History of Knox County, Ohio, its past and present, Part 148

Author: Hill, N. N. (Norman Newell), comp; Graham, A. A. (Albert Adams), 1848-; Graham, A.A. & Co., Mt. Vernon, Ohio
Publication date: 1881
Publisher: Mt. Vernon, Ohio : A. A. Graham & Co.
Number of Pages: 1096

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MCCLELLAN, JOHN A., Pike township, farmer, post of- fice, North Liberty, born in Westmoreland county, Pennsylva- nia, in 1821, and was married to Sarah A. Miles. They had five children-Mary Rosella (deceased); Willie D .; Hattie Bell (de- eeased); Charlie W., and James H.

Mrs. Sarah A. McClellan died in 1870. He afterward mar- ried Ellen Gilmore, who was born in this township and county.

MCCLELLAND, WILLIAM, Mt. Vernon, attorney at law, was born in Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, December 22, 1815. He was the second child of James and Jane McClelland, nee Craig. He spent his youth until the age of twenty-three at home on the farm. He attended the schools of the county.

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About 1839 he went to Millersburgh, Ohio, and read law with the Hon. William R. Sapp, of that place. In the spring of 1844 he came to Mt. Vernon and opened an office in connection with William R. Sapp and Martin Welker, under the name of Sapp, Welker & McClelland-Sapp and Welker residing in Millersburgh, Ohio. Mr. Welker is now district judge of the United States district court at Cleveland. He was also of the law firm of McClelland & Sapp (W. F.) Hon. W. F. Sapp is now a member of Congress, representing the Council Bluff, Iowa, district. Mr. McClelland is now senior member of the firm of McClelland & Culbertson. Mr. McClelland is princi- pally engaged in the settlement of estates, of which he has a large number. He was elected county commissioner in 1856, and held that office for thirteen years. He also held the office of city solicitor for some fifteen or eighteen years.

McCLUCKION, NEWTON, Middlebury township, miller, post office, Levering, born in Northumberland county, Pennsyl- vania, January 3, 1834, came to Ohio in 1836 with his parents and was married January 19, 1854, to Sarah Cook, who was born in Morrow county, March 16, 1832. They have three chil- dren-Ira, born November 15, 1856; Miriam, May 3, 1860, died March 11, 1862; Eva, June 25, 1864. Mr. McCluckion came to Waterford in 1844, and has been engaged in Owl Creek mills five years. He is a good practical miller, and is doing custom work. He formerly learned the shoe trade, and worked at it some thirty-five years. Newton McCluckion was a member of company C, One Hundred and Thirty-sixth regiment Ohio vol- unteer infantry; served out his time of enlistment, and received an honorable discharge.

McCLUCKION, HARMON S., Middlebury township, farmer, post office, Levering, born in Knox county (now Mor- row), May 19, 1836, and was married July 8, 1860, to Betsy A. Wait, who was born in Knox county, May 6, 1845. They have one daughter, Jennie May, who was born April 26, 1866. Mr. McCluckion has always been a citizen of this county, or near the line in Morrow county since his birth. He is one of the en- terprising men of this township.

McCLURG, GEORGE, Brown township, farmer, post office, Democracy; son of Robert and Nancy McClurg, born in Wash- ington county, Pennsylvania, September 24, 1824: was brought by his parents to Knox county, Ohio, when a boy about thirteen years old; they locating in the Jelloway valley, Brown township, where he was reared to manhood. He then learned the tanning business with W. H. Robinson, of Wooster, Ohio. After fin- ishing his trade he made a trip to Indiana, where he worked at his trade for two years. In 1853 he crossed the plains to Cali- fornia, where he remained until the year 1858. From thence he went to Texas and spent the winter; and in the spring of 1859 he returned to Ohio. After being at home about one year he made a purchase of a tannery in Amity, Knox county, which he operated until 1862.

