very robust, industrious and a hard-working man, and now, at 92 years of age, is enjoying very good health, and we would call attention to this remarkable instance of raising a family of ten children without the loss of one, and all are now past middle age, the youngest being 42 years of age.  Our subject lived with his father until 22 years of age, and during this time learned the brick and stone mason trade.  In the fall of 1852, he emigrated to Ohio, landing at Springfield, Oct. 4, and there followed his trade twelve or fifteen years.  Was married June 12, 1860, to Elnora, daughter of Adam and Margaret (Turman) Neff, he a native Virginia, and she of Ohio; issue, three children, one only surviving - Laura; deceased - Arvilla and Lucian.  Mr. Mizel continued to work at his trade in connection with farming till the fall of 1872, at which time he bought and located upon the farm where he now resides.  His farm consists of 120 acres, mostly in good cultivation,  with fine buildings and improvements.  He and wife are members of the Reformed Church, having been such since 1863, and he has held the office of Deacon during his entire membership. SOURCE: The History of Clark County, Ohio : Publ. Chicago: W. H. Beers & Co., 1881 - Page 1006
	Harmony Twp. - WILLIAM H. MORRIS, farmer; P. O. London, Madison Co.  The subject of this sketch is a native of Springfield Township, Clark Co., Ohio.  He was born Mar. 29, 1841.  He is a son of William M. Morris, who was also a native of Springfield Township[, he having been born in Springfield Township in 1820.  (He is now a resident of Illinois).  William chose, when a boy, to follow a plow, which choice he has followed since.  He settled in Harmony Township in 1855, where he now resides.  He was united in marriage to Marinda Dixon, a daughter of David Dixon, Oct. 15, 1859.  This union has been blessed by the birth of five children, all of whom are now living - Thomas W. was born June 29, 1860; Henry S., Mar. 26, 1862; William L., June 2, 1866; Walter, Dec. 1, 1868, and Harrison, Sept. 9, 1875.  Mr. Morris was one of the men who was willing to die that his country might live.  He enlisted in Co. K, 45th O. V. I., July, 1862; was discharged in June, 1865, at the close of the war.  He served on an escort of Gen. Haskell for some twenty-three months.  Mr. Morris has an interest in quite a large steam saw-mill near his residence.  In connection with his farming he runs a steam thrashing-machine.  MR. Morris and wife are members of the Christian Church at what is nown as the "Wilson" Church. SOURCE:  The History of Clark County, Ohio; Publ. Chicago:  W. H. Beers & Co.,  1881 - Page 963
	Springfield Twp. - STEWARD A. MORROW , ice and coal dealer, Springfield; is one of the active young business men of Springfield.  He was born in Champaign County in 1849; is a son of Daniel and Matilda (Whitehead) Morrow, who were early residents of that county; the family removed to Springfield in 1852, and have resided here since.  The subject of this sketch began a business life when quite young; has been an ice-dealer here for the past twelve years, and, three years since, opened a coal-yard, which he has since operated in connection with the ice trade; his office and yard are located on South Limestone street, near the C., S. & C. R. R. crossing; his general acquaintance and business energy have already secured a large trade, which is increasing.  He married, in 1872, Miss Lizzie Resh, of Dayton, by whom he had three children. SOURCE:  The History of Clark County, Ohio; Publ. Chicago:  W. H. Beers & Co.,  1881 - Page 890
	Bethel Twp. - ANDREW MOUK.  Henry Mouk, the fther of our subject, was born in Lancaster Co., Penn., Mar. 12, 1809, and was married to Esther Herrshy (whose genealogy forms an appendix to this sketch) on the 16th of November, 1832.  He came to Ohio in the fall of 1851; made arrangements for his family's coming, and returned to Pennsylvania, but came to Ohio again with his wife and little ones in the spring following, and settled in Bethel Township, where he resided until his demise, which occurred Feb. 13, 1875, at the advanced age of 65 years 11 months and 1 day.  His family consisted of the following nine children: Andrew, born Aug. 11, 1833; Henry, born July 12, 1835; died July 16, 1864; Barbara, July 4, 1837, died Feb. 3, 1847; Anna, Apr. 18, 1839; Mary, Aug. 1, 1841, died Aug. 1, 1842; Mary H., Oct. 12, 1843, died June 23, 1848; John, Dec. 8, 1845; Esther and Catharine, Feb. 12, 1848.  