HISTORYV OF GREEN COUNTl1Y. 
 
ing the Rebellion, and spent two years in Cali- 
fornia and Oregon.  He has owned the home- 
stead farm since 1852. It contains 141 acres. 
He was married to Sophia Kelly, daughter of 
Mordecai Kelly, and eleven children, six boys 
and five girls, have been born to them. 
George Michael is the eldest living son of 
Philip-Michael, who settled in the town of Ca- 
diz with his family in 1841. Philip Michael 
was born in Bedford Co., Penn., March 12, 1791. 
He removed-with his father to Ohio when a 
boy, where he grew to manhood. He served in 
the second war with Great Britain. After the 
war he was married to Lavicy Hall, who was 
born at Harper's Ferry, Va., Aug. 1, 1799. She 
is still living, and resides with her children in 
the town of Cadiz. She draws a pension for 
services of her husband in the War of 1812. 
Philip Michael removed to Indiana with his 
family in 1829, where he resided until he came 
to Green county in 1841. His first location was 
on section 2, in this town, where he lived sev- 
eral years. He then purchased a farm on the 
northeast quarter of section 10, where he re- 
sided until his decease in September, 1852. He 
died from a cancer, from which he suffered a 
number of years. The family, when they came 
here, consisted of the parents, nine sons and 
three daughters. All of the children are now 
living except the oldest son, William. One 
son was born here, and died in infancy. Three 
sons and two daughters are living in Nebraska. 
The others reside in this town. Like most of 
the early settlers, Mr. Michael came here poor, 
but by industry and economy secured a compe- 
tence, owning at the time of his decease 320 
acres of valuable land. He was a man much re- 
spected for his excellent traits of character. 
George Michael was born in Ohio, in 1820. He 
came to Cadiz with his father in 1841, being 
then in his twenty-second year. He was mar- 
ried in 1848 to Jane Bridges, daughter of Wil- 
liam Bridges, who settled early in this town. 
Mr. Michael resided at the homestead until af- 
ter the death of his father, when he received a 
 
part of the homestead estate, on which he set- 
tled and remained until 1866, when he settled 
where he now resides on section 3. Politically, 
Mr. Michael was a whig until the formation of 
the republican party, since which he has been 
identified with that party. Probably no man in 
the town has held official positions for a greater 
number of years than he. He has been in town 
office almost continually for thirty years. Mr. 
and Mrs. Michael have six children-Charles 
H, Philip B., George A., James E., Ellen and 
Emma. 
Jarvis W. Montgomery was born in the town 
of Saybrook, Ashtabula Co., Ohio, in 1831. He 
removed with his parents to Erie Co., Penn. 
He came to this county in May, 1842, in com- 
pany with his brother-in-law, Samuel Ball, trav- 
eling all the  way from  Pennsylvania  with 
teams. He lived in the town of Sylvester until 
seventeen years old, then went to work for him- 
self. In 1865 he settled on section 7, in the 
town of Cadiz, where he purchased a farm of 
Joseph Briggs. This was the first farm he ever 
owned, and he has made all the improvements 
upon it. It contains 100 acres. He was mar- 
ried to Amanda Ball, a daughter of Gary Ball, 
who died in Illinois. She came to Green county 
with her mother from Erie Co., Penn., in 1844. 
Her mother died at the residence of Mr. Mont- 
gomery in March, 1875. Mr. and Mrs. Mont- 
gomery have six children-Robert and Marion, 
born in the town of Monroe; and Louisa, Grace, 
Frank and Leroy, born in the town of Cadiz. 
John V. Roberts came to the town of Clarno 
in 1842, but is now a resident of section 12, of 
the town of Cadiz, where he removed in 1863. 
He was born in Preble Co., Oliio, in. 1825. His 
father, Isaac Roberts, was a native of Pennsyl- 
vania, and removed to Ohio with his parents 
when a boy. He came to Green county with 
Elmer Clark and David Bridge. Mr. Clark 
still lives in the town of Jefferson, where he 
then settled. The latter located near Mr. 
Clark and is now deceased. Isaac Roberts en- 
tered land at that time in the town of Clarno, 
 
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