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EDGAR
J. MARTIN, M. D., a popular young physician
of Greenfield, Ohio, comes of a family which for
four generations has had representatives in the
medical profession. His father, grandfather
and great-grandfather were all doctors of eminence
The first mentioned, the late Dr. A. J. Martin,
was for years one of the leading physicians of
Wilmington, Ohio. He was educated at Norwalk
and was graduated as M. D. at the Cleveland Medical
college in 1859. He located without delay in
Wilmington, and, with the exception of one year
while he was with the Seventy-ninth Ohio regiment
during the Civil war, he was in continuous practice
until his death in 1898. His son, E. J.
Martin, inherited the family predilection for
medicine and lost no time in preparing himself for
the profession. He was born in Clinton county
and educated in the public schools of Wilmington.
With this literary equipment he entered the Medical
college of Ohio and by diligent attendance and close
study received his diploma as M. D. in 1889.
Immediately after graduation, Dr. Martin
located in Cincinnati, where he practiced five
years, during most of that time being assistant
surgeon of the Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern
railroad company. In 1894, he took up his
residence at Greenfield, where he has since remained
with a widening patronage and increasing prospects
of success.
Source: History of Highland County, Ohio by Rev.
J. W. Klise - Publ. Madison, Wis., Northwestern
Historical Association - 1902 - Page 396 |
ELI
MARTIN, deserving of note among the
enterprising and successful farmers of White Oak
township, was born in that township, Dec. 25, 1854,
on the farm now owned by his father, William
Martin. The latter was born June 21, 1816,
son of Andrew Martin one of the pioneers of
Highland county, whose descendants are now numbered
among the most worthy people of the region
William Martin was reared in the pioneer home
and educated in the log school house of his day, and
in early manhood was married to Abigail Gibler,
also a native of Highland county. They had
their home upon a farm of 128 acres in White Oak
township until the death of the mother in 1861.
A few years later, having married a second time, to
Elizabeth Roberts. Mr. Martin moved to
Concord township, where he is still living, at the
age of eighty-six years, one of the oldest of the
survivors of the early days, a devoted member of the
United Brethren church, and held in high esteem by
the many who recall his many years of prominence and
influence in the affairs of the township. He
had twelve children by his first marriage -
James, living in Brown county; Daniel,
deceased; Millie, of Adams county; Cynthia,
of Brown county; Sarah, deceased; Mollie and
Josie, of Fayette county; Rilda, of White
Oak township; Martha, of Mowreystown; Eli,
the subject of this sketch; William, living
on the old homestead, and Henry, in Fayette
county. Eli Martin was reared at
the White Oak township homestead, and educated in
the district school. In early manhood he was
married to Ella Hicks, daughter of
Wilson and Rachel Hicks, respected
and well-known early settlers, and the young couple
began their married life in Concord township.
Two years later they moved to White Oak township,
and in 1894 he bought the farm of sixty acres where
they now live. Three children have been born
to them - Denver C., Carlis W., and Glenn,
all living at home. Mr. Martin is a
valued citizen, he and his wife are members of the
Christian church, and he is a member of the Knights
of Pythias and in politics a Democrat, like his
father. In 1902 he held the office of assessor
for White Oak township.
Source: History of Highland County, Ohio by Rev.
J. W. Klise - Publ. Madison, Wis., Northwestern
Historical Association - 1902 - Page 496 |
JOHN
ALLEN MARTIN, a well-to-do farmer of Marshall
township and veteran of the Civil war, comes of one
of the old families of Highland county. His
grandparents were William and Nancy (Mason)
Martin, Pennsylvanians who came to Ohio in 1820
and located in Highland county and reared the
following named children: Keziah, Hannah,
William, Nancy and Mary Ann. William
Martin, junior, was born in Pennsylvania, Jan.
26, 1811, and married Mary Ann, daughter of
Jacob and Sarah (McKnight) Moyers. The
children of this union were: Clarissa,
who married Christopher C. Underwood and died
in 1891; Ann Eliza, who married
William C. Fenner and died in 1902; John A.,
subject of this sketch; Wilson Howell,
who was taken prisoner during the civil war and
confined at Libby and Danville, dying at the latter
place; Sarah Jane, wife of Jacob W. Lucas,
who resides near St. Joseph, Mo.; Joseph Perry,
died at the age of thirty-two; Lydia V., the
wife of Theodore F. Brown, of Washington
Court House; and Luella, wife of James T.
Miller, a farmer of Marshall township.
Mrs. Martin, the venerable mother of these
children, was born Feb. 28, 1813, now resides with
her daughter, Mrs. Luella Miller, and is
approaching her ninetieth year. John Allen
Martin, the third in order of the children, was
born at the parental home in Highland county, Apr.
4, 1838, and as he grew up learned the business of
farming which he has followed all his life. In
July, 1863, he enlisted in Company A, Second
regiment Ohio heavy artillery, with which he
remained until mustered out of the service in
August, 1865. While serving with this battery,
Mr. Martin took part in the battle of
Strawberry Plains and other minor engagements during
the campaigns in East Tennessee. Since the war
he has been engaged in farming, has served as
trustee of Marshall township several terms and
performed the duties of director of schools.
Nov. 7, 1861, he was married to Emeline Tedrow,
by whom he had two children: Carrie Kate,
wife of Lewis Bevan, of Missouri, and
Elizabeth Della, wife of G. M. Ausbach,
of Iowa. Their mother dying, Mr. Martin
was married Aug. 22, 1872, to Celinda Bell.
Their children are: Eva M., at home;
Anna Belle, died in infancy; Luella,
teacher in the public schools; Charles Chenowith,
also a teacher; Cora Emma, died in infancy;
William Brown, Clara and
John Joseph at home. Mrs.
Martin is a daughter of Thomas Bell,
who came to this country from England when
twenty-two years old, and married Susan
Montgomery. Their children, brothers and
sisters of Mrs. Martin are: Andrew
S. Bell, a farmer and dairyman of Madison
county; Nelson, who died in the Union army;
John, a Union soldier who died after the war;
and Eva, wife of Caleb B. Lucas of St.
Joseph, Mo. The half sisters of Mrs.
Martin are Lucy, widow of Robert
Thomas, and Elizabeth, resident of
Madison county.
Source: History of Highland County, Ohio by Rev.
J. W. Klise - Publ. Madison, Wis., Northwestern
Historical Association - 1902 - Page 397 |
| MARTIN LUTHER MATTHEWS
Source: History of Highland County, Ohio by Rev.
J. W. Klise - Publ. Madison, Wis., Northwestern
Historical Association - 1902 - Page 398 |
| G. J. MAYERHOEFER
Source: History of Highland County, Ohio by Rev.
J. W. Klise - Publ. Madison, Wis., Northwestern
Historical Association - 1902 - Page 399 |
| D. N. McBRIDE
Source: History of Highland County, Ohio by Rev.
J. W. Klise - Publ. Madison, Wis., Northwestern
Historical Association - 1902 - Page 380 |
| EDWARD L. McCLAIN
Source: History of Highland County, Ohio by Rev.
