Union County, Ohio Biographies Project - Joshua S. Gill, Jr.
JOSHUA S. GILL, Jr.
Joshua S. Gill, Jr., of the firm of Gill & Bro., was born in
Richwood September 11, 1850, and is a son of Joshua S. Gill, Sr.
He received his education in the graded schools of Richwood, and, being
a natural mechanic he chose the occupation of a machinist, and served a
three years' apprenticeship at his trade at Mansfield. After
mastering his trade, he traveled as a journeyman for some time, and
spent three years in the manufacture of wooden bowls in Indiana.
He has also been employed at gunsmithing. In 1875, he engaged
with his brother in opening a machine shop at Richwood, where he is
still engaged. He is a Republican in politics, and a member of
Mount Carmel Lodge, No. 303, F. & A. M. On December 27, 1871,
he married Maggie McMullen, a native of New Hampshire, by whom he has
one child-Floyd A., born September 9, 1876. Mrs. Gill is a member
of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Richwood.