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( C.il. Mniiihiirn. Tli-

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Elinor

miirried

Mr. lierry, of ilolmont

Comity, Ohio; Angeline.

who is

still

single;

(.eorge

Henry County,

Iowa,

ami William C.,

who

' i- Mmol teacher. Mr. and Mrs. Peek were noteil

for tlieir

horn

sty and fair

dcaiiugnu'I

were

Idghlv

^Mteemcd

l.v

all ho

knew tiirm. Tlm.V

were

eon-

.embers

..f the

I'lesPyteriar.

( hureh.

In

polilii's Mr.

l'e

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HENRY COUNTY

TUeir

cbiMren were George Eli Susan Amos

JcBse ami Elisha. All the children came to this

State and county

and

all except the youngest and

Jesse were married in

Pennsylvania.

George and

Eli cam6 first to Iowa about 1837 settling near

Franklin, Lee

County.

They each entered

lands,

and

were followed

by the brothers Elisha,

Jesse

and

Amos. All the sonsentered lands, and they were

purch. iaed at the

first

land

sale held

at Burlington,

by

Eli,

for tlie cutire party. George was the

flret

one married, Elizabeth BrunUm becoming

his wife,

riiey

brought

with

them

to Iowa

several

children,

and Eli, who was a bachelor,

returned

to Pennsyl

vania after they had located and

was

married to

Miss Caroline Vail. When they returned to Iowa

Elisha then

a.

single man, accompanied them.

He

subsequently

became the husband of Caroline

Brown,

of

Franklin,

Lee County. Hor father was

an

early settler of that county,

and a well-known

and

prominent man. Susan became the wife of

Edward Wickershara,

in Pennsylvania. He was for

many

years

a farmer

in Lee

County, where he

roared a large

family

of children. At the

time

of

his death

he was

worth J100,000. Jesse also mar-

ried a Brunton Lydla a cousin to his brother s

wife.

VAmos was

first wedded

to Hannah

Armitago,

who bi)re ten

childrenCharles, George, Eliza,

Jesse, Henry, Susan, Mary, and three who died in

iDfaney.\

/

Four

of

these

are living,

and are

all mar-

fled

except

Charles. Jesse became

the

husband

of

Elizabeth ; and resides at

Primrose,.. Iowa.

HenryjWeddcd Mary Hoover; they,

are

both

deceawd, having

left

one son and

two

daughters.

Susan

is.the

wife

of

John Lewis,

a farmer. Mr.

Lewis

was educated for the priesthood, but later

determined

to be a farmer. The death of Mrs.

MeMiUao

mother

of

the children

mentioned, oc-

curred in Lec County. At that time

they resided

on a

fine arm,

and

tlie

future wjis bright,before

them;-hut sorrow and

boroavemont come

to all

but

Mr. McMil ai found comfort

in the love

ami

careofhls

cluhlren.

Scvilla Andrews

becmne

l.is

second wife, and was the mother of

tenehildien:

Elizabeth

I. wife

of SylviimiH

Boniml, a wildier

during tho civll

War

m.w a

fnriner of

Leo OoiiiiLy;

Sarah Km wife of Alexander Kreger, who

died from

the effects of wounds received at I lttsbiirg Laml-

ing. She was the motherof oneson by

him,

and

af terward became

the wife of

Watson

S.

Kester

of this cou nt y.

Arthur

wedded

Annie Carpenter;

Lydia A. is the wife of Levi Gregory a minister of

the

Friends in Salem; Hannah died at the age of

s ev en te en ; Pluniee is the wife of William

Ilagan

of Keokuk.County and Florence wedded Albert

Banta Five children died in i nfan cy . The death

of his s econd wife o cc ur re d in Lee County and he

seloctod for his third wife Mrs..Sylvia Garretson

who was the daughter of Abijah and Elizabeth

Bailey)

Johnson, of Oskaloosa. Her father was a

merchant of t ha t ci ty and was formerly in busi

ness at Waynesville Warren Co. Ohio. His father

Micajnh, was a very wealthy and noted man in

Warren County Ohio of

wiiich

ho wasone of the

first settlers and David Bailey her maternal grand

father wasequally

well

known and was one of the

earliest settlers of Clinton County Ohio. On both

sides the families were Friends and were in their

respective neighborhoods the

first

of their religion.

David Bailey for more than forty-eight years never

missed a quarterly meeting and both men were

exhorters and active mcnjbers of the Society of

Friends. Abjjah Johnson

had five flons and

three

daughters. All

received tlieir

education in Lafay

ette Ind. Mr. Johnson for several years beinga

resident of that vic ini ty. All these children have

become noted. J. Kelly Johnson is District Judge

and resides in Oskaloosa; Eliza daughter of Dr.

J P. GruwcU became his wife. M. D. Johnson

la a

wholesale

merchant of Loa Angeles Cal.

.and :

Is

married, to Miss Sue Avery, a native of

Boston, Mjisa.; Overton A. Johnson a dry-goods

merchant at Oskaloosa Iowa wedded Lida Kemixjr

of Oskaloosa Iowa; Warren C. ujjmarrifd also

resides In

Oskaloosa, where ho

owns and oiwrutes a

juachinc-shop. Henry is a merchant of Los An-

gele.s Cab, and is

married;

Itobccui is the

wife

of

William

UnnSoin.

of

Hahim,

one of the

woHltliy

men

of this county; for iiiiuiy years she was a lonelier In

the

city

schools of

O.^kitloosa, Annie

is

nnmarried

and resides with her biotlier in C ullfornia and has

biien for some time eng ag ed iu t each in g

inu.Hiu.

Mrs. Sylvia McMillan

Is a

eultUH d

lady, and

received her edueuliun at Earlham College Ind.

In becoming the wife of Amos MuMillaii she as-

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,,n.ir ^

l,|,rei.t..;ed

o

t,o aeabinct-inuKi , ,.i ..lu iitiun to business ac- I

an d

by

/.c d ^ I ii',mwledge

of

hi s trade,

lu I

,iuivcd a thoroug ^g^^l.ljalied cuaUmt, be

llie

I

aceor.lauee

wiUum I

net

uul

to

travel and

sec Um

^ I

for

actual

bnsimsH.

A,,Kf.i,i linly,

|

n..dcrod over

e.ventf..l year

in

the

1

hind

and

branco.

1 ,i himself in Rarls. then I

history

of

Europe) m during this. I

the

focus

of the

pi litioal

I

Id, rst

Visit

to

the

Krone cap t

J

that

the I^-olution

occur d hat dr^^^

1

^ over Europe i thi.,

dier

of

freedom

uere the

.evo-

g he

retur..ed

to h.s na^i^^^

h.tionary ep.r.t w = lot on

f oTli ll and hste..

ngainat

the Goverh-

the aide o y^^_^ puhlio

met-

p,d

.Jted

tor high treason, and

hll

om

mlns were

sentenced to

While many

of

b afterward

released on

of impvisonracni, bu Ags izes, b e

through the

for appeal to the Cour college-

,ate powerful

er molested. The

as

mate

of bis > nriiiciDles in the fatber-

0,

overthrow

7j:Ls of

Germau

Jrl land was

suec,ed > ^

; iiro

a.:.

d,iM,oo of

.1.0

nrrf .....1 oo,.,ul V j ,

CUO.I

tor

OS

to..clcrly

..s

if

j;,

i ,,tur., sl.c

is U.C rcc,p.o..t..

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tion

in tl.r I'igln'rt

f, .,,L,, t

l .or In.s-

(fiftiiiU'liiUlron

uml gfl | 'f h\n iiumc . - ,

e...., bis t,.r

,.sitiH WMW IVs nle,.so,sur-

gencrbllrt*

iVC his

fnnnly-

litf All that comes to

wm

rounded by

AU l ^

competence

for old

I

Jiligcntly Inborcd

presented by him

ago. them hnvo become

I vith 2,000 cnsh, and some owner.

1

Very

wealthy,

n.id

la^es^

p,,ated,

Charles and

I

rriie

children

are

all

(.hildron of

Iho

1

Jesse

at West

Volnl,

..,

I first

wife

at Earlham

College,

n

ajucated

at

I The children of the

secon

w

I

Whittier's

College, in

Sale

.

^^trwhTrtrb-aL^----

II page, shows

him

at

his ava i l^yaically and

11 of

Henry

County's

mtizcns.

E0D0KE SCHUEINER Grand Tyler o

all

the

Masonic bodies

m

Iowa,

e. a.e 'waX^r GToreX^Z

^Zisb

rrussia

;^;\ '^^Xr''thTU C^rl

=f

f -

r

1 Vrt yonng flmo'' ' ' S T

, ^oiieigncd to the

eare

of an uncle, who

i Sdl^nrwlth

hlndness, and

provided

for

his

land was su?c?cdec

> ^ ^

potrlots to Amoinen, 1^,^^

jooem.grants ron, h jp,,liore in

,1,33, they j, , t,

voyage

of fifty

a

Amcrvcan^^^^n.^^^^ ^ prac

' f dv

of'the English

language,

and

succeeded

I

tical studj

oft

{4

leader

bv

bia

com-

130 well that he

was cho.eu

leader 0) ^

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About

Deborah

McMillan Griffith

Vale

Heferencej Genealogy of the Vale, Walker, Littler and Other

Related

Families

by George Walker Vale

Deborah

Thomas

Vale died

at Warrington, seventh month,

twenty-sixth

dav. l8o i. and

John

Vale married second month, thirteenth day, 1806,

Deborah

McMillan

Griffith, widoyr of William Griffith, at the

Warrington

Quaker Meeting House.

The following is

from

a copy

of

their

Quaker

marriage

certificate which is on file in the Library of the Genealogical

Society

of

Pennsylvania

in

Philadelphias .

