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Harriet Hunter ; he was born in Washington Township January 11, 1845 ; he received his education in the common schools, and followed teaching for four years, and for two years was engaged in the harness business ; he then purchased and ran a livery in Mar- tinsville till 1879 ; during his livery business, he also dealt in carriage work. Since 1879, Mr. Hunter has dealt in real estate; he owns a residence and lot in Martinsville, .. and 170 acres in Pike County, besides 250 acres in Desha County, Ark. February 20, 1868, Mr. Hunter was united in marriage with Lydia C. Miller, a daughter of Isaac and Margaret Miller, and a native of Stephenson County, Ill., where she was born August 18, 1848. They have five children, viz .: Lois M., Nathaniel, Charles M., Jessie and Mabel. Mr. and Mrs. Hunter are members of the Christian Church. Mr. H. is a member of the I. O. O. F., and in politics is a Republican.
CHARLES E. HUNT, farmer, P. O. Farmers Station, son of William S. and Phebe Hunt, was born in Clark Township July 31, 1848 ; he was reared to manhood on his father's farm, and was educated in the high schools of Martinsville, and in Earl- ham College, of Richmond, Ind .; he taught school here one year, and, in the fall of 1871, he volunteered with eleven other teachers to go to Phillips County, Ark., and teach. After spending two years in that profession there, in the fall of 1873, he returned to Clinton County and taught two years ; ho then engaged in the pursuit of farming, which he has since followed. In 1877, he took up his residence on his present farin. It con- tains 170 acres, with a brick residence which is one of the oldest in Clark Township. Mr. Hunt was a member of Company B, Sixty-sixth Regimental Battalion of the Ohio National Guards, during the late war. October 14, 1873, Mr. Hunt was married to Miss Ella M. Doan, a daughter of Timothy and Mary Doan, and a native of Richland Township, where she was born January 6, 1850. Mr. and Mrs. Hunt are members of the Friends' Church. Mr. H. is a member of the Masonic fraternity and of the Grange. Is a stockholder in the Farmers' & Mechanics' Joint-Stock Company of Farmers Sta- tion, and, in politics, is an advocate of' Republicanismo.
CHRISTOPHER H. JOHNSON, hotel keeper, Martinsville, was born in High- land County, Ohio, February 8, 1820 ; his parents, John W. and Mildred Johnson, were born near Lynchburg. Va .; they came to Highland County at an early day. Mr. Johnson (our subject) is the youngest of a family of six children-four sons and two daughters, of whom only two sons are living. Mr. Johnson was reared to manhood on his father's farm, and was married to Miss Sisley Terrell, a daughter of Christopher and Elizabeth (Schooley ) Terrell. Mrs. Johnson was born in Highland County July 28, 1824. Six children were the fruits of this union ; of these, five are living, viz .: Eliza- beth O., born April 22, 1843; Mary M., born January 8, 1846, wife of John Kesler ; Pleasant [., born April 14, 1850, married Rosella MeKibben ; Anna, born August 23, 1859; and Dwelah, born November 13, 18 -. John C. is deceased. In 1852, Mr. Johnson removed to Clark Township, where he followed farming till 1865, when he came to Martinsville and opened a hotel, and has since been engaged in that business ; he owns the hotel and five acres of ground. Politically, he adheres to the doctrines and principles of the Republican party.
BENJAMIN F. JOHNSON, farmer, P. O. Martinsville, sou of Thomas B. and Elizabeth ( Hull) Johnson, was born in Jefferson Township September 5, 1836. Pass- ing his early life and manhood on his father's farm, he was married, November 12, 1867, in Lexington, Ohio, to Miss Louisa Jackson, daughter of Curtis and Lydia Jackson, and a sister to Hon. Thomas S. Jackson, of Jefferson Township. Mrs. Johnson was born in Clinton Conny August 9, 1837. They have one child, whom they took to rear --- Henrie M. Baldwin, born November 6, 1870. In 1867, Mr. Johnson moved to his present farm, which contains seventy aeres of land finely improved. Mr. Johnson Is a good farmer and an enterprising man. Both himself and wife are members of the Friends' Society. Politically, he is a Republican.
