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William McCreary was born in South Carolina in 1775. His wife, Mary Douglas, was born in 1777, and died in 1845. In the spring of 1806 they emigrated to Ohio, and entered land in section thirty six of Israel township, where they spent the remainder of their days. To them were born five children, four of whom are liv- ing-Sarah, the widow of Henry Marshall, resides in section thirty-four of Israel township; Mary, the widow of E. Pinkerton, lives in Illinois; James lives at Morn- ing Sun; and William lives on the old home place. It was at the house of William McCreary that the first meeting to consider the advisability of organizing Hope- well church was held. He was one of the earliest town- ship officers. In 1822, while returning from Cincinnati with his son, James, he was taken very sick, and died on the way. He was buried in Hopewell township.
William McCreary, jr., was born in 1814, and in 1840 was married to Miss Isabella McDill, daughter of David McDill. To them have been born eight children, of whom six are living-Harriet, Jennie, Sarah, Thomas M., William J., and Charles C.
James McCreary was born in 1806, in section thirty- six of Israel township. His wife, Annie Cook, was born in 1814, and is still living. They have had five children, of whom Mary, Maggie, and James R. are living. Mr. McCreary resides in Morning Sun, this township.
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Carolina, in 1771. His wife, Esther Gaston, also a native of South Carolina, was born in 1770, and died in Israel township, Preble county, 1814. To them were born seven children: Joseph, James, Janet, William, John, Ebenezer, Hugh, Isaiah, and David. Of these, five are living: Janet, the widow of Ebenezer Douglas, lives in Indiana; Ebenezer, Isaiah, James, who settled in Dixon township, and Hugh, who lives on the home place. Ebenezer Elliott emigrated to Ohio the first week of De- cember, 1806, and settled in section twenty-six of Israel township. For two years the family lived in a pole shanty. Then Mr. Elliott built a hewed-log house, and in 1816, erected a brick house, which was probably the first brick house in the township. Three or four years after his settlement he was elected justice of the peace, which office he held for several terms. During his official career he performed very many marriage cere- monies. About one year and a half after his settlement, his son, Hugh, was born, and his was among the first, if not the first birth in Israel township. Mr. Elliott died in 1849.
Hugh Elliott, born June 26, 1808, married for his first wife Henrietta Brown, who died in 1849, leaving no chil- dren. His second wife, Elizabeth Robertson, was born in 1826. Four of their seven children are living: Hen- rietta Elizabeth, wife of Rev. Samuel Buck; Sarah Essie, Edwin, and Annis, all living at home.
William Ramsey was born in Ireland in 1749, and when quite young emigrated to the State of Virginia. His wife, Martha Ochletree, was born in 1769, and died about 1850. In 1806 he emigrated to Ohio, and settled in section fourteen of Israel township. To Mr. and Mrs. Ramsey were born seven children: Elizabeth, Jane, Nancy, Martha, Samuel, George, and David, who is the only one still living. Mr. Ramsey entered one hundred and sixty acres of land.
David Ramsey was born in Israel township in 1811, on the old farm in section fourteen. His wife, Mary Marshall, whom he married in 1831, was born in 1813, and died in 1843. Five children were born to them. In 1844 he married Mary C. Gilmore, who was born December 26, 1818, and is still living. She is a sister of Judges W. J. and James Gilmore, and daughter of Dr. Eli Gilmore. There have been no children by this mar- riage.
Samuel Ramsey was born in Rockbridge county, Vir- ginia, in 1799, and emigrated with his father to Ohio in 1806. He died in section fifteen of Israel township in 1836. His wife, Sabina Gilmore, whom he married in 1823, was born in 1799, and is living with her son, Sam- uel To them were born five children, of whom Martha A., Thomas L., and Samuel R. are living-all in College Corner.
Samuel R. Ramsey was born in 1833, in Israel town- ship. He was united in marriage to Miss Mary A. Wil- son, who was born in 1843. They have two children: Sabina C. and Annie M.
