BIOGRAPHIES
 Source:
History of Lower Scioto Co., Ohio
Publ. Chicago: Inter-state
Publishing Co.
1884
C. M. MARTIN
was born in what is now Lick Township, Jackson Co.,
Ohio, Sept. 14, 1806, a son of John and Margaret
(Shoup) Martin, and a grandson of James Martin.
The latter was a native of Ireland and came to
America in early manhood, locating in Pennsylvania,
where he married. Subsequently he removed to
Maryland where his son John was born, reared and
married. Early in the present century the family
removed to Sandusky, Ohio, and in 1804 to the Scioto
Salt Reserve, where Jackson now stands, where James
Martin died in 1816. From the date of coming
to the county in 1804 till 1818 John Martin
worked at the salt furnaces of Ross & Nelson and
John Johnson. He afterward bought
considerable land and cleared it of forest trees,
converting it into the now broad and open fields of
Franklin Township. He was a member of the
Methodist church. He died at the age of eighty-six
years and his wife at the age of eighty. They had
a family of five children all now living - Courtney
M., John M., Elizabeth, Nancy and Eliza.
The sum of their ages is 340 years, and all but
Elizabeth live in Jackson County. C. M.,
the subject of this sketch, is the eldest. He
spent his boyhood days with his father on the farm,
remaining with him till twenty-one years of age.
He then worked as a farm hand for $7 and $8 a month, and
by economy, in 1831 owned a good farm of eighty acres.
That same year he married Nancy Stephenson, a
native of Virginia, born Aug. 22, 1806, and settled on
his farm. In 1835 he moved to Jackson and opened a
small grocery, and for many years has been one of the
leading merchants of Jackson. He has met with many
reverses and adversities, otherwise his ability as a
financier would number him with the wealthiest men of
the county. In 1874 he had five buildings
destroyed by fire, but in 1875, nothing daunted, he
erected one of the finest buildings in Jackson, on the
corner of Main and Broadway; the store fronting on Main
street is 73 x 20, and the one on Broadway 88 x 20.
Mr. Martin has always been a public-spirited man
and in 1854 took an active part in the building of what
is now the M. & C. Railroad. In 1880 his sons
became associated with him in business, and the same
year he retired from active business pursuits.
Mr. and Mrs. Martin have had nine children, but six
now living. They are members of the Methodist
church.
Source:
History of Lower Scioto Co., Ohio - Publ. Chicago:
Inter-state Publishing Co. 1884 - Page 566 |
MAJOR T. S.
MATTHEWS was born in Vinton, Gallia Co., Ohio, in
1834, a son of Moses and Mary (Smith) Matthews.
His ancestors were originally of French descent, but
later were residents of Wales. His grandfather,
Phineas Matthews, was born in Boston, Mass, and,
with Rufus Putnam, was one of the first settlers
of Marietta, Ohio. He died in Gallia County.
His father was born and died in Gallia County. He
was for eight years Associate Judge of that county.
Eleven of his children are still living. Our
subject was reared on a farm and educated in the public
schools. In the fall of 1861 he enlisted in
Company B, Thirty-sixth Ohio Infantry. He served
one year in that regiment and was then transferred to
the One Hundred and Seventeenth Ohio, and commissioned
Adjutant, and subsequently Major. He participated
in the battles of South Mountain, second Bull Run,
Antietam, and Nashville. He was mustered out at
Knoxville, Tenn. In the fall of 1864 he married
Francis Chappelle, of French origin, a
great-granddaughter of Pitt Putman. From
1866 till 1868 Mr. Matthews was in the hardware
business in Middleport, Meigs Co., Ohio, but in the
latter year removed to Jackson and established his
present place of business. He is now the oldest
hardware merchant in Jackson. He carries a full
line of goods and receives a favorable patronage.
Mr. and Mrs. Matthews have three children.
Source:
History of Lower Scioto Co., Ohio - Publ. Chicago:
Inter-state Publishing Co. 1884 - Page 567 |
ADAM
McCLUNG was born in Baltimore County, Md. in
1805, a son of Samuel and grandson of Robert
McClung, both natives of Baltimore County, Md.
His grandfather went into the war of the Revolution as a
soldier, taking his son Samuel, then only ten
years old, with him and remained sixteen months.
Samuel McClung was married to Charlotte Fugit,
a native of Baltimore County, Md., who died in
Washington County, Pa., in 1853, Samuel McClung
having died in the same county in 1845. They were
the parents of four children - Adam, Caleb, Mordecai
and Mary, all deceased but our subject, who was
married Dec. 15, 1829, to Alice Cool. They
have had six children of whom only two survive -
Samuel and Mary Four sons are deceased.
