Saco Valley settlements and families. Historical, biographical, genealogical, traditional, and legendary, Part 107

Author: Ridlon, Gideon Tibbetts, 1841- [from old catalog]
Publication date: 1895
Publisher: Portland, Me., The author
Number of Pages: 1424

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He has been one of the successful men of our times, standing in the first rank in every relation of life, and in his life and character exemplifying the fullest illustration of the advice of the celebrated bishop of England, who, on being asked by a noble lord what he should give his son to enable him to get on in the world, replied: "Give him poverty and parts."

CHILDREN OF JOSEPH AND ELIZABETH:

I. WILLIAM P.,5 general trader; m. Elizabeth Starrett, and resides at Lake City, Minn. ; has issue.

2. REV. SAMUEL J.,5 m. Miss Gemmill, and has a son and two daughters. He is a Presbyterian minister at Titusville, N. J.

3. JOSEPH,5 m. and had a daughter. He was a physician; d. in Florida.

4. JAMES F.,5 d. in infancy.

5. MARGARETTA,5 m. the eminent lawyer, D. W. Wood, Esq., of Lewiston, Pa., grandson of Rev. Dr. John Witherspoon, one of the first presidents of Princeton College, New Jersey, the only clergyman who signed the Declaration of Independence. She had issue.

6. PHCEBA A.,5 m. Rev. Unagot, a missionary at Guntour, India, where she died, leaving issue.

7. ELIZABETH,5 m. Maj. R. W. Patton, of Lewiston, Pa., where she resides.

8. MARIA,5 m., first, John Dennison, and had issue; second, Col. Robert McMutrie, and had issue. She is deceased.

9. MARY E.,5 m., first, Gates Myers, and had a son and daughter; second, William Russell, banker, of Lewiston, P'a. She is deceased.

IO. EMILY J.,5 m. John N. Dewess, a prominent surveyor and geologist, now residing at Hollidaysburg, Pa.

II. SARAH I.,5 m. Joseph Hemphill, both residents of Hollidaysburg, Pa.

SIXTH GENERATION.

CHILDREN OF SAMUEL AND MARY :

1. COL. JAMES F.," b. at Lewiston, Pa., July 19, 1847; m. Fannie, a dau. of Judge David Caldwell, by whom one daughter. Col. Milliken was

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educated at Lewiston, Alexandria, Tuscarora Academy, and the Penn- sylvania Military Academy. In 1863 he ran away from the military school and enlisted as a private in the 124th of P. V. I., but on the application of the officers of the academy he was discharged, and went back to assist in bringing out the battery from the school. He after- wards enlisted in the 54th Regiment, P. V. I., and was with that com- mand almost continuously as colonel's orderly. At the close of the war he read law with Hon. S. S. Blair, at Hollidaysburg, Pa., where his parents then resided, and was admitted to practice in July, 1868, a few days after he reached his majority. When the National Guard move- ment was inaugurated, a few years later, he was actively identified with it. He was the first captain of the company in his town; when the battalion was formed he was elected lieutenant-colonel, and was its first commanding officer. When the 5th Regiment was formed he was elected colonel, being not yet twenty-seven years of age, and the young- est colonel ever commanding a regiment of Pennsylvania National Guards. After his admission to the bar he secured a large practice, and, in 1874, was elected district attorney of Blair county. He was chief engineer of the fire department, and captain and first base of the Juniata base-ball club. He was quite an athlete, being five feet and eleven inches in height, and weighing 170 pounds. He was the cham- pion runner, jumper, boxer, swimmer, rider, fencer, and rifle shot in his county, and possessed the largest personal acquaintance of any man in that section of the state. Col. Milliken was one of the many residents of country towns to whom the war had given a view of the outside world, and was ever after unsatisfied by the excitement incident thereto. In 1877 he gave up his lucrative practice and went to Egypt to take part in the Turco-Russian war. He was appointed by Gen. W. W. Loring, who commanded the Alexandria corps of the Egyptian army, as a colonel on his staff, but the war ended shortly afterwards and the American officers, with exception of Gen. C. P. Stone, were discharged from service. At the suggestion of this officer Col. Milliken remained in Egypt, and started an American commission house at Alexandria, which proved a success until the country was taken possession of by the British, in 1882, and the city of Alexandria reduced to ruins. He then went to Vienna, where he remained for a few months, thence to Paris, where he commenced dramatic writing. In 1883 he returned to America and located in New York City, where he devoted his attention specially to literary and theat- rical work. He has written no less than thirty-six plays, operas, and sketches combined; the most successful of these have been, "Three Wives to one Husband," "Half Seas Over," "Old Comrades," "The Blarney Stone," "The Postal Card," "Nana Sahib," "The Confederate Colonel," "Madam Boniface," "Niviche," " Hades and the Four Hun- dred," and " A Desperate Love." He has just completed a collection of eighteen of his short stories, which have been published in various periodicals, and is at present having them illustrated with the intention of publishing them in book form, under the title of "Stage Stories." Col. Milliken is a fine linguist, speaking German, French, and Italian fluently, and more or less Arabic, Turkish, Maltese, and Greek. In March of 1894 he retired from literary and dramatic work, and was