^

p

nWhereas John

Vale of the Township of Warrington in the

County

of

Tork and State of Pennsylvania, son of

Robert

Vale S^ah his

ceased

and Deborah Griffith of the Township, county state afsd.

Daughter

of George McMillan rm his wife the fonaer deceased.

Having

appearded be

fore several Monthly Meetings of the

People

called

fakers at Newbury

Warrington and

Declared their intention of

marriage

with each other according

to the good

order

used amongst them. nd having consent of

the

survivi^

parents parties concerned.

Their proposals

of marriage was allowed of ty

the said

meetings , , ^

wRow

these are to certify

whom

i t

may

concern

that

for the

acccmplisn

m&it of their said marriage they the said

John Vale

k Deborah Griffith

appeared

at a

publick

meeting at

Warrington

in the County of Tork afsd.

this

thirteenth of the second

month

in

the year of our

l^rd

one

thousand

eight

hundred

six

and then and

there in the said

assembly

the said

John

Vale taking the said Deborah Griffith by the hand did

in

a solemn

manner

openly

declare

that

he

took her the said

Deborah

Griffith to be his w^e.

Prooising with the Lord^s assistance to be

unto

her a loving and faithful

Husband untill death should separate them or words to the

same effect

and

then ani

there in

the same assembly the

said Deborah Griffith

did

in

like

manner

declare

that

she took

him

the

said

John Vale to be her husband

ising

with

the

lord^s Assistance

to

be

unto

him

a loving and faithfuU

wife

untill death should separate

them

or

words

to the same purpose).

And moreover the said John

Vale

Deborah

Griffith

she according to

the

custom

of marriage assuming the

name

of her

husband

did then

and

there

to these

presents

set their hands. - . j

And

for

a

further

confirmation

we

whose names

are also here under

subscribed who were present at the solemnization of the said marriage

subscription

have

as

witnesses

there

unto

set our

hands

the

day

year

above

wri t ten ^

John Vale

Deborah

Vale

I s r a e l

Cook

Jonathan Marsh

Nathan Vale

Wllsa Walker

Joseph Walker

James

McElwee

El i zabe th

McKLwee

Dan ie l Cookson

Asahel

Walker

Mary McMillan

Maiy Vale

Susanna Morr is

Th

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Deborah Griffith

Vale, born 12th

Month, ^th

day,

1768,

was

the

^

Hinshaw

McMillan.

She

mariled (1st)

fW

William, who died

l^th month, 21st day, 1799,

George, tone, WiUiam, Oliver and JuHa

She

married

(2nd) John Vale as

related in the

foregoing.

John Vale

and

his family

removed

in l8lli from Warrington,

York

. Pemsylvania, to Columbians

County, Ohio,

where they settled

^ MiddLeton Township near the village of Clarkson.

The

History of

Columbiana

County, Ohio,

published

by

S.

W

Ensign

Company

in

l879,

records

this

as follows in the chapter headed Middleton Townshio -

Pioneer Set t l e r s ^

I John Vale and his

son,

Eli, cane from York, Pa., and

settled

in the southwestern part of the

township. The

latter reared

of soM,

among

than

John F

at present a resident of section

11a years,

nd

at his death the oldest person in the township.

, .

referred to

in the foregoing,

was

the son of John Vale and

Thomas Vale, whose unmarried

daughter,

Phoebe,

also

moved

to

Ohio with

her

fa ther

* >

*^c;^opedia

of

American

Quaker

Qerealogy,

Volume IV, by

following references to the Vale family

^ 4 P?

iP

records of the

Middlaton

Monthly Meeting of Ort^-

ox Friends in Columbiana County, Ciioi

JP 6, 9 -John

w, Deborah,

ch, Deborah, John, Jacob

Caroline, roof

Warrington

MM dtd I81I1, 5, 19.

~ Phabe roof Warrington MM dtd l8l^

1

19.

Tflic no ^ ' 15 - Eli wAnn roof Warrington

Iftf,

Pa., dtd

I0I5 12

20

'

I860, 10,

11 -

W.

wSarah W., s,Wilmer P., get

Prairie

Grove

MM, la (H). b ^

Aserious dissention arose

among

the Friends throughout the i^ole

couirtry

in the late

1020*s over

the

preaching

of Elias

Hicks,

a prominent

Qu^r preacher in New York, He was the leader of the liberal separation

l^rty to which the nane Hicksite was unofficially attached. The conserva

tive section

was

called

Orthodox.

A

number

of the

Vales

with others

broke

way froa the Middleton Monthly Meeting, and

on

September 28, 18^ organised

toe Carmel Monthly

MeeUng of

Hicksite Ftlends.

A

small brick meeUng house

was built by them

on the land of

Jacob Heacock, one

of their

members.

There

bale's having joined the Hicksite

group

although several

o r

n is

ch i l d r en d id

so .

1835 I t

is

said that he died at Vale's Mills,

^io ^d presumably is

buried there.

The date

of the death of his wife.

Deborah Griffith Vale is not known.

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Thomas and Deborah

McMil lan

- Gen. 1

2nd

Child

- George and Ann Hinshvn McMillan - Gen. 11

hth

Child - Deborah McMillan

GrUmti y l

- Gen. I l l

th Child - Deborah Vale Gen. IV

Deborah Vale born Not.

12,

I8065 died Aug. 2,

1900;

Married George Ashford,

Beaver

Co.,

Pa.

born

;

died

T h e i r c h i l d r e n j Gen.

V

1.

William Ashford

born Sq>t.

23 I82U;

died

Married Nancy Cheney

bom

;

died

2. Ammon Ashford born Mar. 17

1826;

died 1910

Married 18 0 Jane Ewing

bom

; died

3. Thomas

Ashford

born

Nov. 3

I828; died

Married Phoebe

Ann Hoffs to t t

born

;

died

U.

Caroline

V. Ashford

born

Feb.

3,

1831;

died

Married

Bailey

Fit llandolph bom ; died

Anne

Ashford born Mar.

1^,

1833;

died

Nov

12 , 181^2

6. John Ashford

born

Feb. 7 183 ; died

Married Margaret March

Nov

12, 1863; born died

T Aaron Ashford born

Nov

10 1836; died

May

13

l8U^

8.

Mary Ashford born

Apr

13> 1838; died May 8 I838

9.

Mariah

Louisa Ashford born Apr. 29 I838; died Feb. 23

8UO

10. Bebecca Louise Ashford born Mar. 28 I8I42;

died

Married Jonathan

Fits

Handolph June 28

i860; born

;

died

11. George

Ashford

born Sept. 9 I8 i5; died

Apr

8 6

12.

Oliver Ashford bom

Nov

5 I8U6; died

Aug

31 19014;

Married

Feb. 21 186? Josephine Lanes

13. Virginia D. Ashford born July 1^, I85O; died

Married Oct. 31, 186?

J .

B. Young

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Thomas

and

Deborah McMillan - Gen 1

2nd Child - George and Ann Hindiaw McMillan - Gen, 11

Zith

Child - Deborah McMillan . Gen.

ll

7th Child - John Vale .,-Oen, IV

twin of Jacob Vale5

died

Mar.

10

18885

Married

Dec

6,

1027

Mariah

dmonson

born

5

d ed

hei r

chi ldren} Gen

V

1

Amos

Vale bom Jan, 11, 1829; died Jul 20, I8835

Married 1

Sllen

Ainsworth born 5 died

Married 2

Nancy

Maneoly born 5 died

2, Deborah

Vale

bom Mar, 2li, I83O5 died Mar. 9, I8li9

3 Sarah M Vale born Sept 8 1831; died

Married

Franklin Cooley born ; died

li,

Hannah

Vale

born

May

6,

1833;

died

Married

Nov 1^

I8a9 Charles Hall born 5 died

5, fitaily Vale born Dec lii, I83li5 died Aug

28

l87lt

Married Dec, 30, 18^9 John Wagner; born ; died

6, Elma

Vale

born

May

Ih

I836; died

Married James

Neil

bom ;

died

7

Thomas T. Vale born Feb,

I4

I8385 died

Married Feb,

lit

I866 Martha Rees born 5 died

8

Caroline Vale born August 2it,

iSltO;

died

Married John

Tulley

born ; died

9

Eli

E, Vale bom Feb. 2, I81t3; died I863

10

Jacob A. Vale born May 6, I81t^;

died

Mar, 3 18^2

11 Franklin

Vale

born

Jan

28

I8]t95

died

1890

Married Susan S Hines born 5 died

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About William McMillan J r

References

W.

H.

Beers History

of CUnton

County, 1882

He is the Junior Member of Henry k HcMillan, pocers and

dealers

in

Queensware. on

South Street,

Vttlmingtonj was born

in the village of

Wil

mington

on

January

30, 1856.

He is a

son

of William McMillan, Sr., a

na-

tlTO of Pennsylvania,

who

came to this county

when

quite

young. He

WM a

briyLsorand

a

builder by

trade

and erected

many

of

the substantial

business

blocks

and

dwellings

of

Wilmington and

vicinity.

He

died

February. 1873.

Mr.

McMillan s

mother was

Elizabeth

HenlSy,

also

a

native

nf^^kvaSa and is still residing in Pennsylvania. The subject of

this

native

grew

to manhood

in

his native

village

and attended the public

schools

until

fourteen

years of age. He then went

to

hew he f :

years.

Returning

to Wilmington,

he wM

employd

as

a ^erk

in

the

e^^e^;

1. D. Sayres,

with

whom he remained eight years. On July 7, looo, ne i

rm

a

co-nartoership

with

James Henry

in his present business. Mr. McMillan is ^

connected

with the Royal

Arcanum and

served one ^ar as possesses

or^sation. He

has

always been a staunch

Republican.

Mr.

McMillan

possesses

fIne nrivate library, in

which

this

work

will find a prominent place.

