Union County, Ohio Biographies Project - John M. Roney
JOHN M. RONEY
John M. Roney, a farmer, is a son of James
and Rachel Roney, both natives of Chester County, Penn., the former
born October 17, 1796, and the latter April 29, 1797. They came
to the West in April, 1834, and settled near Dublin, Franklin County,
on the Scioto River, where he purchased a farm and where he passed his
life and died on November 26, 1840. She died in December
1839. They raised a family of eight children, four of whom are
living in this county. The subject of this sketch was born in
Franklin County on August 27, 1836, and is the youngest living child of
his parents. He lived at home until his father's death, then
being six years of age, when he was brought to Marysville, and was
brought up until twelve years of age by Mitchell Robinson. When
seventeen years of age, he began teaching district school. This
he followed until twenty years of age, when after a short journey West
he returned and was married December 22, 1857, to Miss Eliza M.,
daughter of Jesse Gill, of this county. After marriage, he
purchased a farm in Mill Creek Township, where he resided thirteen
years, when in 1871 he purchased and settled upon his present estate,
consisting of 104 acres, where he has since made his home. Mr. R.
has filled the office of Justice of the Peace for the past five
years. He has also filled other township offices, and is a
Director of the Agricultural Society of Union County. He is
connected with the Presbyterian Church of Ostrander, and numbers among
the oldest living settlers of the county. His living children are
James L., Albert V. said Jane G.