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Author: Warner & Beers (1883)

R. D. MILLAR, farmer, P. O. Kenton, was born September 26, 1819. in Muskingum
County, Ohio. His father, John Millar, a native of Scotland, emigrated in March,
1805. His mother. Sarah (Dickson), was born in County Tyrone, Ireland; emigrated
to the United States in 1810, and married in Muskingum County, where she reared
a family of eight children, four sons and four daughters. The subject of this
sketch, the second child, was educated at the common schools and at the McEntire
Academy at Zanesville, Ohio. In April, 1836, he came to Hardin County with his
parents, where his father entered land in Sections 30 and 31, of which the
southeastern quarter of the former section is now owned by our subject. In
April, 1848, he was married, in Muskingum County, to Martha, a daughter of
Alexander Morison. a resident of Hardin County, who has attained his
eighty-fourth year. This union resulted in four children, one living-Ida,
married to W. N. Robinson, living on the farm known as the James Millar farm;
their son is quite a prominent member of the family. In 1851, our subject was
elected County Surveyor, which office he held until 1857; was County Auditor
from 1861 to 1867; from 1868 to 1869 was County Engineer for construction of
pikes and gravel roads; in 1866 and 1867, was again appointed Engineer. He is a
farmer by occupation, and is now living on his farm, which is well-improved,
and, for its size, among the best in the county. When he first came to the
county, it was an almost unbroken forest, was very marshy and the dense foliage
seemed to prevent evaporation; the contrast now is very great, the fine roads
and beautiful towns showing the energy and thrift exerted. Among the mnny
changes made is the drainage of the Hog Creek Marsh, in which our subject had
charge of the work on the outlet and the deepening of the channel of the creek.
This channel extended through the rock to a distance of about half a mile, at
the site of the old Trussell Mill in Liberty Township. He was also appointed
Engineer by the Joint Board of Trustees of Liberty, Washington and Blanchard
Townships, and had charge of the system in the draining of the marsh, the
construction of the hydraulic on the outlet of Hog Creek Marsh, near the eastern
part running north into Hancock County. Part of the ditch on the old Beard farm,
in Washington Township, was cut about eighteen feet deep from the surface,
crossing the summit, making heavy cutting; the heavy cut was timbered with
lumber, which on the bottom and sides was two inches thick, the caps four
inches, the trunk five feet square in the clear. This work proved a success. The
work on the tunnel was a very hard task. owing to the quicksand, which hindered
the workmen in getting the timber before caving in on them. The work was finally
accomplished and is claimed to be a perfect success. Mr. Millar has now reached
his sixty-third year, and is hale and hearty for one of that age living in this
climate. He is strictly temperate in his habits and has never been troubled with
any sickness.

Additional Comments:
Goshen Township

Excerpt from

"The History of Hardin County, Ohio"
           containing
A HISTORY OF THE COUNTY; ITS TOWNSHIPS, TOWNS, CHURCHES,
 SCHOOLS, ETC.; GENERAL AND LOCAL STATISTICS; MILITARY
   RECORD; PORTRAITS OF EARLY SETTLERS AND PROMINENT
         MEN; HISTORY OF NORTHWEST TERRITORY;
             HISTORY OF OHIO; MISCELLANEOUS
                  MATTERS, ETC., ETC.

              CHICAGO: WARNER, BEERS & CO.
                          1883

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