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admitted to the New York bar, where he is engaged in the practice of his profession, with an office at 287 Broadway, New York City.

2. ALLEN C.,6 m. and now resides at Pottsville, Pa.

3. ROSE,6 living at Hollidaysburg, Pa.

4. ANNA,6 m. B. F. Perry and resides in Baltimore, Md.

CHILDREN OF SAMUEL AND MARY :

I . WILLIAM T.,6 deceased.

2. ROBERT M.," deceased.

3. EDWIN F.,6 b. Sept. 7, 1849 ; farmer, residing near Warrensburg, Mo.

4. SAMUEL T.,6 b. Dec. 9, 1851 ; an elder in Presbyterian church, at Prairie Home, Shelby county, Ill.

5. JAMES A.,6 b. June 5, 1855 ; a farmer residing near Warrensburg, Mo. CHILDREN OF SAMUEL AND MARIA:

I. MARGARET H.,6 born July 27, 1862 ; m. James W. Neil and lives near Independence, Mo.

2. ROBERT G.,6 b. Jan. 30, 1864; deceased.

3. JOHN D.,6 b. Mar. 4, 1866; living in Chicago.

4. JOSEPH M.,6 b. Jan. 11, 1868; resides at Warrensburg, Mo.

5. FRANK M.,6 b. Aug. 20, 1869; living in Chicago.

6. WILLIAM H.,6 b. June 5, 1875 ; deceased.

7. BUDD C.,6 b. July 26, 1878; lives at Warrensburg, Mo.

CHILD OF RORERT M. AND MARY:

I. H. M.,6 son of Robert M. and Mary J. Barr, resides in Chicago in the employ of Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul R. R. Co.

CHILDREN OF DAVID AND SARAH:

1. ALLEN R.,6 b. Dec. 19, 1854; d. May 6, 1855.

2. ANNIE E.,6 b. Feb. 27, 1856; d. Mar. 28, 1875.

3. CLARENCE G.,6 b. May 3, 1858 ; a leading, enterprising farmer, living unmarried on the old Milliken homestead.

4. JOHN F.,6 b. Dec. 29, 1859. He is an attorney at law, unmarried, in Pittsburg, Pa.

5. SAMUEL M.,“ b. Nov. 1, 1862 ; is a merchant at Denver, Col. ; unmarried.

6. JENNIE L.," b. June 6, 1864; d. Nov. 18, 1877.

7. SARAH M.,6 b. Aug. 25, 1866; living on homestead.

MILLIKINS OF WASHINGTON COUNTY, PA.

James Millikin,1 born in 1727, and died at Dromore, Ireland, April, 1789. He married Martha Hemphill, who was born in 1729, and died May 12, 1800. These are supposed to have spent their days at or near Dromore, County Down, as letters forwarded to his children in Pennsylvania were dated there. From the tone of the subjoined letter to his sons he appears to have been a godly man. There were no less than nine children in this fam- ily, but we have not been able to gain much reliable information concerning

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some of them. The names were as follows: JAMES,2 WILLIAM,2 JOHN,2 MARY,2 DAVID,2 MARTHA,2 SAMUEL,2 NANCY,2 and ROBERT.2

LETTER FROM JAMES MILLIKIN, DROMORE, IRELAND.