On the sixth of June, 1861, he married Frances J. Marshal, daughter of E. W. Marshal, born in Connecticut August 13, 1837. He then enlisted in the Ninety-sixth Ohio volunteer in- fantry August 9, 1862; promoted to corporal October 25, 1862; was in the battles of Chickasaw Bluffs and Fort Hindman; pro- moted to sergeant May 1, 1863; received his commission as sec- ond lieutenant May 15, 1863; was in the battles of Vicksburgh Jackson, Grand Coteau, and Sabine Cross Roads; mustered as first lieutenant June 14, 1864; came home on furlough June 15,

1864; returned August 31, 1864; was in the battles of Forts Gaines and Morgan, and mustered out with the regiment July 7, 1865, and returned home.

After being home a short time he made a trip with his wife to Connecticut, New York city, western New York, Canada, and Michigan. He then engaged in farming and has continued at it to the present time. In August, 1866, he purchased a farm of one hundred and eight acres, known as the Parish farm, where he then moved and now resides. In 1872 he purchased eighty acres more adjoining him on the east, making in all one hundred and eighty-eight acres.

By their marriage they have become the parents of five chil- dren: Albertie, born August 29, 1862; Julia, October 10, 1866; Albert E., August 1, 1871; Addison H., May 10, 1873; Effa I, February 8, 1875.

McCONNEL, J. S., of the firm of McConnell & Co., Mt. Vernon. This firm began business April 1, 1880. Mr. McCon- nell is a native of Kenton, Hardin county, Ohio. His first bus- iness engagement was with James Horn & Co., Pittsburgh, as salesman, with whom he remained two years. He then entered the employ of T. C. Jenkins & Brother, as travelling salesman. In this he continued three years. He then became a partner in the firm of McCandlass, Son & Co., wholesale grocers, and re- mained in the firm over two years, when his health failed. As his time and attention were devoted to the business of the firm they closed it out, he not being able to attend to it. After his health had improved some he engaged with the firm of R. R. Wallace & Co., of Pittsburgh, as travelling salesman, where he served about two years, during which time he married Miss May Mills, daughter of Milton L. Mills, esq., of Mt. Veruon. He then came to this city and engaged in the paper and rags, pelts and fur business, which he still carries on, having taken in partnership, April 1, 1880, Mr. James Rankin. In addition to their regular business, the firm make a specialty of shipping apples during the apple season. The business has increased to about four times what it was during the first year. The firm is now doing a business of about fifty thousand dollars for the present year, and have a fair prospect of a rapidly increasing trafic in all the different departments of their business. The firm is connected with a large exporting house in furs. Mr Rankin at present is not a member of the firm.

McCONNELL, THOMAS, J., Morris township, farmer post office, Fredericktown, was born in Belmont county, Ohio. January 17, 1818, moved to Holmes county in 1833, remained there till 1867, and then removed to Worthington township, Richland county, resided there for some time, and came to Knox county in 1869. He was married in 1848 to Ellen D. Hawkins, who was born in Stark county in 1832. They have the following children: Mary Ellen, born in 1849; Eliza H., in 1851; Sarah M., in 1853; William F., in 1855; Samuel J., in 1857; Thomas L., in 1863. Mary Ellen was married in Octo- ber, 1868, to R. W. Black. They reside in Mansfield, Ohio, and have the following children: Howard M., born November 16, 1870; Myrtie L., November 11, 1872; Vernie I., January 2, 1875; Maudie Belle, April 13, 1877.

Mr. Thomas McConnell enlisted in the late war, and was a member of company B, Sixteenth regulars, Ohio volunteer in- fantry. He remained in the service ten months, was wounded and taken prisoner at Vicksburgh. His time expired before he was exchanged. After being exchanged he received an honora- ble discharge August 3, 1863.

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Mr. McConnell is a farmer by occupation and is one of the active and energetic men of this township.

