Elbert Cargill
Elbert Cargill, the subject of this sketch, was born in New York in 1816. In the year 1819 he was taken by his parents to Muskingum County, O., where he lived till the year 1853, when he moved to Shelby County. In 1838 he married Miss Mary A. Launder, who was born in England in the year 1819. Their family consists of six children, viz., Elbert H., Isabel, Charles, Anna, Alice, and Cora. The Cargills originally are from Scotland, but the date of their emigration to the United States cannot be given. They first settled in the State of New York. The Launders, Mrs. Cargill’s parents, came from England to the United States in 1820, and settled in Muskingum County. Mr. Cargill is located on section 3, Salem Township, on what is known as the Samuel Taylor farm, which was entered as early as 1821.
From History of Shelby County, Ohio; R. Sutton & Co, Philadelphia PA, 1883