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McBANE J. C., Franklin township; farmer; born in Jefferson county, Ohio, September 30, 1826; son of Jesse and Mary McBane. His grandfather McBane emigrated from the highlands in Scotland to America, locating near Baltimore, Maryland, on a place which is now within the city limits In 1831 his father's family came to Lafayette township, where he grew to manhood, receiving the education which the country schools afforded; .was married March 20,1853, to Elizabeth, daughter of William Hawkins, alt early settler in this township, who came from New Jersey. The years 1854-5 were spent in Clark county, Illinois. In 1856 he moved to Franklin township and has lived here since. He has three children, viz : Olivia, Helen. and Jesse. Olivia was married December 24,1879, to James W. Maxwell, of Harrison county. Mr. McBane was elected county commissioner in 1876; and is now serving his second term.
McCAIN ADAM, Perm township; postoffice, New Guilford; born in this county, in 1845; son of John an Sarah (Dunn) McCain; married in 1863, to Miss Heater J. Mowrey daughter of Martin and Mary Mowrey. Mr. McCain is engaged in keeping hotel, at present; also keeps on hand a variety of notions for sale:
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McCAMMANT -,Lafayette township; carpenter; postoffice, West Lafayette; born October 25, 1824, in Brooke county, West Virginia; son of James McCammant, native of Washington county, Pennsylvania; raised on a farm, but also learned the gunsmith's trade, and worked at that and farming, until 1852, when he learned the carpenter trade, and conducted both trades and run the farm until recently, but gives his entire time at present to carpentering. He left West Virginia, in 1837, and went to Perry county, remaining until 1839; then, for a short time, lived in Muskingum county, and settled in Lafayette township, in 1840. He was married, April 8, 1847, to Miss Rachel A. Shafer, daughter of. Peter Shafer, of Albany county, New York. They have eight children, viz : Mary, William W., married to Melissa Shroyer; Sarah E., married to Samuel Garselin ; Emily J., Josephine, Ids, James and George Edgar.
McCLAIN GEORGE, Linton township ; farmer; born in Lafayette township, November 27, 1837; son of Isaac and Elizabeth (Stringer) McClain, and grandson of Thomas McClain, one of the earliest pioneers of Lafayette township. In 1872 Mr. McClain moved from Lafayette to Linton township. He was married in 1870 to Louisa Summers, daughter of John L. and Margaret (Michael) Summers, now of Muskingum county. His children are Ada, Maggie, Edward, Lewis and Clarinda, deceased.
McCLAIN H. F., Plainfield, Linton township: ; grocer and saloon; postoffice, Plainfield. Mr. McClain was born April 23, 1853, in Coshocton county, Ohio. He was raised on the farm, and followed that occupation until twenty-two years of age. He was married July 18, 1875, to Miss Lydia Hootman, of this county. They became the parents of two children-Sophronia E. and Freddie. In 1875 Mr. McClain removed to Plainfield, Ohio, and started a general grocery and saloon. He has successfully followed the business ever since.
McCLAIN RICHARD, deceased, Lafayette township; was born in Linton township, in November, 1823, and was married in 1848, to Miss Catherine Elson, of this township. They have had ten children, as follows: Jennie ; Seth, deceased ; Ells., Arthur, Lizzie, Lyde, Noah; Laura, deceased; Charles and Jesse. Mr. McClain was a man of note in this township, having held numerous township offices, and was county treasurer two terms. In a newspaper account of his life, it is said that his youth and manhood were passed at a time when men were honest, and integrity and uprightness of character were prized jewels among men. He possessed these in an uncommon degree, as evidenced by the high appreciation of his neighbors and friends throughout the county. His courage and patriotism were co-equal, and he defended his country with the same devotion to duty that actuated him in his eventful and successful life. When a young man, he enlisted in the Third Ohio infantry, and with other comrades from this place, served in the war with Mexico, in 1846-48. At the breaking out of the rebellion, in 1861, the firing on Fort Sumter aroused him, and he was the first in this county to organize a company, which served three months as part of the Sixteenth Ohio, with distinction. Upon his return, he immediately assisted in recruiting and organizing, the fifty-first Ohio, one of the best regiments in the service He was elected major at the organization, and was afterward promoted to lieutenant colonel, and then to colonel, after the promotion of Colonel Stanley Matthews. He participated with his comrades in the battle of Stone River, and others of the campaign. At Chickamauga he was captured, and after one year spent in Libby prison, was exchanged and returned to the command of his regiment, serving until the close of the war. Upon his return home, he was nominated and elected treasurer on the Democratic ticket, though he had been an uncompromising Republican. When his term expired he was re-elected by being the candidate of both parties, which was sufficient recommendation of the faithful discharge of his duties. He was one of the most efficient officers the county ever had. Colonel McClain died of malarial fever, March 31, 1880.
McCLAIN THOMAS, Monroe township; was born February 15, 1826, in Lafayette township, Coshocton county ; son of John and Elizabeth (Maple) McClain, and grandson of Thomas and Massa (Marts) McClain, who were natives of Ireland, and of Jacob (Sagatha) Maple, who were natives of Germany. Mr. McClain was born and brought up on a farm, and educated in district schools. He lived in his native place till the age of thirty-four, when he remove to Tuscarawas county, where he followed farming and stock dealing for four years; then came to Monroe township, Coshocton county, where he is now the owner of a neat little farm of about 100 acres. He was married to Miss Ruhama Marlatte, April 18, 1847, daughter of Abraham and Susan (Hamersly) Marlatte, and granddaughter of Michael and Catherine Hamersly, who were natives of England. Their children were John, Jeremiah, and Thomas, deceased; Seth is married to Almeda Severns, a farmer in Jefferson township, this county ; Anderson, Christopher, Jacob, Mary J., Martha E., and George H. Pendleton are at home. Benton C., Andrew B., and Margaret have also deceased.,
McCLAIN SETH, Coshocton ; farmer ; corner
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of Third and Chestnut streets; born in July, 1818; son of James and Elizabeth (Williams) McClain. His grandfather, Seth, came from Washington county, Pennsylvania.. Young Seth was raised in Linton township until he was fourteen years of age, when he entered as a clerk the dry goods store of Thomas C. Rickerts, of Coshocton. He afterward clerked for Meek & Johnson. In 1849 he took the hazardous overland trip to California, making the trip in four weeks and six days, being the first man from this county to enter San Francisco. He remained in the Golden State two years; then returned and clerked for Medberry, in Roscoe, commanding the highest salary of the neighborhood, $500 first year and $1,000 for the second year. He was a candidate for sheriff, and only lacked a few votes of being elected when the democratic majority in the county was about 300. He bought Medberry's stock, and did a business of $30,000 per year. Next closed out his store to S. C. Burrell & Sons, and engaged extensively in buying and shipping live stock. Mr. McClain was married in February, 1864, to Mary, daughter of John and Sophia (Clark) Frew. They have one child, Lewis, born November 13, 1866. Mr. McClain was previously married to Sarah Frew, sister of his present wife.
McCLAUGHRY GEORGE H., Linton township; farmer; born in Jefferson county, Virginia, September 12, 1832; son of James and Rebecca, (Brooks) McClaughry, grandson of James and Catherine (Ellsworth) McClaughry. His grandfather, James was a Scotch emigrant, his grandmother a native of New York City. In 1853 he entered Linton township, and has been here I since; married February 14, 1855, to Martha Wiggins, daughter of Thomas Wiggins ; his children are Sarah V., Harriet J., Amanda R., Ellsworth and Mary Isabel. Mrs. McClaughry died in 1867, and he married-a second wife, Laura Latham, born in Fauquier county, Virginia, daughter of George Latham; a single child blesses this marriage, Georgic L. Mr. McClaughry enlisted February, 1865, in Company A, One Hundred and Ninety-fourth O. V. I, and was in service about nine months.
McCLEEARY SETH, Linton township; farm-er; born in Franklin township, June 26, 1827; son of George and Sarah (Tanner) McCleeary, and grandson of William McCleeary, who emigrated from Scotland at eighteen, and of Margaret (Slagel) McCleeary, a lady of German descent. In 1813 his granddaughter came to Linton township, and some years later his father moved to Franklin township. In 1851 he married Miss Mahala, daughter of Samuel Roderick, and in 1853 he moved to Linton township, where his wife died soon after, leaving two children, John and Mahala; and in the winter of 1853, Mr. McCleeary went to California, where he remained nearly three years, engaged in mining. He returned to his father's, and April 11, 1857, he married Elizabeth Roderick, daughter of Absolom Roderick, of Tuscarawas township. By this marriage he has six children, viz : Melissa, Elma, Bessie, Sarah, George, and Effie Bell.
McCLEARY J. W., Tuscarawas township; postoffice, Coshocton ; born in Franklin township, April 16, 1849; son of James T. and Naomi (Wolford) McCleary. His grandfather was George A. McCleary, and his great-grandfather was William McCleary. Mr. McCleary was raised to farming, which business, with slight exception, he has fol lowed successfully to the present time. He was married to Miss Rose Anne, daughter of Samuel Moore, of Tuscarawas county. Four children were born to them, viz: Samuel A., Mary Geneva, James Philip and Wolford.
McCLUGGAGE JOHN, Bedford township ; farmer; postoffice, Tyrone; born in 1809, in Washington county, Pennsylvania, and was married in 1832, to Miss Elizabeth Guthrie, of the same county, who was born in 1811. They removed to Allegheny county, Pennsylvania, in 1836, and came to this county in 1846. They lived near Bloomfield, this county, until 1863, when they removed to their present location. They are the parents of nine children, three of whom are living, viz: Ellenora, Robert and Elizabeth H.
McCLURE JAMES, Coshocton; proprietor of restaurant and saloon, 522 Main street; was born March 22, 1843, in Keene township ; son of Alexander McClure, a native of Ireland. Young McClure's first work was with his father at the carpenter trade. At fifteen he went into the Coshocton Democrat office to learn type-setting, and from this office he went to the Coshocton Age, working about five years in all. In 1861 he was the second man in the county to enlist in the three month's service, at the beginning of the war. He served in Company A, Sixteenth O. V. I. In 1862 he re-enlisted as second sergeant in Company I, Ninety-seventh O. V. I, and served to the close of the war. He was promoted to first sergeant, second lieutenant, first lieutenant and to the command of the company, which he obtained at Huntsville, Alabama. At the close he came to this city and established his present business. Mr. McClure was married October 15, 1865, to Miss Rebecca C. Mosier, daughter of Philip Nosier, deceased, formerly of Adams township, Muskingum county. This marriage was blessed with four children, viz Kate H , Charles A., Lulu Ma , and Willie V., deceased. Mr. McClure is ding a very good business at present.
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McCONNELL THOMAS, Bethlehem township; farmer and stock dealer; son of Matthew McConnell, was born in July, 1843. Mr. McConnell enlisted, in September, 1861, for three years, in company I, Fifty-first O. V. I, under Captain James Cook. He served in the Fourth Division under Generals Grant and Sherman. He was in the battles of Chickamauga and Lookout Mountain, and marched with Sherman to the sea. He returned October, 1864, after having been in active service over three years. He was married, in 1866, to Miss Mary Duller, Of this county, who ! was born August 19, 1847. Mr. McConnell moved to Indiana in the spring of 1866, and remained eight months, when he returned to this county, where he has since lived. They became the parents of three children, viz: Minnie, born May 23, 1868; Edward R., born April 10, 1870, and Matthew, born February G, 1874.
McCONNELL ALEXANDER Bethlehem township; farmer; son of Matthew McConnell ; was born April 6, 1845, in Bethlehem township, Coshocton county. Mr. McConnell was raised on the farm, and has followed farming all his life. In 1868 he enlisted as a private in Company G, One Hundred and Forty-second regiment, O. V. I, and served 100 days. He was married in 1869 to Miss Elizabeth Overholt, who was born in 1842, in this county. They are the parents of three children, viz: William T., born in 1871; Cora May, born in 1874, and Abraham H., born in 1879.
McCONNELL MATTHEW, Bethlehem township; farmer; horn in 1810, in Donegal county, Ireland. He came to this county in 1832, and located in Keene township. He was married, December 31, 1840, to Miss Mary Laughhead, of this county, who was born in 1819, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They are the parents of eleven children, six of whom are living, viz : Thomas, born in 1843; Alexander, born in 1845; Edward R., born October 4, 1847 ; William T., born May 21, 1850; Martha J., born February 3, 1854, and Mary C., born in 1862. Mr. McConnell has lived on the same farm ever since he came to this county, and has followed farming and stock-raising. He and his wife are members of the Presbyterian church at Keene.
McCOY JOSEPH, Virginia township ; born in Coshocton county, in 1850; son of Daniel and Mary McCoy, and married in December 1873 His children are Minnie M. and Versa P. Postoffice, Dresden.
McCOY DANIEL, Virginia township; burn m Coshocton county, Ohio, January 7, 1812: son of Joseph Milly McCoy. He was married August 28, 1866. His second wife was Susan Norris, and his children were Jacob, Leroy, Katharine, Beam, W. R., Emily, Margaret, John Morris, George and Joseph. Postoffice, Dresden.
McCOY HENRY, Jackson township; born in this county, in 1837; son of Joseph and Sarah McCoy; married in 1857, to Martha Roberts, daughter of Dr. Roberts. Mr. McCoy is the father of five children, four living and one dead Postoffice, Roscoe.
McCOY JOSEPH, Jackson township; postoffice. Roscoe; born in East Virginia; settled in Coshocton county, I807; son of Joseph and Millie McCoy, and grandson of John and Nancy McCoy; married in 18-- to Sarah Ogle, daughter of Joseph and Millie Ogle. Mr. McCoy is the father of fen children, all living but two. Mr. McCoy was one of the first settlers of Coshocton county, and still lives enjoying the fruits of his early toil.
McCOY WILLIAM, Jackson township; horn in Virginia township, Coshocton county ; son of Joseph and Sarah McCoy; married in 1844 to Catharine Johnson, daughter of Henry and Clarinda Johnson. Mr. McCoy is the father of twelve children, five living and seven dead. All I married but one. Postoffice, Roscoe.