.

mlliam

McMillan is aman of excellent habits, and good coun^.

and bears

the esteem

of a

host

of

friends

and acquaintances throughout

the

county.

1898 Wilmington City

Directory

William McMillan - Clerk -

hoa rs

Ewt mn St. brother)

Charles McMillan -

brakeman

- 135 East Main St.

mSabeth

McMillan 135

East

Main

St. Charles wife).

v mi l s I

- S .S T .V r s s s .

returned with

William, Jr. to Wilmington in 1872. huried on une

loHUugar

G^ove. John

and

his father both died in 1872.)

HaUie^W. Blydtoq2ieatpfe^^^ to

my

two

children Morris

n

dec McMillan

-

filed December

28,

18SC.

.

Death

Certificate at Clinton . ried - 52 years

George McMillan

-

Januapr

15,

1 98

b

ft

dWilmington - brick mason

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About Jonathan

McKillan

?.efferences Copy of a l e t t e r tha t I received August 31, 1977

from the

Cincinnati Historical

Society, Eden Park, Cincinnati,

Ohio;

Frances

Forman (?/rs. Elmer S. Fomah,-

Heferehce

Librai -lan)

The

Great er C inc inna ti

Chamber of Commerce r e fer red y

: le t ter of7 ay

10

to

us on

July

2P.

.

The follo^ving informat ion about

the

naming

of

;cl- i l lan

St ree t

was

taken

from

the-Post-Times

Star,

April 3,

1967

William J cMillan was one t f the 26 original set t lers who

,:-;came here in

1788.

was a

powerful

factor

in the development

of

early

Cincinnati; Tie served as unofficial justice of

the,

peace

.Tat

a time when

there

were no courts

in

the te r r i tory .

: cMllan

; was a

landowner

and

helped to

develop

Avondale.

He was the

f i r s t

the t e r r i to r i a l legis la turej and

la te r a

congressman.

McMillan s t reet was named prior

to

18^5 and

extends

.from Central-

Parkway to 7/illiam Howard

Taft

Road,in Walnut i l l s

The Enquirer, June 12, I960,

in

an

article

by

Harr,y -ale

called

S u b u r b s of Cincinnati. Walnut

Hills ,

f i r s t resident .was

the

Rev.

James Kertber, states: Long known only as . Kemper s Woods, the

Walnut

Hiils

area

was

f i rst

sett led

nearly

170

years

ago when

lev.

.James

Kemper,

first Cincinnati preacher, bought 190 acres there

in

179ii,

buii-t a strong

log house on it and moved

in.

emper lane

Was

his

own

road

from

the

riverside Columbia road to

his

home.

The

Cincinnati

Orphan Asylum.

Lists, records, minutes, re

ports of the Cincinnati

Orphan

Asylum.

1833-1998.

,(ln

Sox

VIII,

l is t of names of

children

bound from the Cincinnati Orphan Asylum,

1839-1891) lists Jonathan HcMillen, farmer, living in Columbia

Township,

Hamilton Coi.mty,

Ohio, T839*

i^eferencej

l90

Years

of Ginpiniiati

Monthly

heeting, l8-Lh 1969

by Thomas J .

Kiphart

X83I

-

There

was

a disastrous flood, followed

by

a cholera

epidemic 1832-33. Many children were left orphans.

The

Cin-

. cinnati

Orphan

Asylum was organized by.the Friends - the lirst

Chari table organization

in the

ci ty.

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70

t hoaa s and Deborah McMil lan

-

Gen*

1

2nd

Child

-

George

and Ann Hinshaw

McMillan

- Gen. 11

Uth

Child

- Deborah McMillan Griffith*Vale* - Oen* 111

Deborah McMillan

born Dec 6,

1768; died

Married

(1 )

William

Griffith

Oct*

19,

1793,

born Nov

6,

176ii;

died Apr* 21, 1799* Married (2) John Vale Feb* 13, 1806,

bom

Dec 30, 1760;

died June

27, 183^ bur

Vale s

Mills, Ohio

(Robert Sarah

(Butler)

Vale)

The i r ch i l d r e n

Gen*

IV

1* George Griffith born Dec 17, 1792; died May 17, 1867

biiried a t Clear Creek, Ind*

Married

Feb* l8l5 Pa*

(1)

Sarah

Kirk bom

;

died July,

1838

buried

Clear Creek,

Ind* Married (2) Apr U,

181 3

Xydia Comly (Samuel

Susanna (Wierman)

Comly

born

Nov

21 , I8l6; died 1906

buried

a t

McNabb, 111*

2* Anne Griffith born Sept* 28, 179U; died

3* WLlliam Griffi th

born

Feb*

1,

1796; died

Married 1821/22 Mary

Votaw

born ; died

Oliver

Griffith

bom ; died

Married 1829 born ;

died

5* Ju li a Gr if f ith born ; died

Married 182 Briggs born ; died

6* Deborah Vale

born Nov

12,

1806;

died

Aug. 2, 1900;

Married

George Ashford,

Beaver Co., Pa.

born

; died

7. John Vale bom June 3, 1809; died Mar 10, 1888;

Married

Dec.

6,

1827 Mariah

Gdmonson born

;

died

8. Jacob

Vale

(twin) born June 3,

1809;

died

Nov 28 ,

1880;

Married

(1) Apr* 23, 1829 Olivia W McArtor (James Maxy

McArtor) (2) Oct*

9,

18 0

Catherine

Jones

9*

Caroline

Vale

bom

May 28, I8l2;

died Nov

23,

1888;

Married 1839

Eli

McMillan

f i r s t

cousin)

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Abou t ) be r t McMil lan

Reference:

W. H, Beers History of Clinton County, 1^82

He was a

builder

a t Wilmingtonf

Is

a

l i fe resident of the vil lage.

He was born

April

28,

I8I1O

and

is

a

son

of

William

McMillan, a

native of

Pennsylvania.' came to Clinton County Ohio when but six yeArs of age,

and

(iiring the la t ter part of his l i fe was engaged in erecting many of the

principal buildings of Wilmington and vicinity. died in February, 1873..

Mr.

McMillan s

mother

was

Elizabeth

Henry,

a

s i s te r

of

James

Henry,

of

Henry

and McMillan

grocers. Robert

McMillan grew

to

manhood

in

his

native vil lage,

obtaining

his

education in th e public schoold. He

assisted his

father a t

th e

builder s trade during the

l a t te r s

l ifet ime

and has

since followed t t ,Mr.

McMillan

is

probably the largest builder in Wilmington, having erected

the

larger

par t

of

i t s

fine business b locks and private residences. He erected

the Methodist-Episcopal and Christian Churches , the City Hall, Wilmington

Public school building. Firs t National Bank

Building,

County

building

and

Wilmington College

buildings,

with many others too numerous

to

mention.

Mr.

McMillan has been in act ive serv ice about

twenty-two

years and

has

done his

share in improving

the

appearance,

of

his

native place. He resides

in a

nea t and

sub s t an t i a l br ick res idence on the

nor theas t

corner

o f

South

and

Columbus

s t ree t s .

He

i s

a member of the

vil lage

counci l .

Mr,

McMillan

was

united

in

marriage

in

I87O5

to

Laura

F . E ld red,

daughter

of

Stephen

ElcJred.

fhey have two children, Ray and C. R.

References Wilmington Journal (Microfilm) - December, 1870

Bbbert McMillan

and

wife who have

been

l iving a t Baxter Springs in the

Southeast

port ion of

Kansas

fo r sometime pas t re turned to Y/ilmington

l a s t week.

They

wil l remain here unt i l

sometime in

February

when

they

will again depar t for

their western home. (Later newspapers

te l l of

him building a home for them

in

Wilmington and s tar t ing a

business

of

brick

building)

ORHmington Journal (Microfilm) March 20 - 1878 - from

Morrow

Telegram

to .

Robert McMillan

fo r

several

years

a member

o f

the Council

of

Wilmington and a

prominent contractor

and

bui lder ,

passed

through here

yea te rday even ing .

1898 Wilmington City

Directory

Rober t

McMillan - b r i c k

Mason

-

S ou th and Columbus

S t r e e t s

Death record

-

Clinton County

Court

House

Robert

McMillan - March 5,

I898,

married, 57 yr 11 mo, b d Wilmington;

brick mason,

d hea r t

disease

Michael J ,

Grady,

Recorder

1872-1878 (Beer s 18 2

history)

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Thomas and

Deborah

McMillan Oen 1

1 s t

Child

- John and

Jane

Green McMillan - Gen, 11

5th Child -

James

and

Mary

Griffith McMillan - Gen, 111

. 6th Child - I^yra

McMillan

and Joseph Hobert Crawford - Gen, IV

Mcmilan born

May

6, I8II5 died

Nov,

li,

1853;

Married

; S Bbbert Crawford May 6, iSjlij born Apr.

29> l8ll j

died

ioct. 13,

1891

.

The i r ch i l d r en :

Gen . V

1. Mary boWi ; died

2 James born

,3 Sarah born

- born

d i ed

5 died

Dorn s died. >

Thei r

chdldren:

Gen.

VI

Guy pdor born ;\ { died

, Joseph Uriah Crawford bdrh Jan. 9, i853; died June 8,

193if

...r .Married (1) T?ebecca

Crawford,

daughter of Willi^ Crawford

(not related) born 5 died

*^Y

Never

Mar r i e d

f

Killed,

in Civil War ;

5

Married

Odor

;vj

: ; Their children: Gen. VI .

. .1. George Crawford born . > 5 died

J (Missing in World War I> no records)

?

Maupried

(2) Americus Odor

^rn

No

ch i l d r en

5

died

Their chi ldreni Gen. VT:

i ^ Sarah Alice Leasure bom Nov. IS79;

died

Feb. 15, 1975

Married Herman H. Dq^m. Deo. 8 ^^ ^^

bom

Mar.