Thomas L. Ramsey was born in 1828. He married Miss Grizzella N. McDill in 1861. Samuel G., their only child, was born in April, 1862.
William G. Ramsey was born in 1824, and died in 1871.
In 1859, the then brothers, Samuel, Thomas L., and William G., formed a copartnership in the general store and grain business, and thus continued until the death of William, in 1871. After the death of their brother, Samuel and Thomas continued in the business. The amount of business done annually by this firm is about fifty thousand dollars.
Samuel Ramsey has been the efficient postmaster at College Corner since 1873.
Hugh Ramsey, sr., was born in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, in 1779. His wife, Francis Sheppard, was born in 1776, and died in 1835. Mr. Ramsey emi- grated with his father to Rockbridge county, Virginia, and after remaining there a short time removed to Woodford county, Kentucky, and in 1807 emigrated to Ohio, set- tling in section fourteen, of Israel township, Preble county. To them nine children were born, all of whom are dead except Hugh B., who was born July 4, 1819. He married Martha C. Gilmore in 1844, who was born in 1825. Only two of their seven children are living. John, son of Hugh Ramsey, sr., familiarly called "long John," was born in 1804, and in 1807 came with his father to Israel township, and lived in section fourteen. He died in 1870 on the farm in section twenty-seven, near Morning Sun. His wife, Jane Marshall, who was born in 1806, is still living. To them were born twelve children: Hugh; Sarah, widow of Samuel Hamilton, living in section twenty; James lives in Montana; John A. resides in Morning Sun; William living in Camden ; Jo- seph T. in Texas; Mary E., wife of William Wright, lives in Somers township; David C. and Albert are all living; and Isabella H., wife of John Wright, Eliza, Frances, wife of James Wright, are dead.
Hugh Ramsey, jr., was born in 1827, and married for his first wife Miss Mary Ann Gilmore, daughter of Sam- uel and Margaret Gilmore, who were old pioneers of Israel township. Six children were born to them, of whom four are living. Mrs. Ramsey died in 1869. In 1870 he married Miss Clarissa Hamilton, who was born in 1832. By this marriage have been born three children, but one of whom is now living. Mr. Ramsey owns one hundred and sixty acres of land well improved.
David C. Ramsey, Hugh's brother, was born in 1847. His wife, Susan Orebaugh, was also born in 1847. They have had four children. In 1879 Mr. Ramsey engaged in the manufacture of tile near Morning Sun. He manufactures about seventy-five thousand tile per year.
George Ramsey was born in Rockbridge county, Vir- ginia, in 1801. He came to Ohio from Kentucky, and settled with his parents, William and Martha, in section fourteen, of Israel township. His wife, Martha M., was born in 1806, in Hamilton county, and died in 1874 They have had nine children born to them, six of whom are now living. Mr. Ramsey was trustee of his town- ship several terms. He died in 1858.
Nathan L. Ramsey was born in Israel township in 1831. In 1876 he married Mary E. Calderwood, born in 1851. She is the daughter of Andrew and Elizabeth
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(Thornburn) Calderwood, natives of Scotland. Mr.
Ramsey has had two children.
John M. Ramsey was born in Israel township in 1832.
James McDill, son of Hugh, was born in Israel town- He married Susan Reeve, who was born in 1833. They . ship in 1819, and in 1844 was married to Agnes G. Pax- have five children. Mr. Ramsey owns a farm of two hundred and twelve acres in Israel township, and one of forty acres in Paulding county. He was elected trustee of Israel township in the year 1875, which office he now holds.
William A. Ramsey, son of Hugh B., was born in Israel township in 1846, and in 1869 was married to Miss Elizabeth J. Hayes, who was born in Israel town- ship in 1847. Their only child, Charlotte A. Ramsey, 1 was born in 1871. Mr. Ramsey lives on his father, Hugh B. Ramsey's, farm in section four.
