PAGE 700 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS CHARLES O. HUNTER. (RETURN TO THE TITLE PAGE) Charles O. Hunter, one of the eminent representatives of railroad law in Ohio. and possessing as well a comprehensive knowledge of all departments of jurisprudence, was born in Nebraska, Pickaway county, this state, June 7, 1853, being the third in order of birth in a family of five children, whose parents were Elnathan S. and Mary (Peters) Hunter. The Hunter family is of blended English and Irish extraction, but was founded in America during colonial days and represented in the Continental army during the Revolutionary war by Joseph Hunter, the great-grandfather of Charles O., who was a valiant soldier, serving with signal distinction as captain of a company. Later he sought the opportunities of the then far west, becoming a resident of Ohio in 1798, when it was part of the northwest territory. He was actively and prominently associated with its early formative history and was instrumental in organizing Fairfield county. His son, the late Hon. Hocking H. Hunter, who became one of the most distinguished members of the Ohio bar, was the first white child born on Hocking river, the name of which stream he bore. Through all the years which have passed since Captain Joseph Hunter came to Ohio, covering more than a century, the members of the family have been active in lines of life contributing to general progress and improvement here, being factors in the material, intellectual, political and moral upbuilding of the state. The birth of Elnathan Scofield Hunter occurred in Fairfield county, Ohio, in 1818, and he was numbered among the early alumni. of the Ohio CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 701 State University at Athens. A man of distinctive force of character and of scholarly attainment, he left the impress of his individuality upon the history of the state. During his early manhood he was well known in the educational field, having for some time held a professorship in an academy. In the year 1845 he wedded Mary Peters, a representative of one of the old and prominent families of the state. Her grandfather, John Peters, was the founder of the city of Petersburg, Virginia, which was named in his honor. The arrival of members of the Peters family in Ohio long antedated the admission of the state into the Union, and they were closely and actively associated with the early development and upbuilding of Fairfield and Pickaway counties. While spending his boyhood days under the parental roof, Charles O. Hunter pursued his education in the public schools. He. was reared in a home atmosphere of culture and refinement, which undoubtedly constituted an influencing force in his life. Ambitious that his son should have opportunities for intellectual progress, E. S. Hunter made preparation for the admission of the son to the University of Lebanon, Ohio, where he completed a four years' course in scientific and literary studies as a member of the class of 1873. In preparation for the bar he became a student in the law office of Hunter & Daugherty, of Lancaster, Ohio, very prominent attorneys of the state, the senior partner being his uncle, the Hon. Hocking H. Hunter. Following the death of his uncle, Charles O. Hunter, in December, 1875, accompanied M. A. Daugherty to Columbus and remained under the tutorage of that able preceptor until October, 1875, when he was admitted to the bar, successfully passing the examination before the supreme court. He stands today as one of the distinguished representatives of the legal fraternity of Columbus. In his professional career no dreary novitiate awaited him, for he had carefully qualified for the practice of law and moreover possessed a mind analytical, logical and inductive, and a capability of readily seeing the relation of cause and effect. Almost from the beginning of his career he has been prominent in connection with railroad law, for he early became associated with the litigation which arose over the organization and reorganization of numerous Ohio Valley railways. As counsel of the Scioto Valley Railroad Company he opened the way for reaching a solid basis and in like manner was prominently identified with the foreclosures of the mortgages of the Kanawha & Ohio and the Columbus & Maysville Railroad Companies, being active in the reorganization of the same. He was retained as counsel for the plaintiff in the famous suit of the Columbus, Hocking Valley & Toledo Railroad Company versus Stevenson Burke, et al., former directors of the company, a litigation involving eight million dollars. Mr. Hunter has also been closely associated as counsel, attorney or director, with numerous other corporations. It is characteristic of Mr. Hunter in connection with the many important enterprises with which he has been identified that he readily grasped the possibilities and opportunities of a situation, while in the practice of law he is ever correct in his adaptation of legal principles with the points at issue. He is today eminent in a profession where advancement 702 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS must be attained entirely through individual merit as wealth and influence avail little or naught in securing success at the bar. In 1884 occurred the marriage of Mr. Hunter to Miss Kate Deshler, who died in September, 1887. Their only child, Deshler Hunter, survived until November, 1889, when he, too, passed away. Personally Mr. Hunter possesses most attractive characteristics. Although dignified and of marked individuality, and unequivocal expression. he is of the most agreeable address-kind, courteous, easy of approach and of decided personal magnetism. He has read and traveled extensively and his circle of acquaintances is large, while he possesses the varied accomplishments of a thoroughly trained man of the world. His success has been pronounced, and yet is but a natural sequence, being the result of industry, integrity and well directed efforts. GEORGE WARREN CAMPBELL. George Warren Campbell. a capitalist of Columbus, widely known in political and Grand Army circles as well as through his activity in business lines, possesses those qualities which seem to have fitted him by nature for leadership. In many lines of life, therefore, he has left the impress of his individuality, his fellow townsmen recognized the wisdom of his success and the worth of his progressive spirt. He started upon life's journey November 29, 1841, his birth occurring in Blendon township, Franklin county. His father, William Campbell, was born near Lancaster, Ohio, and at the time of his demise was one of the oldest native sons of the state, the day of his birth being April 7, 1803, while he passed away on the 22d of January, 1894. His parents were Scotch people and he possessed many of the sterling characteristics of that race. He became the owner of considerable land, making judicious investments in property from time to time until his holdings embraced many farms. He was very successful in all of his business affairs, his judgment being seldom if ever at fault concerning the advisability of a business transaction. He served as postmaster of his home town for many years, his home being at Central College, Franklin county. He married Lucinda Reed, who was born in Otsego county, New York, April 21, 1807, and died May 16, 1901. She was a granddaughter of a sister of John Adams, the patriot of Revolutionary war times. George W. Campbell was educated in Central College in Blendon township, pursuing his studies to the age of twenty years. In August 1862, in response to his country's call for aid, he enlisted as a private of the Eighty-eighth Ohio and was detached for three month: for clerical service with Samuel Galloway, judge advocate for the state. He then became postmaster for Camp Chase, serving in 1863 and until February, 1864, at which time he was commissioned as first lieutenant on the reorganization of the Sixtieth Ohio Regiment. He participated in the battle of the Wilderness, Spottsylvania, North Anna, Bethesda Church, Cold Harbor and Petersburg. After PAGE 793 - PICTURE OF G. W. CAMPBELL PAGE 794 - BLANK CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 705 the third battle in which he took part as commander of Company F, he was promoted as aide in General Wilcox's division in the Ninth Army Corps, serving on the staff as A. D. C. of the first. brigade until July 30, 1864. This brigade consisted of six regiments but was reduced to thirteen hundred and twenty men after the battle of Petersburg on the 17th of June, Mr. Campbell being the only officer left on the staff. He commanded the brigade for the two succeeding days with the rank of colonel and was then relieved by Col. William Humphreys. His services continued until July 30, 1864, when an attack of malaria fever caused him to be sent to the hospital at Annapolis, Maryland, and he was discharged by special order of Secretary of War Stanton, his discharge coming to him October 27, 1864. because of his physical disability. Mr. Campbell then returned to Columbus and was engaged in the retail and wholesale business as senior partner of the firm of Campbell & Barbee for two years. On the expiration of that period he sold out, turning his attention to other interests. He was mustered in as the first member of the Grand Army of the Republic in Ohio and organized the first post, now known as McCoy Post, No. 1, Department of Ohio, acting as its mustering officer. In 1867 he was owner and editor of the Republic, the official organ of the Grand Army, so continuing until the fall of 1868, when he sold out to T. C. Campbell and Rev. Maxwell P. Gaddis, of Cincinnati. In January, 1869, he went to St. Louis, where he engaged in the wholesale provision business as a member of the firm of Redfield, Campbell & Company, later as Campbell & Cartan. He also dealt largely in real estate there until 1892. This was a period of marked prosperity for him, during which time he made several subdivisions; one he named "Blendon Place" after his native township, realizing handsome profits from his realty investments. He was also prominent in political circles of that city, and for fifteen years led the fight for better government of the city against the one-man power of Chauncey I. Filley, which credit was given him for his help in causing Mr. Filley's downfall. Later he went to San Francisco and engaged in extensive mining operations in California, being president of a company there up to the time of the earthquake, when the mine shaft was one thousand two hundred and twenty feet in depth and miles of drifts and three tops were filled with water caused by the breaking down of the pumping plant. At that date Mr. Campbell returned to Columbus and with his son H. W. organized the Nature Creation Remedy Company, of which Mr. Campbell is the president. This company was organized for the purpose of introducing a remedy for tuberculosis and is meeting with wonderful success. On the 14th of May, 1865, Mr. Campbell was married to Miss Olive C. Redfield. of Uhrichsville. Ohio. Unto them were born four sons, namely: Tod Campbell, born in 1866 now living in Oakland, California.; Blendon Campbell, born in 1873. a noted artist of New York: George W. Campbell, Jr.. born 1877, killed in battle at El Canna. July 1, 1898: and H. W. Campbell, born 1880, residing in Columbus. Mr. Campbell is a member of the Masonic fraternity and of Grand Army of the Republic, also Past Regent Royal Arcanum. He finds his rest 706 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS and recreation in fishing and travel. His life experiences have been varied, and in all of his different connections he has been found on the side of progress and improvement, ever seeking higher attainment and a more advanced standard of excellence. He is today an energetic, public-spirited and influential resident of the capital city and one who is regarded as a valuable addition to its citizenship. In politics, Mr. Campbell is a republican with strong convictions on political and co-related economic questions. He resided in Stockton, California, in 1895-96 during the coinage battle of that period. The legislature had unanimously passed a resolution instructing the delegates to the national republican convention at St. Louis in 1896 to vote in favor of the coinage of gold and silver at the ratio of 1.6 to 1. The republican state convention, selecting the delegation, had adopted a similar resolution. Mr. Campbell set out to prevent the following out of these instructions, working first among the bi-metallic clubs and league, and finally going to St. Louis, where he fought. the battle to a victory in so far as the California delegation was concerned. It was understood, or at least feared, that the California delegation would bolt the nomination and withdraw from the convention in the event of the adoption of a. single gold standard platform. Leading republicans in California, who knew him best and understood his great force in a political contest, induced him to go to St. Louis and prevent if possible the withdrawal of the California, delegation. This he succeeded in accomplishing after a hard polemic contest among the delegates both personally and as a whole body representing the .state, and although the single gold standard plank was adopted, the delegation did not withdraw. Mr. Campbell was never in politics for office or official honors. JOHN W. CHAMPION. John W. Champion, president of the Columbus Dental Manufacturing Company, manufacturing a line of dental specialties, has, as the executive head of this institution, developed a business of considerable importance as a feature in the commercial life of the city. Mr. Champion is one of the native sons of Columbus, born in April, 1861. His ancestry is distinctively American in both his lineal and collateral lines through many generations. Early representatives of the name came to the new world when it was numbered among the colonial possessions of Great Britain. Reuben Champion, the great-grandfather of John W. Champion, was born in 1760 and was a soldier of the Revolutionary war, valiantly aiding in the cause of independence. He removed to Springfield, Massachusetts, from Saybrook with his father, and there enlisted in the Continental army, serving throughout the period of hostilities. and living for many years to enjoy national independence. His son, John M. Champion, was born in Springfield, Massachusetts, May 29, 1797, and came to Columbus in 1834. He was one of the pioneer merchants of the city, closely associated with its early business devel- CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 707 opment and commercial enterprise. He died August 23, 1825, but his descendants remained to perpetuate the name in connection with the business development and commercial growth of the city. His son and name-sake, John M. Champion, was born April 13, 1838, in the city of Columbus and for many years figured prominently there in connection with real-estate business. He died in 1900. He was at one time a member of the famous State Fencibles, and in June, 1862, was appointed by Governor Tod adjutant of the Eighty-eighth Ohio Volunteer Infantry which command was stationed at Camp Chase and later at Frankfort and Lexington, Kentucky. In July, 1863, he was appointed major of the Fifth Ohio Reserves and served until the close of the war when he returned to Columbus, being thereafter an active feature in the business circles of the city up to the time of his death. His wife was Mary Washington, a daughter of George Washington, a Virginian, and son of Bailey Washington, an own cousin of George Washington, the father of his country. Her father came to Columbus in the early '30s and was engaged in the practice of law until his death which occurred in 1866. John W. Champion, whose name introduces this record, was educated in the Columbus schools until his graduation from the high school, and he then entered the general offices of the Panhandle Railroad Company, where he remained until 1885 when he was appointed collecting agent of the Merchants Despatch Transportation Company, and was identified with that until 190') when he organized and was elected president of the Columbus Dental Manufacturing Company for the purpose of manufacturing a line of dental specialties. The business has enjoyed rapid and substantial development and is now a profitable concern with a world wide market, its output being sent to all parts of the country. The patronage is constantly increasing and the business is already one of large proportions. Mr. Champion is also extensively interested in other business concerns and has large realty holdings in Columbus. In his political views Mr. Champion is a republican and his social nature finds expression in his membership in the Ohio Club. He is fond of literature and possesses a fine collection of rare volumes. Among his most prized collections is a set of splendid mahogany dining furniture brought across the mountains by wagon by his grandfather a hundred years ago. He is a representative of one of the most honored and prominent pioneer families of Columbus and the record which he has made in business circles has added new laurels to the name that has ever been conspicuous in connection with the business development and substantial improvement of this city. OTTO S. MARCKWORTH. Otto S. Marckworth, analytical chemist, whose labors have been of far-reaching benefit and effect as contributory to public health, is descended from a family that on both sides of the ocean hay been prominent and distinguished for several generations. His own record has added new laurels to an honored 708 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS name, for his scientific investigations have been of essential benefit to mankind in this age when public opinion is aroused to the necessity of preventive measures in all that may prove detrimental to public and individual health and welfare. Mr. Marckworth was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, December 30, 1879, and, as the name indicates, is of German lineage, his parents. Herman and Marie (Dotter) Marckworth, both being natives of Germany. In 1858 Herman Marckworth arrived in the United States and, locating in Cincinnati, there completed his law studies, which he had begun in his native land. He then entered upon the active practice of law, in which he continued for some years and in 1878 took up the work of looking after and securing foreign estates for emigrant clients. He was a pioneer in this line of legal labor and his efforts were very successful, bringing to him an extensive clientage whose interests were ably served by him. The Marckworths for generations have been eminent in the law and Herman Marckworth continued in active connection with the profession until his death in 1907. Pursuing his education in the schools of Cincinnati, Otto S. Marckworth was in due time graduated from the high school of that city and afterward took a special course in the Cincinnati University in agricultural chemistry. Subsequently he matriculated in the Ohio State University and was graduated on the completion of a. course in chemical engineering in 1901. Throughout his professional career he has devoted his attention to chemistry in its various branches and for a time was chief chemist with the Carnegie Steel Company at Homestead, Pennsylvania. Eight months later he took charge of the laboratory of the New York Underground Railway. In 1901 he came to Columbus to assume charge of the testing laboratory of this city, which position he filled for three years, when in 1903 he was appointed state chemist, which position he still fills. His work is necessarily of great importance. In the capacity of chemist to the state dairy and food commission he has done most valuable service, becoming one of the foremost men of the state in his line of endeavor. His theoretical training was complete and he is fortified for his present responsible duties by the ample experience which he obtained as chemist for the Carnegie Steel works and the New York Underground Railway. Public opinion has been thoroughly aroused concerning the criminal practices of many manufacturers and food producers. who through adulteration have placed upon the market articles of food that are detrimental to health. In his professional capacity, through chemical tests and analysis. Mr. Marckworth has done much to enlighten the public upon the questions involved, giving to them knowledge of what is pure and wholesome and of what is adulterated and therefore to be avoided, so that the individual, if he will inform himself, may he his own guardian of health. In addition to his great range of bacteriological investigations, as well as the records of building materials, he has done important chemico-legal work in the detection of falsifications. Another and highly important feature of his work, which is growing each year, is the perfecting of chemical processes in manufacturing arid the utilization, where possible, of waste products that would be lost through less scientific methods. He also has a large clientele CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 709 in the assaying of ore and various mining products, for metallurgy has been one of his specialties. His offices are located in the Board of Trade building and as an anlytical chemist he today occupies a foremost position in the ranks of the profession. In June, 1902, Mr. Marckworth was married to Miss Mary E. Wheldon, of Springfield, Ohio, and they are well known in social circles of this city. Mr. Marckworth is a member of the Board of Trade and now has a wide acquaintance in Columbus, while the sterling worth of his character, as well as his professional attainments, have gained him a high place in the regard of his fellowmen. He is a stanch believer in the great future that awaits his adopted city, one of the most beautiful capitals of the continent, and is thoroughly in sympathy with every movement for the advancement of its welfare. ROBERT J. BEATTY. It is becoming a universally accepted truth that it is not the child who is born to luxury but rather he whose youth is spent in humble surroundings and with limited; financial resources that is most fortunate, for the latter condition compels him to try his own forces and to learn his own strength. It is action that wins. Not the man who can do, but the man who does not the man who is able but the man who uses his powers-that wins in the end. This truth has been demonstrated in the life of Robert J. Beatty who arrived in Columbus eight years ago with a cash capital of fourteen dollars. In the meantime he had provided for his own education and those with whom he had been associated recognized that in him was a force of character that would lead to success. Gradually he has worked his way upward in the difficult and arduous profession of the law and his ability is gaining him prominence at the bar. A native of Cardington, Morrow county, Ohio, Mr. Beatty was born March 13, 1879, a son of Robert A. and Mary J. (Shaw) Beatty, who were both natives of Ohio. The grandfather, Samuel Beatty, was born in Ireland and on coming to America settled in Pennsylvania, but at a later day removed to Morrow county, Ohio, where he and other members of the family followed the. occupation of farming. It was here amid the pursuits of rural life that Robert J. Beatty was reared, working in the fields from the time of early spring planting until crops were harvested in the late autumn. The winter months were devoted to the acquirement of an education and he supplemented his district school course by study in the high school of Cardington, from which he was graduated in 1898. He then came to Columbus and read law in the office of D. B. Ulery, and also attended the Ohio State University for two years. He made excellent use of his time in the mastery of the principles of jurisprudence and in 1900 passed the state bar examinations, after which he opened an office in this city where he has since continued in practice, securing a good clientage as he has demonstrated his 710 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS ability to cope with intricate and difficult legal problems. He has always remained a close student of the fundamental principles of the law, has largely become familiar with precedent, and always presents his case in the strong, clear light of common sense and logical reasoning. He engages in the general practice of the law but somewhat specializes in corporation law and represents a number of important business concerns. On the 15th of June, 1904, Mr. Beatty was married to Miss Glendora Robb of Columbus. They attend Dr. Rexford's church of which Mr. Beatty is acting as secretary, and their social prominence is indicated by their extensive circle of friends. The days of hardship and struggle for Mr. Beatty are passed for his ability is demonstrated in his law work and has gained for him a good business. He is recognized as a strong, able and forceful lawyer and a man whose personal and professional work justly entitle. him to the high esteem in which he is held. JAMES ANDREWS WILCOX. James Andrews Wilcox, the only son of Phineas Bacon Wilcox and Sarah D. Andrews, was born in the city of Columbus, September 23. 1828. In 1841 he attended school at Milnor Hall, Gambier, Ohio, and completed his education at Yale in the class of 1850. He was admitted to the bar at Delaware, Ohio, in 1851, and entered into the practice with his father in Columbus, Ohio. In 1853 he was married to Lucy Sullivant, daughter of Joseph Sullivant and granddaughter of Lucas Sullivant, the founder of Columbus. By this happy union there were four children, one daughter, Mary, and three sons, James Bacon, Starling Sullivant and Sherlock Andrews. In 1854 General Wilcox was appointed city solicitor, which position he held for five years and, at the request of council, compiled for publication the City Charter and Ordinances, which had never been collated but lay scattered through the various journals. On September 2, 1862, he was appointed, by Governor Tod, colonel of the Hundred and Thirteenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, then organizing at Camp Chase, near Columbus, and in December of that year led his notably well drilled regiment to the front. Colonel Wilcox and the Hundred and Thirteenth operated in Kentucky until 1863, when they were ordered to Nashville by river, forming part of a reinforcement of twenty thousand men under General Crook. At Franklin, Tennessee, Colonel Wilcox was stricken with typhoid fever and lay in the hospital for two months at Nashville; and being totally incapacitated for the hardships of the field was ordered home on sick leave. He resigned his commission May 2, 1863. He was not, however, done with the war, being soon after appointed United States provost marshal for the seventeenth (Columbus) district, where he served until August 17, 1864, when, upon the recommendation of Governor Brough, he was promoted to the office of United States assistant provost marshal general PAGE 711 - PICTURE OF JAMES A. WILCOX PAGE 712 - BLANK CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 713 of the state, which also embraced the duties of superintendent of recruiting and chief mustering and disbursing officer. On January 2, 1868, he was promoted to the command of the military district of Ohio, succeeding Major General J. D. Cox, who took his seat as governor that year. In these several capacities he had charge over all the camp. and troops in the state, as well as of the draft, arrest of deserters, recruiting and equipping new regiments and forwarding them to the field ; and, upon the close of the war, of receiving in their several camps, paying, mustering out and sending to their homes, all the Ohio troops-duties which were difficult and arduous and, at a time when political excitement ran high, not without peril. At the close of the war he was mustered out of the service, having been brevetted brigadier general "for meritorious service in the recruitment of the armies of the United States," forwarded to him with the complimentary notification that his office ranked second in the United States for promptness, fidelity and efficiency in its management. He immediately resumed the practice of law and, in 1869, was appointed United States commissioner for the southern district of Ohio. In August, 1872, he accepted the position of general counselor of the Columbus & Hocking Valley and Columbus & Toledo Railroad Companies, which office he ably filled until his death. General Wilcox was the author of "Railroad Laws of Ohio" with annotations of the decisions of the courts, a valuable work to lawyers and others engaged in railroad business. In his profession he was distinguished for the extent and accuracy of his knowledge and for his industry and tenacity of purpose. General Wilcox was a charter member of the Franklin County Bar Association which, after his death, met at a called meeting, September 26, to draft a memorial, which was reported soon after. The following letter, received shortly before his death from a brother lawyer, indicates the high esteem in which he was held by those who knew him well. "Since our business relations are severed I may, without suspicion of flattery, express what I have long felt respecting you as a man and a lawyer. Both when opposed to you and when associated with you, your tact, your courtesy, your fairness and your knowledge of the law have commanded my admiration and respect, and have stimulated me to reach a higher plane in my own professional work." James A. Wilcox was a man of letters and his constant study of general literature led to the accumulation of a large library, composed of rare and excellent books which bear evidence of careful reading. As a young man he was one of the most zealous and ardent workers for the support and welfare of Trinity church and, in 1857, was elected to the vestry and immediately became, and remained until his death, one of the most prominent, active and faithful members. From 1862 to 1869 he was active in obtaining the ways and means for, and in the erection of, the present church building, as his honored father had been in the erection of "Old Trinity." He was elected secretary of the vestry and was annually reelected until the time of his death. In 1876, he wrote and published, "An Historical Sketch of Trinity Church from 1817 to 1876," containing a brief history of the organization and 714 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS growth of the church in Columbus. He was an ideal soldier of the church militant. He was faithful to every trust and, while performing the duties of an exacting profession with scrupulous fidelity "as unto the Lord," he gave liberally of his best talents to the church. With rare courage he carried his Christian profession into the daily business of his life and, though subjected to unusual temptations, he died, leaving a name which his children will honor. He was a trustee of Starling Medical College for many years and was secretary of the Columbus Gallery of Fine Arts; a member of the State Fencibles and of Well's Post, No. 451, G. A. R. James Andrews Wilcox, soldier, lawyer and citizen, died Saturday, September 26, 1891, and was buried beside his father in Green Lawn cemetery. CLEMENT L. BRUMBAUGH. Clement L. Brumbaugh, whose record as educator and legislator, attorney at law. and public spirited citizen. places him in the front rank among the truly representative residents of Columbus, was born in Darke county, Ohio, February 28, 1863, his parents being Samuel D. and Elizabeth (Darner) Brumbaugh, natives of Pennsylvania and Ohio respectively. The father was a farmer by occupation but died when his son was only three years of age. The boy was reared in the usual manner of farm lads and at an early age, owing to his father's death, found it necessary to provide largely for his own support. His education was acquired in the country schools and the periods of vacation were devoted to the work of the fields. He manifested special aptitude in his studies, however, took delight in the work of the schoolroom, made substantial progress and was eventually qualified for teaching in the country schools. Ambitious moreover to enjoy better educational opportunities than had hitherto been afforded him he entered the National Normal University, at Lebanon, Ohio, and was graduated therefrom with the class of 1887. Continuing his work as an educator Mr. Brumbaugh took charge of the Van Buren Normal Academy, an institution preparing young men and women for college and advanced work as teachers. Again he became a student, pursuing a course in the Ohio Wesleyan University, at Delaware, and after leaving that institution in the spring of 1893 he entered the senior class at Harvard, pursuing a classical course and winning his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1894. The following year he was made professor of history and literature in Howard University, at Washington, D. C., and while teaching there he pursued the second years' work in the Georgetown Law School, thus acquiring a thorough legal education in those hours which are usually termed "leisure." There have been, indeed, few moments in his life that have not been turned to good account and have chronicled substantial progress: for him. He was reelected to his professorship at Howard but resigned there to accept the superintendency of the city schools at Greenville, Ohio, his native CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 715 city. There he remained in successful educational work until 1900, when he was elected a member of the Ohio general assembly, his first term's service receiving substantial endorsement in a reelection, so that he served in the sessions of the seventy-fourth and seventy-fifth Ohio legislature. He was a prominent member of the judiciary committee and was democratic floor leader of the house. At, all times a student of the important questions which came up for settlement he impressed his ideas upon the legislation of two notable sessions of the general assembly, and none questioned the patriotism of his course or the effectiveness of his work for the best interests of the commonwealth. He was a member of the code commission and was the author of the Brumbaugh high school law, which law classified the high schools of the state into first, second and third grade and prescribed their course of study. In 1900 Mr. Brumbaugh was alternate at large to the democratic national convention at Kansas City. Having been admitted to the bar in 1900 he began practice at Greenville and in 1902 removed to Columbus, where he has since continued as an active follower of the profession, having been here accorded a liberal clientage that has connected him with much important work done in the courts. Mr. Brumbaugh's ability has naturally led to his selection for leadership in the various lines of activity to which he has directed his attention and he is now state. counsel for the Independent Order of Foresters and a popular member of the Knights of Pythias fraternity. He also belongs to the Methodist Episcopal church and is interested in those lines of progress connected with political, intellectual and moral advancement. Thoroughness has always been one of his strong characteristics and in this largely lies the secret of his success. While at Harvard he received honor grades in four out of the five courses. His university education was made possible through his teaching and tutoring and he certainly deserves the somewhat hackneyed but altogether expressive title of "a self-made man." The fit utilization of his inherent powers and his opportunities have carried him into important relations, and he has left his impress for good upon the history of the state in several connections. JOHN L. VANCE, JR. John L. Vance, Jr., well known in financial and business circles, is general manager and treasurer of the Columbus Evening Dispatch and is identified with various other corporate interests which have felt the stimulus of his wise counsel and sound judgment. A native of Gallipolis, he was born November 30, 1871, a son of John L. and Emily (Shepard) Vance. He pursued his education through successive grades in the public schools until he became a high school student in Gallipolis and afterward attended the Gallia Academy. In preparation for the practice of law he became a student in the Cincinnati Law School and was admitted to the bar in 1893. He has never engaged in active practice but his knowledge of the law has been of immense benefit to him in the control of important business affairs with which he has 716 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS been associated. After completing his law studies he was appointed National Bank examiner and filled the position for several years. It was then a logical step to active connection with the banking business and being elected to the presidency of the First National Bank of Gallipolis he continued at the head of that