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  JAMES O. McARTOR, farmer, post office, Gambier, was born in Knox county, Harrison township, June 20, 1848; is a son of Jonathan and Minerva McArtor, by whom he was educated.  When he arrived at the age of twenty-one years he rented the home place of his father, farming it on the shares, and has continued to do so until the present time.  On the twelfth of November, 1868, he married Elizabeth Gaumer, daughter of Peter and Susannah Gaumer, born in Union township, Knox county, Sept. 5, 1848.  Their marriage resulted in three children: Lulu B., born Dec. 17, 1869; Robert F., June 5, 1873; Russell B., Aug. 8, 1874; all of whom are living.  In 1878 Mr. McArtor was elected justice of the peace of Harrison township, and is performing his official duties acceptably.
  ROBERT D. McBRIDE, carpenter, Liberty township, post office, Bangs, was born in Adamsville, Muskingu7m county, Ohio, March 22, 1841.  About 1848 his parents moved to Gilead, Ohio, His father was a carpenter, and Robert learned the trade with him.  At the breaking out of the war he enlisted in company C, Fifteenth regiment of three months men, served his time, and again enlisted in company C., Fifteenth Regiment, for three years.  He participated in the battles of Shiloh and Stone River.  He was taken prisoner at the latter place, and was confined for four months in Castle Thunder and Libby prison.  He was exchanged, and a few months afterwards joined his regiment, and participated in the battles of Chickamauga, Mission Ridge, and siege of Knoxville.  He veteranized January, 1864, and was on the Atlanta campaign.  He was under Thomas, at Nashville and Franklin, Tennessee, besides numerous skirmishes.  He was also i Texas with his regiment.  He was discharged Dec. 24, 1865.
     After his return home he engaged in farming and working at his trade.  He was elected constable of Liberty in the spring of 1880.  He was married to Miss Ann L. Roby Dec. 19, 1867.  They have four children.
  BENJAMIN F. McCAMMENT, Jackson township, farmer, is a native of Jackson township, and was born Nov. 27, 1848.  Sept. 12, 1874, he was married to Accious Hall.  They have had three children - Olla Bell, born June 28, 1875; Adda Jane, Sept. 3, 1878; Edmund Garfield, Nov. 2, 1880.
  JOHN S. McCAMMENT, farmer, was born in Brooke county, Virginia, Oct. 14, 1818, and with his father removed to Jackson township, Knox county, Ohio, April, 18189, and has resided there ever since.  He was married to Sarah Hammell, Jan. 2, 1840; who was born in Butler township, February 8, 1821.  They have had five children:  Andrew Jackson, born July 10, 1842; Margaret Jane, July 27, 1844; Caroline McNulty October 4, 1846; John H., May 13, 1849; Emily Rebecca, November 21, 1857; Emily R. died March 4, 1859.  Mr. McCamment has been justice of the peace ever since 1855.  He has served three years as commissioner of Knox county, and three years as infirmary director.
  SAMUEL McCAMMENT, farmer, is a native of Jackson township, and was born November, 1, 1822.  He was married Oct. 17, 1844, to Mary E. Blount, who was born in Dresden, Muskingum county, Ohio, March 29, 1825.  They have had eleven children, viz: Maria born Aug. 6, 1845; James A., Mar. 29, 1847, Benjamin F., Nov. 27, 1848; Martha A., July 23, 1851; Thomas J., Oct. 13, 1852; Alonzo C., Aug. 14, 1855; William A., Mar. 13, 1857; Mary L., Oct. 2, 1858; Sylva J., Nov. 3, 1860; Samuel R., June 1, 1863; Nancy Ellen June 23, 1866.  Thomas Jefferson died Feb. 8, 1857; Alonzo C., Sept. 2, 1858; Maria, Mar. 1, 1863.
