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MELCHOR MAISH, a prominent farmer of Center township, Clinton county, Ind.,
was born in Carlyle, Cumberland county, Pa., February 24, 1837, the son of
Joseph and Catherine (Draurbaugh) Maish, natives of York county, Pa. Joseph,
the father of Melchor, was a son of Joseph Maish, a native of York county,
Pa., and he a son of John H. Maish, who came from Germany in 1751 and first
located in Philadelphia, Pa., whence he moved to York. Mrs. Catherine
(Draurbaugh) Maish, mother of Melchoir, was a daughter of Peter Draurbaugh,
who married a Miss Gilmore, and was of German descent. To this union were
born two children, Melchor and William H., a more extended notice of the
latter being given below. The father of these sons died at the age of thirty-
eight, in 1843, in York county, and the mother died in 1846, at the age of
thirty-four, and after the death of his parents, Melchor made his home with
his maternal grandmother, by whom he was reared a farmer. In the fall of 1855
he came to Clinton county, Ind., lived here a year, and then, for two winters
and one summer, worked in Johnson county, Iowa. In the spring of 1858 he went
through Cincinnati and Pittsburg back to York, Pa., and on January 23, 1859,
married Mary McDonald, who was born in York county, Pa., December 31, 1836,
and daughter of James H. and Mary (James) McDonald, natives, respectively, of
Cumberland and York counties, Pa. James H. McDonald was a son of Josiah
McDonald, who, with his brother, John, came from Scotland. Josiah settled in
Cumberland county, Pa , and John in Ohio. The renowned Joseph McDonald, of
Indiana, was a first cousin of James H., the father of Mrs. Maish. Mrs. Mary
(James) McDonald, the mother of Mrs. Maish, was a daughter of Owen and Jennie
(Brandon) James, natives of Wales. Owen James was a gallant soldier in the
war of 1812-15, and at the advanced age of ninety-four passed from earth in
York county, Pa.
Mr. Maish settled on his present farm of 102 1/2 acres in section 12, Center
township, Clinton county, August 16, 1864, and here has led a most prosperous
agricultural and horticultural career. He is a solid democrat in his
politics, and in his religious faith, with his family, adheres to the United
Brethren church. His children were named, in order of birth, as follows:
Catherine, Elmer H., Margaret, Jane Clara Ann, Emma D. and William James--all
surviving, with the exception of Emma D.
Transcribed by Chris Brown from page 791 of "A Portrait And Biographical
Record of Boone and Clinton Counties, Ind.," published in 1895 by A.W. Bowen &
Co. Chicago.