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McMICHAEL, J. H. carpenter, Sec. 13, P.O. Fayette, was born in Walton County, Ga., Feb. 10, 1834; was the youngest child of a family of eight children born of William and Lucy M. The former was born in Virginia, and the latter in Georgia. At the age of seventeen he was apprenticed to learn the carriage maker’s trade, which he completed at the time he was of age. On Dec. 24, 1857, he was married to M. B. Miller, daughter of Oliver Miller. They have had five children: William O., born in Jacksonville, Ala., April 19, 1860; John H., born at Cross Plains, Ala., April 16, 1862; Carrie M., born at Carlinville, Ill., June 3, 1863; Mary A., born at Athensville, Ill., Jan. 11, 1866; Emma M., born at Fayette, Ill., Jan. 21, 1877. In the Fall of 1864, Mr. McMichael loaded up all of his personal effects, which consisted of a feather bed, on an old wagon, and drove to Rome, Ga., where he took the train for this State. The war going on at the time, all of his property was destroyed, and he was left without anything. Gen. Sherman once pitched his tent on his place, making it headquarters for a time. Upon his arrival in this State, he first located in Macoupin, then in Athensville, and finally in Fayette, where he has since remained. Mr. McMichael’s father served in the War of 1812. The subject of this sketch has for several years past worked at the carpenter trade. He now has a good home and pleasant family about him, and is highly respected in the community in which he resides.