In the spring of 1806 a widow by the name of Martha Faris, emigrated from Chester county, South Carolina, with her family of four children. She made the journey in company with William McCreary, and settled in Israel township. Her children were: James, who married Peg- gy, daughter of David McDill; David, who married Miss Mcclurkin, and Martha and Mary, who never married.
David Faris, sr., settled in section twenty-five, which he entered about the year 1807. His wife, Catharine Mcclurkin, emigrated at a very early day with her parents from South Carolina and settled on Indian creek, Indiana.
David Faris, jr., was born in Israel township in 1820, and died in 1865. His wife, Martha Gilmore, was born in 1818, and died in 1857. They had five children. James I. Faris was born in 1843, and in 1865 was mar- ried to Caroline Wilson, who was born in 1845. They have had three children: Annie M., George I., and Nellie A., all living at home. Mr. Faris owns one hun- dred and fifty-eight acres of well improved lands.
David McDill, sr., was born in South Carolina. His wife was Isabella McQuiston. To them were born six chil- dren: Thomas, David, Peggy, who married. James Faris; John, Hugh, Archibald. Mr. McDill was very desirous to remove his children from the influences of slavery, and in the spring of 1806 emigrated to Preble county, and settled in section twenty-six, of Israel town- ship. His son, David, studied for the ministry. He was among the first school teachers in Israel township. He graduated at the Associate Reformed Theological semi- nary at New York. He commenced preaching at Ham- ilton, Ohio; removed to Sparta, Illinois, and soon after- wards moved to Monmouth, Illinois, and became the efficient editor of the Western United Presbyterian. He had become a giant in the United Presbyterian church, and the great work that he did as a reformer will always be remembered. As an editor Dr. McDill had few equals. Few men who took up the pen, in controversy with him, but were willing to drop it again on as good terms as they could. He died June 15, 1870, and was buried in the cemetery at Monmouth, Illinois. He was a mighty man and considered a pillar in the United Presbyterian church.
Hugh McDill was born in South Carolina in 1794, and died in Israel township in 1873. His wife was
Grizella Brown, who died in 1879. Of their eight chil- dren, James, David, and John B. are living.
1 ton, who was born in 1825. They have had five chil- dren, one of whom is dead. Mr. McDill is, at the time of this writing, the Republican nominee for county com- missioner.
James Boyce entered land in this township in 1806, and the following year built a cabin on the farm now occupied by John B. Irwin, and continued to live there until his death in 1842. He was a native of Ireland, born in 1768; emigrated to the United States, and in 1800 was united in marriage to Mary McGaw, of South Carolina. From that State he removed to Preble county in 1807. His wife was born in South Carolina in 1778, and died in 1834. Mr. Boyce was an active and generous supporter of religious and educational interests. He con- tributed freely to the support of Oxford seminary, in Butler county, educated several young men at his own expense, and was one of the founders of the first Bible society of Preble county. He carried on the dry goods business several years in the township, giving his atten- tion at the same time to farming and stock business. Of his four children two are living -a daughter in Illinois and John H. in this township, on land which his father entered. He is the youngest of four children, and was born in 1809. He was married in 1830 to Mary Ann Irwin, who was born in 181 1.
Caleb Pegg emigrated from North Carolina with the Caldwells, and settled near them. It is not known what family he had, as the last representative is gone. Refer- ence to the first records of Israel township show that he was one of the most active of the early public men, and at the first election was elected clerk of the township, and it is his hand that penned the records of the first meet- ing of township officers. He was also among the first township trustees, and in 1813 he became a justice of the peace.
In the spring of 1805 James Brown, sr., settled below Hamilton, and in 1807 became a resident of Israel town- ship. His wife Elizabeth was born about 1780. Seven children were born to them before their arrival in Israel township- - Nathan, living in Iowa; John; Eleanor, widow of Hugh Porter; Grizella, wife of Hugh McDill; Mary, wife of John Ramsey; and Robert, After their removal to this township there were born John, James, and Eliza, the wife of Samuel Bonner. Mr. Brown settled in sec- tion twenty-four.