C. D. KESTER, farmer, P. O. Farmers Station, manager of' Farmers Statiou Joint-Stock Company, was born near his place of business December 20, 1841. He is a son of Daniel and Elizabeth (Caray) Kester, who were uatives of Grayson County, Va. His father was born May 30, 1811, and his mother in May, 1814. His father
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accompanied his parents to Clinton County in the second year of the last war with Great Britain. Mr. Kester, our subject, was reared to manhood on his father's farm. He has pursued that occupation ever since, excepting during his term of military serv- ice. He enlisted in December, 1864, in Company F, Eighty-eighth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served till the war closed, and received his discharge July 4, 1865. In January, 1878, he was employed as manager of Farmers Station Joint-Stock Com- pany, and has since occupied that position. For the last twelve years, he has dealt , quite extensively in shipping hogs. The year 1881, he shipped 2,000 head. Mr. Kester owns, besides his residence at Farmers Station, the depot and scales, estimated at $3,000. September 8, 1866, he was married to Miss Nancy Betterton, a daughter of William and Delila Betterton, and a native of Clark Township, where she was born August 16, 1846. Of their four children, three are living-Etta, Milton L. and Ada M. Eva E. is deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Kester are members of the Society of Friends. Mr. Kester's political views are purely Republican. He has been prominently con - nected with the Grange since 1873. He served as Master of Eureka Grange, No. 735, of Morrisville, for 1874, 1875 and 1876, and was Lecturer in 1874.
JOHN KESTER, farmer, P. O. Farmers Station, son of Daniel and Elizabeth Kester, was born in Clark Township September 24, 1819. He was roared to maturity on a farm, and was educated in the Martinsville High School, then under the Superin- tendonoy of Milton Hollingsworth. At an early age, ho learned the carpenter's trade with his father, and followed it at intervals for ton years. He owns an undivided half of the old homestead, containing 125 acres. For the last twelve years, ho has been, in addition to farming, rearing the " McGee " hogs. Since 1869, he has followed thresh- ing in the falls in Clinton and Highland Counties. In December, 1877, he bought a " Cooper steam traction engine," the first in Clinton County. Since, he purchased an interest in another steam thresher. Mr. Kester and wife are charter members of Clin- ton Grange, No. 22. He served his lodge as Master three terms, as Secretary two terina, Overseer two terms, and Steward four years. In 1881, he was Director of the Joint-Stock Company of Farmers Station. Mr. Kester was married, October 29, 1863, to Mary M. Johnson, daughter of C. H. and Sisley Johnston, of Martinsville. Mrs. Kestor was born in Highland County January 8, 1847. Of their fivo children. three are living. viz., Orland W., Daniel (). and Stanley. Olive E. and C. E. are deceased. Mr. Kester and wife are earnest members of the Friends' Church. Mr. K. is a Ropublican. He has in his possession a relio in the shape of a razor owned by his great-grandfather. Ho has also a riflo owned by Charles Davis, an early relative, , who came to America prior to the American Revolution.
GEORGE S. KING, farmer, P. O. Farmers Station, son of John and Catharine King, and assistant manager in the Farmers Station Joint-Stock Company, was born in Clark Township April 27, 1848. Reared on his father's farm, he followed that avoca- tion up to January, 1880, when he assumed his present position. Mr. King was mar- ried on the 25th of December, 1871, to Miss Annette West, a daughter of George and Samantha West. Mrs. King was born in Knox County, Ill., April 27, 1853. They have one child -Leo, born March 20, 1876. Mr King is identified with the society of I. O. O. F, and, in politics, is a Republican. He owns a house and iot at Farmers Station, valned at 81,006.
