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. John Mulcahy was educated in the common schools of Madison county and also attended school for a short time after his father moved to Union county in 1875. Since his father's death in 1903, he has had charge of the home farm of one hundred and forty-six acres in York township, where he is engaged in the breeding of Poland-China hogs and general farming. Mr. Mulcahy was never married, and he and his sister now make their home together on the old home farm.
They are members of the Catholic church at Marysville and generous contributors to its support. Mr. Mulcahy is a Democrat in politics but has never taken an active part in political affairs.
MALCHUS F. STAMATS.
The Stamats family have been residents of Union county, Ohio, since April. 1831. when the parents of Malchus F. Stamats came to York town- ship to make their permanent home. Mr. Stamats has spent his entire life in this township, and after his marriage in the spring of 1863, he settled down on the farm where he has since resided. His farm known as the "White Cottage Farm." of ninety acres is well improved and in a high state of culti- vation, and under his skillful management has yielded a comfortable living for himself and family.
Malchus F. Stamats, the son of John and Alice ( Koons) Stamats, was born in York township. Union county, Ohio. April 22, 1836. His father was born in Pennsylvania, the son of George and Ruth ( Evans) Stamats, also natives of Pennsylvania. George Stamats was the son of Phillip, who was a native of Prussia, who came to America at the outbreak of the Revolutionary War. Phillip Stamats was a captain of light horse artillery from Pennsyl-
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vania during the Revolutionary War, and served throughout the seven years of that struggle. He was severely wounded three times, being wounded once in the battle of Germantown, October 4, 1777. After the close of the Revo- lutionary War, Phillip Stamats located in Westmoreland county, Pennsyl- vania. where he lived the remainder of his days.
John Stamats, the father of Malchus F., came to Muskingum county, Ohio, from Pennsylvania, and later located in Union county, arriving here in April. 1831, and settling in York township, where he spent the remainder of his days. The wife of John Stamats, Alice Koons, was the daughter of George and Keziah (Funner) Koons, natives of Maryland, and early settlers in Ohio. George Koons was a contractor on the Ohio canal and made his home in Fairfield county, where his daughter, the wife of John Stamats, was reared to womanhood. Eight children were born to John Stamats and wife, five of whom are now living : H. S., of Byhalia, Ohio; Malchus F., of York township; Matthew E., of Richwood; Cyrus, who is represented elsewhere in this volume, and Sarah, the wife of William Hamilton.
Malchus F. Stamats was reared on his father's farm in York township, and after receiving the best education which was afforded in the schools of Union county, entered Hillsdale College, at Hillsdale, Michigan. After leav- ing college he became a teacher and taught for three years in York and Taylor townships, this county. He then left the schoolroom and engaged in farm- ing and has made this his life work.
Mr. Stamats was married May 7, 1863, to Mary Southard, a daughter of the Rev. S. F. Southard and Rebecca (Tilton) Southard. Mrs. Stamats was born in Licking county and reared in Union county. She taught school for three years before her marriage. To this union four children have been born: Isadora. John O., Azona and Sarah. Isadora graduated from Hills- dale College with the degree of Bachelor of Arts and taught school for several years. She is now the wife of Professor Frank Smith, who fills the chair of natural history in the University of Illinois. John O. married Genieve ( Tunks), and is a farmer in Huron county, Ohio. Azona and Sarah are deceased. Both these daughters attended the musical department of Hills- dale College, and Sarah graduated from the musical department.
Mr. Stamats and his family are members of the Free Will Baptist church. He is a member of the Democratic party, but has never been active in its deliberations. Mr. Stamats is one of the pioneer farmers of York township, and has always been interested in the welfare of the community in which he has spent his whole life. He is a quiet and unassuming man of kindly dispo- sition and highly respected by all those who know him.
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WILLIAM W. MORRIS.
The Morris family came to Union county, Ohio, several years before the Civil War, and William W. Morris, a substantial farmer of York township, was born in this county the year before the Civil War. He has spent prac- tically his whole life in this county and by his own individual efforts, has acquired a fine farm of one hundred and ten acres in York township, on which he is now residing. He has devoted all of his active years to farming and stock raising and ranks high among the enterprising farmers of his township and county.
