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DRS. McCASKEY & LOVE, Hamersville, are prominent physicians of this village. The former, Hugh McCaskey, was born in Beaver County, Penn., in 1813; his parents were Robert and Jane (Curry) McCaskey, natives of Pennsylvania, of Scotch and Irish descent; he received his early literary education at Augusta College, Kentucky, and subsequently attended medical lectures at the Ohio Medical College, Cincinnati. He first commenced the practice of his profession at Newark, Ohio, where he remained four years; he then removed to Ripley, this county, and three years later to Virginia. In 1849, he located at Felicity, Clermont Co., Ohio, where he resided fifteen years; he then removed to Batavia, the county seat of Clermont, where he practiced eight years, and also served as United States Pension Agent; he then went back to his native place, but in 1877, located at Hamersville, where he has met with good success. The Doctor is a prominent Freemason, and has passed all the chairs in the subordinate lodge; he has been a close student through life, and is well posted on general subjects. He was united in marriage, in 1841, to Rebecca A. Tucker, daughter of Richard Tucker, and a native of Clermont County. They have two children — Eleanora and Adda (wife of Dr. Love). Doctor and Mrs. McCaskey are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in which the former has officiated as Steward. He is Republican in politics.