History of Knox County, Ohio, its past and present, Part 149

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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Oscar Freddie McGrew came to his death through a sad acc- dent, which occurred January 16, 1881, at his father's barn, while engaged in playing in company with other children. He jumped through a mow hole, a distance of twenty feet, struck a sill, fractured the skull, above the left eye, and died January 24, 188r. Freddie was highly esteemed by all his schoolmates and neighbors.

McGREW, N. J., Fredericktown, dentist, was born in Mor- ris township in 1847, and was married in 1871 to Melinda J. Moose, who was born in Belmont county, Ohio, in 1849. They have two children-John A., born June, 1873, and Lizzie L., in December, 1878.

Mr. McGrew studied dentistry with Dr. W. F. Semple, of Mt. Vernon, and received a certificate from the State board of examiners, testifying to his ability.

MCILVAINE, RIGHT REV., BISHOP. The residence of Bishop McIlvaine in Knox county, commenced in 1832, and continued many years, and it is probable that he attracted to himself during those years, as much public attention as any man that ever lived within the limits of the county.

Charles Pettit McIlvaine was born in Burlington, New Jersey, January 18, 1798. He was a son of Joseph McIlvaine, a dis- tinguished lawyer, judge and statesman of New Jersey, who died in 1826, while one of the United States senators from that State. His son, the subject of this sketch had excellent educa- tional opportunities afforded him, and was graduated at Prince- ton college in 1816, at the early age of eighteen years, and some months. He was ordained a deacon in the Protestant Epis- copal church, July 4, 1820, by Bishop White, and having la- bored in Christ church, Georgetown, Distict of Columbia, he received, two years later, priest's orders from Bishop Kemp of Maryland. He officiated as professor of Ethics and History in the United States Military academy at West Point, New York, from 1825 to 1827, meanwhile also serving as chaplain in that institution. From 1827 to 1832 he was rector of St, Anne's church in Brooklyn, New York, serving also during those five years of his Brooklyn ministry, as Congressional chaplain, hav- ing been elected twice to that position. In 1831 he was ap- pointed professor of the Evidences of Revealed Religion and Sacred Antiquities in the university of the city of New York.

In 1832 Rev. C. P. McIlvaine was chosen hishop of the diocese of Ohio, as successor of Bishop Chase, resigned, and was consecrated bishop of Ohio, October 31, 1832. Bishop Mcilvaine was a large contributor to theological literature. His "Lectures on the Evidences of Christianity," delivered in the New York university in 1831, were published by request of the council of that institution, and have gone through about thirty editions. He was the only bishop of the diocese of Ohio

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from 1832 to 1859, when Rev. G. T. Bedell, D. D. was elected and consecrated an assistant bishop of the diocese. Bishop McIlvaine continued to exercise episcopal functions until his death in 1873, embracing ap eriod of forty-one years. He also discharged the duties of president of Kenyon college from 1832 to 1840 ; and for many years served as president of the theo- logical seminary of the diocese of Ohio. He was also a large contributor to the various religious periodicals, and a volumi- nous writer, having written many pamphlets and books, some of which were widely circulated and popular.

Among the earlier works given to the public by Bishop McIlvaine were the "Lectures on the Evidences of Christianity," delivered in the university of New York in 1831, and first pub- lished soon after they were delivered, comprising a volume of more than four hundred pages.

His justification by Faith appeared in 1840. His Oxford Divinity compared with that of the Romish and Anglican Churches, was first published in 1841. In the same year he gave to the public in pamphlet form, his sermon preached at the ordination held at St. Paul's church, Chillicothe, on Sunday, September 12, 1841. It was published by request of the clerical and lay members of the convention. Soon after his appeal on behalf of Kenyon college, appeared in a small pamphlet. His respectful address to the Protestant Episcopalians of the city of Cincinnati also appeared in pamphlet form about this time.

In 1843 and at previous dates he published pamphlets with the following titles: An Earnest Word in Behalf of the Church Institutions at Gambier, Ohio; Respectful Address to all who would Promote the Progress of Learning and Religion in the Western States; The Christian's Duty in the Present Crisis; The Chief Danger of the Church in these Times-a charge to the Clergy of the Diocese of Ohio; Baccalaureate Discourse to the Senior Class of Kenyon college, and others on various topics.