     James A. was married to Miss Angeline Bell, Oct. 17, 1868; Martha A. was married to Samuel Davidson, Aug. 17, 1872; Benjamin F. was married to Accious Hall, September, 1873; Sylva Jane was married go Jacob Holbrook, Nov. 9, 1880.  Mrs. CMcCammet died July 21, 1879.
     Mr. McCammet enlisted as a private in the Sixth company Ohio volunteer sharpshooters, on the 6th day of October, 1862; at the organization of the company was appointed first corporal, was afterwards promoted to third sergeant, then orderly sergeant, first lieutenant, subsequently became captain of the company.
  JAMES M. McCAMMENT, was born Apr. 22, 1832, in Jackson township, this county, and was married to Miss Almoira Giffen, March 26, 1854.  Mrs. McCamment was born Feb. 19, 1836.  They have had two children; Leonora, born Jan. 26, 1855; and Rebecca, born Oct. 3, 1854.
     Mr. McCammet removed to Butler township in 1864.  He has served eight years as justice of the peace for Butler township.  During the late civil war he was a member of company K, One Hundred and Ninety-fifth Ohio volunteer infantry.
  DAVID McCAY, Hilliar township, farmer, was born in Washington county, Pennsylvania.  February 22, 1824.  He was reared to work on a farm.  In 1843 he went to Indiana, but not liking the country he returned to Ohio the following year, and settled near where he now resides, where he had been engaged in farming.
     Mr. McCay is social in his habits, and has the respect of the community.  He is industrious and honest.  He was married to Miss Mary Rinehart, who died in 1872.
     Mrs. Sarah Rinehart, nee Ewart, was born in Washington county, Pennsylvania, June 22, 1809.  Her mother died in Pennsylvania.  Her father came to Ohio some years after with two of his daughters, and settled in Delaware county, where he died at a ripe old age.  Sarah was married to Lewis Rinehart, February 22, 1852.  They moved on the farm now owned by the heirs of Henry B. Wright, where Mr. Rinehart died Sept. 4, 1855.  Shortly after his death Mrs. Rinehart moved to Rich Hill, where she still resides, respected by all who know her.
  JOHN A. McCLELLAN , Pike township, farmer, post office, North Liberty, born in Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, in 1821, and was married to Sarah A. Miles.  They had five children - Mary Rosella (deceased); Willie D.; Hattie Bell (deceased); Charlie W. and James H.
     Mrs. Sarah A. McClellan died in 1870.  He afterwards married Ellen Gilmore,  who was born in this township and county.
  WILLIAM McCLELLAND
  NEWTON McCLUCKION
  HARMON S. McCLUCKION, Middlebury township, farmer, post office, Levering, born in Knox county (now Morrow), May 19, 1836, and was married July 8, 1860, to Betsey 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 enterprising men of this township.
  GEORGE McCLURG
  J. S. McCONNELL
  THOMAS J. McCONNELL
  A. C. McCREARY, Middlebury township, blacksmith, post office, Levering, born in Waterford, March 22, 1848, and was married to Rhoda E. Martin, who was born Dec. 5, 1848, in Middlebury township.  They have the following children:  Charlie A., born May 2, 1872; Clara, May 2, 1875; Louis Warden, Dec. 25, 1876.  Mr. McCreary learned the blacksmith trade in Waterford, and is now located one mile and a half southwest of Waterford.
  ROBERT S. McCUEN
  JOHN McDONALD, 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, Pennsylvania.  They had two children - Hannah and Joseph.
   Mrs. Mary McDonald died in 1844.  Mr. McDonald afterwards married Hannay 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. 
  DANIEL McDOWELL, 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 resided 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 physically 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.
   
   
   
  C. McELROY, Union township, farmer, post office, Millwood, 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. McElroy, 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 following children born to them:  Olive, Eveline, Wellington, Celina, and an infant
  C. A. McELROY, 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.
  CHARLES McELROY, post office Gann, was born in Union township, Sept. 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 business since his marriage has been carpentering, which he has made a success.
