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JAMES McCABE, lumber manufacturer, P. O. German. The subject of this sketch was born in Warren Co., Ohio, the 14th day of October, 1826; his father, John was born in New Jersey Aug. 30, 1798, and is yet living in Neave Township, with all his faculties well preserved; he emigrated to Ohio, when he attained to his majority, in September, 1818, making the journey almost entirely by foot; he was accompanied to Wheeling, Va., by two young men of the names of Nutt and Helm; here Nutt retraced his steps to New Jersey, after replenishing his exhausted purse out of McCabe’s; from Wheeling to Marietta, McCabe and Helm journeyed by skiff on the Ohio River; becoming wearied of this mode of travel, they disposed of their skiff, and footed it to Chillicothe; here the two companions, bound together by the trials and triumphs of their journey, made a final separation; McC. pushed his journey on to Franklin Co., where he engaged a year or two at the carpenter trade, which he had previously learned; his marriage with Miss Ann Vantilburgh was celebrated June 17, 1824; she was born in Middlesex Co., N. J., Oct. 6, 1798, and emigrated to this State with her parents when quite small, locating in Warren Co. Our subject then established himself in Warren Co. and engaged at his trade till he came to this county in 1842, the 13th day of November; he purchased a farm in Neave Township, and abandoned his trade and turned his attention to farming; he has continued to manage his farm up to the present time. Mrs. McC. deceased and was buried at Carlyle Station, Warren Co. Five children were born to this union as follows: Sarah, born May 27, 1825, deceased; James, Oct. 14, 1826; John V., Jan. 28, 1828, deceased July 16, 1855; William, born Jan. 29, 1829, deceased Oct. 14, 1851; Edith A., Feb. 28, 1830, deceased. Mr. McCabe’s second marriage was consummated with Miss Nancy Woodward, in Warren Co.; she was born in that county the 14th day of May, 1808, and deceased Jan. 21, 1855. Nine children were the fruits of this union, to wit: George, Samuel, Ellen, Oscar and Malvina (twins), Elizabeth, Reuben, Wilson and Nancy; the above are all married but three. Mr. McC. was united the third time in marriage with Mrs. Charlotte Heistand, a native of Pennsylvania. Our subject was brought up on a farm; during the winter months, he applied himself assiduously to the acquisition of the rudiments of book knowledge; so well did he improve his time in this direction that he was early qualified to enter the profession of teaching; this he followed for eight years; he obtained his first certificate of John Briggs, one of the first school examiners of this county. He was married to Miss Wagoner Jan. 10, 1852; she was born in Neave Township Oct. 26, 1823. Her father, George Wagoner, was born Oct. 24, 1788, and came to Neave Township March 12, 1817; he was a soldier in the war of 1812, and was taken prisoner at Hull’s surrender at Detroit; at the mention of this cowardly act of Hull to him, he would become enraged and stamp the ground, even up to his death, which occurred April 6, 1868; he was united in marriage to Miss Sarah Stevens, who was born Oct. 12, 1796, and died Feb. 16, 1864; they were the parents of eleven children, seven of whom still survive; our subject, after his marriage located in Palestine, and for a time engaged in teaching and farming; he then purchased the Palestine Flouring-mill, to which he attached a saw-mill in about five years; he disposed of this property soon after this, and, with Mr. Kester, purchased and erected in Palestine a large saw-mill, which he still runs, having some time ago purchased Kester’s interest in it. Mr. and Mrs. McC. are the parents of four children, two sons and two daughters, to wit: Flora, born July 7, 1855, now deceased; Orlando, Sept. 6, 1857, now engaged in teaching; Virgil, November, 1858; Ida M., Feb. 7, 1864. Mr. and Mrs. McCabe are members of the Universalist Church of Palestine.