CFH First Draft: Margaret Callin

This post is part of an ongoing series, sharing the first draft of my Revised Callin Family History. 

Margaret Callin is the 17th person in a descendant report beginning with the earliest known ancestor of our Callin family, (1.) James Callin. This descendant report uses the Register Style of the New England Historic and Genealogical Society. 

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Third Generation

 17. Margaret Jane Callin (John-2, James "1st"-1) was born in 1819 in Ohio, and she died in 1847 at the age of 28 in Ashland, Ohio. She married her cousin (9.) James Callin (1810-1844), and their story is told on the pages that discuss him.

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Since Margaret's biography is so brief, I decided to include some notes on Milton Township that I plan to include in the book:

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Milton Township, Ohio

The Callin brothers, James and (later) John, lived and raised their families on a farm which was located in Milton Township, not far from the village of Olivesburg. When Ashland County was established in 1846, the western part of Milton Township (including Olivesburg) remained in Richland County and became part of the newly-established Weller Township.

Milton Township was organized in 1816 by commissioners of Richland County, and the pioneers of that time included (among others): Benjamin Montgomery, John Ferrell, Abel Montgomery (Benjamin’s eldest son), and George Burget. In the following year, 1817, the Hopewell Presbyterian congregation was organized; members included: Abraham Doty (elected elder), Abel Montgomery, James Ferguson, Mrs. Jane Burgett, Mary Callen (presumably the wife of James “2nd” Callin), and Obediah Ferrell. Benjamin Montgomery was elected township trustee in 1817, and John Ferrell elected "appraiser of property."

Olivesburg was laid out on the left bank of the Whetstone creek, about two miles north of its junction with the Blackfork of the Mohican by Benjamin Montgomery in 1816, and was named for his daughter, Olive. Benjamin built the first grist mill on Whetstone creek in 1817, and by 1821, several lines of business were represented there: Benjamin Montgomery kept a tavern, Abel Montgomery, a blacksmith shop; John Gun, a tailor shop; Thomas Beach, a cabinet shop, and Joseph Burget, a tannery.

Benjamin Montgomery and his family moved to Ohio from the State of Virginia. Olive had received a polished education there, which enabled her later to spend her leisure time teaching the children of new settlers who had no other means of education. Later, in 1833, he and his wife Nancy filed a deed giving property for a school house, cemetery, and lot for a church to the village of Olivesburg.