Mrs. McClung died in 1870. Mr. McClung
moved to Jackson County in 1844. He has been a
farmer all his life and has done what he could for the
prosperity of his adopted State. He has always
affiliated with the Democratic party, and has been a
member of the Presbyterian church since 1840.
Source:
History of Lower Scioto Co., Ohio - Publ. Chicago:
Inter-state Publishing Co. 1884 - Page 567 |
ISAIAH
H. McCORMICK was born in Wyandot County, Ohio, a
son of James and Mary A. (Savage) McCormick, the
former a native of Pennsylvania and the latter of New
Jersey. His parents were married in 1832, and had
a family of seven children, six of them sons, Isaiah
H. being the second. All these sons were in
the late war, and I. H. was the only one wounded.
He enlisted in Company A, Fortieth Illinois Infantry,
July 27, 1861. He was in a number of engagements,
and was wounded twice at Shiloh. He was mustered
out as Captain of Company E, One Hundred and
Forty-eighth Ohio Infantry, Sept. 18, 1864. He was
married Mar. 18, 1864, to Rachel L. Walker,
daughter of Marcus H. and Harriet L. (Ratcliff)
Walker, Who was born Nov. 22, 1842. They have
had four children, only three now living - Charles
E., Cora E. and Elley W. Annie L.
died Aug. 4, 1870. Mr. McCormick educated
himself by his own labor. He taught school and
thus obtained the means to enable him to attend
Otterbein University at Westerville three years.
He is now the principal merchant at Raysville, carrying
a stock of general merchandise, valued at $3,000.
Heat one time owned 1,100 acres of fine land, and at
present owns 1,000 acres. When he returned from
the army he had $300, and in 1867 began business in
Raysville. He is a Knight Templar Mason, an Odd
Fellow, a member of the Grand Army of the Republic, the
Royal Arcanum and the Knights of Honor. Mr.
McCormick is worth about $40,000, and carries
$16,000 life insurance. He has held various
offices of trust in Vinton County, but of late years,
though often solicited, refuses to accept any office.
He is a member of the Christian church at Raysville.
Source:
History of Lower Scioto Co., Ohio - Publ. Chicago:
Inter-state Publishing Co. 1884 - Page 570 |
WILLIAM
McGHEE, deceased, son of John McGhee, who
was born in Bedford County, Va., of Scotch extraction.
He matured in his native county, but early in the
present century came to Ohio, stopping at Chillicothe.
He removed from there to Jackson about 1808, bought a
tract of Congress land near the present town of Jackson
and became a prominent pioneer, being especially known
for his integrity and uprightness of principle as well
as his stability of mind. He was a genial and
pleasant neighbor, and by occupation, a wagon-maker and
farmer. His wife was Priscilla Radcliff by
whom he had nine children. They both died in
Jackson County, he aged eighty-one years and his wife
forty-five years. Of their children, William,
the subject of this sketch, was the second, and was born
in Jackson County, Ohio, Apr. 5, 1815. In his
boyhood days schools were few and very inferior, yet
with his increasing energy he acquired a fair education,
mostly by close application to studies during the
leisure hours on the farm. At his majority he
engaged in business for himself by farming, and about
1840 he opened a store on his farm two miles east of
Berlin, conducting the two jointly. The location
for the store may seem to have been rather isolated, yet
his large and favorable acquaintance and good business
habits soon won for him a large list of customers, and
his success was perhaps unparalleled in the county at
that time. In 1854 he became connected with the
Latrobe Furnace, in which he was quite active, but in
1856 he severed his relations with that furnace and in
1857 bought the Iron Valley (subsequently the Lincoln)
Furnace which name he gave it. This he operated
with remarkable success until his death, July 4, 1871,
from an attack of cholera. Though a man of weak
constitution he was very industrious, determined and
wary in his undertakings, knowing no such word as fail.
As a business man his capacity was almost unlimited, and
his honor and integrity unquestioned. His charity
and liberality toward all worthy enterprises were never
wanting, but he was always ready to stand his share of
the burden. Whilst not over active in body he made
it up in his mental faculties and we may well quote the
old adage, "Still water runs deep." For rapidity and
accuracy of mental calculation he had few superiors,
seldom talked a great deal, but read considerable, and
his advice as a counselor on any subject was considered
valuable. His wife was Electa R., daughter
of Judge Hugh Poor. She was born in Jackson
County, Ohio, Apr. 24, 1821, having always resided in
the county, and received a good common-school education.
Their marriage was consummated Oct. 27, 1836. The
result of this union was eight children, four died in
infancy. Those living are - James, a
prominent furnaceman of Jackson County; Langley
and Emma C. Ripley H., the youngest, who after
completing a commercial education, a promising young man
of moral worth and business integrity, died at the age
of nineteen years.
