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PRICE 15acre
Tom
McMillan
farm
in Clinton Comity,
Dole
told
farmers
a
Presiden t
Ford
Adminis t rat id t i
o f f e r ed nO
promises ahd
no
frills re
sponsible
govmiment.
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MUCH OF
his
talk before ttekVy
issues
being
Tuzzy, it
was
a
day
of
stepped
up a t tacks on his
Demo
cratic
opposition.
Speaking before
about
700
per
sons
in Springfield, Dole
said,
T he
main
i ssue in the
Carter
campai^
is
no
longer trust , it s
doubt.
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She did not
like
teaching school and so
she
went
to
Cincinnati with Dillon and was
em
ployed
a secretaiy for adoctor
Her
mother
died
suddenly in 1931 so she returned
to the
farm to help Herbert
and
Grandpa
After
the death of
Grandpa
in 1938
she
returned to
Cincinnati
and
began working
asa
practical
nurse atDunham
Hospital and
cared
for
tuberculosis patients
for
over 30years
until
she retired
But she never completely retired She moved toDayton
where
she was closer to
her sis
ter Mabel and brother
Herbert
While in
Dayton she volunteered
at WomanLine and Mi
ami Valley Hospital.
In 1994 with the loving help ofherniece Martha she moved to theretirement
community
of
Bethany Lutteran Village Evenat the ageof over90 years shevolunteered to set
tables in
the
evening.
In the 1950 s she and her brother, Mark bought a cabin,named 40-1]? on Cold Springs
Road,Oregonia,Ohio. Many
of
us nephewsand nieces, as wellas great-nephews and
nfoceshave fond memories
o f
Eva hosting various get-togethers and visitsat this tranquil
setting.
Weall love her and she willbe missed. She left a wonderful legacyto us, in all the special
things she did for us, includingthe starting of the Joseph and EmmaMcMillanreunion on
her
90th
birthday in
199^
She was
a
special person
special
friend
and aspecial aunt
October 3rd, 2000, Tuesday at 11 o clock
At the Chapel, Miami Cemetery
Steve Bermick
minister
Shannon an d
Jo e
Carter, music
Donald Wilson, obituary
Memories
byMartha
ToUefron
Janet Line
Linda McMillan Phyllis Suchy Nancy
John
son and Li nd a B ermi ck
Buried section
K,
McMillan lot
Followed
by
dinner
at
DerDutchman Waynesville Aunt Eva left in her will
to pay
for this
dinner.
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The
McMi l l a n L e c t u r e
Room
E.
C.
McMillan
was
a na t ive o f t h i s reg ion , being born in
th e
Cnes te r
Meeting area near Wilmington. He came from a large
farming
family
5 brothers a n d 5 sisters
College had an enrollment
of about
1
students
when he enrolled,
jus t
prior
to
World War
I .
e
was
graduated
in
the
class
of
1918
during
he
war
and
joined
several of his classmates
as members
of
a
group
who went
o Europe
unde r th e
sponsorsh ip o f
th e
American F rie nd s S e rv ic e Commit tee .
he returned to Ohio, he began
teaching
in Clinton County where he met
nd married Edna Kelsey,
a
fel low teacher
who
had
grown up in Centerv i l l e .
fur thered h is
educat ion a t
Ohio
Sta te
Universi ty and
then moved to New
where he
was
employed by
th e
United S ta t e s Government
in th e
So i l
Serv ice . He
and Edna
spen t most
o f
th e
r e s t
o f
t h e i r l i ve s
n New Mexico, where Mark
worked
with
th e p ub lic
schools
a f t e r
h is re t i remen
the F e d e r a l Gov e r nm en t .
the years
he
maintained
his
contacts
with
Wilmington
College,
estab
several g i f t
annuit ies
over
the
years. In the i r l a te r years,
Mark
nd
Edna
re turned to t h e i r family roots in nearby Waynesvi l le .