J. W. Klise - Publ. Madison, Wis., Northwestern
Historical Association - 1902 - Page 381 |
| MARTIN McCLURE
Source: History of Highland County, Ohio by Rev.
J. W. Klise - Publ. Madison, Wis., Northwestern
Historical Association - 1902 - Page 383 |
| WILSON McCLURE
Source: History of Highland County, Ohio by Rev.
J. W. Klise - Publ. Madison, Wis., Northwestern
Historical Association - 1902 - Page 384 |
| VAN B. McCONNAUGHEY
Source: History of Highland County, Ohio by Rev.
J. W. Klise - Publ. Madison, Wis., Northwestern
Historical Association - 1902 - Page 385 |
| JOHN A. McCOPPIN
Source: History of Highland County, Ohio by Rev.
J. W. Klise - Publ. Madison, Wis., Northwestern
Historical Association - 1902 - Page 388 |
JOHN
McCOY, a prosperous farmer of Washington
township, is a native of Jackson township, born Nov.
22, 1846, and a grandson of a pioneer of Highland
county. His lineage is associated also in a
conspicuous way with the early settlement and
commercial and manufacturing development of Ross
county. His grandfather, Thomas McCoy,
a native of Maryland, was reared in that state and
married there, a union that was blessed with five
children - Thomas, Joseph, Eliza, Mary and
Mary and Nancy. With his family
Thomas McCoy came to Highland county before the
war of 1812, in which he rendered patriotic service
as a soldier of the republic and in civil life he
was a potent influence for good in the early days.
His son, Joseph, born in Maryland, May 29,
1801, accompanied the family to Highland county, and
married Mary Walker, a native of Concord
township. He made his home for forty years in
Jackson township, and there reared a family of
eleven children (one died in infancy): Martha A.,
Rebecca, Thomas, Mary E., Martin V. B.,
Samuel, Joseph, Catherine, John and Nancy.
Joseph McCoy was a man of high character and
good business qualifications, became the owner of
about six hundred acres of land, and filled several
of the township offices; in politics was a staunch
Democrat, and in religious life an adherent of the
Christian church. He died at an advanced age,
in Concord township, where he passed the later years
of his life. John McCoy was born in
Jackson township November 22, 1846, and educated in
the district school of that neighborhood, passing
his youthful years on the home farm. He
married Lydia, daughter of John and
Parmelia Kelley, of Liberty township, went to
housekeeping on the home farm. Afterward he
lived on an adjoining farm until the death of his
father, when he occupied the old homestead.
His home has been blessed with six children:
Birdie, now the wife of J. L. Mercer, of
Jackson township; Wilbur, at home; Mattie,
wife of Charles Chaney, of Jackson; Hattie
J. H., and Stella E., at home.
Mr. McCoy is one of the substantial men of his
township, standing high in the estimation of his
neighbors. He follows general farming and
stock raising, and has occupied the local office of
land appraiser. In politics he is a Democrat,
and his religious affiliation is with the Protestant
Methodist church.
Source: History of Highland County, Ohio by Rev.
J. W. Klise - Publ. Madison, Wis., Northwestern
Historical Association - 1902 - Page 393 |
WILLIAM
A. McKEE, a worthy citizen of New Market
township, lately decreased, was well known in his
capacity as a blacksmith, which trade he followed in
Highland county for many years. He was born in
Miami county, Ohio, Aug. 19, 1833, son of William
McKee and his wife Martha who was the
eldest daughter of Alexander and Elizabeth Morrow,
pioneers of Highland county, who died at Greenfield
about 1818, and were both buried in the same grave.
William A. McKee came to Highland county in
1850 and spent all the remainder of his life in this
county. He married Mahala Pence,
who was born Sept. 28, 1829, of an old family whose
descendants are widely distributed throughout this
portion of Ohio. Her grandparents were
Virginians who came to Ohio in the very vanguard of
the pioneer army and first located in Adams county,
afterward removing about the year 1810 to the county
of Highland. Their son Henry married
Catherine, daughter of Isaac and
Mary Layman, also Virginia immigrants
who moved westward in the beginning of the century.
Henry and Catherine Pence
located in that part of old New Market which is now
included in Hamer township, where they hewed and
grubbed out a farm which eventually became valuable
land. He was a soldier in the war of 1812, a
man of great industry and excellent of character and
lived to a ripe old age. His wife, who was
born in 1790, was not far from rounding out a
century, as her death did not occur until she was
ninety-five years old. They had fourteen
children, of whom Sarah, Abigail, Lucinda, Polly,
Peter, George, Philip, Ellis, Allen, and
Louis have passed away. Those living are
John, Henry, and Mahala, the
latter being the youngest. After their
marriage William and Mahala McKee lived a
short time in a house near their present residence,
to which they removed in about six months and from
that on made their home. They had five
children, of whom William H. and Joseph C.,
second and third in order of birth, have passed
away. Carey F., the first born and
Mary J., the fourth, remain at home with their
mother, and Martha C. is a resident of
Indiana. William A. McKee died at the
age of sixty-nine years, and was buried in the
cemetery of Mount Zion church of which during life
he had been a consistent member. Since her
husband's death, Mrs. McKee has conducted the
business of the estate with the assistance of her
son and daughter, and everything has gone along
smoothly. Carey F. McKee, the
eldest son and mainstay of his mother, taught school
for some time and later was engaged two years in the
mercantile business but contemplates trucking for
the future. He is a man of good business
qualifications and the habits of industry that make
the best assurance of success. Mrs. McKee
and her entire family are members of Mount Zion
church.
Source: History of Highland County, Ohio by Rev.
J. W. Klise - Publ. Madison, Wis., Northwestern
Historical Association - 1902 - Page 389 |
| JOHN McMULLEN
Source: History of Highland County, Ohio by Rev.
J. W. Klise - Publ. Madison, Wis., Northwestern
Historical Association - 1902 - Page 390 |
| JAMES McNARY
Source: History of Highland County, Ohio by Rev.
J. W. Klise - Publ. Madison, Wis., Northwestern
Historical Association - 1902 - Page 391 |
JOHN
McNICOL, one of the prosperous farmers in the
eastern part of Penn township, is descended from a
Scottish family whose first representatives reached
central Ohio about the middle of the nineteenth
century. James, son of Robert and
Jane (Aitkin) McNicol, was born in
Sterlingshire, Scotland, in 1801, and in early
manhood married Katharine, daughter of
Hugh and Janel (Mitchell) Campbell, who resided
on the Isle of Skye. After his marriage
James lived some time in his native country and
in 1851 emigrated to Highland county where he spent
the remainder of his days and died in 1874.
His children were Robert, John, Jane Margaret,
Kate, Ellen and Hugh. Robert McNicol,
eldest of the children, was born in Scotland Oct.
20, 1828, and was consequently about twenty-three
years of age when his parents reached Ohio.
Mar. 21, 1858, he was married to Elizabeth L.
Leaverton, member of one of the oldest families
in Penn township. Her grandfather, Solomon
Leaverton, was a native of Maryland and first
came to Highland county in 1806, but spent some
years in North Carolina, where he married Lettie
Thompson and returned to Ohio in 1817.
