City of Newark -
JOHN MERRILL, brakeman on the Baltimore & Ohio railroad. – He has been in the employ of the company since 1867.  He is the son of Jonathan and Jane Merrill, and was born June 26, 1840, in Belmont county.  In 1869 he came to this county and settled in Newark, where he has sine resided.  Dec. 27, 1865, he was married to Jennie King, of Belmont county.  She was born May 2, 1847, and is the daughter of Simeon and Sarah King.  They have four children: Lillie A., born Feb. 8, 1867; Sarah E., born April 23, 1871; Blanche F., born Feb. 22, 1876; Rittie B., born June 17, 1878.  Lillie died Oct. 9, 1868.  Blanche died Jan. 8, 1877.  Mr. Merrill resides in East Newark.
Source: 1798 - History of Licking Co., Ohio, It's Past and Present - by N. N. Hill, Jr. – Publ. Newark, Ohio - A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers - 1881 – page  724

Jersey Township -
O. P. MERRILL, born near Hartford, this county, in 1836, son of Nicholas and Rebecca (Swisher) Merrill.  His father emigrated to this county at an early day from Virginia, and his mother was a daughter of Philip Swisher.  His father died in 1845, and the family then resided a short time in Franklin county.  In 1849 he came to Jersey township, where he lived on his farm until August, 1879, when he moved to Jersey village and opened a business house, keeping on hand a general stock of dry goods, groceries, hats, caps, boots, Shoes, queensware, etc.  In the spring of 1877 he was elected justice of the peace, and re-elected this year; married in 1859 to Jerusha H. Beem, daughter of Daniel Beem, one of the oldest settlers in the township.  By this marriage he has four children – Rosa A., Elizabeth M., Mary E., and Daniel B.
Source: 1798 - History of Licking Co., Ohio, It's Past and Present - by N. N. Hill, Jr. – Publ. Newark, Ohio - A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers - 1881 – page  717

City of Newark -
THOMAS B. MERRILL, brick and stone mason, was born in New Haven, Fayette county, Pennsylvania, Apr. 16, 1845.  His parents moved to Columbus, Ohio, and died when he was fifteen years old.  He learned his trade in Columbus.  He enlisted in the Guthrie Greys, of Cincinnati, in the three months service, and was the first person that put his name to the roll in that company from Columbus.  He served his time, and then enlisted in the Seventy Ohio volunteer infantry for three years.  He served his time in this regiment, and was mustered out of service at Lookout mountain, when he was seventeen years of age.  He came to Newark in 1872, and was married to Jennie Oliver, Sept. 14, 1874; she was born in Newark, Mar. 9, 1856.  They have three children: Sadie M., born May 21, 1876; Thomas B., jr., born July 9, 1878; and Claude W., born Mar. 29, 1880.  Mrs. Merrill’s mother is still living, and has been a resident of Newark for thirty years.  She was born Apr. 2, 1818.
Source: 1798 - History of Licking Co., Ohio, It's Past and Present - by N. N. Hill, Jr. – Publ. Newark, Ohio - A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers - 1881 – page 723

     "The compt of mony resuit in fra sic persones as hes transgrest aganest the statutis and ordenances of the gr__ toun; the namis of the persones that pay it, and the sourn that evrie man pay it, and the occatione whair foir they pay it, begining at Mychelmas, 1608 yiers, till Mychelmas the yier of God....  1609 yiers, the time of thair offices of baill yiers, as follows:  James Miller, for being found be the gaird, at twelve hours at even, with one sword drawin at James Harvie £4  James Miller, for the bluid wyte of Patryk Chalmers, £9 18 d."

     The oppression of the Covenanters led many to seek the shores of America, where they could worship God without restraint, and one Senior Miller and his son James (who are the direct progenitors of this family in America), emigrated from Edinburgh about the year 1660.  They settled in Charlestown, near Boston, and joined the established Presbyterian church at that place.  We find recorded in the Genealogical dictionary of the first settlers of New England.  "James Miller, the Scotsman, Charlestown, admitted to First church, Dec. 17, 1676, and made freeman May 23, 1677, and died July 14, 1690.  His wife, Mary joined church Aug. 5, 1677, being baptized that day with her eight children - James, Mary, Robert, Job, Abraham, Isaac, Mercy and Jane.  The record of his father's death, Aug. 1, 1688, calls him 'Sen.' an aged Scotsman above seventy."
