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Mark Clark, the subject of this sketch, was reared on a farm and was educated In the public schools of Union township, this county. He worked in a stone quarry for some time, but bis principal business has always been farming. Mr. Clark owns one
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bundred and thirteen acres in Green township, two miles from New Vienna, and is a general farmer and stock raiser.
On July 30, 1899, Mark Clark was married to Minnie Trenery, who was born in Green township, this county, on May 1, 1867, daughter of Thomas Benton and Emily (Smithson) Trenery, both natives of Clinton county. Thomas Benton Trenery was the son of John and Isabel (Cashatt) Trenery and John Trenery was the son of Thomas and Susie (Achor) Trenery, mentioned elsewhere in this work. Mrs. Clark's maternal grandfather was William Smithson, who married Millle Murle. They were early settlers in Clinton county, having come here from old Virginia. Thomas Benton and Emily (Smithson) Trenery were the parents of seven children, Sarah Frances, Minnie Isabel, William Emerson, John Milton, Eva Jane, Homer Clayton and Arena, the latter of whom died at the age of three years.
Mrs. Clark is a member of the Christian church. Her father died in 1889 and her mother in 1894. Mr. and Mrs. Clark have no children. He votes the Republican ticket.
J. M. SNIDER.
J. M. Snider, who owns a beautiful farm of one hundred and forty-four acres two miles east of Sabina, and who is one of the most capable farmers in that section of Clin- ton county, was born on December 3, 1853, neur Martinsburg, In Fayette county, Oblo, son of A. L. and Sarah ( Kneddler) Sulder, the former of whom, a native of Highland county. was the son of William Snider, a native of Pennsylvania, and the latter, a native of Fayette county, was the daughter of George Kneddler, a native of Virginia, who came to Ohio in 1508, settling in Fayette county. George Kneddler was the son of Peter Kned- dler, a soldier in the patriot army during the Revolutionary War.
Like so many of the early settlers of Ohio, William Snider, the grandfather of J. M., was a native of Pennsylvania, who emigrated to Highland county in an early day and who engaged in farming and carpentry. He owned a farm in Highland county, but about 1850 he moved to lowa, where he lived on a farm the remainder of his life.
A. I .. Spider was educated in the common schools of Highland county and learned the shoemaker's trade early in life, a trade in which he was engaged in Highland and Fayette counties. He died in the latter county. A. L. and Sarah Snider had seven chil- dren : George, who died at the age of about six years; Elizabeth, who married C. Edward Jenklus: J. M., the subject of this sketch : Robert, who married Auna Zimmerman; Ellis, who married Anna Higgins; Charles, who married Anna Clark ; and Harrison, who died young. The family of A. I .. Snider were members of the Methodist church and be was a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.
Educated in the common schools of Fayette county, Ohio, J. M. Snider began farming when a young man In that county, but in 1ss1 came to Clinton county, where he bought a farm of eighty-two aeres in Richland township. He has since added to this farm and now owns altogether one hundred and forty-four acres, upon which he has erected the beautiful house in which he lives, besides two barns and other proper buildings. The house was erected in 1898. Mr. Snider is an extensive breeder of Poland China hogs and Jersey cattle and does general farming.
J. M. Snider was married to Keturah Pavey, daughter of William and Jerdena (Conner) Pavey, and to this union three children have been born: Vernia, who became the wife of Howard Curtis; William H., employed in the National Bank at Sabina, who married Hazel Moore and has one daughter. Rosalie, and C. H., who married Lena McVey and lives with Mr. Snider on the farm.
Mr. and Mrs. Snider and family are members of the Methodist Protestant church. Hle is a prosperous and highly respected citizen lu Riebland township and enjoys the esteem of all who know him.
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HORACE G. McMILLAN.
The McMillan family in Clinton county is descended from William and Deborah McMillan, residents of York county, Pennsylvania, whose descendants immigrated to the state of Ohio at an early day in the settlement of this section of the state. William McMillan was a native of Scotland and his wife of Wales, and they were the parents of eight children, of whom David, the fifth, married Hannah Huzzey. He settled on a farm later owned by his son, Thomas MeMillan, comprising two hundred and fifty acres, situated in Chester township, this county. Jonathan McMillan, Sr., a brother of David, made a trip to Ohio about 1805, but later returned and brought back with him to Clinton county his parents, William and Deborah McMillan. David McMillan was born on March 2, 1772, in Pennsylvania. By his marriage to Hannah Huzzey, there were ten children, five born in Pennsylvania and five in Ohio, of whom Thomas aud Jonathan were the last two to pass away. After coming to Clinton county, in 1805, with bis family, David McMillan settled on Turkey Run creek, in what is now known as Chester township. He erected a log cabin and, endowed with considerable mechanical skill, made all sorts of farm Implements and furniture for his own use. He was a member of the Society of Friends and died in December, 1844, his widow surviving him but two years, her death occurring on September 18, 1846. David and Hannah (Huzzey ) McMillan were the parents of Thomas McMillan, who was the father of Horace G., the subject of this sketch.