McCOSKEY GEORGE, White Eyes township; farmer; born in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, in 1815. His father, George McCoskey, was a native of Ireland; was married in that Country; emigrated to the United States in 1812, and settled to Pennsylvania. He remained in that State six years; came to White Eyes in 1818, and settled on a farm that was all in woods. He was the father of six children, but two of whom are living. He died in 1871, at the age of eighty-three years, and his wife Margaret died in 1866, at the age of seventy-eight years. George, the subject of this sketch, was apprenticed to learn the crpenter trade in 1838, and has worked continuously at the trade since then. In 1848 he married Miss Eliza Christy. She was born in this county, August 11, 1823. They have one child, a daughter, born July, 1844, who is married to William Lockard. and is living on the adjoining farm. Mr. McCoskey located on the farm where he note resides in 1859.
McCOSKEY WILLIAM, White Eyes township ; a native of Lancaster county, Pennsylvania; son of George McCoskey; was married to Miss Eliza Graham, who was a native of Ireland, and was barn in 1813. They were the parents of three children-one deceased, William; two living, G. W, and Margaret. Mrs. McCoskey died June, 1845. William was married, December 1852, to Miss Nancy McCoskey, a native of Jefferson county. They became the parents of eight children, five of whom are liv-
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ing. G. W. was bone in 1844, and was married, November, 1867, to Miss Joanna Hamilton, the daughter of Samuel Hamilton. They have seven children: Ida M., Eva M., William J., Eliza B., Emma S., Hestella and Arosta. all living. G. W. has never left the county; and now resides between Avondale and Chili.
McCULLOUGH GEORGE, deceased; born in the county of Donegal, Ireland; came to this county about 1830. He was married, December 3, 1850, to hiss Rebecca Lockard, the daughter of Robert Lockard, and she was born in 1822 They had seven children, viz : Malinda, Mary A., Martha, J., deceased; Sadie A., Stewart, deceased; Franklin H. and Emma. Mary A. is married to John P. Benjamin, of Avondale, a shoemaker by trade. The others are at home. Mr. McCullough died February 28, 1866. He located on the farm where his widow now resides, before his marriage. He was a member of the M. E. church at Kimbles. Franklin is the only son living; is at home with his mother and farms the place.
McCULLOUGH WILLIAM deceased; born in 1787, in Delaware, and was married in 1818. His wife was born in 1796. They came to this county in 1831. He died in 1869. They were the parents of eight children, viz: Margaret, deceased; Elizabeth, deceased; Samuel; Ann; Martha, deceased; Rebecca, deceased; Lydia, deceased, and Mary.
McCUNE SAMUEL, Linton township; farmer; born April 8, 1824, in Linton township; the son of James McClure, one of the earliest settlers of Linton township; married December 2, 1852, to Hester Ann Higer, daughter of Jacob and Mary Higer, of Oxford township. Children: Mary E., James W., Jerry C.. Joab, Jane, Arabella, Agnes, Flora Ellen, Sarah Ida and John .L. Logan. Mr. McCune enlisted in Company A, One Hundred and Ninety-fourth O. V. I, and remained in service about eight months, doing duty in Virginia and Washington City.
McCUNE JOHN, Linton township; farmer; born February 17, 1813, in Linton township; son of James and Elizabeth (Craig) McCune, grandson of John and Jane (Jenkins) McCune, who were foremost in the settlement of Linton township. Mr. McCune has been twice married; first in 1835, to Sarah McDowell, daughter of James McDowell, of Stark county. Children : Mary Craig, James, Nathaniel; Martha, deceased; Salina Jackson and Ellen R. Wiggins. His second wife was Miss Nancy A. Glenn, and their children were John and Robert.
McCURDY DANIEL, Bedford township; farmer ; postoffice, Tunnel Hill ; born in 1826, in this county. His father, Daniel, Sr., was born in 1780, in county Tyrone, cone, Ireland. He moved to Philadelphia in 1798, and to Jefferson county in 1802. He was married in 1809, to Miss Jane Richey, of that county, who was born in Fayette county, Pennsylvania; in 1791. They came to this county in 1817. He died in 1862, she died in 1869. They were the parents of eight children, Daniel being the fifth. He was married in 1853, to Miss Rachel Loder, of this county, who was born in 1833, in this county. They were the parents of nine children, viz : Rebecca ; Mary S., deceased; William A.; Clement L., deceased; Francis A., Rosella, May B., Echo P. and Fanny D.
McCURDY W. C., Bedford township; farmer; postoffice, West Bedford; born in 1849, in this county. His father, John McCurdy, was born in 1826, in this county. His grandfather came from Ireland. John was married in 1847, to Miss Nancy Adams, of this county, and died in 1872. She died in 1855. They were the parents of three children, the subject of this sketch being the oldest. He was married in 1874, to Miss Elizabeth Jobe, of this county, who was born in 1850, in this county. They are the parents of three children, viz : Otis, deceased ; Otto and J. F. The first two were twins.
McDONALD WILLIAM, Virginia township; born April 17, 1825, in Muskingum county, Jefferson township, Ohio; son of George and Anna (Lovett) McDonald, grandson of Berry and McDonald, of Daniel and Mary (James) Lovett.. The McDonalds are of Scotch descent, and the Lovetts are of German descent. Mr. McDonald was brought up as a farmer, and was educated in the district schools. About the age of twenty years he commenced business for himself in his native county. He remained there one year, then moved to the farm on which he now resides, in Virginia township, Coshocton county. He married Miss Jane McClannahan, March 21,1845, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Lemert) McClannahan. Their union was blessed with seven children, four of whom are married, and three still remain with their parents, viz: Ales. Melvina and James.
McDONALD JOHN, Virginia township ; born in this county, December 23, 1847 ; son of William and Jane McDonald and grandson of George and Nancy McDonald, and John and Elizabeth Clanahan; married September 7, 1871, to Rachel Markley, daughter of J. B. and Margaret Markley. They have three children, viz: Orpha J., John W., and Stacy B. Mr. McDonakl enlisted February 29,156, in Company H, Eightieth Ohio Regiment, Captain Freeman ; and was with Sherman in all his engagements during his march to the sea. Postoffice, Willow Brook.
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McDONALD J., farmer; Washington county; postoffice, Dresden; born in 1847, in this county. His father was born in 1821, in Muskingum county, and was married in 1842, to Miss Frances O. Moore, of the same county, who was born in 1823, in Fauquier county, Virginia. They came to this county in 1843, and are the parents of nine children. The subject of this sketch being the third. He was married in 1872, to Miss Sarah A. Lake, of this county, who was born in 1852. They are the parents of three children; viz : Lemmert J., French and Nora D.
McDOWELL JOHN, Coshocton; blacksmith; was born May 20, 1836, in the County of Tyrone, Ireland ; son of James McDowell, deceased. He was apprenticed' at about the age of sixteen to Robert McDowell, and served five years. Shortly after completing his apprenticeship he set out for America, and landed in May, 1860, and worked a few weeks in the State of New York and came to this city June 9, 1860, and has made it his home to the present time. Mr. McDowell was married July 3, 1866, to Miss Kate Dolen, of this city. This union was blessed with six children, two deceased, viz: Mary and Ellen; and four are living, viz: Charles, Joseph, John and Francis James. For about two y ears Mr McDowell worked at his trade as a government employe in the Army of the Cumberland. He is now doing a good business at his shop No. 543 Main street.
McDONALD G. A., proprietor of McDonald House, Coshocton, Ohio; was born September 11, 1831, in Fauquier county, Virginia; son of Thomas and Mary (McGruder) McDonald. Mr. McDonald came to this State and located at Mount Vernon, where he remained four years prior to coming to this city, in 1862. Here he engaged in the photograph business, and continued in it until 1875. In 1868 he added furniture and undertaking to his business. In 1876 he first engaged in his present occupation. He was married September 9, 1858, to Miss Caroline, daughter of Prosper and Melissa (Mervin) Rich. They are the parents of four children, viz: Minnie B., Jennie, Fannie and Herbert, Mr. McDonald is a genial, hospitable and popular landlord.
McFARLAND EZEKIEL, Adams township; farmer; postoffice, Newcomerstown, Ohio. Mr. McFarland was born May G, 1816, in Adams township, and has lived in the township ever since. His father was of Irish descent., and was one of the oldest settlers of this county. When he came to this county it was a wilderness, inhabited by Indians, bears, wolves, and other wild animals. He was compelled to leave his place three different times and fly for his life on account of the depredations of the Indians He was an old hunter, and killed many bears an deer. Mr. McFarland was raised on the farm and has followed that occupation all his life, acquiring by his own industry a good farm of 485 acres. He was married October 4, 1838, to Miss Isabella Corbit, of Coshocton county. They are the parents of eleven children: Robert, Susannah, Jane ; Andrew, deceased ; Hannah. Margaret, George; Mary, deceased; Catharine, John and William. Mr. McFarland is one of the oldest settlers of Adams township. Mrs. McFarland was born April 6,1818, in Adams township. The fathers of Mr. and Mrs. McFarland both. served in the war of 1812.
McFARLAND MATTHEW, Bedford township; farmer; postoffice, West Bedford; born in county Tyrone, Ireland, in 1816; came to this county in 1834, and was married in 1851, to Miss Mary Campbell, of Licking county, who was born in 1820. Mr. McFarland has lived in the village of West Bedford since 1838, engaged in the mercantile business, from 1838 to 1845.
McFADDIN HUGH, Tuscarawas township; Coshocton postoffice; farmer; was born in Harrison county, March 20, 1830; son of George and Elizabeth (Kelley) McFaddin, and grandson of Joseph McFadden, formerly of Washington county, Pennsylvania. Hugh was brought up on the farm, and to this industry he has devoted his entire attention, making it a complete success, having a first-class farm, supplied with an abundance of choice fruit, and stocked with the best blood of sheep and other domestic animals. He came to his present residence in 1855, and was married, in 1856, to Miss Elizabeth Parkhill, who was born in 1833. The family consists of the parents and four children : Stewart K., George, Maggie E. and Carrie B.
McGIFFIN WILLIAM AND JOHN, Keene township; were born in Keene township, Coshocton county. William was born November 24, 1841, and John December 9, 1844. They are sons of William and Lydia (Butterfield) McGifflin, and grandsons of Arch. McGiffin. They were born and brought up on a farm and educated in common schools. At the age of twenty, William went to Illinois, from there to California, and remained there until 1867, when he returned home and in partnership with his brother, purchased the old home farm, and they have been devoting their attention to that ever since. W'illiam was married to Miss Sarah J. Shurtz, January 3,1875, daughter of Isaac and Mary (Smith) Shurtz, and granddaughter of George and Mary (Leer Smith. Their children are Holliz C., born July 21, 1876; Carl A., August 24, 1877, and Ada Glenn, April 25, 1879.
McGILL ROBERT T., Coshocton, Ohio; stock d dealer. Mr. McGill was bona October 13, 1851, in Roscoe, Coshocton county, Ohio; son of David
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and Isabelle (fox} McGill, both natives of Ireland. The first four years of Mr. McGill's business life was clerking in stores. He was elected assessor of the city and township in the fall of 1881. Mr. McGill was married May 25, 1880, to Miss Annie, daughter of John and Mary (Freetague) Elson, of Coshocton.
McKEAG, ROBERT, deceased, Linton township , was born in the year 1805, in County Derry, ,f Ireland. He emigrated to America about 1850, when his son, James, was four and Robert two years old. He first settled in Knox township, Guernsey county, and engaged in farming. About five years later he removed to Linton township, where he remained till the time of his in decease, July 11, 1875. His wife died February 21, 1874. Their children are James, Robert, Sarah (Banker), Margaret, Mary Jane (Estep), Isabel and Eliza (Stephen).
McKEE EGBERT, Pike township ; f armer and stock raiser ; postoffice, Frazeysburg, Muskingum county ; born in this county, in 1834 ; son of Patrick and Elizabeth (Ashcraft) McKee, who came to this county in 181.5, from Ireland. He was married in 1861, to Miss Eliza Morris, daughter of William and Nancy (Clinton) Morris. They are the parents of ten children, viz; ; Elizabeth E., Edison L., Emma W., Mary E., French, Barton S., Cora A., Patrick H., Minnie J. and John W.
McKEE T. A., Washington township ; farmer; postoffice, Dresden; born in 1831, in this county. His father was born in 1800, in Ireland, and came to Philadelphia in 1818, and to this county in 1827. He was married the same year, to Miss Isabella Crawford, of this county, who was born in 1810, in Ireland. He died in 1871, she died in 1855. They were the parents of nine children, the subject of this sketch being the third. He was married in 1858, to Miss Henrietta Frey, of this county, who was born in 1840. They are the parents of two children, viz : Eugene and Emmett.
McKEE GEORGE W:, Washington townshi; farmer ; postoffice, Dresden ; born in 1845, in this county. His father was born in 1811 in Knox county. He married Miss Nancy Henderson of this county, who died in 1849. They were the parents of six children. In 1850 he married Mrs. Jones of this county. They are the parents of eight children ; the subject of this sketch being the fifth child by the first wife. He was married in 1866 to Miss Nancy E. McDonald of this county, who was born in 1843. They are the parents of seven children viz : Melvin S., Rosalind, Francis A., Mary E., Charles D., Frank L., and Luellie M.
McKEE J. L.. Perry township; postoffice, West Carlise ; born in Washington township, this county, in 1840; son of James and Isabella (Crawford) McKee. e was married in 1874, to Miss C. A. Lee, daughter of John W. and Elizabeth Lee. Mr. McKee is the father of two children, viz : Raleigh L., and Lula B.
McMORRIS G. W., Washington township; armer; postoffice, Dresden ; born in 1824, in this county. His father was born in 1780, in Hampshire count; Virginia He was married in 1815, to Miss Winiford Rector, of Fauquier county, Virginia, who was born in 1785. They came to this county, in 1817. He died in 1850. She died n in 1839. They were the parents of seven children, the subject of this sketch being the sixth. He was married in 1850, to Miss Martha McCon nel, of this county, who was born in' 1833. She died in 1854. They are the parents of two children.
McMURPHY , GEORGE, Oxford township; farmer; postoffice, Newcomerstown; son of William and Catharine (Stanley) McMurphy; was born in this township, in 1832, his parents being natives of the State of Delaware. George was married in 1855, to Jane E. Forsythe, of this township; they have had the following children: Ernest D., Mary A., Minnie B., Blanche; Samuel, deceased. He and his wife are members of the Protestant Methodist church, and. he is a mem ber if the Masonic fraternity. He lived in Tuscarawas county eleven years after he was married; now owns eighty acres of land, and is esteemed by his fellow citizens.