William W. Morris, the son of Marshall T. and Elizabeth ( Elliott) Morris, was born in Leesburg township, Union county, Ohio, November 9, 1859. His parents were married in Union county, the Elliotts coming to this county from Clark county, Ohio. Eight children were born to Marshall T. Morris and wife, five of whom are now living: Eva, Aurilla, Louisa, Lottie and William W. The four daughters are still single. Marshall T. Morris was a life-long farmer in this county and he and his wife were mem- bers of the Methodist Protestant church. He was a member of the Knights of Pythias at Farrisburg and an active Republican in politics. His wife, Elizabeth Elliott, was the daughter of John and Elizabeth Elliott.
William W. Morris was reared to manhood and educated in the com- 1011 schools of Leesburg township. When he was twenty-five years of age, he went west and located in Kansas for a short time, returning to Union county, in 1895. He worked by the month and day and saved enough money to buy his present farm of one hundred and ten acres in York township. Since returning to this county in 1895, he has lived here continuously, with the exception of two years which he spent in Wyandot county after his mar- riage in 1909.
Mr. Morris was married March 29. 1909, to Margaret V. Worley, a daughter of Jacob G. and Samantha ( Mount) Worley. Mrs. Morris was born January 2, 1870, in Wyandot county, Ohio, and taught school for several years in her county. Her father was born in New Jersey, the son of C. V. D. and Mary ( Gulick ) Worley, all of whom are natives of New Jersey. C. V. D. Worley came with his parents to Holmes county, Ohio, and there engaged in farming after reaching his maturity. Later C. V. D. Worley and his family moved to Wyandot county, Ohio, and still later to Fulton county, where he and his wife died. Jacob G. Worley was married in Wyandot county, Ohio, to Samantha Mount and to this union three daugh-
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ters were born, all of whom are now living: Mary G., the wife of J. S. Hin- inger : Lula, who resides with her father in the old home place in Wyandot county ; and Margaret V., the wife of Mr. Morris. One child born to Mr. and Mrs. Worley is deceased. Mrs. Morris was educated in the schools of Little Sandusky and after leaving the schoolroom, taught for seven and one- half years. six of which she spent in the primary department of her home school.
Politically. Mr. Morris is a Republican but has never taken an active part in politics. He is a man of sterling integrity and persistent industry and his present well improved farm is a glowing tribute to his good manage - ment and excellent ability as a farmer.
THOMAS J. DAVIS.
The Davis family of Union county, Ohio, worthily represented by Thomas J. Davis, have been residents of Union county. Ohio, since several years before the Civil War. His father. Finley D. Davis, came to this county with his parents when he was four years of age, and since that time the Davis family have taken an active part in the history of York township and Union county. Mr. Davis has been a life-long farmer and now owns one hundred and thirty-three acres, upon which he has been residing for several years.
Thomas J. Davis, the son of Finley D. and Margaret J. McAdow Davis, was born in York township, Union county. Ohio, August 10, 1857. His father was born in Stillwater, Pennsylvania, the son of David and Kesiah ( Dickerson) Davis. Finley D. Davis came with his parents to Union county, Ohio, when he was four years of age and located with them in York town- ship. where he grew to manhood and married Margaret McAdow, who was born in Union county. After his marriage. Finley D. Davis settled down in York township on forty acres which his father gave him. This forty acres was covered with a dense forest and he went to work to clear it up and make a home for himself and family. Six children were born to Finley D. Davis and wife, three of whom are now living: Thomas J., of York township ; D. S., a farmer of York township; and Martha, the wife of Charles G. Mor- row.
Thomas J. Davis was reared on his father's farm in York township and has spent his whole life in the same township. After his marriage, he and
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his brother bought one hundred and seventy acres in partnership and later divided and Thomas J. has since added to his share until he now owns one hundred and thirty-three acres. He has given his attention to general farm- ing and stock raising with the result that he has become one of the substantial farmers of York township.
Mr. Davis was married March 8, 1888, to Mary N. Fulton, the daughter of Thomas and Hattie ( Neil) Fulton. She was born and reared in York township. To this union six children have been born: Hattie, the wife of Frank Martin ; Lee, a graduate of Bliss College, of Columbus, Ohio, and a bookkeeper in Cleveland; Lawrence, a graduate of the Richwood high school, in the class of 1914: Lucille, a student in the Richwood high school; Fannie, a student in the same high school; and Stanley, who is still in the grades.