13,

1876;

.

'Mi^a

Margaret Crawford born Nov.

I8.>v l81i9;

died Dec. 29, 1929

Married

Mar.

2,

1876

jerqoiali born

Apr

1853;

died

V /July ii, 1902

-

Died

Apr,

15, 1969

2. Inez Leasure born Juite 9, 1882;

died

Oct. 1962;

Married

June

1?,

1902 Wadker

Clihe.born ; died

-ii, \ r,:

-i

;v 5 ,1. \.

I

y--:. -

>3^ Qra E . Leasure bom

; died Dec. ll^ 1958;

Married Oct. 18, 1906 Kate Simpson born ; died

ii.. Slma Leasure born . . ; .died Married

Oscar 0 , Pichardson

born

; died

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: ,

Thanas and

Deborah McMil lan - Gen, 1

i s t

Child -

John

and

Jane Green

McMillan

Gen,

11

Child - James

and-Mary Griff i th McMillan

- Gen*

111

6th

Child - Myra McMillan and. Joseph Robert Crawford - Gen,

^

^th

Child -

L^ a Margare t Crawford and

Jeremiah Leasure Gehi; V

.

l e t

Child - Sarah Ali ce

Leasure

and Herman H, Dolan - Can, Vi...

Sarah Alice Leasure born Nov^ i; ,

1679> Feb.

1^,

197 ;

Married

Herman H. Dolan Dec,

18,

16965

bom

Mar,

13,

18?65

died

-

1969 ;

.

Thei r ch i ld ren j Gen, VII

1^, Carl

Clifton

Dolan born

July U,

I8965 died

July

7, 197^

, Married Marian Single ton

born

; died

> T h ei r c h il d re n ?

Gen, 7 I I I

lo Vaughn born

May

2, 1918;

died

A.; ..

Married Pay Slough ; .born died

. Thei r ch i ld ren : Gen,

IX

.

1

Dick

Dolan

born

. d i e d

M a r r ie d S u e

b O r n

d i e d

T h e i r c h i l d r e n ;

Gen,

X

- .1

V. 2 - -

,,

2, Dale Edwin Dolan

bom

Mar, 6,

1922;

died

Married

Mary

Davis

bor a .;.

. : died

T he i r

ch i ld ren : Gen,; IX

. ,

I Deborah lk>lan born Sept, 2iii 191+6; died

. .2 Melinda Lou Dolah born Oct 19 9; died

; - ' .

3,

Ricky Dale Dolan

born

Oct,,

2,

1953;

died

2, Llpj^d Luther Dolan born Dec, 18, I696; died

Married

M,

H,

Gau born ;

c^ed.

^

.

c h i l d r e n

3 Earl Jereniiaii Dolan bom Oct. 12,

1902; died

Married (1 ) Feb.

13,

1921

Dorothy Elizabeth

Boldt

born

Oct. li, 190li;

died Sept. 1,

1925;

Married

(2)

Maybelle

Delight Knox

Feb, 3, 1931; born

Oc

T,

6,

I^IlIi;

died

T h e i r c h i l d r e n ; Gen,

1 Bicharci Earl Dolan (1 )

born June

17,

1922;

died

Marr ied Cather ine Jackson born d ied

Their

ch i ld ren ; Gen, JX

1, James S, Dolan born Sept^ i3v 19Wi; fiied

2,

Richard. J Dolan born

Mar,

31, 1951; died

3

John S,

Dolan born June ii ,

1955?

died

It,

Jeffery

D lj|born

Cot 28

962;

died

2,

Dorothy Alice Dolan (1)

born

Sept,

1,

1929J

died

Married Bruce

N.

Bliss born ;

died -

.Their

children; Gen, XX ,

1 ,

Cathi Bliss

born Mar, lit,

1956; died

?, Hobert

Bliss

born Mar, 19, 1958; died

3, 'ebecca Bliss

born

Get, 9,

1961i;

died

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3 /

Barl Jeremiah Dolan and (2;) MaybejlaRelight^ children.:

Their ch i ld ren :

Gen

VII I

. .. 3._ Margaret iimelia Dclan

born Aug

17,

1933; died

Married Dr. P. B Sawyer Sept^ it, 195)i;

born

. j;.died.

- The i r

ch i l d r en : Gen IX

jT'D .

1.

Margaret

^izabeth

Sawyer born-Aug. 17, 19y .i960j died .

Mary Hegina'Saiji^er'-born Feb'12, 19631

died

' '

6, Joseph McAndrew;;Sawyer

born

Apr 11, 1966; died

; v. . ;

D

' -7* Michael Patrick Sa?^er bOTit; June 27, 1970; died

Ihoz Lswisure And Walkor, Clino* s Children

^

/;-ilheir

children: Gen VII ;

Mable

Cline

born

July

16, 1903j

died

MaV*ti

ed

HfirtT o e V..

---

'

.

-p -

vv - D .V M a r ri e d George E Steimetz . Dbdrn ;

died

Mb ch i ld ren : ' V

born-'

---

' die

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U Elma Leasure and

Oscar 0.

Richardson s children

.

*r .

Their ch i ld rem Gentf,.7II

1 Louis

Richardson born

; died

Died, age 18 of tuberculosis

. Ralph Richardson born 5

died

Harried

: Lulla

Hesser born

Their chi ldrenj

Gen*

VIIT

1 Barbara

Ann Richardson born

Married

Klinger

born

The i r ch i ld ren t

Gn.

IX

^ 3 children

r

.

: :

2. nny Richards^-born

. R.-died

Mar r i ed .

born

Thei r ch i ld renf

.

Gem IX

.

2 c h i l d r e n .

3 Leroy Richardson born vdied

li . Gail Richardspn

born

died;

David

Richardson

bo r n

i

d i ed

d i e d

d i e d

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About

James McHil lan -

Reference: This

is

a

copy

of the

letter

that I received Oct. .

y 1^7 from Earl J, Dolan about his ancestor, Ja^es M^ailan.;

He

lives at

700

Fern

Avenue,

Apt. 7,

McAllen, Texas

7C:>01.^ They

moved there permanently years

ago,

lived up north previously,

^ - nj have lived

in

the

McMillan

fsuiiily

(James)

so

long

I feel

like

they are still around,

perhaps

you could research the State

A3?chiVes

at Colxunbus

and

learn if

James

introduced any legislation

that is still affecting your lives - I never got around doing i t

a Senator from Harrison Belrapht and I believe

Jefferson

bounties around 1812, I m not sure the exact year.

In

addition

to the old

diary

written on and over James s

book

of lfil7),

we

have a platier of James and I ary and

^ m old Sampler

made

by

l^yra

Margaret

McMillan

before she was

married to Joseph Pobert Crawford, ^ ;

The diary is

mainly:

(1) daily weather, (2) persons visiting,

(3)days

high event.

A

copy

of 1

page

(at

random)

is

enclosed,

It

is

difficult

to read (use

magnifylr^,^^^^^ However

the

, ,

copy is more

easily read than the book itself ^ ^

> i haye also photocopied a picture/Qf the

Mt,

Pleasant ivpnthly -

^ ;

\vjieetitig

house now a state paiif) - you have perhaps

been,

there; v

-well as ^ photocopy of the

JameS

home and place of _

business in Harrisville,

These

were from

pictures

we

took

s^eral.

^ years

ago.

We evidently looked in the wrong

cemetery

as

we

dio

not find James h Mary's grave. Instead of

Adena

we

cased

the

, \

Quaker

Cemetery in Harrisville^ In the diary I

names

of friends, relatiws

and

business associates, 01 course,

I4;J^any were for whom he

had

prepared a deed, a

conveyance

Bates

of

deaths,

births,...etc, are usually written in the

I do not know of

t^/late

of . Joanna s death. He mentions

illness at

times, then

there

is

h6;mention

of

her^again.

In

, sets do^

the

living members in-.the family and sets aside

another list we assume are the deceased. ^

^^ . It has

been

years since I read t but several Jiinj

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. : ' About two and one half

yea rs befo re

he

died

James McMillan,.

' in

his

diary,

sums up his l i f e i n this -wayj

1st

li t

years, a child

from-Sept,

It, 1766 to

1762.

I have

after

1782

been:

7 years - apprentice to h att in g business

30 years - a I a ste r h a te r

learned as apprentice

3 years -

tavern

keeper and s t o r e

i n county

, ^0 years - farmer and

trader

: , ^5

years

surveyor .

, '2

years

- a Senator Sta te l eg is la tu re

ho years - a miller, saw & gris t , merchant

h years - conveyance and serviceman ;

. '2

years

- mayor, of a

Burrpugh

'

1? y e a r s

- p r i v a t e

f a t h e r and l o o k e r on

8j)

years

- an American. Citizen

62

years

- a taxpayer -

$3 years - I

have

l ived with a wife {

.

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ISCISNCE

. of

All,

himself tftrpoigh:^

Sustains and is the l i fe

of

all the l iv ing) that lives.

.

tlaturs is but

a name for an effect;

\:-;:;Whose cause is God, he

feeds t he sec re t

fire

: the mighty process is maintained,-

; . : sleeps not,

is

not weary

in

whose^sight

Slow

circling

ages,

are

as

t rahciej i t

.

IVhose ^vork

is

without

labor, whose desagm/,.

V f law deforms, nor difficulty thwarts,^- ,

, V And whose beneficience ho change exhausts.

A THUNDER STO?^

As

vapors

r i s e

A

grand display

:0f swell ing clouds

Like a troubled,

sea

_,

; |iike rocks and towers

Tumultuously.

Conglomerate in

Masses

high^

.

