Biography of Martin V. High
From HISTORY OF MADISON COUNTY
W. H. Beers [Chicago, 1883]
Page 1076
MARTIN V. HIGH, farmer, P.O. West Jefferson, was born in Columbus, Ohio, April 12, 1837, and was reared in Franklin County; he is a son of Hosea S. and Mary A. (McCormick) High, the former a native of New Jersey, who died at the age of seventy-eight years. Our subject owns 147 acres of land, between West Jefferson and Plain City, and is a farmer by occupation. He has served as School Director a number of years. He was married, November 4, 1869, to Angeline, daughter of Henry and Elizabeth (Millikin) Alder, native of Washington County, Penn., she was born August 29, 1853; her father died in 1876, aged sisty-six years; her mother died in 1874, aged sixty-three years. Our subject is the father of five children — Della, born March 16, 1872; Lizzie (deceased), born in 1870; Laura, born July 24, 1876; Etta, born March 16, 1878; and Walter, born in October, 1881.
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