McCREARY, A. C., Middlebury township, blacksmith, post office, Levering, born in Waterford, March 22, 1848, and was married to Rhoda E. Martin, who was born December 5, 1848, in Middlebury township. They have the following children: Charlie A., born May 2, 1872; Clara, May 2, 1875; Louis War- den, December 25, 1876. Mr. McCreary learned the blacksmith trade in Waterford, and is now located one mile and a half southwest of Waterford

McCUEN, ROBERT S., farmer, son of James and Mar- garet McCuen, was born in Washington county, Pennsylvania, December 14, 1835. He was brought to this county by his pa- rents in 1848, who settled in Clay township, near Martins- burgh, where they passed the remainder of their days. James McCuen, father of Robert, deceased in 1859, aged seventy-three years. Margaret, mother of Robert, deceased February 6, 1860, aged sixty-three years.

Robert McCuen was reared on a farm, and has made farming his principal vocation. January 27, 1869, he married Miss Lydia Sutherland. They settled in pleasant township, this county, on the farm where he now resides. Their union re- sulted in one child, Pearl E. Mrs. McCuen died December 10, 1871.

He was then united in marriage, November 8, 1877, with Jennie Chapman. One daughter, Lulu C., was born to them.

McDONALD, JOHN, Middlebury township, farmer, post office, Fredericktown, born in Bedford county, Pennsylvania, in 1807; came to Jefferson county, Ohio, in 1828; remained there five years; then came to Knox county, and was married in 1834 to Mary Zinc, who was born in Bedford county, Pennsyl- vrnia. They had two children-Hannah and Joseph.

Mrs. Mary McDonald died in 1844. Mr. McDonald after- wards married Hannah Fidler, who was born in Knox county. Their children are: William, Louisa, Alexander, Louis, Sarah, Ellen, Mary, and Melvin.

Joseph McDonald was in the late war, in the One Hundred and Twenty-first regiment, Ohio volunteer infantry, and was engaged about three years. Mr. McDonald has been engaged at the cooper trade and farming, and is a prominent citizen of this township.

McDOWELL, DANIEL, was born July 9, 1809, in Franklin county, Pennsylvania, and when seven years of age his mother came to Ohio and located in Mt. Vernon, where they have re- sided ever since. His father died about the year 1815,

Our subject is one of a family of five sons. The two oldest, William and John, remained in Pennsylvania.

Daniel was educated in the schools in Mt. Vernon, carried on in those days by subscription, after which he learned the trade of cabinetmaker with Daniel McFarland, his uncle, for whom he worked for some time, and then formed a partnership with him, which continued several years. Their shops were the second established in the city. He has remained in the business ever since.

In connection with his business he has devoted a portion of his time to the fine arts, and has produced some paintings that show fine natural abilities. At present he devotes most of his time to painting.

Mr. McDowell in his youthful days was fond .of athletic sports, and was noted as being one of the swiftest runners in

the county. He is now seventy-two years of age, and physi- cally much younger; can see to read and write nearly as well as he ever could. He was married December 26, 1833, to Patience Elliott, daughter of W. Elliott, of Mt. Vernon, by whom he had a family of six children, four sons and two daughters, four of whom are living.

MCELROY, C., Union township, farmer, post office, Mill- wood, born in Orange county, New York, May 5, 1818. His father came to Knox county, Ohio, and settled on the farm where his son, C. McEjroy, now lives. He built a log cabin and reared his children on this little spot of ground. He was one of General Washington's soldiers, and had two horses shot from under him in the army, but escaped all serious injuries himself.

C. McElroy was married to Mary Baughman in 1838. His wife died in February, 1864, leaving twelve children, as follows: Henry, Charles, Alexander, Rachel, Robert, Mary, Philip, Ebenezer, Lida, William, Elihas, and Christine.

His next marriage was to Mary Thomas. They had the fol- lowing children born to them: Olive, Eveline. Wellington, Celina, and an infant.

MCELROY, C. A., post office, Rossville, farmer, was born March 4, 1846, in Union township. He lived here until his twenty-second year. He went to a number of places, and in 1870 returned to the old farm, where he still remains. In the same year he was married. He had two children, both of whom died.

MCELROY, JOHN, deceased, Monroe township, son of John and Mary McElroy, was born in Washington county, Pennsylvania, on the fifteenth of December, 1804, was educated at Bethany college, Brooke county, West Virginia, and followed teaching school as his vocation during the winter months for several years, while unmarried, but farming was his principal vocation through life.