The l ightening

flush

The

thunders

r o l e

As e a r t h d id Ouake

From

pole to pole

-

TE{ 5PS?ANCE

In e atin g and drinking

In

talking

and thinking

In

sleeping and wakening

In

giving and taking

;In;.getting

and using

In

seeking and

choosing

;ln loving

and

hating

in

running and waiting

n woricing and playing

Jtn-torturing and

slaying

k indne ss

t o

o the r s

n

l iv ing l ike

brothers

t.In moderation of rainment /

in

promptness of payment

In

charities

givrlng

n

soc ie t ies

- l iv ing -

T i l l dea t h

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Neglected Maidens

For

l ike the rose

or l i ly

fa i r

f neglected i s as o f t they are

Thei r

fragrance

wasteeth

in

th e b re ez e

Their odors

lost by

fomt disease ;

But t imely offers

are outmode

To them

from

those

in love

portrayed

Like the e arly o r the l a t t e r ra in

Animates them

happi ly

again , .

by

James. McMillan

Joseph K

rawford

married l^ a McMillan

Joseph Robert Crawford was

the son

of

John

Ward and

Sebecca Crav ford frcsiji Wales

and

set t led n ea r D a rl in gt on

Maryland] ^ater moving to Logan County Ohio and they are

burled a t

Harrod Cemetery

Logan County

Ohio John

died

1861

Rebecca

died 1865

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TH O M A S c i l l an

- g e n i

W I L L I A M

c i l l an

- g e n n

JONATHAN c i l l an

-

GEN. Il l

JONATHAN

McMillan

b o rn m a r ch 2, 1772;DIED SEPTEMBER 1853;BURIEDFRIENDS

NEWGRAVEYARD, CINCINNATI, HAMILTON COUNTY, OHIO; REMOVED TOSPRING GROVE

CEMETERY WHERE THEY WERE BURIED ENMASSE IN THE SOCIETY OF FRIENDS LOT WITH

LEVI

COFFIN S

M E M O RI A L I N

TH E

CENTER.

F A T H E R : W I L LI A M M c M IL L A N

M O T H E R:

D E B O R A H

H O L L A N D

MARRIED 1

ANNHUSSEY NOVEMBER16, 1797PENNSYLVANIA; BORNMAY31, 1771;DIEDAPRIL12,

1802;

BURIED WARRINGTON

FRIENDS CEMETERY,

WELLSVILLE, YORK

NOW

ADAMS

COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA

F AT HE R : J ED I AH

H U S S E Y

M O T H E R:

JANE

P E N RO S E

JONATHAN AND DAVID McMILLAN, TWIN BROTHERS MARRIED SISTERS

MARRIED 2

HANNAHSEXTONMAY 29,1811 AT PLAINFIELDFRIENDSMEETING, ST.CLAIRSVILLE,

BELMONT COUNTY, OHIO. HANNAH WASBORN 1777FREDERICK, VIRGINIA; DIED

DECEMBER16, 1854;BURIEDFRIENDSNEW GRAVEYARD, CINCINNATI,HAMILTON

COUNTY,

OHIO; REMOVED

TO

SPRING GROVE

CEMETERY WHERE THEYWERE

BURIED

ENMASSE IN T HE S OC IE TY O F F RI EN DS

LO T

WITH LEV I CO FFIN S MEMO RIA L IN TH E

C E N T E R .

F A T H E R :

M E S HA C K S E X TO N

M O T H E R : H A N NA H S T E E R

CHILDREN, 3 BY 1st MARRIAGE

1. WILLIAM McMILLAN BORNJUNE 15,1798 YORK NOW ADAMS COUNTY, PENNSYL-

LVANIA;DIED FEBRUARY 26, 1872;BURIEDSUGARGROVECEMETERY, WILMINGTON,

CLIN TO N CO U NTY O H IO

M A R R I E D

ELIZABETH HENRY AUGUST 2, 1837; BORNNOVEMBER 27 1817 ELIZABETHTOWN,

LANCASTERCOUNTY,PENNSYLVANIA; DIED DECEMBER21, 1888WILMINGTON, CLIN

TONCOUNTY,OHIO;BURIEDSUGARGROVECEMETERY, WILMINGTON, CLINTON

COUNTY OHIO

F A T H E R :

R O B E R T

H E N R Y

M O T H E R :

M A R G A R E T

2. JANE ANN McMILLAN BORN JANUARY 1801 YORK COUNTY NOW ADAMS COUNTY

PENNSYLVANIA; DIED AUGUST 29, 1837CHESTERTOWNSHIP, CLINTONCOUNTY, OHIO

BURIED

C E N T E R

F RI E N D S

CEM ETERY

M A R R I E D

SAMUEL HOLLINGSWORTH NOVEMBER 22, 1820; BORN JANUARY 7 1797; DIED SEPTEM

BER21, 1850CLINTONCOUNTY, OHIO;BURIEDCENTERFRIENDS CEMETERY

SAMUEL WAS DISOWNED FROM CENTERMEETING FO R JOINING SEPARATISTS.

FATHER:

I S RAEL H O LLI NG S WO RTH

M O T H E R :

A N N

MARY

L . COO R P UBLI C

UBMAIY

3 S 1

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3. NEWTON

McMillan o rn

APRIL9, 1802YORKCOUNTY(NOWADAMS)PENNSYLVANIA

DIEDAUGUST 14,1894NEAR

OAKLAND CLINTON COUNTY OHIO BURIED

CENTER

FRIENDS

CEMETERY

NEWTON S MOTHERDIED

3

DAYS AFTERHIS

BIRTH.

MARRIED (1)

RACHELBROWNAPRIL7, 1836;BORN 1808;DIED 1848CLINTONCOUNTY,OHIO;BURIED

CENTER FRIENDS CEMETERY

FATHER:

MOTHER:

MARRIED (2)

SARAHLESTERAPRIL3,1851; BORNOCTOBER10,1831; DIEDJULY 11, 1885CLINTON

COUNTY, OHIO;BURIEDCENTERFRIENDSCEMETERY

CHILDREN, 2

BY

2nd

MARRIAGE

4. MARY EMILY McMILLANBORN

MAY

21,1813 CHESTERTOWNSHIP, CLINTON COUNTY,

OHIO;DIED JUNE4, 1843CINCINNATI,HAMILTONCOUNTY,OHIO;BURIEDFRIENDS

NEW GRAVEYARD;REMOVED TO SPRINGGROVE CEMETERYTO SHIPLEYLOT 103,

SECTION 3.

MARRIED

THOMAS C. SHIPLEY NOVEMBER 21,1832; BORN MAY 16, 1807NEW YORK; DIED JANU

ARY4, 1862/64;BURIEDWEST FORKFRIENDSCEMETERY;REMOVEDTO SPRINGGROVE

CEMETERY

TO SHIPLEY LOT 103,

SECTION

3.

FATHER: WILL IAM SHIPLEY

MOTHER: PHEBE

5.

ELIZA

McMil lan

o rn

APRIL 5, I8I5 n e r WILMINGTON,

CLINTON

COUNTY,

OHIO

DIED DECEMBER 13, 1869CLINTON COUNTY, OHIO; BURIEDCENTERFRIENDS CEME

TERY, CLINTON COUNTY, OHIO

ABOUT

ELIZA McMILLAN

DEATH CERTIFICATE, WARREN COUNTYCOURT HOUSE: ELIZA McMILLANBORN APRIL

1815 CHESTERTOWNSHIP, CLINTON COUNTY, OHIO; DIEDDECEMBER 13, 1869 OF CONGES

T ION OF

THE BRAIN.

ELIZA'S WILL, RECORDED IN WARREN COUNTYCOURT HOUSE, LEBANON, OHIO.

FEELING THAT TIME IS

NEAR AND

IN CONSIDERATION THAT MY

DEAR

NEPHEW,

ISRAEL

HOLLINGSWORTH HAS SHOWN

ME

MORE KINDNESS THAN ALL

THE

REST OFMY

KINFOLKS AND KNOWING THAT

HE IS

KIND

TO THE

POOR,

IT IS MY

WILL AND DESIRE

THAT IF THERE IS ANYTHING

LEFT AFTER

PAYING FUNERAL EXPENSES

AND

REPLACING

ANY

MONEY THAT

FRIENDS

MAY

HAVE

TO ADVANCE ME,

IT SHALL GO

TO

HIM

WITHOUT

RESERVE.

WRITTEN

BY

ME

THIS

10th

DAY OF2nd MONTH IN

THE YEAR

OF OUR LORD

1868. SIGNED IN THE

PRESENCE OF THESE

WITNESSES: J. M. MADDEN AND LEE ADAMS.

1833, 5, 14 - HANNAHL. McMILLAN DT. ELIZA GCT CINCINNATI M.M.

HANNAH S. McMILLAN AND ELIZA -

FROM

CENTER M.M. TO CINCINNATF LIVES NEAR

CINCINNATI (CINCINNATI MEETING RECORDER'S BOOK,NO DATE)

1838,2, 14- CINTI M.M. RQ PERMISSIONTO RST JONATHAN. NOT GRANTED

1842, 11,

15-

CINTI M.M. RST JONATHAN

1863, 11,19 - ELIZA GCT MIAMI M.M. O.

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.About Newton

Mcl illan

Cbituary written by EeVo John Quincy Smith

He was. born in Pennsylvania of Scotch-Welch parentage. He caine to

.. /Ohio with his parents

when

about U j ears of age. The opportunities

.

for

education in the wilderness were meager,

yet

through using every

opportunity and meditative thought he became a

veiy^

intelligent man,

fond of reading poetry

and history in

the making.

He

had the habit

: about-important matters

unti l

he reached a conclusion

that

was

satisfactory

to his

own

mind.