The entire life of Thomas McMillan was spent on the farm. He owned about two hundred and fifty acres and was a general farmer and stock raiser. He was one of the organizers of the Clinton County Bank at Wilmington and, from the time of the organization of that bank until his death, was a director of the Institution. Thomas McMillan married Elizabeth N. Adsit, a native of Union township, this county, to which union there were born six children, namely : Isabel, who died in infancy; Mary Ann (deceased), who married Henry Spray; Deborah T. (deceased), who married John Hawkins; Eliza Jane (deceased ). who became the wife of Daniel Mckay ; Horace G., the subject of this sketch, and Palmer, who died at the age of seventeen. Upon the death of his first wife, Thomas McMillan married Mrs. Nancy McMillan, widow of Isaac McMillan and daughter of Seth and Sarah Ann ( Moore) Linton, to which second mar- riage there was born one child, Thomas Henry, who is referred to elsewhere in this volume. Thomas McMillan was a Republican In politics and a member of the Society of Friends.
Horace G. McMillan was born on December 25. 1853, on the old MeMillan farm in Chester township, his father, Thomas McMillan, having been born on the same farm. About 1885 be purchased one hundred and nineteen and three-fourths acres and built a house on the farm. Subsequently he made additional purchases, increasing the farm to two hundred and thirty-three acres. Mr. McMillan succeeded his father as a director in the Clinton County Bank at Wilmington and now holds that position.
On September 11, 1884. Horace G. MeMillan was married to Allee M. Peterson, daughter of Jacob S. and Catherine (Ellis) Peterson, to which union have been born three children. Esper J., Thomas W. and Carl P., all of whom are still at home.
Jacob S. Peterson was a native of Clinton county, his father, Jacob Peterson, Sr., having been an early settler in this county. He remained at bome during his minority, during which period he attended the log school house of the township. He later supplemented his elementary education by extensive reading and also cultivated a talent for musle, in which art he became quite proficient. Following his early religious train- Ing, Mr. Peterson united with the German Reformed church at Xenia, still later with the Reformed organization at Caesar's Creek, and subsequently, in 1874, with the Mount Pisgah congregation. On November 23, 1848. Jacob S. Peterson was united in marriage
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to Sarah Catherine Ellis, a native of Greene county, Ohio, granddaughter of Abraham Ellis, one of the earliest settlers of that section of the state. Mr. and Mrs. Peterson began housekeeping on a portion of the former's father's farm, where they lived for ten years, at the end of which time Mr. Peterson purchased adjoining land comprising two hundred acres. To Mr. and Mrs. Peterson were born the following children: Emma Clare, born on December 22, 1840, who married James W. Middleton; Ida Irene, July 28. 1852, who married George A. McKay ; Orville Ellis, November 21, 1854, who married Luella B. Oglesbee, after whose death he married Evelyn Green; Alice Marla, August 16. 1860, who married Horace G. MeMillan; Jacob Elmer, September 20, 1862, who married Viola Farquhar, and Eva Grace, February 4, 1869, who married Frank S. Colvin.
The McMillan family are members of the Friends church and for a number of years Horace G. McMillan has been an officer in the church. In politics, Mr. McMillan bas always been identified with the Republican party.
OSCAR E. CLINE.
Among those persons who have, by virtue of their strong individual qualities, earned their way to a high standing in the estimation of their fellow citizens, having by sheer force of character and persistency accumulated a competency in life and obtained prom- inence in the community where they live, Oscar E. Cline, of Sabina, this county, is eutitled to special mention. He owns a good farm of a hundred and twenty-one acres in Wayne and Richland townships, which he was actively engaged in operating until 1908, when be moved to the thriving town of Sabina.
Oscar E. Cline was born on May 31, 1874, in Fayette county, Ohio, the son of William 8. and Naomi (Glasgow) Cline, the former of whom was born in February, 1837, In Fayette county, Oblo, and the latter. In January, 1836, in Pennsylvania, the daughter of Andrew Glasgow.