In 1854 Bishop MeIlvaine published a volume of sermons en- tiled "The Truth and the Life." He also compiled, soon after. two volumes of select family and parish sermons. His next publication which appeared in 1857, was a large pamphlet en- titled "Correspondence between the Right Rev. C. P. McIlvaine, D.D., D.C.L., and the Rev. James A. Bolles, D.D., Rector of Trinity Church, Cleveland, with an Explanatory Pastoral Letter to the Members of the Parish of Trinity Church, Cleveland." "Bishop McIlvaine's Address to the Convention of the Diocese of Ohio, in Newark, June 3, 1858," was a pamphlet publication, as was also his "Sermon at the Consecration of Calvary Church, Clifton, Ohio, May 5, 1868."

Bishop McIlvaine received the honorary degree of D.C.L. from the University of Oxford in 1853, and in 1858 that of L. L.D from the University of Cambridge; and it is safe to say that those honors bave been seldom more worthily conferred.

During the great Rebellion Bishop McIlvaine acted the part of a pure patriot, and exerted a highly favorable influence. He was an active member of the Sanitary and Christian commis- sions, and at the request, and by appointment of President Lincoln, he visited England, as a special commissioner to ex- plain to the clergy and people of that country the position of the Federal Union on the question at issue. This was a labor of love with the patriotic bishop. He entered with alacrity and spirit upon the discharge of the duties devolved upon him by the commission he had promptly accepted, and no reasonable, intelligent man doubts but great good was the result. The faithful, devoted bishop performed with fidelity and efficiency an honored patriot's duties.

Bishop McIlvaine was a man of marked ability. His scho- lastic attainments, his many elegant accomplishments, his su- perior intellectual endowments, and his force and dramatic power as an orator, no less than his highly cultivated ministerial manner, his rhetorical style as a public speaker, especially in his earlier career, his forcible methods in the presentation of scripture truths; his philosophical mode of dealing with the high themes of religion, immortality, and the life to come; his able, eloquent, and convincing arguments in support of the truths of revelation; his acumen and profoundness as a logi- cian, as displayed by the thoroughness of his investigations of the subjects he presented; his clearness of views, and soundness of argument, all tended to make his pulpit efforts not only in- structive and edifying, but exceedingly attractive and popular.

Bishop McIlvaine, as may be supposed from the foregoing paragraph, was a gentleman of pleasant, elegant, stately, dig- nified manners, in and out of the pulpit, and held a high rank as a divine, not only in his own denomination, but also with other Christian churches generally. Being best known among those of his own sect, his influence naturally would be greatest in the Protestant Episcopal church. And it is probably not: too much to say that, for many years, Bishop McIlvaine exerted a wider influence among Episcopalians, not only in Ohio, but throughout the United States, than any other man; and that influence was always for good. He probably left his impress upon the Episcopalians of the United States to an extent be- yond that of any other one bishop during the past generation. But Bishop McIlvaine had not only a national reputation, but was probably also better known in Europe, and especially in England, than any other American prelate. Certain it is that President Lincoln thought that he was able to exert a wider, better, greater influence over the English mind, and especially the English clergy and laity, than any other bishop, cleryman, or layman then resident in the United States.

Bishop Mellvaine, during the closing years of his life, lived in or near Cinnennati, where he died, in 1873, at the ripe age of seventy-five years.

MCINTIRE, SAMUEL, A., farmer and dealer in stock, Berlin township, post office, Shaler's Mills, was born in Holmes county, Ohio, in 1825, and was married to Mary Nixon, who was born in the same county in 1828. They had three children: Sarah E., William A., and Cornelius. Mrs. Mary McIntire died in 1873.

He afterwards married Mary Kelser, who was born in Holmes county in 1838. They have two children, Margaret Ann and Dorothy Ellen.

Mr. McIntire came to Knox county in 1857, and purchased the Johnson farm. He is engaged in buying, selling, and ship- ping stock, making a specialty of short-horned cattle. He has had extensive experience, has good judgment, and stands at the head of the enterprising men of Berlin.

MCINTIRE, JOHN, Morris township, farmer, post office, Fredericktown ; was born in Fayette county, Pennsylvania, in 1813; came to Ohio with his parents when quite young, and was married in 1837 to Mary Riley, who was born in Holmes county in 1818. They had eleven children: Martha Jane, born in 1838; Alfred R., in 1840; Cornelius, in 1842; Susan in 1845; Winfield S., in 1847; Elmer Y., in 1849; Minerva, in 1851; Joseph H., in 1853; Agnes, January 28, 1856; John Mitchell, in 1858, and Luella, in 1869. The following have deceased: Martha Jane, Cornelius, Joseph H., Winfield S., and Agnes.

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The following are married: Susan married John McGrew, Alfred R. married Helen Richards, Minerva married John Brad- dock, Elmer Y., married Alice Brown, and lives in Morrow county.