DROMORE, June 22, 1786.

Dear Son James :- Having the oppertunity of a bearer I think it my duty to let you know that we are in a merciful state of health at present, and thanks be to God for his mercies to us, hoping these lines will find you in the same. We received five letters from you in one day, one from your father-in-law, one from your wife, and another from your brother William, which was of a date of joy to us to hear from you all at once being alive after so long troublesome times in that country, for during those troubles my whole heart's desire and prayer to God was for you that ye might through his mercy be saved. Now I hope you have most partly through your troubles of war, that you will not be negligent, but sober and vigilent never ceasing but praying God who preserved you the bypast times from accidents and enimies. Do thou now. I pray to God to let no evil befall thee nor plague come near Thyself. Because of Evil Doers neither be thou Envious against the workers of Iniquity, for they shall be cut down like grass and wither as the green herb. Trust in the Lord and do good, so shalt thou Dwell in the land and verily thou shalt be fed. Be thou Stedfast in faith, you know the reward of being faithful unto Death, and that is a crown of glory or a promise of an heavenly inheritance for the which I hope you will walk circumspectly and worthy of the vocation where with you are called, keeping [the ] unity of the Spirit in the Bond of peace. So this perhaps being my last opper- tunity that I'll get to write to you or any of you may the Lord with his mercies Bless you and cause Brotherly Love to continue amongst you and with his Grace Be daily present in your families and so be it. You are Desirous to know how 1 fared through the war. I answer you it was very Detrimental to us and [in] the most part of this County it Caused every kind of over Sea goods to be very Ill to purchase. Especially the tobacco, it was at the Rate of 4 pence per pound but it and several other Com- modities is got to the old Rate again most partly. You Desired a little Before to send some Clothing to you and that very year we had a great affliction and sickness and at the heels of that a great loss of cattle and a large Rent going [on] which drove your Demands out of our heads till the war Come on then all oppertunities lost, more- over our Crops did not well here for three years which raised the vituals to a great Extent, meal in some places in this country came to 6s 6d per score but it Did not amount so that in this parish it was only 5 s per score & 4 s 1012 d and all other things too tedious now to mention. Conformably Dear likewise. Now making this opper- tunity Serve in writing to your Brother Wm. as to you as [at this] time cannot afford writing Sepperately to himself you will be careful to Remember our love to him and his family. Your sister Mary Remains still unmarried and lives always with us. Your brother David and your Brother Samuel was in the thought of going to that country this Summer but they have adjourned it to the next Spring. Samuel thought he was not learned enough to go into that Country, he intends Continuing at School this year yet for he means making his Bread on that Calling ; your uncle James Hemphill was very displeased that you did not write to him separately in your letters he is now got to be a man of great oppulence and wealth him and his children they have purchased Several States as we call them farms, he has a farm you know of his own in Calmore well he has now one in Claggon another [in] Lartmally another in Drumraighellen (?) another in Macremore another in Leshnash and he intends send- ing one of his Sons to that Country to buy another of your father-in-law, his children are all unmarried and your aunt Jennet Hemphill Died six years ago. So I add no more but remain your Dutiful father till Death, JAMES MILLIKIN.

P. S .- Be sure to Remember your Mothers Love and mine to our Brother Col. McFarland and his family.

SECOND GENERATION.

I. JAMES,2 b. Jan. 5, 1752, in County Antrim, Ireland; m. Dolly, dau. of Daniel and Sarah (Barber) McFarland, Mar. 31, 1778; d. July 30, 1821. In 1771 he emigrated to Washington county, Pa. From a letter written by one who remembers him, we learn that he was a small man weigh- ing about 150 pounds; "a very quiet, inoffensive, honest Protestant

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Irishman "; a weaver by trade. His grandson used to visit his loom- shop and fill quills for him while he sang Irish songs. He claimed to be of English descent and disliked to be called an Irishman. Eleven children.