May 24, 1827, he married Miss Mary Cassil, of Washington county, Pennsylvania, born July 24, 1808, and daughter of John and Nancy Cassil. They settled on a farm in their native county, and remained about four years. In 1831 they moved to Brooke county, West Virginia, and remained until 1836, when they emigrated to Knox county, Ohio, and located in Howard township, on the farm now owned by their son James, and remained until the fall of 1837, when they moved on an ad- joining farm in Monroe township, now owned by their son John. On this farm they lived until the fall of 1860, when they moved back on their farm in Howard township, and erected the present frame residence in which he passed the remainder of his days, dying September 5, 1879. His companion survives him, living on the home farm with her son James in Howard town- ship. He filed the office of county commissioner for two terms in Knox county. They reared a family of seven chit- dren: Tabitha, Nancy J., John, James, Mary E., Margaret E. and Juliette V .- all now living, married, and have families. John and James McElroy served in the war of 1861.

MCELROY, CHARLES, post office Gann, was born in Union township, September 6, 1849, and lived at home until he was twenty-one years of age, after which he worked at different places until March 4, 1874. He was married to Elizabeth Hess and settled in Gann, where he lives at present. He has one child, Henry, born August 12, 1878. His busniess since his marriage has been carpentering, which he has made a success.

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MCFADDEN, HENRY (deceased), was born near Cham- bersburgh, Pennsylvania, March 14, 1804. He emigrated to Hagerstown, Maryland, where he married Miss Hannah Stine- metz in 1826, who was born in 1807, daughter of John Stine- metz. They remained at her father's a short time, and in Oc- tober, 1827, they, with her parents, moved to Knox county, Ohio, making the entire journey in a two-horse wagon, and lo- cated in Mt. Vernon, where he and his family lived about six years, then moved on a farm in Wayne township, remained there about twenty years, and then removed to Clinton town- ship, near Mt. Vernon, where he deceased March 27, 1861. As expressed by a writer at the time of his death, "he was a good citizen, an obliging neighbor, an affectionate husband, a kind father, and a good Christian." His companion survived until May 9, 1869.

They reared a family of seven children, viz: William, John, Rebecca, Henry, Samuel, Mary Ann, and Lannis A.

MCFARLAND, J. H., was born in Mt. Vernon May 1, 1821, was educated in the public schools, and learned the cabi- net maker's trade, also painting, with his father, who was one of the pioneers in the business in Knox county. He remained with his father until 1852, when he was elected county treasurer, in which office he served two terms, and then went into the hardware trade, which he continued in about five years and then sold the store back to Mr. Kelly, the man of whom he bought. He then worked on his farm for about three years, when .he es- tablished the firm of McFarland & Son, and dealt in hardware, but sold the business to J. M. Byers.

He was married to Miss Cordelia L. Hyde in March, 1848, and has had a family of six children, only two of whom are living.

MCFARLAND, ROBERT, farmer, Morgan township, was born in county Tyrone, Ireland, February 20, 1821. His parents emigrated to the United States in 1831, and settled in Coshocton county, Ohio, where the father died, and the mother died in Indiana. They had a family of eight children, viz : Margaret, deceased; Armar, of Muskingum county, a minister; Patrick and James, deceased; Joseph and Charles in Lake county, Indiana; Mathew, in Coshocton county, Ohio ; Robert, the subject of this notice, was reared on a farm and has always followed farming as his occupation. In 1842 he came to Mor- gan township and settled on the farm on which he now resides. He is one of the neat farmers of Morgan township, and his farm and surroundings show marks of good judgment.

Mr. McFarland is a member of the Reformed Presbyterian church. He was twice married. In 1847 he married Elizabeth Jane Wallace. His second wife was Miss Jane Watterson, whom he married in 1878. She was a native of Wheeling, West Virginia.

MCFARLAND, IRA M., farmer, born in Clinton township, December 25, 1827. His father and paternal grandfather came from Scotland, and moved to Washington county, New York, in 1784.

