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JOHN MADDOCK, and his wife Martha (Stubbs) had six children, two of whom died in infancy.  Mr. Maddock worked at his trade as carpenter for twenty years, after which he became a farmer, and now owns a fine farm of one hundred and sixty acres.  The Maddocks came from England early in the eighteenth century, and settled in Pennsylvania.  From there they moved to North Carolina, and from there to Georgia.  They were amongst the earliest settlers of the latter State, where members of their family have held important offices. Source: History of Preble County, Ohio - H. Z. Williams & Bro, Publishers - 1881

JOSEPH MADDOCK married Mary Stubbs.  Three children have been born to them, two of whom, Nathan and Martha Ann, are still living.  Henry Maddock is living in Lee county, Iowa, and Samuel in Henry county, Iowa. Source: History of Preble County, Ohio - H. Z. Williams & Bro, Publishers - 1881

NATHAN MADDOCK was born in Georgia, in the year 1777.  In the spring of 1805 his father, Samuel MAddock, moved from Georgia with a colony of about fifty persons, composed mostly of representatives of the Stubbs and Jones families.  The latter of these families is now not represented in this part of the county.  Samuel Maddock brought with him his two sons,  Nathan and Francis and his daughter Eleanor.  He settled on section thirty-two of Gratis township.  Nathan married Sarah Fouts, of North Carolina.  Four children were born to them - Joseph, John, Henry, who  married Phebe Brown, and Rachel, who married Riley Davis (deceased).  After the death of Mrs. Maddock, which occurred in 1815, Nathan married Martha Mendenhall, by6 whom he had one child, Samuel, who married Martha Cook. Source: History of Preble County, Ohio - H. Z. Williams & Bro, Publishers - 1881

ABRAHAM McMITT was born in Harrison township in 1838.  In 1860 he married Sophia Werts, born in 1839.  Four children have been born them, three of whom and now living.  Mr. McMitt owns and farms one hundred and eleven acres. Source: History of Preble County, Ohio - H. Z. Williams & Bro, Publishers - 1881

ABRAHAM MILLER, son of Levi and Ursula (Albaugh) Miller, was born in Preble County, Ohio, October 11, 1841. He came to this county with his parents in 1842, where he resided until 1867, when he went to Johnson County, Missouri, where lie purchased land, and engaged in farming. He was there married, December 25, 1870, to Mary E., daughter of Isaac and Elizabeth J. (Alexander) Wampler. She was born in Hamilton County, Indiana, January 13, 1851. In December, 1870, immediately after our subject's marriage, he moved to Miami County, Indiana, and settled upon the farm upon which he now resides, in Jefferson Township, Section 19, where he owns 255 acres of fine and well improved land. He has had born to him seven children, viz: Florence, born October 7, 1871; Clara, born July 6, 1873, died March 12, 1877: Ursula, born April 26, 1875; Oscar L., born April 5, 1877; Rebecca, born May 10, 1880; Gilbert I., born January 12, 1883, and Leroy, born August 31, 1886. Mr. Miller and wife are members of the German Baptist Church. Transcribed from: History of Miami County, Indiana. Source 3: History of Miami County, Indiana - Publ. Chicago -  Brant & Fuller - 1887 - Page 702| Contributed by Nancy Hannah

LEVI MILLER, an old and highly esteemed pioneer of Miami County, Indiana, was born in Augusta County, Virginia, February 23, 1817. His parents, Abraham and Nancy (Moses) Miller, were both natives of Augusta County, Virginia, where they were married and resided until 1833, when they moved to Preble County, Ohio, where the father died. The mother subsequently came with her children to Miami County, Indiana, where she departed life. They were the parents of eleven children, viz: Catharine, Levi, Daniel, Isaac, Elisha, John, Abraham, Nancy, Rebecca, Jacob, and an infant son, which died in infancy and not named. Levi, our subject, was married in Preble County, Ohio, in November, 1840, to Ursula, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Eikenberry) Albaugh. In February, 1842, Mr. Miller, our subject, moved to Miami County, Indiana, and settled upon the farm on which he now resides, in Section 4, Jefferson Township, where he has resided since. Mr. Miller started in life a poor boy, beginning in this county on 160 acres of woodland, upon which he toiled and labored hard, and succeeded in clearing up his land, and from that, little by little, he added to his lands, and through hard work and well directed industry, his estate magnified to about one thousand acres of fine land. He distributed among his children, and after giving them all fine homes, he still owns 120 acres of fine and well improved land, and fine property in the city of Peru, Indiana; also in the Mexico saw-mill and planing factory. He is also a stockholder in the Citizens' Bank of Peru, Indiana. He lost his wife by death in October, 1876. He had born to him by her ten children, viz: Abraham, Elizabeth, Nancy, Sarah, Man' A., Rebecca, John H., William I., Eli and Joseph E. Mr. Miller is a member of the German Baptist Church. Transcribed from: History of Miami County, Indiana. Source 3: History of Miami County, Indiana - Publ. Chicago -  Brant & Fuller - 1887 - Page 701 Contributed by Nancy Hannah

JOSEPH S. MILLS.—Mr. Mills was born in Preble County, Ohio, March 19, 1837, and is the son of George and Elizabeth (Swerer) Mills. His father came from Ireland and his mother from New Jersey. He passed his youth and early manhood on his father's farm, in Preble County, Ohio, was educated in the county school, and at the age of eighteen began life upon his own responsibility, as a farmer. He came to this county in 1868, and is one of the most industrious and enterprising farmers of Pike Creek Township. He is the owner of 320 acres of well improved land in Section 13, and is now comfortably situated, a result obtained through his own exertions. He is a strong advocate of the principles of the Republican party. Mr. Mills was married May 25, 1860, to Miss F. M. Dodge, of Preble County, Ohio, who was born January 29, 1845. The result of this marriage has been six children: George F., born October 28, 1861, died April 6, 1864; William C, born November 4, 1863, died August 29, 1865; Charles L., born July 9, 1865; Ella F., born June 29, 1867; Marion E., born September 22, 1882; and Lizzie, born November 20, 1883. Mrs. Mills is a member of the German Baptist Church. Transcribed from: History of Miami County, Indiana. Source 3: History of Miami County, Indiana - Publ. Chicago -  Brant & Fuller - 1887 - Page 759 Contributed by Nancy Hannah

JACOB MULLENDORE married Maria Beachler, and has had eleven children.  He owns a farm of two hundred and seventy acres. Source: History of Preble County, Ohio - H. Z. Williams & Bro, Publishers - 1881 - Page 192

JOSEPH MULLENDORE was born in Virginia in 1795.  From Virginia he moved to Ohio about the year 1805, and settled in Montgomery county.  In 1828 he moved to Lanier township.  He died in Gratis township in 1846.  His wife, Elizabeth (Stump), died in 1868.  Their children were: Daniel, Jacob, Elizabeth, Catherine, Susanna, George, Joseph, Aaron and Noah.  The latter, after graduating at Miami university, went to California, where he was shot in a difficulty which arose about an editorial in the paper which he was editing. Source: History of Preble County, Ohio - H. Z. Williams & Bro, Publishers - 1881 - Page 192

 

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