Richard Sloan emigrated from South Carolina in the spring of 1807, and settled in the southeast quarter of section fourteen, on the farm now occupied by his son, Nathan. John lives in section twenty-two. Dr. Richard Sloan has long been a practicing physician at Morning Sun. James, Peggy, Polly, and Betsey are dead. Bet- sey was the wife of Squire Thomas Pinkerton.
In 1808 Hugh McQuiston, sr., settled in section twen- tv-four, where he entered one hundred and sixty acres of land. On this farm he lived until his death, in 1845, and his son Hugh has occupied it after him, so that the place
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has not passed out of the family. Hugh McQuiston, sr., was a native of Ireland, born in 1765, and emigrated at the age of seven years to America, in 1772. He even- tually found his wife in South Carolina, in the person of Margaret Gaston, who was born in that State in 1767. She outlived her husband some seven years, dying in 1852. There were six children-William, Joseph, David, Eliza, Archibald and Hugh, all deceased but Hugh. He was born in 1810; married for his first wife Nancy McDill, who died in 1853. There were six children by this mar- riage, three of whom are deceased, John C. having died in the war of the Rebellion. His second wife was Eliza- beth Wilson, by whom he had one child, now deceased.
David McQuiston was born in South Carolina in 1807 and died in 1867. His first wife was Sarah Mc- Dill, born in 1808. She died in 1846. By his first wife David McQuiston had seven children, only one of whom is now living, viz .: Jane McQuiston, who resides on the old homestead. For his second wife David McQuiston married Nancy, widow of John Foster. She was born in 1820 and died in 1870.
Mrs. Andrew C. McQuiston, nee Anna Foster, was born in 1849. Her husband was born in 1840 in Israel township, and died in 1879 in section twenty-three of the same township. They had seven children born to them, five of whom are now living.
Thomas McQuiston was born in 1829 in Israel town- ship. His first wife was Nancy Paxton. She was born in 1828 and died in 1853. He then married Eliza Bonner, born in 1836. After her death in 1859 he mar- ried Tabitha Harper, born in 1842. She died in 1874, when Mr. McQuiston married for his fourth wife Irene Harper, born in 1853. They now reside in Israel town- ship. Mr. McQuiston has been engaged in the manu- factory of sorghum for twenty years, and has realized handsome profits from the business. He manufactures about four thousand gallons of syrup per year. He was the inventor of the elevated axle now used on the two- horse plows throughout the country.
David McQuiston was born in 1802 in South Carolina, from which State he emigrated to Ohio in 1808. His first wife was Jane McDill, born in 1802 and died in 1845. Nine children were born to him by his first wife, eight of whom are living, viz .: Samuel, Hugh, Thomas, Margaret Ann, Martha A., William P., Mary and Sarah R. For his second wife he married Margaret Hamilton, who was born in 1811.
William P. McQuiston, a son of the first marriage, was born in 1838. In 1860 he married Mary Benner, who was born in 1841, and has four children living and two dead. He resides in the house built by his father in 1824.
George R. Brown was born in 1809 in Israel township, section twenty-four, and died in 1873. His wife, Marga- ret Herron was born in Israel township in 1811, and died in 1877. To them were born six children-James A., Samuel, Mary, widow of John Wallace, who lives in Illi- nois, Ellen, wife of S. B. Gilmore, Jane, deceased, and Alice, wife of J. B. Johnson, dead
In 1854 he married Ellen Buck, who was born in 1833. Eleven children have been born to them, nine of whom are still living. Mr. Brown engaged in the dry goods business in 1871, in the village of Morning Sun, in com- pany with I. L. McCracken. In 1874 he sold out and engaged in the saw-mill and lumber business with Phillip Murray and Nathan Foster. He engaged in this business for two years, at the expiration of which time he sold out to S. B. Gilmore and moved back to his farm.