  JOHN McELROY, 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 eyars, 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 adjoining 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 township.  He filed, the office of county commissioner for two terms, in Knox county.  They reared a family of seven children: 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.
  N. J. McGREW, Fredericktown, dentist, was born in Morris 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.
  MICHAEL McGINLEY, 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: Florence B., born in 1862; Wilson C., in 1863; George B., in 1860.
  GEORGE McINTIRE, farmer, Berlin township, post office, Fredericktown; born in Holmes coun ty, 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.
   
   
  C. H. McKEE, farmer, Union township, post office, Rossville, was born Jan. 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 Firenlaugh, Apr. 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, Nov. 19, 1878.  His wife was born Apr. 24, 1851, in Union township.
   
  S. W. McKENLEY, Howard township, mechanic, post office Howard.  He was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Mar. 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 Dec. 22, 1848. They have had three children, as follows:  Maggie, Belle, and John.  The latter died in 1871.
  GEORGE M. McLARNAN, farmer, was born Aug. 28, 1829, in Butler township.  He was married to Miss Normandy Campbell, March 30, 1865.  She was born Nov. 27, 1830.  They have had six children - Augusta Olivia, born Sept. 9, 1855; John Thomas, born Sept. 20, 1859; Daniel Campbell, born Jan. 17, 1863; James Clarence, born Jan. 23, 1866, and two died in infancy.
  CALVIN MAGERS, city marshal of Mt. Vernon, is a son of Nathan Magers, one of the earliest pioneers of the county.  He was born in this county, and then about eight years old his parents came to Mt. Vernon, where he received his education.  He was engaged in various ways until 1863, when he was elected to the office of city marshal, which position he has filled, with the exception of two and a half years, until the present.  He was appointed and served as United States deputy marshal in the Northern district for five years, after which he was appointed to the same office in the Southern district in 1880, and in which office he still remains.  The above facts are sufficient evidence of his faithfulness and abilities as an officer.
  ELIAS MAGERS, Monroe township, deceased, was born in Maryland in 1806, and while yet an infant was brought to Ohio with his parents, who died when he was ten years old, after which Elias made his home among strangers.  He was married to Mry Lybarger, who was born in Pennsylvania.  They had six children, viz: Susannah, Lewis (deceased, Lyman, Martha J., Lucinda E., and Nathan A.  Mrs. Mary Magers died in 1854.  Mr. Magers married Christina Scoles, who was born in Pike township in 1830.  They had one daughter, Clara I., who is living with her mother.  Mr. Magers has been identified with this county since 1810.  He was reared a Catholic, but when he reached maturity joined the Methodist Episcopal church.  He was a very prominent and consistent member of the Pike church.
  LYMAN MAGERS, Mt. Vernon, farmer, was born in Howard township in 1837, married to Louisa H. Lambert, daughter of Rev. Daniel Lambert, of this county.  She was born in Utica, Licking county, in 1835.  They had six children, viz.: William S., Romyne A., Daniel M., Alice A., Blanche E. and Mary E.  Miss Alice A. departed this life November 17, 1880, having assurances of a blessed immortality.  Mr. Magers is one of the official members of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Pike township.  He was a soldier in the late war - a member of the Ohio National Guard - served out the time of his enlistment and was honorably discharged.
  NATHAN MAGERS, North Sandusky street. - Mr. Magers is a native of Montgomery county, Maryland, where he was born August 19, 1793, and when about thirteen years old came with his brother-in-law and located in this county, on land adjoining the present town of Gambier, in the year 1806.  He commenced life here by assisting the pioneer settlers in clearing up land and in making rails. which he followed about fourteen years.  On September 1, 1812, he went out to guard the frontier, where he witnessed many exciting scenes of that eventful war.  He assisted in the taking of the Greentown Indians, and took an active part in the trying events that took place in this and Richland counties.  In 1813 he went out to Sandusky, where he served twenty-one days, and in the fall of the same year he was called to Delaware, where he was a short time.  He has witnessed all the changes this county has undergone, from the wild and unbroken forest populated by wild and hostile tribes of Indians, ferocious panthers, wolves and bears, with deer as plentiful as the sheep of to-day, to its present state of civilization, densely populated with a refined and educated Christian people, where on every hand the eye is greeted with highly cultivated farms, teeming with their crops and stocks, beautiful towns and villages, extensive manufactories and business emporiums, interspersed with churches of all denominations and institutions of learning of all kinds.