Mr. Davis and his family are members of the Methodist Episcopal church at York. Fraternally, he is a member of the Patrons of Husbandry at Richwood and has always taken an active part in the work of this organ- ization. He is a Republican but has never been active in its councils. Mr. Davis is a man of sterling integrity and has so conducted himself as to win and retain the hearty approbation of his fellow citizens.
JOSEPH GABRIEL.
The father of Joseph Gabriel came to Union county, from Athens county, Ohio, in 1886, and lived for a short time in Jackson township. He then moved to Marion county, Ohio, where he is now residing. Joseph Gabriel became a farmer of this county after his marriage in 1897, and has since made this county his home. He owns a fine farm of eighty acres one- half mile north of Sommersville, on the Marysville and Kenton pike, where he is carrying on a diversified system of farming.
Joseph Gabriel, the son of H. C. and Jane ( Martin) Gabriel, was born in Athens county, Ohio. April 29, 1875. His father was born on the same farm, he being the son of Basil and Esther Gabriel. His mother was born in Marietta, Ohio, and reared in Athens county by her grandparents, her mother having died when she was a small child. H. C. Gabriel and wife are the parents of eleven children, all of whom are still living.
Joseph Gabriel was educated in the common schools of Athens county, Ohio, and also spent some time in the schools of Union county. He was eleven years of age when his parents located temporarily in Union county,
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and spent these two years in the public schools of Jackson township. He then removed with his parents to Marion county and attended school there until he was seventeen years of age, after which he was a clerk in a drug store at Marion, Ohio, and later worked for a time in a drug store at Colum- bus, continuing as a pharmacist until his marriage in 1897. Since that time he has been farming in York township, where he owns a well improved farm of eighty acres.
Mr. Gabriel was married December 26, 1897, to Elizabeth Morrow, a daughter of W. M. and Laminda ( Langstaff) Morrow. Mrs. Gabriel was born in York township, this county, and has lived here all of her life. Mr. and Mrs. Gabriel are the parents of one son, William Paul, who was born October 21, 1901.
Mr. Gabriel and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church at York, Ohio, and are active in all church and Sunday school work. Mr. Gabriel is the financial secretary of the church and assistant superintendent . of the Sunday school. He is a member of the Rising Sun Lodge No. 71, Knights of Pythias, at Richwood, Ohio. In politics, he has always given his support to the Republican party.
URIAH CAHILL.
It will always be a mark of distinction to have served in the Federal army during the great Civil War. The old soldier will receive attention wherever he goes. When he dies, men will pay him suitable eulogy for the sacrifices he made fifty years ago on the battlefields, in prison walls and hospital. Ever afterwards, his descendants will revere his memory, and take pride in his services for his country. Union county, Ohio, sent hundreds of its brave men to the front, and among these, Uriah Cahill, now living a re- tired life in Richmond.
Uriah Cahill. the son of John E. and Hannah ( Brisband) Cahill. was born in Claibourne township, Union county, Ohio, four miles west of Rich- wood, December 20, 1841. His father was born in Harrison county, Ohio, and his mother in Chester county, Pennsylvania. There were eight children born to John E. Cahill and wife : Nancy J., the widow of Justus J. Miller, of Marysville, Ohio: Benjamin F., who died in 1861 ; Capt. James Alexander, who served in the Civil War in the Thirty-first Regiment Ohio Infantry. It might be well to state here that he was killed at the battle of Kenesaw
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Mountain, June 23, 18644, and buried in section E of the National cemetery at Chattanooga ; Uriah, of Richwood; Belinda, the widow of John T. Mc- Millan, of Zanesville, Ohio; Lemuel, deceased ; Isaac, deceased. and Benton, of Richwood.
John E. Cahill, the son of John Cahill, when a young man learned the carpenter's trade. He came to Union county about 1837, and bought a farm of two hundred acres in Claibourne township. He cleared this land from the heavy timber, and soon owned over eight hundred acres of land. He died on this farm February 3, 1874, at the age of sixty-eight, and his wife, in 1880, at the age of seventy-two. Both were members of the York Presbyterian church, in which Mr. Cahill was an elder for many years. This church was organized in 1839, and Mrs. Cahill was then a member of the congregation. Both John E. Cahill and his wife had been married before. His first wife was a Miss Lister, but she died leaving no children. Her first husband was Mr. Welch, by whom she had one child. John, deceased.