Source:
History of Lower Scioto Co., Ohio - Publ. Chicago:
Inter-state Publishing Co. 1884 - Page 568 |
J. J., G.
C. and W. F. McKITTERICK are sons of John
and grandsons of John McKitterick. The
latter was a native of Ireland where he died.
John came to Ohio in minor life, and married
Maria L. daughter of George L. Crookham an
early educator of Jackson County, Ohio. John
McKitterick, Sr. still resides in the county, and is
an extensive farmer and stock-grazer. The
McKitterick Brothers are natives of Jackson County.
They were reared to farm life, and acquired a common
education. In the fall of 1877 they opened their
mining interests, together with their store, which they
have since successfully operated. Their office is
on the corner of Bridge and Water streets, Jackson,
Ohio.
Source:
History of Lower Scioto Co., Ohio - Publ. Chicago:
Inter-state Publishing Co. 1884 - Page 568 |
CAPTAIN H.
C. MESSENGER was born in Licking County, Ohio,
Nov. 27, 1827, a son of David and Martha Messenger.
When fourteen years of age he commenced to clerk in a
dry-goods store, and when sixteen began to work as an
engineer. He was on a number of the leading
railroads of Ohio. In 1854 he married Sophia E.,
daughter of Dr. Asa W. Isham, and located in
Jackson, Ohio. He carried on a farm near the city
till November, 1861, when he was elected Captain of
Company D, Fifty-third Ohio Infantry. He was a
brave and gallant soldier, and was engaged in the
battles of Shiloh and Corinth. Owing to
over-exertion he brought on ill health which resulted in
typhoid-pneumonia, from the effects of which he died
Apr. 27, 1863. Captain Messenger was a
tall, square-shoulders, well-built man, of fine personal
appearance. He left a family of four children to
the care of his wife, and they have all grown to
maturity, a blessing to the labors of a kind and
faithful mother. They are Nellie; Mary,
wife of Rev. J. K. Gibson, pastor of the First
Presbyterian Church, Troy, Ohio; Fannie, a
graduate of Ann Arbor, Mich., and now practicing
medicine in Springfield, Ohio; Asa C., a medical
student, under the preceptorship of Dr. Williams.
Captain Messenger was a member of the Masonic
fraternity. In religious faith he was a
Presbyterian, as is also Mr. Messenger. She
was born in Jackson in 1833.
Source:
History of Lower Scioto Co., Ohio - Publ. Chicago:
Inter-state Publishing Co. 1884 - Page 569 |
HILLBORN
C. MILLER, Judge of the Probate Court, is a son
of Dr. James H. C. and Azuba (Carpenter) Miller.
He was born May 18, 1841, at Rocky Hill, in Bloomfield
Township, Jackson Co., Ohio, and when he was four years
old his parents moved into the town of Jackson, where he
enjoyed the privilege of the common schools. In
1858 he began working in a printing office, and followed
that occupation till 1867, except the time he served in
the United States army. In 1862 he enlisted in
Company E, Eighty-seventh Ohio Infantry, as a Corporal,
and was captured at the surrender of Harper's Ferry, in
the fall of that year, and soon after paroled and
mustered out of service. As soon as exchanged, in
the summer of 1863, he again enlisted in Company D,
First Ohio Heavy Artillery, and was made Orderly
Sergeant; was subsequently promoted to Second
Lieutenant, and assigned to Company G, of same regiment,
in signed to Company G, of same regiment, in which
capacity he served until June 20, 1865, when he was
honorably discharged at the end of the war. He was
married July 6, 1865, to Miss Annie M. Roberts,
of Jackson, Ohio. She was a daughter of Isaac
and Mercy Roberts, and was born in Ross County,
Ohio, in 1843. They have four children living -
Maggie, Azuba, Cora Annie, Arthur Roberts and
Samuel. Mr. and Mrs. Miller and their two
daughters are members of the Methodist Episcopal church
of Jackson. In 1867 Mr. Miller was
appointed as Assistant Assessor of United States
Internal Revenue, and held that position and the office
of Deputy Collector until 1874, when he resigned, in
order to give his attention to an insurance and claim
agency which had grown upon his hands, the insurance
beginning in 1869 and the claim business in 1873.
This business he continued to prosecute successfully
until 1881, when the Republican party nominated and
elected him as Judge of the Probate Court of Jackson
County, which position he now occupies. Judge
Miller has earned a reputation for honesty,
promptness and unquestionable integrity. This is
the verdict of those who know him.