institution until 1902. In the meantime, however, Mr. Vance had removed to Columbus, becoming a. resident of this city in 1900. His early identification with business interests here was as secretary and treasurer of the Ohio Trust Company in which he continued until the summer of 1907. He then became the vice president and one of the directors of the company and is associated with it in that connection at the present time. In the same year he was elected general manager and treasurer of the Columbus Evening Dispatch and to the interests of the paper largely devotes his time and attention. His opinions, however, carry weight in the councils of various other important business concerns for in addition to his interests already mentioned he is the vice president and a director of the Seagrave Company, dealers in fire apparatus. His newspaper career began at Gallipolis where for thirty-four years he was connected with journalistic interests, Mr. Vance of this review having several years' experience in newspaper work during that time. He was the youngest bank president in Ohio when elected the chief officer of the First National Bank and he is widely recognized as a young business man in whom the initiative spirit is strong, enabling him to formulate new and practical plans which he resolutely carries forward to successful completion. Mr. Vance is identified with the democratic party and well known in social circles, being popular with his fellow-members of the Columbus, Ohio, Columbus Country and Arlington Country Clubs. What he has accomplished represents the fit utilization of the innate talents which are his and the directing of his efforts along lines where mature judgment is leading the way. WALLACE STEDMAN ELDEN. The chosen life work of Wallace Stedman Elden is one which has materially benefited his fellowmen as he has givens his time and energies to labor in the educational field. He was born in Waterville, Maine, May 25, 1868. His father, J. Franklin Elden, was a native of Maine and was descended from English ancestry, the family being established in the Pine Tree state in the seventeenth century. The father lived and died in Maine, passing away in 1907. He was prominent locally, holding several city offices in Waterville, and descended from Revolutionary stock. He married Sarah Dowe Stark, whose ancestry was also represented in the Revolutionary war, she being a direct descendant of General Stark whose brilliant services with his Green Mountain boys has constituted a story that has thrilled every American youth. Mrs. Elden still survives her husband. CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 717 Educated in Maine Professor Wallace S. Elden attended Coburn Institute and Bowdoin College, the Bachelor of Arts degree being conferred upon him in 1889 while in 1892 he received the degree of Master of Arts. He afterward matriculated in the Johns Hopkins University and in the University of Michigan won the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in 1900. He has always devoted his life to educational work and to research. In 1890 and 1891 he was head master in the Rectory school at Hamden, Connecticut, and from 1892 until 1894 was instructor in Latin and French in the Ohio State University. Through the succeeding two years he was instructor in the Romance languages in the University of Michigan and from 1896 until 1899 was assistant professor of Latin in the University of Maine. From 1900 to 1908 he was assistant professor in the classics and in 1908 became full professor in the same department in the Ohio State University. He stands prominent among those who have devoted their lives to this profession, his services being of recognized merit and value in connection with the work of some of the leading educational institutions of the country. In 1903 Professor Elden was married in Columbus to Miss Martha Guerin, a daughter of Dr. L. T. Guerin, of Columbus, and their home is the center of a cultured society circle. Professor Elden is a member of the Phi Beta Kappa and the Sons of the American Revolution. He also belongs to the Philological Society of the middle west and has been a frequent and valued contributor to various publications on classical subjects and has also written several monographs which have been published and widely read. Association with him means expansion and yet in his manner there is nothing that indicates a conscious superiority but rather that close and appreciative companionship which draws out the. best in others. WILLIAM JOHN FORD. William John Ford, continuing in the practice of law since his graduation from the law department of the Ohio State University in 1895. was born in Clinton township, Franklin county, Ohio, February 12, 1873. His father, Charles A. Ford, a native of Baltimore, came to Franklin county as a young man in 1869 and established business as a brick manufacturer and has since continued in this line under the name of the Charles A. Ford Brick Company at the corner of Joyce street and Fifth avenue. He has also been somewhat prominent locally in political circles and has held some offices. He is descended from Irish ancestry, the Ford family having been established in America. by Irish emigrants early in the seventeenth century. The family name was originally spelled Foard but Charles A. Ford dropped the second vowel. His wife, in her maidenhood Emma Conrad, is a native of Franklin county, Ohio, where her parents settled in pioneer times. Her mother is also a native of this county where she is still living at the age of eighty years, being one of the oldest native born residents here. 718 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS William J. Ford was a pupil of the schools of Clinton township and afterward in order to qualify for work in the courts entered the law department of the University of Ohio from which he was graduated in 1895. He immediately began practice in this city, being appointed assistant director of law under Captain G. H. Barger, thus serving until 1897. During the three succeeding years he was assistant county prosecuting attorney and from 1900 he has engaged in the general practice of law with a growing clientele that is indicative of his ability to carefully analyze his case and to present it in a clear, cogent and convincing manner before the court. He belongs to both the Franklin County Bar Association and the Ohio State Bar Association. Mr. Ford was married July 18, 1900, to Miss Amanda E. Evans of Greensburg, Pennsylvania, and their children are Byron E., born in 1900; Henry Taylor, in 1904; Walter, in 1906: and William A., in 1908. Mr. Ford is a member of the Columbia Rifles and his religious faith is indicated in his membership in the Grace Methodist Episcopal church of which he is a trustee. His political views are those of the democracy and he is ever active as a supporter of the party principle:. Altogether he is regarded as an energetic, wide-awake, alert and progressive young man who is doing good work and accomplishing results along all the lines to which he directs his activity. HORACE B. MADDEN. Horace B. Madden is a well known representative of industrial life in Columbus, having for many years been the owner of blacksmith establishments, in which a large and important business ha been carried on. He was born in Tuckahoe, Cumberland county, New Jersey. December 5. 1852, a son of Martin Madden, also of that state, who was a glass-blower by occupation and for some time filled the office of sheriff of Atlantic county, New Jersey. His mother, who in her maidenhood was Miss Rebecca Powell, of Milville, New Jersey, died during the early boyhood of her son Horace, who was thrown upon his own resources and in order to provide for his support learned the blacksmith's trade under the direction of his brother. He afterward sought and obtained a position with Collins Brothers, who were engaged in the manufacture of fancy wagons, hacks, etc., and subsequently he worked with them on piece work. On severing his connection with that firm he entered the service of Charles McCaffrey, of Camden. New Jersey, a manufacturer of sulkies and all kinds of light vehicles. He was afterward again with Collins Brothers in their Philadelphia s hop and later spent one year in Brewster's carriage factory in New York. On the expiration of that period he removed to Cape May Court House, New Jersey, and held a situation in the shop of Benezitz & Sons for four years. It was during that period that he was married and later he returned to his native state. settling at Clayton, where he was employed in the blacksmith department of the large glass factory of Moore Brothers, where he remained for some time. He PAGE 719 - PICTURE OF HORACE B. MADDEN PAGE 720 - BLANK CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 721 next established a horse-shoeing and carriage shop on hiss own account, conducting it for a year and a half, at the end of which time Edward Everetts, of Newark, Ohio, engaged Mr. Madden to take charge of the blacksmith department of his glass works. Afterward Mr. Madden opened a shop of his own in Newark and worked at his trade in that city for a time. In 1892 he came to Columbus and established a shop at Driving Park, being there engaged in the responsible task of shoeing race horses-a work which is never entrusted to any but an expert blacksmith. For eleven years Mr. Madden was thus engaged, since which time he has owned and conducted an extensive shop on Walnut avenue, which returns him a profitable income annually. On July 24, 1876, occurred the marriage of Mr. Madden and Miss Mary Jane Ludlum, of Cape May, New Jersey, and unto them have been born six children, as follows : Charles, who died in infancy at Cape May Court House, New Jersey; Ira P., manager of the Broad Oak garage; Edith, wife of J. Martin Dye, assistant superintendent of the State Industrial School for Girls; Nanenzetta, wife of Benjamin Kauffman, connected with the Gas Company; James F.; and Ada. In his social relations Mr. Madden is connected with the Knights of Pythias and is the vice president of the Master Horse Shoers Association. In politics he has always been an active and earnest supporter of the democracy and has been nominated for representative of the state. Since 1904 he has been a member of the county democratic executive committee. In all matters of citizenship he is progressive and public-spirited, withholding his support from no movement that is calculated to prove of general benefit. In all his work his labors have been wisely directed and as the years have passed he has built up a successful business, which now numbers him among the men of affluence in Columbus. FRED OLDROYD. Fred Oldroyd, junior member of the firm of Thompson & Oldroyd, electrical engineers of Columbus, was born in Shawnee, Ohio, on the 13th of June, 1884. His father, Enoch Oldroyd, whose birth occurred in England in 1845, emigrated to the United States in 1875, taking up his abode at McKeesport, Pennsylvania. . Subsequently, however, he came to Ohio, passing away at Shawnee, this state, in 1890. He was a miner by occupation and also preached the gospel as a Presbyterian minister, doing mission work among the miners. His wife, who bore the maiden name of Patience Almond and whom he wedded in England, was also a native of that country. Fred Oldroyd acquired his literary education in the schools of Columbus and later took up the study of electrical engineering. After putting aside his text-books he was for some time connected with the Electric Supply & Construction Company, while for four year; he was with the Columbus Railway & Light Company. In 1907 he formed a partnership with Howard C. 722 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS Thompson under the firm style of Thompson & Oldroyd, the concern being engaged in the electrical engineering and contracting business and in the manufacture of special electrical devices. He is a member of the Builders' Exchange and, though still a young man, has already gained for himself a prominent place in the business circles of this city as a skilled and successful representative of his profession. In his political views Mr. Oldroyd is a stanch republican, while fraternally he is connected with the Modern Woodmen of America. He is likewise a member of the Presbyterian church, in the work of which he takes an active and helpful interest. Possessing a most genial manner, cordial spirit and kindly disposition, his unfailing courtesy and ready adaptability have made him popular wherever he is known. JOHN ALOYSIUS CONNOR. John Aloysius Connor, it member of the firm of Marriott, Belcher & Connor, well known attorneys of Columbus, was born in this city on the 19th of June, 1878. The father, John Connor. who was a native of Clare county, Ireland. accompanied his mother on her emigration to the United States in 1858, being at that time a lad of twelve years. The family home was established in this city and John Connor obtained his education in the public and night schools here. From the age of twenty-two years until the time of his demise, which occurred on the 3d of January, 1886, he followed farming and dairying and was a well known and prosperous citizen, being the second oldest dairyman in Franklin county. His wife, who bore the maiden name of Mary McAllister and who was born in the north of Ireland. came to Columbus in early womanhood. She was called to her final rest in October, 1885. John Aloysius Connor first attended the Sacred Heart parochial schools and subsequently became a student in the Young Men's Christian Association Business College. He afterward entered the law department of the Ohio State University, left the institution at the end of the second year. in June, 1903, and was admitted to the bar in the following December. While attending the University he was private secretary to Mayor Hinkle, who was defeated for reelection. In January, 1904, he entered Sheriff Karb's office as executive deputy, remaining as the efficient incumbent in that position until January, 1906. He then turned his attention to the active practice of law and in March, 1907, became one of they partners in the law firm of Marriott, Belcher & Connor, engaged in general civil and criminal practice. Mr. Connor makes a specialty of negligence cases and has built up a large clientele. being recognized as a lawyer of broad knowledge, who prepares his cases with thoroughness and is strong in argument and logical in his deductions. He is likewise president of the O'Connor-Connor Furniture Company, and is well known and highly esteemed as one of the successful and progressive young men of his native city. At the polls he supports the men and meas- CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 723 ures of the democracy and fraternally is connected with the Knights of Columbus. Although yet a young man he has already attained a creditable position in professional circles, while the salient characteristics of ' his manhood are such as have brought him the warm regard of those with whom he has been otherwise associated. HON. HARVEY C. GARBER. Hon. Harvey C. Garber, who for some years has been a resident of Columbus, has in the course of his public life been brought into contact with men of prominence throughout his own state, in the national capital and in the great conventions of the democratic party, and in all of these connections has commanded the respect and won the esteem, of his associates. He was born at Hill Grove, Darke county, Ohio, July 16, 1865. His father was a druggist and physician of the old school, a man of practical ideas, while his mother was an educated and cultured woman, who reared her children in the good old way of honest industry and obedience to the moral as well as the statute law. A turn of fortune's wheel carried the family to Greenville, the county seat of Darke county, a few months after the birth of Harvey C. Garber, and there better facilities for education and better opportunities for rise in the world were presented. In the public schools of that place Mr. Garber made rapid progress and an investigating mind also brought to him much knowledge outside of the schoolroom. Of an inquiring and somewhat scientific turn of mind while employed as messenger boy in the telegraph office, he almost unconsciously found himself competent to act as an operator and thus go out and win his way in the world. Accordingly he entered the railway service of the Pennsylvania Company as an operator and not only proved an expert at the key but demonstrated his executive ability and was promoted from operator to the position of manager for the Western Union Telegraph Company, which position he continued to fill satisfactorily for .some time. He then entered the service of the Central Union Telephone Company and was promoted to the position of state superintendent for Ohio, while a later promotion brought him to the position of assistant general solicitor of the company with headquarters at Columbus. Much responsibility devolved upon him in this connection, but his previous training and experience well equipped him for the faithful discharge of onerous and important duties. In the meantime Mr. Garber had been taking a keen interest in democratic polities. and had become recognized as one of the counselors of his party in northwestern Ohio. In 1889 he was nominated by the democracy of his district for representative in the general assembly, was elected and in 1891 was chosen for a second term. He was an active and practical legislator and introduced and put through the two houses a bill breaking up the fee system in county offices, which had grown into a great abuse, substituting therefor a salary law. The republican majority of the next legislature 724 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS repealed the law a short time after the date fixed for it to become operative, and this checked the reform, but the legislature of 1906-8 was so closely divided between the two parties that the friends of reform in both were enabled to pass the present salary law, which has gone into operation and which was based on the principle of the Garber law. Further political honors were accorded Mr. Garber when in 1902 he was elected to congress. while in 1904 he was reelected from the fourth Ohio district. He thus became a factor in national legislation and his record in congressional halls was characterized by the same fidelity to duty and progressive spirit which he manifested in the general assembly of Ohio. He has been the executive head and is a member of the state committee, comprising the Ohio democratic organizations, serving almost continuously since 1900. At the Denver convention last year he was elected as the Ohio member of the democratic national committee without seeking the place. On the 21st of May, 1900, Mr. Garber was united in marriage to Miss D. H. Curtis, of Logan, Ohio, a most charming, highly educated and cultured lady. Their social prominence is widely recognized, taking them into the best homes of the capital city. The strong purpose and inherent worth of Mr. Garber have carried him into important business and political connections and he is justly accounted one of the representative residents of Columbus. JAMES CORNELIUS NICHOLSON. Not all men who seek success in law win it. Nor does it depend alone upon the knowledge of the principles of jurisprudence, but rather upon the combination of wide legal learning, with broad general information concerning men and things, that enables the lawyer to work out the solution of cause and effect and to analyze the mental process by which results are reached. Possessing the requisite qualities of those who ably interpret the laws ass counsel and advocate, James C. Nicholson is now accorded a large and distinctively representative clientage. He was born in Malta. Morgan county. Ohio. August 27, 1869. His father. M. A. Nicholson. was a native of Richwood, Virginia, and was reared in Delaware, Ohio. whither he accompanied his parents on their removal in his boyhood days. Both he and his father were hardware merchants of Delaware and, after some years' connection with that line of business, M. A. Nicholson removed to Richwood, Union county. Ohio, where he again conducted a hardware store for a number of years. He served during the Civil war in defense of the stars and stripes, being connected at different times with both the cavalry and infantry. He enlisted at the first call for troops and aided in crushing the rebellion and remained a defender of the Union by reenlisting at the second call. He married Margaret Elizabeth Cornelius, a native of Morgan county. Ohio. where her parents located on their removal westward from the vicinity of Carlisle. Pennsylvania. Hers was a prominent family, the maternal grandfather of our subject, James Cornelius, CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 725 serving as a. general in the Mexican war. The death of W. A. Nicholson occurred November 10, 1891, and his wife survived him for years, passing away December 26, 1895. James C. Nicholson was a pupil of the public schools of Richwood, Ohio, passing through successive grades until he became a high school student. Ho entered business life in the humble capacity of apprentice in the printing offices of the Richwood Gazette, rose to the position of composition editor and became a journeyman. Subsequently he went to Uhricksville and was engaged as compositor and editor of the Tuscarawas Chronicle for a year. In 1890 he arrived in Columbus and worked at the case as compositor and also as a reporter on the Journal Press and Dispatch, until April, 1894. He made a good record in journalistic circles and had become imbued with the determination to engage in the practice of law, and, while serving on the reportorial staff of the different papers, devoted his leisure hours to the study of law. In April, 1894, he regularly took up law, studying in the office and under the direction of Ernhart & Swartz, attorneys of Columbus, being admitted to practice in the state courts in October, 1895, and in the federal courts in December, 1900. He has always practiced alone and is engaged in general law work, although he has specialized to considerable extent in corporation law and has represented a number of important corporations in litigation, while he is now counselor in several corporations. His practice is important and lucrative and his knowledge of legal principles is exact and comprehensive. He invariably gives a thorough preparation and his cogent reasoning seldom fails to convince. As the years have passed he has embraced his opportunities for investment in important corporations and business concerns and now has various income bearing properties. Pleasantly situated in his home life, Mr. Nicholson was married in March, 1905, to Miss Hazel Click of Millersport, Ohio. They have a little son, James C., born in December, 1905. Mr. Nicholson is a member of the Columbus Rifles, the Typographical Union, the Franklin County Bar Association, the Knights of Pythias and the Improved Order of Redmen associations which indicate much of the character of his interests and the way in which his time is passed. He has the happy faculty of not only winning but retaining friendship and those who know him speak of him in terms of commendation and good will, showing that his salient qualities are of that sterling nature which win warm estimation and unqualified confidence. HENRY CLAYTON CAIN. Henry Clayton Cain, filling the position of deputy city auditor of Columbus, was born in Centerville, Ohio, May 22, 1873. He is a son of Lysander and Lora (Brumbach) Cain, now residents of the capital city. The father was born in Plymouth, Ohio, and was for many years an official in the state penitentiary. He came to Columbus in 1894 and still makes his home here. 726 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS He is a veteran of the Civil war, having served in the Union army as a member of the Thirty-second Regiment of Ohio Volunteers. Henry C. Cain supplemented his preliminary study by a course in the high school of Plymouth, Ohio, and then entered business life as a cigar manufacturer, being engaged in that line of trade until 1896, when he entered the auditor's office of the Hocking Valley Railroad. That he proved capable, efficient and trustworthy in the position is indicated in the fact that he was appointed assistant traveling auditor in 1900 and thus continued until May 4, 1903, when he obtained a still more lucrative position in his appointment as bookkeeper in the city auditor's office. Later he was appointed deputy auditor, which is his present business connection. On the 5th of May, 1901, Mr. Cain was married to Miss Harriet B. Little, a daughter of Frank C. and Kate (Herrick) Little of Columbus, her father being known in business circles here as a decorator. Mr. and Mrs. Cain reside at No. 1005 Nest Broad street. He is financially interested in several commercial enterprises of the city and is well known in athletic lines and in social and political circles. He is a lover of athletic sports, particularly baseball and football, and is an enthusiastic fisherman. finding opportunity to indulge his love of that sport at his summer home on Indian lake. As a member of the Board of Trade he has been interested in many movements to further the business development of the city and he cooperates in various measures for the general good, interested in all those things which are a. matter of civic virtue and civic pride. Fraternally he is connected with Humboldt Lodge, No. 476. A. F. & A. M. and in his life exemplifies the beneficent spirit of the craft. He is a man of considerable political prominence, being an ardent advocate of republican principles, his opinions carrying weight in the local councils of the party, while at the present time he is serving as a member of the county central committee, having filled the position for several years. ANDREW DOBBIE. The history of those men who are prominent in mercantile lines in Columbus would be incomplete without mention of Andrew Dobbie, a well known dry-goods dealer. He was born at Bannockburn, Scotland, in 1840, and his father, a native of the same locality, there reared his family and followed the weaver's trade, continuing in the business up to the time of his death, which occurred in January, 1875. His wife, who bore the maiden name of Isabel Richardson, passed away December 10, 1897. Reared in the land of hills and heather, Andrew Dobbie assisted his father at the loom in the manufacture of three-ply carpets. The public schools afforded him his educational privileges and his youth was largely a period of earnest and unfaltering toil. He was assistant to his cousin, the Rev. Robert Christy, when he was a weaver of brussels carpets but later he became a prominent and able divine, well known in Columbus and Allegheny, Pennsylvania. The necessity for labor on the part of Mr. Dobbie PAGE 727 - PICTURE OF ANDREW DOBBIE PAGE 728 - BLANK CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 729 prevented him from having any but limited educational privileges. He came to America with his parents, the family home being established at Lithopolis, Fairfield county, Ohio, and soon afterward he began husking corn, which he followed through the three months of winter. He next turned his attention to broom-making and afterward entered the dry-goods store of Brossman & Andrews, being employed practically as errand boy. There he continued for five years, working his way steadily upward until the winter of 1862. He slept in the store, hauled butter and eggs to Columbus, and the brooms which were made by the concern were also brought to the Columbus market. His hours were long for he had to arise at 5 o'clock in the morning and work until 9 at night. In the winter of 1862 Mr. Dobbie came to Columbus and secured a position with the Osborn-Kessbar Company but remained with that house for only two weeks, on account of an unsatisfactory assignment. He then returned to Brossman & Andrews at his old home. The same year, however, he secured a clerkship with Bain & Sons in Columbus. The firm wished a man to sell to city trade and did not believe Mr. Dobbie competent, so offered him a salary of but five dollars per week. He had been with them only a short time when they raised him to the highest salary they had ever paid, for he had demonstrated his ability not only to do what others had done but to do more. At the same time Mr. Dobbie was interested with his father in the manufacture of blankets and yarns at the Cheney Mill at Canal Winchester, Ohio. Owing to his father's illness at one time he walked to Canal Winchester, leaving at 8 o'clock Saturday evening and returning Monday morning so as to be ready for duty when the store opened. His association with Bain & Sons continued until 1867, and after being with that concern for five years he entered the employ of their successors, Gilchrist, Gray & Company, the silent partners being Mr. Dobbie and Mr. Sohl. This concern became Gilchrist & Dobbie in 1875, and so continued for a few years, after which the business was purchased by Mr. Dobbie, continuing under his own name. In 1902 he removed to his present location at No. 130-132 South High street. He has a large and well selected line of dry goods, and the house shows each year an increase in business marked by a growth of a steady and healthful character. The enterprise has the reputation of being a most reliable and conservative house, where everything is brought up to a standard of value, the enitre business being conducted along lines that conform to the strictest commercial ethics. The house maintains an unassailable reputation for reliability, and if ever mistakes occur it is known that they will be a matter of speedy and satisfactory adjustment. Mr. Dobbie has always recognized the fact that satisfied customers are the best advertisement and he has studied closely and met the demands of the general public at all times following principles in his trade relations that neither seek nor require disguise. He is today one of the oldest and most honored merchants of this city and has been a director in numerous banks and corporations, but he has now retired from those lines. He does all of the buying for his store and is as active as ever in its management, reach- 730 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS ing in the office at 7:30 in the morning and remaining until 5:30 in the afternoon. In all of the years of his connection with the business the days of his absence would not aggregate more than a month. In 1886 Mr. Dobbie was united in marriage to Miss Hattie Knox, of Columbus. They attend the First Presbyterian church and Mr. Dobbie is a, generous contributor to its support. During the past quarter of a century he has made biennial trips to Europe in the interests of his business and has also made them sources of pleasure and information. He is fond of travel and is also noted as a pedestrian. He keeps himself in good physical trim at all times, recognizing the fact that this constitutes the basis of a keen, scintillating brain and alert, enterprising spirit. Over the record of his entire career there falls no shadow of wrong doing or suspicion of evil and on the contrary his example is one worthy of emulation, showing as it does the force of hard work, close application and unfaltering integrity in the acquirement of notable and gratifying success. Columbus numbers him among its most progressive and honored business men, and his sterling qualities are such as to make his friendship prized by all who know him. SHERMAN P. BROWN. Sherman D. Brown, one of the substantial and prominent business men of the city, is a partner in the Fletcher, Brown & Company, funeral directors, with which concern he has been practically connected all his life, and has worked his way to the position of financial worth he now holds. He is a native of Fairfield county, this state, where his birth occurred May 29, 1866, and a son of Rev. William and Catherine (Ruble) Brown, natives of Hocking county, where they were born in the years 1821 and 1827 respectively, both families having been pioneers of that section of the state and owners of large tobacco plantations in the days when that commodity was hauled by mule teams, once a year, to the city of Boston, where the product was sold. The elder Mr. Brown was a minister of the gospel, taking up that profession when twentyone years of age and continuing it throughout this state until he departed this life in 1895, leaving his widow, who still survives. He was one of the old school preachers and was of the day when one minister was given a circuit of many churches, and consequently he spent his life moving from one place to another, encountering many hardships on his journeys, which of necessity were made in all sorts of weather, in order that he might serve his Master in carrying the glad tidings to the members of the small congregations dispersed throughout the state. His life was in the highest degree useful and his beneficial career will long be remembered in the community where he rendered ministerial services. At the usual age Sherman D. Brown was enrolled as a pupil at the public schools, where he acquired his preliminary education, and, as it was his father's desire that he should prepare himself for the ministry of the gospel, he was prepared to enter college and was matriculated as a student in Otter- CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 731 bein University, where he remained for a brief period when, giving up the notion of entering the ministry, he severed his relations with the institution and went to work for an undertaker at Westerville. With him he remained for two years, at the termination of which he came to this city, where he enter d the employ of the firm with which he is now affiliated. In this service he continued until 1899, during which period he acquired a thorough knowledge of the business, when, owing to his excellent business judgment and integrity, he was made a partner in the enterprise in which he has since been engaged. The firm, which is now known as Fletcher, Brown & Company, conducts one of the largest undertaking concerns in the city and since Mr. Brown has become affiliated with it, as a partner, he has done much in bringing it before the public. On May 16, 1889, he was united in marriage in this city to hiss Jennie N. Madison, the couple having one child, Robert E., who is in his ninth year. Among the fraternal organizations with which Mr. Brown is affiliated are the Knights of Pythias, Lodge No. 144, of which he is treasurer, being also a member of the military department of the same order; Columbus Lodge No. 37, B. P. 0. E.; the Home Guards of America; Columbus Lodge, No. 203, K. O. T. M.; Lodge No. 44, W. of W.; Lodge No. 3735, M. W. A ; Lodge No. 237, F. O. E.; Lodge No. 102, and Patriot Sons of America. In addition to belonging to the Columbus Board of Trade he is also associated with the Ohio Mail Order Supply Company as president. Mr. Brown is a man possessing noble traits and qualities of character, is a member of the Fifth Avenue United Brethren church, and in every sense is a worthy citizen and figures among the most prosperous and influential business men of the city. HERMAN HOSTER. Herman Hoster, who is now secretary and treasurer of the Columbus Lithograph Company, was born in the city which is still his home, July 12, 1881, his parents being George J. and Mary A. Hoster. The mother and father, who are natives of Columbus, are still living. In the public schools of this city. Herman Hoster began his education and continued his course through successive grades until he became a high-school student and was graduated with the class of 1897. He next attended the Ohio State University for two years and then entered Yale University, completing his course in 1903 and winning the degree of Bachelor of Science. While at the Ohio State University he became a member of the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity. In starting out in life as a factor in the business world, Mr. Hoster became assistant cashier at the Hoster breweries, and after the organization of the associated brewing interests in this city, he was made assistant treasurer of the company and so continued until the 9th of January, 1906. At that date he turned his attention to other interests and became connected with the Columbus Lithograph Company as its secretary and treasurer. He has filled the dual position to the present time and has been very active in the manage- 732 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS went of the affairs of the house. the success of which is largely due to his efforts. This company has a well equipped plant. They started out on a comparatively small scale but they have increased their facilities and while they formerly manufactured one million envelopes per day they now have a capacity for three million. They have also developed their lithographing department and largely increased their printing department. It was in October, 1908, that they removed to their new plant, which is located on Fifth avenue and the Big Four tracks. Mr. Hoster devotes his entire time to the development and upbuilding of this business which, although one of the newest concerns of the city, is already an important productive industry. He likewise is director of the Capitol Trust Company. On the 12th of February. 