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JAMES H. MALCOLM Source: A Centennial Biographical History
of Crawford County, Ohio - Chicago: 1902 - Page 532 |
HORATIO W. MARKLEY
is one of the progressive and prominent men of Crawford county,
and is a descendant of several of the most distinguished
families of this part of Ohio. Mr. Markley was born in
Liberty township, Crawford county, on July 24, 1848, and
was a son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Stough) Markley.
The paternal great-grandparents were Joseph and Susannah
(Wigley) Markley. They came to what is now Ashland county,
then Richland, Ohio, in 1815, entering about three hundred acres
of land on the present site of the city of Ashland. Here
he erected and later conducted an extensive distillery business,
and as the years passed became one of the substantial men of the
locality. Both he and wife were unusually corpulent, their
accumulated weight being metre than five hundred pounds. Every
year, arrayed in a peculiar riding costume, one feature of which
were beaver hats, they made a horseback trip to the eastern
relatives, where they were expected with pleasure on account of
their many admirable traits of character. They reared a
family of eleven boys and two girls, all of them being of more
than average weight and size. The smallest of the boys,
faceciously called "the runt." weighed two hundred and fifty
pounds. All of the family lived to marry and rear families
of their own. The extraordinary strength of five of these sons
excited general comment, as each one could take a full barrel of
whiskey up in his hands and drink from the bung. Perhaps the
strongest of all was Horatio,
who
was born in Somerset county,
Pennsylvania, in 1804, and was considered the strongest
man
in the county. Shortly after his
marriage he came to Craw ford county and entered one hundred and
forty-four acres of land in Liberty township, where his
daughter, Mrs. Elizabeth Teel, now resides.
With the assistance of his brother Mathias, who had
preceded him here some years, assisted also by the two wives, a
comfortable log cabin was built and on this farm he spent his
whole life. He became prosperous and was able to leave his
children very well situated, giving each one a farm at the time
of maturity.
He was long one of the
leaders in the English Lutheran church and was known through the
county for his kindness and liberality.
No
call for help was ever disregarded,
and when death came, in 1880, at the age of seventy-six, the
mourners extended far beyond those of his own family.
He
married Nancy Link, who was the
daughter of Adam
Link, also a
remarkable man. He
was born in Wheeling, West
Virginia, where he owned six hundred acres of land on the
present site of the city of Wheeling. Pie was a veteran of the
Revolutionary war. His father was killed by the Indians during
the early days. Being surrounded by Indians, he and a friend
bargained for their lives, and, as the Indians promised safety,
they came out, only to be tomahawked by the savages, who
destroyed everything they could find, tore open feather beds to
see the feathers fly, killed the cattle and cut up the leather
in the tan yards.
Adam Link lived over a
century, dying in 1864, at the advanced age of one hundred and
two years, nine months and twenty-seven, days.
The maternal great-grandparents of our subject were
also well-known: people, John Stough being a
Lutheran minister, who first married Mary Hagmyer,
and later Catherine Troutman. The
great-grandfather, Thomas Charlton, was of English
birth, and married Elizabeth Mercer. John G.
Stough, the maternal grandfather, was a native of Perry
county, Pennsylvania, and came to Crawford county shortly after
his marriage to Sarah Charlton, a native of
Washington county, Maryland. Mr. Stough settled on
the farm now owned by the
Widow
Moderwell, entering one
hundred and sixty acres of forest land, built him a log cabin in
the forest and hung up a quilt for shelter in place of a door.
When
meat was wanted for the larder he
took his gun, stepped a few paces away from his home and soon
shot a deer, so plentiful were they at that time. His family
went through every phase of pioneer life, but in this wilderness
he reared a fine family and remained until advanced in years,
when he moved to Vernon township and died there at the age of
eighty-four years. Both he and wife had been life-long members
of the Lutheran church.
Joseph Markley, the
father of our subject, was born on the old Horatio Markley
homestead, on December 4, 1824. and grew up at home, early doing
his part of work on the farm. His education was
necessarily limited, but through life he was a great reader and
in time became self-educated and was thoroughly informed
concerning the public events of the day. His marriage was
to Elizabeth Stough, in Liberty township, who was
born on October 21, 1827, and she was a daughter of
John G. and Sarah (Charlton) Stough. After his
marriage he located on seventy-two acres of land one and
one-half miles north of the Markley homestead and
during the second year realized enough from the sugar maples on
the farm to pay for it. Here Mr. Markley
resided until his death, in May, 1858. at the age of
thirty-three. His life had been a busy one and he
had succeeded well.
He
was very active in the affairs of
the English Lutheran church, and was a member of the Republican
party. After the death of Mr. Markley his
widow married Peter Rutan and now resides in this
township. One daughter was born of this marriage: Anna,
the wife of Oliver Wheaton, a pattern maker of
Mansfield.
Horatio W. Markley, the bearer of an honored name,
was reared on the home farm and acquired hut a limited
education. He
was married on February 23,
1871, to Miss Maria C. Rader, who was born in Northampton
county, Pennsylvania, and was a daughter of
Aaron and Sabina (Bower) Rader,
both of whom
were natives of Pennsylvania. They
came to Crawford county previous to 1850. After his marriage our
subject and wife went to Columbiana county and located on a farm
belonging to Michael Charlton, but two years later they
returned to Crawford county and purchased a farm of seventy-two
acres two miles north of Sulphur Springs, where the family
resided for four years. Then Mr. Markley
sold that and bought eighty acres in Cranberry township, on
which farm he remained for three years, later selling that also.
For the following nineteen years he successfully operated a farm
of one hundred and sixty acres belonging to his sister-in-law.
Mrs. Julia Rader. In 1884 he bought forty acres
located one-fourth mile south of his present home, and this land
he retained four years and then exchanged it for the farm he now
occupies. This consists of sixty-two and one-half acres and upon
it he has erected a most desirable set of buildings, modern in
construction and attractive in appearance.
He
removed to this place in 1899.
Mr. Markley has been very successful
during these years of industry, has become well known and
esteemed in the county and has reared a most estimable family,
viz.: Franklin A., city solicitor for the B.
&
O. Railroad at Toledo, Ohio;
Hattie E., a millinery trimmer at Toledo; Bert W.,
deceased; Esther B. and Ross W., both at home. In
politics our subject has always been a stanch Republican, and
fraternally he is connected with Liberty Lodge. No. 845, K. of
H. His wife is a member of the L. O. T. M. and of
the Lutheran church.