Source:
History of Lower Scioto Co., Ohio - Publ. Chicago:
Inter-state Publishing Co. 1884 - Page 569 |
O. S. MILLER,
merchant, Jackson, Ohio, is a son of James H. C.
Miller, who was born in Massachusetts, and a
grandson of Samuel Miller who settled in an early
day in Ontario County, N. Y., where he died. There
is where James H. C. reached man's estate.
In the early part of his life he applied himself closely
to study, acquired a good education, and for a number of
years taught school in Maryland and some other of the
Southern States, and in the meantime taking up the study
of dentistry and surgery. Subsequently he traveled
extensively in South America, where he joined the
military duties as Surgeon under General Boliver.
He participated in the Revolution between South
America and the Spanish Government, and during his
services the South American Government sent him on a
mission to the United States, which, while in New York
on this mission, he resigned. He then took a trip
through the South and Southwest into the Republic of
Texas (as it was then called). While there the
Revolution between Texas and Mexico broke out. As
he could not coincide with the Texans, and seeing that
unless he did he would be very unpopular, he returned to
New York State where his family was located. About
the year 1836 he moved his family to what is now
Columbiana County, Ohio, near Youngstown, where he
practiced medicine. His wife, Calista (Story)
Miller, died leaving three children- Dr. S. F.
Miller, of Iowa; George W., who died at
Jackson, Ohio, and O. S. Miller, the subject of
this sketch. James H. C., while near
Youngstown, Ohio, married Miss Azuba Carpenter
and in 1838 moved to Bloomfield Township, Jackson Co.,
Ohio, where he had an extensive practice of medicine,
but after seven years he moved to Jackson, opened a drug
store and conducted it with his practice some time.
Failing health finally induced him to relinquish his
profession and engage in the furnace business, but
during the financial crisis of 1857 misfortune met him
and he suffered severe losses. During the late war
he moved to Nebraska, where he buried his wife in 1878.
He returned to Jackson, Ohio, where he died in 1881.
He and his wife had three children - Dr. O. C.
Miller, now deceased, of Jackson; James A.,
Clerk of the Supreme Court of Colorado, residence
Denver, and H. C. Miller, present Probate Judge
of Jackson County, Ohio. Dr. James H. C. Miller
was the preceptor of a number of medical students who
have become men of medical note - Dr. Patterson,
of Gallia County; Dr. Metcalf, of Missouri, and
Dr. French, of Union City, Ind. While
practicing here he had the confidence and esteem of his
professional compeers, with whom he was not unfrequently
called in council and his advice regarded as valuable.
O. S. Miller, the youngest of his mother's
children, was born in what is now Mahoning County, Ohio,
in 1837, but since one year old has been a resident of
Jackson County, where he received his education, mostly
in the schools of Jackson. His father having been
a practical druggist, O. C. became largely
associated in the business and for several years in life
was a drug clerk. In 1863 he helped to recruit
Company F, One Hundred and Twenty-ninth Ohio Infantry,
and was chosen Captain, but was only in actual service
seven months. He opened his present general
mercantile business in 1870, and his good business
principles, integrity and courtesy have secured for him
a hearty trade. He was married to Phebe A.
Steele, by whom he has one daughter - Clara.
Mr. and Mrs. Miller are consistent members of the
Methodist Episcopal church, of Jackson, Ohio.
Source:
History of Lower Scioto Co., Ohio - Publ. Chicago:
Inter-state Publishing Co. 1884 - Page 569 |
E. W.
MITCHELL, contractor and machinist, Jackson,
Ohio, is a son of William M. D. Mitchell, who was
of Scotch and Irish extraction, but a native of
Virginia, where he was engaged as a blacksmith and
farmer until his death. In religion he was a
strict Baptist, and in politics a staunch Democrat.
His wife was Elizabeth Stover, also a native of
Virginia, but of German paternal ancestors. Of
their seven children E. W., is the second and was
born in Virginia in 1842. He was reared on the
farm and in the blacksmith shop and had good advantages,
and accordingly acquired a fair education at Hollin's
Institute, in Roanoke County, Va. He served in the
Confederate army, not from any desire to continue any
human being in slavery but from a State's right
principle. He came to Gallipolis, Ohio, in August,
1865, and then and there, without money and friends,
commenced working at the blacksmith trade, subsequently
at a furnace in Lawrence County, and in March, 1866,
reached Jackson, Ohio, where he assisted on the
blacksmith work on the Star Furnace. Dec. 20,
1866, while thus engaged, he married Mary,
daughter of Peter Hoops. In 1868 he
assisted on the smith work of the Fulton Furnace, and in
1872 he moved to Chester, Ill., to accept the position
of superintendent of machinery of the Chester & Tamoroa
Railroad Company's shops. Their failure in 1873
necessitated him to seek employment elsewhere, and he
accepted the superintendency of machinery of the Joliet
Iron and Steel Works at Joliet, Ill. Their failure
during the financial crisis of 1874 again threw him out
of a position. Subsequently he became foreman in a
machine shop in Chicago, Ill., and while there strong
evidences were brought to bear that Mr. Mitchell
possessed an ingenious and inventive mine, which led to
his employment with the Thorn Wire Hedge Company, of the
same city, to produce a machine for manufacturing barbed
wire, which in due time he completed being the original
invention for taking the plain wire, putting through the
machine and produce it manufactured for spanning on the
fence posts. In 1876 he returned to Jackson, Ohio,
and with George Pugh and Mark Sternberger
became a contractor in building the grade from Jackson
to Waverly of what is now the Ohio Southern Railroad.