John F. Leaverton, third in age of his eleven
children, was born in Guilford county, North
Carolina, in 1812, and five years later came with
his father to Highland county, where he became a
leading farmer in Penn township. He married
Sally Ann Wright, by whom he had fourteen
children, including Elizabeth L., who became
the wife of Robert McNicol. The latter
learned the shoemaker's trade, which he followed
until well advanced in years. He was esteemed
in the community where he lived, both as a man and a
citizen. His children, ten in number, were
James, John W., Sallie, Kittie, Hugh, Robert, Ella,
Lizzie, Vena and Etta. John W. McNicol,
second of the family, was born in Penn township,
Highland county, Ohio, Oct. 15, 1860, and has
devoted his whole life to agricultural pursuits.
The farm on which he resides is situated in the
eastern part of Penn township and he ranks as one of
the representative farmers in that section of
Highland county. By industry and good
management he has achieved a fair measure of
prosperity and is surrounded by all the comforts of
a pleasant rural home. Dec. 29, 1881, he was
married to Clara Ella, daughter of I. E.
and Mary (McWilliams) Johnson, of Highland
county, by whom he has three children: Ernest,
born Oct. 20, 1882; Vena, born Feb. 15, 1886;
and Robert, born Sept. 21, 1890. Mr.
McNicol is a member of the order of Knights of
Pythias.
Source #1 - History of Highland County, Ohio by Rev.
J. W. Klise - Publ. Madison, Wis., Northwestern
Historical Association - 1902 |
| JOHN A. MERCER
Source: History of Highland County, Ohio by Rev.
J. W. Klise - Publ. Madison, Wis., Northwestern
Historical Association - 1902 - Page 399 |
SAMUEL
P. MICHAEL, who commenced life as a
blacksmith but has put in most of his time as a
farmer, is one of the substantial and respected
citizens of Liberty township. He comes of
pioneer stock as his father, Daniel Michael,
moved in as early as 1826 and became a resident of
Penn township. Of his large family of twelve
children the only survivor is Jackson, who resides
at Russell Station. Another of the sons named
Samuel, who was born July 8, 1816, married
Acenith, daughter of Elias and Margaret
(Hussey) Carey, and by her had the following
children: William, who died in 1861, at the
age of twenty-two years; Carey Allen now a
resident of Lynchburg, who served over two yeas in
the civil war; Joseph, also a Union veteran,
who died at Cincinnati on his way home from the
army; Mary, wife of DeWitt C. Arment
of Xenia; Margaret, wife of Dr. Achor
of Oklahoma; Sarah E., wife of M. W.
Rankins of Union township; Martha, died
in infancy; Samuel P., further sketched
below; Silas E.., a farmer in Union township;
and Annabel, widow of James Wright.
Samuel P. Michael, eighth of the children
above enumerated, was born in Highland county, Ohio,
July 4, 1854, and in early youth put in a good deal
of time learning the blacksmith's trade.. The
useful calling, however, he abandoned in time to
take up farming which was constituted the principal
occupation of his life. At the present time he
resides in one of the Evans farms four miles
northwest of Hillsboro, which he cultivates
industriously and successfully, enjoying the
reputation of being not only a good workman but a
good citizen in all the name implies. June 7,
1877, Mr. Michael was married to Martha
M., daughter of John and Elizabeth (Runk)
Rankins, natives of Scotland who located in
Clinton county. The children resulting from
this union are: Minnie, who died in
childhood; Dora M., wife of Lee Duncan
of Hillsboro; Anna B., wife of Peter
Runion of Liberty township; Clarence L.,
at home; Alva, died in infancy; Jessie,
Clara Acenith, Albert Otto and Francis,
at home; Elmer Hobart, who died in infancy
and his twin brother, Ellis, at home.
Source: History of Highland County, Ohio by Rev.
J. W. Klise - Publ. Madison, Wis., Northwestern
Historical Association - 1902 |
MRS.
MARY A. MIDDLETON, of Greenfield, widow of
the late Rev. John Henry Middleton, is
the only surviving child of John T. Wright,
who came from Adams county to Highland county about
1850. Although he was a tanner by trade, he
taught several terms of school in Adams county prior
to leaving it, and after coming to Highland county
was engaged in teaching,, and for many years was a
member of the board of school examiners. At
the time of his death he had charge of the public
schools at Lynchburg and enjoyed the reputation of
being one of the most successful teachers in the
county. In 1841 he married Sarah T. Roush,
of Adams county, by whom he had two children,
Maria Louisa (deceased), born Jan. 1st, 1848,
and Mary A. Wright. The latter born in
Bentonville, Adams county, Ohio, on Aug. 11, 1842,
was brought in infancy to Highland county where she
was reared and educated. in 1865 she became
the wife of Rev. John Henry Middleton, a
native of New York who came to Ross county, Ohio, in
boyhood. He received his education at
Greenfield, after which he taught school for many
years, and in 1856 was ordained a minister of the
Methodist Episcopal church, and assigned to the
Williamsburg circuit. He engaged
enthusiastically in his ministerial work and pressed
it with energy until the outbreak of the civil war
caused him to exchange the pastoral robes for a
musket and other paraphernalia of conflict. In
1861 two companies were recruited in Highland county
for the Eighty-first regiment Ohio volunteer
infantry, and Mr. Middleton enrolled his
named with one of these, which afterward became
Company C. The command was sent South in the
fall following its organization and for some time
was kept almost constantly on scouting duty.
During its campaigning after Forrest, Mr.
Middleton was badly crippled so that from that
time until the end of his days he was compelled to
use a church. At the expiration of his term of
enlistment he was discharged from the military
service and resumed his ministerial work, which he
continued until 1895, when he retired from the
ministry and took up his residence at Greenfield,
where his death occurred suddenly in 1900. His
widow, Mrs. Mary A. Middleton, still resides
in Greenfield, where she is highly esteemed by a
wide circle of acquaintances for her many excellent
traits of character.
Source: History of Highland County, Ohio by Rev.
J. W. Klise - Publ. Madison, Wis., Northwestern
Historical Association - 1902 |
LYCURGUS
B. MILBURN, in business at
Greenfield, has long been known in
Highland county in connection with
dairying, sheep-breeding and general
farming. The family has been identified
with Highland county since 1832, which
was the year that David
Milburn, father of Lycurgus,
came from Pennsylvania and settled in
Jackson township. He was only twenty
years old when he arrived but went to
work immediately and in time became one
of the popular men of the township, in
which he served as justice of the peace
for many years. His wife was Sarah A.,
daughter of Joseph Hurst, who was
one of the advance guard in felling the
timber and cutting the roads for the
then infant settlement of Jackson
township. David and Sarah Milburn
became the parents of four children, of
whom Therza May is deceased, and
Hannah E., who married A. J.
Fittro, and Delilah A., wife
of William M. Gall, are both
residents of Highland county.
Lycurgus B. Milburn, third of the
children, was born in Jackson Township,
Highland county, Ohio, grew up on the
farm, and at an early age determined to
follow the occupation of teaching. In
order to qualify himself for the higher
work in this profession, he sought the
first opportunity to become a pupil of
the National Normal university at
Lebanon, Ohio. He remained two terms at
this institution for teaching teachers
how to teach and when he was through
lost no time in testing his efficiency
as a practical educator.