He
is one of the progressive and
energetic men whose example in a community is for its benefit,
and all through Crawford county live those who most highly
esteem Horatio W. Markley.
Source: A Centennial Biographical
History of Crawford County, Ohio - Chicago: 1902 - Page 686 |
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Bucyrus Twp. -
C. M. MATTHEW, cabinet-maker, Bucyrus; son
of Frederick and Mary (Kuntz) Matthews; was born Apr. 25,
1825, in Prussia. He attended school until his 14th year.
At 16 he commenced learning cabinet-making, serving an
apprenticeship of three years under Phillip Heifner, in
the village of Thalsang, and was compelled to work early and
late. He afterward worked as journeyman in several places
in Prussia. In the early part of 1851, he sailed from
Antwerp, and, after a tempestuous voyage of fifty-five days,
landed at New York, in May, 1851. He went to Milwaukee,
Wis., at a time when stumps were in the midst of the town.
He worked on a farm for one year, and then went to Sandusky
City, working at his trade there for about two years. He
next worked at Republic, Seneca Co. Here he lived three
years and then removed to Leipsic, Putnam Co., residing there
two years. In October, 1860, he came to Bucyrus, where he
worked in the sash factory. The next year he helped build
the Bucyrus Machine Works, and was employed in the wood-work
department as pattern-maker and foreman, which position he held
ten years. In 1872, he opened a cabinet-shop and furniture
store in partnership with Conrad Strieb, which union
lasted until February, 1880, when the firm name was changed to
C. M. Matthew & Co. His establishment is on
Sandusky avenue, where he has a large stock of furniture, and is
at all times prepared to do undertaking on short notice.
He received a majority of the premiums at the lat Crawford
County Fair for displays of furniture. He is substantially
a self-made man, and by his careful management has placed
himself in easy circumstances. His father died when he was
but 2 years old. He has one brother, John P.,
Superintendent of Schools at Ludwiller. He was married
Aug. 22, 1853, to Miss Margaret Shaak, of Republic.
Her parents were born in Bavaria, and came to Seneca Co. in
1849. Her father is still living, aged 78. There
were nine children, of whom Louisa, Elizabeth, Mary, Jacob,
Adam, and John are living. Margaret and
Catharine are dead, and one died in the old country.
Of Mr. Matthew's marriage there are seven children -
Charles F., Louisa, Mary A., Henry J., John F., William E.
and George.
Source: History of Crawford County, Ohio, Publ.
Chicago: Baskin & Battey, Historical Publishers, 186 Dearborn
Street. - 1881 - Page 782
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H. S. Z. MATTHIAS |
H. S. Z. MATTHIAS
Source: A Centennial Biographical History of Crawford County,
Ohio - Chicago: 1902 - Page 104 |
Auburn Twp. -
CHARLES McCONNELL, Tiro; was born in
Richland Co. Dec. 18, 1844. He is a son of Charles and
Nancy (Taggart) McConnell, who were parents of the following
family: Samuel, Mary, Susan, James, John, William, Charles,
Josiah and Isaac. James, John, William, Charles
and Josiah served faithfully in the late war.
James was killed in battle at Rocky Face Mountain, Ga.;
William died at Green Lake, Tex., from disease contracted
while in the army; Josiah died at home, four days after
his discharge, also from disease contracted in the army.
Those in the family living, are Samuel, Mary, John,
Charles and Isaac. Samuel married
Charity Lash, and lives in Auburn Township; Mary
lives in Auburn Township and is the wife of John Wynn; John
is single, and lives at home with his mother; Isaac is
single, and lives in Van Wert Co. Charles was
raised and educated in the county. He has an excellent
practical education, and is a school teacher of thirteen terms
experience. His occupation is that of school teaching, and
dealing in chromos, picture frames, tobaccos, toys and notions.
His shop is located in the northern part of Tiro, and in it is
the barber's chair, run by James Michener. The
McConnell family are Republicans in politics, and too much
praise cannot be given them for the heroic and gallant part they
took in helping to quell the war of the great rebellion.
And how much honor is due to the mother who raised seven sons
from infancy to manhood, sending five to battle for the right,
three of whom now sleep in soldier's graves. All honor to
such mothers, and may their names be immortalized, and written
forever in the hearts of the American people.
Source: History of Crawford County,
Ohio, Publ. Chicago: Baskin & Battey, Historical Publishers, 186
Dearborn Street. - 1881 - Page 870 |
ALEXANDER McKEAN.
There is not in Jefferson township, Crawford county, Ohio, a man
who is held in higher esteem for all that constitutes good
citizenship than the subject of this sketch. Alexander
McKean was born in Leesville, Ohio, June 27, 1839, a son of
Dr. John and Rebecca (McClaskey) McKean. Dr.
John McKean, detailed account of whose life would be very
interesting reading, was born at Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania,
February 10, 1810. Long before that time his father had
carried the ail on horseback between Pittsburg, Pennsylvania,
and Baltimore, Maryland, and in 1819, when the future physician
was about nine years old, the family removed to Calcutta,
Columbiana county, Ohio, where the youth gained a good common
school education and a practical knowledge of business as it was
transacted there at that time. When quite young he began
teaching school, studying medicine in his spare moments and
in that employment he earned money with which to pay for his
professional education. In 1830, equipped with the
necessary diploma and some little experience as a medical
practitioner, he started out on horseback in quest of a location
in which to practice his profession. He passed through
Mansfield, Ohio, which did not appear promising to him, and at
Galion he found only a few log cabins. While taking dinner
at the last mentioned settlement he met the Rev. Robert Lee,
the founder of the village of Leesville, who persuaded the young
physician to locate at that point. For four years he
boarded with the Rev. Mr. Lee and was practically a
member of his household. Then he married Miss McClaskey,
who bore him nine children, the following information concerning
the most of whom will be of interest in this connection.
Their daughter Margaret, who became Mrs. Robert Hall,
is dead. Alexander, who is the immediate subject of
this sketch, was the second in order of birth. William,
Rebecca J. and John L. are dead, Eugenia is
the wife of John Ludlum superintendent of the Barnett
shops at Canton, Ohio. Jacob lives in
California. Emma is the wife of D. G. R. Edwards,
of Los Angeles, California.
