. History of Hamilton County, Ohio, with illustrations and biographical sketches. by this would bark like a dog, and often move about on hands REEVES McGILLIARD, Esq. The parents of the subject of this sketch were Johnand Elizabeth (Campbell) McGilliard. The father wasborn in Pennsylvania in 1788, and at the age of eightyears, in 1796, was brought to Springfield township byhis parents, and spent there-mainder of his days there,dying in 1878, at .the ad-vanced age of ninety was a prominent teanin local affairs in his day,filling at different timesnearly every township of-fice—as truste
. History of Hamilton County, Ohio, with illustrations and biographical sketches. by this would bark like a dog, and often move about on hands REEVES McGILLIARD, Esq. The parents of the subject of this sketch were Johnand Elizabeth (Campbell) McGilliard. The father wasborn in Pennsylvania in 1788, and at the age of eightyears, in 1796, was brought to Springfield township byhis parents, and spent there-mainder of his days there,dying in 1878, at .the ad-vanced age of ninety was a prominent teanin local affairs in his day,filling at different timesnearly every township of-fice—as trustee, treasurer,justice of the peace, con-stable, etc. ElizabethCampbell, his wife, wasborn in 1784, and died in1861, aged seventy-sevenyears. Among their chil-dren was one daughter,Mary, now widow of JohnMoore, and residing at There were threesons, Andrew, William, andReeves, all of whom arestill living in Springfieldtownship. William is the subject ofvious sketches. Reeves McGillard, residing nearly two miles eastof Mt. Pleasant, was born in 1809. He was married. notice in our pre- in 1833 to Miss Sarah Gardiner, of this children were two, Esther and Eliza Ann,both of whom died in 1864—the mother having pre-ceded her chidren to the grave by four years. Abouttwo years thereafter was married toMiss Sarah Brown. Hehas followed the businessof farming during allhis active life. For morethan twenty consecutiveyears he was entrusted byhis fellow-citizens with theresponsible dutifes of jus-tice of the peace, which hedischarged to the generalsatisfaction. He has also,from time to time, servedas township trustee andschool director. Himselfand wife are both mem-bers of the Christianchurch, and have longbeen among its staunchestsupporters. Mr. McGil-liard has passed the Psalm-ists limit of human life by almost two years, but retainsconsiderable vigor of mind and body, and is regardedby his friends as a remarkably well-preserved old gentle-man.
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