History of Marietta and Washington County, Ohio, and Representative Citizens Volume 2 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1902 edition. Excerpt: ...the manufacture of baskets, crates, frtllt P'3 ka%e.: and egg cases. He has since continued 11;; Ht field of business, and finds sale for his p_r "C in the southern, central and eastern SClI1Ol1'15 '(L Ohio and in V est Virginia. His annua.Olht put is about one million berry baskets, le1g1s_ thousand dozen fruit baskets, and fifty not of Marietta townsliip, by whom the has four children, --Mi1dred Glen, and Clayton and Clara, twins; Emma D., wife of F. A. "Test, of Marietta township, by whom she has a daughter, Margaret; Clara, who married Dr. Eugene 'I-Iemmeger, of Adelphi, Ohio, and has two children, --lIary and Frances; Lucy, who married V. E. Racer, of Marietta township, and has one child, Maurice; Olive, who married Zenas B. Hildreth of Marietta' township; and Carlin Fuller, the youngest of the family, who is at home and attending school. Mr. Miller is a Republican, in politics, and was the candidate of his party-for the state legislature, in 1883, going down to defeat with the rest of the ticket. Q; N SEL /V. MAGEE, a prominent farin" er in the vicinity of Reno, Vashington County, Ohio, ranks among the foremost and most enterprising farmers of Marietta township. Mr. Magee was born January 4, 1845, on the same farm which is now his home, -and which has been the scenes of his labors for many years. He is the third son born to Abner and Elizabeth (Riley) Magee, and is a grandson of Robert Magee. Abner Magee was also a native of Marietta township, where he was born in 1822. The early part of his life was spent as pilot of a flatboat on the Ohio River. In 1875, he moved west, to Lancaster County, Nebraska, and followed farming until cut off bv death, April 2, 1889. ' Ansel VV. Magee's mother was...