Dr. McKean lived in Leesville, Ohio, giving his
entire attention to a growing medical practice, until 1866, and
then removed to Crestline, Ohio, where he practiced his
profession until 1879, when he retired. He died in 1890,
aged eighty years. His wife died in 1886. They were
consistent members of the Presbyterian church, in which he took
great interest. He was well read man who gave much
attention to the world's progress in every department of human
endeavor, and he was a charitable man who gave his professional
services freely even when there was no hope of pecuniary reward.
He rode over the country in all directions from his place of
residence and had hundreds of accounts on his books, but it is
said of him that he never sued on any claim or pressed any
delinquent unduly.
Alexander, his oldest son, was born and reared
and educated at Leesville, Ohio, and at the age of twenty-two
moved upon a farm near that place, where he lived until 1872.
From 1872 to 1889 he lived on a farm near Crestline, and in 1889
he located on his present farm in Jefferson township, Crawford
county. He is the owner of eighty acres of good land and
gives his attention to the production of miscellaneous crops.
He is a Republican, and while not a practical politician he has
been active in promoting all measures tending to benefit the
township and county. Devoted to his church, the Lutheran,
he has been liberal in the support of religious worship wherever
he has lived. His life embraces not only the modern but
the pioneer period of the history of this part of the country
and is rich in reminiscence of the early days. Among other
recollections is one concerning the advent of the first cook
stove at Leesville. Money as a commodity those times was
scarce, and his fathe rhaving secured a load of wheat from the
settlers for medical services, and for the express purpose of
buying a stove, hired John Clements to haul it to
Sandusky City, a distance of sixty miles. Clements
returned with the stove on the evening of the fifth days after
leaving, when every one in the village turned out to see it.
Mr. McKean was married January 1, 1862, to
Margaretta Osborn, w2ho died August 19, 1897. To them
were born ten children, nine of whom are living.
Bernhard the oldest son, is married and lives on the farm.
Sherwood, a railroader, lives in Crestline, Ohio.
Irene died April 4, 1880. Hall and
Claude, both railroaders, reside in Pratt, Kansas.
Grace is the wife of William Thoman, also a resident
of Pratt, Kansas. Pearl is the wife of Elmer
Courter, whose home is in Galion, Ohio, and who is a
railroader. The three youngest Ariadne, Edna and
Philena, live with their father on the old homestead.
Source: A Centennial Biographical History of Crawford County,
Ohio - Chicago: 1902 - Page 628 |
Auburn Twp. -
B. W. McKEE, M. D., physician and surgeon,
Tiro; was born in Wayne Co., Ohio, in1840. He is a son of
John and Margaret (Wallace) McKee, who were the parents
of eleven children - James, Margaret, Robert, B. W., Thomas
B., William A., Mary, John, and three others that died in
infancy without names. James is practicing medicine
at Des Moines, Iowa; Margaret married a Mr. Neeley,
and lives in Adair Co., Iowa; Robert died from disease
contracted while in his country's service; Thomas is the
present minister of the United Presbyterian Church at De Kalb;
William is in Wooster; Mary is in Richland Co.,
Ohio, the wife of J. W. Dougal, and John is in
Wayne Co. Our subject passed his youth on the farm and
going to school. He commenced the study of medicine April,
1865, under the instructions of his brother James, and
afterward under Prof. Firestone, who has now charged of
the Insane Asylum at Columbus. He commenced attending
medical lectures at Cleveland, in 1869, where he continued
steadily until his graduation, which was in 1870. On the
16th of June, 1870, he was united in marriage with Ruvilla
Weirich, daughter of Christian and Adaline (Miller)
Weirich, and by her had two children, the first of whom died
in infancy without a name, and the one living is Cruveilhier
W., born Apr. 15, 1875. Dr. McKee first located
in Northfield, and after one year moved to DeKalb, where he
remained eight years, and at the expiration of that time removed
to Tiro, where he has ever since resided. His grandfather,
Robert, and brother, Logan McKee, came from
Ireland to America the year before the war of Independence
began. Logan was among those who gave his life in
defense of his adopted country. Dr. McKee and his
brothers, James, Robert and Thomas, served
faithfully in the war of the rebellion. Mrs. McKee
was born Oct. 9, 1848. The Doctor is an excellent
physician, and he has a large and lucrative practice, which
keeps him busily engaged.
Source: History of Crawford
County, Ohio, Publ. Chicago: Baskin & Battey, Historical
Publishers, 186 Dearborn Street. - 1881 - Page 871 |
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JAS. McKINSTRY |
JAMES McKINSTRY
Source: A Centennial Biographical History of Crawford County,
Ohio - Chicago: 1902 - Page |
BURTON R. MILLER, M. D. Mr. Miller, who occupies an
enviable position as a member of the medical fraternity in New
Washington, was born Nov. 16, 1864, in what was known as the
Half Way House, located midway between Tiffin and Republic, in
Clinton township, Seneca county, Ohio. His parents were
Peter and Lovina (Robenalt) Miller. The father was
born Sept. 16, 1833, in Ontario county, New York, and was a son
of Daniel and Anna (Bergstresser) Miller, both of whom
were of German descent and were probably natives of the Empire
state. With their family they removed to Seneca county,
Ohio, in 1837, locating in Scipio township. Subsequently
they removed to Lincoln township, where they spent their
remaining days. The father of our subject was reared under
the parental roof and in early life learned the trade of a
cooper. As the family located in the midst of the vast
wilderness, he also did his share in the work of reclaiming the
wild lands for purposes of civilization, cutting away the trees
and preparing the fields for the plow. On the 2d of March,
1854, he was united in marriage to Miss Lovina Robenalt,
a native of Clinton township, Seneca county, and a daughter of
Solomon and Catherine (Powell) Robenalt, both of whom
were natives of Pennsylvania, but were of German descent.
Coming to Ohio in 1829, they took up their abode in Seneca
county, where they remained until called to the home beyond.
The grandfather of our subject died in 1863, at the age of
sixty-two years, and his wife, long surviving him, passed away
in 1881, at the age of eighty years.
After his marriage Peter Miller and his wife
began their domestic life upon a small farm in the eastern part
of Clinton township. He there built a log cabin and a log
shop, and of evenings and on rainy days when he could not work
in the fields he followed coopering, but in good weather he
worked upon farms, and thus in two years he was enabled to pay
for his property. He purchased the Half Way House, which
he used as a residence. He continued his coopering
business and resided there until 1865, when he exchanged his
property for a dwelling in Tiffin, and in that city he followed
his chosen trade for three years. On the expiration of
that period he purchased the old Robenalt homestead and removed
to the farm, which is located four miles east of Tiffin.