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AMAS W. HARURANCE, farmer, P. O. Morrisville, son of Alexander and Sarah Lieurance, is a native af' Washington Township, where he was born January 25, 1310, and was reared and brought up to farming, which he always followed. In 1862, he purchased a farm of 130 acres, and after clearing seventy acres sold it; and, in 1869, he bought his present farm, which contains 172 acres; he paid $5,000 down, and gave his note for $10,000. For the last sixteen years, he has dealt extensively in hogs and horses ; he sells from $1,500 to $2,500 worth of hogs per year. In 1863, he bought two Poland-China pigs, for which he paid $60, and in 1865 he sold two hogs for $160; one weighed 800. and the other 805 pounds. In 1881, he sold about $1,500 worth of horses, and shipped to Cincinnati. Mr. Lieurance owns an excellent farm, with a fine residence and good im- provements, and is considered one of the best farmers of Clark Township. October 16,
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1862, he was united in marriage with Miss Anna Baker, a daughter of William and Sarah Baker, and a native of Washington Township, where she was born December 24. 1840. This union was blessed with four children; of whom three are living, viz .: Chloe I., born September 18, 1863; Frank W., born March 20, 1866; and Olive Estella, born January 28, 1874. Silas W., born December 23, 1864, died September 23, 1881-a young man of unusually brilliant promise, possessing a mind and traits of character far in advance of his years. Mrs. Lieurance is a consistent member of the M. E. Church. Mr. Lieurance is identified with the Masonic order of Martinsville as Junior Warden, and, in politics, his views are Republican. Mr. Lieurance is a man of inuch enterprise, and an esteemed neighbor and citizen.
WILLIAM MANN, farmer, P. O. Martinsville, was born near Cincinnati, Ohio, February 8, 1836. His parents, Joseph B. and Catharine Mann, were natives of Ham- ilton County. His father was born February, 1804, and his mother in September, 1802. Mr. Mann's parents, John and Mehitable Mann, were natives of Long Island, and came to Columbia, Hamilton County, in 1792, and were among the early settlers in the region of the Queen City. Mr. Mann, the father of our subject, died December 4, 1860. Mrs. Mann died January 19, 1876. The subject of this sketch was reared to manhood on the farm his grandfather entered, and which was owned and occupied by the Mann family for ninety years. Mr. Mann worked this farm, which has a large orchard, till 1871, when he sold out and purchased the farm he now occupies, which con- tains 147 acres of well-improved and highly-cultivated land. He is by occupation a farmer, devoting considerable attention to raising Poland-China hogs. On September 2, 1860, he was united in marriage with Mary E. Carver, a daughter of Benjamin and Leah J. Carver, and a native of Hamilton County, where she was born February 2, 1843. Four children were added to bless this union, viz., Olive R., born May 20, 1861, Joseph W., born October 24, 1863, Nora E., born December 9, 1865, and Wil- ber E., born November 15, 1871. Mr. Mann and his three children are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and Mrs. Mann of the Baptist Church. Mr. Mann is connected with the society of I. O. O. F. He is identified with the order of the Patrons of Husbandry, and was Director in the Farmers Station Joint-Stock Company two years. His political principles are Republican. He is a well-to-do farmer, and a man highly respected in his community.
JOHN MCKIBBEN, son of John and Catharine Mckibben, was born in Greene Township, Clinton County, December 2, 1810. His father was a prominent land-holder in Greene Township, having purchased 1,000 acres there in an early day. Mr. Mckib- ben was reared a pioneer farmer boy. His educational advantages were very limited. In March, 1834, he was united in marriage to Miss Matilda Garner, daughter of James and Polly Garner, a native of Clinton County, where she was born September 3, 1811. Her parents were natives of North Carolina, and came to this county in 1811. Mr. and Mrs. Mckibben have six children-three sons and three daughters, viz., James M., born October 14, 1837 ; Joseph F. and William J. (twins), born February 18, 1851, the former married Phebe Cleland, and the latter Mary Betts ; Eliza J., born July C, 1836, wife of Charles R. Davis ; Mary E., born June 17, 1843, wife of James Pittser ; and Martha A., born May 6, 1847, wife of William R. Brown. In the year 1831, Mr. Mckibben purchased his present farm, and located on it in 1834. In 1830-31, he went fifty miles and worked on the Scioto Canal, in order to pay for his farm. He received a salary of $10 per month, and in this way he became possessor of a farm which then was in its original condition -only a small lot having been cleared. He had hardly be- come possessor of the farm before it was found that the title was void, and again Mr. Mckibben labored and paid for it. His farm contains 137 acres, and its condition show the fine taste of the owner. Mr. Mckibben is a member of the Grange Order, and is a stockholder in the Farmers Station Joint-Stock Company. His political views are Republican.