William 8. Cline was the son of George Washington and Catherine ( Feagins) Cline, the former a native of Virginia and the latter a native of Fayette county. Ohio. George W. Cline was a farmer who owned about three hundred and fifty acres in Fayette couuty and was one of the pioneer citizens there. He and his wife were the parents of six chil- dren. Edward, Mary, William, Andrew, Philip and John, the last named of whom died early in life. Educated in the common schools of Fayette county, this state, William 8. Cline began farming in Fayette county when a young man. During the early years of his married life he also was engaged in farming in Clinton county for some three or four years, but returned to Fayette county and there spent the rest of his life. He owned three hundred and thirty acres comprising a magnificent farm. The last six or seven years of his life he lived retired at Washington C. H. To William S. and Naomi ( Glas- gow ) Cline were born seven children, namely ; Wills A., who married Ella Rice; Emma, who married H. W. Wilson; Arminta, who married J. F. Adama; Mary, unmarried; George W., who married Dora Washington; Oscar E., the subject of this sketch, and Frederick O., who married Viola Darbyshire. Politically. William S. Chine was n Democrat.
Oscar E. Cline was educated in the public schools of Fayette county and while still a young man began working on the farm. The first few years of his active life he was engaged with his father. but later began farming for himself in Fayette county. He came to Clinton county in 1001 and purchased a farm of one hundred and twenty-one acres in Wayne and Richland townships, and from 1901 to 1908 was actively engaged in Its culti- vation. In the latter year he removed to Sabina and now operates the farm with hired men. He is engaged in general farming aud stock raising and is an extensive breeder of Shire horses.
Mr. Cline married Minnle J. Pavey, daughter of William and Mary A. ( Kirby ) Pavey.
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of Sabina, and to this union oue child bas been born, a son, Howard, born in 1000. Mrs. Cline is a member of the Methodist Protestant church. Mr. and Mrs. Cline have a beautiful home in Sabina and are held in high regard by their many friends throughout that part of the county.
Educational progress and development have always been very near to Mr. Cline's beart nud for some time he has served as a member of the board of education. Frater- nally, he is a member of the Modern Woodmen of America. He votes the Democratic ticket and takes a warm interest in the county's political affairs.
FRANK R. BAILEY.
Frank R. Bailey was born on February 25. 1877, in Chester township. Clinton county, Oblo, the son of Wilson and Ida L. ( Lemar) Bailey, both born in the same township, the former on January 25. 1549, and the latter, January 1, 1855, the daughter of Samuel Lemar, a well known farmer of that township.
Samuel Lemar was born on January 1. 1813, the son of Charles and Elizabeth Lemar, the former of whom was born on April 12, 1786, in Virginia, son of Charles and Elizabeth Lemar. When about fourteen years of age, his mother died. In 1802, his father, with the remainder of the family, emigrated to Fairfield county, Oblo, and settled in what Is now known as Hocking township, where they remained until 1833. He was reared ou n farm, and received the rudiments of an education in a neighborhood school. In 1812 he was married to Miss Elizabeth Rose, by whom he had thirteen children. In 1834. he removed to Chester township, this county, where he lived several years. He died in Greene county in February, 1865. His wife had preceded bim to the grave many years, her death having occurred in 1847. Samuel Lemar was reared to farming and received a good education in the schools of his time. When he was about eighteen years old, he began work on the canal, which at that time was in the process of construction from Cincinnati to Cleveland, and for his services received thirteen dollars per month. Later he worked in a brickyard for ten dollars per month. In 1841 he bought a farm of one hundred acres in Chester township, where he lived until 1849. On January 1, 1835, be was married to Electa Barnes, the daughter of Samantha Barnes. The Barnes family emigrated from Dutchess county, New York, to Clinton county, about 1813. Two chil- dren were born to this union, both of whom died early in life. Mrs. Samuel Leinar died In Derember, 1837, and on August 20, 1844. Samuel Lemar married. secondly, Julia Ann Stingley, daughter of John and Elizabeth Stingley, to which union the following children were born : John S., Oliver W .. Enuna, Alice, Ida. Eva, Ella. Tinna and Samuel, Samuel Lemar served as clerk of Chester township; as trustee for twenty years and as justice of the peuce for nearly forty years. He also served six years as county commissioner, hav- Ing been elected to all of these offices as a Republican or Whig. He owned about five hundred acres of land in Clinton county.