For five years he resided in the old pioneer log house and then
purchased an adjoining farm, upon which he erected a modern and
commodious brick dwelling, making one of the handsomest homes in
the county. He continued coopering until within the past
ten years, but now gives his entire attention to the management
of his extensive farming interests. He is a Democrat in
his political affiliations, and for twelve years he served as
trustee of his township, called again and again to that office
by his fellow townsmen, who recognize his worth and ability.
He is one of the influential men in his district, and wherever
known is held in high regard. Socially he is connected
with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, belonging to Seneca
Lodge, No. 35, of Tiffin.
In 1887 Mr. Miller was called upon to mourn the
loss of his wife, who died on the 28th of February of that year.
She was an active and earnest member of the Lutheran church, to
which Mr. Miller also belongs, being one of its liberal
supporters and zealous advocates. This worthy couple were
the parents of seven children, of whom six are yet living,
namely: Franklin P. of Morris, Ohio; Orlando A.,
who is living near Lawton, Michigan; Daniel W., who makes
his home in Clinton township, Seneca county, Ohio; Alice V.,
wife of Otto F. Swander, of West Lodi, Ohio; Burton R.,
of this review; and Anna May, wife of N. R. Heaton,
of Clinton township, Seneca County.
Mr. Miller pursued his education in the country
schools until he had mastered the common English branches of
learning and later became a student in the Milan Normal, the
Fostoria Normal and in Heidelberg University, at Tiffin, Ohio.
He attended the country schools, however, until he was twenty
years of age, and then successfully passed an examination
entitling him to teach in the country schools. On his
twenty-first birthday he began educational work, and followed
teaching for five terms, during which period his salary was
steadily increased, and when called to the Tiffin schools he
received twenty-five cents more per day than any
other teacher in the township. In the autumn of 1890 he
began teaching as principal of the fourth school district in
Tiffin, where he remained for four years. Determining to
make the practice of medicine his life work, he began reading
under the direction of Dr. H. H. Hershiser in the summer
of 1894, and during the two succeeding vacations he was a
student in the office of Dr. H. B. Gibbon. He
entered the Starling Medical College, at Columbus, in the fall
of 1894, and in the autumn of 1895 matriculated in the Ohio
Medical University, where he was graduated on the 6th of April,
1897. Immediately afterward he took up the practice of
medicine, which he has since followed with good success.
Soon after his graduation Dr. Miller was
married, on the 21st of July, 1897, near Lawton, Michigan, to
Miss Myrtle M. Hooper, a daughter of George and Jennie E.
(Laughlin) Hooper. Her father was born May 20, 1842,
in Brooklyn, New York, and was of English parentage, and on the
1st of November, 1865, he was united in marriage to Jennie E.
Laughlin, whose birth occurred in Berlin township, Erie
County, Ohio. She was a daughter of Milton Laughlin,
whose grandparents were natives of Ireland and came to America
with their family of eleven sons, settling in Georgetown,
Pennsylvania. The date of their emigration is unknown, but
it must have been over a century ago.
John Laughlin, one of the oldest children of
this family, married Elizabeth Hoak, and after a few
years joined the party of adventurers who left Walnut Creek,
Pennsylvania, for the Huron river river. Subsequently he
removed from the bottom lands of the river to Milan, then an
Indian village, where he resided for two years. He became
greatly attached to the Indians and they to him. He was an
excellent hunter and they admired his dexterity. His
children played with the Indian children, and when his little
son Benjamin was taken ill he was doctored by the Indian
medicine man, and when he died was buried by the Indians after
their custom. In 1810 Mr. Laughlin built a small
log house on lot 8, which has since been known as the
Laughlin place, and thee he removed with his family.
One of his six children, Henry, succumbed to fever and
was buried on the high bank of Huron river. The family had
a desperate struggle to get along, owing to the unhealthful
climate and pioneer conditions. While living there news of
Hull's surrender was received, and the settlers,
expecting the Indians to rush down upon them, fled for safety.
Mr. Laughlinand his family started for the old home in
Pennsylvania, and on horseback and on foot made their way
through the almost interminable forests. Soon after
reaching their destination Milton Laughlin was born, the
date of his birth being Christmas of 1813. After two
years, however, the family returned to Ohio, and in 1814 a log
cabin was erected, in which the grandfather resided until his
death. The family experienced all the hardships and
difficulties of pioneer life. Corn was pounded into meal
in a mortar made in a stump hollowed out by fire.
Milton Laughlin was reared amid such surroundings and became
a hard-working, persevering and determined man, yet rather
silent and of undemonstrative habits. The other members of
the family were Katy, Henry, John, Nancy, Benjamin, Anna,
Betsey and Belinda.
On the 28th of November, 1837, Milton Laughlin
married Mary B. Krom, of Wilkesharre, Luzerne county,
Pennsylvania, but formerly of New York city. He arranged
with his father to pay some of hte latter's debts, and in return
he was to receive a part of the old homestead. He worked
on his farm during the summer and in the winter season was
employed in the ship-yard at Milan. He aided in sawing the
timber for the docks on the canal and often made four dollars
and forty cents per day, although the average wages paid were
only one dollar and a half per day. His efforts were
admirably seconded by his wife, and by perseverance, industry
and attention to business he accumulated a handsome competence
and gained the title of West Berlin banker. The children
born of his marriage are as follows: Ransom F., who
was born June 9, 1839, married Sarah Springer on the 8th
of August, 1860, and now resides in Milan township; Nancy L.,
born June 16, 1842, was married Apr. 14, 1868, to William
Squire, of Milan, and died Apr. 19, 1875; Jane E.,
born Jan. 23, 1843, married George Hooper on the 1st of
November, 1865, and resides in Ohio near Tiffin; Frank W.,
born Feb. 5, 1849, enlisted in the Union army and died in the
service in South Carolina, Mar. 2, 1865; Willis M., born
June 29, 1859, was married Aug. 8, 1880, and resides on the old
homestead; Bertha E., born Mar. 14, 1868, was married
June 24, 1890. In the spring of 1883, Mr. Laughlin
removed with his family to Milan where he resided until his
death, which occurred Oct. 16, 1884, when he was seventy-two
years of age. In early life he united with the Methodist
church and was ever a consistent Christian.