His

one

object

seemed

to be

,

to

know what

is trjith . In the e ffo rt to find

truth he became a

clear

and

logical

thinker. He always listened in the kindest

man

-

ner to the

arguments

of those who disagree with him but would defend

his

own opinions with strong and

forcible

reasons. He^ submitted

. every

question

to the intelligent judgment

of

his own tni.nd. This

. .was

so in religion, in

morals and in

pol i t ics . Originally

a Whig,

. / : he was an intense opponent of slavery, and on the

organization

of

-

the

.Liberty

party

became one

of i t s

most

ardent

advocates.

Later

, . becoming an ardent Republican* Salmon P, Chase seems to have been

.

his

beau

ideal of

a statesman

and General

U,. S., Grant, of a

.'^soldier; evidenced by his naming his youngest son, Chase Grant,

/ .;.:> But he was never the unquestioning, supporter of any party. After

-the Republican party

had

restored the

Union

and

emancipated the slaves

he thought i t had accomplished i ts purpose and turning to what he

considered the next greatest evil he

bec^e

an

ardent

Prohibition-

i s t in

his old age as he had

been

an anti- Slavery

man

in his prime.

In political disputes he was kindly and courteous. His condannation

w of

wrong and evils, not

of men

or parties. He was

greatly al

flicted

with rheumatism

for

mapy

years,

and for the last nine months

he was

blind

and

helpless requiring

constant and

careful

attendance.

He bore

his

long suffering with the courage and patience of a Chris

tian,

Ho

petulant word escaped

his lips,

Rven these last

months

. he has been eager to hear about events

in

the county

and

the

stir

ring events of the world, asking

his

daughter to read to

him

Reference: H. Beers

History

of

Clinton

County, 1882

; Newton McMillan, farmer, P.O

Wilmington,

was born April 9, l80?,

' in York County, Venn, He was the son of Jonathan and Ann Hussey

McMillan,

\ dio

were

among

the early

settlers

of Clinton -County, Ohio,

on th n

McMillan was born

in 1772. He

was

reared

on a farm and

^^^eceived but a limited education. In 1798, he married

Miss Ann

Hussey by

whom

he had: three children.

She

died A,pril 12, 1802,

. ' in 1811 he married Miss ^annah Sexton, by whom he had two

children.

n 180^ he emigrated

from

Penn. to Clinton County,

Ohio

and

settled

in

what i s

nov?

known

as

Chester

township,

where

his

son,

Mewton,

st

oresent

l ives. After

building

a log cabin, he began a laborious

task, of c learing his land which consisted of about 200

acres.

We

at

present day can hardl.y appreciate, the hardships ano

privations

- , endured by hira in accoTnolishing bis difficult

task.

He remaine d

on the fam unti I83ii

at which time he went

to Cincinnati,

vvherH

he remained about one year. He then removed to a place caj.lea / al

hut

Hills,

located northeast of Cincinnati

where

he remained until

his

death, Newton McMillan,

subject

of our present sketch was like

his

father,

reared to

manhood

on a farm and received the rudiments

of an Bnglish education in a

district-

schoolo He was about four

years old

when

his parents

settled in Clinton

Co\mty.

Op

A.pril 7,

1636

he

was

united in marriage to Miss

Rachel

Thrown

by

wnom he

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h d

seven children,

three of whom

are still living.

She

died lay^

20 ISUP In March 18^1 he married

Miss

Sarah fester,

10 1831, by flhom he had eight chlldrerij three of

nhori

are

li^ng. e served as

tnistee

for Chester township

seyeral

ye^.

In politics

he

was a republican. He xs a

member

ox

the ,.....ietj

qf .Friends

arid

the owner of

103

.acres of land,

I'le'wton^s

^/9ill

Volume

6, Page

38

i-i..,.-

Wife

Sarah

sons

Shipley, Thomas.Dick t Chase .:rantj

daught

r

Elizabeth Smith; Children of Rebecca Jefferis; ..an/ vmily ..c/il-

lan; grandchildren, Curvius, Dallas, Algernon, ohxldren ox Isaac

Newton.

I'ary Smily McMillan, executor.

;J5ary Etoily McMillan'sWill

oluine

12, p^e

228

left

everything to Chase Grant McMillan _

ilxecutors

-

A E. Cleven^er

k Lev Mills,

probated.-12-ll~lyl2

Shipley

- half brother ^

'Wilmington, now

Florida

Lizzie Smith - half sister - Michigan

Chase Grant -

full

brother

- 'Wilmington

Newton - nephew - Utah

Grace ? bMillan Hilsebeck - niece - .Indiana

.

CShase

Grant Mc^lillan's

'Will

Volume

20, Page

325 k

373

; ^ . leaving everything to wife, Bessie,

age 70''

Probated - April 20, 19hO

Pen

Barrere, witness - already died ^

j v

Left ^1000 for fund fpr salary of pastor of Chester

iv.eet-

ouse

^2^00

to

Wilmington

College

Next

of

kinj

Grace Hilsebeck - Oxford, Ind.

Ada *'foods - Wilmington,

Ohio

p ^

Edna

Woods

-

1512

11th Ave^, Greeley, -olo.

Curvie McMillan

-

nephew

-

Mendon,

Mich. ^ .

Mamie Julian - niece - 105

Academy

- Oainesvi-lo-e

v-\; Ga. .

' ^

Algie McMillan

-

nephew

- Litchfield,

Mich.

Newton

Smith Bethoid, Colo.

: : : Shipley Jefferis - Stevensville, Mich. . ^

Angelina-Jefferis - um5 North

Ferguson

St.

.... . Los Angeles,

Calif .

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/ 01

8th Child

-

Jacob

Vale - Qen. IV

Their

children} 2 Gen V

12. John R?anklin Vale born Janu ar y 22, 18^^; died

Jan.

16, 1926

Married Aug. 25, 1885

lona

Shaw born j

died

13. Caroline

Marie Vale born Apr.

8,

1857;

died

Married Daniel Wbodley born ; died

Ih. Erastus Alric Vale born Jan. 17, 1859; died

Married Alice

Smith

bom ;

died

15. Jacob

C. Vale

born

Mar.

22 i860; died May

1932

ever m r r i e d

16. Clara Etta Vale born Oct. 12, 1862; died

Married Dec. 9, 1886 Ch arles

8.

Morris bom ;

died

17.

Minnie

Rosella

Vale born

May

2li, 1865;

died

Married 1) Jul. 26,

1883

Charles

Shaw

bom ; died

Married 2 ) Jul. ll;, 1912 James C. Stout born t died

18. Eliiabeth C. Vale born Oct. 11, 1867; died

Married Feb. 19, 1896 Ira C. Waldron

bom

;

died

19. Williaa Edgar Vale bom Dec. 5* 1869; died 1932

Married

Jul.

26, 1902 Iris Kinsey born ; died

20. Alexander Vale born about I87O; died about 1875

In

1811;

Jacob

Vale s parents

and

family

removed

to

Columbiana

Co.

Ohio and settled

in Middleton township, near the

village

of Clark-

son.

The

records of the Uddleton Monthly Meeting of Orthodox

Friends located in

Columbiana County show

that

John and Deborah

Vale with

their children,

Deborah, John, Jacob and C ar ol in e were

received on the 9th day, 6th month, l8ll}, on certificate from the

Warrington Monthly Meeting of Tork Co., Pennsylvania.

On the 23rd day, l;th month, 1829, Jacob Vale married Olivia W.

Mc

Artor, daughter of James and Mary

McArtor at

the

Carmel

Month3y

Meeting of Hidcsite Friends

in

Columbiana Co., Ohio, with which a

number of the Vale family had become affiliated. This marriage is

recorded on page 885, Volume IV of the EncyclDpedia of American

Quaker

Genealogyly

William

Wade

Hinshaw.

The

listing of these children

is

not necessarily in the proper

chronological order as, except for Maiy Jane, James Byron and

Orlando Trank, the years in which they were bom are not known.

The

identity of

all

of

them

as children of Jacob and Olivia Vale

has been established by letters from relatives and other records

except

Wayne

and John

who

are mentioned only b^ Mrs. Lydia Anne

Vale I^ffler in her book, A Genealogy of t he Vale and Garretson

Descendants.

She

infers that they bay have

died

in infancy,

Orlando Trank Vale has said that when

his

mother died the children

were

all put out

with neighbors

until

his fa ther

remarried.

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Thomas and

Deborah McMillan

- Gen. 1

2nd Child - George and Ann Hinshaw McMillan - Gen. 11

Uth Child - Deborah McMillan Griffith Vale - Gen.

l l

8th

Child

- Jacob Vale - Gen. IV

Jacob ValOy

twin of

John Vale^ bom June 3 1809 near

Warrington, Tork Co., Pa.;

died

Itov. 28, 1880 buried

Woodrow

Ceaietery, Pekin, Taaewell Co.,

Illinois;

Married (1) Apr. 23, 1829 Olivia McArtor Coltmbiana

County,

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In a le t ter

dated

June

16,

1938> George Milton Vale wrote

to

his

son

George Walker Vale

as

follows: Jacob Vale^ my grandfatiier^

or

rather

I thi i^^

Grand&other

owned 100

acres

as

good

a farm

as

in

Ohio

near New

Lisbon.

After

Grandmother died.

Grandpa sold

his

i nte re st i n the place for a consideration unt i l the youngest

child became of age when they

were

to re ce iv e

back. They sold

to

Joe Richardson. The tfamily moVed

awsy. They

never received

back

or

anything

for

i t

I

don't

know why The contract may

have been faul ty

or

Gran(^a may not have

pushed

i t

The

date

o f Olivia

Vale's

death is no t known

bu t

on Oct. 9 1890

Jacob Vale married Catherine Jones of Rockvil le , Ind. About l8 l,

Jacob removed

with his family

from Columbiana C Ohio to Lee Co.,

Iowa where he set t led

near the

village of Dover In 1862 he

re

moved again

to near

Paris, Edgar Co., 111., and in 1869 to Circle-

ville, near Pekin Tazeftell Co

HI. e

died there Nov 28 1880

and

i s

buried in Woodrow

Cemetery f ive

miles

south of Pekin.