Mr. McIntire has resided on his present farm twenty-seven years. Through his industry and frugality he has secured a 1 considerable property, and is now enjoying the fruits of his labors.

MCINTIRE, ALFRED R., Mt. Vernon, lawyer, was born in Holmes county, Ohio, July 14, 1840. He is of Scotch-Irish · lineage. His father was of Scotch descent and his mother of Irish. He attended school at Fredericktown, and in his early years taught school three winters. When about twenty years of age he entered the Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware, where he graduated in 1865. In August, 1862, he enlisted in company A, Ninety-sixth Ohio volunteer infantry, and was dis- charged in February, 1863, on account of physical disability. He also served as first lieutenant of company H, One Hundred and Forty-second regiment Ohio National guards, during the summer of 1864. He began studying law with Judge R. C. Hurd, April 1, 1867, and was admitted to the bar June, 1869. Immediately after his admission he formed a law co-partner- ship with his preceptor, which partnership continued until the death of Judge Hurd. He continued his practice of law alone until 1875 when he associated with him Mr. D. B. Kirk, which partnership still continues. Mr. McIntire has been a member of the city board of education for many years. In the fall of 1879 he was a candidate for State senator in the district com- posed of the counties of Wayne, Holmes, Knox and Morrow, all Democratic counties with the exception of Morrow. Mr. Mc- Intire made a remarkable run under the circumstances, coming within about forty votes of carrying Knox county. He was married to Miss Helen Richards, of Fredericktown, by whom he had two sons.

MCINTIRE, WILLIAM A., Berlin township, farmer, post office, Fredericktown; was born in Holmes county, Ohio, in 1846, came to this county in 1861, and was married in 1868 to Achsah Kimmel, who was born in Carroll county, Ohio, in 1848. They have three children, viz: James E., born in 1868, Belle, in 1874, and Lola in 1880. Daniel Kimmel, father of Mrs. McIntire, was born in Pennsylvania in 1807, was married to Lavina Swarringer, who was born in Ohio in 1812. They had ten children, viz: Catharine, John, Matilda, Elizabeth J., Noah W., Thomas J., Richard M., William J., Wesley (de- ceased), and Achsah. Mr. Kimmel died in this township in 1877. Mrs. Kimmel died in Bellville in 1876. The Kimmel family have all left this county except Mrs. McIntire, who oc- cupies the home place.

McINTIRE, GEORGE, farmer, Berlin township, post office, Fredericktown; born in Holmes county, Ohio, in 1852; went to Knox county in 1861, and was married in 1874 to Alice M. Adams, who was born in this township in 1856. They have three children: Sabra, born in 1875; Jesse, in 1877; and J. A., in 1878. Mr. McIntire is identified with the farming interests of this township.

MCKAY, R. S., stone-mason, Pleasant township, a native of Scotland; born in Aberdeen October 31, 1813. His young days were spent around his native town. In 1836 he emigrated to England, where he married Miss Emma Hursh, who was born in Manchester, England, in 1825. In 1848 they emigrated to

America, and located in Springfield, Ohio, where they remained until 1853, when they moved to Knox county, Ohio, and located in Jefferson township. There they lived until 1859, when he purchased and moved on the property where they are now living in Pleasant township, near Mt. Vernon. They have four chil- dren: William W., Erich, Anna, and Clara. He was engaged in the building of the Cleveland, Columbus & Mt. Vernon rail- road, doing all the masonry along the road from Millersburgh, Holmes county, to Bang's station, Knox county, Ohio.

McKEE, R. B., farmer, Union township, post office, Ross- ville, was born April 18, 1820, in Brown township, Knox county. He was the first white male child born in Brown.township. His mother died in 1864, and his father in 1874.

Mr. McKee married Clarinda Mix in 1839 and settled on the old farm. His wife died in 1857 and left four children.

In 1858 he married Matilda Caster. They lived on the old farm for about twelve years, then moved to Howard township; remained eighteen months, then went to Berlin township, Knox county; remained three years, and then came to their present farm. He had six children: Mary Ellen, Squire, Scott, Amanda, John, William, and Irus, who died in her eighth year.

R. B. McKee was compelled to take his schooling near home, and his graduation at the plow handles.

He still retains some of the sayings of John Blair, the justice of the peace, which are as follows :

"That feeling heart I yet retain, It lies within my breast, And through coming life I s. all remain A friend to those distressed

"Though many friends I used to have, My foes have turned to be.

When I am silent in the grave, Will doubtless think of me.

"The man that led them through the vale, . Wherein they were distressed,

That hostile foe I did assail, By whom they were distressed.