1907, Mr. Hoster was married to Miss Martha Welle, of St. Louis, and they have one daughter, Elise, born January 29th, 1908. Mr. Hoster is a member of the Columbus Club, the Arlington Country Club and the Columbus Country Club, and treasurer of the Columbus Auto Club. Altogether these associations indicate much of the nature of his interests. He is an automobile enthusiast. and was also a pioneer in the support of the acre, interests of this city. He is a young man of social nature, of genial disposition and excellent business ability, and has won for himself a favorable place in the public regard, having many friends in this city, where he is now widely known. JAMES A. MILES. James A. Miles, legist and jurist, his record reflecting credit and honor upon the history of the Columbus bar, was born in Eden township, Licking county, Ohio, September 21, 1844, and represents one of the pioneer families founded in Ohio by his grandfather, Stephen Miles, who was a native of Washington county, Pennsylvania, and came to this state when the Indian population outnumbered the white settlers, and when the greater part of its lands were unclaimed and uncultivated. He married Miss Dush and their son, John Dush Mile-, was born in Licking county March 1, 1823. There through his youth he experienced the hardships and privations of pioneer life, and also assisted in the arduous task of developing a new farm. In early manhood he married Miss Sarah Games, a daughter of Robert and Sarah (Evans) Games. Her father, of American birth, served in the war of 1812 and when Ohio first became the abode of white men he established his home within its borders and took an active part in its development. He wedded Miss Sarah Evans, whose mother was an adopted daughter of Lord Bradley, of England. Coming to America she became the wife of Mr. Evans, in Virginia, and she and her descendants were undoubtedly the rightful heirs to a large estate which was left by the Bradleys in England but has never been claimed. John Dush Miles, father of Judge Miles, made farming his life work, and from Licking county moved to Delaware county. Ohio, about 1851. CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS -733 For a long period he carried on farming there and his wife died there in February, 1900, at the age of eighty years. His death occurred in 1905. Their son, Judge James A. Miles, was a pupil in the public schools of Delaware county and later spent one year in the university at Westerville, Franklin county. He then devoted several years to the profession of teaching, after which he began preparation for the bar. becoming a student in the law office of Jackson & Beer, well known attorneys of Crawford county, Ohio. His preliminary reading was thorough and comprehensive and secured his admission to the bar on the 4th of September. 1868, since which time he has practiced in Franklin county, winning for himself very favorable criticism by reason of his wide erudition, his correct application of legal principles and the thorough and systematic manner in which he prepares his cases. Judge Miles' family relations are particularly attractive. He was married to Miss Mary Esther Longwell, a daughter of James and Edith (Wallace) Longwell, of Johnstown, Licking county, Ohio. Unto Judge and Mrs. Miles were born two sons and a daughter. The elder son, Frank A., after graduating from the high school in Sunbury, Ohio, was for some time connected with farming interests in Licking county and on the 5th of August, 1900, started for the Philippine Islands to fill a position as clerk on the transport Warren, on which his brother, Captain Perry L. Miles, was quartermaster. Captain Miles is the second son and is now a captain in the regular army. He was appointed to West Point from Franklin county in 1891 and was graduated in 1895. He was then commissioned second lieutenant of the Fourteenth Infantry, after which he was stationed at Vancouver barracks in Washington until the outbreak of the Spanish-American war. when he went to San Francisco and on the 28th of May, 1898, sailed, for the Philippines as second lieutenant. However, he was in command of Company I, for the first lieutenant and the captain were left behind on special duty. He participated in the battle of Manila and was under fire and was present at the capture of Manila, where the Fourteenth Regiment lost forty-seven in killed and wounded. He was also in the first engagements with the insurgents and did gallant duty. After the capture of Manila he was promoted to the rank of first lieutenant in July. 1898, and has since been promoted to the captaincy. His personal bravery and daring in the capture of the historical blockhouse was perhaps the most notable act of purely personal bravery and cool-headedness, with the exception of that of Captain Hobson, in all the history of the Spanish-American war. It was the capture of this blockhouse that led to his promotion to the captaincy on the 10th of October, 1899. The event has been given special prominence through a poem entitled, "The Ballad of Lieutenant Miles," which appeared in Harpers' Weekly. The daughter of the family, Bertha, is a graduate of the Johnstown high school and resides with her grandmother in Licking county. Having lost his first wife, Judge Miles wedded Miss Lena G. Witter, of Columbus, a native of Germany. whose father was a distinguished linguist of his native country, speaking seven different languages. He remained throughout his entire life a resident of his native land. In his political views Judge Miles has always been a stalwart democrat, interested in the growth and success of his party and laboring, as opportunity 734 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS has offered, for its success. Upon its ticket he was twice elected to serve as mayor of Westerville, and in 1906 became acting police judge of Columbus. His record on the bench and in the private practice of law shows him to be a man of marked ability and mental grasp, who readily discovers the salient. points of a legal problem and shows marked discernment in relating them to the principles of law. JAMES U. BARNHILL, PH.D., M. D. Dr. James U. Barnhill. one of the most eminent surgeons practicing in Columbus, was born near Wattsville, Carroll county, Ohio, October 22, 1855, a son of the Rev. Williamson and Catherine (Dennis) Barnhill. The family is of Scotch-Irish extraction, the first representatives of the name in America coming to the new world about 1750. The founder of the family was a printer and publisher in Baltimore. Maryland. His five sons left descendants who are now dispersed throughout Maryland, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois. Tennessee and many other states. Some of them served in the American Revolution, and the grandfather of the subject of this sketch was a soldier in the war of 1812. His maternal great and great-great-grandfathers served in the Revolutionary war. The Barnhills have been represented in Ohio since 1808, at which time Robert and Elizabeth (Carter) Barnhill, the grandparents, established their home in Jefferson county in that portion which later became Carroll county. It was there that Williamson Barnhill was born, received his early education, married and entered upon his life work. Dr. Barnhill, the fifth in a family of eight children, passed through the consecutive grades of the public schools, and completed collegiate courses, leading to the degrees of Bachelor of Science (1876) and Master of Arts, later gaining the Doctor of Philosophy degree in the University of Wooster. With broad classical knowledge to servo as the foundation upon which to rear the superstructure of professional learning, and on the advice of Dr. Leander Firestone of Wooster, who gave him a letter to Dr. J. W. Hamilton of this city, he entered Columbus Medical College. completing the full course with the class of 1883. He also studied surgery and gynecology in Johns Hopkins University at Baltimore and in Harvard Medical School in Boston and has carried his researches far into the realms of science, becoming recognized as a man of eminent ability in his chosen profession and specialty. In addition to his private and consultation practice he has done valuable work as a medical educator, holding a prominent teaching position in local medical colleges ever since his graduation. He also served within this time in various official capacities: secretary. trustee, vice chancellor and chancellor, holding the latter position in the Ohio Medical University at the time of the merging of that institution with the Starling Medical College to form the Starling-Ohio Medical College. In the latter he holds a professorship in surgery, and is one of the surgeons to the Protestant Hospital of this city. PAGE 745 - PICTURE OF DR. J. U. BARNHILL PAGE 746 - BLANK CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 737 He was surgeon and chief of staff of the Christian Home Hospital from 1886 until 1896 and was connected in the same capacity with the Columbus Hospital for Women from 1898 until 1902: for several years was a member of the staff of Hawkes Hospital of Mt. Carmel, and has served on the staff of the Protestant Hospital since the founding of that. institution (1892). His contributions to medical literature have been extensive and valuable. He is the author of the Outlines of the Principles of Surgery and also a series of articles on Eminent Surgeons. He has made various contributions to medical journals and is the author of a History on the Public Schools of Columbus. He was for nine years the editor of the Columbus Medical Journal, and is identified with the leading organizations which are formed to advance scientific knowledge and promote the efficiency of the profession at large. He holds membership with the Academy of Medicine of Columbus, of which body he has served as president: the State Medical Association, the American Medical Association. the Mississippi Valley Medical Association, the American Academy of Medicine and the National Association of Pension Examining Surgeons. He has served the city a.; a n member and as president of the local Board of Health and Columbus Board of Education. and is president of the Benjamin Franklin Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution. Dr. Barnhill was married to Miss Bianca Jane Reese, daughter of Rush and Matilda ( Feeman) Reese, of Wooster, Ohio, and their home is the center of a cultured society circle. They have two daughters, Eva Annetta and Helen Bianca. Dr. Barnhill and his family are members of the First Congregational church. Association with him means expansion and elevation. Those who know him in his own home find him a most courteous. genial and companionable gentleman. while in his profession he receives that honor and respect which the world instinctively pays to him whose ability has placed him in the foremost rank of the representatives of his chosen calling. JOSEPH EDWARD STRADER. Joseph Edward Strader engaged in the real estate business with offices at No. 502 Columbus Trust building is classed with Ohio's native sons, his birth having occurred at Ironton. June 14. 1885. His father. James Strader, was born in Buffalo, New York, in 1858, and was a son of Dr. James Strader. who emigrated to America in 1850, and settled in Buffalo. where he reared his family. After arriving at years of maturity. James Strader. Jr.. was united in marriage to Miss Margaret. McDugin, who was born in Ironton, Ohio, in 1862, and was a daughter of Joseph McDugin. one of the pioneer residents of Lawrence county. who. throughout his entire business career was connected with hardware interests. He was a representative of a family of Scotch lineage that was founded in America during the period of early colonization here. Joseph Edward Strader. whose name introduces this record, was brought to Columbus by his parent, in his early boyhood, and was educated in the 738 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS public schools until he had completed the course in the East High School by graduation. Later he attended the Ohio State University until 1904, when he left that institution to enter real estate circles in connection with his father. He has since been engaged in the real estate business and the firm has obtained a large clientage that has made them: prominent in the field of real estate operations in the capital city. Joseph E. Strader is a young man of undaunted enterprise, alert determination, and is rapidly advancing in the business world. He is prominent and popular socially. and is a member of the Jefferson--Jackson--Lincoln League. EDMOND BOTHWELL DILLON. Edmond Bothwell Dillon, judge of the court of common pleas at Columbus, was born in Ironton, Ohio. February 9, 1869. His father. the Rev. J. W. Dillon, was also a native of this state and for many years was a member of the Ohio conference of the Methodist Episcopal church. His ministerial labors connected him with almost every county seat of that conference and, as he has sown the seed of truth broadcast it has brought forth rich fruit. He is still living at the age of seventy-five years, although now retired, his home being in Portsmouth, Ohio, to which place he went. after fifty years devoted to active service in the ministry of the church. He wedded Mary Catherine Cox, also a native of Ohio, who is still living at the age of seventy-four years. The Rev. J. W. Dillon was a grandson of Micajah Dillon, who came from Rockbridge county, Virginia, in 1844 and located in Lawrence county. Ohio, with his son Henry, who became the father of the Rev. J. W. Dillon. Both spent their last days on a farm in Lawrence county. Micajah Dillon was descended from ancestors who came from County Galway. Ireland, and settled in Virginia. prior to the Revolutionary war, in which representatives of the family participated. The father of Micajah Dillon gave the sum of five hundred pounds to the United States government to help bear the expenses of the war when General Lafayette came to aid the colonists in their struggle for liberty. The ancestors of Mrs. Dillon were of the Whitaker family of Philadelphia, presenting an unbroken line for eight generations of children by the name of Mary Catherine down to the daughter of Judge Dillon. At an early day the ancestors of Mrs. Dillon. mother of Judge Dillon, settled in Adams county, Mary Catharine Newkirk, one of the granddaughters of David Whitaker having married Recompense Murphy. He was a soldier of the war of 1812 and was the grandfather of Mrs. Dillon. In the public schools of the state Judge Dillon pursued his early education, which was continued in the Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware, and in 1897 that institution conferred upon him the degree of Master of Arts. After leaving college he studied law in London. Ohio. with the Hon. S. W. Durflinger, now on the common pleas bench, and later with the Hon. George E. :Martin, of Lancaster. Ohio, also on the bench of the common pleas. In October. 1891, he was admitted to the bar and at once began practice at Co- CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 739 lumbus, later forming a partnership with Ex-Probate Judge H. B. Albery which continued until Judge Dillon's election to the bench. Appointed by the supreme court of Ohio as a member of the law examining committee, he held that position five years until 1903. In 1898 he was appointed under a special law for the city of Columbus as a civil service commissioner and continued to act also in that capacity until his elevation to the bench. From 1897 until he became judge of court of common pleas he was also attorney for the dairy and food department of the state of Ohio. In 1904 he was elected professor of law, with the chair of evidence, of Ohio State University, which position he still fills. While an extensive and important clientage and active and efficient service in office brought him prominently before the people. Judge Dillon was also well known for his active work as a representative of the republican party. He served as chairman of the republican county and congressional committees in the campaign of 1900, when William McKinley was elected president the second time. In 1902 he was elected judge of the court of common pleas and was reelected in 1908, so that he is now serving. His decisions are strictly fair and impartial, bringing him into close touch with those men who have always stood for order and a clear and adequate exposition of the law. On the 8th of May 1895, at Norwalk, Ohio. Mr. Dillon was married to Miss Marian Daisy Whitney a daughter of the Hon. Calvin Whitney of that city, a widely known philanthropist and president of the A. B. Chase Piano Company. Mrs. Dillon. a graduate of Delaware University of the class of 1801. is well known in musical, church and social circles. The family residence is at -No. 83 Wilson avenue. Judge Dillon owning that property. There are three children : Edmond Whitney, born September 14, 1897; Mary Catharine, born December 27, 1900 and Marian Elizabeth, born February 4, 1908. Judge Dillon is a. member of Phi Kappa Psi college fraternity and Delta Chi law fraternity. has been a member of the Ohio State Bar Association since 1892. He also belongs to Champion Lodge. K. P., Columbus Lodge. F. & A. M.. .aid the Columbus lodge of Elks. He is also a member of the Madison venue Methodist Episcopal church and is serving on its official hoard. He finds his chief recreation in pedestrian exercise, often walking to surrounding towns a distance of twenty or twenty-five mile,. He is a. mall six feet. two inches tall, of athletic build courteous and approachable and of genial manner. WALTER ZINN . Walter Zinn, a capitalist now living retired on a fine country estate in Delaware county, was formerly closely associated with business interests in Columbus. He started upon life',s journey in Cincinnati in 1850, a son of Peter Zinn, who was born in Columbus in 1818. His grandfather. Phillip Zinn, removing westward from York, Pennsylvania. settled in Columbus in 1805. when the now populous and thriving capital was but a mere hamlet. 740 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS He located on the present site of the Ohio State University and for many years was proprietor of a stage coach business operating between Columbus and Sandusky. Later he became a freighter handling traffic between Columbus and Pennsylvania and other eastern points. The extent of his business affairs and his activity in public interests made him a prominent representative and valued pioneer settler. Peter Zinn, the father, born on the home farm, on the present site of the Ohio State University, was reared in Columbus and became an attorney at law. In 1848 he removed to Cincinnati, where he engaged in practice for almost a third of a century, or until 1880. He, too, was a leading resident of his district and for many years represented Hamilton county in the state legislature. He continued in practice as a member of the law firm of Bruff & Zinn and a keen analytical mind and powers of deduction enabled him to gain a place of distinction at the Cincinnati bar. By appointment of Governor Bruff, he had charge of Camp Chase at Columbus during the Civil war, with the rank of major. He was also well known in railroad circles, being for many years president of the Kentucky Central Railroad Union, that ran from Covington to Lexington. He was also the author of a legal publication entitled Zinn on Trusts, an important and valuable work. He married Margaret Goodin, a native of Cincinnati and a representative of one of the pioneer families and large land owners of that city. She died in 1876. Walter Zinn was educated in the public and high schools of Cincinnati and the Penn Military Academy at Chester, Pennsylvania. after which he took a trip abroad and then returned to Cincinnati. During his term at the military academy he acted as one of the escort for General Grant, then president of the United States, at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1876. 1878 he returned to Cincinnati and was apprenticed as roll turner in his father's rolling mill and became a journeyman roll turner. He never followed the business, however, for his father died and in 1883 he came to Columbus. Here he engaged in the wholesale hat business as a jobber in men's hats, continuing under the firm style of Zinn & Judkins until 1904, when he sold out. This was a very successful venture and the business was indicative of the careful management and undaunted enterprise of Mr. Zinn. Following his retirement from mercantile circles Mr. Zinn engaged in the brokerage business as senior partner of the firm of Zinn & Thurman, handling local securities until 1906, when he sold out. His splendid business success had brought him a substantial capital and released him from necessity for further labor, so that he removed to his farm at Powell, Delaware county, where he is now living a retired life. his property being known as the Meadow View Farm. Here he is raising fine fancy bred horses and cattle, having some of the finest stock raised in the state. In January, 1882, Mr. Zinn was married to Miss Elizabeth Dora Jones, of Columbus. and they have two sons: William P., who was born in 1883, and is now engaged in the real estate business in Columbus; and Walter D., born in 1895. Mr. Zinn is a member of the Columbus Club and the Knights of Pythias fraternity. He has a wide acquaintance in central Ohio and his social. genial CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 741 nature has gained for him an extensive circle of friends. His business ability was recognized by all with whom he had trade relations and his keen discernment and carefully managed affairs have placed him in a most comfortable financial position. DEWITT C. JONES. Occasionally one finds a man who is self-made, self-contained and self assertive and yet without what is known as selfishness, as applied to the human race. DeWitt Clinton Jones comes as nearly up to this idea as one is likely to find in an ordinary tour of observation. He has convictions. opinions, some prejudices perhaps, and they are all emphatic. His prejudices are eradicable, his opinions may be modified by new facts and angles of presentation, but his convictions, like the laws of the Medes and Persians, do not change. Being an attorney, he believes that the commission of the lawyer should be regarded a- the title of a legitimate nobility. He was born near the present city of London. the seat of justice of Madison county, September 5, 1848, his parents being John C. and Sarah (Taylor) Jones, natives of Tennessee and Virginia respectively. They were farmer folk, lived happy, useful and contented lives and reared their children to good citizenship. DeWitt C. Jones acquired his preliminary education, like most of the boys of his time and environment, in the country schools and, in 1866, entered the Ohio Wesleyan University. at Delaware, being in the same class with Senator Joseph B. Foraker. This was a period in the university's history in which it turned out more Methodist ministers, lawyers and statesmen, comparatively. than any other collegiate institution in the state. During a part of his course. which was completed in 1870, Mr. Jones was in the same classes with Vice President Charles AV. Fairbanks and the late Governor John M. Pattison. of Ohio. Almost immediately following his graduation he came to Columbus and studied law under Hon. Chauncey N. Olds, a noted attorney of that day. On the 22d of February. 1872, he was admitted to practice in the courts and at once opened an office for the prosecution of his profession in this city. From 1875 until 1886 he practiced in partnership with George D. Jones but has since been alone, and is strong and vigorous both physically and mentally and capable of almost limitless mental labor. His clientage is large, particularly in municipal assessment cases, for which he is especially fitted. For more than a third of a century he has now been a member of both the state and county bar associations. In 189.5 he became editor of the Press Post and was on the staff of that paper until 1899. winning an excellent and enviable reputation in that connection. On the 9th of April, 1876, Mr. Jones was united in marriage to Miss Laura C. Hoerigen, an educated and accomplished German lady, whose parents, George and Caroline Hoerigen, came to this country in 1838. Her mother is still living at the ripe old age of eighty-nine years. Mr. and Mrs. Jones have two children, R. E. and Norma. 742 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS Politically Mr. Jones is a stanch supporter of right and has taken an active and helpful interest in the affairs of the municapality. From 1876 until 1878 he served as a member of the city council and in 1886 was appointed postmaster of Columbus by President Cleveland. acting in that capacity for one term of four years. He attended to the business of the postoffice in the same faithful and capable manner as he attends to his private interests and accordingly the public business was well performed. Socially he is connected with the Ohio Club and the Sigma Chi fraternity and has an extensive circle of friends throughout Columbus. JAMES ROSS. James Ross. now engaged in the real-estate business in Columbus, has figured in connection with political service in Franklin county. filling the office of sheriff for two terms. He is a pronounced democrat, unswerving in his loyalty to the party whose principles, in his opinion, are best calculated to conserve the pubic good. Mr. Ross was born in Reynoldsburg, Truro township, Franklin county, Ohio. July 10, 1862, a son of Frederick and Christina (Grossman) Ross, both of whom were natives of Germany and came to America in 1849. Landing at New York, they proceeded westward to Franklin county, Ohio, and settled on the place now known as the Sullivan farm, west of Columbus. There Mrs. Ross died in 1862 soon after the birth of her son James, and the father passed away in 1866, so that James Ross was left an orphan when little more than four years of age. However, he found a home with relatives, with whom he continued until he felt that his age and experience justified him in starting out in life on his own account. That he had not overestimated his powers has been clearly demonstrated as time has passed by, for, depending upon his own resources, he provided for his support, scorning no occupation that would yield him on honest living. He was employed at farm work and other manual labor as opportunity offered and in the meantime managed to acquire a good English education. After attending the district schools he later became a high school student in Columbus and subsequently pursued a commercial course in Bryant & Stratton Business College of this city. He then accepted a clerkship in a store but left that position to enter upon official duties as deputy under John J. Joye, clerk of the court of Franklin county at Columbus. In 1888 he was appointed deputy sheriff under Brice W. Custer and occupied the position for four years, discharging his duties so satisfactorily that his course was endorsed by public approval in his election to the office of sheriff in the fall of 1891. On the 1st of January following he entered upon the duties of the position and that he was faithful fearless in their discharge is indicated in the fact that he was reelected in 1893, serving altogether for a period of four years. He has always been recognized as one of the stalwart democrats of this part of the state and in 1897 he took a very active part in the campaign in support of Horace L. Chapman, then candidate for governor of Ohio. He was a member of the demo- PAGE 743 - PICTURE OF JAMES ROSS PAGE 744 - BLANK CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 745 eratic state executive committee and on other occasions has also done effective public work for his party. Whatever his hand has found to do he has done without parley or equivocation. This characteristic has been manifest in his life work from his boyhood days to the present time and the same spirit of determination has been displayed in his political work and official service. He has also served as chairman of the democratic county executive committee and otherwise has done much effective political work. Mr. Ross retired from the office of sheriff as he had entered it-with the confidence and good will of all concerned-and has since given his attention to real-estate operations, handling mostly city property. In this he has been very successful, dividing his time between his real-estate business and his public service for county and state. Other business affairs have likewise claimed his attention. At the present time he is president of the RugglesGale Company on South High street, which is among the largest blank book and cognate lines in the Ohio valley. In his fraternal relations Mr. Ross is an Elk and a Knight of Pythias and stands high in both these orders. The fact that he is one of the chief democratic leaders both in the local and state organizations does not interfere with his business transactions nor weaken the friendship which is felt for him by men of variant political opinions. On the contrary he numbers many of his warmest friends among the followers of the opposition, for his genuine personal worth and business enterprise recommend him to the high regard and good will of all who know him. JAMES M. WESTWATER. James M. Westwater left the impress of his individuality upon the business interests, the public life, the political activity and the benevolent and charitable work of Ohio, during the years of his residence in Columbus. Wherever he was known he was honored and respected, but most of all where he was best known. His life exemplified all that stands for true worth, integrity, kindliness and genuine charity, and he made an untarnished record as a. business man, citizen. neighbor and cultured gentleman. The following record of his life was prepared by the Columbus Board of Trade, of Which he was long an honored member. The memorial is as follows "On May 24, 1832, there landed from an emigrant ship at New York City a ruddy-faced Scotch boy, about sixteen years old, clad in 'breeks and bonnet.' " He was a glass cutter by trade. and found immediate work at a large factory. His first surprise was that the wages he earned were so much better than in Scotland, and his next surprise was that at the house where the workmen boarded they had meat on the table three times a day while at his old home it was the luxury of the workman's Sunday dinner. His first letter back to his Scotch comrades advised them all to come to America., where wages were better and meat abundant. Being ridiculed by his fellow work- 746 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS men on account of his clothes he spent his first earnings in dressing like an American, and his evenings in study, that he might become an American; his heart's chief desire. After a few years he came west to Wheeling, Virginia, where he worked at the glass cutter's wheel in one of the large factories. Wherever we find Mr. Westwater he is in the front rank of affairs in which he is interested, and so it was among the working men at Wheeling. He was an active member of a debating society composed of working men in the various glass factories and as a fluent talker he said many unpopular things about the slaves then in Virginia. He was dubbed by many of his comrades "the nigger lover." because of his opposition to slavery. By a few who thought as he did the question of slavery was proposed for debate at one of the regular meetings of the society and our ardent young Scotchman was the only one who, having the courage of his convictions, dared to face his unsympathizing audience in his arguments against slavery. We find here a germ which grew and had influence upon his future work in Ohio to which we will presently refer. The family left Wheeling and come to Columbus arriving July 18, 1840. Dis father. brother William and himself began business under the firm of John Westwater & Sons, in a store room on West Broad street where the Wheeler building now stands. At first they bought their stock of queensware from New York dealers but later became direct importers and thus widely extended their trade. For nearly fifty-four years through grandfather. sons, and grandsons the business has continued and the firm has ranked as one of our most substantial and successful. His suavity made Mr. Westwater one of the most popular business men and his truthfulness was sufficient guarantee as to the quality of the wares he sold. He was a man of remarkable mental capacity: though not possessing the advantages of early education he was a close student, a wide reader and an extensive traveler. who readily and intelligently absorbed and retained the useful and instructive. Courteous in manner and gifted with fluency of speech, he was highly entertaining in social life. He was true to his own convictions vet liberal towards all and knew that there are "many men of many minds" and acted upon the principle that he would do unto others as he would have others do unto him. His sunny nature looked upon the bright side of life with aa thankful heart, while at all times he did what he could to brighten the darkness in the lives of others through his words of hope and by his open hand that gave generously and quietly. He loved with an inborn love things beautiful and graceful. Flowers were to his refined and delicate organization a joy and study and he petted his favorites and watched their growth as mothers pet the it children. His office was seldom without an array of bright living colors and permeating redolence, which came from his own growing and which he appreciated as propagator and botanist, as well as for the pleasure they gave to others. He was an active life member of the Columbus Horticultural Society and did much practically to secure and develop the best of fruit by his own culture. He loved art with appreciation and judgment of exquisite taste. CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 747 His home bears witness, by its collection, that pictures and statuary were the preferred companions which gave him a constant pleasure when business hours were over. As as member of many benevolent societies he was liberal and active. being one of the founders and main supporters of the Home of the Aged, which will keenly feel the loss it has sustained in his death. He was also a generous giver to the Home of the Friendless and responded liberally to all calls for aid in public calamity. He was a cheerful giver who did not too closely scrutinize the. asking as he preferred to err on the side of mercy as he listened to tales of want. As foreman of a non-paid volunteer fire company he fought the flames to save the property of his neighbors when he was not a. real-estate owner. He was one of the most fearless and efficient of that little band of volunteer cholera nurses who went where they were sent by the board of health in 1949 and 1850. He was one of the charter members of the Columbus Gas Light & Coke Company, a director in the Green Lawn Cemetery board, a director of the National Exchange Bank and also in other corporations. As aa merchant in one business method he was unique, he never took account of stock; when remonstrated with as to that, he said, "I pay every debt I owe every Saturday, as I don't want to think of business on Sunday; what is here is my own and I don't love money well enough to bother about counting the gains all the time." Acquisitiveness was not a trait of his character. His business gave him pleasure. He was a reliable friend and ready helper of young men upon starting out in their business careers. His habits of life were modest and simple and his personal wants few. He did not attribute what. success he attained so much to himself as to the business advantages of the laud he loved. Coning in the vigor of his manhood to the capital of Ohio during an exciting political campaign his bright Scotch mind at once took up an intelligent study of American politics. He was a democrat because he had found that his fellow workmen were democrats in both New York and Wheeling. He assisted in editing a democratic campaign paper here in 1844. His life in a slave state had its influence and he became an anti-slavery democrat, as he could not see how one man could own another man; and while no longer a working man he remembered the bad effect that slave competition had upon the wages of men who had left Europe on account of the pauper competition which existed there. He also remembered that his favorite poet had written, " A. man's