BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES, BELMONT COUNTY, OHIO

"History of the Upper Ohio Valley" Vol. II, 1890.

Presented by Linda Fluharty from hard copies provided
by Mary Staley & Phyllis Slater.


Pages 656-657.

DAVID H. MILLIGAN


David H. Milligan, one of the proprietors of the St. Clairsville Gazette,
was born in Belmont county in 1853, the son of George W. and Margaret
(Cunningham) Milligan. He was reared in Belmont county, attending the
common schools in childhood, and afterward attended Franklin college
three years, and Mt. Union college one year. Returning then to Belmont
county, he entered the law office of Peter Tallman, where he studied
law three years, and was admitted to the bar in 1880. Previous to this
he had been engaged in teaching school to a considerable extent and
subsequent to 1870 taught during eleven winters. On his admission to
the bar, Mr. Milligan established an office at Bellaire, and there
remained one year. He then returned to St. Clairsville, and continued
the practice there until 1885, when he accepted a deputyship in the
clerk's office, a position he held until September 1, 1889, when he
embarked in the newspaper business as one of the proprietors of the
St. Clairsville Gazette,  the leading democratic paper of Belmont
county, which shows promise of increased influence under their energetic
management.