William Millar

As printed in 1906

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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.

As printed in History of Pickaway County, Ohio and representative citizens (1906). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.