In 1878 he established a blacksmith shop near the site
of his present one and has since been engaged in machine
smithing, and in 1880 commenced his large contracts by
building Pitt Cars, in which he was successful. In
1882 he contracted the iron work on the present jail
building in Jackson, which is acknowledged not to be
surpassed for solidity, durability and safety by any
jail in the State of Ohio. In the spring of 1883
he closed a contract for the building of a court-house
at Marion, Ohio, at a cost of $95,000. Mr.
Mitchell in securing this contract has forever
settled the question, through the Supreme Court, that
who gets a contract holds it, be it the lowest bidder or
a friend, regardless of bids. Mr. Mitchell
came to Jackson under great obstacles, yet has
established a reputation as being possessed with
stability of mind, honorable business principles, and in
consequence can conduct a large business with a
comparatively small capital. He is one of the
well-to-do citizens, willing to assist in all public
improvements. He and his wife have four children,
all living.
Source:
History of Lower Scioto Co., Ohio - Publ. Chicago:
Inter-state Publishing Co. 1884 - Page 570 |
C. V. MOHLER,
of Mohler & Kesinger, miners and dealers in best
Jackson coal, was born near Xenia, Greene Co., Ohio,
Dec. 31, 1851, a son of Adam and Susan H. (Marmaduke)
Mohler, residents of Bellbrook, Ohio, and a grandson
of V. B. Mohler, of Dayton, Ohio. He
remained on the farm, attending school during the
winter, till thirteen years of age, when he commenced to
clerk in a dry-goods house. He continued in the
mercantile business in Xenia, Dayton and Belbrook about
fourteen years, and in 1878 removed to Jackson and
became engaged in the coal business with Thornhill,
Mohler & Co. In 1881 he formed a partnership
with Mr. Mohler owns a fourth interest in the
Western Coal Company, of Coalton. One mine of
Mohler & Kesinger is located on the Ada switch, and
the other on the Springfield switch. The latter
was opened in 1880 by J. H. Wilson, and is a
thirty-two inch vein, free from all impurities; capacity
seventy-five tons daily. Mr. Mohler was
married Apr. 20, 1875, to Rachel L. Snyder, of
Dayton. They have two children.
Source:
History of Lower Scioto Co., Ohio - Publ. Chicago:
Inter-state Publishing Co. 1884 - Page 672 |
ARTHUR
B. MONAHAN, M. D., was born in Belmont County,
Ohio, Aug. 24, 1827, a son of James and Maria A.
Monahan natives of Maryland, but early settlers of
Belmont County, and subsequently residents of Jackson
County, where they died. He lived the greater part
of his early life in Monroe County, Ohio, and attended
the schools of Mount Pleasant. He began the study
of medicine under Dr. R. Ramsey, of Jefferson
County, Ohio, and graduated from the Ohio Medical
College, at Cincinnati, in 1851, although at that time
he had been a resident of, and practice in Athens County
some time. He was politically a Republican and
strongly advocated the suppression of slavery. In
1859 he was elected to represent Athens County in the
State Legislature, serving two years. In the
spring of 1861, after his return home from Columbus, he
offered himself as a recruiting officer and raised the
Sixty-third Ohio Infantry. He was tendered the
office of Lieutenant-Colonel, but declined it and was
afterward appointed Surgeon. In January, 1862, he
had a severe attack of inflammatory rheumatism, which
disabled him ten weeks, but in the spring he joined his
regiment, though obliged to rely on his cane for
support. He was promoted to Brigade Surgeon, and
afterward to Major Surgeon, serving till the close of
the war. At the second battle of Corinth he was
wounded in the head by a bursting shell, from which he
never fully recovered. After his return from the
war he resumed practice in Athens County, but in the
fall of 1865 located in Jackson. It was his
intention at the time to go further west, but the
demands for his services were so urgent that he
consented to remain in Jackson. In the fall of
1875 he was elected to the Legislature from Jackson
County, and re-elected in 1877, but died June 20, 1878,
before the expiration of his second term. He was a
successful practitioner, military officer and
legislator, and was a man whose equal is rarely found.
