The biographical encyclopœdia of Ohio of the nineteenth century:

BIOGRAPHICAL ENCYCLOPAEDIA.
IIis life has been, on very many occasions, in the most
imminent danger, and in a dozen cases at least have his
wounds been of a serious nature. During a large fire in
Cincinnati in July, I875, he was buried in the falling ruins
with eleven of his daring men-three of whom were killed
-and was completely obscured, to be dug out after two
hours' work by his department in a crippled condition,
from which he is slowly recovering. The general gloom
which overhung the city when the knowledge of his severe
injuries became publicly known, and the countless inquiries
at head-quarters as to his condition, attested the high degree of estimation in which he is held by all classes of the
people. Captain Megrue was married, December 25th,
I845, to Ann Levy, a native of Kentucky, a sister of
Captain George Levy, now Chief Engineer of the Louisvillen
Fire Department, and is the father of six children.
gaged on the public works as a contractor, in which avocation he continued for e ight years. He was elected a
member of the Ohi o Legislature in I84I, and re-elected in
I842. In I85I he w as e lected a member and President of
the Board of Public Wor ks of Ohio, and served for a period
of four years in that office. In I857 he was e lected Printer
to the House of Representatives of the United States. On
the outbreak of the rebellion he was elected, by the vote s
of the mcemfbers of the M4th H Regimg ee nt Ohio Volunteers,
the Colonel of that command, and immediately left for the
f i e ld. With this regiment he took the town of Parker sburg,
Virg in ia, in May, Io6o, capturing a large amount of rollbing
stock in the railroad depot. 8ie then moved, with his
command, on the northwestern branch of the Baltimore &
Petroleum and Toll Gate creeks, whic h ha d been destroyed
by the enemy; this work was complete d in thirty hours.
He participated, with his regiment, in the b attle of Philippi,
June 3d, I86I, and led the advance in pursuit of the r eb e ls
under General Garnet, from Laurel Hill to Carrick's Ford,
where his regiment attacked Garnet's command, fighting it
alone for forty-five minutes, killing the ge neral and routing
his forces. In July, I86I, he returned home an d reorganized the regiment, of which he was appointed Colonel, and,
with his command, went to Kentucky in September, I86I,
reporting to General George H. Thomas, commanding
Camp Di ck Robinson. He was sent, with his regiment, by
order of General Thomas, to Bourbon county, where he
broke up and dispersed a reblel regime nt w hich was being
organized by Humphrey Marshall. H e then returned to
Camp Dick Robinson, when he was sent, with his command, to Wild Cat, which he reached in time to save the
2d Kentucky Regiment under Colonel Garrard, and assist
in whipping and ro ut ing the r ebels under General Zollicoffer. He the n ma rhe d to I,ebanon, Kentuck y, w here
he joined Thomas and thence proceeded to Mill Springs, in
which battle he commanded h is regiment. He returned
with Thomas to Lebanon, thence ma rche d to Louisville;
and immediately after the fall of Fort DoneTs o n went with
his regiment to Nas hville. From this l atter city he m arch ed
to Shiloh, and, u nder th e command of G eneral Thomas,
participated in that battle. After the fall of Corinth he was
engaged in the pursuit of Bragg's army. He served with
Thomas in the campaign, which culminated in the battle
of Perryville, Kentucky, in which action, having been
promoted to the rank of Brigadier-General, he commanded
the brigade of General R. L. McCook, who had been mur dered in Alabama. In the battle of Stone River he was on
the extreme right flank, but his troops were not engaged.
After this battle he was assigned to the First Division of the
Army of the Cumberland, ten thousand strong, and posted
of Murfi'eesboro' and the railroad defences, and in the fol-0
352
ENEY, JOSHUA ROBERT, ex-judge and Law yer,. was born at Tiffin, Ohio, March 3oth, i 839 His grandfather, Joshua Seney, married a daugh ter of Commodore Nicholson, was a member of
the first Congress of the United States, and re signed his seat in the second Congress to accept
a judicial office in Maryland. His father, Joshua Seney,
was comn-lissioned by President Jackson as a Federal judge
of Pennsylvania,, but never qualified. He was four years at
Antioch College, Ohio, during the Presidency of Horace
Mann, and subsequently entered the junior class of Union
Colle,e, New York, where he graduated- in i86o. He read
law under judge Pillars at Tiffin, and was admitted to practise at Fremont, Ohio, in i862. Was Sutler of the ioist
Regiment of Ohio Volunteer Infantry from i862 until his
removal to Toledo. He came to Toledo in December,
i864, where he has since resided. Was elected a judge
of the Court of Common Ple. —is of the Fourth judicial District of Ohio in April, 187I, which office he resigned in
October, i874, to resume the practice of'his profession. He
was married at Kalida, Ohio, December 24th, i867, to
Julia Rice, a sister of Generai Rice, member of Congress
from the Fifth District. He votes the Democratic ticket.
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TEEDMAN, JAMES BLAIR, Printer, Soldier,
and M,-tjor-General United States Volunteers, was
born, July 29tb, i8I7, in Chillisquaque township,
Northumberland county, Pennsylvania, of Scotch
parentage. He received his education in a village
school house iii Lewisburg, Union county, in the
same State. lie became an orphan when'tbirteen years old,
and was obliged to labor bard to earn a support for himself,
sister and two brothers, and after leaving school became an
apprentice to the printing business. He next beca-n-ie en