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��James was married to Mary Pheil, Oct. 25, 1874 ; she was born Jan. 5, 1856. Children — Honorah was born Jan. 21, 1875; Bertha Bell, Nov. 11, 1877. Thomas and James Long reside on a part of Sees. 19 and 20, and follow farming and thrashing, the latter pursuit they commenced in 1878.

LONG, DAVID, deceased. His father, George Long, resided within thirty miles of Baltimore, Md., where the subj ect of this sketch was probably born ; he was one of a family of six children, named, respectively, Samuel, Lydia, Hannah, David, Matilda and Sarah. Soon after coming to .Jefferson Township, he was married to Cath- rine Sowers, who was born in Richland Co.; she be- came the mother of eight children — Ezra, William H., Samuel, John W., Sarah, Jane, Jeremiah and Anna Mary. He was married last to Fanny EUer, and to them were born the following children : Joseph, born Aug. 17, 1853; Jacob, Sept. 27, 1854; Lorenzo, July 3, 1856 : Matilda, May 19, 1858; Ellen, Feb. 12, 1861. Mr. Long died Aug. 15, 1862, aged 48 years 6 months and 27 days ; his first wife died Aug. 2, 1848, aged 28 years 9 months and 8 days ; his last wife died about six years after he died. Mr. Long's records are lost, and the births of his first children are not all on record. He followed farming as his main occupation in life.

McMAHON, WILLIAM T., physician ; was born in Knox Co. Sept. 19, 182.3, and was brought up on a farm ; at the age of 18 years, he commenced to go to school at Gambler ; when 20, he commenced the study of medicine with Dr. Landecker ; after remaining with him three years, he commenced practice, having his residence in Ankneytown, Knox Co.; this was in 1846 ; the next j'ear, he located at Millwood, where he re- mained thirty years ; in 1875-76, he took a course of lectures in the Ohio Medical College, of Columbus, and came to Bellville in 1876 ; he practices the eclectic system. Mr. McMahon is a member of the Univer- salist Church, the Sons of Temperance and Odd Fellows. His parents came from Maryland to Knox Co., about 1814. He nas married, Oct. 22, 1845, to Mary E. Welker.

McDonald, JOSEPH Z., was born in Berlin Town- ship, Knox Co., Oct. 4, 1848, and is a son of Joseph and Mary (Zink) McDonald; he was brought up a farmer, and has always followed it. He was married to Ruth S. Bowman, who was born in Chesterville, Ohio, April 16, 1841 ; their first child died in infancy ; Morris B. was born July 7, 1872, and died Feb. 19, 1874 ; Vei'da A. was born Dec. 7, 1874. They are members of the Presbyterian Church. Mr. McDonald went in the war with the 121st 0. V. I., and was in the battles of Mission Ridge, Chickamauga, Perryville, Ky., in others, and in the march to Atlanta. Mrs. Bowman's father, Jacob Bowman, was born in Stark Co., Ohio, .Jan. 16, 181.3, and, at the age of 4 years, moved with his father to Mansfield; he followed car- pentering till 1861, when he went to farming. He was mai'ried, Feb. 27, 1840, to Amanda M. Woodward, who was born in New York City Dec. 2, 1818, and came to Richland Co. in 1820; they commenced housekeeping in Chesterville; they moved to Bellville in 1876; chil- dren — Ruth S.; Elizabeth, born Dec. 14, 1843; Horace

��W., born July 1, 1846; Elizabeth died at the age of 9 months, and Horace at the age of 10 months.

MEASEL, PETER, nurseryman ; is located upon the declivity, a few steps north of Bellville, where he has resided since 1860, and given his attention to growing nursery stock ; he makes no pretensions of excellency in his avocation, but it is a well-known truth that the trees he sells are most hardy, and always bear the fruit called for on the label. Nicholas Measel, the father of the subject of this sketch, was born in Frederick Co,, Md., and was married to Mary Ann Hoover ; to them nine children were born, namely: Elizabeth, Jacob, Lyda, Margaret, Peter, Joshua, John, Mary and Susan. The second, fourth, seventh and ninth are dead. Peter Measel was born in Frederick Co., Md., May 27, 1820; at the age of 13 years, he moved with his parents to Wayne Co., Ohio, where he remained until 1833 ; in December of this year, he removed to Richland Co.; in 1846, he commenced coopering, at which he worked till 1857, living in Worthington Township ■ in the spring of 1857, he turned his attention to the care of a nursery, and has continued at it since. He entered the connubial relation with Ann Long June 4, 1843; she was born in Wayne Co., Ohio, Jan. 18, 1825 or 1826. Mr. Measel and wife are members of the Disciple Church.

MASTERS, MARGARET, MRS., daughter of Henry Swank, was born in Jefferson Township Feb. 28, 1818; in early life she received such an education as the sub- i scription and district schools of that time afforded, and I remained at home with her parents until her marriage ' with Mr. Masters, which occurred March 5, 1839 ; they | commenced life in Palmyra, in Knox Co., Ohio, where they resided about two years, and then moved to Mount Vernon, where they lived about seven years ; then they came to Bellville, and shortly after their arrival Mr. Masters went to California, where he remained until his death, Feb. 6, 1879. Mrs. Masters remained in Bellville until the year 1869, when she went to Califor* nia to her husband, but, in consequence of her health, she returned to Bellville the following year, and took care of her father until his death. They had a family of five children, one of whom has deceased ; the sur- viving ones are all married, and live in California.

MONTIS, GEORGE, was born in York Co., Penn., April 5, 1823 ; he came to Jefferson Township in 1823 ; his father's name was Jacob Montis, who was mai'ried to Nancy Steel; the subject of this sketch was brought up on a farm, which avocation he still pursues. He was married, Dec. 5, 1844, to Rosan McGarvey, a daughter of Patrick McGarvey and Elizabeth Buter- baugh, and she was born .Jan. 10, 1818; children—^ Sylvester A., born Jan. 3, 1847 ; John William, Jan, 22, 1849; Mary Elizabeth, June 22, 18-52; Martha Jane, July 28, 1864; the two daughters are deceased ; Sylvester married Ellen Drew, a daughter of Joseph Drew, and, in 1868, moved to Iowa, where he now, resides.

MOODY, ISRAEL K., dealer in boots and shoes ; he was born in Jefferson Township and lived in Bellville the greater part of his life ; his grandfather, John Moody, came to Bellville in a vei-y early day, and was one of the best citizens that ever lived in Jefferson

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