The Millar Families of Pickaway County, Ohio

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The Millar family of Harrison township, Pickaway County, have occupied their land for the past 100 years. The great-grandparents of William Millar were Isaac and Elizabeth (Sea) Millar, the former of whom was born February 9, 1749. and married Elizabeth Sea on October 28, 1777, and died January 23, 1815, in the 66th year of his age. His wife

I was born August 15, 1756, and died April 14, 1794. Their children were: William, born

August 6, 1778; Catherine, born February 19. 1780; Rebecca, born February 3. 1783: Michael, born March 30, 1785; Isaac, born December 6, 1787: Elizabeth, born Februarv 4, 1790: and Adam, born March 24, 1792.

Adam Millar, the grandfather of William Millar, died March 28. 1824, aged 32 years and 4 days. He married Rebecca Decker and they had two sons: Isaac D., father of our subject; and John, who died when a young man.

Isaac D. Millar was born March 18, 1822, and on February 22, 1844. married his cousin. Sarah Ann Millar, daughter of William and Mary (Sudduth) Millar, whose children were as follows: Elizabeth, born May 2, 1809;

George Washington, born February 5, r 8 1 1 Isaac, born January 28, 1813; Adam, born March 15, 1815; Sarah Ann, born April 24. 1817; Lucinda, born December 12, 1819; William A. P., born November 17, 1824; and Mary. Catherine, born April 23, 1830. Isaac D. Millar died October 21, 1867; his wife died June 27, 1900. aged S3 years.

The children of Isaac D. and Sarah Ann Millar were: John D.. born December 6.

1844. deceased March 28. 1860: William, the subject of this sketch; Mary Rebecca, born September 6, 1-850, wife of Hon. Thaddeus E. Cromley; Leonard, born April 1, 1854, residing in Harrison township, whose sketch may be found elsewhere in this work; Isaac M. and Adam P. (twins), born March 21, 1857, the former of whom died February 3, 1860, and the latter on March 26, 1886; and Annie I. wife of F. S. Chryst, probate judge of Trumbull County, who died at her home in Warren. Ohio, March 25. 1901, leaving two daughters — Blanche E. and Sarah M.

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' !; ' his section and owns one of the most valuable farms in the township.

On January 14, 1892, Mr. Millar was married to Aphlus Q’Day, who is a daughter of Wesley and Malvina (Scutt) O'Day. The father of Mrs. Millar was born in Delaware, May 10, 1820, and died June 20, 1887, at South Bloomfield, Ohio. The mother was born in Onondaga County, New York, August 15, 1827, and resides at South Bloomfield with her youngest son, Meredith O’Day. Mr. and Mrs. Millar have four children, viz.: Sarah Ann, born September 27, 1894: Isaac O'Day, born February 17, 1896; and Mary Ette* Bernice and Hariett Beatrice (twins), born June 15, 1905. A group picture of the Millar family accompanies this sketch. In politics Mr. Millar is a Republican as was his father before him. Mrs. Millar has been a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church at South Bloomfield since she was 15 years of age.

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CEONARD MILLAR, who resides on his valuable farm three-quarters of a mile west of South Bloomfield, in Harrison township, has lived continuously on his present homestead for a period of 26 years. His place is a part of the estate of William Millar, his maternal grandfather, and is cultivated on thorough and scientific.

principles, being therefore both attractive and productive. Mr. Millar was born in Harrison township, Pickaway County, Ohio, April 1, 1854, and is a son of Isaac D. and Sarah Ann (Millar) Millar.

The branch of the Millar family to which our subject belongs is of old Virginia stock, and the early ancestors held various grants from the British crown. Members of the family commenced to migrate to Ohio about 1803, soon after its admission to the Union.

Isaac Millar, the great-grand father of our subject, was born February 9, 1749, married Elizabeth Sea. on October 28, 1777, and died January 23, 1815, in the 66th year of his age. His wife, who was born August 15, 1756, died April 14, 1794. Their children were as follows: William, born August 6, 1788; Catherine, born February 19, 1780; Rebecca,.born February 3, 1783; Michael, born March 30, 1785; Isaac, born December 6, 1787; Elizabeth, born February 4, 1790: and Adam, our subject’s grandfather. William, the oldest child, married Mary Sudduth and they had the following family: Elizabeth, born May 2, 1809: George Washington, born February 5, 1811; Isaac, born January 28. 1813: Adam, born March 15, 1815; Sarah Ann (mother of our subject), born April 24. 1817; Lucinda, born December 12, 1819; William A. P., born November 17, 1824; and Mary Catherine, born April 23. 1830.

Adam Millar, the paternal grandfather of Leonard Millar, was born March 24, 1792, and died March 28. 1824. He married Rebecca Decker and to them were born two sons: Isaac D., our subject’s father; and John, who died in young manhood.

Isaac D. Millar, the father, was born March 18, 1822, and on February 22. 1844. married Sarah* Ann Millar, daughter of William and Mary (Sudduth) Millar. The seven children born to their union were: John D., born December 6, 1844. who died March 28, 1860: William, bom April 28, 1847, whose sketch appears elsewhere in this work; Mary Rebecca, born September 6, 1850, wife of Hon. Thaddeus E. Cromley; Leonard, of this sketch

Isaac M. and Adam P. (twins), born March 21, 1857, the former deceased February 3, 1860, and the latter, March 26, 1886; and Annie L., who married F. S. Chryst, a lawyer of Warren, Ohio, and present probate judge of Trumbull County — Mrs. Chryst died March 25, 1901, leaving two daughters, Blanche E. and Sarah M. The death of Isaac D. Millar took place October 21, 1867; he was survived many years by his wife, who lived to the age of 83 years, dying on June 27, 1900.