For twelve consecutive years after leaving Lebanon, Mr.
Milburn was engaged in imparting
knowledge to the rising generation in
Highland and Fayette counties. His long
continuance in the business would
indicate both his success and popularity
as a manager of schools, and as a matter
of fact he gained the reputation of
being one of the most progressive and
skillful of the teachers in his
territory. Eventually, he laid aside
this work and embarked in the dairy
business at Hillsboro, which he
prosecuted with varying success for
three years, when he branched out into
general farming and stock raising. In
the latter department he gave preference
to sheep, making a specialty of the
Shropshiredowns, and in course of time
had a fine flock of this popular strain.
In November, 1882, he was married to
Louesa B., daughter of Daniel
Koch, a Highland county citizen of
German birth. Their four children are
Carrie May, Julius Neil, Eloise and
Stella B. In 1897 Mr.
Milburn decided to remove to
Greenfield, in order to obtain better
educational facilities for his children,
and after locating there held the
position of agent for the Standard Oil
company four years, but at present is
looking after his farming interests. He
has been candidate for the city council
on the Democratic ticket and is a member
of the Woodmen of the World.
Source: History of Highland
County, Ohio by Rev. J. W. Klise - Publ. Madison,
Wis., Northwestern Historical Association - 1902 -
pp. 402-403
Contributed by:
Jay |
A.
L. MILLER, an enterprising citizen of
Washington township, is a representative of the
fourth generation of a family that has long been
identified with Highland county, and have
contributed materially to the present condition of
the region. Their work has not been confined
to industry, but they have taken an active part in
efforts for the general good. Miller's
chapel, in Concord township, and the church
that meets there, is largely a monument of their
public spirit and religious devotion.
Thomas Miller, grandfather of A. L., a
young man of German and Scotch-Irish descent, came
to Highland county from his native state, about
1830, with his parents, who had bought a thousand
acres of land on Brush creek in Concord township.
He had been married in Pennsylvania to Mary
Stewart, and they reared a large family of
children: Daniel and Henry, deceased;
Jonathan, living in Missouri; James E.,
deceased; Noah B., of Washington township;
William, deceased; Nancy, of Concord
township; and Sally, Mary, Alvira
and Rebecca, deceased. Thomas
Miller was a blacksmith by trade, was engaged in
that work all his life in addition to farming, and
died at an advanced age from an accident which
occurred in the course of his labors at the forge.
He is remembered as a devoutly religious man and one
of the main supports of the early Methodist church.
Noah B. Miller, father of the subject of this
sketch, was born in Concord township in 1835, and in
early manhood married Mary Jane Fisher, a
native of Virginia. They began housekeeping
near Fairfax, after two years moved to Washington
township, and lived there sixteen years, and later,
after two years' residence in Concord township, made
their home in Washington. Three children were
born to them: Armanus, A. L. and
Sarah A. Noah B. Miller is widely known as
a thresher, a business he has been engaged in for
fifty years; is a valued member of the Methodist
church, and in politics a Democrat, according to his
family faith. A. L. Miller was born
Aug. 1, 1859, on the farm now owned by Charles
Rolf, in Jackson township, was educated in the
district school, and married Rosa Beatty, a
native of Marshall township, and daughter of John
and Mary Beatty. They began housekeeping
on the farm in Washington township now owned by
Andrew Matthews, but three years later moved to
his present home, where he owns a hundred acres of
land. Mr. Miller is also the owner of a
saw mill in Concord township, operates a threshing
machine, and altogether is an industrious and active
man. He is a member of the Threshers'
association and is generally found taking a worthy
part in public affairs.
Source: History of Highland County, Ohio by Rev.
J. W. Klise - Publ. Madison, Wis., Northwestern
Historical Association - 1902 - Page 403 |
GEORGE
W. MILLER, of Marshall township, formerly a
member of the board of county commissioners of
Highland county, comes of a well known and numerous
family of pioneers. His father, Jesse
Miller, was born in Culpepper county, Va., in
1799, and was twice married; to the first union was
born Thomas, John P. and Catharine;
his second wife was Amanda Davis, and to this
union were born six children: William H.; Sarah
A., wife of George Bumgardner; Joseph, George
W., the subject of this sketch; Jesse,
deceased, and Martha J., wife of Samuel
Roads. Jesse Miller, the father, died
Sept. 15, 1875, and his wife, Amanda, in
January, 1890. They arrived overland in wagons
from Loudoun county, Va., about 1830 and located in
Marshall township, where they continued to reside
until their respective deaths. George W.
Miller was born in Marshall township, Highland
county, Ohio, Oct. 1, 1850, was reared on the farm
with a common school education, and on reaching
manhood continued in the occupation of farming,
which he has demonstrated an intelligent and
progressive spirit. He has been active in
public affairs for many years, as a Republican, and
in 1885 he was elected a member of the board of
county commissioners, an office he held for seven
years. In this capacity he faithfully served
the people and the best interests of the county.
In early manhood he was married to Cora E.,
daughter of A. W. Spargur, and they had six
children: Leslie, Vernon, Ida (wife of
Burch Watts), Burch, Stanley and Nina.
His second marriage was to Cindora, daughter
of William and Margaret (Roads) Elliott and
they have one child, Clarence, born in April,
1890.
Source: History of Highland County, Ohio by Rev.
J. W. Klise - Publ. Madison, Wis., Northwestern
Historical Association - 1902 - Page 404 |
JOSEPH
MILLER, the present recorder of Highland
county, was for many years a popular business man of
Hillsboro. His father, Joseph Miller,
was born in Alsace, Germany, about 1826, learned the
trade of an iron-moulder, emigrated to Cincinnati in
1840 and some ten years later was married to
Catharine, daughter of Jacob Neib.
The latter was born in Germany in 1800, and about
forty years later came with his family to Ohio and
located in Monroe county. Joseph
Miller died in 1874 and Jacob Neib
passed away in 1884. Joseph and Catharine (Neib)
Miller had seven children, four of whom died in
infancy, the others being the subject of this
sketch; Elizabeth, wife of Frank
Noble, a resident of California, and Andrew,
oldest of the living children, was born at
Cincinnati, Ohio, June 15, 1860, and was educated in
the fine schools of his native city. Several
years before reaching his majority he started out to
make his living in the world and selected as a
favorable point the enterprising capital of Highland
county. Mr. Miller arrived in
Hillsboro in 1878, secured employment in a barber
shop and has followed that business continuously
over twenty years. Meantime he became widely
acquainted with people all over the county, and by
gentlemanly manners and accommodating spirit secured
the friendship of all those with whom he came in
contact. He took a hand in politics, also, and
as a worker for his party acquired influence and
local leadership. This culminated in 1900 in
his securing the nomination of his party as
candidate for recorder of Highland county, to which
position he was chosen for a three years' term at
the ensuing election. Dec. 4, 1897, Mr.
