Hi, I would be very interested in any Johnson/Johnston or Bridgeford mention. I wonder if Lane libraty in Oxford has this book? Thanks, Chuck Counceller, Connersville, IN ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2005 9:27 AM Subject: [OHBUTLER-L] Re: Memoirs Of the Miami Valley - McDILL > Surnames: JOHNSTON McDill Young Simpson McCracken Paxton Slicker Buck > > >>From Memoirs of the Miami Valley, Vol. III, 1919. > > on page 361: > in bio of William T. Johnston, it mentions that his parents, Mr. and Mrs. > William Johnston were the parents of 10 children, including "Melissa, who > is the > wife of Edward R. McDill, a retired farmer of Oxford." > > on pages 531/532/533: > There is a bio of Alexander G. McDill, a son of Thomas C. McDill. > > > Alexander G. McDill. Among the citizens of College Corner who have laid > aside business cares for the peace and comfort of retirement is Alexander > G. > McDill, who for many years was widely and favorably known in the milling > business. > Mr. McDill was born June 26, 1863, in Preble county, Ohio, a son of Thomas > C. > McDill. The first of the McDill family to come to America was the > great-grandfather of Alexander G. McDill, Thomas McDill, a native of > County Antrim, > Ireland, who left his native home twelve miles from Belfast and sought his > fortune > in South Carolina, where his death occurred. His son, Thomas McDill, was > born > in South Carolina and as a young married man came to Preble county and > settled in the vicinity of Hopewell church, which was organized in 1808 in > the barn > of David McDill. The members of this family were all great church workers, > and > Mollie Young, who married Thomas McDill, was one of the charter members of > the church and the last one to be buried there. She and her husband were > the > parents of the following children: John, who resided in South Carolina; > David, > who lived near Morning Sun, Ohio; Thomas C., the father of Alexander G.; > James, > who went to Illinois, where he died; Alexander, who died in South > Carolina; > Samuel, who located in Union county, Ind., in 1816 and married there; and > Margaret, Peggie and Jennie. Martin McDill located at Morning Sun, Ohio, > as did > sister Janet. John lived on the old home place, and married Janet Simpson > of New > York, who died leaving three children, Samuel and George, deceased, and > Elida > A., who always lived on the home place. After the death of his first wife, > John > McDill married Eliza J. McCracken, and both died on the home farm. Thomas > C. > McDill was born in 1801 in South Carolina, and was eight years old when he > accompanied his parents to Preble county, the family settling on an > unimproved > farm in Israel township. There the lad assisted his father in clearing and > cultivating the land, in the meantime attending the public school. He was > brought > up in a God-fearing household, for his parents were devout members of the > Hopewell church, for the building of which modest little edifice, his > father had > the distinction of having cut the first log. Mr. McDill passed his life as > a > farmer and mill man in Israel township, where his death occurred in 1881. > He > married Mary Paxton, of that township, a member of the United Presbyterian > church, > and they had four sons: Thomas Albert, who is living in retirement at > Oxford; > Charles Robert, deceased, who was in the milling business at Jamestown, > Ohio; > Walter, deceased, who was a foreman in the twine mill at Jamestown for a > quarter of a century; and Alexander G. Alexander G. McDill was educated in > the > home schools, and in 1882 went to Springfield, where he secured employment > with > Worden & Bonnett, a concern with which he continued to be identified for > five > years. Next he went to Cedarville, Ohio, where for nine years he was in > the > milling business with his brother, Thomas Albert McDill, and then located > at Oxfor > d, where for nine years he was in business as a contractor. Mr. McDill > eventually located at College Corner, where he built the Model Rolling > mill, of > 100-barrel capacity and continued to conduct it for eighteen years, then > selling > out his interests. In 1912, he built the Oxford mill, in which he still > owns an > interest, and in addition is the owner of a farm property of 160 acres > lying > west of College Corner. During his active career Mr. McDill established an > excellent reputation for integrity, and has always been known as a good > and > useful citizen. In political matters he supports the Republican party, and > his > church affiliation is with the United Presbyterians. Mr. McDill married > Gertrude > Slicker, of College Corner, and they are the parents of: Mabel, who > married A. > A. Buck, a farmer, bookkeeper and rural free delivery mail carrier of > College > Corner, and has a son, Harold; Laura, who died at the age of twelve years; > and > Nellie, who lives with her parents. > > > > > In a message dated 3/11/2005 7:37:49 PM Central Standard Time, KennettW > writes: > I would appreciate a lookup for McDill, pages 361,531, 532 and 533. > Gary King > Batavia IL > > > ==== OHBUTLER Mailing List ==== > To SUBSCRIBE or UNSUBSCRIBE: Send a message to: > [email protected] or [email protected] > Put SUBSCRIBE or UNSUBSCRIBE (whichever you want to do)