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Data source is Ellen Copper, 1841 Walnut Grove Drive, State College, PA 16801-8441, e-mail fec33@comcast.net
A Portrait and Biographical Record of Mercer and Van Wert Counties,
Ohio-1896
Morgan Mumaugh, an old resident of VanWert County, is now a successful farmer on the line between Paulding and VanWert Counties, in Blue Creek Township, Paulding county. He was born in Fairfield Co., OH, December 29, 1819, a son of William and Sarah (Reese) Mumaugh. The father William was born in Pennsykvania in 1794 of German descent, being a son of Conrad, who was the first of the family to come to America, locating, first, in Pennsylvania, then moving to Montgomery Co., OH, and finally to Fairfield, where his death took place about 1830. Of his four children, William was the eldest, was reared to farming, and received his education in a frontier log schoolhouse. In 1817 he married Sarah Reese, who was born in Virginia in 1796, a daughter of Morris and Caracy Reese, and to this union were born eleven children, viz: John R., Morgan (our subject), Mary, Caracy, George (deceased), William, Morris C., Lewis, Isaac, Sarah and David. An adopted daughter, Mary A. Hubbart, was also reared by these kind-hearted couple. Morris Reese, father of Mrs. Mumaugh, was also a native of the Old Dominion, was of English descent, and was born in 1757, and about the year 1800 came to Fairfiel Co., OH, carrying his two daughters-Sarah and Caracy-on horseback, in a sack or pouch, similar in shape to a pair of saddle-bags. He was father of twelve children in all-John, Hannah, Mary, Thomas, Morris, Sarah, Caracy, Anna, Isaac, Gertie, Mary (second) and Lewis.
Morgan Mumaugh, our subject, was educated in a rude log school-house in Fairfield County, situated three and a half miles from the home of his childhood, to reach which he walked through the woods morning and evening, but this education was supplemented by attending the common schools of Allen county. He was brought up a farmer, and also learned the carpenter's trade. In 1842 he married Miss Mary J. McClure, daughter of Samuel and Margaret McClure, and born in Allen county, in 1822, of which county Samuel McClure was one of the earliest settlers, coming from Kentucky. To the union of Morgan and Mary J. Mumaugh were born twelve children in the following order: Nathaniel M., who was killed in the battle of Dallas, Ga., in the late Civil War; Flora, wife of Amos Smith, of Fairfield county; Sarah E., wife of George Raymond, of Modoc, In.; William P., of Omaha, Nebr.; Margaret E., wife of William Crosby, of Michigan; Lopez J., deceased; Charles M., of Omaha, Nebr.; Mary A.; John E., deceased; Morgan J., deceased; Gracie, wife of Walter Hine, of Chicago, and Samuel R. of Omaha, Nebr. The mother of these children was an active worker in the Methodist Episcopal Church and a sincere Christian, and died, much lamented, in 1873. The second marriage of Mr. Mumaugh took place April 24, 1881, to Nancy L. O'Day, widow of James O'Day and daughter of William S. and Margaret (Lewis) Beaty. Mrs. Mumaugh was born in Franklin county, Ohio, her father being a native of Virginia, born in 1808, and a son of William S. Beaty, a Revolutionary soldier, of Irish descent, who died in Iowa in 1858, in his eighty-fifth year. Mrs. Nancy L. Mumaugh was first married, in her eighteenth year to Mr. O'Day, by whom she became the mother of nine children: Alice M., William S., Sarah, Maggie, Edward, John, Rebecca, G. Leone, and Elkanah.
After marriage, Morgan Mumaugh bought a farm in Allen county, on which he lived until 1850, when he sold his place and came to Van Wert and embarked in the grocery business, but three years later reliquished this and was connected with the P., Ft. W. & C. Railroad for a year; he then engaged in teaming in Van Wert county and continued this four years; in 1881 he sold out his business in Van Wert and moved to his present home, which he has cleared and improved and made one of the best farms in the county. About 1883 ill health compelled him to relinquish active farm duties, and now, at three score and ten years, he can look back with complacency on his long and useful career. In politics he is a staunch republican, and is one of the most honored residents of his vicinity.