McNABB ISAAC, Bedford township carpenter; postoffice, Warsaw; born in 1829, in this county. His father was born in 1796, in Brooks county, Virginia, and was married in 1820, to Miss Mary Hoge, of Belmont county, who was born in 1800, in Hampshire county, Virginia. They came to this county in 1821, and both died in 1868. They were the parents of seven children, Isaac being the third. He was married in 1853, to Miss Delilah Devinia, of this county, who was born in 1833, in Carroll county. They have one child, Rezon.
McNABB JAMES, Sr., Coshocton; carpenter and superintendent of the bleaching department of the paper mills; born n February 7, 1822, in Mahonmg county; son of Patrick McNabb, a native of Ireland. He was raised on the farm until about twenty years of age, when he began his trade with William Logan, with whom he remained two years. In 1845 he went to Wellsburgh, West Virginia, and was engaged in a paper-mill until 1872, when he came to this city and engaged in his present position. He enlisted May 5, 1861, in Company G, First Virginia V. I,
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(three months' men), and re-enlisted September 11, 1861, in Company B, First Virginia V. I, for three years, and served his term of enlistment. He was slightly wounded at Winchester, March 23, 1862; was captured September 11, 1863, at Mooresfield, West Virginia, and held in Libby prison and Belle Island until March 16, 1864, when he was paroled. He was married March 31, 1844, to Miss Jane Kimberland, daughter of John Kimberland, of Brooks county, West Virginia. They have had eight children, three of whom, John, Campbell and Harding, have deceased, and Robert, Catharine, William, Laura Belle and James S. are living Mrs. McNabb departed this life in the full faith of glorious immortality, June 1880.
McNARY CHARLES A., Coshocton ; general pump dealer, gas fitter and plumber, 133 Second street; born July 10, 1855, in Fishkill, Dutchess county, New York; son of Isaac McNary, a native of New York, of Scotch descent. Young McNary's first work was farming; leaving this he became a machinist. In April, 1874 he came to this city and engaged in the gas business. In 1876 became successor to J. H. Carman and continued the business at the old stand two years, then removed to his present place where he has more ample room for his much increased business, which extends throughout this county and a part of Tuscarawas county. Mr. McNary was married December 22, 1880, to Miss Jennie, daughter of James H. and Jane (Shaw) Knapp, of Fishkill, Dutchess county, New York.
McMANUS MARTIN, Coshocton, wholesale and retail liquor dealer, corner of Main and Fifth streets; was born October 1,1852, in Steubenville; son of Patrick McManus, deceased, who was a native of Ireland. At fourteen young McManus, went on the railroad as water boy on a construction train for two summers, going to school in the winter. He was then promoted to flagman, which responsible duty he filled for two years, at the end of which time he was advanced to fireman, which labor he performed for three years. He was then advanced another step to that of engineer, which position he held until the death of his father, September 6, 1878, when he, being the oldest son, continues his father's business at the above place.
McNAUGHTON & CO., druggists, No. 444 Main street, Coshocton. M. W. McNaughton, managing partner of this firm, is a native of Licking county, where he was born September 23, 1847, and received his education in the district schools. He followed farming until 1867, when he engaged in the drug business in company with D. Wilkin, under the firm name of D. Wilkin & Co., at Utica, Ohio. This firm continued to do business until 1868, when he came to Coshocton and engaged in the same business here, with Mr. Wilkin as partner, and the firm name was changed to McNaughton & Go. The occupy pleasant and convenient rooms, 20x4 where they carry a large first class stock of pure drugs, chemicals, patent medicines, fancy goods, toilet articles, trusses, cigars and tobacco. Prescriptions carefully compounded.
McNEIL GEORGE C., of the firm of McNeil and Johnson, general provsions, family grocery , and bakery 430 Main street; Coshocton, Ohio. Mr. McNeil was born in Warsaw, Coshocton county, Ohio, September 3, 1854; son of Harrison and Julia (Cassingham) McNeil. In 1872, George C. entered the steel works, and remained there six years; after which he engaged as traveling salesman for J. W. Pinkerton, the grocer, of Zanesville, Ohio. With this firm he remained three years. In May, 1881, the present firm was established. Their future is auspicious. Joseph K. Johnson, Jr., of the firm of McNeil & Johnson, family groceries and bakery, 430 Main street, Coshocton, Ohio. Mr. Johnson was born January 7,1859, in Coshocton, Ohio, and brought up in his native city. He is the son of William K. and Elizabeth (Humrickhouse) Johnson; was educated in the public schools of Coshocton and the Pennsylvania M. academy, at Chester, Pennsylvania. After leaving the academy, he engaged with his brother Thomas, civil engineer on the extension of the Lake Erie and Western railroad. May 16, 1881, he became partner in the above firm.
McVEY J. S., New Castle township ; was born January 2, 1811, in Washington county, Pennsylvania, came to Ohio in 1814, settled in Perry township, Coshocton county, and was brought up on a farm until the age of twenty-one. He then engaged as clerk with John H. Pigman, and remained with him about two years; and then formed a partnership with Benjamin Cochran in general merchandise, which lasted two years, when he purchased the entire stock and carried on the business by himself until 1842. He then moved to Muscatine county, Iowa, and formed a partnership with John H. Sullivan in the milling business, which lasted two years. He then trade his interest in that, as part payment on his present mill property in Walhonding, where he has remained since, doing a good business in milling and buying and selling wheat, grinding about four hundred bushels daily, besides custom work. He married Miss Eleanor Trimble in the year 1839, daughter of William and Ann (Duncan) Trimble, who became the mother of five children, viz: Leander, Franklin, Martha, Catharine, and John. Franklin is living in Blandonsville, Illinois. Martha married Dr. J. R. Gamble, and also resides at Blandonsville, Illinois
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McVEY LEONARD F., New Castle township; farmer ; born July 7, 1843, in Perry township ; son of Joseph S. and Eleanor (Trimble) McVey. When young McVey was a boy, he worked in a flouring-mill, where he remained until he was about twenty-four years of age, when he engaged in merchandising at New Castle, continuing one year in that lace, after which he moved his store to Walhonding, where he conducted his business until April 1880, when he came to his present farm residence. Mr. McVey was married February 12, 1871, to Miss Mary Ellen, daughter of Joseph and Mary (Biggs) Butler. They are the parents of five children, viz : Joseph S , John C., Paulina V., Mary Catherine and Emma Lorena.
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MACKEY JOHN, Oxford township; farmer; Newcomerstown; son of James M., who was a Marylander. His mother was Elizabeth Case. Both are deceased. The subject of this sketch was born in Brownsville, Pennsylvania, in 1818; and came to Ohio when a child with his parents; was married to Margaret Rosenberry, in August, 1880. They are both members of the United Brethren church. He has been supervisor a number of years, and has for years been a member of the school board. His son John took an active part in the war, serving in the Fifty-first regiment three years. He is the father of nine children, viz: Sarah, John, Mary A., Nancy, Catherine, Perry, Liza, James, Luther, and Grayton, deceased.
MADDEN T. J., Coshocton; painter; was born February 2, 1824, in this city; son of Sanford F. Madden, a native of Loudon county, Virginia, of Scotch-Irish ancestry. His mother's maiden name was Mary Knoff, of New York. Young Madden, when a boy, worked with his father at the carpenter trade, he also learned painting, which trade he has followed until the present time. He enlisted June 8, 1848, in Company B, Third O. V. I, for the Mexican war, Col. Curtis commanding, and served one year his term of enlistment, after which he worked four months in the ordinance department as a government employs, and then returned to his home in this city. Mr. Madden was crippled in the right arm by a fall from a pair of derricks, during which time he served as city assessor and constable. He w elected a member of the school board in April 1878, which office he holds at present. Mr. Mad den was married September 24, 1854, to Miss Mary, daughter of Caleb Penn, a relative of Wil liam Penn, the founder of Pennsylvania. Mrs Madden is a daughter of Mary Laffer, whoa father was killed while on picket, by the Indians near Buffalo, New York. They have been blessed with seven children, viz: Willis, deceased; Lellia Sallies Willis and Iowa, deceased; Charles and Lina
MAGEE ROBERT, Bethlehem township; farmer; was born August 2, 1824, in Donegal county, Ireland. He came to this county with his parents in 1840, and located in Bethlehem township, on the farm on which Robert now lives. The country was then a wilderness. They cleared the land and built a cabin, which still stands. Robert's father was a blacksmith, and worked at his trade for a number of years. Robert was married in 1860, to Miss Nancy Stewart, of this county. He enlisted in Company A, but was transferred to Company H, One Hundred and Forty-third regiment O. V. I, and served four months.
MAGEE GEORGE, Coshocton; farmer; born September 26, 1853, it New York City; son of George Magee, an American of Irish descent. Young Magee, at the early age of nine years, became restive under the parental restraint, and availing himself of an opportunity to go West with a company of boys in care of Eli Trott, stopped in this city, and was selected from a number of boys by A. J. Reynolds, who became his foster father, with whom Mr. Magee yet makes his home. The boy's mother, learning through the postmaster at Roscoe of his where abouts, came for her son, but finding him in a comfortable home which he was unwilling to leave, she permitted him to remain.
MAGNESS JAMES, Lipton township; farmer; born in Green county, Pennsylvania, June 3, 1820. His great-grandfather emigrated from Ireland to America, in the latter part of the seventeenth century, and on the voyage James was born. They settled in Indiana, near Georgetown, where the sea-born James grew to manhood, and married Hannah Wise. They have six children, Levi, George, Brooks, Samuel, Nancy and Deborah The mother died while the children were young , and James married again. The sons, Levi, and George (the father of the subject of this sketch), served in the war of 1812, under Generals Scott and Brown; participated in the battles of Lundy's Lane, in which George was wounded. In the spring of 1815 the two moved to this township. George returned to Green county, Pennsylvania, where he married a widow, Rachel (Whit latch) Trimble, of German descent. By this marriage there were four children, Levi, Nancy, James and George. In 1823 the moved to Lafayette township. Here Mrs. Magness died, and George Magness, for a second wife, took Mary, daughter of William and Rebecca Evens, of Oxford township. This latter marriage resulted in nine children, four of whom survive. Mr: Mag-ness afterward moved to Lipton township; where James was reared. At the age of eighteen he began teaching; and has followed it in winter (farming in summer), until within a few years, a proof
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of signal success in this profession. November 15, 1842, he married Rebecca, daughter of Rich and and Rebecca Platt. By this marriage eight children were born, Lorenzo W., died in infancy; Walter S., died in the army near Petersburg, Virginia, July, 1864; Samuel B., Elizabeth J.; Nancy R., married to William H. Snedbaker, of Jackson township: Civita, married to Charles H. Hyatt, of Knox county, Missouri, and Sarah A. Mrs. Magness died June 28, 1878.
MAGNESS FIELDING H., Lipton township; farmer; born in Lipton township, February 16, 1839; son of George and Mary (Evans) Magness. His father was an early settler in this township. His mother was the daughter of William and Rebecca (Fowler) Evans, who settled on Bacon run in 1806. Mr. Magness now resides on the farm his father first owned in Lipton township. In 1860 he married Miss Catharine, daughter of Lewis Wells, of Albany county, New York. By this marriage e he has had four children: George L., Lewis Wells, Addle and Charles H. Charlie is the only child who survives. In September, 1864, Mr. Magness became a member of Company F, Fifteenth O. V. I, and remained in service till June, 1865. The scene of his military life was chiefly in Georgia, with Sherman.
MAGRAW JOHN C., boot and shoe dealer, 418 Main street, Coshocton, was born February 27, 1843, in Warsaw; son of James Magraw, deceased; born in Pennsylvania., of Scotch-Irish ancestry. At sixteen, young Magraw was apprenticed to learn the boot and shoemaker's trade, with James Hutchison and completed it with Samuel Hollibaugh; soon after which, he enlisted in company A, Ninety-sixth O. V. I, in August, 1862, and served three years. On his return home, he resumed his trade, with Samuel Hollibaugh, as partner, with the firm name of Hollibaugh & Magraw. This firm continued but a few years, when, being dissolved, Mr. Magraw opened shop, and worked about one year, doing custom work, then added a stock of boots and shoes. In 1872, he came to this city, and opened a store in his present room, where he has a complete stock of boots and shoes, hats and caps. Mr. Magraw was married, September 5, 1867, to Miss Mary Cook, daughter of James B Cook, of Martinsburgh, Knox county, Ohio. This union was blessed with five children, one James, having died. The four living are, Clara B., Fred. Bronson, Raymond Cook and Mary Matilda. In the spring of 1881, Mr. Magraw was appointed postmaster of this city, which office he now holds.
MAGRUDER GEORGE, Perry township; post office, West Carlisle ; born in this county in 1847 son of William and Eleanor (Henderson) Ma gruder, and grandson of George A. and Elizabeth (Billingsley) Magruder, and of William and Arabella Henderson. He was married in 1871 to bliss Hattie U. Westlake, daughter of Samuel and Sarah A. Westlake. They have three chil dren, viz : Charles C., Gertrude, and one unnamed.
MALATT JOHN L., Lafayette township; grocer; West Lafayette; son of Budd Malatt; was born in 1839, and married in 1863 to Catharine A. Trenor. They have had eight children, four of Whom are living, viz : John M., Charles. E., Bertha E., and Maggie. Mr. M. went out in the Eighty-fifth O. V. I., in 1862, for three months ; then in the Fifty-first the same year for nine months; and in 1865 in same regiment for one year.
MANGOLD JOHN L., Coshocton ;tobacconist, of the firm of T. W. Hagar & Co., 406 Main street, was born October 16, 1856, in Adamsville, Muskingum county; son of Henry Mangold, a native of Germany. Young Mangold was raised and educated in his native town. When about fifteen years of age he went to Zanesville as clerk in a grocery store, and remained one ear, when he returned to Adamsville. Here he earned his trade, which he followed in Zanesville and this city. The present firm was founded June 10, 1880, and is composed of young men of energy and business ability. Mr. Mangold was married October 13,1880, to Miss Olive Smith, daughter of Oliver Smith, deceased, of this city.
