Person:Michael Hire (1)

John Hire (Michael Hire's Father) was born in Concord township, Ross county, in 1835. Both his father and his grandfather were named Michael and both were Virginians by birth. The grandsire and wife joined the procession which was wending its way to the west in search of homes ; arrived in Ross county early in the nineteenth century, and selected Concord township as the place of their future abode. He secured land, the clearing and cultivating of which was the arduous occupation of all his working days. With him from Virginia came his son Michael, a small boy at that time, and after the arrival in Ohio other children were born, including nine altogether. The junior Michael grew to manhood in Ross county and followed in the footsteps of his father as a life-long farmer. He selected as his wife Mary, daughter of Abraham Roseboom, an old resident of Ross county. From this union came seven children.