John Bishop, sr., was born in Maryland, in 1774. He moved into Ohio from North Carolina about 1810, and settled in section four of Israel township. He married Elsie Black, who was born in North Carolina, in 1764. Mr. Bishop was engaged in the War of 1812. Five children were born him, one only of whom survives. John Bishop, jr., was born in Israel township, in 1808. In 1854 he married Ellen Laird. They have had nine children, all of whom are living. Mr. Bishop owns one hundred and thirty-six acres of land, which is under a good state of cultivation.
Thomas C. McDill came into the township with his father in 1811. In 1837 he purchased the Cliff mills of William Ramsey, by whom they were built, and has since operated them. He married Mary J. Paxton, by whom he has had six children.
William McGaw, sr., came into the township and set- tled in section five, in 1811. He was born in Ireland in 1750, and emigrated to this county from South Carolina. He was married in 1775, to Mary Patterson, who was then twenty years of age. He died in this township in 1831, at the advanced age of eighty-one, and his wife survived him some twelve or thirteen years, reaching the great age of about ninety years. Out of eleven children born to them, all are now deceased but two. These are: Martha, widow of Samuel Smith, living in Illinois; and William McGaw, jr., of this township. He was born in 1801, and has been twice married. His first wife was Rachel Paxton, who died in 1852. He subsequently married Elizabeth Lang. By his first wife he had ten children, and by his second, two. Mr. McGaw was elected justice of the peace of Israel township, in 1842, and held the office for twenty-seven years.
Washington Ridenour was born in 1810, on Mill creek, in Hamilton county, Ohio, and came to Preble county with his parents about 1812, and settled near College Corner, Israel township. His father, Joseph Ridenour, was a native of Virginia. His wife's maiden name was Annie Troel. They had about sixteen children, of whom only three are living: Washington, Jacob, and Samuel. Washington Ridenour married Elizabeth Fudge, who was born in 1818, and died about fourteen years ago. To them have been born thirteen children, eighth of whom are living: Samuel, two miles east of Eaton; Joseph, north of Eaton, in Washington township; Bird lives east of Eaton, with Luther Cotterman; Mary Petrey, wife of John Petrey, of Monroe township; and Mary Ann Ste- phens, living in West Manchester-all of Preble county.
James Brown, sr., was born in South Carolina in 1802, and emigrated to Preble county, Ohio, with his father,
James A. Brown was born in Israel township in 1831. | Nathan Brown, in 1813, and settled on the farm now
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owned by John Brown in section twenty-six. His father died in Dixon township. His mother died a short time previous to the removal of the remnant of the family to Ohio. James Brown married Elizabeth Scott, who was born in Butler county, Ohio, in 1804. They have had a family of twelve children-six living.
William Van Skiver settled in Israel in 1816, entering the land now owned by his son, Samuel. He was born in New Jersey in 1758, and died in 1819. His wife, Elizabeth, died in 1846, aged seventy-five. There were seven children-five daughters and two sons, two of whom are now living: Elizabeth, widow of William Brown, and Samuel, who resides in the old homestead in section thirteen.
Samuel Van Skiver was born in 1805; was married to Elizabeth Brown in 1827. Mr. Van Skiver was five years the senior of her husband, having been born in 1800. A daughter (Hannah) of Samuel and Eliza Van Skiver is the wife of Mr. H. Morton.
Samuel Bell was born in Ireland in 1780. He moved into Ohio from South Carolina. He died in Israel township in 1866. His wife was Jane Hamilton, born in South Carolina in 1783. She died in the same gear with her husband. Six children were born to them, five. of whom are living: Andrew, John, James, William and Nathan. . Of these Andrew, William and Nathan reside in Israel township. John resides in Iowa, and James in Kansas.
Nathan Bell was born in 1827, in Israel township. He has never been married, but resides on the old homestead.
William Bell was born in 1822. In 1851 he married Sarah McCollum, who was born in 1823. Her parents were James and Mary McCollum. Nine children were born to Mr. and Mrs. William Bell, six of whom are now living.
