Person:John Medaugh (1)

Biographical History of Van Wert County

Pages 876-877

JOHN MEDAUGH, a practical and prosperous farmer of Willshire township, Van Wert county, Ohio, was born in this county March 2, 1842, and is descended from a very old colonial family of Pennsylvanians, of Holland-Dutch extraction, his great-great-grandfather, Dered Medaugh, having been the founder of the American family, and his great-grandfather, Ephraim, having been the first American born of the name of Medaugh. Ephraim probably had his nativity in Westmoreland county, Pa., and there married Lydia Hattery; later he became a pioneer of Tuscarawas county, Ohio, and here both he and wife passed the remainder of their days. Richard Medaugh, son of Ephraim and also a native of Westmoreland county, Pa., married Charity Anders, and they also came to Ohio with the pioneers of Tuscarawas county, and here Richard built and operated the first grist--mill in the county; it was run by water, and its patrons came on horseback for many miles from all directions. Richard and wife were members of the Methodist church, and in that faith both died.

The son of Richard and Chrity Medaugh, the second in the family named Ephraim, and the father of our subject, was born in Westmoreland county, Pa., May 25, 1814, and was fourteen years of age when brought by his parents to Tuscarawas county, Ohio. He here married Jane Slater, daughter of Samuel and Barbara (Robinson) Slater, formerly of the Keystone state, the result of this union being Sarah A., Elmira, Mary, John, Andrew, Charity and William, all now deceased excepting Sarah A., Andrew and our subject. After a residence of three years in Tuscarawas county, Mr. and Mrs. Medaugh came to Van Wert county in 1837, and here the father hewed from the forest what is now a fine farm of 180 acres, making an excellent home.

In 1864 the death took from him his first wife, and his second marriage took place in 1865, to Miss Christina Snyder, daughter of Frederick and Elizabeth (Dauge) Snyder, but from this untion there is no offspring. In politics Mr. Medaugh is a republican, and he and family have long been identified with the radical branch of the Church of the United Brethren in Christ. Beside his wide celbrity as a farmer, Mr. Medaugh is widely known throughout Van Wert, and adjacent counties as an auctioneer, a calling he has followed over forty years.

John Medaugh, whose name stands at the head of this sketch, received a good common-school education, and also assisted on the home farm until he responded to his country's call in August, 1862, when he enlisted in company A., Ninety-ninth regiment, Ohio volunteer infantry, and served in the campaigns of Kentucky, Tennesseee and Georgia, skirmishing for three months with the rebel, Braxton Bragg, and enduring much heavy marching and fighting until severely injured in his hip and back by an accident, in consequence of which he was honorably dischyarged, on account of disability, in March, 1863. Becoming convalescent, he enlisted, in October, 1864, in the western army, and gallantly served until the close of the war, receiving his final discharge in the fall of 1865. In 1890 he was granted a pension for his valiant services of $5 per month. The marriage of Mr. Medaugh was celebrated November 19, 1868, with Miss Emily Carter, daughter of Ardalus and Hannah {Julick} Cartter,of Virginia, the union being blessed by the birth of the following children: Norman R., Hanna A., William M., Nima L., and John G. - all of whom have been highly educated.

With the exception of two years, passed at Rockford, Ohio, in hotel keeping and the grocery business, Mr. Medaugh has followed farming as a life pursuit. His farm, which is a model in itself, containes twenty-five acres, and his modern two-story brick mansion is probably as handsome a dwelling as there is in the county. In politics Mr. Medaugh is a staunch republican, and has been township trustee for four years. A member of the United Brethyren church, he has long been a class leader. His son, Norman R., is a graduate of Middlepoint Normal college, and is married to Annie M. Ballenger; Hannah A., daughter of subject, is th wife of Charles Walters, and William M., another son, is married to Rosa A. Brown.

Emily (Carter) & John Medaugh

Old Medaugh Home Outside Ohio City, Ohio

Old Medaugh Home Today

John & Emily (Carter) Medaugh's Family

John & Emily's Grave

Biographical History, p 1

Biographical History, p 2

JGM II's 1921 bio, p 1

JGM II's 1921 bio, p 2

Image:JGM II - 1921 Biographical Sketch.pdf

1. ↑ Van Wert, Ohio, United States. 1880 U.S. Census Population Schedule.
2. ↑ Van Wert, Ohio, United States. 1870 U.S. Census Population Schedule.
3. ↑ Van Wert, Ohio, United States. 1900 U.S. Census Population Schedule.
4. ↑ Van Wert, Ohio, United States. 1910 U.S. Census Population Schedule.
5.   State of Ohio, Bureau of Vital Statistics. Ohio Deaths 1908-1953. (Ohio, United States: Intellectual Reserve, Inc.).
6. ↑ Middaugh, Jack K. The Middaugh Family in the Netherlands and North America (1480-2000).
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4} Ohio, United States. Ohio Deaths and Burials, 1854-1997.
8. ↑ ^8.0 8.1 Van Wert, Ohio, United States. 1850 U.S. Census Population Schedule
   line 11, family # 344, 20 Aug 1850.

   John Merdaugh [Medaugh] is the eldest son living at home in Willshire Township, Van Wert County, Ohio, with his parents, Ephraim & Jane, and siblings, Sarah A. Elmira/Almira, Pauly [Polly/Mary], Andrew & Charity.

9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3} Midaugh, John, in Ohio, United States. Ohio Deaths and Burials, 1854-1997
   Van Wert Co., OH, 17 May 1918.

   John Midaugh b. 08 Mar 1842 in Ohio, d. 17 May 1918 in Willshire Township, Van Wert County, Ohio, age 76 & was buried 20 May 1918. White, farmer, married. Father, Ephriam Midaugh, was born in Pennsylvania. Mother is listed as Jance Slater.

10. ↑ ^{10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4} John Medaugh, in Find A Grave.

    Medaugh, Father & Mother, Co. A, 98 O.V.I., John Medaugh, Mar 8, 1842 - May 17, 1918, Age 76y 2m 9d; Emily, his wife, Aug 19, 1939 - Aug 18, 1919, Age 80y.

11.   Medaugh, John Glenn, in A Portrait and biographical record of Allen and Van Wert Counties, Ohio: containing biographical sketches of many prominent and representative citizens : together with biographies and portraits of all the presidents of the United States, and biographies of the governors of Ohio. (Chicago: A.W. Bowen & Co., 1896)
    p 876-877, 1896.