Line Family
In 1755 three brothers by the name of Line came over from England with Gen. Braddock and his army. They were with him on the ninth day of July, at the time of his defeat near Du Quesne. Here they became separated, and all trace of one of the brothers was lost for many years. It seems that one of these brothers, for some cause, changed his name to that of Lyons. Years afterward grandchildren of two of these brothers happened to be living in the same neighborhood in Miami County. There being such a similarity in the name of Line and Lyon, that they together traced back their genealogy, and found that the ancestors of both families came from England, and were at Braddock’s defeat, and from what they could gather they were the descendants of the three brothers spoken of.
John Line, a son of one of the above brothers, was born in New Jersey. The date of his birth we cannot learn, but we find that he was a soldier during the Revolutionary war, held a captain’s commission, was wounded in a battle, and drew a pension as a wounded soldier for the balance of his life. Some time after the close of the war he married Miss Mary Baltzell, and emigrated to the territory of Ohio about the year 1800. They first located in what is now Brown County, where they remained until about 1830, when they removed to Shelby County, and located on land that had been purchased by his son, Henry C., in Perry Township. Here he died about 1834. His wife died in 1835. They raised a family of six children, all of whom came to Shelby County.
Henry C., one of these children, was born in Pennsylvania in the year 1795. He lived with his parents until arriving at manhood, when he went to Miami County. Here, about the year 1816, he married Elizabeth Millhouse, a sister of Mrs. Dilbone, who was killed by the Indians. They raised a family of eight children, viz., John, Stephen, William, David M., Margaret A., Elizabeth, Charlotte, and Amy J., only three of whom are now living. Mr. Line died in 1851, his wife having died in 1847. They came to Shelby County in 1833.
From History of Shelby County, Ohio; R. Sutton & Co, Philadelphia PA, 1883