MANNER A. D., Coshocton ; buggy dealer and livery man; was born in Greencastle, Franklin county, Pennsylvania; son of Alexander Manner, deceased, who was a native of Kentucky. The subject of this sketch was raised in Newark, Ohio. At the age of sixteen he was apprenticed to learn the harness and saddlery trade, with Henry Wilson, of Newark. On completing his trade he was a journeyman for about two years. He also learned the carriage trimming business, with John E. Shannon, at Mount Vernon. After having worked in several shops, he, in the spring of ' 1857, established a partnership with E. McDonald, in which they manufactured carriages, etc., and were proprietors of the American House (hotel). This firm having dissolved, in 1860, Mr. Manner established a harness and saddler shop and livery business at Roscoe. In 1865, he returned to this city and continued his business here. At present, his son, James B., is associated with him in the livery business. They are doing a full average share of the business in their line, keeping on an average nine horses, and a full stock of rigs to suit. Mr. A. D. Manner was married first to Miss Diadems Sparks, of Licking county. Before her decease they were blessed with one child, a son, James B. Mr. Manner afterward married Miss Mary Jane Gaves, of Mus-
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kingum county. This union was blessed with three children, one of whom is deceased, and two are living, viz : William H, and Emma I. James B. Mannner was married April 19, 1876, to Miss Josephine McClure, daughter of Alexander McClure, of this city. This union has been blessed with one child, a son, Carl Alexander.
MARKLEY DAVID, Tuscarawas township; farmer; was born October 13, 1819, in this township; son of Frederick and Rachel (Cartmill) Markley. David's father came to Coshocton county in 1803 and located in Bethlehem township on the Walhonding river. His ancestors came from Maryland and are of German descent. David's father died when the boy was but nine years old, from which age Mr. Markley has depended entirely on his own industry and management for success, and it is but just to state here that he has by honest and judicious economy obtained an ample competence for his family and himself, and to do a liberal share in assisting in all charitable and religious enterprises of his neighborhood. He also takes a live interest in education. Mr. Markley was married July 9, 1842, to Miss Selina, daughter of Lera and Ann (Felch) Payne. Mrs. Markley's grandmother was Sarah Knox, sister of General Knox. They are the parents of fourteen children, nine of whom are deceased, viz: Caroline, William F., Christena Frances, George E., Charles D., Mary Melissa, Judge Harper, Lily May and Edward; and five living, viz: Samuel Asberry, Minerva Catherine, Emma, Annie E. and David, Jr.
MARKLEY FREDERICK, Virginia township ; born in Coshocton county , in 1841; son of John B. and Margaret Markley, and grandson of Benjamin and Nancy Markley. He was married in 1867, to Loving Lockard, daughter of Andrew and Mary Lockard. He is the father of six children, five living and one dead. He was a soldier in the late war, having enlisted in 1861, in Company H, Fifth artillery, Army of the Cumberland. Mr. Markley was engaged in the battles of Stone River, Chickamauga and Mission Ridge, and was discharged at Nashville, Tennessee, October 5, 1864. Postoffice, Willow Brook.
MARKLEY W. S., Coshocton, Ohio, of the firm of Markley & Eckert, livery men. Mr. Markley was born March 12, 1851, in Bethlehem township, Coshocton county, Ohio; son of Adam Markley, deceased. Young Markley remained at home on the farm until 1876, when the above firm was established. They keep, on an average, ten to twelve horses and rigs to suit, such as barouches, buggies, sample-wagons, sleighs, etc.
MARSHALL OWEN, Jackson township; farmer ; born April 10, 1804, in Hampshire county, Virginia; son of Thomas and Elizabeth (McKern) Marshall. Owen is the oldest of a family of three sons and one daughter. His paternal ancestry is English, his maternal Irish. In 1809 he was brought to this county by his parents who located about one and a half miles south of Coshocton city, where his father remained until his death, March 4, 1814, and was buried in the Coshocton burying ground. He served as a soldier under Gen. Harrison in the war of 1812. After the death of his father, the widow and family moved to Bedford township, where Owen. remained until he was twenty-two or twenty-three years of age, when he came to his present residence. It was all a virgin forest, and contained only forty acres, bought with money earned by days' work at thirty-seven and a half cents per day; but by hard work and good economy he added to the little beginning until he obtained a large farm well improved. Mr. Marshall was married August 18,1833, to Miss Mary, daughter of Crispin and Elizabeth (Polaet) Tredway. They are the parents of eight children, viz ; Thomas, Crispin T., Owen, Jr., Elizabeth Jane, Mary M., Nancy Ellen, Allen M., and Irwin deceased. Mr. Marshall with his father attended the first court held in Coshocton county. It is also justice to state that Mr. and Mrs. Marshall have raised a family of seven children, all of whom are intelligent and highly esteemed by s large circle of friends.
MARQUAND JOSEPHUS, Virginia township; born in this county, and was a son of Charles and Elizabeth Marquand; married April 1, 1862, to Jane Adams, daughter of John and Emma J. Adams. Their union was blessed with five children, viz: Emma J., William T., Elizabeth S., Anna Mary and Jennie B. Mr. Marquand died in 1872.
MARQUAND JOSEPH, Virginia township;. born in Coshocton county, Ohio, January 23, 1853; son of Charles and Elizabeth Marquand. He married January 1, 1868. Harry Marquand is their only child. Postoffice, Adams' Mills.
MARSHALL J. D., Coshocton; carriage painter, 311 Second street; was born July 24, 1837, in Warren county; son of John S. Marshall, a native of Virginia, of Irish ancestry. He was raised in Zanesville: At fourteen; he went to the confectionery trade and worked one year. The next year, he began his present trade with Ball, Ward & Co., of Newark ; On completing his trade, he worked as a journeyman in this city. In 1861, Mr. Marshall enlisted in Company K, Sixteenth O. V. I., and served three months; re-enlisted in Company A, One Hundred and Twelfth O. V. I., and was commissioned captain, in March, 1862; and resigned in November of the same year. In 1875, he established his present shop, where he does all kinds of carriage and
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ornamental painting. Captain Marshall was married, May 17, 1864, to Miss Sarah Elizabeth Carter, daughter of Frister Carter, of Washington township. This union was blessed with six children, viz: Cora B., Minnie Frances, Ella A., Hattie, May Belle, Fannie S. and Sarah Amelia.
MARSHALL A. M., Jackson township; born in this county in 1849; son of Owen and Mary Marshall; married in December, 1874, to Clare McCoy, daughter of William and Catherine McCoy. Mr. Marshall is the father of three children, viz: Arizona, William O., Mary K Postoffice, Roscoe.
MARTIN L. W., principal of Roscoe public schools; Roscoe postoffice; born August 2, 1845, in Martins Ferry, Belmont county; a son of Ebenezer Martin, an American born, of English descent; lived on a farm and attended public schools till the age of twenty-one years. He went west and remained two years, when he returned and began teaching in his native town, and taught there five years. In 1879 he came to Roscoe and was elected to his present position. Professor Martin was married December 18, 1873, to Miss Emma Beazel, daughter of Harvey Beazel, of Martins Ferry, and is the father of two children-Sidney and Harvey.
MARTIN JAMES, Mill Creek township; farmer; postoffice, Mound; born in 1846, in this county. His father, James Martin, was born in 1796, in Ireland. He came to this country in 1820, landing in Delaware. He lived in that State for a short time, when he removed to New York, and remained there only a few years, when he went back to Delaware, where he was married, in 1828, to Miss Jane Martin, of Delaware She was born in 1805. They came to this county in 1842. She died in 1859. They were the parents of ten children, seven of whom are living.
MARTTER JOHN, Coshocton ; restaurant and saloon, Main street, four doors east of town hall, between Second and Third streets; was born December 9,1839, in Linton township. His parents were French. He remained on the farm until he was about eighteen years of age, when he went West, remaining about one and a half years; then he returned home and farmed until 1863, when he came to this city, and was the first to make street sprinkling and express delivery a success.
In 1871 Mr. Martter was elected marshal and constable, serving four years in the first, and six years in the last office. May 1,1876, he established his present business, but was entirely burned out, with no insurance, in March, 1880. Mr. Martter immediately began, and in a few months completed, the building of his new brick, four doors east of town hall, Main street, between Second and Third streets, where he is at present located, succeeding well in business.
Mr. Martter was married October 6, 1861, to Miss Mary E. Roof, daughter of Benjamin Roof, of Linton township. This union was blessed with nine children, one, Francis, having deceased. Their children living are as follows: John Edward, George, Joseph, James, Berths, Agnus, Cora and Mary.
MARTTER J. P., Coshocton; foreman, at Beech Hollow coal mines; was born February 24; 1844; in Linton township; son of John Martter, a native of France. Young Martter remained on the farm until June 1, 1861, when he enlisted in Company K, Twenty-fourth O. V. I., and served three years and one month, when he was honorably discharged at Columbus Ohio. After his discharge; he was employed eight months as government clerk at Nashville, Tennessee. At the close of the war, he traveled in the West, visiting Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan. Returning to his old home in 1869, he farmed until 1872, when he came to this city and engaged in the planing mill one year, and at the paper mills two and a half years, also two years at the Home Coal Company. Whilst working for the above firms, Mr. Martter had his right arm broken at two different times, his right leg broken and his right ankle and both knees dislocated. He is now foreman at the Beech Hollow mines. His consort's maiden name was Elizabeth Hamer, daughter of Jacob Hamer, of Jefferson township. They have had four children, viz : James W., Charles, Albert C. and Norah F. Mrs. E. Martter conducts a boot and shoe store, 122 Second street.
MASON BENJAMIN F., Jefferson; contractor and builder of public works; postoffice, Warsaw, Ohio; son of Benjamin and Hannah J. (Latham) Mason ; was born May 2, 1844, in Clarksburg, Virginia. Mr. Mason was raised on the farm. He came to this county in 1865, and has been a resident since. He was married December 25, 1864, to Miss Saline. Linebaugh, of this count . They are the parents of one child, viz: Ida W., born September 9,1865. Mr. Mason has followed his present occupation ten years, and has built many bridges and done much other public work for the county.
MASTON D., Jackson township; postoffice, Tyrone; born in this county in 1831; son of Peter and Lena Mason. The father of the subject of this sketch was born in Pennsylvania, in 1803; died in this county February 9,1870. The mother died January 22, 1856. The subject of this sketch is one of a family of twelve children, eight of whom are still living; all married but one. We had the pleasure of meeting Mr. P. S.
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Maston, a younger brother of Mr. Maston's, and must acknowledge our thanks for favors shown us on that occasion.
MASTEN JAMES E., farmer; Washington township; postoffice, Wakatomaka; born in 1838, in this county. His father, Edward, was born in 1814 in Virginia, and was married in 1836 to Miss Elizabeth Thomas, of this county, who was born in 1804 in Virginia, They are the parents of two children, the subject of this sketch being the oldest. He was married in 1867 to Miss Mary F. Bell, of this county, who was born in 1839, in this county. They are the parents of three children living, viz: Kore E., Ella M. and Susan E. Mr. Marten enlisted in 1861 in the Eightieth O. V. I, and served three years and nine months. He was at the battles of Iuka, Corinth, Jackson, Mission Ridge and at the siege of Vicksburg.
MAXWELL WILLIAM, Jackson township; postoffice, Roscoe; born in this county in 1825; son of Robert and Mary (Carry Maxwell, and grandson of Robert and Dora Maxwell; married in 1847 to Dianna Bible.. Mr. Maxwell is the father of seven children, viz: Malinda; Mary, deceased; Josephine, Elnora, Almeda, Alice and Frank. All are married but two, and living in this county.
MEEK H., Franklin township; born in Washington county, Pennsylvania, April 15, 1811; son of Isaac and Permelia Meek, and grand son of John Meek, anti of Matthias Luse. In 1826, he came to Zanesville, and there learned the tailor trade, working at it a year or two as journeyman; then, in 1833, he came to Coshocton, where he followed tailoring, till 1838. From that year, to 1855, he was engaged in mercantile business, in Coshocton, and then moved to Franklin township, where he has since been engaged in farming and in stock raising. He was married in 1832, to Elizabeth, daughter of Christian and Anna Spangler, of Zanesville. By this marriage, he had four children, viz : Hamilton, Anna, David and Christian, of whom only David survives. Christian was killed at Stone River. In 1.842, he married Sarah Tuttle, daughter of Phineas and Thankful Tuttle. His children by this marriage are : Charlotte, James H., Mary B.; Henry T., deceased, and Elizabeth E.
MEEK J. F., editor of the Coshocton Age; was born July 20, 1856, in Tuscarawas count , Ohio, and educated in the public schools of Newcomerstown. At the age of sixteen he commenced learning the art of telegraphy, and soon obtained a situation on the P. W. & B. R. R. as operator. At the age of eighteen he became a typo and local writer for the Newcomerstown Argus. At twenty-one, in company with A. W. Search, the present editor and proprietor of the Toledo Daily Morning Commercial, he took charge of the Age, which he subsequently bought and now edits. His paper is well received, having a circulation of more than 2,000 copies.
MEREDITH C. H., New Castle township; born September 9, 1823, in New Castle township, Coshocton county, Ohio ; son of Jesse and Soveniah Horn, and grandson of Obed . and Rebecca (Draper) Meredith, and of C. Horn and Sarah Wolf. Mr. Meredith s a genius and has worked at milling, carpentering and farming. At the age twenty-one he began life for himself; married Miss Mary J. Bailey January 15, 1826, who was born July 3, 1845, daughter of James and Elizabeth (Isminger) Bailey, granddaughter of William and (Carter) Bailey, and of John and Sarah A. (Staggers) Isminger. Their children were Elizabeth M., married to Joseph Severin, who resides in Indiana; Jesse R. (at home); Rebecca V., married to Leonard Hains, saddler in Coshocton ; William H., married to Miss Mary N. Barett; Sarah S., and R. E. J., who live at home.'
