Dr. Daniel Millikin
The first regular physician who practiced in this town for a long time, and whose history was identified with it, was Dr. Daniel Millikin. Several other members of his family came here with him, or subsequently, and they and their descendants have maintained a distinguished position up to the present time.
Dr. Daniel Millikin was the first child of James and Dolly Millikin, who resided on Ten-Mile Creek in Washington County, Pennsylvania. James Millikin was born on the fifth day of January, 1752, in the county of Antrim, Ireland. His father was also named James, and was born in 1727, and his mother, formerly Martha Hemphill, was born in 1729.
The father of Dr. Millikin left Ireland, and came to Pennsylvania in 1771, when only 19 years of age. He did what was then a very unusual thing, but what is now a common undertaking. He separated from his parents, his home, and his friends, and sought the American colonies under the impulse of an adventurous spirit, to seek a home in a new country. He was not impelled to the movement by the importunities of relatives and friends who had preceded him. His example, however, was followed by his brothers William and Robert, who both lived and died in Greene County, State of Pennsylvania. He had other brothers in Ireland, one a "factor," and another a merchant.
As all of the children of James and Dolly Millikin are deceased, it is now not possible to ascertain accurately the residence, the pursuits, or the experiences in life of the father after he landed in this country and previous to his marriage to Dolly McFarland, on the 31st of March, 1778. At the time of this union he was twenty-six years old. Mrs Millikin was born near Dartmouth, in Bristol County, Massachusetts, on the 6th day of June, 1762, and was consequently, when married, under the age of sixteen. This marriage was the union of a young, adventurous Protestant Irishman to a simon-pure Massachusetts Yankee girl, which resulted in a prosperous and happy married life and the rearing of a large family.
From A History and Biographical Cyclopædia of Butler County Ohio, With Illustrations and Sketches of its Representative Men and Pioneers, Western Biographical Publishing Company, Cincinnati Ohio, 1882.