a man for a' that." So believing and true to his conscience he openly and actively espoused the cause of the slave and was a pronounced abolitionist when that term was one of obloquy. In his work he was associated with Chase. Giddings and Wade and thus was far in the van of that vast army yet to come whose bloody work. under Grant. Sherman and Sheridan, culminated in the Emancipation Proclamation of the immortal Lincoln. When the republican party was organized Mr. Westwater was one of its leaders and continued an active member during his life. As an abolitionist he fought for the black man oppressed by law, fought for the man who had no rights that 748 -CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS a white man was bound to respect and for black men born in Ohio who could not testify in a court, who had no vote and yet paid taxes. It was because of his sense of injustice under law towards the negro that he became an active member of the underground railroad company as it was called This railroad with many hidden track, which ran continuously throughout the state reached from the Ohio river to Canada, where. under the laws of monarchical England the manacles of slavery fellas the slave touched the soil. This underground railroad had stations throughout Ohio. and the station houses were stables. garrets. outbuildings, cellars, any place where escaping and pursued slaves, men, women and children could be hidden during the day that they might travel by night. Over this railroad, safe, quick, and secret transportation, with supplies of food and clothing were freely given by little bands of determined and despised men called abolitionists, who had to do their Christian work under darkness and in defiance of law. As the men in Boston harbor did, so did the abolitionists. The same spirit animated both yet the first sought liberty for themselves while the others sought freedom for their fellowmen. Such was the work in which our young Scotch American citizen engaged ; not for himself, not for his family, but for humanity leveled by law to the domain of the brute. And yet the end was not, for in the issue pending, Justice and Truth demanded a hearing and a result. The Old Liberty Bell of the nation's ancient capitol says in letters of brass, "Protect liberty throughout the land and to all the inhabitants thereof.'' The abolitionist defiantly said, "That bell is a clanging lie." which the average citizen resented, as a slander and as a reflection on the flag. It remained to him and to us, living in the light of the fullness of time to hear Truth say, "That legend was not a lie, but a prophecy waiting its fulfillment that was to come from the seed planted by the abolitionist. through oceans of blood and the sacrificed lives of heroes." Our friend had the supreme satisfaction of seeing the flag float over the garnered harvest, which came from the plantings of more than half a century ago. of his own and the hands of his fellow workers in the cause and to hear that bell proclaim justice and truth-the completed work of the abolitionist which brought the dawning of the better day which has come with its moral and physical enrichment not only to our land but also to the nations of the earth, where civilization upon higher planes, has proven that it is far nobler to protect the weak, whether bond or free, than to oppress them-the world wide fruitage of Christianity. Such is a chapter in the life of a man who, in the face of bitter opposition, dared to do what his conscience told him was right. Of that little band in our city, not one-whom we can recall yet lives here, Mr. Westwater was the last. The fiat of "three score years and ten" has called them from their labor, but their work remains. The old station house of the Underground Railroad, where Mr. Westwater had charge, stood on Chestnut street, near Fourth, and it too is gone. It was a harbor of safety where food and rest and secretion from the search of United States officers, were furnished without money and without price and its beacon light was a half hidden tallow candle at the back window of an old smoke house made fit for the service. Here the frightened, pursued, escaping slaves were in some myste- CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 749 rious way piloted. All this was over fifty years ago. Now we see the apotheosis of the dim candle light of that old smoke house. Upon a rick in the harbor of the commercial metropolis of our country is a torch held high towards heaven by the right arm of a nation's strength whence come the rays of a. beacon light which are seen afar as Liberty enlightens the world. Under the shadow of that rock whereon liberty stands the emigrant ship of May, 1832, was piloted, laden with men, women and children freed from the slavery of pauper labor as they touched the shore. There landed one little group, a man and wife with their three sturdy boys, one of whom was "Jamie," who has done for others what that landing did for him, making possible the enthronement of liberty, and stronger the arm bearing the torch lit by the abolitionist. That the world has been bettered from that life we all know and we also know that this Board of Trade Association is the better for that membership and here drop a flower at the grave of a man who lived not for himself but for others." FRANK P. GOBLE. Frank P. Goble. engaged in the undertaking business in Worthington, his native town. was born September 6, 1849. He was a grandson of the Rev. Jacob and Bathsheba (Payne) Goble. the former a native of France and a minister of the Baptist church, while the grandmother was a relative of Thomas Payne. Dr. Peter Goble, the father of Frank P. Goble. was born at Gobles, Ontario. and was a graduate of Kings College at Montreal. He acquired his professional education in Buffalo, New York. and, locating for practice in Worthington, was a prominent and successful representative of the profession in this place for over thirty years. In 1873 he removed to California. where his last days were passed, his death there occurring in 1877 when he was seventy years of age. He married Eliza Chapman. a daughter of Roswell Riggs and Phoebe. (Stansbury) Chapman. the latter a daughter of Judge Recompense Stansbury, a. native of Connecticut and one of the original settlers of Worthington. where be located in 1804 and spent the remainder of his days. He had served a seven years' apprenticeship at the cabinet maker's trade in Baltimore, Maryland, afterward studied law and became an, attorney and judge in Franklin county. The Stansburys were one of the distinguished old families of they county, closely connected with its substantial development and improvement. R. R. Chapman, the maternal grandfather of Mr. Goble, was also one of the first to make a. home in this town and for a number of years he successfully conducted merchandising in Worthington. In possession of his grandson. Mr. Goble, are the hooks which he kept in 1827, while carrying on the store. and they are models of neatness and exactness. It will thus be seen that Frank P. Goble is a representative of several of the old and prominent families of Franklin county. He has always resided in the section of the county in which he was born and is the second 750 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS oldest native male resident of Worthington. Here he was reared and educated and. for the past twenty years, ha engaged in the undertaking business both at Worthington and at Dublin. For the past few years he has resided on a farm in Washington township but still manages his business interests in the two villages and is accorded a liberal patronage. He is widely recognized as a most reliable and progressive business man and well merits the success which has come to him. Mr. Goble's wife bore the maiden name of Mary Mitchell. She is a native of Washington township and a daughter of Charles and Eliza (Reed) Mitchell. the former a native of Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, and the, latter of Union county, Ohio. Charles Mitchell came to Washington township in his boyhood days with his parents and spent the remainder of his life upon a. farm. Both Mr. and Mrs. Goble have a wide and favorable acquaintance in this county, where their many good qualities have gained them the warm regard and friendship of those who know them. He is modestly inclined and never speaks in terms of self praise but those with whom he has been associated from his boyhood days down to the present speak of him in terms of high regard. THOMAS GRANT YOUMANS. M. D. Dr. Thomas Grant Youmans comes of old colonial stock. He is a great grandson of Captain Llewellyn Davis, who was a member of the Society of Cincinnati, and who served as captain of General Washington's body guard. He is a great grandson of General Lewis Evans. a landed proprietor and manufacturer in Pennsylvania, who had charge of the state militia of Pennsylvania during the Revolutionary period. He is a grandson of Dr. Thomas Jones Davis of Philadelphia, a surgeon in the Mexican war. He is a son of Colonel M. and Mary Davis Youmans. His father won his title by active and meritorious service in the Civil war. Dr. Youmans laid the foundation for advanced education in an excellent preparatory training, and subsequently spent four years in the Ohio State University. It was his desire to enter professional circles; and to this end he began reading medicine with Dr. Theodore Rankin and later graduated from Starling Medical College with the class of 1895. In New York city he pursued a post graduate hospital course, spending four years in that work. He speaks authoritatively upon many subjects and has gained recognition as one of the most able and successful physicians of Columbus. That he has gained distinction in special lines is indicated by the fact that he was chosen professor of dermatology and genito-urinary surgery in the Ohio State University, and was for eight years police and fire surgeon of Columbus. Dr. Youmans is a member of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States of America; Goodale Lodge. A. F. & A. M.: the Knights of Pythias: and the Columbus Club and the Arlington Country Club. In professional relations he has membership in the Columbus Academy of Med- PAGE 751 - PICTURE OF DR. THOMAS G. YOUMANS PAGE 752 - BLANK CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 753 icine, the Ohio State Medical Society. the American Medical Association and the .American Urological Association. His acquaintance is wide, and he has a host of friends whose high regard he has gained through his professional ability, his deference to the opinions of other. his genial manner and unfailing courtesy. J. S. MORRIS GOODLOE. J. S. Morris Goodloe is a member of the firm of Goodloe, Kellar & Company, handling certified public accounts. Success is consecutive and methodical and so it has been in the ease of Mr. Goodloe who has wrought along lines of continuous, well directed and honorable capacity, eventually reaching the substantial position which he occupies in relation to business affairs today, Louisville, Kentucky numbers him among her native sons, his birth having occurred August 11, 1868. He is connected with some of the most prominent southern families. The first Goodloe in America way a member of the Cape Henry Colony and afterward went to Jamestown. The original patent, for land now owned by the Goodloe family was granted when Virginia was a colony. The Goodloes closely intermarried with Fitzhugh Lee. Thornton and other distinguished families. J. S. M. Goodloe now has in his possesion the original coffee urn known as the Christopher Marshall urn, which was used in serving coffee to the men who were busily engaged in compiling the declaration of independence on the 3d of July 1776. He is related to the Marshalls and it was thus that the urn came into his Ina-,a sign. possession. His father, Germyn B. Goodloe, was a native of Caroline county, Virginia, and at the time of the Civil war served with the confederate army, participating in a number of hotly contested conflicts. He held the rank of captain of one of the Virginia regiments and was wounded in the battle of the Wilderness. Later he was assigned to the commissary department for a although he was unfit for field service he could not be content without doing what he could to aid the cause which the loved. He was one of seven sons who participated in the war. Following the close of hostilities he removed to Louisville, Kentucky, where he conducted a pork packing business for a number of years and later engaged in the brokage business. He was at successful man, accomplishing what he undertook by methods that never sought nor required disguise and when he passed away in December 1881 he left behind him an honored memory that is cherished by those who knew him. On the matermal side Mr. Goodloe is descended from an equally long and illustrious line of ancestry. His mother bore the maiden name of Ellen Morris and was connected with the family that has furnished many distinguished representatives to the nation. She was born in Kentucky. her father removing to Lexington about 1815. while later a removal was made to Louisville. There he became the head of the Joseph S. Morris & Sons 754 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS Drug Company. His wife was a sister of John P. Morton, the head of the first. publishing house west of the Alleghenies. Anthony Morris, the great-great-great-uncle of Mrs. Goodloe, was wounded at the battle of Princeton where a monument has been erected to his memory. Mrs. Goodloe still survives her husband. At the usual age J. S. M. Goodloe became a pupil of the public schools of Louisville and after completing the grammar grades be spent one year in high school, but on account of trouble with his eyes was obliged to put wide his text books in1881. He was a very apt student and sta the youngest member of his class. standing first in a class of one hundred and eighty members. After leaving school he entered the employ of a railroad company in Louisville, working in the constructing, clerical and operating departments until 1894. His service was varied in character and of increasing importance as his ability qualified him for promotion. During much of this time he was studying periodically to perfect himself for snore responsible duties. When nineteen years of age he was filling this position of traveling auditor of the Evansville & Terre Haute Railroad. and at twenty-one years of age was auditor of a railroad company. Later he was with the Great Northern Railroad with headquarters at St. Paul. Minnesota, acting as confidential agent to the general auditor until 1895. he then went to New York city with the firm of Patterson & Corwin, Public accountants n railroad examinations, his services thus continuing until 1899 when the firth dissolved. Mr. Goodloe continued with their successors; Patterson, Toele & Dennis. On the 1st of may, 1901, he became. a member of the firm and removed to Columbus as manager of the branch office in this place. acting in that capacity until May. 1905. during which time the business of the office was gradually increased. At the date mentioned he bought out the interest of his partners in this concern and organized the firm of Goodloe & Kennedy, so continuing until October 1, 1906, when the firm of Goodloe. Keller & Company was organized. The business is still conducted under that firm style. The purpose of the firm is to examine business enterprises investigate working conditions. install systems to reduce the cost of operation and increase the profits. This firm is better and more favorably known than any other concern of the kind in the west.. They never sacrifice thoroughness and substantial results to rapid increase of business. and their efficient work has made them most widely known. In addition to his interests as senior partner of the Goodloe. Keller & Company, Mr. Goodloe is vice president of the Sun Manufacturing Company of Columbus and for two years was vice president of the American Association of Public Accountant". He still remains a member of its board of trustees and he was the first president filling the office for four years. of the Ohio Society of Public Accountants of which he is also a trustee. Tie likewise belongs to the New York Society of Certified Public Accountants and his association with these different organizations brings hint inspiration for further progress in a work that is now considered a most valuable factor in business life. On the 9th of October. 1894. Mr. Goodloe was married to Miss Harriett W. Speed of Owensboro, Kentucky and they have a daughter. Ellen Morris. CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 755 In politics Mr. Goodloe has always been a stalwart republican. He is a member and the first president of the first board of examiners appointed by Governor Harris May 22, 1908, under the certified public accountants law. He is also a member of the investigating committee and its chairman, appointed by Mayor Badger to look into the city affairs. Aside from these he has held no public offices, preferring always to devote his time and energies to his private business affairs. He has studied law that his knowledge thereof might be of aid to him in the conduct of business interests, but he has never engaged in practice before the bar. He has had extensive experience in coal mining operations. Mr. Goodloe belongs to the Columbus Club, the Columbus Country Club, the Buckeye Republican Club and the Republican Club of the City of New York and to several fraternal organizations. He is a Knights Templar and a thirty-second degree Mason and a member of the Aladdin Temple of the Mystic Shrine. He also belongs to the Elks Lodge and is a. member of St. Pants Episcopal Church. For several years in early manhood he was connected with the Kentucky National Guard, having enlisted as a private while he became second lieutenant by- brevet. He was called out to active service to quell some of the feuds in that state, being on duty in Perry eounty its 1888. He has the degree of Bachelor of Art from the New York State University, that of Certified Public Accountant from the sauce school and also from the Ohio University. He is a Bachelor of Political Science from the American Academy of Political & Social Science and is a member of the Columbus Board of Trade. It is only the lover ranks of life that are crowded trod Mr. Goodloe has long since left the many and stands today among the successful few. his ability and knowledge carrying hint to place of distinction in the field of labor which he has chosen. ERNEST OSMON RICKETTS. While advancement at the bar is proverbially slow. Ernest Osmon Ricketts has nevertheless made constant progress in his chosen profession. utilizing his native intellectual forces for the mastery of the intricate problems of ,jurisprudruce as presented to him in all important and growing law practice. He was born in Hocking county, Ohio. February 11, 1870, a son of Rev. James B. and Helen M. (Goodspeed) Ricketts. who are now living its Columbus. The father, who devoted many years of his manhood to the active work of the Methodist ministry. came to Columbus in 1888 and entered into superannuated relations with the church. He is now sixty-five years of age. In the common schools of his native county Ernest Osmon Ricketts pursued his education through successive grades and after leaving high school began reading las in the office and under the direction of L. L. Rankin of this city. He thus studied for two years or until his admission to the bar in December 1891. He was the a admitted to a partnership in the 756 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS firm of Rankin, Thrailkill & Ricketts, the senior partner being his former preceptor, while the second member of the firm was M. E. Thrailkill. For three years the partnership was maintained and since its dissolution Mr. Ricketts has practiced alone, although he is associated in a non-partnership relation with his brother, M. U. Ricketts. who has since been admitted to the bar. He gives his attention to the general practice of law and is well qualified by thorough training to handle important litigated interests, and at all times gives to his clients the benefit of unwearied industry and comprehensive familiarity with the law. Mr. Ricketts is married and resides, on Hamilton avenue. In politics he is a loyal republican but is not strongly partisan in local affairs being in sympithy with the tendency of the time, toward an independent movement. where no political issue is involved, that competent, honest men rather than professional political leaders may be selected for office. He is now well known in the city and has a large circle of friends in professional and social circles. F. L. GRIFFITH. While the trend of removals has usually been westward there are exceptions to this rule in business men who have regarded the opportunities of the east as superior to those of other districts of the country and, in the utilization of the advantages offered, have won legitimate, desirable and well merited success. Mr. Griffith is among those who have traveled eastward in search of favorable business openings. A native of Taylorville, Illinois, he was born October 15, 1873, and was but a year old when his parents removed to Indianapolis, Indiana, where he attended school, his studies being pursued through the consecutive grades until he completed the high school course. He then entered Yale University and was graduated within the classic walls of that great seat of learning in 1896. In the acquirement he displayed the elemental strength of his character as he provided for tuition and other necessary college expenses through his own labor. he then .succumbed to a long cherished desire to see something of the old world and made a trip of over two thousand miles on a bicycle through European countries, viewing many points of scenic beauty and historic interest and mingling with the people of foreign lands in a way that gave him intimate knowledge of the different nations and added much to his experience. After his return from Europe Mr. Griffith established his home in Columbus and began the publication of the Daily Reporter. devoted to the interests of attorneys and litigants, a publication that he inaugurated and maintained most successfully for several years until he disposed of it to advantage. Later he became assistant secretary of the Ohio Trust Company and in June, 1904. resigned to purchase a seat in the Columbus Stock Exchange, of which he was elected president a year later. he became recognized as a prominent representative of financial and investment interests, CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 757 being for some years manager of the local stock department of White, Wagner & Company and also in independent operator on the Columbus Stock Exchange. In these connections he has had to do with the handling of stock of Columbus industries and other local forms of investment, in which connections his judgment has proven excellent and his probity unchallenged. Since 1907 he has been the manager for Otis & Huff, bankers and brokers. Mr. Griffith was united in marriage to Miss Flora A. Schneider, of Colunibus and they have one son two years of age. Mr. Griffith is connected with the Columbus Board of Trade and in social lines his membership is with the Columbus, the Columbus Country and the Ohio Clubs. He is also an enthusiast on the subject of golf, has made an excellent record in golf tournaments, winning several championship contests and also stands high on the list of fine tennis players. The forces of his life are evenly balanced, developing the well rounded character and he possesses that pervasive force which arises from the wise use of all one's powers excluding abnormal development along one line. GEORGE M. MERRITT. What the world demands today is not that men shall be capable but that they shall do the things of which they axe capable and Mr. Merritt has met the world:. demands in every particular. He has worked his way steadily upward by his earnest effort and is recognized as one of the forceful factors in business circles in Columbus, accomplishing what he undertakes and recognizing his own powers and capacities so that he never undertakers that which would be impossible to accomplish. He is a native son of Ohio, born in Vinton county, July 2, 1858. His paternal grandfather, William Merritt, was of English lineage but the family was founded in America during colonial days shortly prior to the Revolutionary war. Imbued with the desire to aid the country in her struggle for liberty William Merritt joined the Colonial army William C. Merritt, father of our subject, was born in New Hampshire September 22, 1822, and on his removal westward to Ohio settled in Athens where he engaged in contracting and building. He became one of the contractors of the Hocking Valley lines and was prominently identified with many important building interests. He voted with the democracy but never took an active part in political work nor sought office as a reward for party fealty. He married Cynthia Sisson, a native of Linton county, who was born in 1822. Her family was from Massachusetts and came to Ohio at an early day in the development of this state. Her mother was a Fuller and belonged to the same family as Chief Justice Fuller of the United States supreme court. George M. Merritt was educated in the public schools of Lancaster, Ohio, passing through consecutive grades until he was graduated from the high school with the class of 1875. On putting aside his text books he entered business life as a representative of the Hocking Valley Railroad Company, remaining in that employ for thirteen Years during which 758 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS time he was promoted from one position of responsibility to another until he became chief clerk of the shops. He left that service to become connected with the traffic association of western Ohio and eastern Pennsylvania aiid was secretary of this organization, serving for thirtecu years. In 1902 he severed his connection with that coupany and began dealing in coal land. He has since handled large contracts of this ells. of property in Ohio. Peiuisylvania and West Virginia and has also operated coal mines extensively. No citizen of Columbus has a more coiuprehensive or accurate knowledge of business affairs of this character than has Mr. Merritt. He has made a close study of the coal resources of the state and has thus bccii enabled to carry on his business interest, in a, manner that has brought him gratifying success. On the 28th of May, 1878, Mr. Merritt united in marriage to Miss Katharine Schory and their children are: William, Mary, Lillibridge and Gladys. On the 7th of November, 1891. Mr. Merritt was again married his second union being with Katharine Wood and to them have been born three children: Kathleen, George and Donally. They make their house in the Bryden apartments and Mr. and Mrs. Merritt have many warm friends in the city. Prospering in his undertakings Mr. Merritt ham became identified with numerous important interests which have not only benefited by his financial investment but by his sound judgment and keen discrimination.. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity and of the Presbyterian church-associations which indicate much of the interests which govern his life and the principles which control his actions. His political views are in harmony with the principles of the republican party and his influence at all times is on the side of justice, truth and right, of municipal progress and of civic virtue. He stands today as one of the prosperous men of Columbus not by reason of the fact that fortune has favored him above his fellows but because he has labored diligently, neglected no opportunity and used every chance that has come to him to the best advantage. His judgment is sound and he has always possessed the courage which many men lack, of taking a forward step where favoring opportunity has offered. ISAAC B. CAMERON. Isaac B. Cameron, whose well-directed labors have brought him to a place of distinction in financial circles is now president of the Columbus Savings & Trust Company. His connection therewith follows a two terms service as treasurer of state of Ohio, in which position he gave proof of his ability to solve intricate and complex financial problems. The steps in his orderly progression are easily discernible and the course which he has marked out for himself is one which may well be followed by those who desire to attain success by honorable methods. A native of Scotland, his birth occurred in Nairn in 1851 and he came to America with his mother when a mere child of tell months, the family home being established first in .Jefferson county. Ohio, while later a. removal was PAGES 759 & 560 - MISSING CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 761 made to what is now the village of Lisbon, Columbiana county. In his life record he has displayed many of the sterling characteristics of his Scotch ancestry, an ancestry living in the land of crag and glen, of mountain peak and mountain lake, of the lowland, heath and plain, of liberty, poetry and song, of religious and educational zeal. He has the Scotch perseverance and unfaltering determination and these qualities have constituted elements in his business progress. After mastering the branches of learning that usually constitute the public-school curriculum, he pursued a course in a business college at Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. Following his graduation there he became bookkeeper for a mercantile firm in Columbiana county, Ohio, remaining in that position until 1874, during which time he not only audited the accounts but made it his pnrpose to master the business in principle and detail. His rare business qualifications and his sterling integrity recommended him for pro. motion and he was given a partnership in the business in 1874. Six years later he became sole owner and under his influence, guidance and control the enterprise developed along substantial lines and brought him the merited financial reward of earnest, persistent labor and intelligently directed effort. Interested in politics from an early age his fellow citizens recognized in him one who possessed to a marked degree the power of organization and whom they believed would be loyal to a public trust and upon attaining his majority he was made a member of the Columbiana county republican central committee and later served four years as chairman of that organization. For several years be was a member and chairman of the Eighteenth (McKinley's) congressional district committee. In 1893 he was made a member of the republican state committee. That he has been prominent in republican politics is evidenced by his record, and in 1893 he was elected treasurer of Columbiana county securing the largest vote ever given to any candidate for ally office up to that time. He received endorsement of his capability during his first term in a reelection in 1895 and during his two terms' incumbency he formulated a model business system that has since been followed by his successors. On his retirement from office Mr. Cameron entered into active connections, in 1898. with the First National Bank of Lisbon, which had been declared insolvent. the stockholders and creditors being unanimous in their choice of him for receiver. It required only a little more than a year for him to bring order out of chaos and although the books were found to have been outrageously falsified. Yet he obtained judgments in every case in which suit was brought. His loyal and efficient service in party organization. his stainless official career and extensive acquaintance among the leaders of, the party, his undoubted integrity acid ability, his splendid business record made him in the summer of 1899 the logical candidate and successful nominee for the high office of treasurer of state. He was endorsed at the polls at the following election and served for two years and was then reelected by an increased majority. In his administration of the office Mr. Cameron introduced improvements that greatly systematized and facilitated the work and also introduced innovations that not only added to the security of the funds but lightened the work. His official service war uniformly commended by those who know might of the duties of the state 762 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS treasurership and proved his ability to discharge in an acceptable manner the important duties of the position. When his second term as treasurer of state had ended he was chosen for the presidency of the Columbus Savings Trust Company, which position he continues to hold. His management of that important financial institution, his executive ability and keen discrimination are manifest in its control and ire evidenced in its growing success. Early in life he became cognizant of the fact that activity doesn't tire but on the contrary hardens and gives resisting power. The exercise of effort always has and is today keeping him alert, so that his position is one of distinction and large responsibility in connection with the financial interests of the capital city. By the consensus of public opinion he is accounted one of the foremost residents of Columbus. He has learned from much experience of life the lessons that it has contained and, correctly valuing each opportunity, has utilized it for further progress, regarding each thing he has accomplished not as work finished but as a starting point for further and broader effort. Personally, he is a genial gentleman, affable and courteous, one whose very bigness is a living example of our ideal American business man. Socially he is identified with the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Knights of Pythias, and is a thirty-second degree Mason. a member of the 'Mystic Shrine. He has represented the Masonic order in the grand lodge, and is a member of the Columbus and Ohio Club. while religiously he is connected with the Presbyterian church. On the 15th of June, 1875, Mr. Cameron married Miss Laura A. Irwin. of Cleveland, and they have one son, Roy Macdonald, who was born in 1883 and is now receiving teller in his father's hank. FREDERICK BEAUMONT SHELDON. Frederick Beaumont Sheldon, assistant to the president of the Hocking Valley Railway Company. and also chief engineer of that line, was born in Manchester, England, January 27, 1856, and is the eldest in a family of four sons and two daughters. who were also born at the family home of their paren+ts, Stephen and Ruth (Beaumont) Sheldon. The entire family came to the United States in April, 1870, and the parents passed away in St. Louis, Missouri, after residing there for many years. The other members of the household wore: Arthur L., now a resident of Lancaster. Ohio; Mrs. Edith S. Hanly, living in Frankfort, Kentucky; Alfred, of New Orleans ; Stephen B., living in St. Louis, Missouri; and Annie M., who some years ago returned to Manchester. England. where she still makes her home. In the endowed grammar schools of his native country Frederick B. Sheldon pursued his education and in 'November, 1870, when a youth of fourteen years, entered the railroad service in connection with the engineering corps, making the preliminary surveys for the Arkansas Central Railroad. From 1871 until May 28, 1872, he was draughtsman for that line and on the 1st of June, of the latter year, he became connected with what CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 763 is now the Hocking Valley Railway Company in the capacity of topographer. Later he acted as draughtsman and subsequently as assistant engineer of the Columbus & Toledo line and from 1877 until 1881 as engineer in charge of the Columbus & Toledo Railroad. Through the succeeding Seven years he was engineer in charge of the Toledo & Ohio River divisions of the Columbus, Hocking Valley & Toledo Railway, and from 1888 until 1899 was chief engineer of that line. Upon the organization of the Hocking Valley Railway Company March 1, 1899, he was appointed chief engineer and on the 1st of January, 1900, was also made assistant to the president of the company. When he came to Columbus the city contained a population of about thirty-five thousand. The locomotives in use between Columbus and Cleveland. Chicago, Indianapolis and Cincinnati, all burned wood for fuel. The Hocking Valley Railway, then opened from Columbus to Athens, brought in coal and the growth and development of the city as a manufacturing center began. Mr. Sheldon lived to witness the splendid advancement of the capital and a transformation equally great has been wrought in railway circles both in the management and equipment of the lines. Throughout the greater part of his life he has been identified with the Hocking Valley Railway Company, which he has scrved continuously since May 1, 1872, a period of thirty-seven years. On the 6th of September, 1881, Mr. Sheldon was married to Miss Harriet E. Thrall, a daughter of Reuben R. and Matilda (Trumbull) Thrall, whose ancestors were among the early settlers of Massachusetts, arriving in that colony about the Year 1630. There are six children in the family, the ssons being: Walter Thrall, living in New York; and Stephen, of Seattle. WVahington: while the daughters are: Mary Lees. Ruth Beaunront, Harriet Sheldon and Anne Edith. at the family home, 89 Lexington avenue in this city. In his political views Mr. Sheldon has always been aa republican. He has always voted at the primaries and the regular eletions and has cast his influence on the side of progress and good government. For more than a quarter of a century he has been identified with St. Paul's Episcopal church and for the past ten years has been a member of its vestry. He belongs to the Columbus Board of Trade and the Columbus Club. He is a lover of music, in which he indulges for his own amusement and from which he derives his principal recreation. REV. DENNIS A. CLARKE. Rev. Dennis A. Clarke, whose influence in the growth of Catholicism in Columbus has been of no restricted order, was in 1892 made irremovable rector of Holy Family church. He is a native of the capital city, his birth having here occurred December 15, 1850. His parents, John D. and Margaret (Turney) Clarke. were zealous adherents of the church. His father was born 764 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS in Virginia in 1816 and in 1832 came to Columbus, traveling "overland" as was the custom in those days-the phrase designating travel by conveyance instead of by the waterways. His wife a. native of Ireland, came to America when six years of age with her father, who served as a soldier of the Mexican war, acting as a member of the company commanded by Captain M. C. Liley. Owen T. Turney, an uncle of Father Clarke. was captain of the first Irish military company recruited in this city and served throughout the period of the Civil war as a paymaster of the United States army. John D. Clarke was a well known lumber merchant and contractor, who was prominently identified with the early history of Columbus. In his youthful days Father Clarke became a pupil in St. Patrick's school and from the beginning gave great promise. When he had completed the Course in that institution he entered the University of Notre Dame. Indiana. and in 1874 he won three degrees on the completion of the commercial. scientific and classical course. e also studied theology and philosophy at Notre Dame and completed his studios in these and other lines preparatory for the priesthood at St. Aloysius Seminary in Columbus. Having thus qualified for holy orders, Father Clarke was in December 1879, ordained by the Rt. Rev. C. H. Burgess, bishop of Detroit. for the see of Columbus, which had been made vacant by the death of Bishop Rosecrans During four years following his graduation Father Clarke was a professor the University of Notre Dame. He returned to Columbus in 1874 and founded the Catholic Columbian with Bishop Rosecrans as editor-in-chief. He most ably conducted the paper as manager and editor until 1885, when he disposed of the Columbian so that he might devote himself to parish work, having been appointed pastor of the Holy Family church in November. 