John M. Millikin

| alma_mater = [[Washington & Jefferson College]]

| alma_mater = [[Washington & Jefferson College]]

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'''John M. Millikin''' (October 14, 1804-April 9, 1884)<ref name=green>[http://gwdbow.cemeterydata.com/BOW/view?personID=GWD50539L Greenwood cemetery association] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120426070132/http://gwdbow.cemeterydata.com/BOW/view?personID=GWD50539L |date=2012-04-26 }}</ref> was a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] politician in the state of [[Ohio]] and was [[Ohio State Treasurer]] from 1876 to 1878.

'''John M. Millikin''' (October 14, 1804 – April 9, 1884)<ref name=green>[http://gwdbow.cemeterydata.com/BOW/view?personID=GWD50539L Greenwood cemetery association] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120426070132/http://gwdbow.cemeterydata.com/BOW/view?personID=GWD50539L |date=2012-04-26 }}</ref> was a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] politician in the state of [[Ohio]] and was [[Ohio State Treasurer]] from 1876 to 1878.

John Millikin was born on October 14, 1804, in [[Greensboro, Pennsylvania|Greensboro]] [[Greene County, Pennsylvania]]. Three years later, his family moved to [[Hamilton, Ohio]], where his son, [https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=107843083 Daniel] Millikin, became the first physician in that place. He had private teachers and spent a year at [[Washington & Jefferson College|Washington College]] in [[Washington County, Pennsylvania]], from 1824 and 1825.<ref name=butler>{{cite book| title = A History and Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County Ohio: With Illustrations and Sketches of its Representative Men and Pioneers|chapter=John M. MILLIKIN| publisher = Western Biographical Publishing Company| year = 1882| location = [[Cincinnati, Ohio]]| pages = 340–346| url =http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ohbutler/cyc/340.htm|quote=..and in 1824 went to Washington College, in Washington, Pennsylvania, spending a year there, and returning home last of May 1825.}}</ref> He was admitted to the bar in Ohio on September 5, 1827, and went into partnership with [[William Bebb]].<ref name=rep/> When Bebb was elected governor, Millikin retired from legal practice and moved to his farm three miles from Hamilton.<ref name=polandchina>{{cite book |title=Ohio Poland-China record |volume=6 |year=1884| publisher=Christian Publishing House |location=Dayton |pages=5–6 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bSpJAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA5}}</ref> He raised [[Poland China]] [[domestic pig]]s, was the first president of the Ohio Poland-China Record Association, and was re-elected unanimously. He wrote the history of the breed.<ref name=polandchina/>

John Millikin was born on October 14, 1804, in [[Greensboro, Pennsylvania|Greensboro]] [[Greene County, Pennsylvania]]. Three years later, his family moved to [[Hamilton, Ohio]], where his son, [https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=107843083 Daniel] Millikin, became the first physician in that place. He had private teachers and spent a year at [[Washington & Jefferson College|Washington College]] in [[Washington County, Pennsylvania]], from 1824 and 1825.<ref name=butler>{{cite book| title = A History and Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County Ohio: With Illustrations and Sketches of its Representative Men and Pioneers|chapter=John M. MILLIKIN| publisher = Western Biographical Publishing Company| year = 1882| location = [[Cincinnati, Ohio]]| pages = 340–346| url =http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ohbutler/cyc/340.htm|quote=..and in 1824 went to Washington College, in Washington, Pennsylvania, spending a year there, and returning home last of May 1825.}}</ref> He was admitted to the bar in Ohio on September 5, 1827, and went into partnership with [[William Bebb]].<ref name=rep/> When Bebb was elected governor, Millikin retired from legal practice and moved to his farm three miles from Hamilton.<ref name=polandchina>{{cite book |title=Ohio Poland-China record |volume=6 |year=1884| publisher=Christian Publishing House |location=Dayton |pages=5–6 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bSpJAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA5}}</ref> He raised [[Poland China]] [[domestic pig]]s, was the first president of the Ohio Poland-China Record Association, and was re-elected unanimously. He wrote the history of the breed.<ref name=polandchina/>