After the marriage of George Hooper and Jennie E. Laughlin
they removed to Milan, in 1866, and on the 19th of August, 1873,
went to Van Buren county, Michigan. Subsequently they
became residents of Allegan county, that state, and in the
spring of 1875 returned to Ohio, locating in Berlin township,
Erie county. In 1877, however, they again went to
Michigan, spending the winter in Lawton, and in the spring took
up their abode upon a farm in that state, where they continued
until the fall of 1900, when they located in Seneca county,
Ohio. Mr. Hooper was a member of the Thirteenth
Michigan Infantry during the Civil war and served for three
years and eight months. He was taken prisoner Nov. 14,
1864, when on the march of Sherman to the sea, and was
incarcerated in the prison at Florence, South Carolina, but
after three months was paroled at Goldsboro, North Carolina.
On the 26th of February, 1865, he was sent to Camp Chase and
there discharged. He now owns and operates an eighty-acre
farm, which is highly improved. For five years he served
as a justice of the peace and was also school director for
several years. In politics he is a Republican. He
belongs to the Methodist Protestant church, has served as
class-leader and has been quite prominent in church work.
Dr. Miller, whose name begins this review, is a
stanch Democrat, and in the spring of 1893 was elected treasurer
of Clinton township, receiving the highest vote of any candidate
on the ticket. In 1895 he was re-elected with an increased
majority of over one hundred votes. He was vice-president
of Seneca County Teacher's Institute in the term of 18945, and
was unanimously chosen president in the terms of 1895-6.
In 1896-7 he was city school examiner, but resigned in order to
remove to New Washington, and on the 5th of August, 1897, he
began practice in this place. In 1894, before bidding
final adieu to the profession of teacher, Dr. Miller
succeeded in bringing about the adoption of township supervision
of the schools in Clinton, his native township, the first to
adopt such in Seneca county, four other townships of the county
having adopted the same plan of supervision. He is the
present health officer for New Washington. He also enjoys
a large private practice, and his business is steadily
increasing. He has been correspondent for the Tiffin
Advertiser, the Tiffin News, the Tiffin Tribune, the Tiffin
Times, the Bloomville Independent, the Crawford County News, the
Crawford County Forum, and at the present time sends his
communications to the last named. In 1893 Mr. Miller
visited the World's Fair in Chicago. Socially he is
connected with Pickwick Lodge, No. 175, K. P., of Tiffin;
Cranberry Lodge, No. 441, I. O. O. F.; and Rex Tent, No. 229, K.
O. T. M., while he and his wife are active members of the
Methodist Episcopal church and take a leading part in
Sunday-school work. Both are members of Horace Mann
Commandery, No. 14, and the order of the Red Cross. The
Doctor and his wife are ardent supporters of educational and
other means of advancing intellectual and moral development.
He is president of the New Washington Lecture Association.
Source: A Centennial Biographical History
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ELI MILLER Source: A Centennial Biographical History of
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GEORGE W. MILLER.
As a representative of an honored pioneer family, of the
educational interests of Crawford county and now of the
insurance business, George W. Miller is widely and
favorably known throughout this section of the state. He
has attained to an enviable position in the business world
entirely through his own unaided efforts. Faithfulness to
duty and strict adherence to a fixed purpose in life will do
more to advance a man's interests than wealth or advantageous
circumstances. The successful men of the day are they who
have planned their own advancement and have accomplished it in
spite of many obstacles and with a certainty the could
have been attained only through their personal efforts. It
has been along such lines that George W. Miller has won
and maintained a creditable position in business circles in his
native county, where he is now occupying the position of
secretary of Crawford County Farmers' Mutual Insurance Company
and of the Crawford County Agricultural Society.
He was born in Todd township in
1859, a son of John D. and Mary (Kahl) Miller. The
father came to Ohio with his parents in 1837 and located in
Richland county. He was born in Cumberland county,
Pennsylvania, in 183, and his parents, George M. and
Cartherine (Rex) Miller, were also natives of the Keystone
state. Having arrived at years maturity, 1840 John D.
Miller married Miss Mary Deal, and their union was
blessed with five children, three of whom are yet living:
Nathaniel M., living in California; Annias D., a
resident of Wyandot county, Ohio; and William A., of
Seneca county, this state. Annias D. and William
A. served through the Civil war as defenders of the Union.
The mother of these children died in 1852,and in 1855 Mr.
Miller wedded Mrs. Mary Barga, a widow who had two
children, Albert and Lovina. She was the daughter of
Henry and Susan (Rank) Kahl, who emigrated to Richland
County, Ohio, from Pennsylvania, at an early date. The
subject of this review is the only child born unto this
marriage. His father came to Crawford county in 1852 and
located on a farm just north of Oceola, where both he and his
wife spent their remaining days, the later dying in 1890, at the
age of sixty-six years, and the father in 1896, at the age of
eighty-three. Both were consistent Christian people, and
enjoyed the respect of all who now them.
The childhood days of George W. Miller were
spent on the old homestead which he now owns. His
education was mostly acquired in the common schools,
supplemented by a course in the Northwestern Normal, of
Fostoria, Ohio. Having qualified himself for teaching he
became a follower of that profession and for a number o f years
performed the duties of an instructor in the schoolroom through
the winter months, while in the summer seasons he engaged in
farming. Having the ability to impart readily and with
accuracy to others the knowledge he had gained, and being also
an excellent disciplinarian, he proved a competent educator,
giving excellent satisfaction. During the last three years
of his school work he was employed as principal of the Oceola
schools. He did much to advance the efficiency of the
schools and his labor was attended with gratifying results.
He is now president of the county board of school examiners and
of the Ohio Teachers' Reading Circle of the county, thus keeping
in close touch with the educational interests of this part of
the state.
In 1880 Mr. Miller was united in marriage to
Miss Dell A. Sigler, the youngest daughter of George E.
and Harriet (Horrick) Sigler, of Todd township. Her
parents were among the pioneers of Crawford county, having come
here in the early 40's. They were the parents of four
children: Mary L., Elliot W., Rosamond E. and Dell A.
Mrs. Sigler, who was the daughter of John and Mary
(Grimes) Horrick, died in 1898, but Mr. Sigler is
still living on a farm in Todd township. He is a son of
Jacob and Rachel (Hines) Sigler and is a native of
Pennsylvania, while his wife was born in Ashland county, Ohio.
