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    J. B. McCOOLE

    J. B. McCOOLE, president of the City Council of Troy, Ohio, has been very prominently identified with the public affairs of this city during his residence of fifteen years here. He was born in 1855, near the village of Kessler, in Miami County, Ohio, and is a son of the late William McCoole.

    William McCoole was born in 1833, in Miami County, Ohio. He was a veteran of the Civil War and his death was directly caused by an injury received during his three years of service. He was a member of Company B , Ninety-fourth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and his record is that of a brave and efficient soldier. In politics he was a radical Republican.

    J. B. McCoole began to take care of himself when he was not over twelve of age, hiring out to farmers during the summer seasons, and during the winters attending the district school. By the time he was nineteen years, old he was ready to teach and a very pleasant and profitable portion of his life was the period of eighteen years which be spent in educational work. He taught for six consecutive years in one district and has many friends there still. In 1893 Mr. McCoole went into the lumber business for three years being with W. H. Francis, since which time he has been with a Mr. Crofoot. He has been a active citizen and his civic worth has been recognized by his fellow citizens. He elected to the City Council from the Third Ward, later was councilman-at-large and is now serving in his third year as president of the City Council. He has also interested in State military matters, eighteen years being a member of the Ohio National Guard, entering as a private being advanced to the rank of captain of Company K, Third Regiment.

    Mr. McCoole was married in April 1878, to Miss Mary Lettie Van Tuyl, of Miami County, and they have one son, Edgar, who is with the Hobart Manufacturing Company of Troy. He married Miss Bertha VanNoy, of Troy, and they have one daughter, Ruth. Mr. and Mrs. McCoole are members of the Christian Church. He belongs to the Knights of Pythias, the Knights of the Golden Eagle, the Junior Order of the United American Mechanics, and Franklin Lodge of the Masons.

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