Miller was married to Melissa,
daughter of Nelson and Albertine (Washburne)
Barrere, who comes from a noted pioneer
family of the county, of whom mention is made in
other parts of this volume. Nelson is
the son of Morgan and Melinda (Colvin)
Barrere and his wife was a daughter of Dr.
Joseph Washburne, who settled in New
Market about the middle of the last century.
Source: History of Highland County, Ohio by Rev.
J. W. Klise - Publ. Madison, Wis., Northwestern
Historical Association - 1902 - Page 404 |
THOMAS
H. MILLER, of Concord township, one of the
most prominent farmers of the county, is in the
fourth generation of one of the notable early
families of Highland county. The founder of
his family in the United States is Philip Miller,
a native of Bavaria, Germany, who came to Maryland
just before the war of the Revolution, through which
he served as a patriot, battling for the rights of
his adopted country. As the close of the
struggle he was rewarded with a patent for one
hundred and sixty acres of land, which he located in
Pennsylvania near Hagerstown, Maryland, the site in
later years of one of the first oil wells opened in
Pennsylvania. With his wife and seven
daughters and three sons he came to Ohio in
1814 and settled in Liberty township, where he was
engaged in farming to a very advanced age, dying in
1825. His son, John, born near Hagerstown,
Md., married Nellie Chaney in
Pennsylvania in 1802, and accompanied his aged
parents to Ohio, taking the leading part in the work
of subduing the wilderness and making a new home.
He lived in Liberty township to the age of
eighty-five years, was quite successful in the
building up of his property and prominent in social
and business and religious life. He reared a
family of twelve children, all now deceased:
Adam, James, Jacob, John C., Wilson, Christine,
Mary, Jane, Ellen, Amy, Betsey and
Catharine. John C., the father of
the subject of this sketch, was born near Rocky
Fork, in Liberty township, Apr. 9, 1818, and in
early manhood married Elizabeth, daughter of
George Frederick and Mary
Brous, natives of Virginia, who came to
Highland county about 1814. They began their
married life in the loft of a milk house on the old
Miller farm, and several years later
came to Concord township and bought a farm of one
hundred acres. In his youth and early manhood
John C. Miller was engaged in the commerce of
his day, hauling goods from Cincinnati to
Chillicothe, Ripley and Hillsboro. After his
marriage he prospered as a farmer, came to own 560
acres of land, and for many years was honored with
the office of township trustee. He died at the
age of sixty-three years. Thomas H. Miller
was the oldest of their three children, the others
being Amy D. and Mary E. Thomas H.
was born Nov. 5, 1848, while has parents lived on
the old homestead on Rocky fork, and was educated in
the district schools. ON reaching manhood he
married Minerva, daughter of Harvey and
Eva (Surber) Badgley, and they began
housekeeping on the place they now occupy. But
since then they have made great improvements.
The land owned by Mr. Miller now
amounts to 1,150 acres, his residence is up to date
and very commodious, and his farm buildings are the
equal of any in the county in their adaptation to
his industry and the modern style of agriculture.
His land is nearly all under profitable cultivation,
and he ranks among the substantial men of the
county. Of his three children, Alberta
is the wife of Henry Sauner, of White
Oak township; Stella is the wife of Henry
Sauner of the same township, and Otis, who
was married Ora Seip, lives on the
homestead. Mrs. Miller is the
granddaughter of Captain Andrew
Badgley, a revolutionary soldier, who was famous
in the pioneer history of White Oak township.
Source: History of Highland County, Ohio by Rev.
J. W. Klise - Publ. Madison, Wis., Northwestern
Historical Association - 1902 - Page 405 |
| CHARLES M. MILLS
Source: History of Highland County, Ohio by Rev.
J. W. Klise - Publ. Madison, Wis., Northwestern
Historical Association - 1902 - Page 406 |
| WESLEY MILNER
Source: History of Highland County, Ohio by Rev.
J. W. Klise - Publ. Madison, Wis., Northwestern
Historical Association - 1902 - Page 407 |
CHRISTOPHER
C. MOBERLY, of Clay township, a well-known
farmer and veteran of the civil war, is a
great-grandson of Rezin Moberly, a worthy
pioneer of Highland county whose life is described
in the foregoing sketch. His father was
Frederick, eldest son of John Moberly (of
whom mention has also been made), and he was the
eldest son of Rezin Moberly.
Frederick Moberly was born in Liberty
township in 1812, was educated in the subscription
schools of his day, and in 1834 was married to
Lydia Husey, also a native of Liberty
township, and daughter of Christopher
Husey. Following this event he built a
hewed log house on 120 acres of forest land in Clay
township, and there he and his wife began their
toilsome work of redeeming the land from the
wildness of nature, and rearing for lives of
usefulness the eight children that were given them
in the course of their early married life. The
father lived to the age of sixty-three years, the
mother of fifty-seven. Three of their
children, Mary, Jane and Emma,
the youngest, are dead, but besides the subject of
this sketch, John F. resides in the state of
Washington; James in Clay township;
Charles A. in Buford, and Cyrus F. on the
old homestead. Christopher C. Moberly
was born on the homestead Nov. 17, 1836, and
received his education in the common schools.
When the war with the South broke out he promptly
offered his services in behalf of his country, and
was mustered in at Hillsboro, in October, 1861, as a
private soldier in Company B of the Sixtieth
regiment Ohio infantry. After sometime in camp
at Camp Mitchell and on guard duty at Gallipolis,
Mr. Moberly and his comrades moved into West
Virginia, and engaged in the campaign in the Kanawha
and Shenandoah valleys, participating in the active
campaign of the spring of 1862 against the famous
Stonewall Jackson. Among the
engagements in which he took part were those of
Cotton Town, Mt. Jackson and Cross Keys. Later
in the year, during the Maryland campaign, he and
his regiment were stationed at Harper's Ferry, and
were there surrendered to General Jackson,
Sept. 15th. Being at once paroled they went to
Annapolis, Md., and from there sent to Chicago,
where they were finally mustered out. This
closed his experience in war, and he returned to his
home and resumed farming. On Jan. 12, 1853, he
was married to Louisa J. Wood, a native of
Danville, Highland county, and they began
housekeeping in Brown county. Two years later
they bought the fifty acres in Clay township where
Mr. Moberly now lives, to which he has
since added enough to make 105 acres. In 1892
they moved to Hillsboro, and two years later to
Buford, where Mrs. Moberly died Nov.
3, 1893. Since then he has occupied his farm
home, continuing to give his attention to general
agriculture and the raising of Shorthorn cattle and
other fancy stock. He has been honored with
several township offices, is a member of the Buford
camp of the Grand Army of the Republic, and of the
Methodist church, and in politics is a Republican.
Three children are living: Oliver N., of
Cincinnati; Herber L., at home, and Clyde,
residing at New Orleans, La.
Source: History of Highland County, Ohio by Rev.