1884. His labor here were at once so efficient and the growth of the church numerically and spiritually so substantial that in 1892 he was made irremovable rector of Holy . Family church. For a number of years Father Clarke served as a member of the Bishop's Council. He has always been interested in the movements for the uplifting of his fellowmen and for three terms he served as president of the Catholic Total Abstinence Union of Ohio. He was also appointed dean of the Columbus district at the synod of 1902 and has filled many other official positions in the church. ELMORE JUDSON SWERER. For a quarter of a century Elmore Judson Swerer has been a factor in the business circles of the capital city, where he now well known as manager of the Ohio State Savings & Loan Association. The family of which he is a member is probably of German origin, and early representatives of the name removed from New Jersey to Ohio, where they located in pioneer times. As early as 1800 the family was known in this state. Three years passed before the state was admitted into the Union and for some years thereafter many CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 765 evidences of frontier life were extant here, the Indian population far exceeding the number of white settlers, and the great forest tracts were yet covered with a native growth of trees which gave shelter not only to the red men but to many wild animals. The great-grandfather and grandfather of Mr. Swerer. were residents of Preble county, Ohio. and took an active and helpful part in converting the region into a district of improvement containing all the elements of au advanced civilization. Lewis C. Swerer, the father, was born in Preble county, Ohio and devoted his life to the practice of law, becoming a well known attorney. He was also a veteran of the Civil war, serving with the Fifth Ohio Cavalry in the rank of first lieutenant. He was very active in his military experience., participating in many of the hotly contested battles, long marches and hard campaigns in Mississippi and other southern states. For a number of years he resided in Missouri and was a prominent participant in the political circles of that state. His death occurred in 1881. while his widow still resides in Columbus. Mrs. Swerer bore the maiden name of Teresa Jaqua and was a representative of an old Huguenot family of France, who left their native country at the tune of the expulsion of fill who followed that religious faith. Coming to America the family was represented in the colonial array during the Revolutionary war, and a monument erected in Pennsylvania which commemorates its Revolutionary soldiers contains the names of several of the Jaqua. family. To this family also belonged ex-Governor Gray, of Indiana, who was an uncle of E. J. Severer. He was very prominent in diplomatic circles and died in the city of Mexico during the administration of President Cleveland. Elmore J. Swerer was born on a farm near New Paris, in Preble county, Ohio, February 4, 1861, and when a lad of eight years accompanied his parents on their removal to Mexico, Missouri. in 1869. There he was educated as a student in the public and high schools, pursuing his studies to the age of fifteen years, when he started out in business life on his own account, securing the position of assistant cashier in a large mercantile house at Mexico, Missouri. He applied himself diligently to the mastery of the duties that devolved upon hint and was successively promoted through various positions. eventually becoming cashier. he has been a resident of Columbus since 1883 and was employed as bookkeeper by various concerns until 1891 when, believing that he saw an opportunity for the establishment of a successful business enterprise, he organized the Ohio State Savings & Loan Association, of which he became the manager. e has continued as manager, and under his guidance the business of the company has assumed mammoth proportions, now being in what is known as the two million dollar list. There are six hundred and forty associations of this kind in the state, of which twenty-five are controlling a business amounting to over two million dollars. The Ohio State Savings & Loan Association is a leader in modern methods and is ready always to adopt any new and feasible ideas that promise a successful outcome. This company makes loam to buy and build hones in Columbus, Ohio, and has a remarkable record for the safety of its investments. The business has passed through two general financial panics and yet has continued on it way in a steady progression which has made the Ohio State Sayings & Loan Asso- 766 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS ciation one of the strongest organizations of this character in the Buckeye state. In 1895 Mr. Swerer was married to Miss Ora Zinn of Franklin county. and they are now the parents of two daughters and a Son: Maud, Marie and Elmore J. Mr. Swerer belongs to the Ohio Club and to various Masonic bodies. He is also ex-president of the Franklin County Building & Loan League. and a member of the executive committee of the State Building & Loan Association League. He is likewise one of the original members of the old Jackson Club, and his interests embrace a. connection with various measures and movements which have for their object the welfare of the city and the progress of the state at large. He is a man of ])road mind and public spirit who ranks today not only with the successful business men but also with the leading and valued citizens of Columbus. STARLING SULLIVANT WILCOX. M. D. Starling Sullivant Wilcox. M. D., son of James Andrews Wlicox and Lucy Madison Sullivant ; grandson of Phineas Bacon Wilcox and Joseph Sullivant, and great-grandson of Lucas Sullivant, founder of Columbus, was born the 29th of Tune, 1865, on Third street within the shadow of the capitol. Fortunate is the man who has back of him an ancestry honorable and distinguished and happy is he when his lines of life are cast in harmony therewith. Dr. Wilcox, in person, talents and character, is a worthy representative of his race. He received his early education in the public schools of Columbus, attending Sullivant school and Central high. Later he acquired a more extended literary education in the east, graduating at Exeter,, New Hampshire. Deciding upon the practice of medicine as a life work, he studied under Dr. Starling Loving and graduated with honor from Starling Medical College in the clan of 1888. In the following year he further promoted his knowledge and efficiency by a post-graduate course in the city of New York, being also appointed assistant surgeon to Chambers Street Hospital. In 1890 he was appointed assistant surgeon to the National Military Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, which position he ably filled for four years, being at the end of his term of service appointed temporary chief surgeon pending his return to private practice. On Wednesday, the 25th day of April, 1894, Dr. Wilcox was married to Sarah Mountgomery McCoy, only daughter of Major Milton McCoy and Katherine Krouse, both from the oldest families of Chillicothe, Ohio. Two sons have been born of this union, James Milton and Starling Sullivant. After his marriage, the Doctor began the practice of medicine in Columbus, Ohio. In 1896 Dr. Wilcox was appointed to the chair of genito-urinary diseases, Starling Medical College, which he ably filled until the death of his beloved wife, November 14, 1899, soon after which he tendered his professional skill to his country and was ordered to the Philippines as surgeon with PAGE 767 - PICTURE OF DR. STARLING S. WILCOX PAGE 768 - BLANK CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 769 rank of first lieutenant. While on foreign service he was promoted to the rank of captain and later was ordered to the Columbus barracks for duty, pending his voluntary discharge from the United States Army. Upon the expiration of his service he resumed his professional duties in Columbus, including his professorship in Starling Medical College and was reappointed to the .same chair when Starling and Ohio Medical Colleges merged. In all of his varied professional relations he has shown himself to be a man of ability, always conforming strictly to the higher ethics of the medical fraternity. In 1906, realizing the importance of further perfecting himself, he took a second post-graduate course, in Philadelphia. Upon his return he was the first of his profession in Columbus to give practical demonstration of the advantages of electrical illumination in the examination of the bladder and in the diagnosis of diseases of the kidney and allied organs. He is a member of the Columbus .Academy of Medicine, the Ohio State Medical Society and the American Medical Association. Dr. Wilcox is interested in all that pertains to the welfare and progress of the city, but the demands of his chosen profession leave him little time for active participation in public life. He is the author of a medical treatise upon the subject of his chair in Starling-Ohio Medical College is genito-urinary surgeon to the Ohio penitentiary, to the State Free Dispensary, and to Saint Francis Hospital, meeting his class in the sonic amphitheatre, where he himself witnessed clinic furnished by his alma mater. He is also on the staff of Grant Hospital, a model institution of exact surgery. He has performed efficiently and well the difficult duties which devolved upon him and has gained the success which comes as a merited reward to earnest application and able performance. FRANK M. RAYMUND. Frank M. Raymund one of the active and able attorneys that Fairfield comity has furnished to the Franklin county bar, was born in Carroll, Ohio, November 30, 1866, and is a son of Dr. Bernard and Nancy A. (Lane) Raymund. His father was born in Bavaria, Germany, and about the year 1831 cause to the United States. locating in Cincinnati. He was a graduate in medicine of the University of Munich and had been a teacher in the same institution. while during the cholera epidemic in Munich he acted as one of the government physicians. Following his arrival in America he practiced medicine for some years at Lancaster. Ohio. and his death occurred in 1882. His wife. a native of Pennsylvania. accompanied her parents on their removal to Fairfield county, Ohio during the first half of the nineteenth century and her death occurred in Akron. this .state. in May 1907. Frank M. Raymund mastered the elementary branches of English learning in the public schools of Fairfield county and afterward attended the Ohio State University, where he pursued his studies to his graduation with the class of 1888, in which year the Bachelor of :Arts degree was. conferred upon him. He studied law in the office of R ell . Guthrie & Lee of Los Angeles, California. 770 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS who were the possessors of the largest library west of Chicago, and having access thereto he greatly broadened his knowledge through his extensive reading. In 1890 he was admitted to practice in the courts of California but almost immediately afterward came to Columbus and was admitted to practice in Ohio. He located for professional service in Columbus and as the years have gone by has met with flattering success. Diligent and thorough in research and readily understanding the relations of cause and effect. he has argued many cases before the courts and lost but few. Soon after his arrival in this city he entered the law office of L. J. Critchfield, with whom he remained until May 1, 1897 when the well known law firm of Crum, Raymond & hedges was organized and still continues. Mr. Raymund laid the foundation for a happy home life in his marriage on the 9th of September, 1891, to Miss Sarah E. O'Kane. a daughter of Henry O'Kane, a prominent and popular insurance man of the capital city. Mr. and Mrs. Raymond have one son. Bernard. They hold membership in the First Congregational church and enjoy the hospitality of many of the leading homes of this city. Mr. Raymund belong., to the Beta Theta Pi fraternity and ill more strictly professional lines is connected with Franklin County Bar Association. He is interested in all matters of progressive citizenship, in the various questions of vital import to society and the individual, but makes the practice of law his real life work and his devotion to his clients' interests is proverbial. MERRILL U. RICKETTS. Merrill U. Ricketts who, since his admission to the bar in 1895. has practiced law in Columbus, his clientage constantly increasing inn volume and importance, was born September 14, 1868, in Lancaster, Ohio. His father, Rev. .Tames S. Ricketts, a native of Perry county, Ohio, came to the capital city in 1888 and was engaged in the: real estate business until 1906, when he returned to his Perry county farm, on which he now resides. For twenty years prior to the establishment of his home in Columbus, he was a native representative of the Methodist ministry and occupied various charges in southern and central Ohio. After coming to this city he organized the King Avenue Methodist Episcopal church, and later the Firth Avenue. Methodist Episcopal church, and was particularly active and prominent in promoting the work of his denomination in this city. At the time of the Civil war he espoused the Union cause and aided in the defense of the federal government. His wife, who bore the maiden name of Helen M. Goodspeed, is also living. Her family were from Cape Cod, Massachusetts, and were prominent in Athens county, Ohio. She is a descendent of Roger Goodspeed, who came from England in 1838. The Ricketts are of an old Virginia family. the grandfather of M. U. Ricketts removing from the Old Dominion to this state. In the public schools M. U. Ricketts mastered the elementary branches of learning and afterward attended the Ohio Wesleyan University, from which CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 771 he was graduated with the Bachelor of Arts degree in 1893. He afterward pursued a two years* course in the Ohio State Law School. and won the Bachelor of Law degree on his graduation in 1895. He was one of the honor members of his class in the Ohio Wesleyan University and was elected a member of a, college fraternity which was organized in 1893 drawing its membership from the best students in the classes from several colleges. He was also elected as representative of his class in the interstate oratorical contest, but did not take part on account of ill health. During his senior year in college he was editor of the Transcript and was a member of the Alpha. Tau Omega and the Phi Delta Phi. Admitted to the bar in 1895. he began practice in Columbus, where he has since continued, and while he is engaged in general practice, he also specialized in the department of real estate law, wherein his comprehensive knowledge ha,s in considerable measure enabled him to speak authoritatively. On the 2d of June. 1897 in Columbus, Mr. Ricketts was married to Miss Daisy M. Riggle. a daughter of Joseph Riggle, now of Toledo. In politics he is a republican and although not an active worker in party ranks in Columbus, he is serving as city solicitor at Worthington, where he has made his home for the past five years. His social nature, which made him popular in college, has also gained for him many friends during the period of his residence in the capital city. LORENZO M. BAKER. Lorenzo It. Baker is numbered among the prominent citizens of Columbus conducting what is at the present time one of the finest photographic galleries in America and now operated by his son. Duane H. Baker. and John S. Schneider. Lorenzo M. Baker was born in Copenhagen, New York, April 20, 1834, a son of Lorenzo and Emily (Canfield) Baker. the former a general merchant of Copenhagen for many years. They had a family of two soils and a daughter: Lorenzo M., of this review: N. Duane : and Adeline. Lorenzo M. Baker received an education such a is afforded by the common schools and after putting aside his test-books he engaged as a clerk in a general store at Rome. New York. and there continued until 1854, when at the age of twenty years. he arrived in Columbus. He occupied an official position at the state penitentiary until 1862, in which year he was elected postmaster at Camp Chase. When his term of office had expired he opened a daguerreotype gallery on High street, near Main street, and with the advance of the profession, changed to photographs and conducted business in the same location for twenty years. He then changed his place of location to the old Metropolitan block now known as the Eberly block. On the 26th of January 1892, that building was destroyed by fire and Mr. Baker then opened a fine gallery on High and State streets. where he continued until retiring from active business. In 1878 Mr. Baker associated with him in business his son. 772 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS Duane Henry, and John Samuel Schneider and through their combined efforts the enterprise developed into one of the finest art galleries in America. The son, like the father, possesses excellent executive ability and much artistic taste, which well qualify him for the conduct of a concern of this character and it has now become one of the leading photographic studios of national repute. Lorenzo M. Baker was married to Miss Samantha E. Nye, whom he survives with two of their four children. Mr. Baker is a Mason. prominent among the brethren of the order. While he was never active in public affairs, he is always deeply interested in the welfare of his home city and is prominent and popular among his many friends. Gifted by nature with strong intellectual force, he developed his latent talents and powers and in working toward the ideal, used the practical means at hand. His purposes are ever kindly. his sympathy unbounded and all who know him feel honored by his friendship. GEORGE D. FREEMAN. No history of Columbus would be complete without extended and personal reference to Colonel George D. Freeman. whose military service and business activity have made him one of the prominent figures of the capital city. There are few men whose lives are crowned with the honor and respect so uniformly accorded him and it is a well known fact he has never deviated from what his judgment would indicate to be right between himself and his fellowmen, nor ever faltered in the performance of any public duty. Colonel Freeman is descended from Revolutionary ancestry, his grandfather, William Freeman, having served with the Continental army in the War of independence. His father, Usual W. Freeman, served with distinction in the New York militia during the war of 1812 and was recognized as one of the prominent civil engineers of the country in his day, in which capacity he was a factor in platting all that part of New York city north of Canal street. He married Margaret Christy, and the year 1833 witnessed their removal from New Jersey to Ohio, the family home being established at Ovid, Franklin county, where the birth of George D. Freeman occurred on the 11th of August. 1842. The public .schools afforded hint his educational privileges but the system of public instruction had not then reached the high standard which characterizes it today and his opportunities were accordingly somewhat limited. This also resulted from the fact that he was but six years of age at the time of his father's death. and at the age of eleven it became necessary that he provide not only for his own support, but also aid his mother in maintaining the family. Ambitious for an education, however, he later attended night school and throughout his life has been not only a broad reader but also a student of men and events and the years have brought him wide general information. In his early boyhood he secured a position in the studio of D. D. Winchester then a leading artist in Columbus, and left that position to become a page in the Ohio house of representatives through CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 773 appointment of Nelson H. Van Vorhees, the speaker of the first republican legislature. The general assembly was then sitting at Odeon, Ohio, during the last session prior to the occupancy of the present capital. When his duties in that connection were ended Mr. Freeman secured a situation in the dry-goods house of Headly & Eberly, with whom he continued through successive promotions which came in recognition of his ability. until 1866, when he was admitted to the firm as junior partner. His business career has been characterized by a steady progress which naturally follows the expansion of one's powers through the exercise of native talents in the active affairs of life. From the outset he was diligent and persevering and was imbued with the resolve to make his service of value to his employers, knowing that such a course would ultimately bring success. Gradually, therefore, he advanced step by step and on becoming a partner in the mercantile house of Headly & Eberly bent his energies to executive control and administrative direction and in later years became the senior partner of the firm of Freeman. Stanley & Norton, successors to Headly & Eberly. The house took rank with the leading dry goods establishments of the city, controlling an extensive and profitable trade. Mr. Freeman was connected with that business until 1880, when he withdrew and joined the firm of Halm, Bellows & Butler. furniture dealers, while later changes in the partnership led to the adoption of the firm style of Freeman, Halm & McAllister. The efforts and judgment of Mr. Freeman proved effective factors in the successful conduct of this establishment and later he turned his attention to other fields of activity in the organization of the George D. Freeman Mantle Company, engaged in the manufacture of mantles and interior furnishings. He has thus been closely associated with commercial and manufacturing interests of Columbus, his efforts contributing to the general business activity and prosperity of the city, while there also accrued to him substantial benefits. His record as a successful merchant would alone entitle him to recognition with the representative citizens of the capital city, but in other directions he has become equally well known. In 1878, when the state militia was reorganized as the Ohio National Guard, Mr. Freeman, at the urgent request of the Fourteenth Ohio Regiment, assumed command as colonel at the head of that famous military organization. In this connection he rendered splendid service, for the regiment was called out for active duty on various occasions to quell disturbances caused by labor riots. He figured conspicuously in connection with the Cincinnati riot, when his bravery, calmness and good judgment enabled him to bring peace and order out of the chaotic condition that existed, quelling the turbulent mob that surged through the streets of the city, endangering life and property. The constantly growing demands of his private business interests compelled his resignation in 1890 and it was accepted with regret on the part of the state government and brought a feeling of intense sorrow to those who had served under him, for "the boys" of his regiment were most deeply attached to their commander. On the 31st of October. 1865. Mr. Freeman was married to hiss Julia A. Diemer, a representative of one of the well-known pioneer families of central Ohio. They have three sons and one daughter: Harry D.. Stanton S.. 774 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS George D. and Julia E. Two of the sons were soldiers in the Spanish-American war and one son, as a lieutenant in the Nineteenth Infantry, has seen active service in the Philippines. Those at all familiar with the history of Columbus know that Colonel Freeman is a most popular and highly respected citizen here, with a circle of friends almost co-extensive with the circle of his acquaintances. He has never had desire for political office yet many times has been solicited to become a candidate for positions of political preferment in a locality where nomination is equivalent to election. He has preferred to do his duty as a private citizen and his ability in this regard no one questions, for the public recognizes the exceptional value and worth of his service. In many ways he hay contributed to the general progress. He served for sonic years on the county board of agriculture and took active interest in securing to the city what is now the beautiful Franklin Park. He was again in active public service after the outbreak of the war with Spain, when he was appointed acting assistant quartermaster general and did active duty at Camp Bushnell in equipping the troops for the front. He was afterward assigned to the superintendency of the state arsenal, where he is still on duty. In all of his public career he has placed welfare before partisanship and loyalty before self-aggrandizement. It is doubtful if he ever weighed an act in his life in the scale of policy, for at all times he has been actuated by a spirit of lofty patriotism and unfaltering devotion to his country's good. ARCHIBALD HAMILTON. The superiority of business opportunities and advantages in America is a fact little realized by the man who is born and reared in this country, but it is a fact appreciated by many men of foreign birth who compare the chances in this and other countries and realize that larger possibilities are here offered. Mr. Hamilton, coming from England in 1883, by reason of his inherent force of character and unflagging determination gained a prominent place in commercial circles of Columbus. He was born in Lancashire, England, July 14, 1849, and in early boyhood learned the baker's trade, which he followed for a number of years. In 1883 he arrived in Columbus and for five years was an employe of the Big Four Railroad Company. In 1888 he became manager of the Franklin Fuel Company and in 1893 accepted a similar position with the Pennsylvania Fuel Company. This is a position of large responsibility and in the discharge of the duties devolving upon him Mr. Hamilton displayed keen discernment and unfaltering enterprise. He was also general sales agent for the Thacker Coal Coke Company, owning extensive mines in West Virginia. In this position he had control of its output and there was perhaps no man in the coal trade more familiar with the value of the products of the different' mines or market values than was Mr. Hamilton. He made his business a study. and never felt that he had learned all that there was to be known. His untiring industry constituted a strong feature in his success, and added to this was a sound judg- CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 777 ment which was again and again manifest in his business life. The Pennsylvania Fuel Company acts as sales agent for the Keystone Slope Mines, for Pittsburg coal, for Zanesville and Sandusky sand and for Utica cement and controlled a most extensive trade in these various commodities. The yards are situated on Neil street and the main office is on the viaduct. The company supplied some of the largest coal consumers in the city, including the Columbus Central Street Railway and the Hardesty & Williams mills. They sold in carlots and Mr. Hamilton as their general sales agent built up an extensive business, securing the patronage of many whose trade was an important feature by reason of the immense amount of coal consumed. He also established the Hamilton-Parker Coal Company with offices, at Vine and Kilbourne streets and continued as its president until his death. He built up a large business in this connection, his previous experience in connection with the coal trade proving a valuable element in the development of his own undertaking. A man of resolute will, he carried forward to successful completion whatever he undertook, and the business methods which he employed won for him the respect and admiration of his associates and contemporaries. On the 24th of May, 1876, in England, Mr. Hamilton was married to Miss Mary Ellen Lovelady, and unto them were born the following children W. J., who is acting as president of the W. J. Hamilton Coal Company; G .H., secretary of the Columbus Hollow Ware Company; Donald M., a student in the Ohio State University; Ada A., the wife of Clarence Jones; Maud A., the wife of William Kaiser: and Minnie H. and Edith, both at home. Three of the family are now deceased, Margaret J., Mary Ellen and Sarah Agnes. Mr. Hamilton erected an attractive home for his family on First avenue. His death occurred on the 11th of June, 1907. He was a member of the Episcopal church and was also connected with the Masonic fraternity. He never regretted his determination to come to America nor was he ever sorry that he chose Columbus as the scene of his labors, for in this city he met with gratifying and well merited success and, moreover, he gained an extensive circle of friends. He was a likable man, his social qualities bringing him the warm regard and good will of all with whom he came in contact. JUDGE T. M. BIGGER. Judge T. M. Bigger, who, elected in 1896, is still serving on the common pleas bench, recognized by the profession and by the public as a worthy conservator of the judicial interests of the district, is descended from ScotchIrish ancestry represented in Pennsylvania in colonial days. His greatgrandfather, Thomas Bigger, located in the western part of the Keystone state in 1773, and was actively engaged in military service in protecting the frontier against the Indians during the war for independence. Thomas Bigger, father of Judge Bigger, was a native of Washington county, Pennsylvania, as was his wife, who bore the maiden name of Esther Donaldson and was a representative of one of the pioneer families of that county. There 778 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS were five children in the family, but the last two, who were twins, died soon after birth. The others are yet living as is the venerable father, who retains his residence in Washington county, Pennsylvania, where he was born in the year 1824. His vocation has been that of farming, which pursuit he employed in providing a comfortable living for those dependent upon him. That he was a man of progressive thought is indicated by the fact that he was the first abolitionist in his section of the country. In politics he was originally a whig, but at the inception of the republican party, formed to prevent the further extension of slavery, he transferred his allegiance thereto and has ever since been a stalwart supporter of its cause. Judge Thomas M. Bigger, born in Washington county, Pennsylvania. on the 12th of November, 1855, was eight years of age when his mother died. He received his early educational discipline in the district schools. after which he continued his studies for one year in the Franklin Springs Academy in Beaver county, Pennsylvania. He then returned to the paternal farmstead, in the operation of which he assisted until the time he attained his majority, when he resumed his educational work by matriculating as a student in Hopedale College, Harrison county, Ohio. In the fall of 1881 he entered the junior class of the University of Wooster, at Wooster, Ohio, and was graduated in 1883, receiving the degrees of Bachelor and Master of Arts. He was chosen president of his class and was graduated with honors. Following his graduation Judge Bigger engaged in teaching for a short time at Hopedale College and then began the study of law with Joseph Estep of Cadiz, as his tutor. In 1884 he came to Columbus, where he accepted a position as instructor in stenography, thus maintaining himself while completing his legal studies. He was admitted to the bar in October, 1885, and soon afterward entered into a professional partnership with A. H. Johonson under the firm name of Johnson & Bigger, the association continuing until Judge Bigger was promoted to the bench. Judge Bigger has also been more or less actively concerned in political affairs, ever keeping in close touch with the questions and issues of the day. In 1889 he was republican candidate for state senator in the Columbus district. but as it was then largely democratic he was defeated. In 1894 he was elected police judge of Columbus and two years later, in 1896 was elected common pleas judge in the local subdivision including Franklin county, his reelection for two succeeding terms continuing him on the bench to the present time. His decisions are strictly fair and impartial, being based upon the law anti equity of the case, nor is he unmindful of the fact that at times mercy may safely temper Justice. A forceful and eloquent speaker, Judge Bigger's services have been in requisition by his party in various campaigns and his public addresses have wielded a potent influence in furthering the party cause. He has not withheld himself from responding to the demands made upon him and has been a particularly active and influential worker in the republican ranks. In 1887 he was instrumental in organizing the Young Men's Republican Club of Columbus, being elected its first president. It was at one time considered the . strongest organization of the sort in the city, and during its existence was a CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 779 potent factor in the various campaigns. In his fraternal relations. Judge Bigger is associate member of the Wells Post, G. A. R., and is identified with the Modern Woodmen of America, having been head watchman of the national lodge of this order. In August, 1892, was consummated the marriage of Judge Bigger and Miss Nellie Miskimen of Newcomerstown, Tuscarawas county, Ohio, and they are the parents of three daughters. They hold membership in the Presbyterian church and are