John T. Cahill

       John T. Cahill, proprietor of Cahill's Architectural Brass and Iron Works, was born in Lynchburg, Va., in 1855, and is the son of William and Margaret (Maher) Cahill, natives of Ireland. Our subject removed to Chattanooga with his parents before the war, and here be was reared, learning the molders trade. In 1875 he established his present business on a capital of $3,000, but has increased the business from time to time. In 1880 he erected his present foundry on the corner of Boyce and Hook Streets. The dimensions of this immense structure is 200 x2l8 feet. They make a specialty of architectural work (building castings) and also do a general foundry work, handling and manufacturing grates and mantels. They employ eighty men on an average, and the business sales amount to $100,000 per annum. Mr. Cahill is a stockholder and director of the Dowling Furnace Company. In 1881 he married Miss Ellen Burchell, of Knoxville, Tenn. He is independent in politics, and he and his family are members of the Catholic Church.
Goodspeed's "History of East Tennessee" 1887