Leonard Millar obtained what education he could in the South Bloomfield school, and after leaving school commenced his life work of farming upon the family homestead. On the loth of October, 1888, he was united in marriage to Lida Grace Stimmel, daughter of Peter and Catherine Stimmel, of Franklin County, Ohio. Mrs. Millar's father died when she was about six years of age; her mother is now a resident of Columbus. Mr. and Mrs. Millar have two sons: Earle William, born August 8, 1889, who is a student at the Ashville High School; and Benford S., who is attending the district school at South Bloomfield.

Mrs. Leonard Millar, the wife of our subject, is a capable, well-educated woman. After finishing the common-school work, she spent three years in the completion of a thorough business course, which was afterward supplemented by a special training in stenography. She is of German ancestry, the first of her family to come to the United States being Yost Stimmel. This ancestor of the American branch was torn in 1756, and his wife, Hannah Magdalene Stocker, four years afterward. The family located in Frederick County, Maryland, where Mr. Stimmel resided and cultivated his farm, dying in 1805 and being buried on the family homestead.

Michael Stimmel, the great-grandfather of Mrs., Millar, was torn in Frederick County, Maryland, and died in 1859. On March 3, 1790, he was married to Catherine Plum, torn in Hampshire County, Virginia (now West Virginia), March 3, 1790, who. passed away in 1872, at the age of 82.

Peter Stimmel, the grandfather, was a native of Frederick County, Maryland, born in 1788. He married Elizabeth Landes, daughter of Samuel Landes, of Hamilton township. Franklin County, Ohio, and resided on the Landes homestead, one mile north of Lockbourne. Their family consisted of the following members: John, Jacob, Samuel, Mary, Peter, Hannah, Michael and Lydia. Peter Stimmel died in 1844, aged 55 years, and his widow survived him until 1855, when she died at the age of 63.

Peter Stimmel, the fifth child of this family, was the father of Mrs. Leonard Millar. He was born at Lockbourne, Franklin County, Ohio, July 17, 1824, but from the age of five years until his death, February 28, 1874, was a resident of Shadeville, Franklin County, engaged at various times as a merchant and a grain dealer. He was also the owner of a farm, and a man of good standing and circumstances. His wife. Catherine Jlulva. was born near Groveport. Franklin County. Ohio. January 3, 1837, and, as stated, resides in Columbus, where she is a nurse. Besides Mrs. Leonard Millar, the children of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Stimmel were Henry Landes, Carrie A.. Arabella H., Efiie G. and Earl H. Henry Landes Stimmel. the oldest brother of Mrs. Millar, is a traveling man, residing at Decatur, Illinois.

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IRANKLIN MILLAR. The late Franklin Millar, whose death occurred March 15, 1878, was for 50 years a resident of Madison township where he was born January ii, 1828, being a son of Isaac and Susan (Decker) Millar.

Isaac Millar was born in Hampshire County, Virginia (now West Virginia), and in 1806 came to Ohio, settling on a section of land in Madison township, Pickaway County. He accumulated considerable property during his life and at one time owned 1,800 acres of land in Madison and Harrison townships. In 1815 he built and operated a small distillery and corn mill. He brought the first threshing machine and the first reaper into Madison township where the greater part of his life was spent. In 1812 he married Susan Decker, also a native of Virginia and to them were born nine children, as follows: Rebecca, John D., Jacob, Michael, Susan, Sarah, Franklin, Hannah and Elizabeth, all of whom are deceased but Hannah (wife of George W. Brown) and Elizabeth (widow of Jesse Musselman). Isaac Millar died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Musselman, July 15, 1883.

Franklin Millar was reared and educated in Madison township and devoted his whole life to agricultural pursuits in which he was uniformly successful. He was married on May 18, 1854, to Jane A. Rarey, who was born in Madison township, ' Pickaway County, Ohio, and is a daughter of George and Jane (Wilson) Rarey, who were early settlers in this township, where the former was a large farmer and stock-raiser. Mrs. Millards mother died in 1836 and her father in 1850. She was reared in Madison township and was mainly educated at Lithopolis where she completed her education in the high school. To Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Millar were born seven Children, namely: Isaac. Hannah D., Charles R.. Margaret R., Clara, Franklin G. and Irvin. Isaac was married to Mary E. Wilson on January 11, 1888, and on the 4th of the following August was killed by lightning in the house where he was born. On October 16th of the same year, a son, Isaac, was born to his widow, which son now lives with his mother at the Wilson home-

Google stead near St. Paul, Ohio. Hannah D. died November 15, 1893. Charles R. died December 24, 1875. Clara married William H. Rugli and lives on an adjoining farm in Madison township. Margaret R., Franklin G. and Irvin live with their mother on the home farm. The subject of this sketch died in the full belief of a blessed immortality. He was, as is his widow, a consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal Church located near Duvall, Ohio. Mrs. Millar is a lady who is widely and favorably known throughout Madison township for her many estimable qualities and numbers her friends by the score.

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