"The scenes of sorrow passed away; All tribulation is o'er, The shade of night is turned to day, They need a friend no more.

"These lines are from my hand and pen, And you may thus conclude, They will remind malignant men Of their ingratitude.

" I challenge all malicious men, And thus conclude my song, To fairly state the place, and where, I shall have done them wrong."

MCKEE, C. H., farmer, Union township, post office, Ross- ville, was born January 26, 1862. His mother died when he was small, and he was given to G. D. Barr, whose farm joined his father's. He worked for Mr. Barr until he was twenty-one years of age. He was then married to Miss Priscilla Firen- laugh, April 10, 1873, and settled on a portion of the old Barr farm, where he still lives. He has two children: Harry, born July 6, 1874, and Jennie, November 19, 1878. His wife was born April 24, 1851, in Union township.

MCKENLEY, MARTIN, mechanic, Howard township, post office, Howard; was born in Ireland in 1826. His father came to America in July, 1830. He drove a hack in the city of

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New York for three years, when the panic came .and he was thrown out of employment. He then went to Philadelphia, re- mained there awhile, and then went to Pittsburgh. He worked there at railroading for about nine years, and had his left leg broken twice during his work on the railroad.

In 1849 he came to Knox county, and settled in Jefferson township, on a new farm. Shortly after this he went to work on the Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati & Indianapolis railroad and worked there about five years.

In 1854 he was married to Miss Maggie Meggs, and kept a boarding-house for the train hands on the Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati & Indianapolis railroad at different points along the line, until in 1865, when he came back to Jefferson township, and settled on a farm. He remained there until 1876, when he came to Howard township, and bought a farm, which he now owns, besides a portion of the old homestead. His father and mother died in 1876. He had seven children, four are de- ceased and three are living: John, who lives in Michigan; Joseph, in Columbus, Ohio, and Maggie, who is at home.

MCKENLEY, S. W., Howard township, mechanic, post office, Howard. He was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, March 1, 1844. In 1864 he went to Cincinnati, and spent two and a half years there, learning the carpenter trade, which he still follows. In 1868 he was married to Miss Mary Jones, in Mt. Vernon, where he settled and carried on business until 1875, when he moved to Jefferson township, and remained two years, then moved to Howard, where he has remained until the present time. His wife was born December 22, 1848. They have had three children, as follows: Maggie, Belle, and John. The latter died in 1871.

McKENNA, J. B., was born January 3, 1824, in Ireland, and was educated at Wooster college, Oxford. After leaving school he started to learn the trade of wood carving, but had an occasional job in stone and marble, and preferring that kind of work he turned his attention to it exclusively. He worked for Forcyth & Bro., of London, England; Lane & Lewis, of Birmingham; and in the fine art works under Berger., the Lon- don architect. After this he travelled through the principal cities of Europe, doing some work. He came to America in 1867, and followed his trade in different places for three years when he came to Mt. Vernon, where he has since been engaged in his business, doing all kinds of marble, granite, and stone carving and cutting. He did the work on the Curtis house, Raymond block, and about all the large blocks that have been erected since 1870, he also designed and erected the soldier's monument on the public square, Mt. Vernon.

MCKIBBEN, JAMES B., Pleasant township, farmer, son of Matthew Mckibben, who was born in Washington county, Pennsylvania, in 1803. He came to Harrison county, Ohio, in 1810, married Jane Eagleson, October 11, 1832, and came to Pleasant township in 1835 He purchased one hundred acres of woodland, which he cleared, and on his farm he reared a family of nine children, of whom James B. was the eighth.

James B. was married September 23, 1869, to Mary Ann Warman, and has at this time four children: Jennie O., Charles E., Margery E., and John M. Mr. Mckibben now occupies the old homestead, and is engaged in the propogation of fine stock. His stock consists of thoroughbred Merino sheep and short horn Durham cattle, and is among the finest in the county.

MCLAIN, CHARLES S., Morgan township, justice of the peace and farmer, post office, Hunt's Station. He was born in Green county, Pennsylvania, June 28, 1813. His father, John F., was born October 18, 1791, in the same county, and remained there until 1829, when he came to Knox county, where he died. He was a business man and farmer, and a citizen of influence. He married Phobe Swan, June 3, 1812; she was born March 17, 1792, and died in 1856.

They had a family of eight children, four of each sex, viz: Charles S., Abijah S., Ann, Permelia (deceased), Henry, Sam- uel (deceased when young), Mary A. (deceased), Cassandra, and William H.