Frank R. Bailey's paternal grandparents were William H. and Rachel Bailey of Chester township, this county. His father was a farmer in Chester township and owned one hundred acres of land. He and his wife had three children, James M., Frank K .. the subject of this sketch, and Samuel K. Of these children, James R. married Jessie Murray and lives In Cincinnati: Samuel married Luella Fowler and lives in Athens, Ohio.
Frank R. Bailey was reared to manhood on his father's farm. His father died on April 14, 1507, and his mother, who later married E. B. Howland. Is now living in Wil- mington, Mr. Bailey married Katie Smith, who was born in Adams township, this county, the daughter of J. H. Smith, a well-known farmer of that township, and to this union three children bave been born. Russell W .. Bernice May and Carl J.
In 1907 Mr. Bailey and family moved to the farm of sixty-nine neres in Adams town- ship, which they now occupy. They are members of the Friends church, at Springfield, in Adams township, and are held in high esteem by all who know them.
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JOHN T. GANO.
Among the successful farmers of Idberty township, this county, is John T. Gano, who owns one hundred and twenty acres of land comprising a productive and highly profitable farm. Mr. Gano was born in Washington county, lowa, on September 1, 1850, the son of John S. and Rhoda (Beech) Gano, the former of whom was born probably in Virginla. They were members of the Methodist Episcopal church, John S. Gano died when his son, John T., was an infant. After the father's death, the mother came with her family to Clinton county, locating near what was then the home of her brother. Of the three children born to Mr. and Mrs. John 8. Gano, only one. John T., the subject of this sketch, is now living. Margaret and Martha, bis sisters, being deceased. Mrs. John 8. Gano never married again.
Educated In the district schools of Clinton county, John T. Gano engaged in farming as soon as he was old enough to be employed in such work. On August 9, 1877, he was anited in marriage to Louisa Garman, who was born on the farm where she and Mr. Gano now live. the daughter of Samuel and Allce Garman, farmers of Liberty township and members of the Methodist Episcopal church. After their marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Gano located on their present farm. To their union four children have been born. namely : Blanche, who married Frank Shrack. of Melvin, this county, and has four chil- dren, Wilbur, Charles. Mary Ia and Frank ; Ethel, who married Wilbur Cline of Greene county. Ohio, and has one child. Carl; Granville, who married Emma Stobis and has three children, Jolm I ... Ellen and Beulah M., and Earl, who died at the age of three years.
Mr. and Mrs. Gano are members of the Methodist Episcopal church at Lumberton and attend the Sunday school. Mr. Gano is trustee of the church and has served in that capacity for ten years. Fraternally, he is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and of the Daughters of Rebekah. In 1905, he built a commodious house on his farm and now enjoys all the modern conveniences of country life. No residents of Liberty township are more highly respected than Mr. and Mrs. Gano and their many friends hold them in the highest esteen.
JAMES W. CUSTIS.
James W. Custis, who has been a dry-goods salesman in Sabina, this county, for fourteen years, but who also owus two hundred and fifty acres of land in Fayette and Clinton counties, besides property in Sabina, was born on September 3. 1865, at New Antioch, this county, the son of William and Susan (Drake) Custis, the former of whom was born on September 8. 1837. In Clinton county, and the latter, April 26, 1839, in New York state. daughter of Daniel and Ann ( Merserenu) Drake, natives of the Empire state. Daniel Drake came to Ohio about 1850 and purchased eighty neres of land in Clinton county, near Starbuck.
William Custis, father of James W., was engaged In the hardware business for ten years, but the rest of his life he was engaged in the dry goods business. He was a man active in local affairs, especially in religious circles, having been a prominent member of the Methodist church. His death occurred on October 12. 1906, and his widow is still living in Sabina. They were the parents of the following hildren: C. W., who married Flora Johnson, and lives In Sabina; Frank, a resident of Dayton, Ohio, where he is engaged in the grocery business; Ida B., the wife of S. R. MeGuire, of Dayton : Anna. the wife of L. A. Wysong of Wilmington; James W., the immediate subject of this review ; Levi, a resident of Akron. Ohio; Lula, the wife of Doctor Leightner, of Sabina, and Grace, who is the wife of Marion Kuhn, of Crooksville, Ohio.
James W. Custis was educated in the district school and the Sabina high school, from which Intter he was graduated. Early in life he engaged in the dry-goods business as a clerk. and has been continuously engaged In this business since that time.
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On June 9, 1891, James W. Custis was married to Rebecca J. Perrell, who was born in Fayette county, Ohio, on January 16, 1867, daughter of John and Margaret (Sparks) Perrell, the former of whom owned about fourteen hundred acres of land in Fayette county, and who was active in the banking business at Washington C. H., Ohio. Although John Perrell is now deceased, the family still retains the interest in the Commercial Bank at Washington C. H.
