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JAMES Y. McCOOL, farmer, P. O. Gettysburg. William C. McCool, father of our subject, was born in Virginia in 1803; his wife, Mary, was born in Tennessee in 1808; they were among the early pioneers of Ohio; his mother died in 1853, and his father is still living and resides in Delisle; they were the parents of ten children, five boys and five girls, of whom three sons and a daughter are deceased; the living are Charity, now Mrs. Shear; Harriet, now Mrs. Yount; Esther, now Mrs. Kress; Eliza, now Mrs. Shear; William H., and James Y. Our subject was born Oct. 24, 1828, and was reared a farmer’s boy and followed agricultural pursuits till 1864, when he removed to Delisle and engaged in the mercantile trade and also dealt in grain for four years, and, while engaged in the business, paid as high as $3.05 cents a bushel for wheat, which we believe is the highest figure wheat ever reached in Darke Co., as an article of commodity; in 1868, he closed out his business in Delisle and removed to Miami Co., and engaged in farming till September, 1871, when he removed to the place where he now resides; he has 240 acres of fine land, all in a good state of cultivation, with good improvements; more than this, everything he possesses is the fruit of his own hard labor, as he began life without a dollar, and today he is among the larger landholders in the township, thus showing to the rising generation what thrift and good management, coupled with frugality, will accomplish. He celebrated his marriage with Mary A., daughter of William Long, April 1, 1858. Mr. and Mrs. Long were the parents of ten children—eight daughters and two sons; one daughter departed this life Dec. 20, 1879; the rest are living and comfortably situated in life. Mr. and Mrs. McCool are the parents of seven children, viz.: Amanda A. (deceased), William H. (deceased), Emma J., Sarah A., Rosey B., Harrison M. and Mary E. They are members of the Christian Church of twenty-three years, standing, and good Christian people; they take a lively interest in the church, and are among the faithful ones.