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Thomas MCMILLAN
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BIOGRAPHY: James McMillan, as he records in his diary, learned the hatting trade in youth and followed that occupation for thirty years. For three years he kept a tavern and store in York County; then, about 1803, he removed with his wife and settled in Harrison Co., Ohio, where he followed various callings: milling, farming, surveying, and conveyancing. For two years he served as Senator in the State Legislature of Ohio. Children: Uriah; Edith, m. John Gwynn, in 1819; Asa, m. Mary Kelly, in 1827; Gulielma Maria, m. her brother-in-law, John Gwynn, in 1830; Ira James, m. Ann Christy, in 1847; Myra, m. Joseph Crawford, in 1831; Joanna; Sarah, m. Joshua P. Watson.