|
BIOGRAPHIES
Source:
History of Richland Co., Ohio
Past and Present
Illustrated
Publ: Mansfield by A. A., Graham & Co.
1807 - 1880
| |
Worthington
Twp. -
WILLIAM McCONKIE, farmer; P. O. Perryville; eldest
son of James and Sarah McConkie; was born in Worthington
Township July 25, 1830; his mother's maiden name was Sarah
Johnston; his parents were of Scotch-Irish descent, but were
born and reared in Westmoreland Co., Penn.; his father came to
Richland Co. in 1816, and entered the northwest quarter of Sec.
13, Worthington Township. In the spring of 1818, he
removed to this township; there being no cabin on his farm, he
occupied one on the farm of Abner Davis while he was
building one on his own. James and Sarah McConkie
are the parents of twelve children, seven sons and five
daughters, named in the order of their births as follows:
Margaret, William, Robert, Mary Ann, James Johnston, John,
Alexander S., Samuel, Allen, Jane, Mariah and Nancy Ellen.
Mary Ann, Jane and Allen are dead; Mary
Ann is buried in Worthington, and the other two in the
Bunker Hill graveyard. Mr. McConkie continued to
reside on the farm above described as long as he lived; he and
his wife were both respected members of the community in which
they lived. He departed this life May 1, 1868, at the age
of 75, and was buried in the Bunker Hill graveyard. His
widow, with three of her daughters, still continues to reside on
the old homestead; she is about 75 years old, and has been quite
feeble for a number of years. William McConkie was
married to Miss Rebecca A., fourth daughter of John
and Catharine Vance, of Hanover Township, Ashland Co., Mar.
24, 1859; Miss Vance was born May 14, 1833, in
Stark Co., Ohio; her mother's maiden name was Thomas her
parents were both of German descent; they are both living; her
father has attained to the advanced age of fourscore and two
years, and her mother to the age of threescore and five; they
are quite hale and hearty for people of their age, and their
mental faculties seem to be unimpaired. William and Rebecca
McConkie are the parents of seven children, five sons and
two daughters, named in the order of their births as follows:
Albert, John W., Ellwood O., Lawrence, Alford and Mary
A.; one died before it was christened; Albert died
when about 2 years old; they were buried in the Bunker Hill
graveyard. About the year 1858, Mr. McConkie
bought the east half of the northeast quarter of Sec. 14,
Worthington Township; he subsequently purchased 30 acres off the
west half of the same quarter-section. Since he became the
owner of this farm, he has very materially improved it in many
respects; it is well watered, \yell timbered and well adapted to
all kinds of farming purposes.
Source: History of Richland Co., Ohio - Vol. II - A. A.,
Graham & Co., Publishers. 1807 - 1880 - Page 925 |
| |
Franklin
Twp. -
E. H. McCORMICK, manufacturer of
carriages, etc.; P. O. Mansfield; he was born in Franklin
Township in 1850. He was married, in 1875, to Catharine
Harnish, who was born in Pennsylvania. Mr.
McCormick has established a good trade in his line, and is
an excellent mechanic; he is prepared to meet the demand in his
business.
Source: History of Richland Co., Ohio - Vol. II - A. A.,
Graham & Co., Publishers. 1807 - 1880 - Page 787 |
| |
Sandusky
Twp. -
WILLIAM McCULLY, farmer; P. O. Crestline;
he was born July 3, 1817, on the farm owned by his grandfather,
James McDermott, in Mifflin Township, in this county; he
had removed from Mercer Co., Penn., and settled upon it about
the year 1812; he died there in 1859, aged nearly 100 years.