Mark s
dea th , fo l lowing sho r t l y upon Edna s in 1979, he remembered
h is
by shar ing h is es ta te
with
the American
F rie nd s Servic e
Committee,
Heights Care
Center ,
and
Wilmington Col lege .
n re cogn itio n
of
h is continued re la t ionship with the
College
and h is most
beques t
we a re today
announcing
t h a t t he l ec tu re -a u di to ri um in th e
F. Ket t e r ing Science Hal l i s to be d es ig na te d a s The
McMillan
Room .
naming t h i s
f ine
100-sea t
l ec ture
room in one of the most pres t ig ious
on campus The
McMillan
Lecture Room we
want
to express our
t o
Mark and Edna
McMil lan and t h e
members o f t h e i r f am i l i e s .
e a l so
want to
cont inue to
make
known
to
fu ture g en era tio ns th e generosi ty
nd high esteem
they
had fo r
Wilmington Col lege . With
t h i s kind o f
and
suppor t Wilmington College wi l l cont inue
nur tu r ing young
who
may mature
i n to
persons o f
s im i l a r s t a t u r e t o
t h a t
o f Mark E. C.
J u n e
1 3 , 1981
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IN
FULL.
Grange Meetinc
in
County Antrim
THOMAS MCMILLAN
Fantjily Name.
ana
niace
of
birtb
_clrM 1706
in Ptesonal
ScoUand
McMillanT
Thomas
and
place of a-.ta
9-
-1753, Burled Watrington
Friend s Cemetery. York
Co..
Pa,
of parents in full
E A ND
PLACE
O F MARRIAGE
727, near
Charlemount Co. I r e l a n d
whom name in
full
Grange Meeting near Charlemount Co. . Ireland
and place ofbirth
G U1 3l Z Q 2^IfllfllSS
r k C o . - P a .
and place of
9-22-1764, Burled Warrinqton
Friend s Ceiiietery,....Y
of
parents
in
fall.i-hua rsh
and Elizabeth
Rogers
NAMES OF
CHILDREN
IN FULL
D A T E S
O F
B I R T H S A N D D E A T H S
IF MA R R IE D . T O W HOM. DATE A ND W H ER E
I f Not Give Names of Places
of
B i r t h s and Deaths
1
J o h n
McMil lan
1778
.lanR Bnyrlj 5 A 1756
9 17 1791
L a n c a s t e r C o . P a .
2
George McMillan
A- 7-17-57
Ann
Hinshaw.
1 0 -
5 1758
^ 7-11-1795
^
3
W i l l i a m McMil lan
1734
Deborah Holland
2 20 1760
6
-1806
4
Mary McMillan
b
Nathan Phi^^^P i
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E l i z a b e t h
McMillan
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2nd_
OF DESCENTi.
William^: Thomas^
IN
F V U .
WILLIAM
McMlL-AN
Famfl Kama
McMILLAN Milligm
and
ntace
of
birtb
I r s l a n t j
, . at. 6 -1 1- 15 06 , Bu ri ed Center Clinton Co. , Ohio
and place
ox deatn ? ^
Thomas McM illa n a nd D eb ora h Marsh
of parents
in
inll
AND PLACE
OF
MAiotiACE_j::gQ=mQ.JMitaM^^
Chester York Co.. Pa.-
whom
aame i. full_JlBQRAH^LkAND ^
and place of
birth,
6 -17A3
i n
I r e l a n d
9 A-1797 . York Co . P a .
and
place
of
deau J
of
pareotsio foU
Henry Hqlland
and
l.y 1ia
Fell
NAMES OF CHILDREN IN FULL
D A T E S
O F
B I R T H S
AND
D E A T H S
IF
MARRIED,
TO WHOM, DATE
AND WHERE
If
Net,
GIvc Namea
of
Places of Bir ll ts
and Deaths
Mary McMillan
^
4-20-1761
James M i l le r
1 2 1 7 1 7 8 9 .
1 s t .
^
11-24-1829/30
Joseph Baxter , 1806 ^nd.
. Thomas McMil lan
^ 4-99-1763 Jane Jones,
?-l2-1,7 54,.
^ 11- 1-1891
N ew be rr v M to .