After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Custis located in Sabina. They have no children. They are active and earnest members of the Methodist Protestant church, and Mr. Custis has been superintendent of the Sunday school for the past eight years.
CLARENCE TRIMBLE TELFAIR.
Clarence Trimble Telfair, son of Charles and Ann (Barry) Telfair, was born on September 13, 1873, in Madison county, Oblo, but later removed with his father's fam- fly to near Hillsboro, Ohio, Charles Telfair, the father of Clarence, was born in Vir- ginia. He was married to Aun Barry, daughter of John and Helena ( Woodrow) Barry, of Hillsboro, who owned quite a large tract of land in Highland county. Charles Tel- fuir was a member of the Masonle lodge and rose to the rank of a Scottish Rite Mason.
The children of Charles and Ann Telfair were Jean, George, Clarence, Helen and Elizabeth. Jean resides with her mother in Pittsburgh; George, who is in the wholesale hardware business in Pittsburgh married Edna Correll, of Concord, North Carolina;' Helen died in 1912, and Elizabeth married Hugh V. Andrews, of Pittsburgh, formerly of Cincinnati, Ohio.
Clarence Telfair is a progressive, public-spirited citizen and enterprising farmer of Wilson township, bis land forming a part of a survey of three thousand acres Inherited by his grandfather, Dr. Isaac Telfair, from his maternal grandfather, Gen. George Mathews, of Georgia. This survey of three thousand acres, along with several other thousand acres of land, was granted to General Mathews by President John Adams for hls services and heroism during the Revolution.
Clarence Telfair is a member of the Masonic lodge and of the Benevolent and Pro- tective Order of Elks. He was married on September 28, 1911, to Florence L. Halnes, a native of Greene county, Oblo, and a daughter of Zimri D. and Sarah Alice (MeKay) Haines. The children of Clarence and Florence Telfair are Edward Haines, born on August 15, 1912, and Roderick Trimble, February 27, 1914, at "Idyl-Wilde," their home near Bloomington, this county. Florence H. Telfair was born on April 1. 1884, and was the third in the family of eight children, the others being Glennora E., Tilghman, Isa- dora, Eher, Russell, Elton and Reva Mary. Glennora married Louis Weihe, of Belle- view, Florida. Tilghman is superintendent of the schools at Rockland, Massachusetts. Isadora married John B. Telfair, of Wilmington, this county. Eber married Faina O. Peele, of near Sabina, Russell is a graduate pharmacist in Charleston, West Virginia. Elton and Reva Mary are at home. Mrs. Telfair was graduated from the Charlotte Sanatorium, Charlotte. North Carolina, and was a registered nurse of the state of North Carolina, receiving first honor. After her graduation she was superintendent of the sanatorium from which she was graduated, Before entering the profession of
nursing, Mrs. Telfair was a teacher of public-school muste in Cæsars Creek and Chester township. Her maternal grandparents were Tilghman and Sarah (Medsker) Mckay, and her paternal grandparents were the Rev. Eber and Mary ( Mendenhall ) Haines. Reverend Haines was a minister of the denomination of Friends.
The Telfairs trace their ancestry back to Dr. David Telfair, who was born in Monteith, Scotland, in 1722. on Lake Monteith, Perthshire, and died in Philadelphia in 1780. He was the founder of the first Scots Presbyterian church in Philadelphia. He was married to Elizabeth Duncan, daughter of Isaac and Margaret Duncan, who owned a vast estate around Philadelphia. David and Elizabeth Telfair's children were Isaac,
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Anne William and Margaret. Isaac Telfair married Jane Mathews, daughter of Gen. George Mathews, of Georgia, who was a Colonial soldier, commanding a company that assisted in defeating Corn-Stalk, the Indian chief, at the famous battle of "The Point," on the Ohio, and afterward served under General Washington in the Revolutionary War, entering the service as a colonel of a Virginia regiment. Colonel Mathews is referred to in Withers' "Chronicle of Border Warfare" as a distinguished officer, the hero of Brandywine, Germantown and Guilford. Afterward he was severely wounded, taken prisoner by the British and imprisoned on a prison-ship in New York harbor until the close of the Revolution. He was governor of Georgia for three successive terms and a Senator from that state in the Congress of the United States. For his heroism and services during the Revolution he was awarded several thousand acres of land by President John Adams.
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