Thomas B. McCormick
Thomas B. McCormick was born in Jackson Township, Shelby County, January 24, 1839. He is a son of James and Elizabeth McCormick, who were the first settlers in what is now Jackson Township. His minority days were spent on the farm with his parents. He has made farming his principal vocation, and now owns a farm of one hundred and thirty-five acres in section 13, on which he has resided since 1872. He has filled the office of treasurer of Jackson Township five years, and is now occupying that position. In October, 1861, he enlisted in Company K, 57 O. V. I., served about seventeen months, and was discharged from the service in April, 1863, on account of disability. On the 2d of November, 1863, he married Miss Elizabeth Hawver, daughter of Daniel and Elizabeth Hawver. Miss Hawver was born in Miami County, Ohio, January 25, 1839, and came to Jackson Township, this county, in 1856.
From History of Shelby County, Ohio; R. Sutton & Co, Philadelphia PA, 1883