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From The History of Clark County Ohio, (1881)
MICHAEL WAY, South Charleston; Mayor of South Charleston Justice of the Peace and Jotary Public. Michael Way's father was born m Pennsylvania.
Feb. 22, 1787. In the early part of his life he served as pilot on the Susquehanna River during the rating season. He was a shoemaker by trade. In those days all work was done by hand, and he carried on the business quite extensively, employing from ten to fifteen hands, and furnished the lumbermen from the head-waters of the Susquehanna with boots for their employes; selling as much as $1,000 worth to one dealer. About 1807, he married Susan May; she was also a native of Pennsylvania, bornin November of 1790. Ten children (five sons and-five daughters) were the fruits of this union; four of the sons died in infancy; the survivors are Mary, now Mrs. J. Hinkle, near Springfield; Elizabeth, now Mrs. Arthur Osborn, of Scioto Co.; Susan, Mrs. F. Shanholtz, of Kentucky; Margaret, widow of Stephen Llewelly, residing near Springfield; Michael, and Ellen, now Mrs. W. A. Kershner, near Springfield. Michael Way, Sr., departed this life in 1838, his widow is still living in this county, where she located in 1840. Michael, the subject of this sketch, was born in Lancaster Co., Penn., Aug. 29, 1823. He worked at shoemaking for his father till his death, and, after coming to this State, completed the trade, and carried on the business for several years. He served in the civil war as a member of Co. E, 142d O. N. G., under Col. Stowe. In December of 1868, he was elected Justice of the Peace, and served three years. He was again elected to the same office in 1877, which he still holds. He has been Notary ever since his first election to the office of Justice, and has been Township Clerk since 1867, except one year. On the 9th of July, 1846, he was united in marriage with Sarah Hinkle. She was born in Pennsylvania in December of 1827; to this union eleven children have been given. Six survived their infancy, Susan, John H., Arthur O., Mary A., Michael L., and Elizabeth O. -Arthur O. died of typhoid fever at the age of 18. Mrs. Way is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
As printed in The History of Clark County Ohio, (1881). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
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