Catharine died Sept. 1, 1848, and Esther died June 3, 1851.  Andrew, the subject hereof was educated in the common schools of Ohio and Pennsylvania.  Oct. 29, 1854, he married Susan Zeller, who was born Sept. 23, 1837, the daughter of Henry S. Zeller, a native of Lancaster Co., Penn., who came to Ohio in1850, and settled in Bethel Township.  Our subject's family consisted of the following twelve children:  Maria Viola, born Aug. 4, 1855; Anna, June 8, 1857; Henry, July 26, 1858; Margaret, Dec. 12, 1859; Esther, July 22, 1861; Charlie, June 15, 1863, died Oct. 26, 1864; George, Sept. 20, 1865; Mary, Feb. 14, 1868; Samuel, Jan. 11, 1870, died Jan. 25, 1870; Edith, Feb. 7, 1874; Oscar, Dec. 21, 1876, died Mar. 4, 1877; John, Apr. 7, 1878.  The following genealogical record of the Herrshy family, who were among the early settlers of Pennsylvania, and obtained their land from William Penn, and who is the maternal ancestor of our subject, has been preserved perfect to the present time; Andrew Herrshy, great-grandfather, was born in Switzerland in the year 1702, whence his father removed to the Palatinate, at the Court of Friedensheim.  In the year 1719, he, with his father and brother, Benjamin, came to America and settled in Lancaster Co., Penn.  His brother, Christian, was obliged to remain at the Court until 1739, when he also came to America.  These three brothers - Andrew, Benjamin, and Christian - were chosen preachers of the Mennonite Church.  Andrew died in the year 1792, aged 90 years.  He begat twelve children, viz.:  Christian, Andrew, John, Benjamin, Jacob, Abraham, Isaac, Henry, Peter, Catharine, Maria and Odti.  Andrew Herrshy, grandfather and second son of the above Andrew, was born in Lancaster Co., Penn., in the year 1734, and died on the 16th of July, 1806, aged 72 years.  He begat with Magdalina (his first wife, a born Bachman), a daughter, Catharine, who was born in 1760, and died in 1833, Sept. 10, aged 73 years; and with Maria (his second wife, a born Acker, who was born Sept. 26, 1743, and died Sept. 13, 1831, aged 87 years 10 months and 17 days) he begat the following children: Anna, born Feb. 27, 1762, died Mar. 5, 1855; Jacob, born Oct. 2, 1765, died May 30, 1821; Maria, born May 23, 1768, died Dec. 5, 1849; Andrew, born Sept. 14, 1770, died Aug. 1, 1835; Henry, born Dec. 19, 1772, died Apr. 24, 1838; Elizabeth, born Dec. 5, 1775, died Aug. 17, 1870; John, born Mar. 31, 1783, died July 16, 1831.  Andrew begat with Esther (a born Kauffman, who was born May 31, 1776, and died Mar. 3, 1829, aged 52 years 9 months and 3 days) the following children, viz.: Christian, born Dec. 28, 1796, died Sept. 5, 1834; Anna, born July 15, 1799, died June 27, 1874; Andrew, born Jan. 15, 1802, died Dec. 31, 1839; Maria, born Dec. 9, 1804; Catharine, born Jan. 15, 1809, died Jan. 15, 1872; Esther, born Sept. 11, 1811, died Mar. 9, 1848; Barbara and Elizabeth, born Dec. 9, 1814; Elizabeth, died Dec. 30, 1825; John, born Mar. 14, 1818, died Oct. 7, 1821; Magdalina, born Mar. 20, 1821, died Nov. 1, 1861. SOURCE: The History of Clark County, Ohio : Publ. Chicago: W. H. Beers & Co., 1881 - Page 1032
	Bethel Twp. - SAMUEL MUSSELMAN, plasterer.  The gentleman whose name heads this sketch is the son of Jacob and Elizabeth Musselman, both natives of Lancaster Co., Penn., where our subject was born July 15, 1835.  He came to Ohio in the fall of 1854, but in the following fall returned to his native State, where he remained until 1856, when he again came to the "Buckeye State," and located permanently in Bethel Township.  He is a plasterer by trade, and still follows the business.  On the 5th of August, 1861, he married Miss Anna Kauffman, the daughter of Christian and Anna Kauffman, natives of Lancaster Co., Penn., where Mrs. Musselman was born on the 21st of Jan. 1840.  By his union with Miss Kauffman, Mr. Musselman has had born to him the following nine children, to wit: Charlotte L., born Dec. 27, 1863; Henry E., born May 28, 1865; Lulu B., born Dec. 17, 1867; Abraham K., born Apr. 11, 1868; Christian K., born Mar. 7, 1870; Anna, born Nov. 1, 1871; John W. and Mary A., born Dec. 3, 1874; Samuel, born Oct. 15, 1876. SOURCE: The History of Clark County, Ohio : Publ. Chicago: W. H. Beers & Co., 1881 - Page 1032