A

daughter, Clara Etta Vale Morris describes him as having been a

shoemaker in early l i fe but la ter a farmer, about

five feet

and

nine

inches in height, a s t r i c t Quaker and a Republican.

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Thomas

and Deborah

McMillan - Geno 1

2nd Child - George and Ann Hinshaw McMillan -

Gen

. 11

lith Child - Deborah McMillan Griffith Vale - Gen. I l l

8th Child - Jacob Kale - Gen. IV

2nd

Child

-

Colin Ball Vale

- Gen. V

Colin Ball Vale

born

i

died

Married Huston, Bloomfield, 111. bom ; died

The i r

ch i ld r enz Gen.

VI

1* A child, name no t knoim

2 . A chi ld na e

not

kncwn

3rd Child

- Mary Jane Vale Gen. V

Mary

Jane Vale born 1833; died 1868

Rockville,

Ind.

Married Elijah Burnett

at

Heckville, Park Co., Indi born ; died

Their

chi ldrenj

Gen.

VI

Elijah Vale or Stephen Vale according to one account)

2. Annabelle

Vale

r Jane Vale according to one account)

K W MeH MKMWM M

Izth Child - Almeda Vale Gen. V

Almeda Vale born ; died

Married Robert Huston, Terre Haute, Ind. born ;

died

Their chi ldren: Gen. VI

1 A

daughter,

name not known

2.

A

dau^ter ,

name not known

5th Child - James Byron Vale

Gen.

V

James Byron Vale, born Columbiana Co., Ohio 1836; died

wounded

and

died in the

atiay

Civil

War

Married

Mary

Street born ;

died

Their chiAdrenj

Gen.

VI

1* A son, name not known

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Thomas

a n d Dabo r^ Mc Mi l l a n -

Gen

1

2n d C h i l d - George and Ann Hin sh aw M cM illan - Gen. 11

lith Child

-

Deborah McMillan

Griff i th

Vale

- Gen

11 1

8th C hild -

Jacob

Vale - Gen IV

7 th C hild - Orl a ndo T r a n k Va l e - Ge n. V

Orlando Trank Vale

born

Sqat 9, 839 Middleton Twp.,

Columbiana

Co.,

Ohio:

died

Apr.

21,

1912

Married Jan. 21, l86u Sarah

Ann

Walker born j

died

Ho removed with

h is

f a t h e r

and fam ily t o Lee Co., Iowa about

18^1, and grew

to young

manhood ne ar the

village

of

Dover

where

they set t led

Soon aft er th e s ta r t o f the C ivil War Isy th e

firing

upon

F t.

Sumpter

on Apr. 12,

1861,

the United

States Goverraient

issued

i t s

f i r s t cal l

f o r t ro op s w it h

^ ich

to p u t

down th e reb ellio n

of the seceding southern

s t a t e s .

Orlando

T. Vale was among

the f i r s t to v o l u n t e e r fo r such duly from

th e state

of Iowa,

^e

folSiowing is the

official

record of his army services as

communicated

to

hie

grandson,

G eo rg e W alker

Vale,

by

the

o f f i c e

of the

Adjutant

General,

War D epar tm ent, W ashi ngton, D.

C.,

on

J u l y ? , 1938:

The

records o f t h i s

o f f ice

show

t h a t

o ne

Orlando T. V ale, age 22

y e a r s ,

born in Colum

biana,

Co., Ohio an d

ty

occupation a farmer,

was

enrolled

July 2^, I86l, a t Burlington, Iowa,

fo r

th e p erio d o f th ree

yearsj was mustered i n t o

service the

same

dat a,

a t Ironton, Missouri,

as

a pr ivate

o f

C s pt ai n H a rp e r s Company, .7th

Regi

me nt Iowa Volunteer

Infantry, idiich

subsequently

became Company D, same regiment; was appointed a

corporal

December

11,

1863, same company; was

honorably discharged

December

2^,

1863,

This

ccsapleted page

U3 of

th e Vale Genealogy book -

we did

irot

xerex pages

thru

6^ which would

s t i l l

be Jacob Vale s family.

19th

child - W il li am E dg ar Vale

Gen.

V

William

Edgar

Vale

born Dec.

5,

1869;

died

1932

Married July

26 ,

1902 Ir is Kinsey

born

; died

Thei r ch i l d r en : G e n . V I

Edgar

Vale born ;

died

2 . El e a n o r Vale

born

; d i e d

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flimas

and

Deborah McMillan - Gen. 1

2nd Child - George and Ann Hlnshaw McMillan - Gen.

11

lith

Child

-

Deborah

McMillan Griff i th

Vale

- Gen. I l l

9th

Chi ld - Carol ine Vale and K li McMillan - Gen.

IV

Caroline Vale born

May

28, 1812 near Warrington, fork Co.,

Pa,;

died Nov. 23, 1886; Married 1839 KLi McdiJillan f i rst

cousin) born Feb. 19, 1799 Tork Co.,

Pa.,

died

CS^

Their childreni

Gen.

V ^

1. Bnily D, McMillan bom July 6, 181*1; died

Married John M. Bell Feb. 28, 1865; born ; died Aug. 11, I878

Married (2) S. D. Caaaer born ;

died

Thei r

chi ldren

Gen.

VI

1.

Charles

Bell born Mar. 2l*, I866; died Feb. I870

2. Carrie

M. Bell

bom

May

10,

I868; died

Married June 17, 1896 George

W

Parsons born ; died

Thei r

chi ldren Gen.

VII

1. Sniiy Parsons born

Sept.

21, 1900;

died

3* Anna (Annie) J. Bell born Sept. 12, I87O; died

Married June 17, 1896 William Sherman Juc^y born ;

died

Thei r chi ldren Gen. VII

1. James

M. Judy

bom Jan.

31,

1898; died

2. Bobert Parsons Ju ^ born Mar. 15,

1899;

died

3.

aamett Taylor Ju^ bom

Nov. 12, 1901;

died

2.

James

P. McMillan born Jan. 28, 181 1 ; died Mar. 2, 18 8

In 1811 Caroline's parents removed to Columbiana Co., Ohio and

s et tl ed i n

Middle ton Tup. near

the village

of Clarkson. They

were

received

on the 9th day, 6th month, I8II*, by the Middleton

Monthly

Meeting of Orthodox

Friends

on cer t i f icate from the

Warrington

Monthly Meeting

of

York

Co.,

Pennsylvania.

KLi

McMillan was a first cousin and also a

Quaker

(see page 57).

The following biographical sketch of him is found in the chapter

on Salem

Twp.

in

History

of

Henry Co., Iowa

published

by

the

Western Historical Company

in

1879. McMillan,

Eli,

ret., S. 26,

P.O. Salem, born Feb. 19, 1799 engaged

in

merchandising and grazing

for 5 years. Bemoved to Lee Co. and engaged in farming and stock

raising,

continued

this until

I866

when

he removed

to

Heniy Co.

He

now

owns 7 improved farms, consisting

of

91 5 acres valued at 1*1,000

also about 50 acres of tlmberland. When

in

Lee Co., Mr. McMillan held

fthout

a ll the

school offices, was a Republican and

member of

the

F ri en d s c hu rc h.

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fe

f One oftheprettiesthomeweddings

the

seSson was solemnized

last

Mjedhesdayevening at the^homje of

llr and I^rs. JosSph Hormell when ,

iieif

charming

dhpghter,^

Miss

^Ticile,

-became the bride of Mr.

^V iiiis McMillan, a youhg man of

iterling^ , -

bAttjiist o'clock, tothe strains f

[66k

their places under a beautiful

ireh made^of krbor^^^

tnd hlte cosmos.'

Tlmrevtheyi u^^

ahg the:

ring

ceremony^

v^re ;umte^

nmarriage by Mrs Jennie Garey,

feuntbf

Mr. -McMillan.

The bride

looked

-lovely:

in a gown of White

Mlk and the groom wore the cor

Iventionalblack. I

fe Following congratulations, a de-

lightful

three-course dinner was

perved

by girl'

'friends

of the

bride,

mfter much

rice throwing

andlai^h-

r

the guests departed wishingMr.

pndMrs.Mcpll

|i f married life;^- v . ^ -

il They^ere the recipientsof many

beautiful and useful presents .and

iwill

be

at home f ^ tbeir f rmima at

Itheirbew home on Ghas. Ellis farm.

The invited guests from

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Abou t

7 ?o be rt E dwa rd Woods and .Ada E McMil lan E'oods -

Eeference: 191 ? Proven Histor;*/ of

flinton-County

On

Septonber 9,

1696, Robert

E. Woods was

married

to Ada B.

McMillan

who

was

born

in

Chester

township,

Clinton

County,

Ohio

on December

10 ,

l877> the

daughter

of

Shipley

ami Sarah (Lacy)

McMillan, Shioley

r 'cMillan

was the son o f Newton McMillr.n, the

second son

of

William and Deborah Mci' l l lan (Note: Joriathan and

Ann Hussey I^cMil lan was h is paren t s ; V'ijJLiarn an' -

Debora;i

o l land

Mc^Iillan.were

his

grandparents,) who immigrated from York County,

Perinsylvania to C linto n County, Ohio. W illiam Mc illan was a

n ative o f

Scotland (he

was

born in

I reland but h is father was a

native of Scotland) and his wife, Deborah was a native of Wales.

On f i r s t coming to

Clinton

County,.

Newton McMillan

se t t led

on the

sixty acre faimi

l a te r

owned by Duane D, Smith, Earal 'i 7/as the

^ughter of Joshua and Ruth C. (Bankson) Lacy, who was married on

.March

12, 16^0.