METHAM PREN, Jefferson township; farmer; born April 30, ---- , in Jefferson township, Coshocton county, Ohio; son of Pren and Eliza (Bowman) Metham, and grandson of Pren Metham, who was born in London, England, and of James Bowman, who lived to be ninety-seven years old. His great-grandmother lived to the great age of one hundred and six ears. Mr. Metham is a mixture of German, French and English blood. Mr. Metham's grandfather was in the British navy at the time of the American revolution; his grandfather 'Bowman was in the American army at the same time He also had two uncles in the war of 1812 Mr. Metham enlisted in Company F, Eightieth O. V. I., in the fall of 1861. He was commissioned Second lieutenant by Governor Dennison, then raised a company of which he was made, captain; soon after was promoted to rank of major, to succeed Major Lanning; who was killed at the battle of Corinth, Mississippi. After the death of Colonel Bartleson he was appointed to succeed him. The principal battles in which he was engaged, were the fense at Paducah, Jonesborough, the siege of Corinth, the second battle of Corinth, Vicksburg, Port Gibson, Raymond, Mississippi, Jackson, Champion Hill, Big Black, siege of Vicksburg, Chattanooga,, Lookout Mountain, Mission Rldge, siege of Atlanta, and finally, on the march with Sherman to the sea. He was present at Ford's Theater when Lincoln .was assassinated, started. in pursuit of Booth, but was misled by. going into a door that led to the ladies dressing-room, instead of going to the street. After the close of the war Colonel Metham settled down to farming for a quiet life. He was married September 7, 1854, to Miss Sarah A. Proudfit, daughter of
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John and Catharine (Grouse) Proudfit, and granddaughter of Jacob and Elizabeth (Raifsnider) Grouse, and of John Proudfit, descendants of the original John Proudfit, who was beheaded in Scotland. Their. children are: Alvia, Austin, Lincoln, John Pren, Ella and Gertrude.
METZ JACOB, Crawford township; farmer; postoffice, New Bedford, Ohio; was born, September 16, 1834, in Crawford township; son of Jacob and Barbara (Long) Metz, of Wertemberg, Germany. Mr. Metz, from boyhood to the present time, has given his undivided attention to agriculture and husbandry. Mr. Metz was married, in January, 1858, to Miss Mary Anna, daughter of William and Anna (Rickey) Beaird. They had three children, viz: Sarah; Louise, deceased, and Phebe, deceased. Mrs. Metz died June 15, 1866. Mr. Metz was married April 5, 1868, to Miss Sarah, daughter of Henry and Rebecca (Humel) Holderbaum. They had two children: George W. and Andrew J. Mr. Metz has held the office of justice of the peace three terms and of notary public one term. At the present time, he has the contract for carrying the United States daily mail from Stone River office to Millersburg. He also has in his possession the original deed for his farm, signed by President Andrew Jackson.
MISKIMEN JOHN, deceased; born July 12, 1815, in Linton township; son of James Miskimen, of pioneer note in Linton township He was married in 1841, to Rachel Burt, daughter of Daniel and Sarah (Fought) Burt, born in Orange county, New York, and moved with her parents to Oxford township, when sixteen years old. After their marriage they lived in Oxford township till 1869, when they moved to near Newcomerstown, Tuscarawas county. Mr. Miskimen died there July 10, 1870, his wife surviving until April 5, 1876. They had seven children, viz : Daniel, Frank, Charlotte, Mary, John C., George W. and Rachel A. John C. now resides in Linton township.
MIKESELL DANIEL, Perry township; postoffice, New Guilford; born in this county, n 1832; son of Jacob and Sarah (Shuss) Mikesell. Mr. Mikesell is one of a family of nine children, three boys and six girls, six of whom are still living. He is the grandson of George and Susan (Long) Mikesell, and of George and Catharine Long. He was married in January, 1856, to Miss Anna Crawford, daughter of Thomas and Mary Craw ford. They have seven children, viz : Elcie A. deceased; Oscar M., Mary A., William T., Ettie B., Emma M. and Orpha J. Mr. Mikesell is a present a justice of the peace of Perry township
MIZER WILLIAM, Tuscarawas township Coshocton postoffice; merchant and farmer; born in Shanesville, Tuscarawas county, August, 1825. He is a son of Philip and Margaret (Shultz) Mizer, a native of Pennsylvania. William was brought up on a farm, where he remained until the fall of 1856, when he engaged in merchandising at Bakersville, where he continued until 1866, when he returned to farming, which he followed until 1870, when he resumed merchandising, with A. Ley as partner. This firm conducted two stores, one at Shanesville and the other at Port Washington. In 1875 they sold the Shanesville store, and came to his present residence in April, 1880, one mile south of Coshocton. Mr. Mizer was married February 14, 1850, to Catharine, daughter of Michael and Sarah (Bensinger) Riggle, of Adams township. They have had five children, viz: Sarah M. V.; Philip, deceased; Elizabeth, and Hattie.
MILLS JOSEPH, New Castle township; farmer; postoffice, New Castle; was born in New Castle township, A ril 30, 1844: son of Samuel and Priscilla (Morford) Mills, grandson of Joseph and Mary (Exline) Mills, also grandson of William and Mary (Fulks) Morford. He attended school and worked with his father on the farm, until the age of twenty-seven, at which time he married and begun tilling the soil for himself. He is an enterprising young farmer. and highly respected by all who know him. He entered the army in February, 1865, under Captain Brophy, of Knox county, Company A, One Hundred and Ninety-fourth O. V. I, and continued until the close of the war. He was married to Miss Martha Preston, daughter of Jonathan and Harriet (Horner) Preston, December 27, 1870. Mrs. Mills is granddaughter of Bernard and Mary (Forwood) Preston, and William and Susannah Horner, all natives of Pennsylvania. She was born in Licking county, Ohio, June 7, 1838. This union has been blessed with two children, viz: Harriet V., boric February 2, 1873, and Bernard P., born November 10, 1878.
MILLIGAN ANTONY, Bethlehem township; farmer; was born September, 1821, in Coshocton county, Ohio. His father was one of the first settlers of Bethlehem township, and came from Virginia. Mr. Milligan was married, in 1845, to Miss Susannah Randles, of this county, who was born in 1818. They are the parents of eight children, viz : John E., born in October, 1847; Benjamin F., born in May, 1849; Anderson, born October 13, 1851; Margaret A., born November 28,1856; Francis Marion, born October 21, 1859. The other three are dead. All are married except Francis M., who is still at home. t Mr. and Mrs. Milligan are honored members of the Methodist Protestant church.
MILLIGAN J. C., Keens township; postoffice, Roscoe ; born in Keens township, September 4,
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1838; son of Cuthbert and Dorothy (Reed) Milligan, and grandson of Elizabeth Milligan. He enlisted in Company D., Sixteenth O. V. I, in April, 18G1, was at the charge on Philippi and was mustered out in August. He re-enlisted in September, 1864, in Company K., O. V. I, and was appointed orderly sergeant, also served a short time as captain, was with Sherman on his famous match to the sea, and engaged at Atlanta and Fort McAlister. After the grand review at Washington he was discharged. Mr. Milligan was married October 2, 1862, to Elizabeth McCultough, daughter of William and Keziah (Beard) McCullough. Their children were : Alice K., born September 4, 1863; Flora E., born June 15, 1865; Mary L., born February 1, 1867; Charles A., born Match 21, 1869; James E., born April 15, 1871; Sarah J., born April 15, 1873; William, bore June 3, 1877, and John H., born November 1, 1879 (deceased). Mrs. Milligan died November 9, 1879 and was buried at Prairie Chapel cemetery.
MILLER FRANK, Roscoe ; cooper; born in Oldenburg, Bavaria, May 9,1817; son of George Duller; followed coal mining in his native country, and came to America in 1842, and settled in Massillon, Ohio, where ht: worked as a common laborer until November 6, 1843, when he commenced the cooper trade with Henry Rinks, with whom he worked fifteen months, and in Massillon about six years; came to Roscoe, and after working for Medbery about thirteen and Glassen ten years, started a shop of his own in 1872, where he has dente a good business up to the present time. He was married to Margaret Fritz, daughter of Charles F. Fritz, of Wurtemberg. Their children ate Charles, born November 18, 1851; Frank, horn October 4, 1853; John, born February 12, 1856; and Lewis, born February 16, 1858.
MILLER JOHN C., Franklin township; boot and shoemaker; postoffice, Wills Creek, Ohio; born in Lipton township , January 18, 1842; son of Isaac and Rebecca (lark) Miller. When a youth, he worked in a saw-mill and attended school November 2, 18G1, he enlisted in Company G, Eightieth O. V. I; re-enlisted in January, 1864, as a veteran, and served till the close of the war, serving through all the minor grades of office to that of second lieutenant. At the close of the war, he began working at his present trade. His first shop was established at Frew's Dulls; next at Coshocton; from there, he returned to Frew's Mills, his present location. Mr. Duller was married, July 3, 1866, to Miss Alice C., daughter of Addison and Jane (Pocock) Syphert. They become the parents of seven children : Howard, Rena, Ventner, Isaac, Addison, Cora Alice, Leroy and John.
MILLER LEVI, Adams township; postoffice, Barkersville; miller; born in Tuscarawas county, February 7, 1826; son of Henry and Barbara (Cease) Miller; grandson of Jacob and Catharine (Stootsman) Miller. and of George Cease. His ether entered land in Tuscarawas county, in 1801, and moved there in 1804; was one of the first settlers of Tuscarawas county. The subject of this sketch is the youngest of thirteen children. At the age of seven years, he began carding wool, and followed that trade until he was about seventeen ,years of age. He then began the milling business with his father, and remained with him until he reached manhood, when he began his former occupation. carrying on a factory in Shanesville, Ohio, manufacturing cloth and all kinds of woolen fabrics for a period of fourteen ears; after which he moved to Rogersville, where he was in the milling business for four years, then sold his mill and lived a retired life for three years; then came to Bakersville, and built the Eureka City mills, and has been engaged in that occupation ever since. He has a very good trade, doing mostly custom work. Mr. Miller was married, October 4, 1849, to Miss Catherine Ohl, daughter of Jacob and Catharine (Dusman) Ohl, granddaughter of Henry Ohl, and John and Elizabeth Dusman. She was born in Trumball county, Ohio, December 12, 1824. They ate the parents of five children, viz: George W., deceased; Albert, deceased; Priscilla, deceased; Caroline, born June 15, 1854, and Charles A., born March 22, 1858. Caroline is married to Alvin Peairs, of Adams township, and has four children; Charles is married to Elizabeth Miser, and lives in Bakersville; is engaged in milling with his father, and has one child.
MILLER HENRY, Jefferson township; insurance agent; postoffice, Warsaw, Ohio; son of Conrad and Sarah (Scott) Miller; was born August 11, 1844, in Wayne county, Ohio. His father was a Virginian, and his mother a Pennsylvanian. They came to Ohio in 1830, and located near Wooster, Ohio. At that time there were but few houses in what is now the city of Wooster. The people were obliged to go on horseback to Zanesville for salt, and the nearest wheat market was Massillon. Mr. Miller was raised on a farm near Napoleon, Holmes county, Ohio. He came 'to Coshocton county in 1876. He was married May 4, 1876, to Miss Mary E. Lowery, of this county. They are the patents of three children, viz: Harry M., born February 18,1877, died Match 3,1877; an infant, which died when but three days old, and Miller J., born February 9, 1880.In 1869 Mr. Miller went on the toad to sell medicine, and notions, and followed the occupation four years. He was then engaged in the fruit tree business for three years. He is at present operating fire, life and accidental insurance, and is doing a
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flourishing business, representing several first-class companies in this county.
MILLER JOHN H., Linton township; farmer; born September 5, 1832, in Muskingum county; son of George and Elizabeth Miller, who moved from Loudon county, Virginia, about 1828. When about sixteen years old his father and family moved to Vinton county, but John remained in Muskingum, and when about twenty-one came to Linton township, and has been here pretty much since. He was married to Susannah Werts, daughter of John and Eliza (Bainter) Werts, and has four children : Maria Ellen, Solomon C., Mary Elizabeth, and John Alvin.
MILLER HARRISON, Bedford township; postoffice, West Bedford ; farmer and justice of the peace ; born in 1818, in Harrison county, Ohio, and was married in 1839, to Miss Mary Ann Wheeler, of the same county, who was born in 1820, and died in 1858. They were the parents of nine children. He went to Jefferson county, and in 1860 married Mrs. Story, of that county. They have two children. They came to Tuscarawas county in 1867, and to this county in 1875. Mr. Miller always worked at the carpenter trade until 1870, when the asthma compelled him to quit it, and he has since been farming.
MILLER ANDERSON, Keen township; born in Keene township, Coshocton county, Ohio, January 28, 1850. He was brought up on a farm and educated in the district schools, and is engaged in farming at present. For his ancestry, see his father's (Samuel Miller's) biography, in another part of this work. He married Miss Mary A. McClure, November 26, 1873, a daughter of Robert and Jane (Spangler) McClure, and granddaughter of Nathan and Mary (Stewart) McClure, and of George and Rebecca (Cleigett) Spangler. Their children were Nora B., born November 24, 1874; Line J., January 11,1877, and Samuel McClure, December 9,1879.
MILLER SAUL, Keene township, born, in Coshocton county, Ohio, September 18, 1815; he is a son of Nicholas and Mary (Darling) Miller; grandson of Henry and Cynthia McCarta and of Robert and Cynthia (Sever) Darling. He was born on a farm and brought up to that occupation, and has continued farming until the present. He has more than 700 acres of land in the valleys of the Tuscarawas and Walhonding. Mr. Miller 'was married to Elizabeth Miller November 7, 1839, daughter of Michael and Ada (Tanner) Miller, who was born May 8,1819, and died September 20, 1879. They had the following named children: Edith, born December 14,1840; Squire, August 21, 1842; Franklin D., June 16, 1844; Eliza A., May 24, 1846; Alexander, May 20,1848; Wilson C. and Anderson D., January 28, 1850; Mary J., May 17, 1852; Howard, November 8, 1854; Isabel, March 14, 1859; and Elizabeth M., December 12, 1861.
MILLER W. S., Keene township ; was born in Coshocton county, November 7, 1847. He lived on a farm with his parents till the age of eighteen, when he went to the Baldwin university to school. After his education was finished, he returned to the farm, and has been engaged in the business of farming ever since. He married Miss Sue J. Hanlon, daughter of William and Mary (Stark) Hanlon; ; granddaughter of Allen and Susan (Lord) Hanlon, and of James and', Elizabeth (McGee) Stark, and great granddaughter of James McGee. They have one child, Cora May, born November 16, 1873.