His charity and kindness was never exhausted, especially
to the poor and needy. Though firm in all his
convictions, he was kind and considerate of others and
at all times had the esteem of his professional
brethren. He married Martha Farmar, Dec.
30, 1847. They reared a family of four children -
William H., R. F., Ida (now Mrs. J. T.
Forsythe) and Arthur B. Dr. Monahan was
a Royal Arch Mason and a member of the Grand Army of the
Republic.
Source:
History of Lower Scioto Co., Ohio - Publ. Chicago:
Inter-state Publishing Co. 1884 - Page 672 |
DR. I. T.
MONAHAN, deceased, Senator and physician, was a
son of James and Maria A. (Walker) Monahan both
natives of Maryland, who became early settlers of
Belmont County, Ohio, later of Athens County, and
finally of Jackson County, where they resided until
their death. Their family consisted of thirteen
children, two daughters and eleven sons, six of whom
became practicing physicians. The subject of this
memoir was born in Belmont County, Ohio, in 1829, near
the village of Bellaire. While in minor life he
was a t home with his parents who gave him the advantage
of a good common-school education, and at the age of
fifteen commenced teaching; and while following that
channel of life a few years, the study of medicine
seemed to predominate in his mind and accordingly he
took it up. In due time he graduated in the school
of medicine and commenced practicing in Athens County,
Ohio. The year 1861 marks his removal to Jackson,
Ohio, where he soon gained a large practice.
Whilst always watchful and attentive to his patients he
seemed so full of nervous, restless energy that must
have vent that he was always engaged in various
enterprises. With his wonderful business capacity
he could successfully conduct a half a dozen kinds of
business. Although he was desirous of
accumulating finances, crowded with practice and
watching, and other business ventures, he always found
time to take active part in National, State and local
politics, as well as all matters of public enterprise,
either scientific, literary or religious. IN the
fall of 1875 he was a candidate on the Democratic ticket
for Senator from the Seventh Senatorial District and in
this strong Republican district was elected. His
ability as a Senator together with his due regard and
appreciation for humanity at large won for him many warm
friends, not only in his own but also in the Republican
party. In the fall of 1872 he refused to support
Greeley, believing it inconsistent for the Democratic
party to vote for a life-long opponent. In all
matters he had the courage to express his opinion, never
leaving any man in doubt as to where he stood on any
question, and when once his conclusions were formed they
were unchangeable, although his active mind, nervous
force, diverse business interests, strong political
affiliations, with his aggressive method of expression
could not avoid exciting opposition an antagonism.
His moral principals were fixed and his perceptions of
right and wrong keen. As a neighbor he was
obliging and kind, his heart never closed to appeals for
charitable and benevolent purposes. The Doctor was
impulsive, and when errors were committed they were not
premeditated. The Doctor was married July 25,
1850, at Watertown, Washington Co., Ohio, to Mary,
daughter of Dennis and Catherine Ryan. She
was of Irish parents, born at Beth, near
Montreal, Canada, Jan. 17, 1824, and when a child her
parents moved to Washington County, Ohio. She was
an ardent member of the Catholic church, quiet, modest
and unobtrusive; a kind neighbor, model companion and
kind mother to her four children, of whom two now
survive - Josephine, wife of L. Q. Branson,
and Charlotte. In the spring of 1882 the
ill health of the Doctor induced him to travel and
taking his wife he started for New Orleans. On
arriving, the news bearing the death of his aged mother
at Jackson was awaiting them. They took a homeward
course on the steamer Golden City, the same they had
arrived in, and on the morning of Mar. 30, 1882, as the
noble steamer was nearing the wharf at Memphis, Tenn.,
it took fire and in a few minutes the entire steamer and
contents had sunk. Thus ended the earthly and
contents had sunk. Thus ended the earthly career
of two of Jackson's noblest citizens.
Source:
History of Lower Scioto Co., Ohio - Publ. Chicago:
Inter-state Publishing Co. 1884 - Page 573 |
W. H.
MONAHAN, M. D., was born in Hockingport, Athens
Co., Ohio, Dec. 7, 1850, a son of A. B. Monahan,
M. D. He received his elementary education at
Coolville where his parents at that time lived. In
1865 they came to Jackson and he entered the High School
taking a full course. In 1868 he went to the Ohio
University and spent two years. In 1871 he began
the study of medicine with his father as preceptor and
in 1871 graduated from the Buckeye College at
Sandusky, Ohio. In 1874 he graduated from the Ohio
Medical College at Cincinnati, and since then has been
practicing in Jackson. He was married in 1871 to
Mollie Hunt, of Jackson County. Of the four
children born to them one is deceased.