prominently known in a social way. Judge Bigger's work has at all times been a potent element in those fields wherein he has labored and as he is a man of action rather than theory he is regarded as a most valuable cooperant factor whenever and intrinsic public work is undertaken for the benefit of the capital city. JAMES HENRY BURNS. James Henry Burns conducting business tinder the name of Burns. importing tailor to men and women. draws his patronage from among the better class of the citizens of Columbus and enjoys a constantly increasing trade. He was born in Zanesville, Ohio, October 18, 1862. His father Michael Burns, a native of Ireland, arrived in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1853, and in 'hat city worked at the tailor's trade. which he had learned on the Emerald isle. In 1861 he came west, to Zanesville. Ohio, where he continued in the employ of others until 1867, when he engaged in business for himself as junior partner of the firm of Dennis & Burns. This relation was maintained until 1873, in which year Michael Burns came to Columbus and established business at the corner of Gay and High street opposite the present location of his son. He continued in the same line of merchandising until his death and was recognized as one of the progressive business men of the city, his expert workmanship and reliable business methods insuring him a gratifying prosperity. He served as police commissioner from 1878 until 1882. He was also prominent in various Catholic societies and in church work and was generous in his contributions to the church and to benevolent movements. He held membership in St. Joseph's Mutual Benevolent Society and in the Ancient Order of Hibernians. As the years passed he became well known to the trade all over the United States and was recognized as a successful merchant of Columbus, justly meriting the liberal support that was given him in business. In all matters of citizenship he was public spirited and progressive and his efforts were effective elements in promoting public progress. He married Bridget Treahy, a native of Ireland, the wedding being celebrated in Baltimore, Maryland. His death occurred February 9, 1892, while his wife passed away in December, 1895. The public and parochial schools of Zanesville and Columbus afforded James Henry Burns his educational privileges until after he left the high school of this city, continuing his course in Notre Dame University at Notre Dame. Indiana. He was there graduated on the completion of a commercial 780 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS course in 1881 and, returning to Columbus, became associated with his father in the management of the tailoring business, which had been established some years before. At the time of his father's death lie took active charge of the business and has since remained at its head. He has always been accorded a liberal patronage and in 1894 he extended the scope of his activities by establishing a ladies' tailoring department and is known as the leading and oldest ladies' tailor in Columbus in length of his connection with this branch of business. His trade ha shown steady, healthful growth, increasing year by year, and he does high class tailoring only. keeping inrmed concerning the latest styles and line of goods. The work turned out from his establishment is always satisfactory and the business methods of the house commend him to a liberal share of the public trade. He is, moreover, vice president and one of the directors of the Buckeye State Building & Loan Company. In 1896 Mr. Burns was married to Miss Lottie M. Tyler, of Columbus. and unto them have been born two daughters. Mary Gwendolyn and Eleanor Elizabeth. Mr. Burns holds membership with the Knights of Columbus and is a communicant of St. Joseph's cathedral. hi early days he traveled over the diocese with Bishop Rosecrans. the first bishop of this city. In the line of his chosen vocation Mr. Burns has received honors, having been named as one of the communttee of the Merchant Tailors National Protective Association to select styles for the year 1907. He has one of the leading establishments of Columbus, his business largely setting the standard for activity in this line in the capital city. HENRY HOLTZMAN. The name of Henry Holtzman long stood as a. synonym in Columbus of business enterprise and commercial integrity and in every relation of life he was known as a good man and true. It is not the accumulation of wealth that causes a man to be remembered and honored after he has passed away, but the kindly traits of character, the recognition of good in others, the effective effort to assist one's fellowmen and the word of encouragement and helpfulness. These qualities Henry Holtzman displayed in large degree and all who knew him entertained for him the most cordial feelings of good will and high regard. Henry Holtzman was born in Strasburg, Alsace, France, December 3, 1835, and came to America at the age of nineteen years, in compliance with the wish of his father, Harry Holtzman, who was a brigadier general in the army and also a military instructor. Not wishing that his son should be drafted for military services, he sent him to the new world and, settling in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, Henry Holtzman of this review established business as a decorative upholsterer and soon gained the patronage of all the wealthy residents of that city. He also controlled the looms of a large mill in France for French velours. CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 781 In 1891 he came to Columbus to locate, through the solicitation of the Columbus Board of Trade, which offered him land to start a factory. Here he established his plant for the manufacture of piano stools and covers and piano benches. The business rapidly developed until it is today the largest in this line in the country. The trade grew along substantial lines and in accordance with modern business principles. The output has always been exactly as is has been represented and Mr. Holtzman gave to the business his undivided attention. He was not only just and fair in his treatment of his employe, but they found in him also a friend and sympathetic counselor. Many of the employee have worked with the plant for years and they yet mourn the death of Henry Holtzman. "who was so good to them in all ways." Mr. Holtzman was married to Wilhelmina Schwimm, who was born in Pittsburg. Pennsylvania, and was a daughter of Philip Schwimm, who was a talented musician and also engaged in weaving of carpets. He had two sons in the army. August and Philip, who served in defense of the Union. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Holtzman were born several children. The eldest .son, Henry is deceased. Frank P., Louis A. and Charles E. are successors of their father's business. Two daughters of Mr. Holtzman, Minnie and Eva, have also passed away. The youngest child of Mr. and Mrs. Holtzman, Maude May, attended the Presbyterian Sunday school and died at the age of eighteen years. She was so greatly beloved by the people in that church that they named a poor girl in India in her honor and educated her. The surviving sons have succeeded to their father's business and are worthy successors of him in the field of commerce. As the year passed Mr. Holtzman developed business of large proportions and branch houses were established in 'New York and Chicago, the former under the control of E. N. Martin. while Charles E. Holtzman is in charge of the Chicago howe. They also employ a number of salesmen on the road and such is their patronage that they are unable to keep up with their orders. Since the death of the father Frank P. Holtzman has been president of the company and Louis A. Holtzman. treasurer. For many years they sold in foreign lands but the demand for their output in this country became so great that they have discontinued the foreign trade. They employ one hundred and fifty workmen in the factory and have an output of three thousand pieces per week. A large portion of their stock is sent to Canada and they have steadily increased their business, the growth of which has necessitated the enlargement of their buildings from time to time. In his religious faith Mr. Holtzman was Lutheran and assisted building a church of that denomination in Allegheny, Pennsylvania. He was ever interested in movements for the material, intellectual, social and moral progress of the community and was ever active in improving the business interests of Columbus and also in helping to beautify the city. He might be termed a practical idealist, for while lie held to high ambitions for the benefit of the community at large, he always used most practical means in accomplishing results. Young and old, rich and poor respected him and esteemed him for his genuine worth and his memory remains as a blessed benediction to all who 782 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS knew him. To his family he left the priceless heritage of an untarnished name. Mr. Holtzman erected a fine residence at the corner of Locust and Charter streets in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, and after he removed to Columbus built one of the finest homes of this city, in Bullitt Park, where Mrs. Holtzman still lives. Here Mr. Holtzman passed away December 23, 1905. His death was the occasion of deep and widespread regret. There are no men in business circles of this city who occupy a more enviable position or more fully deserve the confidence and honor of their fellowmen than did Mr. Holtzman. HENRY JUDSON BOOTH. Born in Lancaster, Ohio, March 14, 1849: on of Henry Madison Booth. a descendant of a collateral branch of the James Madison family, and .Ann A. (Jones) Booth; of Welsh. English and Scotch descent: educated in the public schools, at Denison University (1867-1872) and at Amherst College (A. B. 1873): admitted to the bar in May, 1874: successively a m em beer of the law firms (in Columbus, Ohio,) of Converse. Woodbury & Booth (1874-1878) ; Booth d, Beating (1878-1879) : Converse. Booth & Keating (1879-1887) ; Booth & heating (1887-1895) ; Booth, Beating & Peters (1895-1902) Booth, Beating, Peters & Butler (1902-1904); Booth, Beating & Peters (1904-1908) ; Booth, Keating, Peters & Pomerene (1909). For many years an active democrat: one term a member o the noose of representatives, general assembly (1878-1879); president of the Franklin county Bar Association (1882) ; a trustee of the Ohio State University (1884-1888) : lecturer on medico-legal ,jurisprudence in the Columbus Medical College for three years; president of the Columbus Board of Trade (1892) ; author of "Law of Street Railways" (1893), the pioneer. and still the standard, textbook on that subject; for the last eighteen years trustee successively of the Columbus Medical College, the Starling Medical College, and the Starling-Ohio Medical College; president of the Ohio State Bar Association (1903-1904) ; vice-president of the American Bar .Association (1904-1905) ; delegate to Universal Congress of Lawyers and Jurists (St. Louis, 1904). So may be condensed the early and professional life of the unquestioned leader of the Columbus bar. In addition to his active membership in the Ohio State Bar Association, the Franklin County Bar Association, and the Starling-Ohio Medical College, Mr. Booth is trustee of the Franklin County Law Library, an active member of the Columbus Board of Trade, a member of the Board of Directors of the Columbus Country Club, a member of the Beta Theta Pi Building Association, the Columbus Club, the Ohio Club, the Arlington Country Club, the Columbus Riding Club, the Columbus Gun Club and Magnolia Lodge F. & A. M. Reared on a farm, active in college sports, especially as a member of the Amherst College crew in 1873, he entered the profession well fitted to PAGE 783 - PICTURE OF HENRY J. BOOTH PAGE 784 - BLANK CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 785 meet its most exacting demands for mens sana in corpore sano. Since then lie has been an enthusiastic and consistent devotee of the saddle, an active member of the successive Columbus Riding Clubs, a follower of the confetti trail and the fox. supplemented by many lone riding and driving trips. To physical exercise, and as much out-of-door life as the engagements of a busy lawyer permit, his friends ascribe his remarkable capacity for the long continued mental efforts required in a very strenuous professional career. Tributes to the worth of lawyers are too often found only in memorial eulogies. Mr. Booth is only in the zenith of his career; but a member of the bar. for many years opposed to him or associated with him in important litigation. describes him thus: "The modern successful city lawyer. however diversified his business may be. is necessarily, to a considerable extent. a corporation lawyer, because the great business enterprises of modern times are corporate in their character and seek the service of the best legal talent. although Mr. Booth is no exception to this rule, his reputation as a corporation lawyer is no greater than it is in other departments of his profession. For instance, it may be safely said that in medico-legal cases he has no equal in Central Ohio. and that he has been employed in nearly every important will case which has been tried in the courts of this county in the last quarter of a century. He is an all-around lawyer as safe and conservative as a, counselor as he is efficient in the court room. To his superior native ability and natural aptitude for the practice. of the law lie adds a thoroughness of preparation which leads to an examination of every detail of fact and the consideration of every principle of law which an active mind and sound judgment suggest as applicable to the case in hand. His cases are first tried in his office. and if they cannot be won there. or if the risk of losing them is too great, they are not tried in the court room, unless circumstances require it. In the gathering of facts. a feat always less difficult to a lawyer of large practice and extensive acquaintance than to the practitioner of limited business. his ability is certainly not surpassed, if equaled by any member of the bar of his day and generation. In conducting such investigations he is guided by a knowledge of human nature which is rarely at fault in judging the actions, analyzing the motives, and anticipating the conduct, of both litigants and witnesses. As a trial lawyer he fully and logically develops his own case. and but few men, by the sifting process of cross-examination, can so quickly detect the flaws in an opponent's armor or so skillfully expose an attack or defense founded on fallacy or fraud. Consequently. he has been connected with nearly all of the most important litigation which has, in the last twenty-five years, found its way into the courts, state and federal, sitting in the city of his adoption. and has been employed in many important cases in adjoining and distant counties. Whatever may he his theory of his case, if .surprised his agile mind quickly meets the new situation; and his skill is shown no more by his well planned assaults than by well conducted and well covered retreats. when withdrawal is advisable, either to make terms of .settlement or further to prepare for the contest. His oratorical powers are of a high order. and his arguments. whether oral or written. are logical and 786 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS forceful, and statements of fact are reinforced by pertinent citations of authority. And yet he is not a here imitator, or bound by precedent, or wanting in original thought. The Law Reports of his day bear witness to the part he has played in the solution of new legal problems and in the application of old principles to new conditions to which our modern civilization has given rise. A pleader, who observes the statutory injunction to state his case in ordinary and concise language; an adviser, who keeps his clients out of court, when they ought not to enter; an able advocate; an indefatig-worker; an aggressive, persistent, intelligent fighter. and yet not contentious: a natural fitness for the practice of the law; an almost infinite patience, that is akin to genius, for detail, both as to the law and the facts, in the preparation of his cases; a capacity to see situations in all their parts, and the relation of each part to all the others ; scholarly attainments; a modest, dignified, gentlemanly bearing; a respectful consideration of his professional associates and of the courts; a loyal devotion to clients and friends: a high toned moral sense; high ideals of civic duty-these are the qualities and characteristics which have made Mr. Booth a leader in his community. not only as a lawyer, but as a citizen." In July, 1876, Mr. Booth was married to Miss Madge I. Coney, a native of Virginia. They have four children living, Florence. wife of Charles D. Young, in the Columbus office of the Pittsburg, St. Louis & Chicago Railroad Company as assistant to the superintendent of motive power: George H. Booth, admitted to the bar in 1906, now associated with the firm of Booth, Keating, Peters & Pomerene; Majorie. a student at the Cosmopolitan School of Music and Dramatic Art, in Chicago: and Herbert Barton. a student in the Ohio State University. HENRY A. LANMAN. Henry A. Lanman, born at Norwich Town. Connecticut. Son of Peter Lanman (1807-1886, third of that name in direct line) and Catherine Cook Lanman. Peter Lanman (3d) was a great-great grandson of Thomas Lanman of London: and was a great-grandson of James Lanman. the immigrant ancestor, who came to America between 1692 and 1714. married Joanna. daughter of Dr. Thomas Boylston, in 1714. and settled in Plymouth about 1724. James's son. Peter Lanman (1725-1804) first of that name in that line, came from Plymouth to Norwich about 1750. He was a prominent member of the Presbyterian church, which he helped to organize, and with which he united in 1786. He was a stanch patriot, a strong religious character. a profound thinker, and a. courtly gentleman. He was actively engaged in shipping and mercantile business. The names of Peter Lanman (1st) and Peter Lanman (2d), father and son, were conspicuous in mercantile line for nearly seventy years.* The Hon. James Lanman (1769- *See Mrs. M. P. Ferris in S. V. Talcott's Genealogical Notes of N. T. and N. E. families; Albany 1883. page 572. CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 787 1841), brother of Peter Lanman (2d), was United States senator for Connecticut (1819-1825), and judge of the supreme court of that state (18261829), and fifth mayor of Norwich (1831-1834). Abigail Trumbull (1781-1861), wife of Peter Lanman (2d), and mother of Peter Lanman (3d), was a granddaughter of Jonathan Trumbull (1710-1785), governor of Connecticut from 1769-1783, most distinguished among colonial governors by his active support of the patriot cause in the war of the Revolution. He was a friend and adviser of Washington. Tradition has it that from Washington's phrase "Let us see what Brother Jonathan says," originated the term "Brother Jonathan," as a sobriquet for the United States. Upon invitation of congress the state of Connecticut placed his statue in the rotunda of the capitol at Washington as a memorial of her most distinguished citizen. He was a great-grandson of John Trumbull, of Newcastle-on-Tyne, who came to America in 1637. Henry Lanman is, there for in the eight generation from his immigrant Trumbull ancestor. Faith Robinson (1718-1780), the wife of Jonathan Trumbull, was a daughter of Rev. John Robinson (1671-1745) of Duxbury. Massachusetts who was the first of that name to graduate at Harvard College (in 1695). She was a great-great-granddaughter of John Alden of Plymouth (15991686). Mr. Lanman thus stands in the ninth generation from that famous Puritan. and his wife, Priscilla.. Catherine Cook Lanman (1814-1854) descends directly from Francis Cook (1580-1663) who came to Plymouth (See Bradford's History Boston. 1901, page 532) in the "Mayflower." December, 1620. His wife. Esther. was a Netherlandish Woman of the Walloon church and came over in 1623 in the ship Thus in this line of descent also, Mr. Lanman is in the ninth generation from hi immigrant ancestor. Henry A. Lanman was born February 1, 1845. He was the sixth of nine children (eight sons and one daughter), and all of them lived to maturity. His mother died when lie was a little under nine years of age, and this fact doubtless tended notably to mature his thought and self-reliance. He attended the common schools of his native village until he was fourteen, when he was able to enter (upon examination) the Norwich Free Academy, one of the best preparatory schools of New England. Here he obtained an insight into the higher mathematics, English literature, French. and Latin. At the breaking out of the Civil war, he was rejected as too young for a volunteer. This was in the middle of his academic course. The business of the country was stagnant. and the pressing financial needs of his father led him to seek and obtain a position in the office of the Ohio Tool Company of Columbus, at four and five and six dollars a week for the first three years respectively. War prices soon made this income inadequate, and the deficiency had to be earned by work done between six and twelve o'clock at night. Mr. Lanman regards the fulfillment of this obligation as one of the severest tests of business integrity that he ever experienced. When under twenty-one years of age, be became associated with James Ohlen. a practical saw-manufacturer and continued with him for seven years. the last four as partner. under the firm name of Ohlen & Lanman. 788 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS In 1870 he was invited to become treasurer of The Columbus Rolling Mill Company. With General Samuel Thomas, he built and equipped a mill for rolling rails, and disbursed for that work over three hundred thousand dollars. During this year he became principal owner and an officer of the Columbus Bolt Works, which for more than thirty years has prospered under his management and now gives employment to over three hundred persons, and ships its products to nearly all parts of the world. In 1896 he became president of the Columbus Machine Company which during the Spanish-American war built for our government a considerable number of gun carriages for coast defense and is now one of the largest and most successful producer of as engines. In 1898 he became president of the Columbus Citizens Telephone Company which after reaching the limit of its capacity of six thousand telephones was the first to in-tall and equip a large plant with automatic switches. This plant has a capacity of twenty thousand instruments, and has upwards of fourteen thousand telephones now installed in the city and county. He has been a director of the Hayden Clinton National Bank and the State Savings Bank and Trust Company since their organization. As Chairman of the Building Committee of the Broad Street Presbyterian church, Mr. Lanman purchased the site and cooperated with others in the erection of the Chapel, and later of the church edifice and recently in the enlargement of the latter the whole now forming one of the most attractive church edifices in the city. He was also Chairman of the Building Committee of the Columbus Board of Trade, who were the first to erect a strictly fire-proof building in Columbus. When, in 1863, John Morgan led a band of raiders into the Southern border of Ohio, and the then governor of Ohio called for volunteers Mr. Lanman was one of them. Honorable discharges were granted to the "Squirrel Hunters," as they were called, and lately a small pension way voted by the legislature in recognition of their services. Mr. Lanman was one of the charter members of the Columbus Club and of the Arlington Country Club. and is a member of Magnolia. Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons. Mr. Lanman was married in 1870 to Esther A.. daughter of William and Esther D. Kelsey. Their children are: William Kelsey Lanman. married to Harriet P. Sharp; Cornelia Trumbull Lanman: and Catherine Cook Lanman married to Captain Roy I Taylor of the United States Army. REV. ALPHONSE M. LEYDEN. Rev. Alphonse M. Leyden, pastor of the church of St. Francis of Assisi. at Columbus. was born in Allumettes. Pontiac county, province of Quebec. Canada, in 1856. His father, Patrick George Leyden, whose birth occurred in county Clare, Ireland, in 1811, emigrated to America in 1846. He was an accountant and for many years an official of the Canadian government. and CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 789 his demise occurred in 1893. His wife, who bore the maiden name of Agnes. Ann Fitzpatrick, was born in Canada in 1835. She celebrated her marriage in that country and passed away in 1887. The Rev. Leyden of this review is the eldest in a family of fifteen children, five of whom still survive, namely: Margaret, who is first clerk in the copyright department of the Canadian government at Ottawa; Helen, a graduate of the General Hospital Training School at Ottawa; William T., who is general foreman of the Minneapolis & St. Paul Railway at Albert Lea, Minnesota; and George P., sporting editor of the Winnipeg Telegram at Winnipeg, Manitoba. Rev. Alphonse M. Leyden, the other surviving member of the family, was educated in the Catholic schools of Ottawa and in a public grammar school. Having won his degree at the Catholic University of Ottawa, he taught mathematics in that institution for ten years and subsequently received the Master of Arts degree. In 1886 he was incorporated in the Catholic diocese of Columbus and was given charge of all the Catholic missions of Jefferson county with the exception of Steubenville, making his residence at Toronto, Ohio. He was afterward transferred by the late Bishop Watterson to the diocese of Columbus and was assigned the task of establishing the St. Francis parish. The property at Buttles and Harrison avenues was then entirely unimproved but he immediately began its development, erecting thereon a school, church, pastoral residence and also a house for the religious order of teachers. The parish now comprises about two thousand persons, or more than three hundred and twenty-five families, and there are three hundred pupils in attendance at the school. In July, 1908, the Rev. Leyden was given an assistant by the Rt. Rev. Bishop in the person of Rev. Philip F. Clark. The latter, who is a native of Newark. New Jersey, and a graduate of Columbia University of New York, was ordained from St. Mary's of the West, at Cincinnati. A man of splendid personality, Rev. Leyden is extremely popular with his parishioners and has done much for the spread of Catholicism, his consecrated zeal and energy having resulted in the establishment of one of the strongest religious institutions of Columbus. JOHN UNVERZAGT. John Unverzagt, well known as a representative of the brewing interests of Columbus, being now president of the Franklin Brewery Company, was born in Ross county, Ohio, June 1, 1850. His father, Gottlieb Unverzagt, was born in Germany in 1841 and was but six years of age when in 1847 he was brought to America. Here he learned the trade of a stone mason and eventually became a contractor, continuing in business until his death, which occurred when he was sixty-seven years of age. He wedded Mary Fleisch, who was born in Ross county, Ohio, and passed away at the age of fifty-seven years. John Unverzagt was a little lad of seven summers when the family removed from Ross county, Ohio, to Columbus, and here he obtained his edu- 790 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS cation in the public schools. He was engaged in the cigar business for some time and afterward spent two years in prospecting in the west. He then returned to the city and was interested in the hotel business through the succeeding quarter of a century, being connected with the 'Neil and American Hotels. He then turned his attention to manufacturing interests as one of the founders of the Franklin Brewery Company and was elected its president at the time of its organization. He is still in that position and as chief executive officer of the enterprise has contributed in .substantial measure to its success. The plant is well equipped and the product is of excellent quality, so that it finds a ready sale on the market, the brewery becoming one of the leading and substantial enterprises of this character in the city. In addition to this business Mr. Unverzagt is a. director of the Produce Exchange Bank and has other investments. On the 4th of November. 1880, Mr. Unverzagt was married to Miss Mary Bendert. a daughter of Alexander and Louisa Bendert, and a representative of one of the old families of the city. Her father was one of the early business men here, engaging in the dry goods business in the '60s. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Unverzagt have been born four children : Laura. the wife of Charles Glass, of Hamilton, Canada; Romey, who is engaged in the shoe business in Columbus; Alexander, who is associated with his father in the Franklin Brewery Company ; Nora, a graduate of the Columbus high school ; and Agnes. Fraternally Mr. Unverzagt is connected with the Eagles and with the Knights of Pythias and the chief source of recreation to him is indicated in his membership in the Buckeye Fishing Club. He is a thorough going business man, improving his opportunities for the attainment of financial success and his diligence has been the source of his prosperity. JOSEPH A. JEFFREY. The manufacturing interests of this country have no more worthy representatives than Joseph A. Jeffrey, president of the Jeffrey Manufacturing Company, of Columbus, and a man who has been actively connected with various other business enterprises to the benefit of all. There is no man in Columbus who occupies a more enviable position than does Mr. Jeffrey in industrial and financial circles, not alone on account of the brilliant success he has achieved, but also on account of the honorable, straightforward business policy he has ever followed. He possesses untiring energy, is quick of perception, forms his plans readily and is determined in their execution, and his close application to business and his excellent management have brought to him the highest degree of prosperity which is today his. Mr. Jeffrey was born at Clarksville. Clinton county, Ohio, January 17, 1836. His father, James .Jeffrey. was a native of Monmouth county, New Jersey, and was a farmer and trader. He married Angeline Robinson, a daughter of David Robinson, one of the early settlers of Warren county, CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 793 Ohio, who was well known at Lebanon. Joseph A. Jeffrey passed his school days at St. Mary's, Ohio, where he completed his education in the high school, after which he spent four years as a clerk in a general store. Later in life he removed to Columbus, where on the 21st of August, 1858, he secured a position in the office of Rickley & Brother, private bankers. There he remained until 1863 in the various positions of bookkeeper, teller and cashier, and in the year mentioned he left the capital city and removed to Cincinnati, Ohio. where he engaged in the wholesale and retail carpet and furnishing business until 1869, as a member of the firm of Rickley, Howell & Company, having a. fourth interest in the concern. He disposed of his interest in the carpet business to J. J. Rickley and returned to Columbus, where, in connection with S. S. Rickley, then of the firm of Rickley & Brother, bankers, he organized and established the Commercial Bank at, High and Long streets, now the Commercial National Bank. A year later Mr. Rickley sold his interest in the Commercial Bank to Orange Johnson and F. C. Sessions, these gentlemen, with Mr. Jeffrey forming a general partnership under the name of the Commercial Bank, with Mr. Sessions acting as the president, while Mr. Jeffrey became cashier. He held that position until 1883 when he disposed of his interest to Mr. Sessions and acquired a controlling interest in the Lechner Mining Machine Company of Columbus. This enterprise was incorporated in 1878 with a capital stock of fifty thousand dollars, which has since been increased successively to one hundred and fifty thousand dollars, to three hundred thousand dollars and to three million dollars; and Mr. Sessions, who was previously connected with Mr. Jeffrey in the banking business, became the first president but was succeeded by Mr. Jeffrey, who has since been the president and general manager of the enterprise. The company has been known successively as the Lechner Mining Machine Company, the Lechner Manufacturing Company and the Jeffrey Manufacturing Company. The scope of its operations has been broadened a good deal in successive stages of its history and it now manufacture all kinds of heavy mining and electrical machinery. which is shipped throughout the United States and to foreign countries. The company has an extensive manufacturing plant housed in large stone, brick and steel buildings and employs from twenty-five hundred to three thousand men, a large majority of whom of necessity are skilled workmen, as some of the machinery turned out requires the highest possible finish. The plant covers about thirty acres of ground and is located on the tracks of the Big Four Railway system, which affords first class shipping facilities. The company manufactures electrical machinery. dynamo-. motors, under-cutting coal-mining machinery, electric and airpower drills, chain belting, elevators. conveyors. rope transmissions and coal washing and crushing machinery. The efforts of Mr. Jeffrey have not been confined alone to one, line, for his opinions carry weight in business circles generally. where he is known as a man of sound judgment and unquestioned ability. He is president of the Ohio Malleable Iron Company of Columbus, Ohio; he is a stockholder, vice president and director in the Commercial National Bank of Columbus 794 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS is also a stockholder and director in the Ohio Trust Company : and is connected directly and indirectly with many other business enterprises of Columbus. Mr. Jeffrey was united in marriage to Miss Celia C. Harris, a daughter of Joseph and Deborah (Clark) Harris. the wedding being celebrated on the 2d of October 1866. They now have six children : Minnie G., Florence. Robert H., Agnes, Joseph Walter and 'Malcolm Douglas. The eldest son. Robert H., is vice president and assistant general manager of the Jeffrey Manufacturing Company. Joseph Walter is vice president and manager of the Ohio Malleable Iron Company and the youngest son is assistant manager of the advertising department of the Jeffrey Company. The eldest daughter, Minnie G.. is a graduate of Gannett Institute, of Boston, Massachusetts, and is the wife of R. G. Hutchins, vice president of the Jeffrey Manufacturing Company. Florence was graduated in the Smith College of Northaumpton, Massachusetts. and is now the wife of William Wilson Carlile, a lawyer of Columbus, Ohio. Agnes is graduate of Smith College and is now the wife of Frederick Shedd of Columbus. Mr. Jeffrey served for five years as a trustee of the Protestant Hospital of Columbus, the Godman Guild House of Columbus, the Humane Society of Columbus, the Children's hospital of Columbus. and also of the Woman's Hospital of this city. He is a director and trustee in the First Congregational church, of which he and his wife and children are members. He likewise holds membership in the Columbus Club. the Ohio Club of Columbus, the Arlington Country Club, the Columbus Country Club and the Middle Bass Club of Lake Erie. n politics he is an outspoken republican. His business career has been indeed very creditable, having established his present business, the Jeffrey Manufacturing Company and mainly through his efforts and direction having seen it grow from a very small beginning% the employment of a half dozen men, to its present large proportions with a capital and surplus of over four million dollars. employing when running, full overthree thousand men, demonstrating the truth of the saying that success Is not the result of genius but the outcome of a clear ,judgment and experience. EDGAR B. KINKEAD. Ohio has ever been distinguished by reason of the eminence of her bench and bar and among the prominent lawyers of the capital city are numbered Edgar P. Kinkead whose contributions to legal literature as well as his practice as counselor and advocate have gained him preeminence as a representative of the legal profession. While lie has a broad knowledge of the principles of jurisprudence, he possesses too a keenly analytical mind that has ever enabled him to discriminate between the essential and the non-essential and to place in due relative proportion all of the points bearing upon his cases. Mr. Kinkead was born near Beverly. Washington county, Ohio, March 14. 