     In the year 1820 he commenced farming, which he followed about seven years.  He then engaged in the hotel business at Danville and Millwood, which he followed about two years, after which he engaged in the milling business, running a sawmill and grist-mill, during which, in consequence of bailing certain parties, he lost all he had earned up to that time, so that he was obliged to commence life anew.  He then came to Mt. Vernon and engaged in the brick business, which he followed, in connection with farming, for about ten years.
     He was married in the year 1820 to Keziah Barkus, by whom he had five children, one of whom is living - Calvin.
     Mrs. Magers died in 1854, and he married his second wife, Mrs. Mary Berk (Bell), who was born in 1792, and came to Ohio when quite young, consequently she is one of the early pioneers of the State, and has passed through hardships that would be incredible to the women of today.  We give space to one incident.  In those days they had to manufacture all their wearing apparel from the raw material - first spin, then weave, then cut and make it up for wear.  She had no place to put up her loom, her brothers were out in the War of 1812, and she, feeling that all depended on her, shouldered her axe and went to the woods and cut logs for a cabin to weave in.  When she had them ready she called in some of the nearest neighbors to raise the building, after which she completed it and set up her loom to make cloth for the family.  Such was the indomitable energy of some of the pioneer mothers of our county and State.
   
   
pg. 735 CLAYTON J. MANN, Middlebury township, carpenter, post office, Fredericktown, born in Morrow county in 1854, and was married in 1875 to Lurella Caywood, who was born in this township 1856.  They have one son - Earl Mann born in 1877.
     Mr. Mann is engaged at the carpenter trade, and is a practical and skilful workman.
pg. 735 HIRAM B. MARPLE, Fredericktown, painter, was born in 1830 in Virginia, and came to Ohio in 1841.  He was married to Sarah Phipps, who was born in Morrow county in 1834.  They have the following children: Lura, born in 1857; Elroy, deceased; Frank, in 1839; Lincoln, in 1860; McClellan, in 1862; Maca, in 1866; Mary, in 1857; Will, in 1869; Gertrude, in 1871; Annias C., in 1873; Birdie, deceased; Ivanna, in 1877.
     Mr. Marple has been a citizen of Fredericktown for about twenty-seven years.  He was a soldier in the late war, and a member of the Ohio National guards; served out the time of his enlistment, and received an honorable discharge.
pg. 735 MRS. JUDI ANN MARRIOTT, Hilliar township, was born in Licking County May 21, 1823.  She was the third child of Abraham and Margaret Plumner, who died in Licking county.
     The subject of this notice was married to Elisha Marriott in 1845, and about three years after moved to Hilliar township, and settled on the farm on which Mrs. Marriott still resides, and where Mr. Marriott died in June, 1879.  They had a family of nine children, six daughters and three sons, seven of whom are living, viz:  Mary, married to Harvey Hupp;  Jerusha, married to Richard A. Hall; Margaret, Plumner, Jonathan, Ellen, and Lydia.
pg. 737 JAMES MARTIN, Middlebury township, retired, post office, Fredericktown, born in Huntingdon county, Pennsylvania, in 1793, came to Ohio, this county, in 1811, and was married in 1819 to Luhamar Warden, who was born in Chambersburgh, Franklin County, Penn., in 1798.  They had three children - Henry P., born in 1822; William S., in 1825; and Mary,the eldest, born in 1820.
