Dolly Millikin
Dolly Millikin was the daughter of Daniel McFarland and Sally Barber McFarland, who were married on the first day of July, 1752. They had a large family. Eight of their children were born in Bristol County, Massachusetts, and two in Burlingto, Burlington County, in the State of New Jersey. One of her brothers, Daniel McFarland, removed from Pennsylvania to Warren County, Ohio. Another brother, Abel McFarland, continued to reside on Ten-mile. He was an active, intelligent man of more than usual prominence, having represented his county of Washington in the General Assembly of that State. His family was numerous. One of his sons, Major Daniel McFarland, was an efficient and accomplished officer, and was killed at the battle of Bridgewater during the War of 1812.
Mrs. Dolly Millikin, in view of the privations of her early life, residing, as she did, before and after her marriage, in the most extreme of the Western settlements, where even limited opportunities for mental culture were not to be found, proved to be a woman of good sense and of great usefulness to the community in which she so long lived. She was highly esteemed for her intellect and her energy and exemplary life. The father and mother were industrious, frugal, and thrifty for their day and generation They did not accumulate wealth, as others did not; but they became comparatively easy and independent, so that they could provide for the wants of their large family, and give them such advantages as existed for the acquisition of a very imperfect rudimentary education. Their children left the paternal roof well trained in their morals, and with characters that were unblemished, to make their own living, and to stand full according to their own merits. They had born to them eight sons and one daughter, all of whom attained to manhood and womanhood. They were Daniel, James, John H., Samuel, William S., Robert B., Andrew, Abel, and Mary. All of the sons, with a single exception, have been residents of Ohio, and five of them were residents of Hamilton, and now have their final resting in Greenwood Cemetery.
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.