Source:
History of Lower Scioto Co., Ohio - Publ. Chicago:
Inter-state Publishing Co. 1884 - Page 573 |
JOHN T.
MOORE, attorney at law, Jackson, Ohio, was born
Nov. 25, 1831, in Seal Township, Pike Co., Ohio, a son
of Levi and Polly (Higginbotham) Moore, his
father a native of Virginia and his mother of
Pennsylvania. His parents were married in
Lexington, Ky., in 1812, and about 1817 or 1818 came to
Ohio and settled in Pike County where resided till their
death. Both lived to an advanced age, their
married life extending over a period of nearly sixty
years. They had a family of fifteen children,
several dying infancy. Of their children our
subject is the eleventh. His early life was spent
in working on the farm, his educational advantages being
meager. In 1849 he received a teacher's
certificate and taught till 1861, at the same time
devoting all his spare time to study, and has thus
gained the reputation of being a man of learning.
He was School Examiner of Pike County seventeen
years and is at present City Examiner of Jackson.
At the April term of the District Court, 1861, he was
admitted to the bar, and has since been in the active
practice of the law, serving six years as Prosecuting
Attorney of his native county. Politically he is a
Democrat and is also a strong advocate of temperance,
believing it politic to prohibit the traffic of
intoxicating liquor. He has been a member of the
First Presbyterian Church, Jackson, six years and is now
serving as Elder. Apr. 18, 1860, he was married at
the residence of Dr. E. R. Allen to Delilah L.
Stedman. They are the parents of twelve
children, eleven of whom are living - Tom, Mary E.,
Hatemma, John Ira, Mabel Louisa, Amanda Malvina,
Minnie Emmett, Sam Randal, Sarah Dell,
Juno Clare and Amelia. The eldest son,
Tom, was admitted to the bar by the Supreme Court
of Ohio, May 1, 1883, and is now practicing with his
father, the firm name being John T. Moore & Son.
July 11, 1883, he delivered a powerful argument (it
being his first) to the jury trying Luke Jones
for murder in the first degree. Mr. Moore
has been an Odd Fellow since August, 1857, and is now P.
G. and P. P. of that order.
Source
#2 - History of Lower Scioto Co., Ohio - Publ. Chicago:
Inter-state Publishing Co. 1884 - Page 574 |
MOSES MORGAN, of the firm
of Jones & Morgan, was born in Jackson County,
Ohio, in 1840, a son of Daniel and grandson of
Moses Morgan, natives of Wales. In 1838 his
father married Catharine Davis and immediately
emigrated to the United States. They settled in
Pomeroy, Ohio, and in 1840 removed to Oak Hill, Jackson
County, and bought eighty acres of land, where he died
in 1862, and his widow in December, 1872. Of their
five children Moses is the eldest now living.
He was reared on a farm and attended the common schools,
and afterward the Ohio University, Athens. In 1857
he began teaching, a vocation he followed till July,
1864, when he enlisted in Company D, One Hundred and
Seventy-third Ohio Infantry, as a private, but was soon
after promoted as Second Lieutenant of Company K.
He participated in the siege of Nashville, but the
remainder of his time was sent in guarding the military
post of Johnsonville, Tenn. He returned home in
July, 1865, and the next fall resumed teaching. In
1871 he was engaged to manage the Jackson Furnace.
In 1872 he began the manufacture of salt at Mason City,
W. Va. In 1878 he came to Jackson, and has since
then been extensively interested in mining, being a part
owner in the Jackson Hill and Wellston Shaft coal mines.
He was married in September, 1875, to Martha L.
Jarrott, of French origin. They have three
children.
Source:
History of Lower Scioto Co., Ohio - Publ. Chicago:
Inter-state Publishing Co. 1884 - Page 574 |
JEREMIAH
MORROW, Superintendent of the Springfield Coal
Company mines, a son of the Rev. Jeremiah Morrow
and grandson of Jeremiah Morrow, ex-Governor of
Ohio, was born in Chillicothe, Ohio, in the year 1843,
at which place he lived until twelve years of age.
He removed to Oxford, Butler Co., Ohio, where he
received his education at Miami University, graduating
in 1863, having previously served in the three months'
service, being a member of Company A, Eighty-sixth Ohio
Infantry. Soon after finishing his college life he
entered the United States flag ship Cricket, passing
through many hard-fought naval engagements on the
Western waters. He left the service at the close
of hostilities with especial mention by Commodore
Gorringe (his commander) for his courage and zeal.