J. W. Klise - Publ. Madison, Wis., Northwestern
Historical Association - 1902 - Page 410 |
JOHN
D. MOBERLY, a well known farmer and stock man
of Clay township, is a great-grandson of Rezin
Moberly, a native of Virginia who was
conspicuous among the pioneer settlers of Highland
county. The facts of the career of this
ancestor and of his son, John Moberly,
through whom J. D. Moberly is descended, is
given in a sketch foregoing. They were
pioneers worthy of remembrance, and their
descendants are among the best people of this
region. The second son of John
Moberly, as has been noted, was William,
born Oct. 24, 1815, at the farm home in Liberty
township. William Moberly
removed to Clay township in early manhood, and
married Nancy Tygart, as also a native
of Highland county, of an old family. Making
his home in a log cabin on 121 acres of wild land
that he bought, he began the work of clearing away
the forest, as a forerunner of the present
magnificent agricultural development of the county.
His first wife died after giving birth to one child,
Louisa J., who is now the wife of H. G.
Fite, of Brown county, and subsequently Mr.
Moberly was married to Harriet
Foreman, daughter of John and
Nellie Foreman. She was also a
native of the county. William
Moberly continued his work as a farmer, living
upon the same place, but enlarged his holdings until
he was the owner of over four hundred acres, and as
time passed replaced his early home with modern
buildings. He was a very prosperous man, was
active in politics as a Democrat, contributed
generously to religious enterprises, and was known
all over the county as a man deserving of esteem and
confidence. He passed away at eighty-one years
of age, but his widow is yet living at Mount Orab.
They had four children, J. D., W. H.., Sarah
E., wife of N. Irons, of Brown county,
and Luella, wife of T. J. Sprinkle, of
Brown county. J. D. Moberly was
born on the farm adjoining his present home in Clay
township, Jan. 9, 1845, was reared at home and
educated in the district school until eighteen years
of age, and then, it being the period of the civil
war, he went to Cincinnati and obtained employment
in the government service as a teamster. He
was regularly enlisted, and after two months at
Cincinnati, went to the front with the company of
Captain Douglas, and took part in the
battle of Lavergne, Tenn. then, his time
of enlistment having expired, he was honorably
discharged and came home, but soon afterward
re-enlisted in Company G of the Hundred and
Ninety-second Ohio volunteer infantry, which was
mustered in at Columbus. With this regiment he
went to Virginia, and was on duty during the closing
months of the war, finally being mustered out with
his comrades at Winchester, Va., Sept. 1, 1865.
He returned at once to his farm home upon the
conclusion of this honorable service for the
country, and resumed his former occupation, and
presently was happily married to Rachel E. Brown,
a native of Clinton county, Ohio. Ever since
they have made their home at the present residence,
prospering in their undertakings and adding
improvements and comforts as the years rolled by.
Their home has been blessed with three children, two
of whom - Elva and Frank - have died.
Anna, their third, is the wife of T. S.
Evans, of Dayton, Ohio. they have also
reared their granddaughter, Goldie M. Puckett.
Mr. Moberly has given much attention to the
breeding of Oxforddown sheep, and Duroc and Jersey
swine, in addition to farming, and has been
extensive dealer in live stock. He is a member
of the camp of the Grand Army of the Republic at
Buford, and of the Christian church, and is a
Republican in politics.
Source: History of Highland County, Ohio by Rev.
J. W. Klise - Publ. Madison, Wis., Northwestern
Historical Association - 1902 - Page 411 |
REZIN
MOBERLY, a native of Pennsylvania, was one of
the pioneers of Liberty township, and progenitor of
a family which has had an honorable part in the
development of Highland county. While yet a
resident of the Keystone state, he married a Miss
Fenner, and with his wife and children, early
in the last century, he came to Ohio and settled in
the forests of Liberty township, assisting in laying
out the town of Hillsboro, as the county seat, in
1806 or 1807, and serving as one of the first
township trustees. He followed the occupation
of farming, and was a man of enterprise in his
field. It is worthy of note that the first
threshing machine brought into Highland county was
set up on his farm. After many years of
peaceful and happy life, this worthy pioneer and his
wife passed away, and were laid to rest where they
began their labors as clearers of the forest.
Their children, John, Stephen,
James, William and Amos, and
Delilah, are also all deceased. John
Moberly, the eldest, was a boy of some years
when the family came to Ohio, and he aided in
building the first house raised at Hillsboro.
For many years he was actively identified with the
promotion of the interests of the city with which he
was thus early associated. Marrying
Elizabeth Fenner, a native of
Pennsylvania, in early manhood, he made his home on
a farm on the Wilmington road near Hillsboro, where
he lived until the death of his wife, passing the
remainder of his days with his son, Rezin W.
Of his ten children, Frederick, William, John,
Rezin W., Caleb, Sarah, Rachel,
Maria, Delilah and Mary A., all
are dead but Rezin W. and Mary A., the
last named being the widow of George Brown,
of Mount Oreb. Rezin W. Moberly was
born at the Liberty township home Dec. 27, 1821, was
educated in the district schools, and after spending
some of the early years of manhood at home, in 1847
bought a place of 15 acres in Clay township, for
about $2.60 an acre, of William Scott.
He was buried in clearing and working this farm,
living in a small log house, for two years, and then
he bought the farm of 130 acres where he now lives.
Following this purchase he married Elizabeth J.
Roberts, daughter of Abraham and Elizabeth
Roberts, an estimable lady who was also a native
of Highland county, who died in 1898 and is buried
in Buford. Eight children have been born to
them: John A., a resident of Brown
county; George, at the old home; William,
of Clay township; Clinton and Mary J.,
deceased; Rachel, wife of George
Mink; Ellen B., wife of Lee Barley,
of Clay township, and Lulu, wife of George
Weaver, of Buford. Rezin W. Moberly
has long been considered one of the leading citizens
of Clay township, enterprising, intelligent and
trustworthy. He has held many of the official
positions of the township, some of them a great many
years; for a considerable number of years he
actively conducted a general store near his home,
and he has been active in the work of the grange,
holding the office of treasurer for a long time.
He has been an extensive land owner, and at one time
had seven hundred acres, part of which he has
divided among his children. In farming and
stock raising he has been successful, giving
considerable attention to Shorthorn cattle and
Poland China hogs.
Source: History of Highland County, Ohio by Rev.
J. W. Klise - Publ. Madison, Wis., Northwestern
Historical Association - 1902 - Page 408 |
WILLIAM S.
MOORE, proprietor of the Hotel Kramer, at
Hillsboro, is one of the popular landlords of
Highland county and during an experience of some
years has shown that he is master of the problem of
public entertainment. He is a native of the
good old county of Pike, and a son of Sailesbuy
and Mary S. (Eager) Moore, well known citizens
of that part of Ohio. In 1894, Mr. Moore
engaged in the business of drilling water-wells and
followed that occupation about six years.
Having an inclination for catering to the "inner
wants' of man, he determined to turn this talent to
good account by entering into the hotel business
regularly. With this end in view he secured
control of the Central House at Leesburg and in 1900
took charge as proprietor of that hostelry.
About two years later, desiring a larger field,
Mr. Moore came to Hillsboro and in February,
1902, opened the Hotel Kramer. Under his good
management this house came to the front of once as a
place where good entertainment could be obtained at
reasonable rates, and has steadily gained in its
hold on the traveling public. Owing to its
favorable location on West Main street, near the
business center of Hillsboro, the Hotel Kramer seems
destined to become one of the most popular of the
city's resorts.
