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��he continued fifteen years ; he then engaged in the study and practice of a veterinarian surgeon. Mr. McFall was married in January, 1854, to Miss G. C. Thomas ; she was born in Maryland. They have one son, Hugh, who was born in 1860 ; is now employed by H. M. Weaver & Co., in their wholesale boot and shoe store.

McFARLAND, ROBERT C, grocer; was born Nov. 23, 1837, in AVashington Township, Richland Co. Mar- ried in 1861, to Mary E. Norris, who was born in Han- over Township, Ashland Co., June 6, 1842. They have six children — Joseph S., born June 30, 1866 ; George 0., June 10, 1868; Alfred H., June 16, 1870; David 0., May 8, 1872; Harry W., March 22, 1874 ; Almira Adella, June 1, 1876. Mr. McFarland enlisted in Co. E, 64th 0. V. I., for the term of three years ; after his discharge, re-enlisted as a veteran soldier; was engaged as a soldier for four years ; he was wounded three times at the battle of Stone River, and at the battle of Franklin, Tenn., was wounded through the left shoulder, and then taken prisoner and retained about twenty-one days ; he was in sixteen regular bat- tles or engagements. After the war closed, he located in Mansfield ; is now engaged in the grocery business, and is a live business man, and as a citizen he is re- garded as one of our leading and enterprising men, always ready to promote every good cause and work.

McFARLAND, DAVID K.; was born Dec. 30, 1852, in Washington Township, this county. Married Jan. 22, 1874, to Maranda J. McConkie, who was born Feb. 2, 1857. They had the following family— Elbert B., born Nov. 14, 1876; Mary, born May 15, 1879. Ma- randa McFarland died May 30, 1879. Mr. Mc. moved to Knox Co., 111., March 1877.

McGUIRE, JOSEPH, carpenter ; was born in Cum- berland Co., Penn., 1820; he came to Ohio with his parents in 1822; located in Richland Co. He was married in September, 1849, to Elizabeth Hoover, who was born in this county in 1829. They have the fol- lowing children — Paulinia Rosella, born July 1, 1850; Mary Elisebeth, March 25, 1852 : William Franklin, April 80, 1855 ; Alice Dell, Feb. 4, 1857 ; Emma Ann and John E. (twins). May 31, 1861. Mr. McGuire located in Mansfield in 1842 ; he has been a citizen of this city ever since.

McKINLEY, JOHN F., farmer. As a soldier and citizen, this name is familiar to the residents of Mans- field, and the members of the 120th 0. V. I.; born in Wayne Co., Feb. 27, 1835, he remained at home attend- ing school and working at different occupations until of age, when he removed to Iowa, and entered into busi- ness ; three years afterward, he returned to Ohio, and settled in Ashland, where he remained until the break- ing-out of the civil war, when he enlisted at Mansfield in Capt. Dickey's company of the 15th 0. V. I., three-months service; after serving his full term of enlistment, Mr. McKinley returned to Ashland Co., where he was mar- ried to Elisebeth Neal on the 27th day of November, 1861, and remained until August, 1862, when he again entered the service, and recruited Co. C, 120th 0. V. I., which was stationed at Camp Mansfield until fully organized ; this regiment was soon after ordered to Cov- ington, Ky., when it entered into active service, the history of which will be found in another part of this

��work. During Mr. McKinley' s career as a soldier, he served with distinction in all of the battles in which that regiment was engaged, first at Chickasaw Bluffs, Miss., the battle of Arkansas Post, Port Gibson, siege of Vicksburg, Jackson, Miss., Fort Blakely, when be was promoted to the position of Major of the regiment, and served as such during the battle of Snaggy Point, on the Red River ; for about eight months thereafter he was in command of the regiment as Major. The 120th 0. V. I. was later consolidated with the 114th 0. V. I., when Maj. McKinley was promoted to the lieutenant colonelcy, afterward known as the 114th 0. V. I., in which he served until the close of the war.

McLaughlin, gen. WILLIAM (deceased). This distinguished soldier was born in Beaver Co., Penn., Feb. 3, 1802; in his youth, he attended the common schools of the country, where, by dint of persever- ance, he learned to write a beautiful hand, which, in early life, he turned to pecuniary advantage by giving writing lessons. Getting interested in the study of law, he determined to study for that profession ; he applied to Gen. Robert Moore, then a member of Congress, and a practicing lawyei" at Beaver Court House, Penn.; Gen. Moore advised him to take time to consider the matter, and, if he still concluded to enter the profession, to come to his oflfice. At the end of a week, young McLaughlin came to Beaver Court House, and enrolled himself as a student. He was a fellow-student with Chief Justice Agnew and Col. Richard P. Roberts, two of the greatest lawyers in Western Pennsylvania. Col. Roberts has a brother and several other relatives in and about Shelby, in this county. Young McLaugh- lin was a very frank, honest, manly fellow, and was universally liked. When he had completed his law studies. Gen. Moore advised him to go West, as he had not had the good fortune to receive a thorough early edu- cation, as had been the case with the majority of the young members of the bar in Beaver, then a small place on the west banks of the Ohio. Gen. Moore told him that in the West he would have a better chance to rise, and, in compliance with this advice, McLaughlin came to Canton, Ohio, and began the practice of law. Here he was cotemporary with David Starkweather, Hiram Griswold, Dwight Jarvis, John Harris, and other men of that class. He made friends in Canton, as he had at Beaver, and soon rose in his profession. Desirous of coming farther West, he left Canton about 1828, and came to Mansfield ; here he engaged in the practice of law, and soon became successful. When the Mexican war broke out, McLaughlin, who had always been a leader in the militia, raised a company and left for the front. Its history is given in the chapter on that sub- ject. After his return in 1847, he resumed the practice of law, which he followed until the spring of 1861, when he was the first man to i-espond to the call for troops. He sent a dispatch to the Governor, tendering a company, when, in fact, he did not have a man enlisted. From the breaking-out of the war, until his death, his history is so closely identified with that of the war, that to give it here would repeat, in a large measure, what has been written on that subject. His last public act was to raise a squadron of cavalry, which he led to the field, and which he commanded until his death, July 23, 1862.

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