2. WILLIAM,2 b. in Ireland ; came to Green county, Pa .; d. May 6, 1800; no other information.

3. JOHN,2 b. in Ireland; d. May 4, 1793.

4. MARY,2 b. in Ireland; m. John Bane about 1800-1, and her father gave her a farm; had ten children; " lived a hard life," and d. about 1826.

5. DAVID,2 was at home in Ireland in 1786.

6. MARTHA.2

7. SAMUEL,2 was at home in Ireland in 1786.

8. NANCY.2

9. ROBERT,2 b. in Ireland; came to Green county, Pa. ; had a large family.

THIRD GENERATION.

I. DR. DANIEL,3 b. Feb. 4, 1779, on Ten Mile Creek, Washington county, Pa .; m. Joan, dau. of Col. John and Cassandra (Williams) Minor, of the same county, Dec. 31, 1801 ; d. at Hamilton, Ohio, Nov. 3, 1849. In 1804 he visited the Miami valley in Ohio, and in 1807 he with his two brothers, John H. and Samuel, set out for the West, reaching Hamil- ton May 7, 1807, just a month after leaving home. When 18 years of age his parents sent him to Jefferson College at Cannsburg, Washing- ton county, Pa., where he remained over a year devoting some time to languages preparatory to the study of medicine ; he then began a course under Dr. James Bell, of Greenboro, Pa. He commenced practice at his early home. Finding little to do he removed by way of the Monon- gahela to Cincinnati by flat boat. At that time the lot of a country physician was hard. He was the first permanent medical practitioner in Hamilton. He was called to all parts of Miami county and neighboring counties, being sometimes absent from home several days. Every sum- mer and autumn malaria was virulent and physicians were in such demand that their time for rest did not average more than five hours out of the twenty-four.

By his vigorous constitution, cheerful, placid temperament, and that rare way of taking things as they came, Dr. Millikin was well fitted to endure the hardships incident to the life of the pioneer physician. As he lived until 1849 there are many who remember him, and quaint tra- ditions are held about "old Doctor Dan," as he was called, in contra- distinction to " Doctor Dan," his grandson. He was a large, raw-boned man of about 200 pounds weight. Being fond of good stories, he is said to have sometimes tarried at the home of a talkative patient half a day. He was a surgeon in the regiment of Col. Mills during the war of 1812, and for a time acting quartermaster. He served as trustee of Miami University for many years; was in the Ohio House of Repre- sentatives in 1816. He was major-general of the Third Division of Ohio Militia, and served as associate judge (or "wooden heads") of the court of common pleas for three terms. By first wife eleven children.

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He m., second, Ellen Curry, who d. without issue. His third wife was Ellen Morrison, by whom four children.

2. MARY,3 b. Sept. 14, 1780; d. Oct. 14, 1826.

3. JAMES,3 b. July 24, 1782 ; m. - Cook and resides in Jefferson, Wash- ington Co., Pa.

4. JOHN,3 b. Mar. 3, 1785.

5. SAMUEL,8 b. Feb. 28, 1787, on Ten Mile creek, Washington Co., Pa .; m. Sept. 28, 1813, Mary, dau. of Joseph Hunter, of Butler Co., Ohio; d. Oct. 7, 1870, at Hamilton, Ohio. After his settlement at Hamilton he read medicine with his brother Daniel, but soon concluded that his tastes were not in that line, and opened the first drug store in the town and continued in the business until about the time of marriage. He then became a partner of Joseph Hough, who was one of Hamilton's most prominent merchants, and subsequently engaged in merchandising at Middletown. In 1821 he was elected sheriff of Butler Co., Ohio, in which capacity he served two terms. In 1828 he again went into busi- ness ; in 1836 removed to Vermillion Co., Ind., where he tried farming; closed up all business in 1864 and returned to Hamilton, where he d. Six children, of whom hereafter.