JOHN F. MILLER, farmer, P. O. Farmers Station, an old and esteemed pioneer of Clark Township, was born near what is now Farmers Station, June 4, 1825. He is a son of Isaac and Polly (Stewart) Miller, who were natives of Westmoreland County,.
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Pean. His father was born February 5, 1777, and his mother February 29, 1787. The Either of Mr. Miller enlisted in the Revolutionary war prior to his birth, and died of camp fever, near Philadelphia. Mr. Miller, the father of our subject, was bound out to a farmer who removed near Washington, Ky., in 1787. After growing to manhood, in 1801 he joined a survey party, and accompanied them through the unbroken forest of Kentucky and Southern Ohio to Clinton County. He assisted in surveying 1,000 acres lying in Greene Township. He then purchased 200 acres lying in the eastern part of Clark, and after a brief stay, returned to " Old Kentucky." In 1803, in company with Joseph Mckibben, he came . back to Clinton County and located on his farm, which was all woodland. He'and Mr. Mckibben worked in " cahoot," keeping " bache- lor's hall" for about three years. During this time they cleared and erected on their farms a log cabin. Their nearest neighbor lived at Morgantown, Greene Township. Mr. Miller was the first white settler in Clark Township, and aided largely in all the prominent improvements in that division of Clinton County. He was instrumental in the organizing of the first Methodist Episcopal society in Greene Township, and also in the building of a church at Morgantown. He was married about 1806-7 to Polly Stewart, and had a family of fourteen children, of whom the subject, whose name heads this sketch, is the fourth son and ninth child. Mr. Miller departed this life January 5, 1857, after many years of usefulness. His wife followed him on the 27th of the same month. Mr. Miller, our subject, was reared to manhood on a farm, and was educated, as most pioneer boys, in log schoolhouses. He was married November 10, 1853, to Diamy Hays, a daughter of David and Perry Hays, a native of Clark Town- ship, where she was born January 13, 1835. Two children were the result of this union- David S., born December, 1854, and died when two months old. Josie, the youngest, was born June 3, 1858, died August 24, 1881. Mrs. Miller was called from earth May 18, 1877. Mr. Miller, with his wife were earnest members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Miller's political affiliations are with the Democratie party. He owns a well-improved farm of 110 acres.
DAVID C. MILLS, farmer, P. (). Martinsville, was born in Jefferson Township, March 23, 1842. When two years of age, his parents, John and Agnes (Hockett) Mills, came to Clark Township, where he was reared to manhood. He obtained his education in the common distriet schools. About 1863, he went to Cincinnati and en- gaged in the dairy business, which he followed five years, and returned to Clark Town- ship, and with his brother, Joseph H. Mills, bought a farm of 100 acres, and followed its pursuits four years, when he returned to Cincinnati and assisted his brother, Lewis M. Mills, in the dairy business till 1878, when he returned to his farm, and has since been engaged in that avocation. He was married June 1, 1876, to Lydia M. Moon, a daughter of James and Eliza (Carey) Moon. Mrs. Mills was born in Grant County, Ind., December 20, 1854. They have one child, Murray D., born March 2, 1877. Mr. and Mrs. Mills are consistent members of the Friends' Church. Politically, Mr. Mills is a strong Republican. He now owns a valuable farm of 100 acres.
