Dr. Jacob J. Millhouse
Maurice Millhouse, the grandfather of the above, was a Swiss. He followed the sea, and was a captain of a merchant vessel that traded between France and the American colonies. He married a French lady by the name of De Verne, whom he brought with him to America, and settled in Maryland about 1740. It was here in the year 1755 they were both massacred by the Indians, leaving three children. John Millhouse, one of these three children, was the direct ancestor of the Ohio Millhouses. About 1776 he married Margaret Wrench, and came to Ohio in 1804, and located in Montgomery County, where they lived four years, then removed to Miami County in 1808. They raised a family of six children. David Millhouse, one of the six, was the father of the subject of this sketch. He was born in Pennsylvania in 1801; was the youngest of the family. Catharine, one of these children, afterward became the wife of William Richardson, one of the early settlers of Shelby County. Barbary, another of these children, became the wife of Henry Dilbone, who, together with her husband, was killed by the Indians August 18, 1813, a sketch of which is given in another place in this work. Elizabeth was another of these six children. She married Henry C. Line, the father of David M. Line, of Shelby County. Susan, another of the same family, married John Simmons, who enlisted in the regular army. While in the army, in August, 1812, he was stationed at Fort Chicago. The fort was destroyed by the Indians, and he with the other soldiers were all massacred. His wife, who was with him at the time, was taken prisoner by the Indians, and was kept about one year, when she was restored to her friends, and afterward married ____ Redenbaugh, of Shelby County. David Millhouse married Eliza Gearhart. They raised a family of eight children. Dr. Jacob J., a son of David Millhouse, was born in Miami County in 1836, lived with his father until he became of age. He then went to school, and taught school until 1864, when he entered the army. After returning from the army in 1864 be commenced the study of medicine in Piqua under the instruction of Drs. O'Ferril and Ashton, and graduated at the Eclectic Medical Institute of Cincinnati in 1869. He then located in Kirkwood, where be commenced the practice of medicine, and still continues its practice. In 1865 he married Miss Georgia A. Estabrook. By this union they have two children, Edward D. and Charlie E.
From History of Shelby County, Ohio; R. Sutton & Co, Philadelphia PA, 1883