6. WILLIAM S.,3 b. Sept. 30, 1789 ; d. Aug. 10, 1845.

7. DOLLY,8 b. Nov. 20, 1791 ; d. Dec. 26, 1794.

8. ROBERT B.,8 b. Dec. 9, 1793; m. Dec. 16, 1816, Sarah, dau. of Thomas Gray, near Wheeling, Va. By request of his brother Daniel he came from Pennsylvania to Ohio to "study physic" in 1813, and in 1817 was licensed to practice. He was for many years settled at Rossville, now the first ward of Hamilton. "Dr. Bob" was a far better business man than his brother Daniel; gave close attention to his practice and accu- mulated a good estate for those days. While engaged in his profession he kept a drug store; was postmaster at Rossville, embarked in mer- chandising, and filled the vacancy caused by a defaulting county treas- urer. He was a brigadier-general of militia, a trustee of Miami Univer- sity, and a member of the Ohio Legislature. After the death of his wife he m., second, Mrs. Ann Eliza Yeomans. He d. June 28, 1860. Several children.

9 ANDREW,8 b. Apr. 4, 1796, in Washington Co., Pa .; removed to Ham- ilton, Ohio, in 1820-1 ; m. Adaline, dau. of Joseph Hunter, of Butler Co., in 1822, and d. in 1833, of Asiatic cholera, on his farm at Pleas- ant Run, Ohio. He was a clothier by trade, but followed several pur- suits. He left children.

IO. ABEL,8 b. Nov. 28, 1799; remained on the old homestead in Washing- ton Co., Pa., many years, but finally followed his brothers to Ohio. He m. Nancy Vandyke, Mar. 27, 1822; d. Apr. 6, 1865. Issue hereafter.

II. ANNA,3 b. July 24, 1803; d. Aug. 3, 1804.

FOURTH GENERATION.

CHILDREN OF DR. DANIEL AND JOAN :

I. STEPHEN, 4 b. Jan. 2, 1803, in Washington county, Pa. ; removed to Ham- ilton, Ohio, in 1807; m. Eleanor M. Ewing, April 17, 1823 ; d. Jan 2,

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1832, at Vermillion county, Ind. His second wife was Catherine Tuley, who d. Oct. 28, 1874. Twelve children.

2. MAJ. JOHN M.,4 b. Oct. 14, 1804, in Washington county, Pa., and came to Hamilton, Ohio, with his father, May 7, 1807. He was instructed by Dr. Proudfit, of Hamilton, and, in 1824, returned to his birthplace and entered Washington College. He studied law with Jesse Corwin, of Hamilton, and on Sept. 5, 1827, he was admitted to the bar by the Supreme Court of Ohio. In 1834 he formed a partnership with William B- , who was afterwards governor of Ohio. This relation was dis- solved in 1844, Major Millikin retiring to his farm, three miles east of Hamilton, to recruit his health. He did not return to legal practice, but became much interested in agriculture, contributing many papers to the farm journals. For many years his farm was a model one, where he kept improved stock. In 1846 he was a member of the State Board of Equalization. He became a member of the State Board of Agri- culture in 1856, and was twice re-elected, being president of the board one year. In 1860 he was appointed a trustee of Miami University, and served in that capacity until his death. In 1873 he was named by the Secretary of the Interior as one to make a treaty with the Creek Indians for relinquishment of part of their territory to the Seminoles, and for this purpose he visited the Indian Territory. He served as treasurer of the state of Ohio in 1876-7. He was renominated in 1878, but defeated by the Democrats. The remaining years of his useful life were passed on his farm. At the time of his death he was the oldest professional man in his county. Those competent to judge have be- lieved that he would have been a very able lawyer had he continued in practice. He was a man of fine presence. being six feet in height, of 250 pounds weight, industrious and aggressive in debate; but a parti- ality for rural life proved too strong a temptation and he hied him away to the fields. He m. Mary, only dau. of Joseph and Jane (Hunter) Hough, Sept. 6, 1831, by whom six children. He d. April 9, 1884.

3 ANNA,4 b. Sept. 6, 1806; d. a child.

4. THOMAS B.,4 b. May 8, 1808; m. Catherine, dau. of John and Frances (Luckey) Hough, Nov. 10, 1831 ; second, Caroline Tabscott; d. June 6, 1873, in Illinois. Three children.

5. JAMES H.,4 b. May 8, 1808 ; d. Jan. 2, 1809.

6. ANNA,4 b. Mar. 5, 1811; m. Americus Symmes; d. Jan. 5, 1839.

7. JOAN M.,4 b. May 10, 1813 ; m. Robert, eldest son of Samuel and Jane (Richardson) Kennedy, Dec. 6, 1832 ; now a widow at Hamilton, Ohio.