Debor ah McMil la n
^ q_1^_1764
Burried
a t Warringtoh
^
11-24-1766
Lydia
McMillan
9-21-1766
Will iam J av
1 0
2 1 8 0 6
d
William McMillan, Jr
in 13 1767
d
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6
Samuel
McMil lan
^
2-26-1770
^
4-10-1777
Bur ied
a t
Warr ino ton
David
McMi l l an
3-
2-1772
Hannah Hussev. 4-13-1797
^
.12-20-1844
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J o n a t h a n McMi l l an
3-2-1772
Ann Hussey , 11-16-179 .7_ .
^
9- -1853
2nd.
Hannah Sextnn^ 5-99-1811
9
Henry
McMillan
. 11-20-1774
.
d
0
Deborah
McMi l l an
8 1 0 1 7 7 8
^ 12-12-1782
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7-18-1785
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Family Kama McMKL Dav.ij
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E OF DESCENT
ME IN
FULL
DAVID
MCMILLAN
ana
iilace
of
birth_2=.^ZZ2
.PeDDSbilvania
and place
of
death
12-2G-18A4 buried a t
Chester
of
parents in
11 an and nphnrah Holland
E AND
PLACE OF
MARRIAGE....
whom name in
full
tiBbiblBti-tiUSSEX.
and place
ofbirth
A.t:.1 7-17.Z8-
and place of death.
9-18-1849
buried
at Chester
. . , J ed i ah
Hussev
and
Jane Pen ro s e
of
parents in
foil r r i
NAMES
OF
CHILDREN
IN FULL
DAT E S O F
B IRTHS AND DEATHS
IF MARRIED. TO WHOM DATE AND
WHERE
If
Not Give Names of Place of Births and Deaths
1
Josiah
McMillan
^ 5-10-1798
1 s t
Susannah
Cox. 2nd Mary Crew
^ fi-20-1879
3rd
Rebecca
Ann Whinerv
2
E l i McMi l l an
^ 9-23-1799
1st
Lydia
Caroenter
Fall is
^ 7-
9-1870
2nd Martha Snider
3
Debo rah McMil la n
^ 19- /i_18Dl
.1pe;.c;p Taylor
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4
Mary McMillan
9- 7-1803
Thomas Cox. 4-20-1822
^ 8-18-1 RAO
5
David McMillan
2 /3 -3 -1805
Sarah Carpenter 12-25-1835
1-22-1861
6
Ann
McMil lan
1- 6-1807
;_iR6t
Mil ton McMil lan
9 -
8-1809
i s t
Elizabeth Kirk *
A-
9-1850
2nd
Har r i e t t
Whinerv
8
Jonathan McMillan
6-27-1812
1 s t
Susannah
H.
Wickersham
^
12-
9-1891
2nd Rebecca
Ann
Fraz ie r
9
Hannah
J . McMillan
6 - 7 -1814
^ 12-16-3
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Bur i ed
Cen t a r _
0
Thomas W. McMil lan
9-20-1817
1 s t
Elizabeth
N.
Adsit
^
6- 1-1889
2nri
Nanny
intnn McMillan
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Family Kaa.e-J:?lllLLAN^JOSiah^
O F
DESCENTi.
^ D a v i d
I N F UL L
J O S I A H MCMILLAN
te and place of birtb
P s n n s v l v a n i a
te ana
place
of
death
iriPfl At ChfiStei
of
parents in foil _IlaidCl-MCMi 11 Spd Hgnnah HUSSey
AND
PLACE
OF
MARRlACEjjj^ ^^^^
1st Marriage,
2nd
marriage to Mary Crew, 9-24-1851
and place of
birth Z-J.?.~1801..
and place
of deatfa-12=16-Jt84?, at
Chester
NAMES OF C HI LDR EN IN FULL
D A T E S O F
B I R T H S
A N D
D E A T H S
I F MA R R I E D .
T O
W H O M
D A T E
A N D W HE RE
If Not. Give Names
of P l a ce s o f
BtrUia
an d
Dcatha
1
8-12-1825
Eunice M i l l s 10-30-1851
q y OUwiO 1 I w l I J vX J L Ul 1
A-22-1892
2
H an na h M c M il la n
A-12-1827
E z r a Whi ne rv
5 -2 4 -1 8 4 9
^ in- -1900
.
