Individual Details

Milton Hegler

(21 Mar 1816 - 1887)

Milton Hegler, one of the six children born to Abraham and Dolly (Stookey) Hegler was born in Ross county, Ohio, March 21, 1816, and after his marriage took up abode in Fayette county. He was a life-long resident of this county and died here in 1887, at the advanced age of eighty-one. Milton Hegler was twice married, his first marriage occurring in about 1850 to Abigail DeWitt, the daughter of Henry and Abigail (Davis) DeWitt. His first wife died February 14, 1858, leaving her husband with two living sons, Lawson and Almer, and two who died in infancy. Lawson has since died. The second wife of Milton Hegler was Sarah J. McCoy, the daughter of Thomas and Margaret (Harper) McCoy, this marriage occurring December 24, 1862, and to this second union four children were born, Mrs. Dora Shobe, Orris, David S., an Iva B., the wife of Harry T. Baker. Milton Hegler was one of the wealthiest men of his county at the time of his death and left an estate of over one thousand acres of land in Wayne Township. He had extensive business interests outside of his land holdings and was a direcror in the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton Railroad Company for many years (Allen 655-656)

Events

Birth21 Mar 1816Concord Township, Ross, Ohio, United States
MarriageAbt 1850Ross, Ohio, United States - Abigail Dewitt
Marriage24 Dec 1862Fayette, Ohio, United States - Sarah J. McCoy
Death1887Fayette, Ohio, United States

Families

SpouseAbigail Dewitt (1828 - 1858)
ChildLawson Hegler ( - 1914)
ChildAlmer Hegler ( - )
SpouseSarah J. McCoy ( - )
FatherAbraham Hegler (1790 - )
MotherDolly Stookey (1794 - )

Endnotes

1. Lyle S Evans, A Standard history of Ross County, Ohio : an authentic narrative of the past, with particular attention to the modern era in the commercial, industrial, civic and social development (Chicago: Lewis Pub. Co., 1917, 1006 pgs.), p 649.

2. Allen, Frank M., editor, History of Fayette County, Ohio, her people, industries and institutions with biographical sketches of representative citizens and genealogical records of old families.(Indianapolis, IN: B.F. Bowen & Company, Inc., 1914. Sep 30, 2008. .), p 655.

3. Allen, Frank M., editor, History of Fayette County, Ohio, her people, industries and institutions with biographical sketches of representative citizens and genealogical records of old families.(Indianapolis, IN: B.F. Bowen & Company, Inc., 1914. Sep 30, 2008. .), p 655.

4. Allen, Frank M., editor, History of Fayette County, Ohio, her people, industries and institutions with biographical sketches of representative citizens and genealogical records of old families.(Indianapolis, IN: B.F. Bowen & Company, Inc., 1914. Sep 30, 2008. .), p 655.