In 1786 James McFarland, the father of Ira M., was born. In 1814 he settled near Mt. Vernon. In 1818 he married May Irvine, a native of Washington county, Pennsylvania, whose parents came to Ohio in 1807. James McFarland died in 1856. His wife still survives and is, perhaps, the oldest living resident of Knox county. They had a family of nine children, three of whom are living, viz: Ira M., John A., a banker in Boone, Iowa, and Mary, wife of R. L. Winston. The deceased are:

Hannah C. Johnson, Margaret, an infant; William W., and Thomas.

The subject of this notice was reared on a farm and attended the common schools, and having obtained sufficient education, he taught school a number of terms. During the war he re- cruited for the Forty-third and Sixty-fifth regiments Ohio volun- teer infantry, and was with the Forty-third regiment about six months. He enlisted in the One Hundred and Forty-second regiment Ohio National guard, and was quartermaster for the same.

In 1858 he married Margaret Guy. They had a family of two children, viz : Mary A. and Guy Wallace. His wife died in 1866. In 1871 he married Miss Copper. They had one child (Charles Johnson). Mr. McFarland is a good farmer, owning near four hundred acres of excellent land, and is an excellent citizen.

McGIBENY, JAMES, Mt. Vernon. James McGibeny, the son of David McGibeny, was born near Trenton, New Jersey, January 18, 1788. His parents dying while he was quite young, he was thrown upon his own resources. Without patrimony, except a sound body and an indomitable will, by dint of indus- try and frugality, and by the wise use of the fragments of time at his command, he so improved upon the elementary education acquired at the neighborhood schools, that he developed into the noble character the sequel shows him to be. He engaged in the carpenter business. At an early age he was united in marriage to Miss Mary Newell, and in 1814 emigrated to Mt. Vernon. Here, by energy, industry and frugality that charac- terized his earlier years, he soon acquired a competence. As a citizen, he was public spirited, and liberal in all laudable enter- prises tending to the upbuilding of the then village of Mt. Ver- non, for which his fellow citizens showed their appreciation by placing him in various positions of public trusts, such as county commissioner, justice of the peace, postmaster, associate judge, etc. But his indomitable energy and public spirit show most conspicuously in his character as a Christian. Judge McGibeny had a well rounded symmetrical character. In 1814, when the subject of this sketch came to Mt. Vernon, Christians of all de- nominations had a common preaching place, in the court house, no church edifice having been erected in the village. Sometime prior to this, about 1810, the Presbyterians put up a frame meeting house in Clinton, one and one-half miles north of Mt. Vernon, which place had been an unsuccessful candidate for county seat. When the county seat was established in Mt. Vernon; the business and population naturally drifted thither- ward, and the church building at Clinton gradually went into dilapidation, and the society determined to build a house of worship in Mt. Vernon. Here the sterling qualities of James McGibeny, as an energetic and safe business man, and a skilful and wise leader in a difficult enterprise, shone conspicuously. He took upon himself the superintendence of the entire con- struction of the building, from the making of the first brick to the driving of the last nail.

The subscription list for the building of that church would be a decided marvel at the present day. Anything and everything was put down, but the one thing most needed-cash. With that motley subscription, McGibeny furnished .a comfortable house of worship, in which the church grew and flourished for many years. In the course of events, when the Master saw that the time had come for a new colony to go out, the old hive was shaken up a little, and the progressives, of whom McGibeny

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was a leader, became restive under the old regime, and yearned for new measures and more aggressive work than would be tol- erated in the old hive. The result was a "swarm;" the radicals forming a new colony, which was the nucleus of the present Congregational church, while the conservatives remained to build up the old society.

Here again McGibeny's business tact was put to the test in furnishing a house of worship for the new colony, and was found adequate to the emergency. Here in this new organization Judge McGibeny found full scope for the free exercise of his active and energetic mind in Christian and philanthropic enter- prise.