186;3. He is descended in the paternal line from Scotch-Irish ancestry, CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 795 the founder of the family in America, being David Kinkead, his great-grandfather, who came from Dungarvan. Ireland, immediately after the Revolutionary war. He enlisted on board a man-of-war during the period of hostilities, expecting in that way to reach the new world but, being disappointed in this, sailed from Belfast to the United States on the first ship that left port after the conclusion of peace, landing at Philadelphia in 1783. His parents were Isaac Benton and Hannah (Thornburg) Kinkead, and the father, in active business life, devoted his attention to the lumber trade. That Edgar B. Kinkead was endowed by nature with keen intellectual force is indicated by the fact that when but a boy of twelve years he conducted a school amid the forests of Washington county, to which locality his father's lumber business had called him. Edgar B. Kinkead held a little school, his pupils being the children of the neighborhood whose advantages had been inferior to his own. Later he resumed his education as a student in Marietta College and later he spent a, few months in taking subscriptions for a book, but his desire was to become a member of the bar and to this end he began to study law in September, 1881, spending a year's time in an office. For six years he filled the position of deputy clerk in the office of the probate judge of Washington county and in 1887 he was appointed a deputy in the office of the clerk of the supreme court of Ohio. Not long afterward he entered upon five years' service as assistant state law librarian, and while thus engaged he devoted the hours usually designated as "leisure" to the study of law and prepared and published his first contribution to legal literature. This volume, entitled "Self Preparation for Final Examination," was issued in 1893. The previous year he had assisted in the preparation of a work called "Booth on Street Railways," and he is also the author of "Kinkead's Code Pleading," which is in two volumes and was first published in 1894, the second edition being issued in 1898. In 1897 he brought out "Kinkead's Instructions and Entries" and in 1900, "Kinkead's Practice" and "Kinkead's Comtions, which have been received by the bench and the bar as volumes that treat authoritatively upon the subjects discussed therein. In 1890 Mr. Kinkead served for a time as editor of the Ohio Law Journal and in 1895 he became a member of the faculty of the law department of the Ohio State University, being regarded as one of the able law educators of the state, addressing his classes with clearness and perspicuity upon the subjects that come in his department. Almost from the beginning of his identification with the bar he has enjoyed a large clientage and his work in the courts has been of a most important character. He was associated as special counsel for the state in the celebrated Standard Oil litigation and other cases of national importance, in which he-attracted widespread attention by his learning and masterly manipulation of the cause and facts. His oratory, clothed in the sound logic of truth, carries conviction to the minds of judge and jury. While prompted by a laudable ambition to attain success that is characteristic of every great lawyer and while his devotion to his clients' interests is proverbial, he never forgets that he owes a still higher allegiance to the majesty of the law. He is an able, efficient and conscientious minister in the temple of justice, having always conformed his practice to a high standard of 796 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS professional ethics, making it always his purpose to aid the court in the administration of justice. Mr. Kinkead was married January 20, 1883, to Miss Nellie M. Snyder, a native of Canada, and they have one daughter, Mabel, born October 16, 1883. Mr. Kinkead is recognized as a valued member of various organizations. He belongs to the Delta Upsilon, a college fraternity. and to the Phi Delta. Phi. a law fraternity. n 1888 lie joined the Knights of Pythias Lodge of Columbus, has filled all of its chairs. and in 1895 he was appointed by the grand chancellor of the domain of Ohio as a member of the grand tribunal of Ohio for a term of four years. while in May, 1899. he was reappointed for another terns of five years. He holds membership with the Universalist church but his religion is too broad for creed or dogma. as he believes in living the Christ life, in doing all the good one can and in living as newly right as possible His political allegiance is given to the Republican party and his support of its principles is unfaltering for he believes that they contain the best elements of good government. In his boyhood he cherished the ambition of having a large library and fine horses and in the course of years he has come to have both of these ambitions realized. Much more has come to him. for in life he learned to seek only that which is worth while, never choosing the second best, and all times uses his native talents and forces so that he seems to realize at any one point of his career the possibilities for successful accomplishment at that point. JOHN G. BATTELLE. It was said of McGregor that unless you looked at the head of the table you would miss seeing him, and it is also to be said of John C. Battelle, that if you wish to see him as the business parade passes by it is no use to look further to the left of the first file if you expect to see him. and after you find him, he is willing and ready and able to meet you on any proposition, social, business or polemic. Mr. Battelle is an old Virginian by birth, a West Virginian by divorce, and an Ohioan by preference. That is to say he was born in Clarksburg. Virginia, May 12, 1815.some twenty years before West Virginia obtained a divorce from the first mother of presidents, and some thirty years before he took up with the second mother of presidents with whom he remains. The extent of his early education was limited, but as time passed he entered the academy at Fairmount and completed the curriculum of study. His first active business experience was in the treasury department at Washington, where he remained six months, but resigned to enter the quartermaster's department. where he remained three years. Afterward he began his career in iron, becoming bookkeeper and finally secretary and general manager of a rolling mill at Wheeling, West Virginia, the company manufacturing a general line of rolled-steel goods. including bolts. 'nuts, etc. It was not long until he took a wider field and conducted a rolling mill at Memphis, Tennessee, for a number of years. then becoming connected with CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 797 the Cincinnati Corrugated Company, at Cincinnati, which corporation removed to Piqua, Ohio, where he was its general manager, remaining in that position for More than ten years. Next Mr. Battelle removed to New York city, where he could better handle his fast increasing business interests and at the same time hold a firm hand oil his connections in Columbus. He is the president of the Columbus Iron & Steel Company, whose big plant is one of the industrial features of the south side in this city. He is connected with a number of orders, including the Loyal Legion, and is a member of the Columbus Club, Arlington Country Club, Columbus Board of Trade, State Board of Commerce, Ohio Society in New York and the Sons of the American Revolution. During the administration of the late Governor Nash, he, was au aide on his official staff with the rank of colonel. Mr. Battelle has one son, now attending school in New York city. W. K. FIELD. Everywhere in our land are found men who have worked their own way from humble beginning to leadership in commerce, in great productive industries, the management of financial affairs and in controlling the veins and arteries of the traffic and the exchanges of the country. It is one of the glories of our nation that it is so. It should be, a strong incentive and encouragement to the youth of the country that it is so. Prominent among the self-made men of Columbus is AN'. K. Field-a man honored, respected and esteemed wherever known and most of all where he is best known. He was born in the capital city September 9, 1865. his parents being Silas N. and Sarah (Kelsey) Field, who were also natives of Columbus. It was in the early '20s, when Columbus was but a village, that John Field, the grandfather, took up his abode here and became one of the engineers of the canal. He was numbered among the pioneer residents of this section of the state, where for a long time he continued to follow his profession of civil engineering while his activity in public interests made him one of the valued and representative residents here. In the public schools W. K. Field pursued his education to the age of fourteen years. when he entered the office of the Scioto Valley Railroad as office boy. For ten years he was connected with the company, gradually working his way upward through successive promotions to the position of car service agent. In 1892 he connected himself with the Sunday Creek Company as city sales agent and went to St. Paul, Minnesota, as the vice president of the St. Paul & Western Coal Company, a subsidiary of the Sunday Creek Company, remaining in the northwest until 1902. In that year he returned to Columbus and accepted the presidency of the New Pittsburg Coal Company, which is a subsidiary of the Pittsburg Coal Company. In 1908 he went to Pittsburg as vice president of the latter, which is the largest coal company in the United States. n June, 1908, he returned to Columbus 798 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS as president of the Sunday Creek Company also conducting most extensive mining operations with mines located in the coal fields of Ohio and West Virginia. The business has assumed mammoth proportions with extensive annual shipments. Mr. Field, as the president, is spending his energies in constructive efforts and administrative directions, bringing his sound judgment to bear in the solution of intricate and complex business problems. In 1889, Mr. Field was married to Miss Lucy Wampler, of Mankato, Minnesota, and they have one daughter, Catharine. Mr. Field is a member of the Columbus Club, the Arlington Club and other social organizations. Possessing broad, enlightened and liberal-minded views, faith in himself and in the the vast potentialities for development inherent in his country's vast domain and specific needs along the distinctive lines chosen for his life work, his has been an active career, in which he has accomplished important and far-reaching results, contributing in no small degree to the expansion and material growth of the nation and from which he himself has also derived substantial benefits. JAMES J. SEXTON. James J. Sexton, vice president and general manager of the Osborne & Sexton Machinery Company, is in this connection actively engaged in the control of one of the largest jobbing houses in Ohio, devoted entirely to the sale of wood and iron working machinery and power plants operated by steam, electricity, gas and gasoline. He has made steady advancement in his business by reason of his tireless energy and intelligent appreciation of opportunities. He was born February 14, 1878, in Manchester, England, and was a youth of ten years when in 1888 he came to America with his parents, William and Anne (Kennedy) Sexton, both of whom were natives of Ireland, whence they removed to England. The father was a machinist by trade and after making several trips to this country finally brought his family and established his home in the United States. The son's education, begun in his native land, was continued in the schools of Cincinnati, where he completed a high school course. with the class of 1892, being at that time but fourteen years of age. He started to school in early life and was considered a prodigy in his studies, showing special aptitude in mastering various branches which he undertook, thus graduating at a period when most boys are just entering high school. Throughout his entire life he has displayed the same readiness in taking up the ideas in which he is interested and has always remained a student along the line which he has made his life work. Naturally inclined to mechanical pursuits and interested along that line, he read quite extensively books and articles bearing upon the subject. Following his graduation he, became identified with The Egan Company, now the J. A. Fay & Egan Company of Cincinnati, in a clerical position, and remained in that capacity for seven years, during which period his close application, unfaltering diligence and reliability won him promotion CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 799 from time to time. In the year 1899 he was made special traveling representative for the company, which position he held until the latter part of 1906, at which time he resigned and started in business for himself, feeling that his capital, saved from his earning, and his wide experience fully justified him in this step. He therefore organized the Osborne & Sexton Machinery Company, of Columbus, and has since been vice president and general manager. Success has attended the enterprise from the beginning and today they control the largest jobbing trade in Ohio devoted entirely to the sale of wood and iron working machinery and power plants operated by steam, electricity gas and gasoline. At the head of the enterprise are young menambitious, alert, enterprising, brooking no obstacles that can be overcome by persistent and determined effort. On the 20th of January, 1909, Mr. Sexton was married in Columbus, Ohio, to Miss Florence Mary Rankin, a daughter of Dr. and Mrs. J. L. Rankin, of Bremen, Ohio, who rank among the best known and early settlers of Fairfield county, this state. In his political beliefs Mr. Sexton is liberal, advocating, however, clean politics administered in the line of correct and progressive business principles. Coming to America as a lad of ten years, wide-awake and alert, with a mind receptive and retentive, he was not long in becoming acquainted with American manners and customs. Moreover he was a reader of papers and books on mechanics but gave little time to fiction. This qualified him for his start in the business world. During the past ten years he has traveled much and, being especially interested in the progress of machinery, both wood-working and metal-working, has made this branch of America's greatest industry a special study and is considered authority upon this branch. His ability will undoubtedly carry him into still more important relations and yet he has already achieved success that many a business man of twice his age might well envy. JUDGE ULRIC SLOANE. Descended from a noble line of Irish jurists and possessing many of the strong and sterling characteristics of the Celtic race, Judge Ulric Sloane is not only one of the most widely known lawyers of the capital city but also of the entire state He is equally strong as an advocate before the court or before the jury, possesses a thorough technical knowledge of the law and is as well a student of the underlying principles upon which the written law itself is based. Added to these qualifications is a gift of oratory at once forceful, argumentative and to the point, so that he has few equals and no superiors in this portion of the legal field. It will thus be seen that Judge Sloane is a worthy representative of an honored ancestry. His father, Judge James Sloane, for some time occupied the common pleas bench, residing in the judicial subdivision including Highland county, in the southwestern section of the state. His mother, too, was descended from an ancestry noted for culture and learning and half a. century or more ago she was notable in social 800 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS circles for her brilliant intellectual powers, poetic temperament and all the beautiful graces of perfect womanhood. Judge Ulric Sloane was born in Hillsboro, Highland county. December 18, 1850, and after attending the public schools he engaged in teaching school, although but seventeen years of age when he entered upon the work of the profession. It was his desire, however, to become a member of the bar and in 1867 he went to Decatur, Illinois. where he read law with a relative, Judge Emerson. So great was his progress in the study of law that he was admitted to the bar in 1868, when but eighteen years of age. This would not have been possible in Ohio, where the age limit has always been twenty-one years, but in Illinois at that time there was no age limit, a knowledge of the principles of law being the essential requirement. Following his admission Judge Sloane went to Chillicothe, Missouri. where he engaged in the practice of his profession through the succeeding six years. Upon the death of his father he returned to Hillsboro, where he was actively connected with the work of the courts until 1898, when he removed to Columbus. His ability as an attorney secured his retention in most of the notable cases tried in the Highland county and adjoining courts. He has been equally successful in the capital city and is probably the greatest and most successful criminal lawyer in the state. In his political views and allegience Judge Sloane ha., always been a democrat, taking an active part in each campaign since 1868, save for a brief period. He is always well versed upon the questions which are to the statesman and the man of affairs of vital import and on all important issues keeps in touch with the best thinking men of the age. Judge Sloane was married in July, 1891, to the daughter of General C. P. Buckingham, of Zanesville, adjutant general of Ohio under Governors Dennison and Tod, and a niece of Governor Trimble, of Highland. Ohio. DR. S. B. HARTMAN. Sometimes, when a man is at the starting point of his life career, he plans it upon such an extended line of achievement that his friends smile because of it latitude, no less than its longitude, until he himself occasionally doubts the easy achievement of what seemed almost within his grasp, and mayhap is ready to abandon the road before him for another, as the short cut to success. Then recalling himself, as if by prophetic intuition, he sets forward along the original survey and possesses himself not only of his original preemptions, but discovers even a wider domain to add to them. This, metaphorically speaking, is a condensation of the achievements, pertaining to and constituting the life struggles and history of Dr. Samuel Brubaker Hartman of Columbus. Some two hundred and .sixty years ago, there came to America. a burgher from Switzerland of the name of Hartman, and his good wife, who eventually settled down to agricultural pursuits in what is now Lancaster county. PAGE 801 - PICTURE OF S. B. HARTMAN PAGE 802 - BLANK CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 803 Pennsylvania, where children were born to them, and to their children other generations, in the order of events. On April 1, 1830, there was born to Christian and Nancy (Brubaker) Hartman, back there on the well-tilled Dauphin county farm a son who was christened Samuel Brubaker Hartman now known far and wide, as well as in Columbus, his present residence, as Dr. S. B. Hartman. While he was still a child his parents removed from Dauphin to Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, where he was reared and had fairly good educational opportunities. At the age of fifteen lie left home, going almost directly to Cincinnati, Ohio, where lie later entered the Farmers College, near the city, where he passed successfully through the literary course of the institution and thus prepared himself for a still wider field of study and research, to enter which all young ambitions prompted him. The medical profession was the dream and ambition of his boyhood and youth, especially the surgical branch of the profession, and now lie felt that he had passed the first stage of his ambitions in spite of all discouragements. At that time he was living at Medway, Ohio. and began the study of medicine with Dr. Shackelford, and so continued until he was fitted and qualified to enter the -Medical University of Cleveland. Having concluded the regular course in that institution, Dr. Hartman immediately entered upon the practice at Tippecanoe, Ohio, where he continued to creditably and successfully conduct the practice for two years. His ambitions, however, were not satiated. To further promote them, he took a special course in orthopedic and the surgical treatment of the eye and ear in the city of New York. These branches had deeply interested him from the beginning of his medical studies and he utilized the first opportunity to enter upon their study. Even then he did not think that his studies and researches should be abated. much less omitted, and hence he entered the Jefferson Medical College. of Philadelphia. under the celebrated Dr. Gross, from which institution he was graduated with Donors. in March 1857, and going thence to the city of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, entered both earnestly and successfully upon the practice of both medicine and surgery. Possessing, as he did, a high order of mechanical skill and genius, not only in perfecting but in in- surgical instruments quid appliances for the most delicate, as well as all other surgical operations, he became known throughout the surgical branch of the profession as one of the most skillful operators on the eye and car. Some twenty years ago Mr. Hartman located in Columbus. At this tine he had probably reached the limit of his earlier ambitions. but quickly saw a still wider field along special lines. and that. instead of being at the end of the world of endeavor, he was at the second stage. His special lines of practice, treatments, medical and surgical appliance as well as remedies, grew into much a demand that it resulted in the erection of one after another .specially designed edifices, to meet that demand. until The Peruna Drug Manufacturing Company was organized. and occupies several of the most conspicuous blocks in the central portion of the city. His civic pride and taste is reflected ill the style of architecture of the great building, in which 804 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS the different branches and accessories of the Drug; Manufacturing Company are housed. and which adds to the value of the adjacent blocks rather than detracting from their. His residence at East Town and Washington avenue, is a type of beauty, simplicity and taste, without the slightest attempt at garish display. Tim Hartman farm, south of the city, with its enormous acreage, connected with the city by good roadways and a private traction line, is perhaps the finest and best equipped stock farm in the Mississippi valley and is not eclipsed by any of the "shown places" east of the Alleghanies. In addition to this great farm, Dr. Hartman has large investments in some of the most valuable coal lands in southeastern Ohio, which have not been invaded by commercial mining. Samuel Brubaker Hartman and Sallie A. Martzell were married in 1859. Two children were born to them. One, the wife of Mr. F. W. Schumacher, survives, and she presides over a beautiful and artistic home on East Broad, and a household where happiness is never a stranger but always a permanent guest. GEORGE S. MOON. George S. Moon was one of the best known and most prominent men of Columbus, alert, energetic, active and determined. He knew how to use each moment to the best advantage because he made a. close study of business problems and in all of his dealings his close conformity to a high standard of commercial ethics won him the respect and good will of those with whom he was associated. He figured in industrial circles of Columbus its president of the Scioto Buggy Company, conducting an extensive manufactory and business. He came to this city in 1885, but Ohio numbered him among her native sons, his birth having occurred in Clinton county. Ohio), in 1847. His parents, Alva. and Delilah Moon, were of English descent and for many years were residents of Ohio, the father devoting his life to general farming. Both he and his wife died in Buford. this state. George S. Moon acquired a common-school education in his native county and when not busy with his test-books worked on his father's farm. assisting in the labors of field and meadow until he way twenty-one years of age when, believing he would find other pursuits more congenial than the plowing, planting and harvesting, he went to Wilmington. Ohio. where he began business on his own account. opening photographic studio. There he remained for a few years. after which he removed to Cincinnati. Ohio. and turned his attention to manufacturing. He became associated with the old Sechler Buggy Company of that city and was connected with the firm until his removal to Columbus in 1885. Here lie established the Scioto Buggy Company. the plant being located at the corner of Bottles and Michigan avenues. His previous experience in this Line well qualified him for the establishment and conduct of such an enterprise and the plant was well equipped with the latest improved machinery and its products found a ready sale on the market, for the output CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 805 was manufactured with regard to durability as well as to style and finish. The business methods of the house, too, commend it to the confidence and support of the general public and the trade steadily increased year by year. Mr. Moon was president of the company and so continued up to the time of his death. Mr. Moon was married in Brown county, Ohio, to Miss Ella M. Huggins, a native of this state and a daughter of James E. and Arethusa C. (Divoll) Huggins, the latter a representative of a prominent old Connecticut family. The father was a native of North Carolina and after his marriage removed with his bride to Ohio, settling on a farm near Ripley. He was not only all agriculturist but also an attorney, belonging to the bar of southern Ohio. He figured prominently in public affairs there and was a man of influence. Eventually he removed to a farm near Hillsboro, Ohio, where both he and his wife spent their remaining days amid the quiet of rural surroundings. There was one son aid one daughter born unto Mr. and Mrs. Moon. The death of the husband and father occurred May 29, 1897, and was the occasion of deep and widespread regret not only to the members of his own household but also to many friends. Mr. Moon was never an office seeker, caring nothing for the honors and emoluments of political service, but throughout his entire life gave his allegiance to the republican party. Business men respected him and his friends entertained for him a warm regard. In his family he was a devoted husband and father, counting no effort or sacrifice on his part too great if it would promote the happiness or enhance the welfare of his wife and children. In his business career lie made .steady progress, advancing, step by step in the path of business rectitude and honor until eventually he reached time goal of prosperity. Mrs. Moon and her children are members of the Presbyterian church and are quite well known in the city. They own a commodious and beautiful residence at No. 980 Bryden road, where she and her children reside. ALANSON P. SCOFIELD. America is the home of self made men. No other country offers such excellent opportunities for rapid and substantial business advancement. Too often caste or class stand in the way of individual progress. but in this country activity and useful labor constitute the key that will unlock the portals of success. In the history of Alanson P. Scofield it is a matter worthy of note that he started out in life on his own account when but eleven years of age, and by his determination and energy gradually worked his way upward, until he now occupies a notable position in business circles as secretary and treasurer of the Andrus-Scofield Company. Mr. Scofield was born December 6, 1868. and he represents one of the old American families founded in this country in colonial days, his greatgreat-grandfather having been a captain in the Revolutionary war. His grandfather, who also bore the name of Alanson Scofield. became one of the pioneer settlers of Licking county. making his way direct to Franklinton 806 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS when he left the state of New York. He established his home in a district in which the work of civilzation and progress seemed scarcely begun, and as the years passed he bore a substantial part in the work of general improvement there. His son, Albert Scofield, became a farmer of Licking county, and led a quiet yet useful life, devoting his attention to his farm and his family. He wedded Mary E. Pettit, who was born February 20, 1837, in Perry county, a daughter of Elnathan Pettit who, at the time of his death in 1904, was the oldest master Mason in Franklin county. He came of a family of French origin. Alanson P. Scofield gained knowledge of the common branches of English learning as a. pupil in the district schools of Licking county, but at the age of eleven years started out in life on his own account. His reading, observation, and experience, however, have since greatly broadened his knowledge and, today, he is a. well informed business man, whose keen discrimination enables him to readily and correctly solve intricate business problems. His first employment was that of clerk in a general store. He was sixteen years of age when, in 1884, lie came to Columbus and entered the employ of the Staley Morton Company, which finally developed into the Columbus Dry Goods Company. For three years he continued with that house, and then entered the employ of Jones, Witter & Company, wholesale, dry goods dealers. In the intervening years he carefully saved his earnings until he felt that his capital and experience justified hi embarkation in merchandising on his own account. He established a store at Mechanicsburg, Ohio, and conducted the business until 1903, when he again came to Columbus and entered the Andrus-Scofield Company as secretary and treasurer, becoming at the same time one of the stockholders in the enterprise. His labors have since been a. valued factor in the success of the company, for he is developing its business along progressive lines. In 1892 Mr. Scofield was married to Miss Grace Drury a native of Columbus, and a daughter of D. M. Drury, who at one time was a partner of Dr. Gay, a pioneer physician of this city, in whose honor Gay street was named. Mr. and Mrs. Scofield now have one son, Alanson Paul, born April 26, 1899. Such in brief is the history of a well known and representative business man of Columbus, and his record should serve to encourage and inspire others. showing what may be accomplished when one has the will to dare and to do. WILLIAM ARMBRUSTER. In a review of the successful men of Columbus-men who have contributed to her commercial activity and business advancement-mention should be made of William Armbruster. who for many years was a well known dry-goods merchant here. Moreover, his life record contains lessons that may well he followed by those who desire to achieve success in accordance with honorable methods, for in all of his connection with the business interests of the city his name remains as a synonym for straightforward and CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 807 honorable dealing. A native of Germany, William Armbruster was born December 10, 1837, a son of Mathias and Catherine Armbruster, both of whom were natives of the same country and there spent their entire lives. The father engaged in the manufacture of velvet, continuing in the business for many years, and in his boyhood days William Armbruster worked in his father's factory, gaining practical experience in business methods and laying the foundation for his subsequent success. He also attended the public schools until eighteen years of age, when, attracted by the business opportunities and advantages of the new world, he sailed for America and became a resident of Philadelphia. There he secured aa position in a woolen factory, where lie remained for five years. Subsequently he went to Pennsylvania, where he was again employed in a woolen factory for a short time, after which he came to Ohio and settled first in Westerville. There he was employed in a wagon factory for a short time and later went to Milford, Ohio, where he began business for himself as a wagon manufacturer. After a brief period, however, he sold out and removed to Circleville, Ohio, where lie established another wagon manufactory, which he conducted for a few years All through his business career he made good use. of his opportunities, carefully directing his labors so that there would be no useless expenditure of time, money or material. Upon such a foundation his success was builded and as the years passed his labors brought him a substantial financial return. It was while Mr. Armbruster was residing in Circleville that he was married to Miss Susanna Blastein, a native of Ripley county, Indiana, and a daughter of Peter and Louisa Blastein, both natives of Germany. In the year 1820 Mr. Blastein came to the United States and settled upon a farm in Ripley county, Indiana. The state had been admitted to the Union only four years before and it was largely an unimproved district, many sections of the country being wild and undeveloped. For a time he was identified with general agricultural pursuits there and afterward turned his attention to general merchandising in Pennsylvaniaburg. There he carried on business and resided in the village throughout the remainder of his life, both he and his wife spending their last days there. He was one of the first settlers of the county. was a witness of much of its growth and improvement and contributed in substantial measure to its progress and material development. