350 - CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY.   is one of the most sightly and home-like in the township. Members of his family in both lines have been leaders in architectural progress in Franklin county, Mr. Marion's grandfather in the maternal line, Edward Livingston, who boarded with the Indians for a time after he came to the county, having later erected the first frame house in Franklin county. June 17, 1874, Mr. Marion married Alice McElhinny, a native of Hamilton, now Marion, township, Franklin county, Ohio, who was born October 27, 1849, a daughter of Hugh McElhinny, a native of Pennsylvania, born November 19, 1786, who was a pioneer in Franklin county, where he married Sarah Williams, and died September 4, 1854. Sarah Williams was born in Hamilton township, Franklin county, Ohio, July 13, 1807, a daughter of the Hon. George W. Williams, who was an early representative from Ohio in congress, and was in his day one of the prominent men in Frnklin county. Hugh McElhinny and Sarah Williams were married April 5, 1825, and Mrs. McElhinny died March 20, 1894, aged eighty-six years, eight months and six days. They were both prominent in the Presbyterian church. They were the parents of eight children, all of whom grew to manhood and womanhood, and Mrs. Marion, who was the youngest of the family, was reared on the farm on which she now lives and was educated in the common schools near by. Mr. Marion; who is an enthusiastic Republican, cast his first president tial vote in the court house in Columbus in 1868 and has voted the Republican ticket at every general election since and has worked for the success of his party in every campaign. He has filled the office of judge of elections for many years and is one of the committeeman of his party this year. He has in every way shown that he was actuated by a broad public spirit, and has advocated and assisted to the extent of his ability all measures promising to benefit his township and county. SHERMAN LEACH, M. D. On the roll of the successful physicians of Columbus appears the name of Dr. Sherman Leach. He possesses the true western spirit of enterprise and progress, and this has led: to his advancement in the calling which he has made his life work. He was born in Mount Sterling, Madison county, Ohio, May 30, 1864, a son of W. T. and- Jane (Bostwick) Leach. both of whom were natives of Vermont, and during childhood. accompanied their respective parents to Ohio. Robert Leach, the paternal grandfather of our subject, located in Madison county, Ohio, near Bloomingburg. Ere his removal to the west he had married Miss Eliza Thompson and to his Ohio home he brought his family. Late in life he removed to Bloomington, Illinois, where his wife died. W. T. Leach, the Doctor's father, is now living retired at his home in Mount Sterling. Sherman Leach spent the greater part of his youth in that town, and having acquired his literary education in the public schools, he determined CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY - 351 upon the practice of medicine as a life work, and to this end began reading in the office and under the direction of Dr. W. H. Emery, of Mount Sterling. Later he matriculated in the Starling Medical College ,of Columbus, and was there graduated with the class of 1887. He then returned to his native town, where he immediately began practice. Subsequently he pursued a post-graduate course in a post-graduate hospital in New York, and then once more became a practitioner at Mount Sterling, where he continued in business until 1895, when he pursued a course in the Chicago Post-Graduate Medical College. It was in 1889 that he removed from Mount Sterling to Columbus. He has spared no labor, time nor expense that would perfect him in his chosen work, and at this writing he is pursuing a special course in the Chicago PostGraduate Medical School. He is now surgeon of the Woman's Hospital, and is associated with various organizations whose membership comprises representatives of the medical fraternity. He belongs to the American Medical association, the State Medical Society and the Columbus Academy of Medicine, and is a member of the faculty of the Ohio Medical University and a member of the staff of the Protestant Hospital. In 1889 Dr. Leach was united in marriage to Miss Florence M. Hornbeck, of Pickaway county, Ohio, and a daughter of Marvin Hornbeck. She died October 12, 1897, leaving one child, Jane M. The Doctor is widely known as a prominent Mason, holding membership in Columbus Lodge, F. & A. M., in Garfield Chapter, No. 6, R. A. M., at Washington Court House, and the Ohio Consistory, in which he has attained the thirty-second degree of the Scottish Rite. He also belongs to Aladdin Temple of the Mystic Shrine. He is a man of strong mentality and keen discernment, qualities which are absolutely essential to the successful physician. He .has studied widely the questions which bear upon human diseases, their prevention and their cure, and added to his interest in scientific investigation is a sympathetic interest in his fellow men which makes him a capable, strong and successful physician. CHARLES E. WORTHINGTON. Upon a farm which is the place of his birth Charles E. Worthington still resides. His natal day was May 12, 1869. His father, John Worthington, was also born on the old family homestead, July 3. 