Union County, Ohio Biographies Project - James Stillings
JAMES STILLINGS
James Stillings was born in Maryland, May 8,
1785. He married Mary Barnes, a native of Maryland, and in the
spring of 1829 emigrated to Clark County, Ohio. About 1834-35,
removed to this county and located on the tract of land where Jacob
Leonard now lives, where he resided till his death in the fall of
1865. His wife survived him, but has since died. The fruits
of their union were as follows : Alexander, who married and settled at
Findlay. Ohio; Thomas married Somelia Dines; Catharine married Edward
Nugent and resides in Kansas; James is deceased; William married in
Iowa, and now resides in Kansas, having a second wife; Edward married
Mary Smith, of Kenton, Ohio, where he practiced law several years; is
now a resident and practitioner at Lawrence, Kan.; Timothy married
Elizabeth Kelly and removed to Kansas, where he died; John married Miss
Cantwell, she died and he married a second time; is now one of the most
prominent lawyers of Kenton, Ohio, where be has practiced more than
twenty years ; Mary married Joseph -Brown and removed to Iowa, where
she died in 1882 ; and George, who married Jane Walke, and now resides
in Champaign County, Ill.