Mr. McCully was married June 9, 1840, to May,
daughter of the late Samuel Simpson, of Mifflin Township;
she was born Mar. 16, 1819. Mr. McCully removed
from Mifflin to Sandusky Township Apr. 3, 1843, where he erected
his cabin and commenced clearing the beautiful farm upon which
he now lives. He says: "Our first house had but one
room, which answered for kitchen, bedroom and parlor - one
corner, carpeted, was called the parlor." He began in the
woods with 140 acres of land, but by his indomitable energy and
industrious habits, he afterward added to his farm till he
became the owner of 500 acres of most excellent land, all well
improved; he is now one of the most extensive and successful
farmers in the county. His children - three sons and one
daughter - are all married and living in the immediate vicinity;
like their parents they are much respected by all. In
pioneer times, the Indian trail from Greentown to Upper Sandusky
passed over the land now owned by Mr. McCully, and a
mound, together with many Indian relics, has been found on the
premises. Among these is a stone skinning-knife and a red
dart. At different places in the vicinity of the mound,
the earth had evidently been excavated for lead or something of
value to the "red men of the forest."
Source: History of Richland Co., Ohio from 1808 to 1908 - by
A. J. Baughman - Vol. II - Publ. 1908 - Pg. 876 |
| |
Worthington
Twp. -
ANN McCURDEY; P. O. Perryville. This
benevolent lady was born in Carroll Co., Md., Jan. 17, 1808; her
grandfather on her mother's side was a Roman Catholic; he was
married to a Protestant girl, and entered the army during the
struggle for American independence; was in several bloody
engagements, but never returned to his home; is supposed to have
been killed in battle; his wife lived to be 96 years of age.
Her father was a farmer; his name was Busbey; he died at
30 years of age, when Ann was but 1 year old. She
came to Ohio in her 16th year; was married to Thomas
McBride in her 20th year, A. D. 1828, by whom she had four
children—Rebecca (now Rebecca Deen), Hugh
McB., Elizabeth (widow of the late Wm.
Darling), John McBride. After eleven
years of wedded life, death called the husband and father hence,
leaving the widow with the care of a young family. After
remaining his widow eleven years, she was again married, Apr.
11, 1850, to James McCurdey, with whom she lived
ten years, when she again became a widow. James
McC. was born in the State of Pennsylvania, 1791; he came to
Worthington Township at an early day, and entered 160 acres of
land in Sec. 12. Was married to Sarah McKonkie,
who was born in 1796, by whom he had one son and two daughters;
she died Dec. 24, 1844, having lived twenty-nine years after her
marriage. Mr. McCurdey was one of the early
settlers of the county; it cannot be ascertained when he came
here, but there were but few settlers in the township; the land
was covered with timber, which required an immense amount of
hard labor to clear away; they then had but few tools, and they
were often of an inferior quality; fire was often used, but it
was more often a source of mischief than benefit. The
Widow McCurdey is spending the remaining years of her
life on a part of the old homestead, which is farmed by John
Coe; she lives all alone, preferring solitude, where she
can think of the past, and of the future life that is soon to be
to her a haven of rest.
Source: History of Richland Co., Ohio from 1808 to 1908 - by
A. J. Baughman - Vol. II - Publ. 1908 - Pg. 926 |
| |
Worthington
Twp. -
ROBERT McCURDEY, farmer and stock-raiser;
P. O. Perryville. Robert McCurdy's great
grandparents emigrated from Ireland about the year 1760, the
present generation being of Scotch-Irish descent; his
grandfather was born in Westmoreland Co., Penn., June 4, 1768;
was married to Elizabeth McKelvey Mar. 30, 1790,
by whom he had three sons and six daughters; he owned 150 acres
of fine land which he sold, and came to Richland Co. in 1824; he
and the entire family belonged to the Presbyterian Church; he
held numerous prominent offices in his native State, and died in
Richland Co. July 24, 1839. Wm. McCurdey, the
father of Robert and John, was born Dec. 12, 1794;
he was married to Elizabeth McKelvey Nov. 5, 1817,
who was born in 1791; the result of this marriage was two sons
and three daughters; his wife had three brothers, all of whom
were in the battle of Brandywine and numerous other engagements;
one of them, William McKelvey by name, held a Captain's
and, perhaps, afterward a Colonel's commission; once when out
with his comrades on a foraging expedition, they were surprised
by a superior force of the enemy; thinking discretion the better
part of valor, they fled; the British pursued with bayonet
fixed, and this Captain, to avoid his enemies, ran under some
low trees, where his cap caught in the limb; he ran a few steps
but could not bear the idea of losing it; turning quickly, he
snatched it from the bush just as a powerful soldier was about
to claim it; his treasure secure, he lost no time in regaining
his camp; but when he came to look at the cap he found it was
not of much service, being pierced by nine musket balls.