     Mrs. Martin died in this township in 1864, at the age of sixty-four years.
     Mr. Martin is the oldest resident yet living in this vicinity.  He was a cabinet maker and worked at that business for some years, but has been a farmer for many years in this township.
     It affords much pleasure to Mr. Martin to relate reminiscences of pioneer times.
pg. 737 JACOB S. MASTELLER, Wayne township, farmer, post office, Fredericktown, born in Columbia county, Pennsylvania; came to Ohio in the fall of 1844;  settled near Mount Vernon and remained there till 1865; then came to Wayne township.  He was married in 1850, to Sarah Stillery.  They had the following children, of whom three are living: Charles F., Minnie B., and Rebecca E.  Mrs. Mastellar died in1869.  Mr. Mastellar's second marriage was to Sarah Cassell, who was born in Maryland in 1831.
pg. 737 JAMES W. MATHENY, Pike township, farmer, post office, Democracy, born in Brown township in this county, Sept. 7, 1858.  He is engaged in farming in this county, and is an active and enterprising young man.
pg. 738 A. D. MELICK, farmer, Jackson township, was born May 23, 1837, in Jackson township; was married to Minerva Jane Schooler Nov. 18, 1858.  She was born Jan. 29, 1838.  They have had six children, viz: Sarah, born Dec. 8, 1859; Allison H., Nov. 13, 1861; Robert E., Oct. 30, 1868; Reuben E., Jan. 4, 1872; Alvin V., Aug. 18, 1876; Allison H. died Dec. 12, 1864.  Sarah was married to Albert F. Hall July 3, 1880.
pg. 738 ROBERT MELTON, teamster, Fredericktown, was born in Knox county in 1849, and was married in 1878 to Sarah Frasier, who was born in Muskingum county, Ohio.  They have one daughter, Sanora May, who was born in March, 1879.
     Mr. Robert Melton has always been identified with this county and is now engaged in working for the firm of W. Tuttle & Co.
   
pg. 743 ISAAC MILLER (deceased), Wayne township, born in Washington county, Penn., in 1817, and was married in 1868 to Sarah Fuller, who was born in Knox county, Ohio, in 1838.  They have two children: William Eugene, born in 1870, and Daniel Oscar, in 1871.  Mr. Miller died in 1872, in Green /Valley, Wayne Twp., this county.  Mrs. Sarah Miller, with the family, is still residing here, and is educating her children liberally.
pg. 743 JAMES MILLER deceased.  He was a native of Pennsylvania, and was married to Martah Zerick, who was born in Maryland in 1793.  They had one daughter, Zarada, who was born in Knox county and married in 1861 to Adam Kime, who was born in Stark County.
     Daniel Zerick located in Clinton township in 1806, when there was one house in Mt. Vernon (so says Mrs. Miller).  Mr. Daniel Zerick died in this county in 1851; his wife Martha died in 1836.  Mr. James Miller died in Indiana about 1845.
pg. 743 MARGARET MILLER, Mrs., post office, Howard, was born in Northampton county, Pennsylvania, Nov. 29, 1793.  She moved to Somerset county, Penn., in 1795, and remained there fourteen years.  She came to Howard township in 1810, and lived with her father until 1814, when she was married to Andrew Miller, and settled on her present farm.  Mr. Miller was born in Washington county, Pennsylvania, in 1783.  He was one of the old veterans of 1812, and was in the second platoon.  He was one of the twelve who were detailed to kill James Burden.  Mr. Miller belonged to Captain Sanderson's company, Twenty-seventh regiment United States in infantry, and received an honorale discharge.  He was enrolled on the pension of the Columbus Ageney.  Mr. Miller lived on the farm until his death.
pg. 743 MRS. MARY J. MILLER, Miller township, was born in Miller township in 1822.  She is the daughter of Emer Harris, a pioneer of Miller township, and a native of Providence
pg. 743 THOMAS MILLER, Fredericktown, barber, was born in Bourbon county, Kentucky, in 1852; came to Ohio in 1866, and located in Fredericktown Apr. 10, 1877.  He was married in 1875 to Elsie Swartz who was born in Licking county, Ohio.  They have two children, viz:  Myrtie May, born Oct. 27, 1877; Robert Lee, born Jan. 1, 1880.
