M. L. Bargar

BARGAR, LEE

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Date: 2/17/2002 at 11:17:57

BARGAR, M. L., farmer, S. 7; P. O. Farmington; son of Dr. Valentine and Alice C. Bargar, was born July 7, 1836, in Coshocton Co., Ohio; in the spring of 1842, his father, in company with his uncle, B. S. Lee, came West in quest of new homes; his father purchased the farm upon which M. L. now lives, and on his return home lost his life by an explosion of a boiler of the steamer just as they were landing at Louisville, Ky.; left his wife with four children to mourn his loss; M. L., the eldest, soon after went to live with his grandfather, in Harrison Co., and, later, with his uncle, B. S. Lee; in the fall of 1854, he, in company with his uncle, Dr. Arnold, came to this county; he taught school the following winter, the proceeds of which he invested in a team the following spring, and commenced improving his land, teaching school winters and farming summers for five or six years. Married Mary N. Lee March 25, 1858; she was born Feb. 23, 1835, in Tuscarawa Co., Ohio; they have seven children living-Edward V., Gilbert L., Mary L, Ida A., John W., Byron W., and Elizabeth M.; lost one son-Benjamin G. Independent.