3
Mary T. McMillan
6-28-1830
^
5 -2 2 -1 9 0 6
B u r i e d
a t
C h e s t e r
4
C l a r k s o n McMillan
> 10-27-1832
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B u r i e d a t
C h e s t e r
5
Thomas Mc Mi l l a n
A -
6 1 8 3 5
^ 2-12-1872
B u r i e d a t C h e s t e r
6
S u s a n n a h
M c M i l l a n
6-21-1837
^ 11- 7-1853
B u r i e d
at C h e s t e r
7
An n C .
M c M i l l a n
3-1A-18A0 R o b e r t D a k i n W a l l
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LIKE OF DFFCEMT Joslah^; Davld^;
Thomas
. AME IN FULL JHSIAH JylnM^I I
Abl
D.I.
30.1
>ace
of birth
^lOTjil?8 _Pennsyiva^^^^^
Pale
and place ofdeath
.. 6-2a.Jia79.
Burigd. at Chester.
. . David McMil lan
and
Hannah
Hussey
Names
of parents
in
lull
i
DATE AND PLACE OF MARRIAGE
2 26 IB6Q _
T o w hom name in fnii
REBECCA
ANN WHINERY
3rd..marriage
Date and place of birth .XQrJ3.r.l32 2 :
Date and place ofdeath 3 26 1868 Buried
at
Chester
v-
. /11 Robert
Whinery and Phebe Leech
Names of parents in
foil
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4 29 1938
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2
Jane McMil lan
10-23-1863
6 16 1953
Enoch
Lundy Carey
1 21 1886
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Family Name
McM^LAW. Joseph
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F U L L
Hesidence . .
Date an d
ace
of
birth
Pale and
place of
A 29 1938 Buried at
Miami
;
Names
of
parents in
foil Josiah McMillan and
Rebecca
Ann
Whinery
DATE AND
PLACE
OF
MARRIAGE
2z...?.7j:..88
To whom name in full^MMA
Dale iand place of birth f^.T. k.r2.^^
Date and place of d e a t h J r Buried at Miami
Names
of
parents
in
fall
Robert
J.
Dwigqins
and
Rebecca
Bailey
NAMES
O F
CHILDREN IN
FULL
D A T E S O F
B I R T H S A ND
D E A T H S
IF
MARRIED.
TO W H O M . D A T E
AND
WHERE
If Net Civa Namat
o f F l a cc s
of B i r th s a n d Deaths
1
Rebecca
Mary
McMillan
b
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d
6 2 0 1 9 1 9
8 8 1 9 1 6
. 2
V e r a
Ann McMil lan
b
2 19 1891
Pa u l T. K l l v o o r d
d
1 1 8 1 9 2 3
6 1 9 1 9 1 8
3
Rober t J o s i a h
McMillan
b
4 1 2 1 8 9 2 P e a r l E . W arren
d
1 2 2 8 1 9 7 0
1 1 1 8 1 9 1 5
4
W i l li s
McMi l l an
b
1 0 1 3 1 8 9 3 / 4
L u c i l l e
H orm e l
d
8 2 9 1 9 1 7
5
Mark E .
C.
McMil lan
b
2 2 1 8 9 6
Edna Lola Kelsey
d
1 2 2 3 1 9 7 9
8 2 7 1 9 2 7
6
Dillon Kinsey
McMillan
1
b
9 2 0 1 9 0 0 1s t .
Ruth Klrkham Sheplar
2 n d . Ruth Brown
M i l le r
7
Ru th Emma McMil lan
b
7 13 1 902 ,
Andrpw
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B o h l a n d e r
d
6 6 1 9 2 6
8
Eva Whinery McMillan i
b
R i g n / .
d
9
Joseph Adelbert McMillan
b
7 2 5 1 9 0 6
E l a i n e
S loes
d
1
6 1 9 3 9
10
Mabel
E l i z a b e t h
McMil lan
b
1 0 1 6 1 9 0 8
R u s s e l l N ath an W i ls on
d
6 1 1 9 2 9
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St ud e nt s a t te n di n g t he G ur ne yv il le
School
in 1903 grades o ne th ro ug h
eight were front row left to ri ght
Oscar
Jenkins
Mark
McMillan Willis
McMillan
Cecil
Kirk
Leona
Paxson
Stflutner
Elba
M cK ay R ow e Frank
Jiundy Mildred Smith
E ldor a Paxs on
Spahr .