William McCurdey was a farmer, and the owner of
200 acres of land, previous to his to his death; his family
belonged to the Lutheran and Presbyterian Churches; his wife
died Apr. 21, 1832; he survived her until Sept. 16, 1867.
His son Robert was born May 4, 1819; was brought up to
hard work, like all farmer lads at that early day, who had the
grubbing-hoe in hand oftener than the spelling-book. He
was married by Squire Hibberts to Miss
Catherine Goon, May 26, 1842; she was born Sept. 5, 1819;
their first child, Simon G., was born Mar. 31, 1843;
Jacob, May 28, 1846; Allen, Mar. 14. 1849;
McKinley, Nov. 16, 1852. Robert and wife and his son .Jacob
and wife united with the Presbyterian Church in 1868. Mr.
McC. has held numerous minor offices, also paid freely
toward the support of the war of 1861. His sons are
engaged in raising some of the finest breeds of horses and
cattle that are to be found in the county; his land is what is
called second-bottom land, and cannot be excelled in the State.
His father bought 160 acres in the northeast quarter of Sec. 13,
afterward 40 acres in the southeast corner of Sec. 12.
Robert now owns 60 acres in Sec. 12, and 60 in Sec. 13; also
60 in Hanover Township; his son Jacob lives on his farm in
Hanover. The McCurdeys are among the best citizen;
they stand side by side with the best in the land; well may our
citizens be proud of their township, when it is composed of such
men.
Source: History of Richland Co., Ohio from 1808 to 1908 - by
A. J. Baughman - Vol. II - Publ. 1908 - Pg. 926 |
| |
Franklin
Twp. -
JAMES McMEEKEN, farmer, P. O. Mansfield;
he was born in Madison Township, Jan. 28, 1840. He was
married, Feb. 1, 1866, to Martha Hawley, who was born in
Franklin Township Nov. 22, 1841; they have the following family:
Smith T., born Dec. 9, 1867; Milo S., born July
22, 1868; Emery A., born Apr. 2, 1870; Arthur,
born May 9, 1872; Bertha J., born July 14, 1874;
Walter W., born Sept. 25, 1876; C. Roscoe, born Oct.
26, 1878; Arthur died Dec. 19, 1875, and Bertha,
Dec. 30, 1875. Mrs. McMeeken, mother of James
McMeeken, was born in Rush Creek Township, Fairfield Co.,
July 22, 1808; she moved to Richland Co. in 1815; she was
married in 1835, to Hugh T. McMeeken now deceased.
James McMeeken enlisted in Co. G, 15th O. V. I.; he was
engaged in the service four months; he kept a memorandum from
January to August.
Source: History of Richland Co., Ohio - Vol. II - A. A.,
Graham & Co., Publishers. 1807 - 1880 - Page 787 |
| |
Franklin
Twp. -
CLARK MARSH, farmer; P. O. Mansfield; he
was born in Westmoreland Co., Penn., Mar. 26, 1842; he came to
Ohio in 1859, and located in Franklin Township; his mother,
Elizabeth Marsh, was born in Westmoreland Co., Penn., Sept.
9, 1797; her sister, Nancy Cristy, resides with them; she
was born Feb. 14, 1794. His sister, Cree Ann Marsh,
was born in Pennsylvania, Feb. 6, 1843.