MILLER ISAAC W., deceased ; was born December 10, 1814; died December 30, 1873. He was married to Sarah Morgan, in 1837, who died in 1866. He married Miss M. J. Cochran in 1869,. who became the mother of one child, M. J. Elson.
MILLER WARREN, Lafayette township; farmer; postoffice, West Lafayette, Ohio; son of Isaac W. and Sarah (Morgan) Miller; was born March 4,1856, in Lafayette township, this county. His parents were of Irish-German descent, but were born and raised in this country. Mr. Miller was raised on the farm, and has always followed that occupation. He owns a fine farm of 202 acres, situated in the Tuscarawas valley, near the village of West Lafayette.
MILLER BASIL, Lafayette township ; farmer; postoffice, West Lafayette; was born September 17, 1833, on the farm where he is now living; son of Daniel and Deborah (Rickells) Miller. He was married in 1856, to Miss Susan Ravenscraft, daughter of James and Mary Ellen (Cresap) Ravenscraft. They have had six children-Daniel, Harriet Ellen, Laura, James Banner, Hutoka and Orlando. Mr. Miller owner about 200 acres of good land, lives in a substantial brick residence, is well spoken of, and has been director of School District No. 6, for fifteen or more years. Mrs. Miller is a member of the Baptist church.
MILLER JOHN F., Perry township ; farmer and stock raiser; postoffice, West Carlisle ; born in Washington township, this county, in 1849; son of John and Nancy (Lyons) Miller, and grandson of Francis arid Isabel Miller, and of John and ----- Lyons; married in 1876, to Miss Anna Mikesell; daughter of Jacob and Sarah Mikesell. They have two children, viz : Clara E. and John J. Mr. Miller spent several years of his life in the West, visiting a number of States during his stay. His grandfather Lyon was in the war of 1812.
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MILLER IRWIN, Coshocton; boot and shoe manufacturer; was born November, 1841, in Clinton, this county ; son of David Miller, a native of Pennsylvania, of German and Irish ancestry. Young ;Miller was educated in the public schools of his native town. He worked about one and one-half years at his trade, before enlisting in Company B, Eightieth O. V. I, stud served to the close of the war, and was never off duty or in the hospital. On his return he resumed his trade at Newcomerstown, as a journeyman, and worked about four months, when he began business for himself, at West Lafayette, and remained about one year, from which place he came to this city, where he has continued his business. Mr. Miller was married January 1, 1866, and is the father of three children, all living, viz: William A., Mary and Catherine. He is doing a leading ness in custom work.
MILLER A. J., Coshocton ; brick-maker; born February 27, 1829, in Allegheny county, Maryland ; son of Jacob and Mary Poland, and grandson of Christopher Miller. He was brought up on a farm, and continued farming until about the year 18(i3, when he abandoned agriculture, and was engaged in various pursuits until 1870, when he established his present business, and now makes from 800,000 to 1,000,000 brick per year. Mr. Miller was married October 24, 1852, to \tics Mary Jane Timorous, daughter of William and Maria (Banks) Timmons. Mr. Miller is strictly abstentions in his habits, not using alcoholic drinks or tobacco in any form.
MILLER M., proprietress grocery, bakery and confectionery, 528 Main street, Coshocton. P. I. Miller, business manager and baker of this establishment, was bore in Portsmouth, Ohio, July 15, 1839, and camp with his parents to Roscoe when quite young. He received his education in the public schools of this county, and, when about sixteen years old he engaged in learning the baking business, in which he served three years. He then went to Zanesville, where he served the firms of J. H. Palmer, C. Stolzenbach and Gill & Leslie; after which he went to Dresden, and was in the employ of A. Gudhold, with whom he remained until 1857, when he came to Coshocton and embarked in business for himself, and has conducted the grocery and baking business ever since, with the exception of four years that he was in the United States service. He enlisted in the first call for three months' men, in Company A, Sixteenth O. V. I, and, after this term of service, he enlisted in the three years' service, in Company I, Ninety-seventh O. V. I, in which he was promoted to second sergeant, and served eighteen months, when he was honorably discharged on account of disability. He enlisted again, in 1863, in Company F, Fifty-first O. V. I, in which he served as sergeant of ambulance, until the close of the war, when he returned home and gave his attention to his business. He occupies commodious rooms twenty by 100 feet, where he carries a first-class stock of staple and fancy groceries and confectioneries. He also has an extensive bakery attached, and produces a large amount of bread, plain and fancy cakes, and pies of all kinds. Specialties, oysters and ice cream, in their seasons.
MITKIFF REUBEN, Virginia township; born in Pennsylvania, in 1807, and settled in Belmont county, Ohio, in 1810. He then moved to Coshocton county, where he died in February, 1880. He was a son of Isaac and Elizabeth (Sheperd) Mitkiff. Mr. Mitkiff was a faithful and devoted member of the Methodist church. He married Rebecca Perking in 1831. His widow survives him, and resides on the home farm. Postoffice, New Moscow.
MOODE MRS. SARAH, Bedford township; postoffice, West Bedford; born in 1823, in Bedford county, Pennsylvania. She came to this county in 1832, and was married in 1841, to John Tipton, of this county. He was born in 1817. They moved to Indiana in 1852. He died in 1853. They were the parents of three sons, viz : Jacob A., James T. and John W., all deceased. She came back to Coshocton county in 1858, and was married in 1859, to Richard Moode, of this county, who was born in 1786, in Maryland, He died in 1867. Mr. Moods was a lawyer of ability. He was a school teacher, and owned a large tract of land.
MOORE JAMES, Pike township; postoffice, West Carlisle; farmer and stock raiser; born in Ireland, in 1808; came to thin county in 1835; son of Robert and Margaret (Gardener) Moore, and grandson of John and Rosa bore. He was married, in 1833, to Miss Jenette Patton, daughter of James and Mary Patton. They are the parents of nine children, viz: Margaret, Mary, Sarah, Samuel, Anna, Robert, James; William, deceased, and Ella. All are married but two. Mr. Moore's father died in 1826, and his mother in 1838:.
MOORE SAMUEL, Tuscarawas township; farmer; bore March 4, 1816, on the farm where he now resides, two miles south of the county seat, in the Muskingum valley. His residence is on a beautiful knoll overlooking the Muskingum river. Samuel Moore's father, John D. Moore, was one of the worthy pioneers of the county, having settled in it about the year 1810. His grandfather, William Moore ,was a native of Pennington, New Jersey. Samuel's mother was Mary M., daughter of George Miller, of Lafayette township. He was born near Romney, Hampshire
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county, Virginia. Samuel Moore has been a very successful farmer, haying 550 acres of land in the fertile valley of the Muskingum. He was elected county commissioner in 1870, and reelected for the following term, serving two terms. He was married, December 15, 1840, to Miss Susannah. daughter of Philip and Rosanna (Baker) Hershman. They became the parents of seven children, viz: John D., Philip H.; Mary E., deceased; Rose Ann, Samuel H., Adelia M. and Susannah, deceased. Mrs. Moore died March 11, 1855.
MOORE PHILIP H., Franklin township; farmer; born in Tuscarawas township, August 7, 1843, son of Samuel and Susannah (Hershman) Moore, and grandson of John D. Moore, one of the pioneer settlers of Coshocton. Mr. Moore enlisted December 10, 1861, in Company H, Eightieth O. V. I , and was discharged in March, 1865. This regiment belonged to the Western Army. He was at the engagement at Corinth, the siege of Vicksburg, then Chattanooga, where he was twice wounded, through the right arm and right side, was confined to the hospital about four months, then rejoined his regiment and was with Sherman in his Georgia campaign, present at Resaca and the engagements between it and Atlanta, and thence to Savannah. From this city, he marched to Beaufort, South Carolina, where he was discharged. He was married in 1871, to Miss Mary V. Welsh, daughter of William R. and Mary B. (Lamberson) Welsh, By this marriage he had two children, viz: Vinnie W. and Susannah. Mr. M. moved to Franklin township in 1871, and has been engaged in farming.
MOORE JAMES, Jefferson township ; born July 8, 1815, in county Tyrone, Ireland. At the age of fifteen he came with his parents to St. Johns, New Brunswick. The family was composed of his father, Rebecca, Robert, Sarah, James, John, William, Mary A. and Margaret, his mother haying died in Ireland. Mr. Moore's father was offered a great amount of land to remain under the British crown in Canada,, but he left old Ireland for his freedom, and refused the offer, came and settled in Brooks county, Virginia, remained there three years, then came to Harrison county, Ohio ; lived there five years, then came to Coshocton county, Jefferson township, and bought the farm where he now lives. He is a son of James and Margaret (McMains) Moore, and grandson of James and Sarah (Boak) Moore, and of Robert and Mary (Buchanan) McMains. He was married in 1848, to Miss Sarah Given, daughter of William and Margaret (Alexander) Given. and granddaughter of John and Rebecca. (Moore) Given, and of James and Rebecca (Hamilton) Alexander. Their son James resides at home, and is a member of the M. E. church.
MOORE JOHN, West Lafayette ;farmer ; born October 23, 1841, in Tuscarawas township; son of Samuel Moore, a native of Virginia. John was raised on the farm. In 1865 he located in Lafayette township on the farm where he now resides. Mr. Moore was married August 31, 1864, to Miss Sarah Waggoner, daughter of David Waggoner, of Coshocton City. Samuel W. is their only child. Mr. Moore is a successful and intelligent farmer.
MOORE C. F., Bedford township hotel keeper and farmer; postoffice, West Bedford; born ho 1817 in Jefferson county, Ohio. He was married in 1846 to Miss Sarah Brown of the same county. She was born in 1827. They came to this county in 1851. They are the parents of four children, viz: Martha E., deceased; Tilly S.; Adaresta. F., deceased, and Charles A. They have kept hotel in West Bedford for seven years. Mrs. Susannah Holmes Moore, mother of the subject of this sketch. was at the raising of one of the first churches that was built west of the Ohio river. She was born November 22, 1793, and died February 10,1876. Jacob Moore, grandfather of C. F., was a spy among the Indians for five years, reporting at the fort in Warren every night, when not too far away.
MOORE SILAS, Monroe township; was born November 3, 1817, in Harrison county, Ohio ; son of Richard and Hannah (Black) Moore, and grandson of Sylvanus Moore. He lived in Harrison county, on a farm, and went to district schools until the age of sixteen, when he came with his foster parents to Coshocton county. His parents died wile he was yet quite ,young, and he made his home with William Smith until the age of twenty-three. At nineteen he began teaching school, and followed that in the winter for nine successive years, since that time farming in Monroe township, Coshocton county, has been his occupation He was married first to Miss Mary McCoy, October 8, 1840, daughter of William McCoy. The children by this marriage are William, Harriet, Nancy, Sarah M., Martha J., Leonidas H. and Hamlin. Mrs. Moore died August 2, 1864; :fir. Moore then married Mrs. Susannah Weatherwax (maiden name McCoy), June 8,1865, daughter of John and Sarah (Stehnens) McCoy. Elmer E. born August 10, 1866, was the only child of this marriage.
MOORE SAMUEL M, Bedford township; school teacher; postoffice, West Bedford; born in 1839, in Tuscarawas county, Ohio; married in 1866, to Miss Sarah E. Spencer, of Belmont county, Ohio, who was born in 1847. They came to this county in 1875, and are the parents of five children, viz: Ina J., Mary E., Amanda B , Darius S., and John C. Mr. Moore has made
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teaching a specialty for twenty-one years. He was county surveyor for one term in Tuscarawas county.
MOORE S. H., Tuscarawas township; farmer; postoffice, Coshocton, Ohio. Mr. Moore was born April 6, 1849, on the farm where he now lives, and where his father, Samuel Moore, Esq., was born. He was married February 7,1872, to Miss Sarah Anne, daughter of Elias Barcroft, of Franklin township. They are the .parents of fire children, viz: Ettie Viola, Emma Gale, Ada Belle, Sarah Sophia, Hiram Bonnet.
MOFFITT W. G., Jackson township; postoffice, Roscoe; born in Ireland in 1832; settled in this county in 1853; son of George and Mary Moffitt; married in 1858 to Mary Gamble, daughter of William Gamble. Mr. Moffitt is the father of ten children, seven of whom are living, viz: Mary E., Lizzie, Anna J., Sarah C., Georgians, William, Fren.
MOHLER GEORGE W., school teacher; Tuscarawas township; postoffice, Canal Lewisville; born April 6, 1841,;n this county. His father, Peter Mohler, was born in 1814, in Maryland. He was married in 1838 in Adams county, Pennsylvania, to Miss Rosanna Frederick, of that county. She was born in 1813 in Germany. They came to this county in 1838. They are the parents of seven children, all boys, six of whom are living. The subject of this sketch is the second. He enlisted in the Fifty-first O. V. I. March, 1804, and was mustered out September, 1865. He was the only man in the regiment that voted for Morgan for governor of Ohio in 1865. He was married in 18(i9 to hiss Clare A. Belser, of thin county. She was born in 1852. They are the parents of five children, viz: Minnie G., Horace P. ; Rosa D., deceased ; Edna C. and Maud F.
MOREHEAD SAMUEL, Keene township; born in Brooks county, Virginia, in September, 1809; son of Robert and Margaret (Morrow) Morehead. Until eighteen he remained on the farm, then was employed in flat-boating on the Ohio and Mississippi rivers. In 1833 he moved to Mill Creek township, and followed farming till 1878, when he came to Keene, and is living a retired life. He was married in February, 1837, to Margaret, daughter of William and Elizabeth (Scott) Morehead. Their children were Robert, deceased, born January 9, 1838; Charles, deceased, horn July 1, 1839; Hoses, July 8, 1841; James, deceased, August 22, 1843, and Nathan, April 1, 1846. Mrs. Morehead died November 27, 1874, and Mr. Morehead was united in marriage May 18, 1875. to Harriet Zink, daughter of Leonard and Rachel (Light) Zink, who became the mother of two children, Margaret J., born June 25, 1877, and Samuel, February 1, 1879.
