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��1868, to Eleanor M. Cole, who was born in Frederick- town, Knox Co., in 1847 ; they have the following fam- ily : Norton T., born June 4, 1869 ; Laverne, March 2, 1871; Johnson L., July 15, 1874; Oro Viola, Jan 14, 1878. Mr. Taylor came toSanrlusky Township in 1872; he owns a well-improved farm with good buildings ; he is one of the active and energetic men of the town- ship. He enlisted in the 3d 0. V. C, Co. E ; he re- mained in the service three years and one month, and Was honorably discharged.

McCULLY, WILLIAM, farmer ; P. 0. Crestline ; he was born July 8, 1817, on the farm owned by his grandfather, James McDermott, in Mifflin Township, in this county; he had removed from Mercer Co., Penn., and settled upon it about the year 1812 ; he died there in 1859, aged neai-ly 100 years. Mr. Mc- Cully was married June 9, 1840, to May, daughter of the late Samuel Simpson, of Mifflin Township ; she was born March 16, 1819. Mr. McCully removed from Mifflin to Sandusky Township April 3, 1843, where he erected his cabin and commenced clearing the beauti- ful farm upon which he now lives. He says: "Our first house had but one room, which answered for kitchen, bedroom and parlor — one corner, carpeted, was called the parlor." He began in the woods with 140 acres of land, but by his indomitable energy and industrious habits, he afterward added to his farm till he became the owner of 500 acres of most excellent land, all well improved; he is now one of the most extensive and successful farmers in the county. His children — three sons and one daughter — are all mar- ried and living in the immediate vicinity ; like their parents, they are much respected by all. In pioneer times, the Indian trail from Greeutown to Upper San- dusky passed over the land now owned by Mr. McCully, and a mound, together with many Indian relics, has been found on the premises. Among these is a stone skinning-knife and a red dart. At different places in the vicinity of the mound, the earth had evidently been excavated for lead or something of value to the " red men of the forest."

MILLER, CHARLES, farmer, was born in Union Co., Penn., on Aug. 9, 1815, and removed, with his father, Christian Miller, to Orange Township, then in Richland Co., in 1829. He was married, Sept. 23, 1841, to Miss Mary M., daughter of the late Daniel Riblet, and settled in Sandusky Township in 18.53, where he now resides, and is much respected by all who have forr^ied his acquaintance.

MORKEL, CHRISTIAN, farmer; P. 0. Crestline; he was born in Germany in 1823 ; came to America when 5 years of age. He was married to Mary Ann Purky, who was born in Lancaster Co., Penn.; they had the following family — John F., born Dec. 7, 1853; George A., Sept. 13, 1855; Sarah A., Oct. 29, 1857; Matilda M., Aug. 26, 18-59; Anna R., March 12, 1861 ; Jacob E., Jan. 24, 1864; Mary E., Feb. 7, 1866; Caro- line E., .Jan. 28, 1868; Leah E., March 22, 1870; Maria M., Dec. 24, 1871; Harriet S., Jan. 26, 1874; Charles E., April 29, 1876. Matilda M., died Sept. 1, 1861. Mr. Morkel came to this township in 1855; he is one of its leading and enterprising citizens.

��MORTHLAND, JOHN, farmer, was born in Colum- biana Co., Ohio, on Jan. 4, 1836, and removed with his father's family to this county in the fall of the same year, settling in the vicinity of his present residence in Sandusky Township. He was married in 1858 to Miss Abby, daughter of Hiram Stevens. Abraham Morth- land, the father of John, was born in Adams Co., Penn., on January 17, 1811, removed to Columbiana Co., Ohio, in 1830, and to this county in 1836; he not only aided in clearing up the forest, but devoted thirty years of his life as an active minister of the Baptist Church, and died at Shelby in 1876.

PARAMOUR, MORDECAI B., farmer; P. 0. Crest- line ; was born in Springfield Township, in this county, on July 16, 1823 ; his father, John Pai'amour, having removed from Jefferson Co., Ohio, about the year 1813, was one of the original pioneers who aided in con- verting the forests of Springfield Township into beauti- ful farms; M. B. Paramour, possessing the energy and perseverance which characterized the old settlers, has earned by his own labor and good management the means which have enabled him to own the farm on which he now resides, containing 254 acres of well improved land, from the sale of the products of which he real- izes annually about $1,600, and is considered one of the most successful farmers in the county. He was married on Oct. 13, 1849, to Susan R., daughter of Joseph Cox, then living near the village of Shelby ; they have raised a large and respectable family of children, and are well fixed for the enjoyment of all the happiness this world can afford.

SCOTT, WILLIAM, farmer; P. 0. Crestline: was born on the farm then owned by Gov. Snyder, in Union Co., Penn., on Sept. 15, 1815, and removed to San- dusky Township, in this county, in 1835 ; he paid |150 for 40 acres in the woods, and commenced clearing off the timber ; the next day after his cabin was raised, it was thrown down by a falling tree, but it was soon rebuilt and occupied ; he afterward sold his 40 acres, with the improvements he had made upon it, for f 350, which enabled him to purchase an unimproved 80- acre tract, in the immediate vicinity, to which he has since added the adjoining 80-acre tract, making a farm of 160 acres, now well improved, and considered one of the best farms in the neighborhood. Mr. Scott was first married to Mary Ann, daughter of the late Daniel Riblet ; she was born in 1817, and died June 3, 1858 ; his second wife, Eliza, daughter of the late John Book- waiter and widow of Samuel Freed, died in 1869. He was married to his present wife. Charity, daughter of .Jacob Sprow, and widow of the late David L. Chambers, in March, 1876 ; she was born July 10, 1828.

SCOTT, JOSIAH, farmer; P. 0. Gallon; he was born in Sandusky Township May 4, 1843. Married, in 1869, to Mary Brown, who was born in Wayne Co., Ind.; they have the following family : Mary Alice, deceased ; Lydia Idella, born June 17, 1871 ; Katy Ann, May 22, 1873 ; Sylvia Rosetta, Aug. 13, 1875 ; William Frank- lin, Jan. 3, 1878 ; Cora Elca, Dec. 24, 1879. Mr. Scott enlisted in the late war, in 1861, in the 1st 0. Inde- pendent Battery ; he was engaged during the entire

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