Source: History of Richland Co., Ohio - Vol. II - A. A.,
Graham & Co., Publishers. 1807 - 1880 - Page 787 |
|
|
Blooming Grove Twp. -
PETER MEYERS was born in Adams Co., Penn.,
about the year 1840, where he resided until the age of 30 years,
when he went to the State of Illinois, where he remained about
one year and then removed back to this county, and located in
Cass Township, where he stayed one year, then came to this
township, and has since resided here. He was married, Oct.
20, 1868, to Mary Ann Albert; they have never had any children,
but have adopted a little girl, named Ida A.
Mr. Meyers is by profession a carpenter, but at
the
present he pays all his attention to farming.
Source: History of Richland Co., Ohio - Vol. II - A. A., Graham
& Co., Publishers. 1807 - 1880 - Page |
|
|
Sandusky Twp. -
CHARLES MILLER, farmer, was born in Union
Co., Penn., on Aug. 9, 1815, and removed, with his father,
Christian Miller, to Orange Township, then in Richland Co.,
in 1829. He was married Sept. 23, 1841, to Miss Mary M.,
daughter of the late Daniel Riblet, and settled in
Sandusky Township in 1853, where he now resides, and is much
respected by all who have formed his acquaintance.
Source: History of Richland Co., Ohio from 1808 to 1908 - by
A. J. Baughman - Vol. II - Publ. 1908 - Pg. 876 |
|
|
Franklin Twp. -
PETER MILLER, farmer; P. O. Mansfield; he
was born in Fork Co., Penn., June 5, 1794; came to Ohio in 1828.
He was married, in 1818, to Susan Clay, who was born in
York Co., Dec. 4, 1796; they have the following family:
Jacob (deceased), Henry, Catherine, William, Susan, Mary
and Eliza; Susan married Simon Bricker,
June 15, 1842; they have four children Wooster B.,
born Apr. 8, 1845; Isabelle V., born Sept. 14, 1847;
Mary E., born Aug. 13, 1849; William H., born Nov.
16, 1854; Simon Bricker died Sept. 23, 1852, in Fostoria,
Seneca Co., Wooster Bricker enlisted in the 24th O. V. I, and
was killed instantly in battle; Mary Emma, died Oct. 24,
1851, at the age of 2 years 3 months. Mr. Miller
emigrated from York Co., Penn., in 1828; he bought 100 acres of
land in Richland Co., and has lived here ever since.
Source: History of Richland Co., Ohio - Vol. II - A. A.,
Graham & Co., Publishers. 1807 - 1880 - Page 787 |
|
|
Franklin Twp. -
JOSEPH C. MONN, farmer; P. O. Ganges.
He was born in Franklin Co., Penn., Dec. 19, 1813. Married
in 1838 to Hannah Trueax, who was born in Bedford Co.,
Penn., Dec. 15, 1815; they have had two sons - Abraham,
born May 11, 1848; Joseph, born Jan. 28, 1850; Mr.
Monn is the landholder, and has the best improvements and
buildings on his farm; Joseph was married to Hattie M.
Baker, who was born in Cass Township; they have one son,
Levi, born Dec. 14, 1877; he is now engaged in farming the
home place.
Source: History of Richland Co., Ohio - Vol. II - A. A.,
Graham & Co., Publishers. 1807 - 1880 - Page 787 |
|
|
Blooming Grove Twp. -
WILLIAM MORGAN, was born in Wayne Co., on the 8th of May,
1823, where he lived until the age of 27, when he removed to
Little Mexico, Wyandot Co.; he stayed there one year, then came
to this county, where he has since resided; he has always worked
by the day's work and farming. In the year 1861, he enlisted in
Co. I, 15th O. V. I.; he served over four years and was
honorably discharged; he received a gunshot wound in the thigh,
on account of which he now draws a pension.