     Mr. Miller is the leading barber of Frederick.  He is an energetic man, and a good mechanic.
   
  THOMAS MORRISON (deceased), Berlin township, was born in Columbia county, Pennsylvania, and married Isabelle McReynolds, who was born in the same county.  They had four children, viz:  Isabelle, Eliza, John, and Hugh M.  They emigrated to Mt. Vernon in 1821, moved to Berlin township in 1825 on their farm.  The parents died at home.  Hugh M. owns the home farm at present.
   
pg. 743 MILTON P. MINTEER, Fredericktown, traveling agent was born in Knox county, June 26, 1836, and was married May 18, 1860, to Eliza Rankin, who was born in Licking county, Jul. 5, 1834.  They have two sons.  James I., was born in Illinois, Feb. 18, 1862; John Gay, born in Fredericktown, Dec. 22, 1868.
     Mr. Minteer is engaged in traveling for a large Cincinnati carriage and buggy manufactory.
pg. 744 PETER MISER, who was born in the province of Hamberg, Holland, came to New Netherlands, now New York, in 1623 with Cornelius J. May, afterwards lieutenant governor of New Netherlands.  He returned to Holland in 1634, and in 1637 again came to New Netherlands, where he remained until the French and Indian war commenced, when he removed to the province of Pennsylvania.  There his son, John Conrad Miser, was born.
     John Conrad settled on Tulpahocken creek, now Lebanon county, who also had a son born there Nov. 2, 1696, who was named Conrad.
     At the urgent solicitation of Quagnant, a chief of the Mohawk nation, he went with him to his country to acquire a knowledge of the Mohawk language.  Having mastered the language he returned home, and was occasionally employed as interpreter.  In 1729 he married and settled in Tulpahocken valley, and located a half mile east of the present site of Wolmesdorf, Berks county, Pennsylvania.
    Conrad Miser, as occasion demanded, acted in various capacities, both public and private.  Governor Gordon, in 1871, appointed him interpreter.  Soon afterwards Governor Thomas appointed him interpreter.  Soon afterwards Governor Thomas appointed him justice of the peace.  Governor Morris commissioned him as colonel of a regiment of volunteers for Berks county.  He spent more than a quarter of a century in the service of his country.  He closed his eventful life July 13, 1760.
     Conrad Miser had a son, Henry, born Nov. 6, 1758, on Tulpahocken creek, who was grandfather of Dr. Thomas B. Miser, of Martinsburgh, Knox county, Ohio.  At the age of six  months his father removed to Northumberland county, Pennsylvania, and settled on Mahantango creek, where he was reared.  HE was married to Margaret Drucker Miller in 1794, but came to Ohio before his marriage to see the country.  He returned to Pennsylvania and afterwards removed to Ohio in 1802 and settled on sections thirty-two and thirty-three, township three and range ten of the Northwest Territory, new Jefferson county.  He laid out Salem or Annapolis in Jefferson county.  He had six sons and three daughters, viz.:  John, Henry, Mary, Samuel, Barbara, David, George, Margaret, and William.
     William was born April 5, 1815, in Annapolis, Jefferson county, on the farm his father settled on when he first came to Ohio; was married to Jane McDowell Jan. 1, 1837.  They had seven children, viz.: Thomas B., Robert H., George A., Mary M., Margaret I., William J., John S., and Dilla J.