     Isaac Miller, the son of James, removed to Concord, Massachusetts, and afterwards to Worcester about the year 1718.  His son Isaac, born in Concord, May 7, 1708, married in Worcester one Sarah Crosby and reared a large family.  In 1770, the year of the Boston massacre, he removed to Dummerston, Vermont, which town he surveyed and settled.  John, the son of Isaac, jr., was born in Worcester, Dec. 20, 1756, and lived and died a farmer in Dumerston.  His son, James who was born in Dumemrston, Dec. 16, 1783, emigrated to Ohio in 1814, and settled in Knox county, what is now Miller township, named in his honor.  His son, James Warner, born in Dumerston, Vermont, July 8, 1807, settled first in Newark, about the year 1826, afterwards in Mt. Vernon, where he married in 1833, and raised a large family, the second son of which, Charles D. Miller, is the subject of this sketch.
     The genealogical order of the eight generations as far as authenticated, will then stand as follows;  First, Sen. Miller, born in Edinburgh, Scotland, about 1613; second, James Miller, born in Edinburgh, Scotland, about 1640; third, Isaac Miller, born in Charlestown, Massachusetts, about 1670; fourth, Isaac Miller, jr., born in Concord, Massachusetts, in 1708; fifth, John Miller, born in Worcester, Massachusetts, in 1756; sixth, James Miller born in Dummerston, Vermont, in 1783; seventh, James Warner Miller born in Dummerston, Vermont, in 1807; eighth, Charles Dana Miller, born in Mt. Vernon, Ohio, in 1836.
     In order to present the history of this family more in detail we must return to the Scottish ancestors.
     Many of the Scotch Millers attained eminence in literature and science.  The ancestors of Hugh Miller the great geologist, were a seafaring race.  Among the great writers were John Miller of Lanarkshire, professor of law in the university of Glasgow; James Miller, of Ayr, physician and chemist, and editor of the fourth edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica; James Miller, professor of surgery in the university of Edinburgh; Thomas Miller, of Glenlee, baron and lord justice clerk of court of sessions.
     The ancient coat of arms of this family, adopted by the various Scotch branches, bears a similarity in the chief points of the field; the only variations appearing in minor objects in the divisions according to the fancy of the bearer, or as conferred by heraldic law.  The chief points, as borne by all the Scotch families, are:  first, the color of the shield (white); second, the Moline cross, which represents the figure of the iron that supports the upper mill stone; third, the wavy bar in the base, and last, the mullet, or rowel of a spur.  A description of the arms borne by the American branch of the family, as near as can be authenticated, and as expressed in heraldic terms, is as follows:  Argent, a cross moline, asure.  In chief, second, bordure of three cinquefoils, gules, lozenge between two mullets; sinister chief lozenge between two mullets.  In fessee, hand with first and second fingers extended, two arms with hands clasped, moline cross, sable, between four hearts; in base, wavy band of vert; crest, lion rampant with moline cross, sable, between paws; motto, Optima Calo, Unione Augetur.

     A very complete record has been preserved of the family of Isaac Miller, jr. the grandson and great-grandson of the Scottish emigrants.  He was a staunch Republican in the troublesome times preceding the outbreak of the Revolution.  Being a surveyor by profession, he became useful in the settlement of the then new country north of Massachusetts, but his enterprises met with disaster through the machinations of the tools of the king, who had set a mark upon all Republicans.  In 1763, he, with others, were granted a township of land in New Hampshire, which they settled and paid for, but by a subterfuge the British court, then in session in Worcester, re-granted it to General Bellows, a Tory.  He moved his family in 1770 to Dummerston, Vermont, which town he surveyed and settled.  Isaac Miller, jr., had twelve children.  Vespatian was a soldier in the old French war, and afterwards followed the sea.  Hosea was a farmer.   Rosanna married Major Joseph Negus of Petersham.  Among her descendants are Mrs. General R. B. Marcy, Mrs. General George B. McClellan, and Mrs. Major W. B. Rossell, of the United States army.  Sarah married Silas Wheeler of Petersham.  Tillotson emigrated to New York State.  Patience married Dr. Thoms Amsden, of Petersham.  Joseph was a soldier of the war of the Revolution, and served seven years with distinction, being promoted to the rank of major, and merited the friendship and confidence of General Washington.  Isaac was a captain in the Revolution, and was badly wounded early in the war near Boston.  Marshall was a farmer and left many descendants.
     John, the great-grandfather of the subject of this sketch, was a Revolutionary soldier, and subsequently became very prominent as a citizen of Vermont.  Catharine married a Mr. Knapp and reared a large family.  William the youngest, was a soldier in the latter part of the Revolution and rose to the rank of major.
     John Miller, who was born in Worcester, Massachusetts, Dec. 20, 1756, had eight children - Lewis, James, Levi, Sally, Polly, Rosanna, Susan, and John B.  Rosanna and Susan are still living - the former eighty-six and the latter eighty-four years of age.