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Armbruster were born a son and daughter. Harry E. is now president of the Armbruster Company and a prominent representative of commercial life in this city. He married Miss Laura Boch and they reside in the. Armbruster home with his mother. They have one child, Edward B., who is now associated with his father in the store. Emma, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Armbruster. became the wife of Harry Hudgell, a traveling salesman now residing in Boston. Her death accrued at the age of thirty-five years. Shortly after his marriage William Armbruster became a resident of Columbus, establishing his home here in 1873. He first opened a small woolen factory on East Ridge street. where he engaged in the manufacture of hosiery. After a. brief period lie removed his business to High street but 808 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS finally disposed of his manufacturing interests and established a retail store on a small scale. After several removals he took the business to North High street and at that location the business enjoyed a rapid growth, becoming one of the leading commercial enterprises of the city. They carry a full line of dry goods, always keep in touch with the best products that the markets afford and the business policy of the house has been such as to secure a growing trade. As the years passed the enterprise became a very profitable one, so that in the later years of his life Mr. Armbruster was able to retire largely from business, turning over the management of the store to his son. His success was worthily won his achievements representing the fit utilization of the innate talents which were his. He labored persistently and energetically along well defined lines of trade and in all of his life record was never known to take advantage of the necessities of a fellowman in a business transaction. Mr. Armbruster was never much interested in polities, although he was not neglectful of his duties of citizenship. In early life he gave support to the democracy and later voted for candidates whom he considered best qualified for office without regard to party affiliation. Socially he was allied with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. About sixteen years prior to his death he erected a commodious and beautiful residence at No. 683 South High street, where his widow, his son Harry and his family all reside. Mr. Armbruster died at his home December 26, 1902. In the later years of his life when he had leisure he devoted most of his time to the pleasures of his own fireside and delighted to extend the hospitality of his home to his many friends. His life was indeed a busy and useful one and he recognized and utilized his opportunities for advancement, so that as the years followed he gathered the fruits of his labor in a handsome competence. He was thus enabled to leave to his family a substantial fortune as well as the priceless heritage of a good name. He never had occasion to regret his determination to come to the new world but on the contrary readily adapted himself to changed conditions here and sought in the fields of labor opportunity for his advancement in the business world. Mrs. Armbruster is a member of the Independent Lutheran church and yet makes her home in Columbus, where she has resided continuously for thirty-six years. EDWARD K. STEWART. Energy and persistency, resulting in successful accomplishment. are the most striking characteristics of Edward K. Stewart. vice president and general manager of the Columbus Railway & Light Company. He is one of the city's most busy men and in all that pertains to formulating and executing well defined plans, resulting in the attainment of the purpose desired, he has few equals and no superiors in this, his native city. He was born in 1845, and the public schools afforded him his educational opportunities. His record is another illustration of the fact that a. college course, while of value as a preparation for life's work is not an absolute essential, for Mr. Stewart. without other than public school training, entered business life wherein he has made continuous progress until he stands today among those who are most active CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 809 in shaping the businesss and financial history of the capital. He made his initial step as an employe in the Franklin branch of the State Bank, which was later transmuted into the Franklin National Bank. Subsequently he became teller for the Hayden-Hutcheson Company and for a number of years acted as cashier for the P. Hayden & Company Bank, now known as the Hayden-Clinton National Bank on East Broad street. All through these years he bent his energies to the solution of intricate problems of banking and as the years advanced his responsibilities were increased with his consecutive promotions. In 1892, retiring from the banking business, he entered a wider and to him more congenial financial field. Several years before Mr. Stewart had become interested to a limited extent in street railway enterprises which at about that time had been largely experiments in Columbus and most costly experiments to those who were pioneers therein. His first venture in this field of activity was in the East Park Place Street Railway, now the Long Street branch of the Columbus Railway & Light Company. In 1880 this line became a part of the Main and High street consolidation. In 1892 Mr. Stewart, was chosen vice president and general manager of the Columbus Street Railway Company and in 1899 the Columbus Central and Cross-town lines were absorbed, forming the Columbus Railway Company. The business interests were. considerably increased and extended when in 1903 the Columbus Railway & Light Company was formed, leasing the property of the Columbus Railway Company and the Edison Company, thus practically covering the city with the consolidated street railway system and largely controlling the electric power and private lighting business, the city having asserted the prerogative of public lighting as well as private electrical service in competition with the Columbus Railway & Light Company. Mr. Stewart was an active and virile force in bringing about the various consolidations which resulted in giving Columbus one of the finest plants of street railway transportation, involving the actual investment of millions of money to be found in any American city. While the successful manipulation and control of such extensive interests would satisfy most men, Mr. Stewart. who has long been recognized as a dynamic force in business circles, has extended his efforts into various other lines, being now president of the Case Crane Company, the Columbus Dry Goods Company, vice president of the Union National Bank, member of the board of directors of the Columbus Gas Light & Heating Company. of the Scioto Valley Traction Company. the Ohio Trust Company, the Central National Bank and the Lincoln Savings Bank. He also sustains other prominent business relations and notwithstanding his varied and manifold interests, he is a. gentleman of quiet manner and even poise, indicating a well balanced character. SMITH M. COMLY. From pioneer times the Comly family has been represented in Ohio and the ancestral history of Smith M. Comly. is one of which he has every reason to be proud. Moreover his own lines of life have been cast in harmony therewith and while bending his energies rather toward commercial interests than 810 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS public service, he is nevertheless recognized as one of the valued and representative citizens of Columbus. He was born October 8, 1868, in Columbus, Ohio. His grandfather became one of the pioneer residents of this state, settling at New Lexington, where he followed the occupation of farming. His son. General James M. Comfy, was born at New Lexington. Perry county. and was reared amid the scenes and environments of frontier life. At the time of the Civil war he espoused the Union cause and was appointed lieutenant colonel of the Forty-second Ohio Infantry. Later he was exchanged to the Twenty-third Ohio and remained with that regiment until the close of hostilities, being in active command in every battle in which the regiment participated with one exception. During his military service lie was associated with several men. who later gained notable distinction, and who belonged to the regiment and fought with, General Comfy in the war. The most prominent of these were Rutherford B. Hayes and William McKinley. afterward presidents of the United States, and Stanley Mathews. later a judge of the supreme court. Prior to joining the army General Comfy had studied law and had entered upon active practice. He was also connected with the Ohio State Journal and occupied almost every position on the paper until eventually he became editor. He was likewise the first president of the Board of Trade of Columbus and was identified with various movements which have constituted important features in the growth and development of this city. His life was an intensely busy and useful one and he left the impress of his individuality upon the city's development and growth. He wedded Elizabeth Mary, who was born in Columbus, a daughter of Samuel Mary, who was a physician and surgeon and served a surgeon general during the Civil war. Previous to the outbreak of hostilities he was very active in assisting runaway negroes to freedom, his home being a station on the famous underground railroad. He was likewise one of the founders of the Starling Medical College and thus contributed in substantial measure to the educational development of the state. Smith M. Comly, after attending the public schools of Columbus. became a student in the Ohio State University, after which he went to Toledo, where he spent five years in the office of his father. who was then the owner of a well known newspaper. On the expiration of that period he returned to the capital city and in 1893 entered the coal business. He is now the president of the National Fuel Company, in which connection he has developed an enterprise of large and profitable proportions. He today has an extensive patronage and the volume of business which he annually transacts makes his one of the profitable commercial enterprises of the city. On the 14th of November, 1895, Mr. Comfy was married to Miss Margaret McComb, who was born in Columbus, a. daughter of W. J. McComb. real estate dealer of this city, and a niece of General W. T. Sherman and Senator John Sherman. Mr. and Mrs. Comfy have two children : Elizabeth. born October 15, 1901; and James M.. Born March 27, 1904. Mr. and Mrs. Comly occupy a very prominent position in social circles and their home is most attractive by reason of its warm-hearted hospitality and its interesting social functions. Mr. Comly belongs to that public-spirited, useful and helpful type of men whose ambitions and desires are centered and directed in those chan- CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 811 nels through which flow the greatest and most permanent good to the greatest number. It is true that his chief life work has been that of a remarkably successful coal merchant but the range of his activities and the scope of his influence have reached far beyond this special field. LOUIS SEIDENSTICKER. Louis Seidensticker, connected with various corporate interests of Columbus in financial and official relations and widely recognized here as an enterprising business man, is perhaps best known as the senior partner of the firm of L. Seidensticker & Brother, extensive dealers in dry goods and men's furnishing goods. One of the native sons of the capital city, he was born in 1852 on the square adjoining that on which he is now carrying on business. His father. John Seidensticker, had come to Columbus in 1845. He was a saddler by trade but soon afterward turned his attention to the furniture business. After conducting a. store of his own for a period he became a member, of the Columbus Cabinet Company, with which he was associated for twenty years, when on account of ill health he retired and spent his remaining days in the enjoyment of well earned rest. He was a well known and successful man. possessing the characteristic German thrift and enterprise and he was a popular and valued member of various German societies. He wedded Mary Magdalen Zettler, also a native of Germany and a representative of a well known early Columbus family. She died in 1902, while the death of John Seidensticker occurred in June, 1906. Louis Seidensticker was a pupil in the parochial schools to the age of twelve years and then started in the business world, since which time he has been dependent upon his own resources. He entered the employ of Gus Maier, who was carrying on business under the firm style of J. G. Maier & Son. This was in 1866 and Mr. Seidensticker, entering the service as an errand boy, was rapidly promoted and in the course of years became manager and buyer for the concern. In this establishment he received careful, thorough business training. gaining a comprehensive knowledge of the business in every detail. On the 16th of February, 1882, he opened a store in connection with his brother. having a limited stock in a small building on his present location. He had carefully saved his earnings until he felt that his capital justified him in starting in business for himself. The line was strictly limited to dry goods and men's furnishings and from the outset the business has shown a steady, healthy growth, the trade increasing year by year until it has assumed proportions of considerable magnitude. In August, 1905, Mr. Seidensticker purchased the present large store building in order to meet the demands of growing trade and now has the buildings from 149 to 153 East Main street. The growth of the business is furthermore indicated by the fact that while he started out with one salesman he now employs fourteen sales people. To other lines he has also extended his activity and is now a director of the Market Exchange Bank. a director of the Union Building &: 812 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS Savings Company and vice president and director of the Allemania Building & Loan Company. In 1881 Mr. Seidensticker was married to Miss Mary M. Schmitt, of Columbus, and their children are : Eva, Albert, Joseph, William, Lucille and two who died in infancy. Mr. Seidensticker is aa member of the Columbus Board of Trade and of the Knights of Columbus, the Beneficent Knights of St. John and St. Joseph's Court, No. 433, of the Improved Order of Foresters, in which he now acting as treasurer. He is likewise connected with the St. Paul Young Men',s Society and is a member of the Cecelia Maennerchor. He is prominent in local political circles as an advocate of humanitarian principles yet does not seek nor desire office for himself. He is an alert, wide-awake man, alive to the interests and opportunities of the day, and an analyzation. of his life record shows that persistency and honesty have constituted the key that has unlocked for him the portals of prosperity. THOMAS T. VAN SWEARINGEN. The life work and admirable success of Thomas T. Van Swearingen are evidences of what may be accomplished in America under the system of government which his ancestors helped to establish. In the paternal line he is descended from one his great-great-grandfather who was a captain in the Eighth Pennsylvania Regiment in the Revolutionary war and was wounded and taken prisoner in the battle of Stillwater September 19, 1777. Later he was exchanged and reentered the service, continuing an active defender of American interests until national independence was won. Prior to the war he had been deputy lieutenant in Berkeley county, Virginia, and was familiarly known among his friends as King Van. Henry Bedlinger, the great-grandfather of Mr. Van Swearingen, was of the Virginia line in the Revolutionary war and rose from the ranks to the captaincy of his company, his commission being signed by John Hancock. He was taken prisoner by the British at the battle of White Plains and held as such "for four years less sixteen days," as the record gives it. Thomas Townsley, a great-grandfather of Mr. Van Swearingen in the maternal line, was a member of Colonel Watts' Pennsylvania Regiment in 1776 and served two other enlistments with the Pennsylvania troops, his military experience continuing until April, 1781. Colonel James Strode Van Swearingen, father of Thomas T. Van Swearingen, was in 1803 an artillery lieutenant and under orders from the secretary of war, General Henry Dearborn, marched through the wilderness westward to Detroit and built Fort Dearborn and a blockhouse on the present site of Chicago, thus becoming the founder of that city. Thomas Townsley Van Swearingen, bearing the name of three of his distinguished ancestors of Revolutionary war fame, has every reason to be proud of the military record of the families from which he springs. He was CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 813 born in Circleville, Ohio, January 15, 1868, and acquired his preliminary education in the common schools of Pickaway county, while subsequently he completed a classical course in Kenyon College, at Gambier, Ohio. His initiation into business came through his employment with the Livingston Seed Company of Columbus in 1888 and later he was employed by the Door, Sash & Lumber Company, with which he remained for about seven years, mastering the intricacies of the lumber business, a traffic in which he actively engaged on his own account following his return to Columbus in 1899. He was also for a time employed as a traveling salesman by the wholesale lumber house of Powell & Gobey. He aspired to higher things, however, than serving others and, ambitious to engage in business for himself, he became identified with the South Side Lumber Company, which has extensive yards on High street and the Hocking Valley tracks. He has since become its vice president and general manager and his efforts have been largely instrumental in the development of an extensive business with contractors, builders and the manufacturing industries of South Columbus. It can be justly claimed that he represents the highest type of the successful young business man in the commercial life of Columbus and in addition to his interests in the lumber trade he is the owner of a fine farm in Pickaway county. Mr. Van Swearingen resides in the McLene building on East State street. He is well known, prominent and popular in some of the! social organizations and societies of the city, belonging to the Ohio State Society, the Benjamin Franklin Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution and the Society of the War of 1812. He is a member of all the Masonic bodies and of the Mystic Shrine and belongs also to the Ohio Club and the Arlington Country Club. JOHN LORIMAN GILL. John Loriman Gill was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on the 14th of February, 1806. His father, John Gill, was the son of John Gill. of Scarboro. England, a contemporary of John Wesley and a co-worker with him. His mother, Sarah Tate, a. native of Boston, was a highly educated. cultured women. Her mother, a woman of large means for the times, was afterward the widow of James Mackay, a marine merchant. At the early age of fifteen John L. Gill was left an orphan with six younger brother and sisters. In 1822 he located in Pittsburg and placed two of his sisters in Braddocksfield Seminary. In 1826 he came to Columbus and with Colonel James A. Greer, of Dayton, established the business of handling stoves and the manufacture of other things. This was probably the first manufactory located in Columbus. These stoves were made for him at the old Mary Ann furnace, then located near Newark, Ohio. About 1827 or 1828 he took four six-horse wagon loads of stoves to Athens; and on the trip saw a blacksmith using coal. Inquiry developed that the coal dug was 814 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS from the Athens hills. The blacksmith was induced to dig sufficient coal to load the wagons on their return trip. On arrival in this city the coal was sold to W. A. Neil, Sr., at sixty cents per bushel or fifteen dollars per ton, and used for blacksmithing purposes in connection with the stage coach line. The smithy at that time stood near the corner of High and Broad streets. This was the first coal brought to Columbus and was the beginning of the immense coal traffic. Mr. Gill afterward owned many acres of this coal land. He was the first president of the Board of Trade, and in 1890 delivered an interesting address before that body, in which the above facts were given. Mr. Gill, seeing in use on Ohio river boats sheet-iron stoves for cooking purposes, adopted the plan and had patterns made for the same kind of stove in cast iron, and it is believed that this was the first square cook stove ever made. Prior to this time nearly all the cooking was done in Dutch ovens and skillets. Mr. Gill was a member of the firm of Buttles & Gill. the first commission and forwarding house to receive consignments of merchandise and produce by canal from the north and forward the same by wagons to Cincinnati and other points south and west of Columbus. In connection with the firm of Gill & Glover he erected a foundry at the foot of Town street, where the city prison is now located. and there manufactured stoves. plows, mill-gear and agricultural implements. This was in the '30s. About 1858 Mr. Gill invented and patented the movable cast-iron point for the combination steel plow, and now probably more than a million of these plows are manufactured each year. He was one of the chief promoters of the Columbus Gas Works, and for years was the largest stockholder in the company. Through his energy and enterprise many industries were induced to locate in Colunmbus, and he played a prominent part in making Columbus a railroad center. He subscribed liberally for the stock of the Columbus and Xenia Railroad, the Cleveland. Columbus & Cincinnati Railroad, and was one of the promoters and directors of the old Columbus & Piqua and the Columbus & Indiana. Central Railroads, the latter now being a part of the Panhandle system. He was also interested in the construction of the Central Ohio road, now controlled by the Baltimore & Ohio, and for many years he was a director of the Columbus & Hocking Valley Railroad and a promoter of the Columbus & Toledo road. In 1862 he bought the old Ridgeway and Kimball works on the west side, which had previously been partly consumed by fire, and commenced the manufacture of freight cars, which were sold direct to the Federal government. The old foundry at the foot of Town street was continued, at which place, for a time, the car wheels and castings were made for the cars. He built the first refrigerator car. These car works were continued by Mr. Gill until 1884, and grew from a few employes until as high as eight hundred and fifty names appeared on the payroll. He owned several brickyards and manufactured brick in large quantities. He owned a great deal of valuable real estate in and about Columbus. In early times a large portion of business was transacted on the credit and barter system, and owing to this custom his losses were at times very heavy. CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 815 Mr. Gill was the oldest Mason in Columbus. He and his brother William were the first children in America to be vaccinated. Dr. Green, of Boston ; a pupil of Dr. Edward Jenner, the discoverer of vaccination, performed the important operation immediately upon his return from Europe, where he went to acquaint himself with the new system of preventing the spread of smallpox. At the time of the Morgan raid through Indiana and Ohio, soldiers poured into Columbus in greater numbers than there were accommodations for. Mr. Gill came forward and took several hundred of them to his own home, where he fed and cared for them. At the time of the Chicago fire his promptness in acting was noticeable. He saw in the morning papers an account of the fire. At ten o'clock that morning there was a meeting of citizens to extend aid to the suffering citizen, of Chicago. He arose in that meeting and announced that he had already expressed a carload of bread, hams, bacon, cheese, coffee and other articles to that city. The announcement was received with cheers. He was a public-spirited man, often heading the list when anything of a public nature was being arranged. His philanthropy was so well known that his assistance was sought in many directions and rarely refused. Many young men owed their start in business to his helping hand. He was a member of the First Presbyterian church, contributing largely at all times to its support. His hospitality was noted. One of his most pronounced characteristics was his loyalty to his friends. He was a man of rugged health and lived to the ripe old age of eighty-nine years. The immediate cause of his death was old age and the wearing out of a body that had marvelous vitality. He died at his home, 34 North Grant avenue. on March 12, 1895. Mr. Gill was married in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, on the 29th of October 1833, to Mary Smith Waters. The history of Columbus can never be fully told without mention of many of the charming women who have done much to make the city famous. In the list of such women the name of Mary Waters Gill, wife of John Loriman Gill. capitalist, inventor and manufacturer, stands in the foremost rank. Mrs. Gill was born in 1814 in North Easton, Massachusetts, an hour's ride from Boston, where the beautiful old colonial home in perfect preservation is still standing in its magnificent ancient garden with forest trees and pretty stream. Her father, Asa Waters, of Stoughton, Massachusetts, was a man of means and distinguished family. He was a lineal descendant of Governor William Bradford. Her mother was Kezia Richmond, of the Middleboro, Massachusetts, family of Richmonds. Through both parents Mary Waters was descended from and closely related to many of the most distinguished and influential families of New England's early colonial days, and brought with her, as a bride of 1833, much of the refinement and culture new to this part of the country but to which she had been accustomed. Her home became the center of the intellectual life of the community. She was an accomplished musician and brought with her the first piano in Columbus. She was a woman of great refinement and culture, a French scholar, something, of an artist and fond of all literary pursuit. She had a beauti- 816 - . CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS ful Christian character, and was one of God's noblewomen. She way educated at the celebrated boarding school of Madame Oliver in Braddock field, near Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, one of the most noted schools in the country. She was a true aristocrat, patrician, graceful in planner, gentle and loved by all. She contributed largely with her own means to the building of the First Presbyterian church on the corner of Third and State streets. She was instrumental in securing an organ for this church, the first to be placed in Columbus, and a most extraordinary thing in those days. Mrs. Gill entertained on an elaborate scale which even at this time would seen magnificent. Her hospitality was noted, and the most celebrated and influential people of the country and many foreign visitors were guests at, her home. She passed away on the 25th of December, 1905. Eight of their children reached maturity, John Loriman Gill, Jr. of Philadelphia, is an inventor and manufacturer. George Waters Gill is a manufacturer of Columbus. WiLson L. Gill, of New York, is the originator and founder of the Gill School City, which organizes self-governing bodies of school youth for the purpose of creating and stimulating pride and pleasure of citizenship through their own cooperation, guided by intersted teachers, in the social and civic activities in accord with the principles and forms of the government under which they live-the ultimtae aim an enlightened and conscientious citizenship. The Franklin Institute awarded Mr. Gill the Elliott-Cressen gold medal in recognition of the value and farreaching influence of his idea. Herbert Richmond Gill is a resident of Columbus. Anne Eliza is the widow of Theodore G. Wormley, chemist, toxicologist and professor of chemistry in the medical department of the University of Pennsylvania. Mrs. Wormley is distinguished for having illustrated with steel engravings (the first work of this kind to be done by a woman) her husband's book, The Muro-Chemistry of Poisons. The beauty and merit of her work was recognized by the first congress of international scientific and medical men, meeting in Philadelphia in 1876, by their making her a member of that body an honor not granted to any other women. Agnes Gill is the widow of Judge Jackson A. Jordan, of Cincinnati. Kezia Wilson Gill became the wife of Percy Bankhart, of London, England, who died in 1885 in Kansas City. Allis Bradford Gill is a resident of Columbus. JAMES JOHNSON JENNINGS. Continuous advancement along well defined lines of activity has brought James Johnson Jennings to a leading position as a representative of the business interests of the capital city, for he is now the cashier of one of the leading banking institutions of Columbus. Mr. Jennings is a native of Sandusky, Ohio, and a son of Hector and Sarah B. Jennings. The former followed merchandising and removed to Norwalk, Ohio, during the early childhood days of James Johnson Jennings, who there pursued his education, passing through consecutive grades until he was graduated from the Norwalk high school. He afterward attended the Ohio Wesleyan Univer- CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 817 sits, taking the course of arts, while subsequently he matriculated in the University of Michigan, and in due course of time was graduated. In the vacation periods he read law, and when he had sufficiently mastered the principles of jurisprudence to enable him to successfully pass the required examination he was admitted to the Ohio bar. On leaving college he removed to Columbus, where he engaged in the practice of law for a short time, after which he turned his attention to banking, entering that field of activity under General John Beatty, of the Citizens Savings Bank of Columbus. For several years he was actively connected with that institution, and then organized the City Deposit Bank, which was later converted into the City National Bank. As cashier of this bank he is largely controlling its affairs, and the methods he has instituted are those of modern, progressive banking tempered by a safe conservatism that makes no false steps. Mr. Jennings is also connected with a number of leading industrial enterprises, and his position in business circles is one of prominence. On the 14th of January, 1892, Mr. Jennings was united in marriage to Miss Isabel Pagels, and they have one daughter, Elizabeth. Mr. Jennings gives his political allegiance to the republican party. He belongs to the Sigma Chi, a college fraternity, and to the Episcopal church, and his influence is ever on the side of progress and improvement, whether in affairs relating to his private business concerns or to municipal interests. He is today a valued representative of the business life of the city, ranking high in financial circles. JAMES T. CARROLL. James T. Carroll, editor and publisher of the Catholic Columbian, has been a resident of Columbus for twenty years. He was born in Ireland in 1868 and attended school at St. Michael's Preparatory College in Listowel. County Kerry, Ireland. Subsequently he pursued a college course in Glasgow, Scotland, and his thorough educational training has proved an excellent foundation for his success in business life. He assumed the management of the Catholic Columbian in 1905, and was one of the promoters of the Columbian Printing & Publishing Company, which is capitalized at one hundred thousand dollars. They do a general printing and publishing business and have an extensive patronage, the volume of their trade constantly increasing in importance and extent. For four years Mr. Carroll also occupied a position of large responsibility as the national secretary of the Ancient Order of Hibernians, occupying the office from 1904 until 1908. He was elected to the position in St. Louis. Missouri, in 1904. and was unanimously reelected at Saratoga, New York, in 1906. He is also a member of the Knights of Columbus, the Catholic Order of Foresters, the Knights of St. John and the Catholic Knights of Ohio. As editor of the Catholic Columbian he has proved himself competent. manifesting a spirit of progress in all that he undertakes in this con- 818 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS nection. The paper has become a power for the spread of Catholicism and Catholic ideals under his leadership, and is widely read among the followers of this church. Mr. Carroll is married, has three children and maintains the family residence at No. 681 Neil avenue. NICHOLAS MONSARRAT. Nicholas Monsarrat has since the first of March, 1889, been the president of the Hocking Valley Railway Company and stands as a splendid type of the railway official who, in his executive capacity, guides and directs the operations of the most important line extending diagonally across the state of Ohio and proving one of the most important outlets for trade interests in the state. Mr. Monsarrat is a native of Canada, his birth having occurred in the city of London on the 1st of March, 1839. His parents were Charles and Elizabeth Monsarrat, well known residents of that city, and while spending his boyhood days in their home the son was sent to the grammar school conducted by Rev. Benjamin Bayley. In further pursuit of an education that would qualify him for the practical and responsible duties of life, he entered Toronto University and was graduated therefrom with the Bachelor of Arts degree as a member of the class of 1859. This constituted his scholastic training, while his business education was secured in the broader academy of actual experience. Throughout his business career he has been identified with railway interests. He sought the freedom and appreciation of the great American republic, crossing the border into this country, where competition is greater but where advancement is more quickly secured. Early in life he realized the fact that the successful men are those who prove their worth by the capable, efficient, prompt and faithful discharge of duty and it has been along this line that lie has worked his way steadily upward, being advanced from one position to another since 1872 he became identified with railway interests, his connection therewith now covering thirty-seven years. The employer today is constantly on the alert to find efficient, capable assistants and when the individual is found who does not fear laborious attention to detail nor thinks that he is giving his employer an unrequited service, in time his promotion follows just as surely as the night the day. Gradual advancement through positions of increasing responsibility have brought Mr. Monsarrat to the presidency of the Hocking Valley Railroad Company, controlling the most important coal-carrying system west of the Allegheny mountains in this great middle section of the country. He was chosen to the presidency March 1, 1889, and has been unanimously reelected at each successive annual election. Mr. Monsarrat was united in marriage to Miss Corinne Blanche Henry, a member of a prominent family of Bowling Green, Kentucky. They now occupy a beautiful manorial country seat, near the town of Powell, a few miles distant from the northern limits of Columbus, where they freely but CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 819 unostentatiously dispense Kentucky hospitality to their hosts of friends. Electric and traction lines and steam railways, as well as fine roadways, make their home but a comparatively few minutes' ride from the heart of the city. There is one daughter, Bessie H., accomplished and talented. who assists her mother in dispensing the hospitality of this beautiful home. Appreciative of the social amenities of life, Mr. Monsarrat holds membership in the Columbus Club; the Arlington Country Club, of Columbus; the Toledo Club of Toledo, Ohio; the Union Club, of Cleveland; the University. Racquet and Tennis Clubs, of Columbus; the Sewanhaka-Corinthian Yacht Club: and the Midway and Ohio societies, of New York. The importance of the position to which he has attained in railway circles has brought him a wide acquaintance among financiers and prominent men throughout, the country and his sterling worth has met appreciation in the friendship and respect Which are uniformly accorded him. ULYSSES S. BRANDT. Ulysses S. Brandt was born on a farm in Fairfield county, Ohio, August 3, 1869, a son of Jesse H. and Amanda (Weist) Brandt, natives of Ohio. His ancestors on both sides were among those European immigrants who, about 1750, sought freedom in America. Both his paternal and maternal grandfathers were soldiers in the war of the Revolution. His father served throughout the Civil war in the Forty-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, retiring with the rank of captain in 18'55. U. S. Brandt was educated in the rural schools, the Lithopolis high school, and the academy at Pleasantville, Ohio: taught in the district schools four years; completed the classical course at the Ohio State University in 1895: was for four years superintendent of the Canal Winchester public schools; taught for five years in the East high school of Columbus studied law at the Ohio State University and the Uiriversity of Michigan: and in 1901 was admitted to the bar and began the practice of law in Columbus. From boyhood he has taken an active interest in politics and is recognized as one of the local leaders of the republican party. He was a member of the Franklin county republican executive committee in 1903 and 1904. In 1905 he was elected to the Ohio senate from the tenth senatorial district. consisting of Franklin and Pickaway counties. No legislature in the history of Ohio enacted a greater number of important and progressive laws demanded by the people than did the seventy-seventh general assembly. With much of this legislation Senator Brandt was actively identified, particularly the county salary law and the law providing for the regulation and inspection of state banks. He was also the author of a number of local laws enacted in the interests of his district. While a member of the senate he was chairman of the committee on colleges and universities, a member and secretary of the judiciary committee, a member of the committee on common schools. on benevolent institutions and on geological survey. At the close of a 820 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS term of three years, embracing two long and busy sessions of the legislature, he declined to become a candidate for reelection, desiring to devote his time exclusively to the work of his profession. In July, 1902, Mr. Brandt was married to Miss Josephine Chaney, of Canal Winchester, who, with their infant child, died April 13, 1904. His fraternal relations at the present time are with Camp Dennison, No. 1, S. V.; Potter Lodge, No. 540, F. & A. M., of which he is a past master; Walnut Chapter No. 172, R. A. M., of which he is the present high priest; and Winchester Lodge, No. 125, K. P., of which he is a past chancellor commander. He is also a member of Alpha Tau Omega, a college fraternity. In the practice of law he is now associated with his brother, James H. Brandt, under the firm name of Brandt & Brandt, and is one of the most prominent of the younger members of the bar in Franklin county. (RETURN TO THE TITLE PAGE)