MORRISON WILLIAM, farmer; postoffice, White Eyes Plains ; was born in Canada, in 1826 ; came to the United States at the age of six ,years with his parents, who located in Detroit, Michigan, where he received his education and spent his boyhood days. In 1838 they moved to Roscoe, this county. His father was a sub-contractor in building Walhonding canal. In the fall of 1838 they moved to Athens county, and worked on the Hocking valley canal, till it was finished. In 1843 William engaged in boating on the Ohio canal, first as a driver ; and was captain of a boat for several years. He was engaged on the canal for twenty-one years, during which time he was a heavy shipper of grain, produce, lumber, flour, and whisky. He supplied this market with lumber for many of the first frame houses built in this county. He was married in 1865 to Rachel Starker, who was born in Oxford township. Mr. M: owns a farm with good buildings, and is a first-class farmer, and alive Republican, and was a boat boy at the same time with President Garfield.
MONTIS SAMUEL, Keene township; was born in Richland county, Ohio, September 2, 1830. He lived in his native county until about the age of eight years, when he moved with his parents to Knox county, where he followed farming for forty years. In 1878 he removed to Coshocton county, where he is following his old occupation of farming, as well as the ministry, to which he was elected by the German Baptists, in 1870. He now has charge of the Coshocton congregation. Mr. Montis was married to Miss Louisa Stimate, January 6,1854. She is a daughter of John Stimate. The are the parents of seven children, viz : Mary B., Lillie D., William M., Lauren A., Martin M., Eda A. and Ida M. Mr. Montis was a son of John and Susan (Griffeth) Montis, and a grandson of George Montis.
MORRIS G. S., Lafayette township; physician; postoffice. West Lafayette; was born in Belmont county, Ohio, October 21, 1850; son of Joseph and Mary (Brock) Morris; was on a farm until sixteen years of age, when he attended school at Franklin college; then went to Mount Union; then took a course of lectures at the Ohio medical college, Cincinnati, in 1873, 1874 and 1875. He practiced in Winchester, Guernsey county, about eighteen months; then, after a visit West, located at Plainfield, this county ; then moved to where he now resides, where he has succeeded, by strict attention and quite successful practice, in building up a good business. He was married, January 11, 1876, to Miss Bessie Middleton, of Jackson township, daughter of Jesse and Amanda (Titus) Middleton.
MORRISON WILLIAM, Oxford township; farmer; postoffice, White Eyes Plains; was born
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in Canada in 1826, and came to the United States at the age of six years with his parents, who located in Detroit. Here he attended school and spent most of his boyhood day s, when the State of Michigan was a territory. They remained here till 1837, and then moved to Roscoe, Coshocton county, where his father was engaged in building the Walhonding canal. There they remained till the fall of 1838, then went to Athens county and worked on the Hocking Valley canal till it was finished. In 1843 Mr. William Morrison engaged in boating on the Ohio canal, first as a driver, and afterward captain of the canal boats Mohawk, Roscoe Belle, the War Eagle and Robert Hay. The two latter he assisted to build. He continued till about 1864, making a period of twenty-one years. He was well acquainted with Captain Meyers, who employed James A. Garfield as a boat boy.
He returned to this county in 1848, and was captain of a boat, transporting flour from Roscoe mills and whisky from the distillery at Coshocton, to Cleveland, and on return he purchased lumber and goods and brought to this market, he supplying the lumber for a number of the houses to the county that were built in those days. He was married September 1865, to Miss Rachel Starker; who was born in Oxford township, this county. They located on the farm where he now resides. Mr. Morrison owns a beautiful farm in this township, with a residence built in modern style, showing taste and enterprise. He is one of the intelligent and progressive farmers of this county.
His father, William Morrison, Sr., was born in Queens county, Ireland, and belonged to the regular British army. He was brought to Canada, in 1813, by the British government, and was in all the battles from Quebec up to Lundy Lane ; was wounded, and draws a pension. He was married in Canada. Mrs. Morrison was born in the county of Whitlow, about 1798, and is still living with her son Robert, in Muskingum county. She is a remarkable woman, has a good memory and enjoys good health.
MORTLEY EDWARD M., grocer and confectioner, corner of Main and Fifth streets, west of railroad, Coshocton. Mr. Mortley is a native of McConnellsville, Ohio, where he was born March 31,1854, and where he received his education, and made his first business engagement, which was in 1873, under the firm name of Mortley & Lackey, in the grocery business, and continued one year. He then went to Zanesville and served the firm of Mortley & Pinkerton, wholesale grocers, for three ,years, after which he went to Frazysburg, where he was engaged in the grocery business for himself about two years. In June, 1879, he located in Coshocton, and established the grocery business in the old Crowley stand, where he carries a large first class stock of staple and fancy groceries and confectioneries, stoneware, woodenware, sugar cured and pickeled meats, salt fish, flour and salt.
MORTLEY D. H., Coshocton ; merchant, of the firm of Hay & Mortley, corner of Main and Second streets ;. was born March 3,1820, in the county of Kent, England ; son of John Mortley, deceased. At the age of sixteen young Mortley, without an accompanying relative, took passage for America, and arrived at New York City in May, 1836, and came immediately to Roscoe, arriving in July, and commenced work with his brother, a carpenter, and continued with him four years. The next year was spent clerking at Jacobsport and in the county auditor's office. In March, 1841, Mr. Mortley went to McConnellsville, Morgan county, and was county clerk about twelve years. In 1850 he was one of the secretaries of the constitutional convention which framed the present constitution of the State of Ohio. The original copy was written and engrossed upon parchment by Mr. Mortley ; also all the proceedings of the convention were written by him. Subsequent to his county clerkship he was in the mercantile business until about 1871, when he was elected first clerk of Malta national bank, Malta, Ohio, which position he resigned in 1873, and engaged in the wholesale grocery business at Zanesville, Ohio, being senior member of the firm of Mortley & Pinkerton. In 1879 he bought out the interest of James S. Wilson, of the firm of Hay & Wilson, of this city, forming the firm of Hay & Mortley, as first stated. Mr. Mortley was married October 17, 1844, to Miss E. J. Sherwood, daughter of William Sherwood, of Malta, Ohio. This union was blessed with four children, viz : Mary E., married to Dr. P. C. McLean, of New Cumberland, West Virginia; Hat tie G., married to John W. Pinkerton, now of Zanesville, Ohio; Kate S., married to W. W. Pyle, editor of the daily morning Times, Zanesville, Ohio; and Edward M., married to Miss Dawson, of McConnellsville, Ohio. In 1862, Mr. Mortley volunteered and was commissioned by Gov. Tod quartermaster of the One Hundred and Twenty-second O. V. I, and was honorably discharged at the hospital at Georgetown, D. C., in December, 1863.
MOWRY ABRAHAM, deceased, Bethlehem township ; was born in 1810, in the Shenandoah valley, Virginia.. He came to this county with his parents in 1834, and was married in 1844, to Miss Mary Konkle, of . Knox county, Ohio, who was born in 1822. They became the parents of six children, viz : Elvira., born January 11.1849, married to Mr. Alex. Miller, of Keene township; William, born in 1850, married in 1876, to Miss Mary Wood of Keene township, who was born in 1857.
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William follows farming and stock raising, and owns a good farm of 285 acres ; George S. was born April 22, 1854, married October 19, 1876, to Miss Isabella Miller, of Keene township, who was born March 14, 1857 they are the parents of two children; Holland W. was born January 22,1858, is single and lives at home with his mother and farms the homestead ; Henry E. was born in 1862, and died at the age of twenty-three months ; Mary S. was born June 7, 1864, is single and lives at home. Abraham Mowry died November 11, 1877, aged sixty-seven years. He was a general farmer and stock raiser, and by his industry and steady habits accumulated good property. He was a member of the Presbyterian church.
MOWRY GEORGE S., Bethlehem township; farmer; postoffice, Warsaw, Ohio; son of Abraham and Mary (Conkle) Mowry ; was born in 1854, in Coshocton county. Mr. Mowry was raised on the farm, and has always followed that occupation. He was married, in 1876, to Miss Isabella Miller, of this county. They are the parents of one child, Gladus. M. Mowry is a successful farmer, and is esteemed by all who know him, as a man of business and integrity.
MOWRY WILLIAM, Bethlehem township; farmer; postoffice, Warsaw, Ohio; son of Abraham and Mary (Conkle) Mowry; was born December 12, 1851, in this county. Mr. Mowry was raised on the farm, and has always followed farming. He was married May 30, 1877, to Miss May Wood, of this county. They are the parents of one child, Ward, born in June, 1881. Mr. Mowry is an extensive and prosperous farmer, and owns a tine farm, situated in the valley of the Killbuck.
MURPHEY WILLIAM P., White Eyes township ; is a native of this county, was born in 1820, and is the son of William Murphey who emigrated to this county in 1807 from Maryland. William, Sr., was married to a Miss Shipley, of Pennsylvania. They had four children, all of whom are living. William, Sr., entered the regular army and served four years: he took part in what was known as the Florida war in 1805. H volunteered in the war of 1812, but never wen into active service. He died at the age of eight years, and his wife died at the same age, just on year later. William P. was married December 1842, to Miss Cynthia Deeds, who was born in Pennsylvania in 1820, and was the daughter o Adam Deeds, who came to White Eyes at early date. They have eight children, viz: John D., Samuel, James, Johnson W., Sabina., Milton Mary and Nelson. John D. is a Protestant Methodist minister, and is preaching at Jacobsport. He is married to Miss McWrarth, of this count Samuel is a farmer and resides in Indiana, and is married to Kate Boyd, of this county. James lives at home. J. W. is a school teacher, and is preparing himself for the law; Captain Cromwell, of Coshocton, is his preceptor. The rest are at home. William P. is a carpenter by trade, and has worked occasionally at his trade for the last thirty-five years. He was a minister of the United Brethren church until the last twelve years, during which time he has been connected with the Christian Union denomination. He has labored in the ministry for the past thirty-five years. He lives on a farm of eighty acres, on which he located in 1865.
MURPHY MILTON, White Eyes township; farmer; was born in 1859, in this county, and is the son of W. P. Murphy. e was married, September 24, 1880, to Mrs. Minerva Cutshall, who was born in 1856. She is the daughter of Newton Huff, of Oxford township. She had one child by her first marriage, Charles, born 1875.
MURPHEY FRANKLIN P., White Eyes township; farmer; postoffice, West Lafayette, Ohio. Mr. Murphey was born January 20, 1852, in Coshocton county, Ohio. He was married, January 1,1874, to Miss Louisa Vasbinder, of Tuscarawas county, Ohio. They became the parents of three children: Philip A., Francis M. and Charles T. In the spring of 1874, Mr. Murphey removed to Tuscarawas county, Ohio, and engaged in the mining business, remaining two years. He then returned to Coshocton county; and has since been farming.
MURPHEY WILLIAM E., White Eyes township; farmer; postoffice, West Lafayette, Ohio; son of James and Elizabeth (Jones) Murphey ; was born October 30,1839, in Coshocton county, Ohio. Mr. Murphey was raised on a farm, and has always been a citizen of this county. He was married August 28,1862, to Miss Elizabeth Gardner, of Coshocton count, Ohio. They became the parents of sever: children: Francis M, deceased; Laura E.; George F, and Hannah M. E., deceased; Sarah W., Catharine A. and Celia A. Mr. Murphey enlisted in the United States service September 5, 1862, and was honorably discharged June 20, 1865. He was a member of Company K, Sixty-second O. V. I. He was with Grant at the surrender of Lee at Appomattox, also at the surrender of Petersburg.
MURPHEY F. M., White Eyes township; f teacher; postoffice, West Lafayette, Ohio; son of an James and Elizabeth (Jones) Murphey; was born June 18, 1846, in Keene township; Coshocton county, Ohio. He received a good common school education, and was at Otterbeln university. during the year 1867. He also attended the national normal school, at Lebanon, Ohio, during the year 1873. He taught his first school in White Eyes township, in 1867, and has been constantly engaged in teaching ever since. He is one of the
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oldest and most successful teachers in the county, always commanding the highest wages. All of his teaching has been in Coshocton county. He is at present engaged as principal of the Lafayette schools, which position he has held for two years.
MURPHY HUGH, Coshocton; brickmaker; was born November 20, 1837, in Coshocton city; son of Charles and Annie Campbell) Murphy, natives of Ireland. His mot er died when Hugh was a child. He was principally brought up by William Burns, of this city, but spent several years: when a boy, in Zanesville, and settled in this city in 1855. He was married May 2, 1859, to Miss Sarah Jane, daughter of John Fish, of this city. Six children were born to them, namely, Mary Anne, William, Sarah Jane; Aggie, deceased; Annie, deceased, and Eddie, deceased. Mrs. Murphy h died in 1874, and Mr. Murphy married Miss Edith, daughter of John Sherrard, whose children are Makra, Frank and J. Foster. Mrs. Murphy has, on Second street, four doors south of Chestnut street, a full line of millinery, fancy goods and notions of every kind. Dressmaking, cutting and fitting done to order.
MURRAY ADAM, Perry township; postoffice, New Guilford; born m West Virginia February 22, 1812; son of Adam and Margaret Murray; settled in this county in 1820; married in 1835, to Miss Chariott Elliott, daughter of John and Chariott Elliott. They are the parents of twelve children, viz : Margaret, John, Andrew, dead; William, Fannie, Simon; Katherine, dead; George, dead; Mary E., Elliott; Andrew, dead, and Thomas. Four are married, two living in Iowa, and two in this State. William enlisted in 1861 in Company A, Seventy-sixth, O. V. I, captain Lemert. He was connected with the Army of the Cumberland and did good service for his country until discharged in 1865. Mr. Murray had another son (John) who enlisted in the army from Wayne county, in 1861, Company G., Sixty-fourth regiment, O V. I, Captain Leeper;. and participated in the battles of Murfreesborough, Lookout Mountain and Stone River. He was discharged at Columbus in 1865.
MULLET NICHOLAS,, Clark township ; farmer ; postoffice, Helmick; born in Switzerland; February ?,1829; son of Benjamin and Barbara (Zimmerman) Mullet, and grandson of John and Catharine Mullet. He came to America in 1832, with his parents, came to Holmes county, Ohio and settled in Walnut township, where he remained about four years, when he moved to Clark township, Coshocton county, and has been a resident of the township since. He is the fourth of a family of ten children. He was married October 11, 1863, to Catharine, daughter of John and Rosannah (Nyfeler) Schneebarger, and granddaughter of John and Elizabeth (Rup) Schneebarger, and Jacob and Elizabeth (Anlicker) Nyfeler. She was born April 14, 1846, in Cantons county, Switzerland. They have no children.
