Sumner County Biographies
"Portrait and Biographical Album of Sumner County"
Chapman Bros., Chicago, 1890
Kansas History and Heritage Project-Sumner County Biographies
Sumner County Biographies
"Portrait and Biographical Album of Sumner County"
Chapman Bros., Chicago, 1890
CHARLES E. MURLIN, one of the leading
business men of Jackson, is likewise regarded as one of the most valued members
of his community, being enterprising, liberal and
public-spirited, and the encourager of every commendable enterprise. His native place was Mendon, Mercer County, Ohio, and the date of his
birth March 18, 1858. He comes of substantial
stock, being the son of the Rev. Orlando Murlin,
who was born in Kentucky, August 10, 1830.
The paternal grandfather of our subject was
William Murlin, a native of Genesee County, N. Y.,
arid born October 28, 1804. The latter was the son
of John Murlin, who was born in Northumberland
County, Pa., in 1770, and who was married in 1792,
to Miss Sadie Danderer. They emigrated to Genesee County, N. Y., during its pioneer days, and
resided there until 1817, then they removed to
Kentucky, where they spent their last days. Their
son William was reared in the Blue Grass State,
and was married, December 25, 1824, to Miss Lydia
Bigelow. The latter was born December 25, 1809,
and was thus made a bride at the age of sixteen
years. In 1837 the pair with their little family
removed to Ohio, settling among the pioneers of
Mercer County, where Grandfather Murlin purchased a tract of heavily timbered land in Union
Township. He first put up a log house, and cleared
a farm from the wilderness, burning hundreds of
large, line logs, which, were they now in existence,
would prove a fortune to any man. There he
spent his last days, passing away June 10, 1886.
When he took up his residence in the Buckeye
State not a railroad had crossed its borders, and
Pickaway, forty miles distant, was his nearest market until the completion of a canal. He lived to
see the country settled up with an intelligent people.
The father of our subject was a lad of seven
years when his parents removed to Ohio, where he
was reared to man's estate. He was converted to
religion in his youth, and at an early age officiated
as an exhorter in the Methodist Episcopal Church,
and finally became a circuit preacher. He is still
living, making his home in Spencerville, Allen
County, and is still laboring in the Master's vineyard.
Mrs. Esther (Hankins) Murlin, the mother of our
subject, was the daughter of Timothy Hankins,
who was born in Pennsylvania, and who settled in
Mercer County, Ohio, about 1837. He likewise
cleared a farm from the wilderness, being located
on Eight Mile Creek, Union Township. There his
death took place in 1887, after he had probably
attained his fourscore years. To the parents of our
subject there was born a family of nine children,
viz.: Timothy W., Martin G.. Matilda J., Charles
E., Lydia, Lemuel H., Sarah E., Frank O. and
Unity A. Charles E. attended the district school
in his neighborhood, and by giving due attention
to his books developed into a pedagogue at the age
of twenty years, and was thereafter employed in
this profession the greater part of the time for five
years, in Allen and Mercer Counties. Afterward
he employed himself as clerk in a dry-goods store
in Cridersville, between three and four years. In
1884 he came to Kansas, landing in Wellington on
the 10th of May. He secured a position as clerk
in a store, but shortly afterward resigned, and going
to Rome assumed charge of the office of the Rock
Island Lumber Company, entering upon the discharge of his duties January 1, 1885. This position he has since held with great credit to himself
and satisfaction to those in whose interests he is
operating. He also deals considerably in grain at
times.
The 25th of December, 1879, was appropriately
celebrated by Mr. Murlin by his marriage with
Miss Arvilla Hall, which took place at the bride's
home in West Cairo, Ohio. Mrs. Murlin was born
in West Cairo, Allen County, Ohio, and is the
daughter of Abram Hall, who was born in Huntington County, N. J., in 1826.
Her paternal grandfather, William Hall, was a native of Sussex County,
N. J., and born in 1799. He sojourned there until
after his marriage. He then removed to Ohio, in
May, 1835, settling in Carroll County, where he
lived two years. Later he removed to Tuscarawas
County, where he purchased land and prosecuted
farming until 1853. Next he changed his residence
to Allen County, purchasing also a farm there, in
Bethel Grove District, where he died in 1876. His
wife, Christina Smith, was born September 15,
1795, in Huntington County, N. J., and died in
Allen County, Ohio. The father of Mrs. Murlin
was nine years old when he removed with his parents to Ohio, where he was reared and married. He
dealt in live stock, and finally took up his residence
in West Cairo, where he now lives. He served in
an Ohio regiment during the Civil War, from the
beginning until its close, and has for some years
been an invalid. The maiden name of his wife was
Barbara Waltz. She was born in Ohio, and was the
daughter of Samuel Waltz. Mr. L. Waltz, a resident of Wadsworth, Ohio, prepared and published
some time since a history of the Waltz family in
America. Much care was exercised in the preparation of the work, and it is highly valuable. There
are several different branches of the family in
America.
The first ancestor of Mrs. Murlin in this country
was Frederick Reinhart Waltz, a native of Switzerland, who crossed the Atlantic in 1750, and settled
in Pennsylvania. It is stated in the work above
spoken of, that it is believed two of his brothers
also came over. The line of descent from Frederick Reinhart Waltz is as follows: His son John,
and next his son, S. P. Waltz; then Samuel Waltz,
the grandfather of Mrs. Murlin. The mother of
the latter died in West Cairo, February 4, 1877.
To our subject and his estimable wife there have
been born four children � Arthur D., Henry H.,
Grace and Esther A. The latter, who was next to
the youngest, died when two years old.
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