8. MARY,4 b. Aug. 22, 1815; m. David D., son of Isaac and Elizabeth (Deardorff) Conover, of Dayton, Ohio, Oct. 19, 1838; d. August 11, 1844. Issue.

9. DANIEL,4 b. April 17, 1818 ; m. Feb. 21, 1843, Sarah J., second dau. of Cyrus and Mariah (Woodrough) Osborn in Cincinnati, Ohio. He was many years a dry goods merchant of Bethany, Ohio; later purchased a farm near Hamilton and followed agricultural work until his decease, Oct. 22, 1855. Seven children.

IO. JANE,4 b. Sept. 22, 1819; m. O. P. Line, April 25, 1843; d. Sept. 13, 1883. Issue.

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II. JAMES,4 b. July 8, 1822 ; d. Jan. 24, 1843.

12. OTHO W.,4 b. Jan. 22, 1826; m. Lida Schenck, dau. of Aaron L. and Maria (Wood) Schenck, Jan. 11, 1854, and resides on a farm south of Hamilton, Ohio, where he is engaged in agriculture and excavating moulding sand. He studied medicine when a young man, but it was not congenial to his tastes and was abandoned.

CHILDREN OF DR. DANIEL AND ELLEN :

1. SARAH,4 b. Feb. 24, 1836; d. Jan. 31, 1842. twins.

2. ROBERT B.,4 b. Feb. 24, 1836; d. Dec. 17, 1840.

3. INFANT SON, + b. Dec. 17, 1837 ; d. Dec. 29, 1837.

4. JOEL,4 b. Feb. 22, 1841 ; d. Jan. 14, 1846.

CHILDREN OF SAMUEL AND MARY HUNTER:

I . HANNAH,4 b. Sept. 20, 1814; m. William Anderson; d. May 20, 1834.

2. CAROLINE, 4 b. Jan. 11, 1817 ; d. Feb. 2, 1818.

3. JAMES H.,4 b. Oct. 13, 1818 ; married and was a merchant at Hamilton, Ohio, thence removed to Decatur, Ill., where he resides.

4. JOSEPH H.,4 b. Ang. 15, 1820; d. Aug. 17, 1824.

5. SAMUEL H.,4 b. Jan. 4, 1824 ; d. June 15, 1826.

6. JOHN,4 b. Oct. 24, 1826; m. Mary C. Snively, Mar. 2, 1848 ; d. Aug. 28, 1892, at Hamilton, Ohio. In 1836 he removed, with his father, to Vermillion county, Ind., but returned in 1864; was for many years agent for a large firm in the city of Hamilton. He was very rich in Millikin lore, and could have given much information of the various branches of the family had he survived.

CHILDREN OF ROBERT AND SARAH GRAY.

I. SAMUEL, 4 m. Maria Halstead, Oct. 7, 1841 ; she d. Dec. 14, 1868, and he m., second, a Mrs. Johnson, who d. and he m., third, Ann Shay.

2. THOMAS, 4 b. Sept. 28, 1819; m. Mary, dau. of William B. and Juliann (Stevens) Van Hook, of Columbus, Ohio, Nov. 4, 1841.

3. ELIZABETH, 4 mn. William A. Elliott.

4. JAMES B.,4 b. Jan. 15, 1825 (adopted); m. Ellen Emeret, eldest dau. of Gardner W. and Ellen Emeret Ware, of Montpelier, Vt., and d. at Hamilton, Ohio, July 1, 1890; was a lawyer. He had issue.

