Joseph Medill was born April 6, 1823, in Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America to a Scots-Irish family.
He read law in Ohio and was admitted to the Ohio Bar in 1846.

Medill married Katherine "Kitty" Patrick on September 2, 1852, and they had three daughters, Katherine, Elinor and Josephine.
Joseph Medill was born April 6, 1823, in Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America to a Scots-Irish family. He read law in Ohio and was admitted to the Ohio Bar in 1846.
Medill married Katherine "Kitty" Patrick on September 2, 1852, and they had three daughters, Katherine, Elinor and Josephine.
Joseph Medill