John Patton Caskey
John Patton Caskey was born January 1. 1849. His father was Alexander Caskey and his mother was Larissa Patton, born in Wayne Township. He attended the District school and the North Liberty Academy, and labored on his father's farm until he was twenty-seven years of age, when he became a trader. On November 9, 1872, he was married to Tina Patton. daughter of George Patton, of Harshaville, and in 1873, he located at Harshaville, and remained there until 1889. farming and merchandising. In December. 1889. he went to Portsmouth, where he is the junior partner in the firm of Harsha & Caskey. They built a mill in 1889. in Portsmouth, and have been engaged in milling ever since. He had one son by his first wife, George, born January i, 1874. He is now a student at the Ohio State University, taking a mechanical and engineering course. His first wife died on the seventh of September, 1876, and in November, 1889, he was married to Miss Alma Fulton, of Bratton Township, Adams County.
Mr. Caskey has never sought or held public office. He has always been a Republican and thinks he always will be, in any event, so long as that party holds to its present tenets. He is regarded as one of the best business men in the city of Portsmouth.
From History of Adams County, Ohio from its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time - by Nelson W. Evans and Emmons B. Stivers - West Union, Ohio - Published by E. B. Stivers - 1900