Source: History of Highland County, Ohio by Rev.
J. W. Klise - Publ. Madison, Wis., Northwestern
Historical Association - 1902 |
THE
MORROW FAMILY: - John Morrow was an
old revolutionary soldier, who took part in the
battle of Trenton, a few years later sought a home
in the wilderness of Kentucky and afterward moved to
the White Water valley of Indiana, where he died in
1826. His son Alexander, who was born
May 2, 1783, subsequently made his way to Ohio and
in 1812 found a location near Greenfield in the
county of Highland. The war fever was strong
at that time in central Ohio and soon after his
arrival Alexander Morrow went to the front to
do his part toward fighting the British. In
December, 1815, after his return from the army, he
was married to Polly Coffey, a typical
pioneer woman and daughter of one of the notable
characters of that day. Her father, John
Coffey, who came from Pennsylvania in 1800, was
the keeper of the first tavern opened at Greenfield,
then a very small settlement of crude log cabins.
This primitive but genuine "Coffey House" was built
of hewed logs, was two stories in height, and
twenty-two by thirty feet on the ground.
Though not as showy as the modern French
"coffee-house" of our large capitals, the tavern at
Greenfield was a veritable oasis in the desert at
the time of its inception and furnished appetizing
means for many a hungry traveler before advancing
civilization brought better accommodations.
Besides filling the important role of "mine host,"
John Coffey was also the first justice of the
peace elected in Madison township, and between
feeding the public and enforcing the law was a man
of weight in the infant community. Polly
Coffey, his daughter, was born Feb. 1, 1796,
lived over sixty-one years after her wedding, and
passed away from the scenes of earth Apr. 3, 1877.
By her marriage with Alexander Morrow there
were five children who reached maturity:
Ruth E., wife of Hugh Beatty; Margaret,
wife of Robert McCalpin; John and James P.,
the latter still residing in Greenfield, and
William Alexander. The latter was born May
13, 1826, and after residing four years in
Chillicothe, came to Hillsboro in 1860, embarked in
the business of photography and followed that
occupation for many years. Jan. 8, 1852, he
was married to Harriet L., daughter of
Abner Taylor, member of one of the well known
pioneer families. William Alexander and
Harriet (Taylor) Morrow became
the parents of the following named children:
Otway C., of Hillsboro; John Franklin,
who died in Texas at the age of thirty; Minnie R.,
wife of D. T. Larrimore, a druggist of New
York City; William A., queensware merchant of
Hillsboro; Jennie T., wife of William S.
Conrad, with the McKeehan & Hiestand
company; Lizzie B., a dressmaker in
Covington, Ky.; George D., doing contract
work for a new York firm; Bertie, died in
infancy; Lucie, a milliner in Cincinnati; and
Sadie, wife of Fred McClure, billing
clerk for C. S. Bell & Co. Otway C. Morrow
eldest born of the above, after finishing his
education in the city schools, was engaged for
several years as a clerk in the mercantile business
at Hillsboro. In 1880 he became manager for a
queensware house in Cincinnati, but returned to
Hillsboro in 1887 to accept a partnership with the
McKeehan & Hiestand company, of which he is
at present secretary and treasurer. June 19,
1884, he was united in wedlock with Anna J.
Leyden, a lady of the best social connections in
Cincinnati. Her parents were members of
prominent families in Ireland and emigrated to
America in the early part of the nineteenth century.
Mr. and Mrs. Morrow's only child, Curry
Leyden, was born Nov. 21, 1897.
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County, Ohio by Rev. J. W. Klise - Publ. Madison,
Wis., Northwestern Historical Association - 1902 ~
Page 412 |
| CHARLES C. MUHLBACH
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J. W. Klise - Publ. Madison, Wis., Northwestern
Historical Association - 1902 - Page 415 |
THOMAS
MULLENIX, notable among the settlers soon
after the war of 1812 in the vicinity of Hillsboro,
was born in Jefferson county, Va., in 1791, one of
six children of William Mullinex, a native of
England, who married there and came to America with
his wife soon after the war of the Rebellion.
The six children were Nathan, Thomas, Harry, Jack,
and two daughters. The mother died in
Virginia, and the father in later years joined his
son Thomas in Highland county and died here.
Thomas was married in Virginia to Ellen
Pulse, a native of the same state, and they
began their married life in Virginia, but in 1817
came west and established a pioneer home on one
hundred acres of wild land that he bought in Liberty
township, about two miles from Hillsboro.
There, Thomas Mullenix reared a family of
eleven children, and lived to the age of
seventy-five years, his wife surviving to past
ninety. Their children were David,
deceased; Mary, widow of D. Dunn, of
Taylorsville; Lewis deceased; William H.,
of Washington township; Thomas, of Belfast,
Ohio; John, of Iowa; Rebecca, wife of
Hugh Shepard, of Hillsboro; Henry of
Liberty township; Martha, widow of George
Spicard, of Illinois; Sarah E., and
Jacob, deceased. William H., for
many years a worthy citizen of Highland county, was
born in Liberty township, Apr. 24, 1818, and in
early manhood married Ellen Higgins, daughter
of Charles and Elizabeth Higgins. They
made their home on the original Mullenix farm
for twenty years, then spent a year in Iowa, and
after that in Liberty township until 8146, when the
wife died, after which he made his home in
Washington township. For sixty-four years he
has been a member of the Methodist church. The
children born to these parents were Margaret
and Samantha, deceased; H. E., of
Washington township; Clara, living in Kansas;
Paulina, deceased; Jacob, of Clinton
county; and Mary E. and Thomas,
deceased. H. E. Mullenix was born in
Liberty township, Nov. 13, 1847, received his
education in the district school and married Sina
Carlisle, a native of Washington township,
daughter of John and Mima Carlisle.
They began their married life in Clinton county,
Ohio, afterward lived for twelve years in Missouri,
and then returned to Washington township, where he
bought a farm and now owns 122 acres. He is a
man of influence in the community, has served as a
member of the school board, and is the present
trustee of the township; is a Republican in
politics, and a member of the Methodist church.
His children living are, Harley, Harry, Alpha,
and Jesse. One, Marie, is
deceased.
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County, Ohio by Rev. J. W. Klise - Publ. Madison,
Wis., Northwestern Historical Association - 1902 ~
Page 414 |
| CHARLES C. MUHLBACH Source: History of Highland
County, Ohio by Rev. J. W. Klise - Publ. Madison,
Wis., Northwestern Historical Association - 1902 ~
Page 415 |
WILSON
H. MULLENIX, an enterprising and popular
citizen of Washington township,, was born Jan. 1,
1861, son of THOMAS A. MULLENIX. W. H.
Mullenix was reared at home and educated in the
district school and Hillsboro high school, and when
eighteen years of age he engaged in teaching in the
public schools. Later he was married to
Sarah E. Woods, a native of Washington township,
and daughter of John and Mary E. Woods, and
they began housekeeping in Washington township, on
the farm now owned by Dennis Collins.
