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1825 APPOINTMENT GOVERNOR JERAMIAH MORROW

A OHIO HISTORICAL DOCUMENT FROM WARREN COUNTY OHIO APPOINTING MASON TILDEN JR. AS FIRST MATE SURGEON OF THE OHIO MILITIA. PERSONALLY SIGNED BY GOVERNOR MORROW. MR MORROW WAS BORN IN A HOME OUTSIDE OF GETTYSBURG IN 1771. MOVED TO THE LITTLE MIAMI AREA OF WHAT IS NOW NAMED MORROW OHIO. HE WAS MEMBER OF THE FIRST STATE SENATE IN 1803. HOUSE OF REPRESENTITIVES FROM 1803-1813. 1822 ELECTED GOVERNOR OF OHIO. AND RE-ELECTED IN 1824. PRESIDENT OF THE LITTLE MIAMI RAILROAD . HOUSE OF REPRESENTITIVES AGAIN FROM 1829-1836. BUILT THE FIRST RAILROAD OUT OF CINCINNATI. HAD A LARGE FLOUR MILL AND LARGE FARM ALONG THE LITTLE MIAMI RIVER. DIED NEAR LEBANON HAD SIX CHILDREN. ONLY ONE SURVIVED HIM. A GREAT OHIO MUSEUM PIECE WORTHY TO HANG IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTITVES IN COLUMBUS OHIO. PERFECT CONDITION WITH BEAUTIFUL MOUNTING AND A FULL HISTORY OF HIS LIFE AND TIMES IN OFFICE. FRESH FROM WES COWANS HISTORICAL AUCTIONS IN CINCINNATI FEBRUARY 2008.

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