1843, and to a limited extent he attended the district schools. From the time he was old enough to work he aided his father in the development and cultivation of the fieIds, and through his entire business career he carried on agricultural pursuits. In early manhood he removed to the farm now owned by Clark Worthington, his brother. He was married on the 8th of March, 1868, in Jackson township, Franklin county, to Mrs. Caroline Titus, a widow, and the daughter of John England. She was born in Ohio, and proved to her husband a faithful companion' and helpmeet on life's journey.. After their marriage they returned to the old home place, where the father of our subject 352 - CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY. was born and where he spent his remaining days, his death occurring on the 3d of May, 1885, while his wife passed away on the 5th of May, 1900. She was a member and active worker of the United Brethren church, and Mr. Worthington contributes liberally to the support of the church and lives an honorable Christian life, although not identified through membership with any religious denomination. In politics he was a Democrat, but not an office seeker. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Worthington were born two children: Charles Edward, and Flora, now the widow of Edward Ralston. Charles E. Worthington, whose name introduces this review, first opened his eyes to the light of day in the old log cabin which still stands upon the home farm. He pursued his education in the schools of Pisgah until about sixteen years of age, mostly attending through the winter seasons, while in the summer months he worked in the fields and meadows, aiding in the cultivation of the farm. After his marriage he took charge of the home farm of one hundred and twenty-four acres, and now energetically devotes his attention to the raising of the cereals best adapted to this climate and to the raising of stock. He possesses the true spirit of enterprise and progress, and his place is characterized by neatness and thrift. On the 2d of April, 1891, was celebrated the marriage of Mr. Worthington and Miss Florence Demorest, who was born in Prairie township, Franklin county, April 19, 1870. She was reared in Galloway and attended school there until fourteen years of age, after which she was a student in the Reynoldsburg and other schools. When nineteen years of age she began teaching in Pleasant township, successfully following that profession for two years. She is a daughter of Milton and Virginia (Lavely) Demorest, who reside at Morgan Station. The home of Mr. and Mrs. Worthington has been blessed with three children : William Milton, Harold D. and Olive Lillian. Mr. Worthington exercises his right of franchise in support of the men and measures of the Democratic party, believing that the principles of that party contain the best elements of good government. Political preferment has no attraction for him, his attention being given to his farming work. His methods are progressive and systematic and his work is diligently prosecuted, bringing to him a good living and a substantial competence. A. H. PACKARD. This well-known real-estate dealer of Columbus was born in Readfield, Maine, in 1837; and his parents, James and Sophronia (Clough) Packard, were also natives of the Pine Tree state. His father was a contractor and builder, following these pursuits for some time. His grandfather, Caleb Packard, was a native of the old Bay state, a son of Joshua Packard, a grandson of Abel Packard and a great-grandson of Zaccheus Packard. Samuel Packard, who was the father of Zaccheus Packard, became the founder of the family in America, emigrating from Norfolk, England, to the new world in the year 1638. The maternal grandfather of our subject was Chase CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY - 353 Clough, a native of New Hampshire, who married Betsey Taylor, and their daughter, Sophronia Clough, was the mother of our subject. Mr. Packard, the subject proper of this brief sketch, spent his boyhood days in Maine, where he acquired a good common-school education, and later he pursued his studies in the home academy at Kent's Hill. After leaving school he was apprenticed to learn the carpenter's trade, and on the completion of his term of service he came to Ohio, locating first in Delaware, Delaware county, where he followed carpentering until a change of employment found him in the service of the Big Four Railroad Company, by which he was appointed foreman of the bridge-building department, having in charge the construction of bridges and depots, also superintending repairs along the line. On severing his connection with the railroad service he went to Tennessee, where he had charge of a corps of men in bridge construction. In 1883, he came to Columbus, where he has since resided and where he has been actively engaged in handling real estate and in building residences and business blocks, among Which may be mentioned Orton Hall. He is the owner of considerable valuable property in this city, and his business affairs arre annually augmenting his income. In 1863 Mr. Packard was united in marriage with Miss Miranda Black, of Delaware county, Ohio, and a daughter of John Black. She was born in Indiana and when about ten years of age her parents died and she returned to Delaware county. Mr. Packard has two children,—Frank L. and Cora. The son is a skilled