RobOTt
Skinruning Maynard
McKay William Howell
an d
Elsmere
Smith.
Second row
R e ha
McMillan
Furnace Vera
McMillan
Lucy Shrack
Bailey Cleo Kirk Jefferies Eunice
Wall
White Nora
A ve y L ily M ay
Lundy Gillam Edith G ri me s a nd J oh n
Car^.
Third row. Myrtle Moore
teacher
Robert McMillan Rollo
Kirk
Howard McKay Harold McKay
Russell Jamison Fred Babb Johnny
Shrack Andrew Howell an d William;
Miller teacher. The school house
b u r n e d
s o me t i me between 1903 a n d
1907 a n d .was la ter rebuilt.
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Mr.
nd
Mrs . rk
McMil lan
Mr. and Mrs. Mark
McMiilian
of W ay ne sv il le will
celebrate
their
50th wedding
anniversary
with an openhouse from 2-4p.m.
Sunday Aug 28 at the United
Methc^lst Church
Waynesville
Edna
Kelsey and Mark Mc
Millan were ma rr ie d A ug . 27
1927 at the Kelsey Home in
Centervllle.
Both
were
school
t ea ch er s. I n December, 1943;
during World War II the couple
moved to t he Sou thwest , where
they
worked under
civil
service
as teachers
in a Japanese
r elocat ion camp
at
Rivers,
Arizona. They later w ro te and
published
their
experiences
in
ah account ca lled S eve n
Months t
Rivers.
Th e
experience
wa s one of
the high points of our
lives,
said
Mrs.
McMillan.
At
th e
en d of the seven
months
Mr. McMillan
accepted
em
ployment with the U. S. Soil
Conservation Service spending
the
next 30
years
in
Hagerman-
Dexter,
N.M.
They returned to
southw^tern Ohio three years
ago.
Mr . McMil lan
Is th e brother of
Waynesville councilman
Her
bert McMillan.
F ri en ds and ac qu ai nt an ces
are invited to
Sunday s
ob
servance. The
couple
a sks tha t
no gifts be brought.
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Reviving Childhood Memories
rr WAS
GOOD old school
daze * for
Mark
aodEdna
McMillan recently when
they
visited
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Haggerty at Centerville. The McMillans are shown above of
the Haggerty home a playgronnd of memories for
Edna Originally
more than a
century
old
one-room schoolhouse
the
building holds fond memories for Mrs McMillan who attended school
there beginning in 1899-1900and returned to teach the school from 1911-1913.The former Edna
Kelsey
Mrs McMillan is the daughterofCharles E. and Arilla Weller Kelsey who attendedthe
same school in 1870.Mrs. McMillan also taught school later at Waynesville where one of
be t
pupils
was
Mrs arold WhJtaker
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Mr.
and Mrs. Mark McMillian have moved to
Waynesville
from
Dexter New
Mexico.
Mrs. McMillian is a former Waynesville High School
Principal. She served from
924
through the school
year
1926.
At t hat ti me t here w ere 5 t eachers at the High School.
The principal and superintendent also taught. There was
also a normal school located in the High School Building
where teachers w ere
traine d. M rs. McMillian
had
received B.A. and Masters Degrees from Miami in
9 7
In the
summer
of 926Mrs.McMillian, then single, met
Mark McMillianwhile he was finishing his
masters
thesis
Ohio
state
and she was there on a teaching
assistanceship.
She taught at
Ardmore
Penn. the next year and they
were
married and
moved
to Delaware to
teach at
Kilbourn schools. Then they moved to Middletown Ohio
where he became head ofthe
dept
of Biology
until
thay
moved to Rivers
Arizona for health
reasons.
At Rivers they taught at a Japanese Relocation Center
untill a position was available with the Soil Conservation
Service.
Upon
retirement from theSCS after 6years, he
served as the attendance office for the Dexter New
Mexico School System.
The
McMillians
are at home at 615 Miami.