CLERMONT COUNTY OHIO - Michael STRICKLAND, bio
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Taken from History of Brown and Clermont Co OH by Byron Williams

The paternal Great-grandfather of our subject, Michael Strickland, a native 
of England, who settled first at Cape May, New Jersey, and came to Clermont
County in 1809, where he secured six hundred acres of land in Tate township
and erected the first brick house on Popular creek, in 1811.  Michael
Strickland was a fine mechanic and could construct almost any article made
with tools.  A fine stone sundial made by him is still in existence.  He was
also an extensive farmer and stockman and took great pleasure in transforming
the wilderness of his possessions into a valuable property.  He spent the
remaining years of his life in Clermont County, where his death occurred March 8, 1851, at the age of eighty-seven.  His wife, Eleanor (Cullen) 
Strickland, was a member of the original "Bible Society" whose function was 
the distribution of religious literature, giving Bibles to her sons, Mark, 
Paul, Daniel, Hope; and her daughters, Sarah (Light), Betsy (Ogden), Maria 
(Mason), Harriet (McCall), and Hannah (Edwards);  and many grandchildren.  
She was a native of Ireland, and her death also occurred in Clermont County, 
June 15, 1860 at the age of Eighty-five.