architect, and has drafted the plans of many of the finest business buildings and residences in the capital city. The daughter is now the wife of H. L. Rownd, who is in the employ of the Republic Steel & Iron Company, of Chicago, and is a son of Robert Rownd, a capitalist of Columbus. In his political views Mr. Packard has been a stalwart Republican ever since casting his first presidential vote for John C. Fremont. He has served for two terms as a county commissioner of Delaware county and for one term as a member of the city council of Delaware. Local advancement and public progress are both dear to his 'heart, and he withholds his support from no movement or measure calculated to prove of general good. JAMES LINDSEY. If a good name is valuable to a man during his, lifetime, it is doubly valuable to his family after he has passed away. Those who looked to the late James Lindsey, of Hamilton township, Franklin county, for support and protection during his active years have a right to be proud of the excellent reputation which he achieved and they regard it as their most priceless heritage. James Lindsey was born in Columbus, Ohio, July 19, 1821. and died at his home on section 22, Hamilton township, June 25, 1885. He was the third in order of birth of the three sons and three daughters of James and Mary (Barr) Lindsey, and his parents were of high social standing and 354 - CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY. prominent in the Presbyterian church. His father was a man of wealth, a banker and a stockholder in various prominent enterprises at Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, where he was born, reared and entered upon his active career. He came, a single man, to Franklin county, Ohio, and there married Mary Barr, daughter of John Barr, an early settler there. Their son, James Lindsey, was educated in the common: schools and reared to farm work, but he demonstrated that he possessed. unusual business ability and interested himiself in stock raising to such an extent that he became known in New York and Boston, where he often went in the interests of his business, as in Franklin county. In association with Dr. Clark, he in one year disposed of one hundred thousand dollars' worth of fine cattle. He carried on farming on the same extensive scale, as will be apparent when it is stated that he at one time marketed fifteen thousand bushels of corn. With his home farm of three hundred acres he farmed also a tract of four hundred acres on the river, making an aggregate of seven hundred acres. Mr. Lindsey was in every sense of the word a self-made man, for he was only twelve years old when his father died and was obliged to begin the battle of life at that tender age. He was reared a Presbyterian, but in time became a Methodist, in which faith he died. Previous to 1856 he was a Whig, but in that year he became one of the original members of the Republican party and voted for John C. Fremont, its first nominee for the presidency. Four years later he voted for Abraham Lincoln, and he voted for every subsequent Republican presidential nominee until his death. In recognition of his splendid business ability he was frequently importuned to devote it to public interests, but he was too busy with his private affairs to entertain such a proposition and persistently refused to be a candidate for any office. At the same time he was an active worker for the success of his party, and was often influential in placing his friends. in offices they desired. He was among the largest employers of labor in Franklin county in his time, and was liberal and helpful to all who served him faithfully. As an Odd Fellow he was well known. Ann Elizabeth (Wright) Lindsey, widow of James Lindsey, was born in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, May 12, 1823, a daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth (Watt) Wright. Her father was born near Baltimore, Maryland, and was educated in the schools near his childhood home. His parents died when he was very young, and he went to Pennsylvania, and was married at Strasburg, Lancaster county, that state, where he became a farmer and the owner of two hundred acres of valuable Pennsylvania land. There Thomas and Elizabeth (Watt) Wright had seven children. They came to Ohio in 1831 and settled in Hamilton township, Franklin county, where the youngest child was born.. Their children,- mentioned in the order of birth, were as follows : John, of Logan county, Ohio, now deceased; Martha, also deceased; Charlotte, who is now Mrs. Lockard Ramsey; Mrs. Lindsey; Margaret, who married Philo Watkins and is now deceased; Isabelle S., who married William Riley; ands Mary, who is the widow of Gibson Barr, and CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY - 355 lives in Franklin township, Franklin county. Mrs. Lindsey, who was the third daughter and fourth child of her parents, was seven years of age when they brought her to Franklin county, where she and Mr. Lindsey, attended the same schools and were in the same classes. They were married August 29, 1844, by the Rev. Josiah Smith, founder of the Westminster church of Columus, Ohio, and about one hundred guests attended their wedding. Immediately after their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Lindsey settled on their farm on section 22, in Hamilton township, where she has lived for