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��CITY OF MANSFIELD.

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��McMILLEN, DAVID C, M. D. The subject of this sketch is of Scotch-Irish descent, and direct oflFspring of a soldier in the war for American independence and the war of 1812. His grandfather emigrated to Amer- ica with a brother soon after the insurrection in Scot- land. David C. McMillen was born in Trumbull Co., Ohio, July 27, 1832, and was the sixth in a family of eight children ; in 1854 he came to Shelby, this county, and commenced reading medicine with his brother Cal- vin, with whom he remained until he commenced gen- eral practice, having attended lectures at the Cleveland Medical College in 1856 and 1857. With the exception of two years' residence in Goshen, Ind., the Doctor has continued in the practice of his profession in this county, almost without interruption, until the present time; he removed to Mansfield in the year 1870, and is now in general practice, attending faithfully to his duties, and with an increasing practice. During the war, he served as Assistant Surgeon of the 163d 0. N. G., and also on a hospital boat on the Ohio and Ten- nessee Rivers.

McMILLEN, JAMES FRANK, physician (eclectic); Dr. McMillen was born in AVeathersfield Township, Trumbull Co., Ohio, the 16th of June, 1824, the eldest of the three brothers residing in Mansfield, belonging to an ancestry which can be traced back to the great Scottish insurrection, and afterward in the American Revolution and the war of 1812. At the age of 19, he commenced the study of medicine, which soon after he discontinued for a short time, but again resumed under the instruction of Dr. Evarts, of Cleveland. In 1849, he came to Shelby, Ohio, and engaged in the practice of his profession ; for over twelve years, the Doctor has been engaged in active practice in Mansfield, and, with the exception of short intervals of absence in St. Louis, Indianapolis and Macon, Ga., has been in gen- eral practice for thirty years. Dr. J. F. McMillen was married in Warren, Trumbull Co., Ohio, Dec. 27, 1853, to Laura Goodale Had ley, who died in Shelby, Ohio, on the 12th of December, 1866. To them was born one child — William E., now a resident of Omaha, who was born March 22, 1857. Was again married on the 27th of November, 1879, to Mrs. Catherine C. Edmonds, at Mansfield.

McMILLEN, JOHN ALFRED, plasterer and painter; was born in Trumbull Co., Ohio, Jan. 29, 1838 ; moved to Shelby, Richland Co., in 1852, with his parents. Of Scotch-Irish descent, he inherits the strength and con- stitution of that people ; the lineage can be found in the biographies of his two brothers, in another part of this work. At the breaking-out of the late war, he enlisted in the Union army at Union City, Ind., as private, in the 11th 0. V. I., three-months service, serving his full term with credit and honor. J. A. McMillen was married at Union City. Ind., to Anna Caron, in the year 1866, where he remained and worked at his trade, until his removal to Mansfield, in 1871. During his residence in Mansfield, he served on the police force and was accounted a faithful officer. They have three children.

MARSHALL, E. C, salesman ; was born Oct. 9, 1856, in Washington Township, Richland Co. ; he served with J. Kelly, of Bellville, as an apprentice ; learned the tinner trade ; then attended the Bellville

��High School, after which he went to Mount Union Col- lege in Stark Co.; came to Mansfield in 1876 ; em- ployed as clerk in the Sharp dry-goods store, after which he engaged as salesman in Singer's hat store, which position he still retains.

MARSHALL, JOHN, dealer in farming implements; he was born in this county March 22, 1835. He mar- ried Mary A. Cookston. He enlisted in the late war as a member of the 7th Indiana Battery ; served two years, and was discharged on account of sickness, after which he returned, and was for a time Lieutenant of Co. E, 2d 0. V. C. He is now a resident of this city. He is engaged in selling farming implements of various kinds, and is doing a very extensive business.

MATTHES, ADAM, proprietor of European Hotel; he was born in Germany Jan. 8, 1832 ; emigrated to America in 1851, and located in Mansfield. He was married, Aug. 14, 1855, to Caroline Heltmen, who was born in this county in 1837 ; they have the following family — Louis, born Jan. 9, 1858; Caroline, May 1, 1862; John, June 13, 1864; Adam, Jr., July 13, 1866; May, Oct. 31, 1868; Charley and Frederick (twins), April 10, 1871; Amelia, .July 9, 1877; An- drew, Oct. 5, 1879. Mr. Matthes is engaged in conduct- ing the European Hotel, and is doing a good business.

MAXWELL BROS., dry goods ; the store is located in a three-story brick building, 20x80 feet, at No. 11 Main street, in which can be found the largest and most complete stock of staple and fancy dry goods, embracing all articles usually found in the best stores, exceeding any other establishment in the city of Mansfield. This house was established in 1860; their increase in the past few years has been all that they could wish, and they now do a business that compares favorably with any similar house in the city ; anything new in the dry-goods line can always be found in the store of the Maxwell Bros., and, as they have but one price, total strangers can buy just as cheap as regular customers. Robert B. Maxwell, the active member and business manager of the house, is a gentleman of over twenty- five years' experience ; he is honest and straightfor- ward in all his transactions, and never fails to gain the confidence and esteem of all with whom he may come in contact. The brothers were born in Scotland — Robert, in 1840, and John, in 1834 ; they are now taking the lead in this line of goods ; all who call on them will find them congenial gentlemen with one, and they are destined to be successful in business.

MAY, JOHN MILTON (deceased) ; he was born in Conway, Hampshire Co., Mass., Oct. 13, 1787. The ancestor of his race in America was John May, from Mayfield, Sussex Co., England, Captain of the ship James, which sailed between the ports of New England and London, from 1635 to 1640, when he settled in Rojfbury, Mass.; from this stock descended the Mays of New England, New York and Michigan, known in military and civic life ; Theodore May, the father of the subject of this sketch, was a Revolutionary war soldier, who, at the close of his services, receiving his pay in Continental currency, so utterly depreciated that John Milton and his other boys would use it for "thumb-papers" at school. In 1797, he removed with his family to Washington Co., N. Y. In 1811, our Mr. May emigrated thence alone for Ohio, crossing the

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