James H. Brown was born in 1833, and married Caroline Duvall who was born in 1846. They have had three children, all living.
George S. Hamilton was born in South Carolina in 1799, and when eight years of age, removed with his parents, Samuel and Jane Hamilton, to Kentucky. In 1816 they came to Preble county, and located on the tract of land now owned by James and Thomas Johnson, in section twenty-four. Samuel Hamilton was born in 1775, and deceased in 1824. His wife survived him, and died in Indiana in 1856, at the age of eighty-one. Her maiden name was Jane Smith. They had a family of ten children: Alexander, Elizabeth (afterwards wife of Thomas Brown), George S., Israel, John, James, Nancy, Jane, Robert and Mary. Of these, George S., Robert and Mary (now Mrs. Adam Peters), are living. George S. was married in 1825 or 1826, to Hannah, daughter of Dr. John Ramsey, who was an early settler in the town- ship.
James Marshall was born in Ireland about 1785. He emigrated from Georgia to Ohio, and settled in section five of Israel township in 1817. His wife was Elizabeth Wilson, also born in Ireland. He died in Israel town- ship. By his marriage he had nine children.
John Marshall, son of the above, was born in 1815.
In 1839 he married Lydia Stephenson, who was born in 1816, and died in 1879. They have had eight children, all but one of whom are still living.
John Marshall was raised on the farm which his father purchased, when he first came to Israel township, and lived there until his marriage in 1839.
Robert Gilmore was born in Rockbridge county, Vir- ginia, in 1793, and in 1815 emigrated to Franklin county, Ohio, where he remained two years. In 1817 he came to Preble county, and settled in section twenty, Israel township, where he remained till his death, which occurred in 1873. He was married in 1818 to Martha Paxton, who was born in Virginia in 1802, and emigrated in 1815 to Franklin county, Ohio, with her parents, Jonathan and Nancy Paxton. To Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gilmore were born eight children-Sarah Jane, wife of John Buck, died in 1848; James A., resides on the old homestead in Israel township; Jonathan P. is dead; Nancy lives on the old home place; Annie P. is dead; William M. on the old place ; Robert P .; and Samuel B.
Robert P. Gilmore was born in 1834, and in 1857 married Rachel Buck, who was born in 1835. They have two children. Mr. Gilmore resides in section thirty, Is- rael township, where he owns one hundred and sixty acres of land.
Joseph Steele emigrated from North Carolinfi in 1818, and settled in Israel township, section three. By his wife, Jeannette Taylor, he had ten children, four of whom are living-John, Joseph, and Mary N. reside in Indiana, and Samuel Steele lives in section three, Is- rael township. Samuel was born in 1814, in North Car- olina, and came to Ohio in 1818. In 1840 he married Martha Hays, who was born in 1815, and died in 1879. To them were born ten children, four of whom are living. In the fall of 1830 Joseph Steele moved to Clinton county, Indiana, and his son, Samuel, after living with his father seven years, rented a farm in Israel township, and eight years after his marriage bought the farm which he now owns-three hundred and fifty-six acres of land.
John Brown was born in Burlington county, New Jer- sey, in 1777, and died in Israel township, Preble county, in 1856. In 1806 he married Sarah Moore, who was born in Trenton, New Jersey, in 1786, and is still living with her children in Israel township. Mrs. Brown is the oldest person living in Israel township, and probably the oldest in the county. She has seen General Washington marching through Trenton at the head of his troops. She has wonderful vitality and still retains her powers of mind, and has not yet ceased to work a little. She is now ninety-five years of age. She has one great-great- grandchild, fifteen great-grandchildren, seven grandchil- dren, and three children living, viz .: Nathaniel M., Joseph G., and Bathsheba, wife of W. L. Stratton, all living in the same section in Israel township in which they settled. Mr. and Mrs. John Brown emigrated to Ohio in 1815, and remained in Warren county for three years, and in 1819 came to Israel township, and settled in section twelve.
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