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BIOGRAPHIES
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The History of Miami County, Ohio
Publ. Chicago: W. H. Beers & Co.,
1880
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DAVID
McCONNAUGHEY, farmer and manufacturer; P. 0. Tippecanoe;
born in Bethel Township, Miami Co., April 23, 1827 ; is a son of
David and
Anna McConnaughey, of whom mention is made in the
biography of J. C. McConnaughey. He left home at the age
of 17. to learn the tanner and currier trade, serving an
apprenticeship of three years; for seven years he followed
tanning and dealing in leather; in 1855, he located on a farm in
this township, and followed farming till 1865, when he went to
Xenia. and again engaged in the leather trade till 1876, when he
moved back to this county, and has since been engaged in
farming; in August of 1878, he again began the leather trade,
and manufactured collars and fly-nets in Dayton, Ohio, but
resides on the farm and oversees it. In 1852, October 13, he
married Rachel
TenEick, a native' of this county, born May 30, 1831; she is
a daughter of Henry TenEick, one of the early
settlers of Miami Co. David and Rachel McConnaughey are
the parents of four children—Ella T., William A.. Anna
and Lida.
Source:
The History of Miami County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: W. H. Beers & Co., 1880
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Page 636
J. C. McCONNAUGHEY,
farmer ; P. O. Brandt; is a son of David and Anna (Grimes)
McConnaughey; she is a native of Virginia, born Jan. 1, 1787, and
he of Pennsylvania, born Nov. 13, 1779 ; in 1803 or 1804, he came to
Dayton, Ohio, and engaged to work in a distillery for Col. Newcome,
who entered 160 acres of land in Bethel Township, Miami Co., for him,
he paying for it by his work; in the spring of 1812, he settled on his
land and began converting the dense forest into a home; this was no
small task, for the country was heavily timbered; before he could
raise anything on his own land, the first summer, he farmed a small
piece of corn on his mother-in-law's place, about four miles distant;
to his further embarrassment, in the following year he was drafted,
but was in the service only a short time till he got his brother as a
substitute, while he returned to battle with the oaks and elms;
besides clearing up his farm, he purchased another quarter-section,
and did considerable toward its improvement; they were the parents of
twelve children, of whom eleven grew to the age of maturity. David
McConnaughey departed this life Feb. 14, 1847, and his wife
April 11, 1863, on the old farm, where their son, J. C, now
resides; this is also the farm on which he was born, July 3, 1823; his
occupation has always been tilling the soil; he is an enterprising
farmer and one of the prominent men of the township; has been a member
of the Board of Education for nearly twenty years, Township Trustee
several terms, and is Land Appraiser at the present time. His marriage
with Elizabeth Keplinger was solemnized April 1, 1852;
she was a resident of Montgomery Co., born Sept. 11, 1833 by this
union they have had thirteen children, eleven of whom are living—Harriet
Roselia, Mary Alice, Phila Irene, John Walter, David Franklin,
Berton K., Christian K., Lillia E., Anna B., Edward L.
and Viola M.
Source:
The History of Miami County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: W. H. Beers & Co., 1880
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Page 637
J. C. MITCHELL,
farmer; P. O. Tippecanoe
City; born in Elizabeth Township, Miami Co., Aug. 19, 1826 ; is a son
of George and Catharine (Gearhart) Mitchell; he was born in Virginia,
in 1798, and came to Ohio with his parents in 1811. They settled in
the above-named township, which was his place of residence to within a
few years of his death, when he moved to Bethel Township; he departed
this life in November of 1874, having been the father of seven
children ; three of these preceded him to their eternal home, and one
has followed since; J. C. (the oldest of the living ones), Linny A.,
now Mrs. Gesseman, living in Kansas, and James, living in Cincinnati,
are the survivors. The subject of this sketch was bred a farmer, and
still follows that business; he has 50 acres of land in this township,
besides some land in the West; he has served as Justice of the Peace
six years, and Revenue Inspector seven years; was Captain of Co. B,
147th 0. V. I., for about three years. On Sept. 18.1851, he married Margaret
Stafford, a native of this township, born March 15, 1827;
she is a daughter of James S. Stafford, who was also a native of this
place. J. C. and Margaret Mitchell are the parents of nine children—
Marvin M. (deceased). Stanley O. (a dry goods merchant of Lima, Ohio),
Roger J., Homer W. B., Reuben W., Elmer E., Mary C., Horace C, Bellama
S. and Linny Blanche.
Source:
The History of Miami County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: W. H. Beers & Co., 1880
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Page 637
W.
T. MORRIS, farmer; P. 0. Tippecanoe City ; born in Bethel
Township, Miami Co., July 19, 1827 ; is the oldest child of Ezra
and Elizabeth (McKinney) Morris; she was born Jan. 5, 1805, and
was the oldest child of Samuel and Sarah McKinney, who were old settlers of
Clark Co.; he was widely known as a teacher of vocal music, and is
still remembered as such; he would frequently take his daughter
Elizabeth with him on horseback through the wilderness, as far as
twenty miles, to give instruction in music. Ezra Morris was also the
oldest child of his father's family, born in Bethel Township, Miami
Co.. Aug. 29. 1804; a son of David H. Morris, a native of New Jersey
and pioneer of the Western country ; he was one of the very first
white men that traversed the Miami Valley, which he did as a soldier
under Gen. Harmar, and as a hunter; in his youth, he was a soldier of
the Revolution; previous to 1800 he settled amid the forests of this
vicinity and assisted in establishing the sections of this, and
probably other townships; by this means he was enabled to see the
country, and made choice of half of Sec. 23, which he entered and
improved; in 1825, he donated to the Methodist Episcopal Church 1
acre of land on the southeast corner of said half-section, and did the
principal part toward building the first house of worship; it was a
log house and known as Pisgah Chapel; ever after his house was the
home of the itinerant clergy, among whom were William Raper,
Daniel D.
Davison and James B. Finley. He married Eve Ann Sailor, with whom he
lived happily for more than forty years. On the 3d of April, 1843, he
departed this life, in the 74th year of his age, in full assurance of
a blissful immortality, leaving a large family to inherit his name and
remember his many virtues. Ezra Morris was the father of eight
children, of whom only two are now living. His death occurred June 12,
1856. Our subject, in his youth, received very little education, but
he is a lover of books, and by his own efforts has obtained a good
knowledge of business. He has been Assessor two years, Township Clerk
eight or ten years, and has positively refused other offices since. In
1858, he married Elizabeth Wiggin; she died Jan. 2, 1859, aged 21
years 4 months and 11 days. His marriage with Maria E. Garst was
celebrated May 7, 1867; she was born in Clark Co. May 25, 1840. The
fruits of this union are four children—Mary M., Charles E., Nellie F.
and Frank, deceased.
Source:
The History of Miami County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: W. H. Beers & Co., 1880
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