Unto Mr. and Mrs. Miller has been born but one child,
Minta M., who is in the senior year in the high school of
Bucyrus. In that city her parents have a pleasant home,
justly celebrated for its warm-hearted hospitality.
In 1898 Mr. Miller was elected secretary of the
Crawford County Farmers' Mutual Insurance Company, which was
organized in 1877 and now is the strongest farmers' mutual in
the state. In 1899 he was elected secretary of the
Crawford County Agricultural Society, and since his election the
society has introduced the educational feature in their fair and
it has proven one of the best attractions. A new hall has
been constructed especially for this feature, which is filled
each year with the best work from the schools of the county.
Mr. Miller also served for fourteen years as treasurer
and clerk of Todd township. In his political views, like
his father, he is a stalwart Democrat, and takes an active
interest in the work of the party, doign all he can for its
substantial advancement and success. He is a man of strong
purpose, of sterling worth and of unquestioned integrity and
fidelity to duty, and enjoys the high regard of the people among
whom his entire life has been passed.
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HENRY D. MILLER Source: A Centennial Biographical History
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JACOB MILLER Source: A Centennial Biographical History of
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JOHN R. MILLER Source: A Centennial Biographical History of
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MRS.
LOUISA MILLER. Perhaps there is no more highly
esteemed resident of Holmes township than the most estimable
lady whose name introduces this sketch. Born in Dauphin
county, Pennsylvania, Feb. 24, 1825, she has lived a long life
filled with worthy deeds and has exerted an influence for good
through the community. Her parents were Cyrus and
Margaret (Warner) Hacker, both of whom were natives of
Dauphin county who emigrated with their family to Ohio, in 1835.
Father Hacker purchased eighty acres of land in Liberty
township, and settled down to make a living for his family.
The soil was fertile, but it required hard work to clear the
land, and only a portion of it was ready for cultivation when
his death occurred, in1848, when he was but forty-seven years
old. His widow was left with a family of seven children to
rear, under circumstances which would have completely crushed
many a woman; but Mr. Hacker was made a strong nerve,
took up her burden, managed her farm, reared her children to be
capable and self-supporting nd self-respecting men and women and
in her later years found a peaceful home with one of her
excellent daughters in Indiana.
Our subject grew up at her mother's side and was taught
all the household duties of the time, and the art of spinning
and weaving she put into practice in later life, after marriage,
when she wove all the cloth for family use, working frequently
by firelight, and to those early efforts much of the success of
Mr. Miller was due. In 1848 occurred the marriage
of Louisa Hacker to Joseph Miller, and during the
succeeding ten years he farmed for his father, on shares; but in
1858 he came to Crawford county and purchased eighty acres of
land, in Holmes township, where the present Miller
residence is located. The years that followed were years
of hard work, but diligence and perseverance had their final
reward. The land was unimproved, and for eleven years a
pioneer log cabin was the family home. In 1867 Mr.
Miller erected a substantial barn and two years later one of
the best residences in the township. As he prospered the
added eighty adjoining acres to his farm on the south, eighty
more on the north and fifty a short distance east of his home
farm, making his farming lands comprise about two hundred and
ninety acres. During all these years, while life for
Mrs. Miller was at its busiest and most demanding stages,
for she was rearing her son and assisting in every way possible
the business interest of he husband, Mrs. Miller was
making a happy home and becoming a beloved neighbor in the
rapidly growing community. Mr. Miller died on Jan.
28, 1897, a man of sterling worth, with a name which was ever
recognized as good as his bond, and one of the leading members
of the United Brethren church which he had faithfully served as
trustee, class-leader and Sunday-school superintendent for many
years. His early education was neglected because of the
demands made upon him when a child when he should have been at
school.
Joseph Miller was born in Richland county, Ohio,
Sept. 16, 1816, a son of Israel and Rachina (Kitch) Miller,
the former of whom was a native of Pennsylvania, a blacksmith by
trade, which he followed in connection with farming. His
marriage was in his native state and there his three children
were born; but Joseph, who was the fourth child, was born
in Richland county. Some time about 1816, Israel Miller
removed to Richland county, Ohio, and entered one hundred and
sixty acres of land, in Franklin township, building upon it a
cabin and making other improvements, residing upon it until
1860, when he sold this farm and removed into Todd
township, Crawford county, where he bought a small place of
forty acres, and had his children settled comfortably around
him. Here he remained a number of years, but late in life
removed to Osceola and spent his last days in retirement, dying
on April 30, 1872, at the age of eighty-three years and six
months. The separation was too great to blow to his
devoted wife, and twenty-four hours later she also passed away,
at the age of seventy-six years.
During life Joseph Miller voted with the
Democratic party, having been reared in that faith. Since
his death Mrs. Miller has continued to reside on the
farm, her son, Ceno P., living with her and managing the
estate with ability. Many changes have taken place since
this estimable lady first made this her home, and it is with
satisfaction that she can look back and realize how much of the
improvement is due to her own efforts.
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WILLIAM H. MILLER Source: A Centennial Biographical History
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ANDREW MOORE.
Any adequate account of the life of a self-made man is
necessarily both interesting and instructive. It is always a
story of human ambition, struggles and triumph and as such must
claim the attention of every student of human nature and of the
progress of the people at large; and as an example of what may
be done by industry and perseverance by one actuated by worthy
motives, it is worthy the emulation of all young men who have
their way in the world to make. Such a career as is here
indicated has been that of Andrew Moore, of
Benton, Lykens township, Crawford county, Ohio.
Andrew Moore was born in Erie county,
Pennsylvania, February 2, 1847, and when he was six years old,
in 1853, his father died. Not long afterward his mother took her
family to Crawford county, Ohio, and settled in Texas township,
where, at the early age of twelve years, the boy began working
on: farms by the month. This was necessary from the fact that
his mother was-very poor and that as soon as they were old
enough her four sons were obliged: to earn money to be expended
toward her support and the maintenance of their home. The names
of these sons were William, Joseph P., Andrew
and: Henry. Soon after the Civil war began Mrs.
