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��days of railroad transportation. Mr. McBride was married, .July 12, 1838, to Miss Lettelia Hoy, a daugh- ter of Richard Hoy, who came to Richland Co. in 1816, and cleared and built on a farm north of Mansfield ; James McRride died in Mansfield Aug. 12, 1876, leav- ing three children, two of whom reside in the city, Sadie J. and Matie L.; Mrs. Lettelia Hoy McBride was born in Salem, Washington Co. N. Y.; she died .June 6, 1870, in Mansfield ; John G., second son, died Oct. 16, 1870, aged 25 years; J. Douglas, the oldest, was born March 26, 1842, now a resident of Washington City.

McBRIDE, ROBERT (deceased). Mr. McBride was born in Chester Co., Penn., March 20, 1808, of Scotch ancestry ; his father, James McBride, was born in Ire- land, whither his parents had gone during the insurrec- tions in Scotland, and soon after migrated to America and settled first in Chester Co., Penn. ; in the year 1823, the McBride' 8 came to Richland Co., Ohio, and lived for a time on what is known as the Finney farm, and afterward on the Barr farm, west of Mansfield ; while yet a young man, he came to Mansfield and opened a dry-goods store, in which business he continued until 1848 ; afterward, he was engaged in a number of enter- prises, and was one of the prominent and extensive wool-dealers of this part of the country ; for a number of years he was engaged largely in that business with a Mr. Sexton, of Cleveland. Robert McBride was mar- fied in the year 1845 to Miss Jane E. Shriner, of Penn sylvania, to whom were born four children, two of whom are dead and two residents of Mansfield ; James H. engaged in the practice of the law, and Robert in the dry-goods business ; Mary, the only daughter, died in 1860; George died in 1874, and was a number of years one of the prominent business men of Mansfield and a young man of great promise. Robert McBride will be remembered by the older residents of Mansfield as one of her best citizens, a man of integrity, whom all respected. He died Feb. 14, 1865.

McCLOY, ANBREW JACKSON, was born Feb. 11, 1828, near Zanesville, Ohio, the eighth child of David C. and Elizabeth McCloy ; his father was of Protestant Irish descent, and came to this country in 1812; Eliza- beth McCloy Haymaker was born in Virginia ; in the year 1820, they removed to Ohio and settled in Mus- kingum Co., where he died in 1831. In the spring of 1846, A. J. McCloy came to Mansfield, where and in the vicinity he resided until the present time (1880). He was married in 1848 to Miss Mary Church, of But- ler Township, by whom he has raised one son, Eli Chapman McCloy, now a resident of the West ; natur- ally of a retiring disposition, yet an enthusiastic ad- mirer of the beauties of nature, possessing fine social qualities, he is at once a companion and friend.

McCOY, ECKELS, Probate Judge. The subject of this sketch is of Scotch-Irish descent, and a name which has, through many years of public services and enterprises, become familiar to the residents of Rich- land Co.; born in Wayne Co., Ohio, June 22, 1825, the second son of Arwin and Jane (Eckels) McCoy ; when of sufficient age, E. McCoy served an apprenticeship as carpenter for three years in Wayne Co., with a Mr. Stichler, previous to his removal to Mansfield, where he continued his trade with Mr. George Watson, long since deceased, whose daughter, Elizabeth Watson, he after-

��ward married, by whom he has had seven children, six of whom are living and one is dead. In the year 1846, he joined both the Masonic Order and the I. 0. 0. F., in both of which he has held at different times fi number of subordinate offices. Since 1856, he has been a useful member of the cemetery association ; to him is due in part its present creditable con- dition. Since the year 1852, he has served as a member of the City Council five terms, and also as City Clerk. In 1853, he was elected Recorder of Richland Co., and re-elected in 1856. In 1860, he served as Clerk pro tern, of the Court_of Common Pleas ; appointed Superintendent of the Mansfield Water Works on May 1, 1872, he served as such until Feb. 1, 1879, when he resigned to accept the position of Probate Judge of Richland Co., to which he was elected, and which office he now holds. In March, 1850, Mr. McCoy was one of a party destined for the then comparatively unexplored gold regions of California, going by the way of Panama, and a year later returned through the city of Mexico and New Orleans. In ad- dition to the public office which he now holds, Mr. Mc- Coy is now and has been a member of the Richland Mutual Insurance Company, and Treasurer of the same ; a man whom all classes of citizens without re- gard to party respect, and who has been faithful to all trusts confided to him.

McCRAY, T. Y., lawyer ; born in Washington Co., Penn, Aug. 8, 1837 ; emigrated to Richland Co. in 1846; he was raised on a farm; he became crip- pled and had the asthma when young ; attended school at Savannah and Hayesville Institutes ; taught school twelve years ; in 1860, was appointed on the Board of Examiners in Ashland Co.; served the term of four years ; was admitted at the bar in 1862 in Ash- land Co. He was married in 1863, to Miss Mary E. Barnhill, in Ashland Co. In March, 1866, moved to West Salem, Wayne Co.; had charge of the public schools till 1868 ; while there, was appointed on the Board of Examiners of Wayne Co.; continued till 1875 ; in 1868 was elected Prosecuting Attorney of Wayne Co. for a term of two years ; in 1870 was re- elected, making a term of four years. In 1868 moved to Wooster, and engaged exclusively in the practice of law ; in 1875 went to Cleveland, formed a partnership with 'J. M. Stewart, continued substantially one year ; being asthmatic for the last three months, lost his voice, then returned to Wooster for the purpose of settling up his affairs ; came to Mansfield Aug. 20, 1876 ; re- sumed the practice of law up till this time. Have had the following children — Robert, born in Ashland Co., Jan. 12, 1864; Minnie, in Ashland, Jan. 11, 1866; Clarence V., Nov. 5, 1868, in West Salem; Gracie, Sept. 14, 1872, in Wooster; Ella B., July 26, 1875, at Woos- ter; Thomas, June 26, 1878, in Mansfield; Robert died in 1871, Clarence in 1870, in Wooster; Ella died in 1876.

McCRORY, R. B., attorney and member of Legisla- ture ; was born in Chambersburg, Franklin Co., Penn., Feb. 13, 1846; came to Ohio with his father, Samuel McCrory, in a wagon to Mansfield. He was educated in the public schools of Mansfield ; studied law with Geddes, Burns & Dickey ; was admitted to the bar the 20th of June, 1870; commenced the practice of law;

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