Michael Cahill
Michael Cahill, farmer, P. O. Suffield, was born December 25, 1830, in County Kilkenny, Ireland; son of Patrick and Mary Cahill. He was educated principally in his native county, and was married, in 1853, to Margaret Wilson, who died in 1860, leaving one son—Joseph P., who now resides in Illinois. Mr. Cahill when nineteen years of age went to the County of Durham, England, and engaged in the coal mines there until 1855, when he met with an accident which resulted in the loss of his right leg below the knee. He emigrated to America in 1865, and engaged with Mr. Loomis, of Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, to sell tin-ware, glass, etc., for him through the surrounding country. In 1867 he was again married, this time to Betsey E., widow of Harrison Way, and daughter of Robert Fenton, of Suffield Township, and they immediately settled where they now live at Suffield Center. Mr. Cahill is a man of wide range of information, which he has acquired by extensive reading. He is a close student of public affairs, and takes a deep interest in the welfare of his adopted country. He is a Democrat in politics and has served his township as Assessor and member of the Board of Education. He is now holding his fourth commission as Notary Public, and has done considerable local legal business in this community.
From History of Portage County, Ohio, Warner, Beers & Co., Chicago, 1885