Joseph Morey, a  farmer near Magnetic Springs, was born in Knox County, Ohio, August 6, 1823, and remained in that county until fourteen years of age, after which he lived several Tears in Indiana and in Shelby County, Ohio, his mother dying in the latter place. He also resided six years in Delaware County, after which he came to Union County. He was married in Knox County, Ohio, October 8, 1846, to Elizabeth, a daughter of Jacob and Mary (Ports) Gossage, and a native of Jefferson County, Ohio, where she was born March 28, 1826. By this union ten children were born, viz.: Cordelia A., Sarah M., Hannah A., Joseph G., Adam L., Benjamin F., Mary E., William S., Laura D. and Hattie. Of these, eight are living and four are married and have families. Mr. Morey is a farmer and owns 125 acres in this township, on which he resides. He is a Prohibitionist in politics, and for forty years has been a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in which his wife has been a member thirty years; he has acted as a class-leader and steward. His parents were John and Hannah (Gosnell) Morey, natives of New York State, the former of English and Scotch and the latter of Dutch and English descent.