J. B. Cash

        J. B. Cash, principal of high school and Second District of Chattanooga, is a son of Henry and Eunice (Brown) Cash, both natives of the Buckeye State. The mother died in 1854, but the father is still living in Ohio, engaged as a farmer and stock grower. He has been married twice since the death of his first wife. Our subject is the eldest child by the first marriage, and was born in Belmont County, Ohio, January 16, 1849. He was educated in the common schools and at Mount Union College, located in Mount Union, Ohio, having graduated from that institution in 1880. By teaching and going to school alternately, he worked his way through college, and is considered a first-class educator. Previous to coming to Chattanooga in 1886, he was principal of the Bellaire, (Ohio) High School and also of the high school at Atchison, Kas. He is an excellent citizen and a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
Goodspeed's "History of East Tennessee" 1887