In 1865 Mr. Morrow cast his lot with the mining
interests has been engaged with the largest mining
enterprises of the county as manager and superintendent,
having served in that capacity with the old Cincinnati
Furnace Company, Petrea Coal Company, and his present
engagement with the Springfield Coal Company.
Mr. Morrow is the inventor of the Morrow dumping and
weighing machine, a device for saving the breakage of
coal in loading from the bank cars to the railroad
flats, the advantage of which is valuable to the coal
interest.
Source:
History of Lower Scioto Co., Ohio - Publ. Chicago:
Inter-state Publishing Co. 1884 - Page 575 |
H. C. MURFIN
is a native of Scioto County, Ohio, and a son of
James Murfin, a native of Adams County, Ohio, and
one of the early furnace men of Southern Ohio. He
died in Scioto County. Our subject was reared and
educated in his native county, and when thirteen years
of age entered the Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware,
where he spent three years. He was then a clerk in
a book store in Portsmouth four years, but left there to
accept a clerkship at the Ohio Furnace in Scioto County.
In 1878 he returned to Portsmouth and became associated
with W. W. Reilly in a book store. In 1882
he came to Jackson, where he is now operating quite
extensively in coal. He was married in November,
1873, to Margaret A., daughter of W. W. Reilly.
They have four children.
Source:
History of Lower Scioto Co., Ohio - Publ. Chicago:
Inter-state Publishing Co. 1884 - Page 575 |
L.
T. MURFIN, manager of the "Globe Iron Company,"
Jackson, Ohio, is one of the leading and successful
experimental furnace men of the State. His father,
James Murfin, was a native of Adams County, Ohio,
born in 1810, and of Scotch extraction. He reached
his majority in his native county, and in 1832 came to
Scioto County, where he became connection with the
Scioto Furnace," which business occupied his time until
his death in 1862. At that time he was the ruling
member in the Empire Furnace, under the firm name of
Murfin & Co. This and other furnaces he
superintended with more than ordinary success, which
placed him financially well off. He was always
successful in life, knowing no such word as fail, while
his energy and determination were always equal to the
emergencies. In matrimonial comforts he was
unfortunate, having, in 1837, buried his first wife,
Eliza Turner; his second wife, Elizabeth Rodgers,
in 184, and leaving Miss R. Y. Gould his third
wife, a widow, who survived him until 1878. Of his
six children our subject is the second eldest, and was
born in Scioto County, Ohio, Oct. 24, 1837. He was
reared at Junior Furnace, where he received the
rudiments of a common-school education, and when a youth
of fifteen entered the Ohio Wesleyan University, at
Delaware, Ohio, giving three years to mental labor,
under the training of the well-equipped faculty of that
institution. At the age of eighteen he returned
home, and became associated actively in the furnace
work, and in 1864 took the management of the Empire
Furnace, which resulted in establishing his ability as a
successful furnace man. In 1870 he was induced to
take charge of the Kenton Furnace, in Greenup County,
Ky. In 1872 he became manager of the Eagle
Furnace, in Vinton County, Ohio, and there remained
until the centennial year, when he became manager of the
Globe Iron Company, at Jackson, Ohio, having, however,
been one of the original stockholders of that company,
and still continues. In 1871, while in Kentucky,
he was one of the prime movers and original stockholders
in building the Hamilton Furnace in Missouri. As a
furnace man, Mr. Murfi's experience covers over a
quarter of a century, which has been marked with a
number of successful experiences, one of which, as a
matter of history, is mentioned: He was the man
who first successfully smelted iron from the raw native
ore, making a better quality of pig iron than had
formerly been made after roasting the ore. His
observations through furnace work enable him to stand
second to none in Southern Ohio, in explaining the
condition of material while passing the different
periods in the furnace. In short, his furnace
experience has been remunerative and successful, and he
is one of the well-to-do citizens, willing to assist in
all public improvements, and at the same time does not
fail to consider the comforts and happiness of himself
and family, as his elegant Gothic frame house on Posey
Hill bears testimony, it having been recognized as
second to no dwelling in the county for comfort,
convenience and architectural excellence, standing as a
monument to the taste of the proprietor. On Jan.
1, 1862, he was married to Miss Kate, daughter of
James F. Forsythe, of Scioto County, Ohio.
The issue of this union is one daughter - Jessie F.,
who, in 1879, graduated from the public schools of
Jackson, Ohio, at the age of fifteen, and in 1882
graduated at the Cincinnati Wesleyan College, and was
awarded the valedictory in a class of twenty-one.
Source:
History of Lower Scioto Co., Ohio - Publ. Chicago:
Inter-state Publishing Co. 1884 - Page 575 |
NOTES:
|