MYERS JAMES, Perry township; postoffice, New Guilford; born in Virginia, in 1800; son of, Henry and Isabelle Myers ; settled in this county in 182, and was married m 1849, to Miss Elizabeth Taylor, daughter of Abraham and Mary Taylor. The subject of this sketch died in 1876. They had seven children; viz ; Mary, deceased ; Henry A., deceased; Olive, Bullzora, Joseph L. Mary and James K.
MYSER JOSEPH, Adams township; farmer; postoffice, Bakersville ; born in Jefferson county, Ohio, March 15, 1812; son of Jacob and Catharine (Faucler) Myser, and grandson of Adam and Eve (Miller) Miser, and of Philip and Mary M. Faucler. He is of Pennsylvania German descent. Mr. Myser came to Coshocton county at three years of age; remained at home until the age of twenty-five, when he married and began arming for himself, in Crawford township; remained there about three years, then removed to White Eyes township, and after remaining three about two years, moved to Port Washington, in Tuscarawas county, and remained there about nine months, and then moved bank to Crawford township. After remaining there about six months, he moved to Adams township, where he at present resides, on a farm of 300 acres, in the northwest corner of the township. He was married February 18,1837, to Miss Catharine Shanks, daughter of James and Christina (Helwick) Shanks, and granddaughter of Andrew and Catharine (Truck-Miller) Helwick, and of James and Catharine (Beam) Shanks. Mrs. Myser was born August 14, 1819. Their union has been blessed with twelve children, viz M. Jennie, Calvin, Amanda, Susannah, Libbie, James, Joseph, Adeline, Olive, Joanna, Howard and Willard. They are all teachers, and form a very interesting family. Mr. Myser is a member of the Evangelical Lutheran church (general synod); has been a member since he was twenty years of age. A part of the family belong to the same church with their father. The remainder, except one, belong to the Methodist Episcopal church. Mr. Myser is one of the old land-marks that is left standing in the county. His son Calvin served three years in the war of the rebellion as a soldier, and carries several ugly scars.
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NELDON JACOB, Perry township; postoffice, West Carlisle; born in Pennsylvania, in 1811; settled in this county in 1813; son of Henry and Catharine Neldon, and grandson of John and Eve Neldon. He was married in 1840 to Mary Fry,
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daughter of John and Charlotte Fry. Mr. Neldon is the father of five children, viz: Jeremiah Lucinda, Francis M., and Henry S.
NELDON T. R., Perry township; postoffice, New Guilford; bore in this county in 182; son of G. W. and Elizabeth (Blake) Neldon and grandson of John and Nancy Neldon, and of Thomas and Temperance (Taylor) Blake. He was married in 1876, to Adaline Blue, daughter of Daniel and Clara Blue.
NELDON RANSOM, Perry, township postoffice, New Guilford; born in this count , in 1831; son of John S. and Nancy (Bailey) Neldon, grandson of John Neldon, and of Edward and Rutha Bailey ; married in 1860, to Miss Mary Cullison, daughter of Jeremiah and Rebecca Cullison. Mr. Neldon is the father of nine children, viz: Daniel W., Nancy J., V. S., Rebecca, Ella, Laura L., Leora, Emma E. and Nina O.
NELDON G. W., Perry township ; farmer and stock raiser; postoffice, New Guilford; born in this county, to 1827 ; son of John S. and Nancy (Bailey ) Neldon, grandson of John Neklon, and of ----- and Rutha Bailey ; married in 1852, to Miss Elizabeth Blake, daughter of Thomas and Temperance Blake. They are the parents of three children, viz : Thomas R., Leora and Orville. Mr. Neldon's grandfather was in the war of 1812.
NELDON SAMUEL, Bethlehem township; farmer; postoffice, Warsaw, Ohio: son of Frederick Neldon, was born May 3, 1.818, in Coshocton county, Ohio. His father came from the Cumberland Valley, Virginia, and was one of the oldest settlers of the county. He died at the age of eighty-seven years. Samuel Neldon was married February 18, 1840, to Miss Jane Steward of this county, who was born in May, 1829, in Jefferson county, Ohio. They are the parents of nine children, viz: Margaret, U. J., William, George, Elizabeth, Samuel, Joseph, Henry, and Odea A. Four are married. Mr. Neldon was raised on the farm, and has always s followed that occupation. He has always been a resident of this county, and has been honored by office in his township for a number of years, serving as trustee, etc. He is at present justice of the peace.
NEFF ISAAC M., Tuscarawas township ; farmer; postoffice, Coshocton ; born April 28, 1822, in Coshocton ; son of Captain Joseph Neff, and grandson of Martin Neff; who came to America with General Lafayette, and served in the war for independence, at the close of which he located on the Brandywine, in Pennsylvania. Joseph Neff came to Zanesville in 1803, and to Coshocton in 1804 He assisted in cutting the trees on the streets o Zanesville. Isaac Neff's mother's maiden name was Rachel Workman, daughter of Isaac Workman, who served with Captain Joseph (Isaac M.'s father) in the war of 1812. Captain Joseph Neff served six years in the United States army. After leaving the service he settled in Coshocton, where he died in the seventy-eighth year of his age. Young Neff was raised in Coshocton, and was married June 10, 1861, to Miss Virginia Flack, daughter of Thomas and Catherine (Conley) Flack. Thomas Flack was for many years a prominent editor of this county. The have three children, viz: Charles M., Carrie R. and Jessie Cornelia.
NICHOLAS JOHN D., Coshocton; attorney; was born September 8, 1824, in Howard county, Maine. At the age of fourteen years he was air prenticed to the shoemaking trade, in which he continued until 1852, when he entered as a student in the law office of Judge Sample, and was admitted to practice in 1854. In 1856 Mr. Nicholas was elected to the office of prosecuting attorney, and served during the term. Colonel Nicholas served as captain of Company. A, in the Sixteenth O. N. G; also, as captain of Company H, Fifty-fist O. V. I, and as lieutenant colonel of the One Hundred and Forty-third O. N. G. Colonel Nicholas was married December 24,1846, to Miss Sarah E. Hutchinson, daughter of Samuel Hutchinson, of Roscoe. The result of this union was six children, two deceased, viz: P. B. Shelley and Camilla; and four living, viz : Virginia, married to I. T. Smith, residing now in Adair county, Iowa; Lettitia, married to David L. Lanning, of Columbus, Ohio; Samuel H., and Fannie, married to W William Burns, Jr., of this city. Colonel Nicholas' father was a native of Wales, but, about the year 1820, he emigrated to America, and settled in Maryland. While visiting friends in Jefferson county, Virginia, ho was taken sick with fever, from which he died in February, 1846.
NICHOLAS SAMUEL H., Coshocton; law student; born blanch 25, 1856, in Roscoe; son of Colonel John D. Nicholas, of the law firm of Nicholas & James. His mother's maiden name was Sarah Hutchinson, daughter of Samuel Hutchinson. Mr. Nicholas received a good primary education in the public schools of Roscoe and in this city, and in 1874 he entered. Kenyon college, at Gambier, Ohio, and attended three years, but, owing to ill health, had to quit the confinement and labor of the student, and recuperate his health by physical labor on the farm and at ear nter work. In the fall of 1868 he entered Wooster university and attended one year, but again, owing to declining health, had to give up college. In early youth he :began reading law, but his health prevented his continuing f at that time. He again resumed the study of law about two years since. He also took an active part in the political campaign of 1880.
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NICHOLS WILLARD, White Eyes township; a native of New York State; was born in September, 1832, and came to this county with his parents, when but a child. February, 1860, he married Miss Nancy A. Henderson, the daughter of George Henderson, who was born in April, 1839. They have a family of nine children: Charles F., Hattie A., Edwin, George H., Willard, James A., Frank, Lewis A. and Ivy E., all living. Mr. Nichols has lived in this township since his marriage, and owns 200 acres of land where he resides. He is trustee of White Eyes. In 1849, he went to California; was in that State about two years, engaged in mining; 'he went by land and returned by water.
NORMAN WILSON O., Adams township; young farmer; postoffice, Evansburgh; born in Adams township , July 31, 1859; son of Isaac and Harriet (Norris) Norman, and grandson of George and Barbara (Workman) Norman, and William and Rebecca (Tipton) Norris. and great-grandson of Benjamin and Margaret Norman, and Isaac Workman, and Anna Norris, and Silvester and Mary Tipton. His father was born in Coshocton county, May 1,1817. His mother was born, March 17, 1823, in Adams township, Coshocton county. They were married November 28,1839, and are the parents of ten children, six of whom are living, viz: Sylvester, born March 1, 1841; Rebecca, born December 1, 1845; Mary A., born October 22, 1846; George W., born August 16, 1852, and Francis M., born July 18, 1855. His brother, Sylvester, was a soldier in the Ninety-seventh O. V. I., three years. Wilson is a promising, young farmer, highly respected by all.
NORMAN JOHN W., White Eyes township; farmer; born in Oxford township, October 7,1825; eon of Isaac and Isabel (Wise) Norman, both natives of the United States; married January 28;1849, to Susan McCleary, who was born January 22, 1827. They have seven children, viz 'Melissa, Isaac; Sarah Isabel, Hannah, Heater, Hattie Nena, James Lester. Melissa married Samuel Dougherty in November, 1867, and they have four children living Isaac married Leah Brown in the fall of 1876, and they have two children. Sarah Isabel was married to Andrew Schrack in 1874, and they have one child. Mr. Norman was a well-to-do farmer.
NORMAN WILLIAM, Keene township ; shoemaker at Keene; born in June, 1837, Mill Creek township; son of Javas and Barbara Norman, who was the daughter of Daniel and Catherine (Young) Weaver. At the age of twenty-one, Mr. Norman began his apprenticeship of two and a half years in Holmes county, under Jacob Miller. When it was completed he opened a shop in Chili, and five years later he went to Bakersville, and remained till he came to Keene, about 1870. He has a flourishing trade, which shows him to be an excellent workman He was married May 15, 1859, to Miss Matilda Redd, daughter of Lewis and Elizabeth (Horn) Redd, of German descent. Their children are-William F., born in March, 1862; Ella J., born in March, 1864; Augustus, in September, 1867; Joseph, in April, 1870; Hattie, October 2, 1873, and Vests, in April, 1876.
NORRIS ISAAC, Oxford township; blacksmith; postoffice, Evansburgh; was born in this. county, in 1841; son of Charles and Margaret (Hamill) Norris; was married in 1863, to Miss Harriet E. Richmond, daughter of Edward Richmond, of this township. The fruits of this union has been five children, viz : Frank, Charles, Leonora; Edward, deceased, and Seth. Mr. Norris is a blacksmith by trade, and has been at the business here about thirteen years, besides the time spent at his trade in the army. He took an active part in the late war, going out in Company C, Fifty-first O. V. I, and served four years and two months, re-enlisting at Shell Mound, Tennessee. He is school director and is honest and industrious. His son Edward, a bright boy, met his death March 28,1879, in his eighth year, being in company with a play-mate, he was crushed to death by the caving in of a coal-bank on the premises of James Addis.
NORRIS WILLIAM, Jackson township; Roscoe postoffice; born in this county in 1835; son of Daniel and Mary (McCoy) Norris, and grandson of William and Sarah (Graves) Norris, and of Joseph and Mary McCoy; married in 1855, to Rebecca J. Lockard, daughter of Andrew and Mary Lockard. Mr. Norris is the father of five children, viz : Mary A., G. O., Sarilda L., Henrietta E., Maro A. Mr. Norris' father settled in this county in 1809.
NORRIS J. W., Bedford, township; farmer; postoffice, Mohawk Village; born in 1851, in this county, and was married, in 1872, to Miss Caroline Middleton, of this county, who was born in 1850. They are the parents of four children, viz Charles, deceased; George E., Chester C., and an infant.
NORRIS G. W., Bedford township; farmer; postoffice, West Bedford; born in 1823 in this county. His father, Thomas Norris, was born in 1796, in Mar land, and was married in 1817 to Miss Sarah Stills of Belmont county, who was born in 1801. They came to this county in 1820. She died in 1876. They were the parents of twelve children, the subject of this sketch being the fourth. He was married in 1845 to Miss Sarah Horton of this county, who was born in 1828. She died in 1845. He, in 1846, married Miss Elizabeth McNabb of this county, who
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was born in 1827. They are the parents of five children, viz : John, Milton, Sarah A., Mary C., and George, deceased.
MORRIS MILTON, Perry township; postoffice, West Bedford; farmer; born in this county, in 1852: son of G. W. and Elizabeth Norris, and grandson of Thomas and Sarah A. (Stills) Norris, and of George and Mary (Hogue) McNabb. He was married in 1872, to Miss Martha J. Shrigley, daughter of John and Mary T. (Barton) Shrigley. They are the parents of five children, viz: William, Mary E., Edwin O.; Charles Elmer, deceased and one unnamed.
NORRIS E., Bedford township; postoffice, West Bedford; born in 1809 in Allegheny county, Mary land ; moved to Belmont county, Ohio, in 1813, and to this county in 1820 with his father, who was born in 1769 in Maryland. He married Miss Elizabeth Dager of the same county, who was born in 1775. He died in 1833; she died in 1855. They were the parents of eleven children, the subject of this sketch being the ninth. He was married in 1832 to Miss Mary A. Humphrey of this county, who was born in 1814 in Jefferson county. They were the parents of nine children, viz: Sarah J., deceased; Nancy, Clara, Stephen, Wilson; Martha E. and an infant, both deceased ; John, and V iota.
NORRIS THOMAS M., Pike township; postoffice West Carlisle; farmer and justice of the peace; born in Green county, Pennsylvania, January 39, 181; son of Thomas and Maria (Phillips) Norris. He was married in 1871, to Miss Elizabeth A. McKee, daughter of Daniel and Jane McKee. They are the parents of four children, viz: Ora J., Daniel F. and Ama M., deceased.
NOBLE JOSEPH, Bethlehem township; farmer; was born June 22,1811, in Fermanagh county, Ireland. He came to the United States, with his parents, in 1823, and located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His father, Joseph Noble, Sr., was born November 27, 176G, in Ireland. He was married, May 22, 1794, to Miss Catherine Wilson, who was born January 1, 1774.