Fountain County IN Archives Biographies.....Briney, Mark B. 1840 - 
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Author: H. W. Beckwith (1881)

   Mark B. Briney, farmer, Rob Roy, second son of William S. and Ellen
(McMillin) Briney, was born near his present residence in Shawnee township,
August 2, 1840. His grandfather, Mark Breinnig (now spelled Briney), served in
the last war with England, and was one of the garrison of Fort Meigs when it was
besieged. He was born in Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, October 23, 1790,
and came with his parents to Butler county, Ohio, in a very early time. His
mother's parents, Daniel and Ellen (Fergusson) McMillan, arrived in Shawnee
township, from Dark county, Ohio, about 1830. He was a prominent citizen, and
built the first mill of any consequence on the Shawnee. This first bore the name
of its original proprietor, and for many years recently has been known as the
"Nave Mill," but its name has still more recently been changed to Wheatland. Mr.
McMillin was one of the commissioners of Fountain county in his time. His birth
occurred in 1768, and his death in 1836; his wife was born June 12, 1774, and
died in 1840. Mr. Briney's father emigrated from Butler county, Ohio, reaching
Fountain county October 20, 1831. After living four years near Covington, he
married and removed to Shawnee township, where he at present resides. He was
born in January 1815, and his wife March 16 of the same year. She was the
youngest child of twelve, and is the only one of the number living. This couple
reared three sons and one daughter: Daniel, Mark, William Alexander (dead), and
Sarah Ellen. The latter is the wife of Oliver Marshall, of Troy township. Mr.
Briney enlisted August 13, 1862, in Co. C, 86th Ind. Vols., and was discharged
February 19, 1863, on surgeon's certificate of disability. He was married August
19, 1869, to Mary E., daughter of William and Nancy (Brier) Manlove. Mrs.
Manlove died January 15, 1856, and Mr. Manlove November 27, 1860. Mr. Brier has
had three children: Okella, born May 17, 1870; William M., born February 13,
1872, died September 6, 1873; Edna, January 29, 1875, died May 11 of same year.
He owns a good farm of 164 acres, 110 being improved, and is a democrat. His
wife is a Presbyterian.

Additional Comments:

Shawnee Township

HISTORY OF FOUNTAIN COUNTY,

TOGETHER WITH
HISTORIC NOTES ON THE WABASH VALLEY,

GLEANED FROM EARLY AUTHORS, OLD MAPS AND MANUSCRIPTS
PRIVATE AND OFFICIAL CORRESPONDENCE, AND OTHER AUTHENTIC, THOUGH, FOR THE MOST
PART, OUT-OF-THE-WAY SOURCES.

BY H. W. BECKWITH,
OF THE DANVILLE BAR; CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE HISTORICAL SOCIETIES OF
WISCONSIN AND CHICAGO.

WITH MAP AND ILLUSTRATIONS.

CHICAGO: H. H. HILL AND N. IDDINGS, PUBLISHERS.
1881.


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