ISAAC MILLER was born in Columbiana County, Ohio, and married Martha Pennington, by whom he had five children, viz., Mary J., wife of Taylor F. Longstaff, of Cincinnati, Ohio ; Zadok, married Emily Hodson, of Leesburg, Highland County. He has been agent and telegraph operator for the M. & C. R. R. Company at Vienna for several years ; Deborah A., wife of Benajob Parker, of Raysville, Ind .; Wilmer, telegraph operator on the M. &. C. R. R. at Martinsville; and Isaae N., who learned the telegraph business at Martinsville at the age of seventeen ; was appointed Chief Operator of the M. & C. Telegraph Company at Chillicothe, Ohio; later he was appointed General Superintendent of the M. & C. Telegraph Company, which position he held about twelve years, when he resigned to accept a position as Superintendent of the American Union Telegraph Company, which position he occupied until the consoli- dution of the American Union and Western Union Telegraph Companies, when he was appointed Superintendent of the Western Union Telegraph Company at Cincinnati. He married Mary Ingersoll, of Mount Carmel, Ill., cousin of Col. R. G. Ingersoll.
WILMER MILLER, telegraph operator and agent on the M. & C. R. R. at
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Martinsville, was born in Hanover Township, Columbiana Co., Ohio, June 28, 1841. He is a son of Isaac and Martha (Pennington ) Miller, also natives of Columbiana County. Their parents were early pioneers in that county. At the age of seventeen. Mr. Miller's parents removed to Clark Township, Clinton County. He received his classical education in the common schools and at Earlham College, Richmond. Ind. H .. followed blacksmithing and wagon and carriage making in Martinsville till 1863. The year 1864 he was in the mercantile business in Hillsboro, Highland County, with Lewis Mckibben. In 1865, he returned to Martinsville, and learned telegraphy, and sine .. that date has occupied the above position-is also express and railroad agent. Mr. Miller is dealing quite extensively in grain. He and his partner, W. W. Walker, purchasel and disposed of, in 1981, 30,000 bushels of grain. On November 21, 1861, he was united in marriage to Mary E. Fulton, a native of Clark Township, where she wa, born July, 3, 1845. Mrs. Miller was a daughter of Dr. Robert and Mary Fulton. Six children were the fruits of this union ; of these four are living-Jessie A., Edward, Leonard S. and Maud. Frankie and Willie are deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Miller ar. members of the Society of Friends. Mr. Miller is connected with the Masonic order and I. O. O. F., in which he is Noble Grand. His political views are Republican. H. served as a member of the Village Council four years. He owns a residence and four acres and a farm of 125 acres, which is well improved and un for a good state of culti- vation. Mr. Miller is an enterprising man and an esteemed citizen.
HISTORY OF THE MOONS. There are, perhaps, few families in Clinton County that rank so prominent as the Moons, judging not only from the sole stand. point of their being an extensive family, but regarding them in all their characteristics -their abounding enterprise, energetic industry, loyalty and uprightness as citizens. generosity and kindness as neighbors, and their eminent social qualities as a people. The ancestral history of this family is quite elaborate-extending back the avenues of several centuries to Denmark, the kingdom of which their earliest progenitors were natives. They were of the Teutonic or German family, which is now the prevailing race of Europe, and yet scarcely 4,000 years old. It embraces the people of Sweden. Norway, Denmark, the whole of the German Empire and the masses of Scotland and England. In history has been recorded that this family was never known to have been conquered. During a certain period of history, the Kingdom of Denmark formed a part of the English Dominion, however, only under a partial rule of the King of Eu- gland. Within this period of English rule, the King of England made a requisition . on the King of Denmark for a regiment of soldiers, a body-guard to His Majesty him. self. The Danish Monarch, regarding it an honor to furnish the distinguished King with a body-guard, issued orders that the best men of his kingdom be selected-persons erect in stature, athletic, of light complexion, blue eyes and red hair. A regiment from the best families of Danes, fully corresponding to the orders, was organized and sent to the King. The banner they bore had, in addition to the National colors, the inscrip- tion of a half-moon, and the regiment was known as the " Moon Regiment." At the expiration of their term, having rendered very efficient services, much to the pleasure of the King, he granted them land in England if they would settle there. A large nun- ber of them accepted the offer, and settled down in a colony. They then unanimousl; adopted the name of Moon, and the land grant