Source: History of Richland Co., Ohio from 1808 to 1908 - by
A. J. Baughman - Vol. II - Publ. 1908 - Pg. 758 |
|
|
Sandusky Twp. -
CHRISTIAN MORKEL, farmer; P. O. Crestline;
he was born in Germany in 1823; came to America when 5 years of
age. He was married to Mary Ann Purky, who was born
in Lancaster Co., Penn; they had the following family - John
F., born Dec. 7, 1853; George A., Sept. 13, 1855;
Sarah A., O t. 29, 1857; Matilda M., Aug. 26, 1859;
Anna R., Mar. 12, 1861; Jacob E., Jan. 24, 1864;
Mary E., Feb. 7, 1866; Caroline E., Jan. 28, 1868;
Leah E., Mar. 22, 1870; Maria M., Dec. 24, 1871;
Harriet S., Jan. 26, 1874 Charles E., Apr. 29, 1876.
Matilda M., died Sept. 1, 1861. Mr. Morkel
came to this township in 1855; he is one of its leading and
enterprising citizens.
Source: History of Richland Co., Ohio from 1808 to 1908 - by
A. J. Baughman - Vol. II - Publ. 1908 - Pg. 876 |
|
|
Sandusky Twp. -
JOHN MORTHLAND, farmer, was born in
Columbiana Co., Ohio, on Jan. 4, 1836, and removed with his
father's family to this county in the fall of the same year,
settling in the vicinity of his present residence in Sandusky
Township. He was married in 1858 to Miss Abby,
daughter of Hiram Stevens. Abraham
Morthland, the father of John, was born in Adams Co.,
Penn., on Jan. 17, 1811, removed to Columbiana Cco., Ohio, in
1830, and to thsi county in 1836; he not only aided in clearing
up the forest, but devoted thirty years of his lfie as an active
minister of the Baptist Church, and died at Shelby in 1876.
Source: History of Richland Co., Ohio from 1808 to 1908 - by
A. J. Baughman - Vol. II - Publ. 1908 - Pg. 876z |
|
|
Blooming Grove Twp. -
AUSTIN MOSER was born in Washington
Township, this county, March 7, 1848; when at the age of 13
years, his parents removed to this township, where he has since
resided, with the exception of eighteen months he spent in the
army, he being in the late war a member of Co. E, 32d 0. V. I.;
he enlisted March 18, 1864, and was discharged July 20, 1865.
He was married, Sept. 16, 1873, to Jennie Martin;
they have had two children, both of whom are living, and named
Arthur W. and Martin S.
Source: History of Richland Co., Ohio - Vol. II - A. A.,
Graham & Co., Publishers. 1807 - 1880 - Page 758 |
|
|
Weller Twp. -
JACOB MONTTAYAW, farmer; P. O. Mansfield,
Mr. M.'s parents emigrated to this county from
Baltimore, in 1834, when he was 4 years of age; he remained at
home until he was 17 years old, when he went to Mansfield to
learn the blacksmith's trade; he followed that thirteen years,
when he came home and worked on the farm three years; at the end
of that time he married and settled on the farm adjoining his
parents' place; he has since made that his home. He is now
50 years of age, and in the full vigor of life. He has
acquired a fine home for himself and his family.
Source: History of Richland Co., Ohio - Vol. II - A. A.,
Graham & Co., Publishers. 1807 - 1880 - Page 913 |
|
|
Blooming Grove Twp. -
DANIEL A. MYER was born in Ashland Co.,
near Paradise Hill, Milton Township, March 10, 1856, where he
resided, with his parents until the age of 6 years, when his
parents removed to this county, where they resided about four
years, when he, together with his parents moved back to Ashland
Co., and located near Petersburg, where they still reside.
This subject has the greater part of the time lived in Ashland
Co.; a part of the time he was engaged in the saddle and harness
business in Wood Co.; paid some attention to farming, but
latterly he is engaged in the butchering business. In
Rome, this county, in the year 1878, he was married to Elizabeth
Burns, Jan. 20; they have one child, named Hattie.
Source: History of Richland Co., Ohio - Vol. II - A. A.,
Graham & Co., Publishers. 1807 - 1880 - Page 759 |
|
