P. A. EGAN, county coroner, was born in Ireland, Prairie county, on September 14, 1830.  He is of a family of thirteen, the children of John and Bridget Egan, who died - the mother on Sept. 24, 1851, and the father on Oct. 24, 1852.  The gentleman whose life is briefly sketched in the following lines, acquired his education in his native country.  On Jan. 16, 1850, he, in company with his two sisters, Mary and Johanna, left his home for America, that land whose flag guarantees protection and equal rights to all, and on the sixteenth day of the following March, he landed in New York, with but two dollars and fifty cents in his pocket, and a stranger in a great city.  His prospects were not particularly flattering, but he was not of those who turn back, and soon found work for himself and sisters, in Washington county, New York.  The subsequent fall, he secured a situation in the foundry, in Boston Massachusetts.  On May 9, 1852, he arrived in Columbus, Ohio, and soon obtained employment with Huntington Fitch, esq.  This he continued until fall, when he secured a situation at the Columbus Asylum for the Insane, and in this he remained until the spring of 1855, when he took his departure for California.  He remained in the "land of gold" four years, returning Columbus on Dec. 28, 1859.  The next spring he purchased two carriages, and went into business.  This he continued until Oct. 15, 1865, when he engaged in the livery and undertaking business.  Mr. Egan is one of the those unassuming gentlemen, who, though modest, is energetic and tireless in his devotion to business.  Courteous and obliging, he has built up for himself a trade and a reputation which are flattering to his business attainments.  His prosperity and success, which are due to his untiring industry, are especially gratifying to his numerous friends, who have association with him here for the past quarter of a century.  He has the largest establishment of its kind in the city, employing twenty-seven horses.
     Mr. Egan was elected coroner of Franklin county in the fall of 1869, and has held the office continuously until the present time, than which no better proof of his capability can be adduced.
     On Oct. 21, 1861, he was united in marriage to Mary, daughter of Timothy and Nancy A. Ryen.  Of the eight children born of this union, seven are now living:  Johanna, Mary, Maggie, John, Joseph, Alice, and Kate.  Mrs. Eagan died on twenty-first day of October, 1879.
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JAMES ENLOWS.  Thomas Enlows, the father of James Enlows, was born Sept. 16, 1792, and was married Mar. 29, 1818, to Sarah Bull, who was born August 5, 1791.  To them were born six children: Prudence R., Sarah P., Elizabeth B., James, Thomas and Rachel.  Soon after their marriage, they emigrated to Ohio, and located in Truro township, Franklin county, where both parents died, and their little family became scattered.
     James Enlows, the subject of this sketch, was born Nov. 4, 1825, and after the death of his parents, was received into the family of David Taylor, where he remained until he became of age.  He was married, Nov. 30, 1852, to Mary A. E. Wolf, a daughter of Jacob Wolf, who settled in the township, in 1832.  They commenced housekeeping in the west part of Truro township, which he had previously purchased.  There was a small clearing on the place, which he extended and improved, and where they lived some twelve years, when he bought one hundred acres on the pike, west of Walnut creek.  This land was very well cleared and here they made their home and raised their family.  To them were born six children, as follows;  Thomas, J. J., RebeccaJ., Margaret E., Mary A., and Sarah P.  The latter died in infancy.
     James Enlows, the husband and father, enlisted as a soldier in the war of the Rebellion, and served in the Ninety-fifth Ohio infantry.  He participated, with his regiment, in the siege of Vicksburg, and soon after the army left that place, was taken sick and died, Oct. 8, 1863.  His wife survived him fifteen eyars, and died at her home, in Truro township, June 9, 1878.  Their children, two sons and three daughters, still occupy the home place.
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