     T. B. Miser was born in Annapolis, Jefferson County, Ohio, on the seventh day of February, 1839; received the first rudiments of his education at district schools, and afterwards went to Carrollton academy, at Carrollton, Ohio, remaining about two years, when he went to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, attending a select school for young men, where he completed is education.  He then commenced the study of medicine with Drs. Hammond and Montgomery, of Annapolis, Ohio, and was with them about two years, when Dr. Hammond removing to Steubenville, went with him, still pursuing his studies for about two years longer.  He attended lectures one term at the Cincinnati College of Medicine and Surgery, afterwards graduating at Louisville Medical university.
     He also received a diploma from the Cincinnati College of Medicine and Surgery.  After graduating at Louisville he went ot Missouri and practiced his profession.  The war breaking out he was conscripted in the rebel army and was assigned to the Fifteenth regiment, Confederate States of America, George Law, colonel commanding.  After serving two or three months he succeeded in making his escape to the northern States, went into the service of the Union as acting assistant surgeon, United States army, Magazine hospital, Louisville, Kentucky.  He remained there during the fall and winter, and then came home and located in Martinsburgh, Knox county, Ohio, July 13, 1863, where he was about a year, practicing in partnership with Dr. D. H. Ralston, when he was appointed assistant surgeon Twenty-ninth regiment Ohio Volunteer infantry; after serving six months was promoted to surgeon of the regiment.  He went with Sherman on his "March to the Sea," and was appointed brigade surgeon at Savannah, Georgia.  He remained until the close of the war, when he was appointed surgeon in charge of hospital at Camp Cleveland, Ohio, since that time has practiced medicine in Martinsburgh.
     He was married Dec. 13, 1866, to Sue McWilliams, of Martinsburgh, who was born Jan. 1, 1836, and who died Jul. 14,  1878.  They had two sons, viz: George, born Mar. 30, 1872, and Harry B., born Dec. 5, 1875, and who died May 17, 1879.
  W. D. MORRISON, farmer and blacksmith, Berlin township, post office, Fredericktown, was born in Columbia county, Pennsylvania, in 1827, came to Ohio in 1844, and married Isabelle Morrison, who was born in the township in 1826.  They have seven children, viz; Mary, Eliza, Martha, Josephine, Anna Bell, Geraldine, Emma A., Thomas W. and Lilla E.  Mr. Morrison learned the blacksmith trade in Fredericktown and worked at it thirty years.
  JOHN W. MORTON (deceased), son of Joseph and Margaret Morton, was born in Washington County, Pennsylvania, Nov. 29, 1817.  His father died in 1823. In 1826 his mother, with her children - one son and three daughters - emigrated to Knox county, Ohio, and located on a farm in Clinton township, now owned by Mrs. Margaret Morton's heirs.
     Mr. Morton married Miss Martha Chambers in 1848, who was born i Miller township, Knox county, Ohio, Nov. 25, 1826, daughter of Benjamin and Rachel Chambers.  They settled on the old home farm with his mother, remained about seventeen years, and, in 1866, he purchased and moved on the farm where his widow and daughter are now living in Clinton township, adjoining the home farm on the north, and known as a part of the old Johnson farm.
     The reared a family of four children: Amamda, Mary J., Joseph B., and Rachel A. - all living.
  CHARLES J. MOUNT (deceased), Fredericktown, was born in New Jersey in 1825, and came to Knox county when he was quite young.  He was married in 1850 to Phebe D. Boberts, who was born in Knox county in 1824.  They have the following family, viz: Sylvia W., born in 1852; Ella J., in 1855; Charles B., in 1857; Martha R., in 1860; and Elliot, in 1862.
     Mr. Charles Mount was a carpenter by trade, and worked at this trade in Fredericktown.  He was a soldier in the late war - a member of the Twentieth regiment, Ohio volunteer infantry.  He enlisted in November, 1861, and received an honorable discharge in August, 1862.  He died in September, 1863, from effects of disease contracted in the army.
     His widow and children are living in Fredericktown.
   
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