The grandparents of Uriah Cahill were pioneers in Tuscarawas county, Ohio, and died there. They had five sons: William; Dennis, who died in Uhrichville, Ohio; Thomas, who died in the same town; Joseph, an early settler of Union county, and John E., the father of Uriah. There were also four daughters : Jane Crabtree, Houk, Mary Middleton, and Barr. The paternal great-grandfather of Uriah Cahill was Dennis Cahill, an early settler in Nottingham township, Harrison county, Ohio, where he died. The original Cahills, from whom those in Union county, Ohio, are descended, came from the Island of Jamaica. Two brothers came to America in the eighteenth century, one settling in the east and the other in the south. They were of Scotch-Irish descent. The maternal grandparents of Uriah Cahill were John Brisband and wife, natives of Chester county, Pennsylvania, who settled on a farm adjoining Uhrichville, Tuscarawas county, Ohio, at an early date. In 1864 they moved to Christian county, Illinois, and died at Pana, the grandfather eighty-five and the grandmother, eighty-three. Seven children were born to John Brisband and wife: Andrew, John, Sarah, Jones, Margaret A., Houston, Mary J. Price, Hannah Cahill and Emeline Foy.
Uriah Cahill was reared on his father's farm in Claibourne township. and received his education in the district schools of his neighborhood. He remained at home until the opening of the Civil War, when he enlisted as a member of Company F. Thirty-first Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, First Brigade. Third Division, Fourteenth Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland. He served until the close of the war, taking part in many of the important battles, among them being Hoover's Gap, in the Tullahoma campaign, the
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battles of Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge and the hundred days march from Chattanooga to Atlanta. All of those were fought by Sherman on his march through Georgia to the sea. His regiment was with General Sherman on the trip through the Carolinas and was present at the final surrender of Johnston at Raleigh, on April 16, 1865. Mr. Cahill was present at the "grand review" in Washington, D. C., May 24-25, when one hundred and twenty-five thou- sand men marched through the streets of the capital. The parade was viewed by the highest civil and military officials of the nation, but the one man above all men whom the veterans would have loved to have seen, had been shot by an assassin only a few days before. Mr. Cahill was mustered out as corporal at Louisville, Kentucky, July 20, 1865, and immediately returned home.
Upon his return to Union county, he began farming in Claibourne town- ship, and in 1868 moved on a farm of one hundred and sixty-seven acres in York township, which he cleared and improved. In 1894, he retired from active farming and moved to Richwood, where he has since resided. He has a well improved farm and manages it personally.
Mr. Cahill was married March 3, 1864, to Isabel Worbs, the daughter of Laban H. and Martha J. ( Figley) Worbs, and to this union two sons have been born, James C. and Isaac J. James C. died at the age of thirty-six. He married Alma Fawley, but left no children. Isaac J., the younger son of Mr. and Mrs. Cahill, is a minister of the Christian church, and was pastor of the Central Christian church at Dayton, Ohio, for thirteen years. He is now the state secretary for the evangelization of the state of Ohio. Isaac J. married Lillian M. Skidmore, and has three children, Paul T., Vaughan D. and Helen Lillian. Paul married Ada Pagenstech ; Vaughan D. married Ruth Wells, and has two children, Patricia and Eric.
Mrs. Cahill was born at Newport, Tuscarawas county, Ohio, July 21, 1845. Her father was born at Petersdorf, Germany, and her mother was a native of Tuscarawas county, Ohio. Her parents came to Union county in 1856, where her father died September 18, 1904, at the age of eighty-eight and her mother. June 25, 1880, at the age of fifty-six. Four children were born to Labon H. Worbs and wife: Isabel, Lafayette D., Mary F. and Charles J., the latter dying at the age of four. The paternal grandparents of Mrs. Cahill were John Peter Christopher and Joanna Christine Wilhelmine ( Schneider ) Worbs. and they reared a family of four children: Charles, Laban H., Amelia and Hester. The maternal grandparents of Mrs. Cahill were Jacob and .Anna ( Powell) Figley, and they reared a family of four chil- dren : William, Martha J., Elizabeth and Margaret Ann.
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Uriah Cahill and his wife are loyal and members of the Presbyterian church. Mr. Cahill is a member of the Order of Free and Accepted Masons. and is an enthusiastic member of the Grand Army of the Republic post at Richwood, which he has served as commander. He has been a life-long Re- publican, and one of the leaders of his party in Union county. He was trustee of his township for a number of terms, served as county commissioner for six years, was on the school board of his township for ten years, and the county board of agriculture for ten years. In all of these positions he has served his fellow citizens faithfully and well.