As to the family: An only child-a son-named John N., was born, who survived his parents, to inherit the homestead, a valuable farm, one mile northeast of Mt. Vernon, who enjoyed his patrimony for a few years, and then passed away, leaving his inheritance to his family. On the twelfth day of March, 1868, James McGibeny was gathered to his fathers, full of years and good works.

McGINLEY, JAMES, farmer, Pike township, post office, Democracy, born January 26, 1846, and was married December 29, 1867, to Elizabeth Braddock, who was born in Morris town- ship this county, October 30, 1846. They have three children, Kitty Estella, born June 1, 1869; Walter, July 24, 1871, and Ella Pearl, August 21, 1879.

His father, Robert McGinley (deceased), was born in West- moreland county, Pennsylvania, in 1806, and was married in 1830, to Eva Lindsey, who was born in Bedford county, Penn- sylvania, in 1806. They had ten children, Isaiah, born Septem- ber 27, 1828; John, July 8, 1831; Mary J., September 8, 1832; William, July 26, 1834; Michael, April ro, 1836; Nancy Ann, January 28, 1838; David, March 22, 1840; Sarah, July 15, 1841; Wilson S., August 24, 1843, and James, January 16, 1846. The following have deceased, Mr. Robert McGinley, August 23, 187r, at his home in Pike township; David, December 4, 1853; Nancy Ann, June 17, 1863, in Porter county, Indiana.

Isaiah and John reside in Porter county, Indiana; William in Jefferson county, Nebraska; Mary J. married to William Davis, now living near Cincinnati .. Mr. Robert McGinley came to Knox county when about eighteen years of age. Mrs. McGin- ley still resides on the old homestead.

McGINLEY, MICHAEL, Pike township, farmer, post office, Democracy, born in Pike township, in 1836, and was married in 1861 to Clitha Jane Parrish, who was born in Pike township, Knox county, in 1841. They have three children, viz: Flor- ence B., born in 1862; Wilson C., in 1863; George B., in 1869.

McGREW, ALEXANDER, Berlin township, retired, post office, Shaler's Mills, was born in Adams county, Pennsylvania, in 1806, came to Harrison county with his parents when a child, and was married in Richland county to Elizabeth Cobean, who was born in Harrison county. They had four children, namely: James, John F., William, and N. J.

Mrs. Elizabeth McGrew died in 1853. He married L. A. Ball, who was born in Morris township in 1819. They have one son, viz: L. L., who was born in 1860.

Mr. McGrew moved to Knox county in 1835, located on the farm now known as the Burson farm. In 1866 he came to Ber- lin, bought the McIntire farm, and was elected justice of the peace of Morris township. Four sons of the family were in the army, viz: James, William, John F., and N. J.

McGREW, JOHN, F., Berlin township, farmer, post office, Shaler's Mills, was born in Morris township in 1836, married in 1866 -to Susan McIntire, who was born in Holmes county in 1845. They had the following family, namely: Mary E., Os- car Fred (deceased), Milo M., Martha H. (deceased),_Lima A. (deceased), and James E.

Mr. McGrew was a soldier in the late war, a member of com- pany A, Fifty-sixth regiment Ohio volunteer infantry, Captain Banning. He was in the following engagements: Port Gibson, Fourteen Mile Creek, Champion Hills, Siege of Vicksburgh, Siege of Jackson, Mansfield, La., Monatt's Ferry, Alexandria, Snaggy Point, May 5, 1864, where he was taken prisoner; was released June 17, 1864, and was honorably discharged.

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History of Knox County, Ohio, its past and present, Part 148

Author: Hill, N. N. (Norman Newell), comp; Graham, A. A. (Albert Adams), 1848-; Graham, A.A. & Co., Mt. Vernon, Ohio Publication date: 1881 Publisher: Mt. Vernon, Ohio : A. A. Graham & Co. Number of Pages: 1096

Author: Hill, N. N. (Norman Newell), comp; Graham, A. A. (Albert Adams), 1848-; Graham, A.A. & Co., Mt. Vernon, Ohio
Publication date: 1881
Publisher: Mt. Vernon, Ohio : A. A. Graham & Co.
Number of Pages: 1096