Five years later they removed to Folsom, where
Mr. Mullenix embarked in business as a general
merchant. He still conducts this store, which
is one of this most popular in the region, is
postmaster, and continues to teach school, an
occupation which he has followed with much success
for seventeen years. He is also the owner of a
farm of thirty acres, and devotes considerable
attention to the raising of live stock of all kinds.
he is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church,
and of the Knights of Pythias lodge at Belfast.
His family includes three children; Sigel W.,
Everett P., and James H.
Source: History of Highland County, Ohio by
Rev. J. W. Klise - Publ. Madison, Wis., Northwestern
Historical Association - 1902 |
THE MURPHY FAMILY,
so long and favorably known in Highland county by
the prominent connection of its members with public
and business affairs, is of Irish origin and
honorable lineage. Hugh Murphy was born
in County Down, Ireland, March 5, 1756, and when
about twenty-six years old, at the port of Newry
went on board a vessel called "The Three Brothers,"
bound for America. After the usual long and
tedious voyage of sailing ships in those days, he
landed at Philadelphia in January, 1783, and a few
days later had the privilege of witnessing a great
historic event - General Washington
reviewing his troops fresh from the achievement of
American independence. The young Irishman made
his way to Virginia, where in 1790 he married
Mary Beatty. Ten years later he
removed to Fayette county, Penn. From that
region he migrated in the late fall of 1816 to Ohio,
where he went into business, reared his children and
passed away June 5, 1842. Hugh
Murphy had a son named John, who was born
in Loudoun county, Va., Nov. 17, 1793, and was
consequently about twenty-three years old, when his
parents came to the western country. About
1820, John Murphy settled a short
distance east of Russell Station in Highland county,
on the farm subsequently owned by the Rev. Mr.
Armstead. He married Nancy,
daughter of John White, who was born in 1806
at the residence of her parents near New Petersburg,
and lived until the completion of her eighty-seventh
year, long surviving her husband, who passed away
Jan. 10, 1845. The list of their children,
taken from the family records, is here given:
Susannah, born Dec. 14, 1828, married
George W. Pitzer in May, 1847, and died
in 1862; Hugh, born Mar. 7, 1830, died Apr.
15, 1901; Andrew Beatty, born Oct. 14,
1831, died Apr. 2, 1900; Daniel, born Jan. 1,
1833; Martha J., born June 22, 1834, was
married in 1856 to George C. Pitzer, dean of
the St. Louis Medical college, and died in 1891;
Francis Marion, born February 24, 1836;
Samuel Lewis, born Mar. 22, 1840, died
in infancy; Mary J., born Oct. 5, 1841, was
married June 11, 1868, to John G. Bayless,
present postmaster of Lynchburg; John W.,
born July 7, 1844, is a practicing physician at
Cuba, Clinton county, Ohio. Daniel
Murphy is one of the most prominent and popular
of the citizens of Lynchburg. He began
surveying in early manhood and has followed that
useful calling for more than forty years. He
was elected auditor of Highland county in 1868 and
filled that office two terms of two years each,
ending in 1873. He has enjoyed practically all
the honors that his town had to confer, being
elected to the offices of clerk, councilman and
mayor, and also clerk of the township. All his
elections, too, were obtained in a town and township
where the natural political majority was averse to
the party to which Mr. Murphy
belonged. He served as a soldier during the
civil war with the Eighty-eighth Ohio regiment, and
later was given a commission as lieutenant in the
Twenty-seventh U. S. C. T. regiment. He has
long been conspicuous in Masonic circles, having
passed through the various degrees of that ancient
and popular order up to that of Knight Templar.
Dec. 29, 1859, he was married to Mary Isabelle,
daughter of Daniel and granddaughter of
John Cashatt, an early settler of Union
township from North Carolina. Hugh,
second child of John and Nancy (White) Murphy,
was married Dec. 23, 1858, to Mary Glenn Gibson.
Her father was John, son of Joshua
and Lydia Gibson, and born in 1777, near
Connellsville, Pennsylvania, whence he migrated to
Cincinnati in 1809, and died there in 1849.
John Gibson's first wife was Elizabeth
Sayre, who bore him six sons and two daughters,
and after her death he married Catherine
Sutton, of Pennsylvania, the eldest of whose two
daughters is the widow of Hugh Murphy.
The children of Hugh and Mary (Gibson) Murphy
are Horace G., born Jan. 4, 1861; Harry,
born Feb. 28, 1868; Daniel Elias, born
Nov. 29, 1869; Raymond Pierce, born
Jan. 13, 1871; and Jessie May, born
Apr. 13, 1873, and now the wife of Albert
Feike, who is a partner in the mill with the
Murphy Brothers. Horace G.
Murphy, eldest of the above enumerated children,
was married Feb. 15, 1890, to Maggie M. Dumenil
who died Aug. 25, 1891, and on Mar. 10, 1895, he
married Mary M. Roser. Raymond Pierce
Murphy was married to Nellie Britton Dec.
24, 1896. Hugh Murphy, during his life
was a very enterprising and industrious citizen and
his activities found vent in various kinds of
occupations. He taught school several years,
assisted his brother, Daniel, in the
auditor's office during the latter's two terms, and
in 1892 purchased the mill now conducted by his
three sons. He was the leading spirit in
organizing the Farmers' Exchange bank, and at the
time of his death was president of that institution,
as well as deputy collector of internal revenue.
In short, he was one of hte progressive men of
Lynchburg and left to his family the heritage of an
honored name.
Source: History of Highland
County, Ohio by Rev. J. W. Klise - Publ. Madison,
Wis., Northwestern Historical Association - 1902 ~
Page 416 |
JAMES
M. MURRAY, of Greenfield, is carrying on a
business which was established by his father more
than fifty years ago. James M.
Murray, Sr., though a native of Ross county,
left there in early manhood and spent the remainder
of his life in Highland county. He became one
of the leading citizens of Greenfield, where he was
a member of the city council for many years and
actively identified with the industrial life of the
city. He opened an undertaking establishment
of which he had charge for fifty-two years, and
which is at present the oldest supply house of the
kind in the three counties of Ross, Highland, and
Fayette. He died at his home in Greenfield in
March, 1901. His wife, Economy Himiler,
was a native Ross county, her family being residents
of the Bainbridge neighborhood. The two living
children of this union consist of a son and a
daughter, the latter being the wife of A. S.
Boden, proprietor of the Boden mills.
James M. Murray, the only son, was born and
reared in Greenfield, and trained from early
childhood to work in his father's establishment.
when only eleven years old he was taken into the
shop and as he grew older was inducted into all the
details of the business, with a view to qualifying
him for its management. After his father's
death he succeeded to the business and has since
carried it on along the lines followed by the former
during his more than a half century's control.
Being the oldest supply house of the kind in that
part of the "State, Mr. Murray's business is
not confined to Greenfield but extends into the
three adjoining counties. In 1893 he was
married to Gussie, daughter of W. W.
Ballard, of Highland county. His fraternal
connections are with the Odd Fellows, Knights of
Pythias and the Masonic order.
Source: History of Highland
County, Ohio by Rev. J. W. Klise - Publ. Madison,
Wis., Northwestern Historical Association - 1902 ~
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