ORLANDO B. EATON.
A native-born farmer of Allen township, Union county, Ohio, is Orlando B. Eaton, and he has lived all of his life in this township. His parents were early settlers in Union county. Ohio, coming from the eastern states. Mr. Eaton invests largely in timber land, although he does general farming at the same time.
Orlando B. Eaton, the son of Joshua S. and Elizabeth ( Poling) Eaton, was born May 19, 1853. in Allen township, Union county, Ohio. His father was born in Connecticut and his mother in West Virginia. After their mar- riage they located in Union county, where they lived the remainder of their lives. Three children were born to Joshua Eaton and wife: Calvesta, the wife of William H. Parmer : Ortinsa, deceased. and Orlando B.
Orlando B. Eaton was educated in the schools of Allen township and after finishing his education, assisted his father on the home farm. When still a young man. he became interested in and bought timber throughout this and adjoining counties. He has followed this business each winter since. During the summer he has devoted himself to farming and now owns a well improved farm of seventy-eight acres near Allen Center in Allen township.
Mr. Eaton was married November 28, 1872, to Amanda Lary, the daugh- ter of A. M. and Mary A. ( Swisher ) Lary. To this union have been born : Chester, who married Oma Bergandine ; Omer, who married Laura Bergan- dine ; and Leon, who is still at home. Two other children are deceased.
Mrs. Eaton was born January 18, 1855. in Champaign county, Ohio, and both of her parents were born in the same county. Her father was born February 8. 1833 and died August 22, 1903. The mother of Mrs. Eaton was born September 6. 1834, and is still living.
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Mr. Eaton joined the Progressive party upon its organization in the summer of 1912, and has since been giving it his hearty support. He is a member of the Free and Accepted Masons at Marysville and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows at Middleburg.
JAMES O. THOMAS.
A resident of Union county, Ohio, since 1851, a veteran of the Civil war, and a farmer for more than half a century in this county, James O. Thomas is deserving of a place among the representative citizens of his county. He enlisted in the Civil war when a little past seventeen and served in the same company and regiment with his father. Coming back to this county after the war, he began farming and has accumulated a farm of two hundred and sixteen acres, which is ample evidence that his agricultural operations have been crowned with success.
James O. Thomas, the son of John H. and Loesa ( Staggers) Thomas, was born in Columbus, Ohio, March 19, 1847. His father was born in Belmont county, Ohio, August 24, 1829, and died in Dayton, Ohio, April 13, 1895. His mother was born in Green county, Pennsylvania, in June, 1832, and died June 26, 1883.
John H. Thomas and wife were married in Knox county in 1845, came to Union county in 1851 and located in Taylor township when practically the whole township was covered with a virgin forest. He cleared a spot large enough on which to build a rude log cabin, using the trees which he cleared from the ground to build his little home. Here he and his young wife began to work to make a living. In 1855 John H. Thomas and his family moved to Yankeetown, where he resided until 1857. He then moved to Knox county, Ohio, for seven months and then returned to Union county, Ohio, where he cleared a farm. In 1869 he moved to Kansas, where he lived until 1871. Seven children were born to John H. Thomas and wife, two of whom are now living, Rebecca, the wife of George Parr, of Toledo, Ohio, and James O., of this county.
James O. Thomas was educated in the common schools of Liberty township, having come to Union county with his parents when he was four years of age. He enlisted July 11, 1863, as a member of Company E. One Hundred and Twenty-ninth Regiment. Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and his
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father enlisted at the same time and they marched away to the front to- gether. They served under Generals Burnsides and Wilcox in eastern Tennessee and were present at the siege of Knoxville during the winter and spring of 1863 and 1864. Mr. Thomas was mustered out of the service March 10, 1864, and returned at once to Union county, where he has since resided. After his marriage in 1868, he settled down to the simple life of a farmer and has been unusually successful in all of his endeavors.
Mr. Thomas was married January 26, 1868, to Gertrude Rea, the daughter of Levi Rea. To this union has been born one daughter, Lydia, who is the wife of John M. Hoover. Mr. Hoover and his wife have one son, James E., who was born March 14, 1896. Mr. Hoover died July 9, 1903, and in February, 1906, his widow married David Walters, of Marys- ville.
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