David Mock
No other county in Ohio furnished braver men for the Civil War than did Fayette county. More than a quarter of a million of Ohio's brave sons went to the front and Fayette county contributed its quota without any difficulty, meeting every call of the governor with a promptness which spoke well for the patriotic zeal of her sons. They left their homes to serve their country and hundreds of them sacrificed their lives that the Stars and Stripes might continue to wave over a united nation. We cannot forget that they fought a brave fight for human liberty and that they deserve all the praise which can be given them. They are fast answering the last roll call and within a few years we can only honor their memory. It seems eminently fitting in this volume that we set forth the lives of these gallant veterans who are still living. Among the brave "boys in blue" who enlisted from Fayette county there is none more worthy of an honored place in this volume than David Mock, the proprietor of the Oak Grove farm in Jefferson township.
David Mock, the son of Daniel H. and Elizabeth (Robinson) Mock, was born April 15, 1841, on the old Mock farm in Jefferson township. His father was born in North Carolina, and came to Greene county, this state, when a small boy with his parents, John Mock and wife. John Mock came to Ohio from North Carolina about 1801, settling in Greene county and later locating in Fayette county with his family. Daniel H. Mock and wife were the parents of five children : Mrs. Diana Bargdill. Eli. David, Mrs. Margaret Moon, and A. S., who married Ellen Harper.
David Mock received a very limited education in the old log school house of his home neighborhood and later attended school for a time at Blessing, Ohio. He remained under the parental roof until the breaking out of the Civil War, when he offered his services for the defense of his country. He enlisted in Company C, Ninetieth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, on August 19, 1862, and served in the Army of the Cumberland under Colonel Ross and Colonel Yeoman until the close of the war. He participated in the battles of Chattanooga, Lookout Mountain, Missionary Ridge, Franklin, Nashville, Kenesaw Mountain, Atlanta, Georgia, as well as a large number of minor engagements. Mr. Mock served throughout the three years without being wounded, ill or being compelled to miss a roll call, and returned home with his health unimpaired. He remained at home for two years after the close of the war and then married and began farming on eighty acres of land in Jefferson township. He has added to this farm from year to year and now owns one hundred and sixty-eight acres of fine farming land about three miles from Jetfersonville, his farm being known as the Oak Grove farm. He has substantial and attractive buildings and has always taken pride in keeping his farm in an attractive manner.
Mr. Mock was married September 10. 1867, to Aseneath McKillip, the daughter of Tally and Nancy (Walthall) McKillip.
Mr. Mock is a Democrat in politics, and is a member of E. L. Jones Post Grand Army of the Republic, at Jeffersonville.
From History of Fayette County Ohio - Her People, Industries and Institutions by Frank M. Allen (1914, R. F. Bowen & Company, Inc.)