was given in that name. Thus is given the history of the origin of the Moon name. From this date on, we see the Moons leading honorable, prosperous lives, devoting a portion of their time to the moral ani religious culture of the then superstitious people, till the time when George Fox. Robert Barkley and others lifted an insurrection against the principles and doctrines of the predominant churches of England. Among the noble Christians who suffered persecu- tion on account of their religious opinions, we find a number of the Moons, who with them endured imprisonment and punishment for their honest views. In 1682, whea William Penn emigrated colonies to America, he established a colony of Moons in Bucks County, Penn., and from there the family is traced to Red Stone, Western Pennsylvania, Western New York and to Virginia. The deed of lands from William Penn to John and Jasper Moon is now in the possession of Charles Moon, son of James
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Moon, a lineal descendant of John Moon. James Moon, the father of Charles, died in 1-58. This land in Pennsylvania is the homestead of their first American ancestors. Jane Moon, the mother of Charles, died some years since. She was a lady of fine in- :. llectual culture and advancement, and was for many years Clerk of the Friends' Annual Meetings at Philadelphia, Penn. Jasper Moon was the first to abandon the colony. He went to the "Old Dominion. " He had one son, Simon, who has mar. ried twice. By his second wife he had one child-John. His mother dying when young, he was bound out to learn the carpenter trade. At the expiration of his seven years' apprenticeship, he migrated to North Carolina, and settled on the Neuse River. He married Mary Farmer, and had a family of five children, viz., Rachel, who married M. Bookout ; John Moon, went to Georgia, where he died ; Joseph, married Ann Brewer, and had ten sons and three daughters-Daniel, William, Samuel, Joseph, John, Jose, Harry, James, Thomas and S lomon ; and Mary, Grace and Jane. Grace died in infancy. Joseph (the father) lived on Deep River, in Randolph County, N. C., and in 1796, removed to Jefferson County, Tenn. Daniel, his eldest son, married Ruth Hutson ; William married Jane Hutson; Samuel, to Martha Routh ; Joseph, to Sarah Camer ; John, to Elizabeth Mount; Jesse, to Rebecca Stidam ; Jane, to John Routh ; Mary, to James Garner; James, to Anna Hockett ; Henry, to Elizabeth Hockett, and Solomon to Hannah McLin. The latter four were not married till after they came to Ohio. In the spring of 1808, Daniel and Joseph, with their families, came to what was then Highland County, and settled near the site of Martinsville. The following autumn, Samuel and John Moon, and John Routh (their brother-in-law) and their wives and children, migrated to Ohio, and settled in the same neighborhood as their relatives. The spring of 1809, Joseph Moon, the father of the foregoing parties, with his family, and William and Jesse Moon, with their families, came to the county, and located in the Moon community. In the year of 1811, James Garner, husband of Mary Moon, with four sons and five daughters, came in and joined the " Moon colo- nists " in their new Ohio home. This Moon colony consisted of fifty-four persons- thirty-four males and twenty females. They were about the first settlers of what is now Clark Township-in fact, the very founders of that section or division of Clinton County. In this colony there were tradesmen of various kinds. They were not pro- fessional mechanics, but rather, possessing a brain of ingeniousness, were able to execute successfully, the business of a carpenter, cooper, harness-maker, saddler, hatter, cabinet- maker, chairmaker, shoemaker, gunsmith, locksmith, blacksmith, brick and stonemason, plasterer and master mechanic. Many of the old pioncer citizens of Ohio and Indiana have in their possession to-day guns manufactured by William and Jesse Moon, who did an extensive business in that line. Thus we see that they were prepared and well equipped for coming in on wild and unbroken forest, and making for themselves homes. Mr. Joseph Moon was the father of ten sons and three daughters, and had 829 great- grandchildren and thirty-three great-great-grandchildren. Since the advent of the Moons in America with William Penn, they have multiplied till their descendants have scattered in every State and nearly all the Territories of the United States. The writer of this history has few words of eulogy to say of this family. They have made a record by their noble achievements as pioneers, their loyalty and enterprise as citizens, their sterling integrity, pure moral character and irreproachable lives, that has transformed itself in the memories of their contemporaries into a living monument, and here made per- petual, more worthy and grand than the elegantly emblazoned monument that adorns a city cemetery.
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