     James Miller, who was born in Dummerston, Vermont, Dec. 16, 1783, was educated at Williams college.  In the War of 1812 he was a member of the company of Captain Hayes- the father of President Hayes.  He emigrated to Ohio in 1814, and was six weeks making the journey in wagons.  He bought of the government a section of land in what is now Miller township, Knox county, which was then a howling wilderness.  James Miller was a gentleman of culture and highly esteemed by his neighbors for his sterling worth, industry, and enterprise.  He married Sarah Warner, the eldest sister of Luke K. Warner, of Newark.  They were married in 1806, near Wardsborough, Vermont, eight years before their departure for the west.  She was an accomplished and educated young lady, of rare personal beauty, and seemingly too tender for the hardships of pioneer life, but she lived to see the primeval forest on her husband's land replaced by smiling and fruitful fields.  They reared a family of eleven children - Jamers Warner, Madison, Volney, Henry H., Mary M., Rosanna W., John F., Harriet M., Sarah Warner, Dana, and Lucinda A.  Of this family now residing in Newark may be mentioned James Warner his sons Charles D. and Philip D.; two daughters, Elizabeth V. and Susan R.; John F. Miller and one son, Edwin S.; also Mrs. H. C. Bostwick, daughter of Madison Miller.
     James Warner, the eldest, was born in Vermont, July 8, 1807, and emigrated to Ohio with his father.  In 1826 he came to Newark and engaged with his uncle, Willard Warner who kept the old "Green House," on the present site of the Park hotel.  In 1830 he moved to Mt. Vernon and engaged in business.  In 1833 he married Mary G. Bryant, daughter of Gilman Bryant, esq., one of the pioneers of Knox county.  He reared a family of ten children - James Bryant, Charles Dana, Elizabeth V., Edward Stanley, Sarah Warner, Philip Dennis, Mary Gilman, Francis Warner, Jennie Ella, and Susan R.  James Warner Miller engaged in business in Mt. Vernon for over forty years, and was widely known as one of the most industrious and enterprising merchants.  He removed to Newark in the spring of 1879, where he now resides.
     This closes the succession of the paternal ancestors of Charles Dana Miller.
     His maternal ancestors were also of old revolutionary stock.  His mother, Mary Gilman Bryant, was the daughter of Gilman Bryant, a pioneer of Knox county, whose father, David Bryant, was an officer in the Revolution, and a cousin of William Cullen Bryant, the poet.  David Bryant married Mary Gilman, the daughter of Cololen Jeremiah Gilman, in whose regiment (the New Hampshire line) he served.  The genealogy of the New Hampshire Gi;lman's is thus narrated:
     In May, 1638, Edward Gilman, with his wife, three sons, two daughters and three servants, came from Norfolk county, England, in the ship called the "Delight," of Ipswich, and settled in Hingham, Massachusetts.  Moses, the third son of Edward Gilman, lived in New Market, New Hampshire, and had six sons.  Captain Jeremiah,born in 1660, had Thomas, Andrew, Joseph and others.  The last two sons were captured by the Indians, in 1709, and taken to Canada.  At a war dance, Joseph was burnt.  Andrew was sold to the French, and imprisoned, but obtained favor of the governor and was permitted to work for wages until he earned a sum sufficient to purchase his freedom.  He returned to his old home, married, and had one son - Jeremiah - and three daughters.  Jeremiah was born about the year 1721.  When the Revolutionary war broke out, he was commissioned a colonel and commanded a regiment in the New Hampshire line.  His daughter, Mary Gilman married Lieutenant David Bryant who served in his father-in-law's regiment during the war.  Lieutenant Bryant was the great-grandfather of the subject of this sketch.
     The genealogical successions of the nine generations in this line, therefore, stand as follows:  First, Edward Gilman, born in Norfolk, England, about 1600; second, Moses Gilman, born in Norfolk, England, about 1630; third, Jeremiah Gilman born in New Market, New Hampshire, 1660; fourth, Andrew Gilman, born in New Market, New Hampshire, 1690; fifth, Jeremiah Gilman (second), born in New Market, New Hampshire, about 1720; sixth, Mary Gilman, born in Vermont, about 1760; seventh, Gilman Bryant, born in Vermont, 1784; eighth, Mary Gilman Bryant, born in Mt. Vernon, Ohio, 1814; ninth, Charles D. Miller born in Mt. Vernon, Ohio, 1836.
     Nicholas Gilman, who was a delegate to the convention in 1787, and signed the constitution of the United States, and the Hon. John Taylor Gilman governor of New Hampshire, were descendants of Edward Gilman.  Governor Lewis Cass was a descendant of Moses Gilman.