The subject of this sketch was reared on a farm, and had the advantages of the common schools. In 1836 he went into his father's store and subsequently purchased it. He remained in business until 1843, when he sold out and returned to his farm, where he has since resided. In 1849 he was elected justice of the peace, which office he has held almost continuously. He has also held almost all the township offices. He is a man of much force of character, and well and favorably known. He is well informed upon topics of general interest. He was twice married; he married Ruth Berryhill June 16, 1835, and had nine children; the living are: Samuel B., Fulton county, Ohio; Hattie, at home; William E., Colorado; Frances, Blooming- ton, Illinois; Charles A., Heniy H., and Ruth B., in Morgan township. Mary A. and Laura are deceased.

Mrs. McLain died in 1857. In 1868 he married Mrs. Re- becca Coffin, who died in 1872. Mr. McLain is one of the most systematic and intelligent farmers of Morgan township. His farm is a model of neatness and thrift.

McLARNAN, GEORGE M., farmer, was born August 28, 1829, in Butler township. He was married to Miss Normandy Campbell, March 30, 1854. She was born November 27, 1830. They have had six children-Augusta Olivia, born September 9, 1855; John Thomas, born September 20, 1859; Daniel Camp- bell, born January 17, 1863; James Clarence, born January 23, 1866, and two died in infancy.

MCLAUGHLIN, MARTIN, Pike township, farmer, post office, North Liberty, was born in Columbiana county, Ohio, in 1845; came to Knox county in 1873; located in Pike township, and was married in 1874 to Lavina Scoles, who was born in this township in 1837. They reside on a farm in this town- ship.

McMAHON, JOSEPH, Wayne township, farmer, post office, Fredericktown, born in College township, July 29, 1845, and was married in 1867 to Eliza Jolly, who was born in Knox county in 1847. They have the following children: Harry, born in October, 1868; Fannie, in December, 1870; Josie, Oc- tober, 1873; Helen, June, 1876; Alice, October 1879.

Mr. McMahon is a farmer, and is fully identified with this county, and is one of its active men. He was engaged in the late war, a member of company C, Thirty-second regiment, Ohio volunteer infantry, and was in the service a year, and re- ceived an honorable discharge.

McMAHON, ERASTUS, Wayne township, blacksmith, post office, Mt. Vernon, born in this county in 1845, and was married in 1871 to Amanda Jenkins, who was born in Knox county in 1852. They have one son-Harry N .- who was born May 10, 1878.

Mr. McMahon learned the blacksmith trade in Gambier,

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Ohio, and is now engaged doing custom work in Green Valley, in this county, and is a first-class mechanic.

McMILLEN, DAVID, farmer, post office, Butler, Kichland county, Ohio. He was born in Westmoreland county, Penn- sylvania, in 1805. In 1830 he was married to Rachel Williams, who was born in the same county in 1807. They had five chil- dren: Jesse was born in 1836; Lavena, in 1838; Isaiah, in 1840; James A., in 1842; and Marion, in 1844. The deceased members are: Mrs. Rachel McMillen died in 1880; Isaiah died in Knox county; Lavena died in Wayne county in 1844. They located in Wayne township in 1830.

He settled in Knox county in 1849. He owns a good farm with all the modern improvements. His father, Alexander Mc- Millen, was born in 1779, in Westmoreland county, Pennsyl- vania, and was married to Christina Yearian, who was born in the same county. They had five children: Christena, Mary, Esther, Alexander, and David. Mrs. McMillen died in Penn- sylvania; Alexander McMillen died in Berlin township in 1864 ..

Jesse McMillen was married to Louisa Yarger, who was born in Ashland county, Ohio, in 1840. They have three children: Georgia Alice, born May 12, 1876; Bertha Celia, October Io, 1877, and David Franklin, January 9, 1879.

Mr. McMillen is a plasterer by trade, and assisted in plaster- ing the court house in Mansfield. James McMillen was a sol- dier in the late war, and was a member of the Ohio National guards.

McMILLEN, JOSEPH, deceased, Jefferson township, a na- tive of Pennsylvania, born in 1785. He moved to Belmont county, Ohio, where, in 1809, he married Miss Mary Perry. About 1815 he, with his wife and three children, moved to Union township, Knox county, where he lived a number of years, making farming his vocation. In 1817 Ephriam bought eighty acres of land in Jefferson township. He had nine children, as follows: Hamilton, Ephraim, Ellen, John, Silas, Jane, Robert and Margaret, twins, and Mary. They are all dead except El- len, who married Thomas Harris, and now lives in Monroe township, Knox county.

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History of Knox County, Ohio, its past and present, Part 149

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