Moore, who was a devout Christian woman of much education
and refinement and of great patriotism, made the following
declaration, which her son remembers word for word: "I know that
this is to be a terrible war and we must make sacrifices to save
the Union and I am willing that my sons should go to the front,
and may-God protect them and bring them back to me." The sons
whom she thus devoted to the service of her country were her
only support. Joseph P., the second son, was the first to
avail himself of this permission. He enlisted in: 1861 as a
private in Company H, Forty-ninth Regiment Ohio Volunteer
Infantry, and was killed at the battle of Stone River, on New
Year's morning, 1862. William, the eldest son, was the next to
enlist and he was color-bearer in the One Hundred and First
Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was killed while carrying
the flag in the front line of battle at Chickamauga, in August,
1863. At that time Andrew was only little more than
sixteen years old, but/without serious objection on the part of
his mother, who believed that it was her duty, if necessary, to
sacrifice her last son old enough to be of any assistance to the
cause of freedom, enlisted in the One Hundred and Twenty-third
Regiment of Infantry at Martinsburg, West Virginia. His
first experience of battle was at Newmarket, where he was
dangerously wounded in the left thigh by a minie ball. After
lying for two days in a field hospital he was taken to
Clairsville hospital, in the mountains near Cumberland,
Maryland. After he had been under treatment there three months
he was able to go home on a furlough. He rejoined his regiment
at Kernstown and after that fought at Winchester, Cedar Creek,
and in other engagements and participated in the fighting which
resulted in the fall of- Petersburg and Richmond. After the
evacuation of Richmond the One Hundred and Twenty-third Ohio
and-the Fifty-fourth Pennsylvania Regiments were detached to
burn the bridge across the river to keep Lee's army from
crossing. When they arrived at the bridge Lee's cavalry was on
the point of crossing the river, and not only succeeded in doing
so, but took about five hundred prisoners of war from the two
federal regiments mentioned, Mr. Moore among them,
who were under guard with the Confederates when Lee surrendered.
After the war Mr. Moore returned to
Benton, Lykens township, Crawford county, Ohio, where he
remained only a short time, however, before going to Oil City,
Pennsylvania, where he was employed for three years. Returning
to Texas township, he farmed four years and after that sold
agricultural implements for twelve years. After that he was for
five years a buyer for Young & Brother, lumber dealers at
Canton, Ohio. Since that time he has been buying timber on his
own account, cutting it up into saw logs and selling it in that
form to lumber manufacturers.
He is a Republican in politics and is a member of Roberts Post,
No. 672, Grand Army of the Republic, at Benton, Ohio. He has
held the office of township trustee and has otherwise served his
fellow townsmen with ability and credit. His mother, of
Christian and patriotic memory, who was a lifelong member of the
United Brethren church, died at Benton at the age of seventy-one
years.
Mr. Moore was married
June 1, 1868, to Miss Mary J. Haskins, and she has borne
him three children. Their son Earl was accidentally
killed in 1895; while attempting to get on board a moving train
of cars. Their daughter Bertha is now Mrs.
Haskins. Their son Clyde, who is a proficient
stenographer, is a student at the Northern Indiana Normal School
at Valparaiso, Indiana.
Source: A Centennial Biographical History of Crawford County,
Ohio - Chicago: 1902 - Page 815 |
Auburn Twp. -
JOHN MORROW, farmer; P. O. Tiro; was born
in Auburn Township, July 13, 1851. He is a son of James
and Margaret (Ake) Morrow, and grandson of Charles Morrow,
who came to Auburn Township in 1817. His father and mother
were natives of Pennsylvania. The former was born in 1809,
and the latter in 1812. They were married in Auburn
Township Sept. 9, 1830, and to them were born six children,
viz.: William, Mary A. (deceased), Charles, David
(deceased), James and John. Those living are
all in Auburn Township. John passed his youth and
early manhood on his father's place and going to school.
He was married, Dec. 10, 1874, to Susan N. Cory, daughter
of Thomas Cory, and to them were born two sons - Harry
B., born Dec. 20, 1875, and Charley J., born May 18,
1878. Mr. Morrow owns 160 acres of well-improved
land, and is a Democrat in politics. His father was a man
of good, steady habits, and was well respected by his friends
and neighbors. HE died Mar. 8, 1875. His mother
lives on the old place wit him, in Auburn Township.
Source: History of Crawford County, Ohio,
Publ. Chicago: Baskin & Battey, Historical Publishers, 186
Dearborn Street. - 1881 - Page 870 |
Auburn Twp. -
AMOS MORSE, farmer; P. O. Tiro; was born
Feb. 7, 1819, in Huron Co., Ohio. His parents,
Rudolphus and Huldah (Williams) Morse, were natives of
Massachusetts. The father was born Apr. 17, 1791,
and his wife June 26, 1794. They were married in Ontario
Co., N.Y., Nov. 13, 1816, and moved to Huron Co., Ohio, June,
1818, and in March, 1820, came to Auburn Township, Crawford Co.,
where he remained all his life. They were the parents of
six children, viz., Amos, Amanda, Joel, Joseph W., Zebediah
and Malin D. Amos Malin are the only ones in the
family now living. The parents came to Auburn Township
when the country was but very thinly settled. Their
financial means were very small, and, coming as they did into a
new country, their start depended mainly on their own physical
exertions. The father died Oct. 11, 1872, and the mother
May 26, 1873. Mr. Morse was one of the most
influential men of his neighborhood, holding several offices of
honor and trust in his township. Amos passed his
youth with his parents, and when he reached his majority, began
for himself. On the 13th of May, 1849, he was married
Mehetabel, daughter of David and Dorcas (White) Carlisle,
and by her had three children - Frank R., born May 17,
1852, and Amanda and Adelia, twins, born Sept. 56, 1854.
The mother was born Jan. 8, 1819. Frank married
Alvira B. Stock, in 1873; Delia married Milton W.
Griffeth, in 1877. In his earlier years, Mr. Morse
was a school teacher. He is a Republican in politics, and
although in a Democratic neighborhood has held the office of
Justice of the Peace for the past twenty years. Owns 160
acres of land. He is a Baptist in religion, and is a man
of more than ordinary intelligence.
Source: History of Crawford County, Ohio,
Publ. Chicago: Baskin & Battey, Historical Publishers, 186
Dearborn Street. - 1881 - Page 871 |
ALLEN B. MULFORD. The name will
be recognized by readers of this work throughout Crawford
County, Ohio, as that of a prominent farmer of Texas township,
now living in well earned retiracy after many years of useful
and fruitful endeavor.