     Charles Dana Miller received a good academic education, which he greatly improved in after life by much reading and travel.  He moved to Newark in 1857 and engaged in business with Luke K. Warner, doing a large and successful trade in the grain products of the county.  When the war broke out in 1861 he enlisted as a private in Captain Coman's company C, Seventy-sixth Ohio regiment, and was successively promoted for meritorious services to first sergeant, sergeant major, first lieutenant and adjutant, captain and major by brevet.  The latter rank was conferred by the President of the United States.  He was of light frame and delicate and nervous temperament, seemingly ill adapted to endure the privations of a soldier's life, but in his case, as well as in many others, actual service proved that physical proportions and strength were fully counterbalanced by spirit and energy.  during his whole germ of service of three hears and a month he never permitted himself to be excused from duty, although suffering physical disability, contracted by his devotion to the service.  He was twice slightly wounded, at Vicksburgh and Resaca, but continued on duty without reporting his wounds.  He was engaged in the battles of Fort Donelson and Shiloh with credit, and during the Siege of Corinth, when the adjutant of the regiment and adjutant general of the brigade succumbed to disease he was detailed to perform their duties, at the same time he performed the arduous work as orderly of his company.  It was here that his qualifications pointed the road to promotion, and his commanding officer, without solicitation, obtained a commission for him as adjutant of the regiment, to fill the vacancy of the late adjutant who had resigned.  He continued to perform the duties of adjutant for nearly two yeas, never missing a dress parade while with the regiment.  In 1864, when the  regiment re-enlisted as veterans he was promoted to a captaincy, and placed in command of his old company C.  He commanded this company through the active and glorious Atlanta campaign, and in August, 1864, was appointed acting assistant inspector general, performing the laborious service pertaining to that office in a large brigade of nine regiments.
     Major Miller commanded the highest esteem and confidence of the colonel of his regiment.  He was conspicuous for his devotion to the cause of the Union arms in battle and in camp.  At Arkansas Post he was mentioned in special orders for his gallantry.  At Atlanta, on the twenty-second of July, 1864, he led his company in advance of the regiment, bearing the colors, and in the face of a scorching fire, drove the enemy from earthworks and re-captured a fine battery of parrot guns.
     He presented a conspicuous target in this engagement, but escaped the missiles aimed at him.  His first lieutenant (Arnold) was shot three times by his side.  At Ships Gap, while on the staff of Colonel Milo Smith,  he directed the flank movement which resulted in the capture of two South Carolina companies.
     On the twenty-eighth of July, near Atlanta, he stood for four hours encouraging his men while breasting a fearful storm of musketry to which the regiment was subjected.  The list of engagements he participated in numbers forty or fifty, but the principle battles and sieges which will be prominent in history, may be mentioned:  Fort Donelson, Shiloh, Siege of Corinth, Chickasaw Bayou, Arkansas Post, Siege of Vicksburgh, Jackson, Dallas, Resaca, Kenesaw Mountain, Atlanta, July 22d and 28th, and Jonesborough.
     After the expiration of this term of service he received an honorable discharge, Nov. 18, 1864.  The war had practically ended in the west at that time.  He returned to Newark and again engaged in his former business.
     In May, 1865, he married Lucy Gilman Jewett, daughter of David D. and Lucy Jewett, of Newark.  She was a noble woman, a devoted Christian, a fond wife and mother.  This union, so promising of long happiness, terminated in her early death, which occurred Jan. 2, 1869, leaving two infant children - daughter and son - Lucy Jewett, born Mar. 4, 1866, and Charles Dion, born Nov. 17, 1867.
     In 1875-76 he engaged in the commission business in Chicago, retaining, however, a branch business at Newark.  In 1877 he returned to Newark and continued in the grain trade, under the firm name of Miller & Root, and is at the present time transacting a large business in the products of the county.  Major Miller has always been an outspoken adherent to the principles he fought for during the war, and although he has never aspired to civil office, he has been somewhat conspicuous in his advocacy of "stalwart Republicanism."  He has taken a lively interest in the organizations and re-unions of ex-soldiers, being one of the first projectors of the Soldier's society of Licking county, through whose instrumentality the great re-union was held in 1878.
     Major Miller has been continuously elected secretary of the society.  He prepared, and had published, the admirable report of the great re-union which gives a very complete record of Licking county's participation in the war for the Union.
     Major Miller's early inclination were decidedly toward the study of a profession instead of mercantile pursuits.  He inherited a taste for drawing and painting, and has followed the natural bent, more or less, in an amateur way, during his leisure moments.  His eye is almost perfect in its comprehension of forms, distances and colors, with rare taste for landscape gardening, and rural adornment.   He has been an industrious student of science and history, his mind favoring geological research more than any other.  He has written many able articles for the press upon subjects in harmony with his tastes.
     In religion he was early brought up in the doctrines and faith of the Protestant Episcopal church, and became a member of that denomination before entering the army, but his general religous views are of the most liberal character, free from bigotry and disposed to reconcile and harmonize religion with science in its broadest sense.
Source: 1798 - History of Licking Co., Ohio, It's Past and Present - by N. N. Hill, Jr. – Publ. Newark, Ohio - A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers - 1881 – page  724