Shiple^^

Mcf^illan

died

on

January

11, lylh,

at

the age of

sixty-one

years and his widow

is

living with her father,

Joshua Lacy in ?/iLmington.

'

To- Robert

E.

and

Ada P..

(McMillan)

7/oods

three chi ldren have

been born, Edith born on May 30, 1900; Harold Edward, Kay it, 1909,

who

died on February

19,

1906; and Mary Ruth,

Se :>tember

9, 19'06,

Robert

Edward

vVoods

was

bom January 11,

1672

in

Union

township,

son

of

James

F,

and .Kary

Lavinia

^Vood) Yfoods,

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McMillan

: Thomas Carroll McMillan, 67,

of 4242 Gumeyville Road, died at

j4;30

p m Thursday

Sept. 22

1994

at Cleveland Clinic, Cleve

land. He is survived by his wife,

Katharine Battelle McMillan,

whom he married April 5, 1952.

Mr. McMillan wa s born Noy.

12, 1926. in Clinton County, the

son of Esper J. and Esther Car-

|ro]l McMillan. He was a

birthright member of Chester

I

Friends Meeting,

and a

retired

f rmer

Mr. McMillan wa s a former

Clinton County commissioner,

serving from 1985 through 1990.

He was chairman of the Clinton

County Republican Party Execu

tive Committee from 1976 to

1987, and 1992 to present, and a

member of the executive commit

tee; a member of the Clinton

County Republican

Central

Com

mittee, and chairman from 1976to

1987; until his death a memberof

the Wilmington College

Board

of

Trustees; a former member of the

Clinton Memorial Hospital Board

of Trustees; a former member of

the Ohio Expositions

Commis

sion, and chairman of the commis

sion

from

1979 to 1980; a Chester

Township trustee from 1954 to

1982; a former member of Farm

Credit Board of Louisville, and

chairman from 1977 to 1978;

Ohio ASCS state committee chair

man from 1981 to 1985; active in

the

Republican state

and

national

commit tees ; named Jaycee Out

standing Young Farmer of Ohio,

1959; and a member of New

Burlington F ,

AM, Clinton

County

Shrine

Club, Scottish

Rite,

New Burlington Order of the

E as t er n S t ar No. 36 3 B.P.O. 79 7

Wilmington Elks, and member of

S h r i n e .

He is also

survived

by three

daughters, Mary Kay McMillan

of Wilmington, Jennifer McMil

lan-Rubin

and Dr. Marc Rubin

of

Cary, N.C., and Karen- and

William McCary of Memphis,

Tenn.; an aunt, Lucille Carroll of

Wilmington; and a sister and

bro.ther-in-law, Jean and Harold

Hemstreet of Ry e Beach

N.H.

S ervices will be 11 a.m. M on

day at Reynolds-Smith funeral

home. Gene Williams officiat

ing.,.,BuriaJ will

.b e

in .^ugar

Groyr^feerheteryrVhitatioif^li

neral hdmer i f d e si re d me mo ri a l

contributions m ay be m ade

to

the C li nto n

Memorial

Hospital

Foundation 610 W. M a i n St.^ or

th p rharirv of

th e

donor s ^.-Avvx*..

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Mies Farcuhar and Mr, Kainp Wed in I^anner

of

Friends

Heference; V/ilmington Journal Ne^wspaper, September 11, 1977

Under the care

of

th e Campus Meeting

of the

Religious

Society

of

Friends,

Miss

Esther

Farquhar

of

Y/ilmingtori and Mr,

Vifilbur

Kamp

of Deland,

Florida

spoke their

marriage

vows in

the

McCoy Room of

Kelly Center, Vilmington College, Saturday afternoon.

In the manner

of

F riends th e

meeting for worship began

with

a

period of silence

at

3-O clock , the bride

and bridegroom were

seated

on the

l e f t

of a r i r r i e

facing

the center witVi thn cormr.iitce on the

le f t

-Vhen

they were

so

moved

they spoke

their vows. The bride was

wearing a gray

si lk

flowered in

pink

and an

orchid corsage .

The

cer

t i f icate was

read

aloud by the son of the bridegroom, Mr. Yilbur Kamp,

J r ^he ce r t i f i c a te was taken to

the br ide and

bridegroom fo r s ign

ing

and in

the pe ri od

of

silence for

worship that

followed various

members of the meeting spoke from time to time as they were moved.

The

handsome

cer t i f ica te

was made

and

engrossed

by

an

a r t i s t

friend o f Farquhar who was

her

roomate

while

they worked in In

dianapolis,

Indiana, Mi ss Rose V/right

of

Greenwood,

Indiana.

^ great

many

relatives of both

came

for the

wedding

from

Jack

son, Michigan;

Baltimore,

Md.; Franklin, Ohio;

Indianapolis,

Ind.;

Bay Village,

Ohio

also, Philadelphia, Pa. and

Vaynesville,

Ohio);

among wide sprea< i places and a l l

of

them, numbering some

liO,

were

enter tained a t

dinner

a t y le Cen ter b y Mr.

and

Mrs, Kpmip. After

wards

the

couple

le f t to

s ta r t on

the journey to

Deland.

Mrs. Kamp

is

known for her work as a teacher of Spanish at

Wilmington College; taught

in

Cuba

in the

1920 s in the Friends

Mission Schools;

taught

in Spain during

the

Spanish Civil War in

the 1930 s

in

the Child Feeding Mission^ ; and was a Child Con

sul tant

with

the

Indiana

State

Department

of

Public

Velfare

for

2h

years before

retiring and

returning

to

V/ilrnington, Ohio

in

1963. She was d2 years old when she

married.)

Mr.-

Kamp

is also well known locally as a Friends pastor

with

the Xenia Friends Meeting and

the

Dover Friends Meeting; and

at

a

number of minis t r ies in

the

ast

He

comes

from Richmona,

Indiana.

He worked

with

the

American Friends

Service Co-mittee in France

af te r World War I That is where Mark

McMil lan raet

him.)

u ^ s i ^

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A BIT OF

ANCIENT

HISTOHY OF TI^ NORDYKE FAMILY

Dad

and

Mother, my sister Alda (Almeda)

and

brother

Milton

came

to

California in l89li. They lived in Los Angeles for a few years, then moved

onto a

lemon

ordhard

in

East

Bhittier,

where

Dad's Uncle

Jonathan Bailey

was

one

of the founders of Whittier. In

1906 ad was

offered a position as

overseer of a large ranch in

Owens

Valley

in Inyo

County, about

250

miles

north of TWiittier. He and Milton had a

freight

car

all

loaded in Los Angeles

with a team of horses, a

cow,

a couple of

pigs,

and a

crate

of chickens

Also, our household furniture and

farm

tools, such as there

were

in those

days Oh,

yes,

and

ay collie dog,

Jean The only

way

into

Owens Valley

by

train at

that

time was from Los Angeles via of Oakland, across the High

Sierras

t

Heno, Nevada, and down to Mina, a then flourishing mining town

There

they

were

transferred to the

narrow gauge

the

Slim

Princess

and

on

down

into Owens Valley The morning they were to leave Los Angeles,

word came of the great San Francisco earthquake, April 18,

1906,

and

all

trains

were

tied

up t i l l the next morning However, they were fortunate

to

be on the tracks just ahead of an

Orange

Special

that

was

commandeered

for

Oakland for the refugees. Thus they, because of the l ivestock on board,

left early the next morning and went

through

in express time

Even

so, the

trip

took

two

nights

and

three

days

to

end

up

only

250

miles

from

Los

Angeles.

One

week later.

Mother and Alda and I left

ty

the same route for our

new

home

At that timq^ the only other way into the Valley

was

by stagecoach through

the mountains

and

across th e desert, which took

just as

long

The ranch

some

2000 acres was located about

six

miles south of

the

County

seat.

Independence Hay and

grain

and some

fruits

were

the

main

crops

Mary head of beef cattle and bands f sheep were often fed during

the

snowy

winters

on

the ranch These herds came

from fanges when

feed

was

scarce Dad operated two teams to the mining towns on the desert, hauling

hay, grain

and

other supplies into the mines

and

returning with gold, sil*

ver,

copper and lead

bullion

back

to the

narrow gauge which ended

at

Keller

Dad

drove 6 or 8 horses, and

his

teamster and

swamper ,

as the helper

was

called, handled 12 or

lU

horses, according to the loads

It

was

during these years that

most

of the

2000

acres

were

subdivided

and the l i t t le community

town

of

Maiaanar

was

born Manzanar from

the

Spanish mansanita, meaning apple In 1915 we moved to Bishop, as I was

saadip

for

High

School and

that

was

the only

high school in

the

Valley

at

that time There my

father studied for the State examination for Horti

cultural Commiasioner for

the

County He

passed with

flying

colors and

served in

that

capacity for

six or more

years During

that

time, because

of his position, he

was

appointed

Food

Administrator for the County

by

res iden t erber t Hoover

After graduating

from High

School in 1919, my grandfather (Mother's

father - Francis Farquhar)

came

out from Ohio for a visi t and took me back

to

Wilmington

for about a throe

months visit

with the Farquhar families.

While there I met many cousins that my folks had often spoken of Now,

with the

McMillan

history

I

can

relate

to

many

of

them

y 1925 the

Los

Angeles Aqueduct was coiapleteJ,

and

almost

all

the

water was being diverted t

Los

Angeles Many smaller ranches were being

forced

to se l l a t

ridiculously low

prices. That

is a

long

and

sad

story

in

i tself) . Mary families left Owens Valley and quite a few along with

Mother and Dad came

to

Lake

County

and set t led

in and around

Lakeport.

by Louise

Nor

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Referencej

Journal 1929

Souvenir

Bdit ion

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