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From A Biographical Record of Clark County Ohio (1902)
THOMAS FLETCHER McGREW.
Among the pioneer families of the county whose early history runs into other counties of the state, is the McGrew family. The head of this family in Clark county is Thomas Fletcher McGrew, who was born in Steubenville, Jefferson county, Ohio, April 15, 1817. Mr. McGrew is the youngest of a family of ten children, his father, John Mc- Grew, having moved from Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, to Ohio early in the last century. The family originally came from Adams county, Pennsylvania, where Robert McGrew, the first member of the family to come to America, settled in 1727. In early life Mr. McGrew studied law and practiced his profession for a number of years, at the same time taking an active part in the politics of his county and state.
On April 8, 1841, he was married to Martha Dilworth Judkins, in Smithfield, Ohio, the home of the bride, and where some of the members of the family still reside. Mrs. McGrew was born August 12, 1819, and was the daughter of Dr. Anderson Judkins, a prominent physician of his day, and her mother was Catherine Carr Judkins, whose father, James Carr, laid out Smithfield in 1803 and built the first house in the town. The Carrs originally came from Maryland and were prominent people among the early settlers of that state. One of Mrs. McGrew’s sisters married General’ John S. Mason, who for a number of years resided in Springfield, Ohio. Mrs. McGrew died on December 10, 1900, and is buried in Ferncliff cemetery.
To Thomas and Martha McGrew were born six children, William A., Samuel F., Thomas F., John F., Baldwin and Elizabeth, the last named dying in early childhood. All the other children are living and all were born in Steubenville, Ohio, except Baldwin, who was born in Springfield. Mr. McGrew removed to Springfield in 1856 to accept a position with the Mad River Valley Branch Bank of the state of Ohio, now the Mad River National Bank, of which institution Mr. McGrew is now the president. The eldest son, William A. McGrew, was a captain in the war of the Rebellion and shortly after his marriage, in 1861, ta Miss Elizabeth Richardson, he moved to the west and is now a resident of Denver, Colorado. Samuel F. McGrew, the second son, graduated from Wittenberg College at the age of sixteen years and after a short time became connected with the Mad River National Bank, of Springfield, Ohio. and is at the present time the cashier of that institution. Mr. McGrew, while never taking a very active part in politics, has held a number of important offices in his home city and has always manifested a deep interest in her affairs. He was married to Miss Elizabeth E. Baldwin, in 1869, and his family consists of two sons, John B. McGrew and Samuel J. McGrew. John B. McGrew, the eldest son, is an attorney by profession, and is at the present time the prosecuting attorney of Clark county. Samuel J. McGrew, the second son, was an officer in Company M, Tenth Ohio Volunteer infantry, in the Spanish-American war and is at the present time connected with the Mad River National Bank.
Thomas F. McGrew married Miss Clara J, Baldwin, and he with his wife and two children, Thomas W. and Clara J. McGrew, are living in New York city. John Franklin McGrew married Miss (Fannie Bushnell, and with their two daughters, Ellen McGrew and Fannie McGrew, are living in Springfield. Mr. McGrew is an attorney at law and practices his profession in his home city. He at one time represented Clark county in the state legislature and is at present one of the trustees of the Ohio State Library. Baldwin McGrew, the youngest son, married Miss Mary Elizabeth Young, of Troy, Ohio, and resides in the city of Springfield with his family, which consists of one daughter, Miss Ann Flizabeth McGrew. Mr. McGrew is engaged in active business in Springfield and is interested in a number of the city’s commercial institutions. ep
As printed in A Biographical Record of Clark County Ohio (1902). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
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