Allen B. Mulford was born at Monroeville, Huron county, Ohio,
March 4, 1839, and came to Crawford county with his parents at
the age of twelve years. He received his education in the
common schools near his parents'' home and early became an
assistant to his father in his agricultural enterprises, and
after his father's death he acquired the ownership of the old
family homestead of one hundred and forty-two acres. He
devoted himself to general farming and stock-raising until 1892,
and since that time has rented his farm but has retained his
residence upon it.
During the Civil war Mr. Mulford offered his services
to the country but they were rejected because of his physical
disability. Later he became a member of the home guards,
and as such duties as devolved upon him, regretting that he had
been unable to go to the front and participate in the more
stirring and dangerous scenes of the war. He is a member
of D. A. Roberts Post, Grand Army of the Republic, of Benton,
Ohio. In politics he is a Republican, but he never sought
nor accepted office or has been especially active in political
work, but his public spirit has impelled him to further so far
as has been possible all measures having for their object the
enhancement of the public weal. He was married Nov. 16,
1893, to Miss Christine Beard.
Source: A Centennial Biographical History of Crawford
County, Ohio - Chicago: 1902 - Page 726 |
JACOB MUNCH.
One of the most respected citizens and successful farmers of
Vernon township, Crawford county, Ohio, is Jacob Munch,
who was born in Germany, on April 29, 1847, and he was one of a
family of three children born to Nicholas Munch
and wife, who remained in Germany all their days. The former
died. at the age of sixty-eight years, the mother of our subject
having died when her son was but two years old.
Jacob Munch was well taught in the
schools of his native land, and at the age of twenty-one,
according to the laws of his country, he entered the army,
serving faithfully through the Franco Prussian war. In 1873,
after the close of that war, Mr. Munch decided to
emigrate to America, in the hope of bettering his condition. His
landing in the United States was in the harbor of New York,
where he remained one week, coming then to Mansfield, Ohio.
Although he was master of the trade of stone mason, he was
without means,. and it took some time for him to become
accustomed to' the unknown language and different manners and
customs, but his honest face and willingness to work soon made
him friends, and he secured employment in Mansfield after a
short delay. About one year later Mr. Munch went
to Crestline and worked at his trade and also assisted
neighboring farmers in agricultural work.
In 1877, by his industry and economy, Mr.
Munch found himself able to rent a farm for himself. This
was a tract of some sixty acres, in Jackson township, and here
Mr. Munch and his estimable wife bent every energy
to cultivate the land to its highest condition of producing
capacity, and to lay aside means in order to become the owners
of one of the fine farms in this favored part of the state.
Mr. Munch had been married in 1875 to Miss
Christina Riber, who was a native of this township,
and who was a daughter of John Riber, who had come
hither at an early day from Germany and was a pioneer settler of
the township.
For nine years Mr. Munch cultivated the
farm in Jackson township, but. in 1886 he became the owner of
his present home farm, which consists of ninety-three acres, and
here the family has since resided, the efforts of Mr.
Munch having been directed to their welfare. Honest toil has
met with its reward in the case of our subject. It was by no
fortunate speculation that he attained his success, but by the
application of unremitting industry and self-denial he has
changed the condition of a poor German youth, in a strange.
country, to that of one of the most respected and prosperous
land-owners of one of the best parts of the state in which he
has made his home. Six children were born to Mr. and
Mrs. Munch, the five survivors of the family being
as follows: Henry: Mary, the wife of Edward
Zimmerman, of Mansfield; John; Frederick
William; and Tracy, while the one removed by death
was named George.
In politics Mr. Munch has become
identified with the Democratic party and his religious
connection is with the German Reformed church. He is one of the
most industrious and practical farmers of this neighborhood, and
his well cultivated land and excellent improvements show his
excellence as an agriculturist.
Source: A Centennial Biographical History of Crawford County,
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JOHN G. MYERS.
Prominent among the progressive, intelligent and broad-minded
citizens of Holmes township, is John G. Myers, who is
well and favorably known through Crawford county, having been
for many years one of its most popular teachers. Mr.
Myers was born in Berkeley county, Virginia, which is now
included in West Virginia, on Feb. 6, 1826, a son of John L.
and Margaret (Fiser) Myers, and was a member of a family of
eight children, the survivors of whom are: Susan L., the
widow of Nathaniel Heaton, now a resident of Seneca
county, Ohio; John G., of this biography; and Isaiah
and Margaret P., both members of our subject's
household. The father, John L. Myers was born in
Berkeley county, Virginia, a son of Henry and Susan Myers,
natives of the same place, the former being a veteran of the
Revolutionary war. In the fall of 1832, John L. Myers,
with his family of six children, his parents and one sister,
emigrated to Ohio, settling in Richland county, where they spent
the succeeding winter, in the spring of 1833 locating near
Melmore, in what was then a part of Crawford county but now is
included in Seneca county. There Mr. Myers bought
eighty acres of land, upon which was a hewed log cabin and a
recently erected log barn, paying for it five hundred dollars.
Some four acres of the land had been cleared, but the balance
was still virgin forest. Here the father of our subject
passed his life, showing his aged parents a most filial regard
and caring for them until their lives ended, when at advanced
age. John L. Myers died about 1846. His life
had been a busy and useful one. Reared in a slave state,
he always adhered to the belief that the negro could never learn
self-government, and continued all his life a pro-slavery man.
His religious connection was with the Methodist church.
The mother, daughter of Michael Fiser, also was born in
Berkeley county.
John G. Myers grew up in his pleasant home, with
a decidedly studious bent of mind. After completing the
common-school course he was given educational advantages at the
Ashland Academy, and at Republic, where he was under the
instruction of Professor Harvey and also his assistant,
Professor Schuyler, the author of Schuyler's
Arithmetic. A short time was spent at Delaware, but
sickness compelled his return home. Prior to this
twenty-first year Mr. Myers began teaching school and
continued with marked success in this profession for fifteen or
twenty years, teaching in every school in Holmes township except
the one in district No. 3.
In 1855 Mr. Myers purchased eighty acres of land
in section 30, Holmes township, where he resided from 1856 to
1858, in the latter year selling this farm and buying sixty
acres of the present home farm. Some years later he
purchased forty acres across the road from his other
possessions, making his present ownership of land about one
hundred acres.
In politics, Mr. Myers is a stanch Republican
and has twice efficiently served as assessor of the township and
several terms as a member of the election board. He is
held in high esteem in this section and has a wide circle of
friends, both in public and private life.
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