Shrieve Gaskill
The Gaskills were Pennsylvanians, and came to this state in 1809, settling two miles east of Waterloo, in Pickaway County.
Shrieve, the subject of this sketch, was the son of Caleb and Elizabeth Gaskill, and was born June 8, 1806. He married Cynthia, daughter of Thomas and Mary (Harvey) Barton, of Virginia. Their marriage took place January 5, 1827. Mrs. Gaskill was born July 28, 1812. To this marriage was born ten children: Elizabeth, born October 6, 1828, wife of Warford Young; Harriet, born June 2, 1830, wife of Laban Timmons; Mary Ann, born January 23, 1832, wife of James Young; Lewis, born January 30, 1834, died October 29, 1835; Sophronia, born April 22, 1836, died January 4, 1837; James W., born April 13, 1837, married Mary Lysinger; Orrelius J., born September 19, 1839, died August 4, 1851; Vincent H., born August 5, 1842; Warford Nilson, born November 19, 1844, died August 24, 1861; Artie, born June 19, 1846, died August 8, 1867.
Mr. Gaskill accumulated considerable property during a busy life time, and died in 1875, at the age of sixty-three years. He was a man of sterling qualities, greatly esteemed for his character, which was that of an upright, consistent Christian. He was a member of the Christian Church at Waterloo, and in the support of the ministry and other expenses of the church, he was liberal to a fault.
During the years of the rebellion, he was known as a man who stood firm for the right, and in word and deed went in for a vigorous prosecution of the war.
His son, Vincent H., was fairly educated in the common schools, and at an early age evinced a taste for books. He began reading medicine in 1860, completing his studies, in 1863, graduating at the Old Berkshire Medical Institution, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, in November of the same year.
In the following January, he entered the United States service as assistant surgeon, ranking as first lieutenant. He did duty at Monnd City and Cairo, Illinois, till the war closed. Following this, he engaged in the practice of medicine in Waterloo, meeting with deserved success. His reputation and standing as a physician, place him in the front rank of practitioners of this county.
Dr. Gaskill has been twice married; his first wife, Frances Messmore, died January, 1876: she bore one son, Pliny E. To his present wife, he was married March, 1879. To this marriage has been one child, Ralph, born January, 1880.
From R. S. Dills' History of Fayette County