CHILDREN OF ANDREW AND ADALINE HUNTER :

I. JOSEPH,4 lives at Potomac, Vermilion Co., III.

2. ROBERT,4 m. and left one son, now deceased.

3. CAROLINE,4 m. - Gillespie.

CHILDREN OF ABEL AND NANCY VANDYKE:

I. SAMUEL,4 b. Apr. 27, 1823 ; d. Nov. 18, 1856.

2. SARAH,4 b. Feb. 19, 1825 ; m. Noah C. McFarland, Oct. 12, 1848.

3. JAMES,4 b. Aug. 2, 1827 ; m. Anna B., dau. of Rev. S. M. Ashton, Jan. 1, 1857 ; now a banker at Decatur, Ill.

4. ANNA,4 b. Sept. 12, 1829; m. William Braden, Apr. 13, 1852 ; d. Dec. 17, 1856.

5. NANCY V.,4 b. Apr. 5, 1834; d. Sept. 5, 1854.

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FIFTH GENERATION.

CHILDREN OF STEPHEN AND ELEANOR EWING:

I. DANIEL,5 b. Mar. 13, 1824; d. July 14, 1864, without issue.

2. MARGARET,5 b. Sept. 23, 1826 ; m. and had eight children; d. Jan. 14, 1879.

3. JOSEPH,5 b. Sept. 23, 1829 ; m. and had one child.

CHILDREN OF STEPHEN AND KATE TULEY:

1. MARY F., b. July 15, 1834; m. Joseph Burnes (owner of terra cotta and fire-brick works, near Montezuma, Ind.,) and had issue ; d. in Dec., 1882.

2. STEPHEN L.,5 b. July 1, 1837; m. Julia Beach. in New York, Oct. 19, 1857 ; d. in Andersonville prison, Georgia, June, 1864. Two children.

3 ALICE T.,5 b. Apr. 16, 1839; m. Oct. 15, 1860, to Isaac, son of Judge John R. Potter and wife Mary Worth. Two children.

1. HARRISON M.,5 b. Apr. 17, 1841 ; d. Oct. 1, 1842.

5. WINFIELD S.,5 b. Apr. 8, 1844; m. Caroline E. Jenks, Mar. 10, 1866, and had issue, four children.

6. HARRIET C.,5 b. Mar. 10, 1846; m. Nathaniel, son of David and Lucinda (Offoot) Thompson, Jan. 27, 1891. No issue (1894).

7. THOMAS C.,5 b. May 4, 1849 : d. July 29, 1849, at Dana, Ind.

8. MELVIN P.,6 b. Apr. 15, 1851 ; d. May 17, 1853, at Dana, Ind.

9. OTHO W.,& b. Mar. 14, 1859; m. Winnie, dau. of Edward and Louisa (Bailey) Johnson, of Eugene, Ind., Sept. 10, 1888, and has one dau.

CHILDREN OF MAJ. JOHN M. AND MARY HOUGH:

1. JOSEPH H.,5 b. July 5, 1832 ; d. Oct. 3, 1838, at Hamilton, Ohio.

2. COL. MINOR M.,5 b. July 9, 1834; m. Sept. 2, 1856, Mary Mollyneaux ; d. Dec. 31, 1862, at the battle of Stone River. He attended the public schools of Hamilton, Ohio, and then entered Hanover College, Indiana, where he remained for two years. In 1852 he went to Miami University, where he was a marked man-not on account of his schol- arship, though he stood well-but on account of his individuality. To quote Whitelaw Reid in "Ohio in the War": "Nothing could exceed his personal independence, his uniform regard for the feelings of others, his peremptory requirement that under all circumstances, in all places, from all persons, a similar regard should be extended to his own. Pro- fessor or president might infringe upon them, but never without an instant and indignant protest, who proceeded upon the simple basis that he was a gentleman, and no college official could be more."* He was the athlete of the college and there are traditions of his skill as a boxer and fencer. It is said that he would "put on the gloves" with five or six men at a time, when in the old gymnasium at Hamilton. At one time he undertook to teach some soldiers the use of the broadsword, and wrote home that he usually had his own way in this exercise, but that there was one big, awkward fellow who kept him pretty busy; this was none other than James A. Garfield.

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Saco Valley settlements and families. Historical, biographical, genealogical, traditional, and legendary, Part 107

Author: Ridlon, Gideon Tibbetts, 1841- [from old catalog] Publication date: 1895 Publisher: Portland, Me., The author Number of Pages: 1424

Author: Ridlon, Gideon Tibbetts, 1841- [from old catalog]
Publication date: 1895
Publisher: Portland, Me., The author
Number of Pages: 1424