fifty-seven years. Six children were born to them, two of whom died in infancy. The others were named as follows, in the order of their nativity : Ellen is the widow of Dr. G. S. Stein, and she and her daughter Gertrude are members of Mrs. Lindsey's household. Frank has the active management of the home farm. Thomas is now deceased. Lucien is a lawyer. Mrs. Lindsey is a remarkably well-preserved woman for her years, and is a business woman of unusual ability. She was in early life a Presbyterian, but is now a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. She is a woman of much culture and has traveled much throughout the United States, having accompanied her late husband on many of his business trips through the east and on numerous journeys for pleasure and recreation to different parts of the country. W. DALLAS HOYER, M. D. Among the younger representatives of the medical fraternity in Columbus is Dr. W. Dallas Hoyer, yet his years seem no bar to his advancement, for he is already enjoying a large practice and his patronage is steadily increasing. He is a native of Holmes county, Ohio, his birth having occurred at Millersburg. His father, W. E. Hoyer, was for many years a successful educator, acting as the principal of several schools of Holmes county. He married Miss Amanda F. Harris, a native of Ohio, reared and educated in Holmes county, where she gave her hand in marriage to Professor Hoyer. The Hoyers are of Holland lineage, the ancestors of the family in America having come directly to this country from the land of dikes. The paternal grandfather of our subject, B. E. Hoyer, became one of the pioneer settlers of Holmes county, Ohio. The Doctor acquired a good common-school education in his early youth and in 1890 became a student in the Wesleyan University at Delaware, Ohio, and later he determined to make the practice of medicine his life work. His preliminary reading was supplemented in 1894 by a course in the Ohio Medical University, in which he was graduated in 1900. After his graduation he began practice in Columbus and is now well established in his profession. He is the district physician of the thirteenth and fourteenth wards and is a young man of ability, whose knowledge of medicine is comprehensive and whose skill is indicated by the successful results which attend his efforts. In 1897 the Doctor was united in marriage to Miss Helen Monroe, of this city, 356 - CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY. a daughter of Peter and Magdalena (Schnider) Monroe. They have a acquaintance among the best people of Columbus and are cordially welcomed to their homes. THOMAS N. GREGORY Thomas N. Gregory, a well-to-do and prominent farmer of Franklin county, was born at Centerburg, Knox county, Ohio, on the 16th of July 1857. His father, Charles P. Gregory, was born in Berkshire township, Delaware county, Ohio, August 28, 1828, and is descended from old New England families that through long years were connected with the development of that section of the country, for early representatives of both the paternal and maternal ancestry had come to this country prior to the Revolutionary war. The paternal great-grandparents of our subject were Nathaiel and Hannah Gregory, who resided in the vicinity of Hartford, Connecticut There in 1807 occurred the birth of their son, William Gregory, the grandfather of our subject, who was reared in that locality and there married Sophronia Hitchcock, the tenth and youngest daughter of Benjamin and Mary (Johnson) Hitchcock. The former wast a son of Samuel Hitchcock, and it was Samuel Hitchcock or his father who came to this country in the Mayflower and thus planted the family on American soil. Members of both families have been prominently connected with events that have aided in shaping the history of the nation. Benjamin Hitchcock entered the American army at the time of the war for independence and served for seven years. When he went before Washington to be examined, the General asked him his age. The young man replied that he could not lie about it, that he was only seventeen. Washington looked at him and smiled and then. said : "We will take you, for I see you have outgrown your pantaloons." He was tall, angular and awkward and wore homespun clothes, but he made a good soldier and for seven years aided in the struggle for independence. Twice he was made a prisoner of war, but on gaining his freedom again entered the army. Some of his brothers became famous his letters and science and he had two sons who won fame. The family is a distinguished one and numbers many prominent men. Mrs. Sophronia (Hitchcock) Gregory was; the daughter of Mrs. Benjamin Hitchcock, whose maiden name was Platt, and thus the father of our subject, Charles Platt Gregory, is a grandnephew of Senator Platt, of Connecticut, and bears the family name. He is also a second cousin of Grover Cleveland, and is related to the prominent Trowbridge family of New Haven, Connecticut were aunt Patty became the wife of a son of Elbridge Gerry, one of the singersof the Declaration of Independence. As before stated, William Gregory married Sophronia Hitchcock, who was born in Bethlehem, Litchfield county, Connecticut, in 1809, and was married at the age of eighteen years. The "blue laws" of Connecticut in force during her girlhood. Immediately after their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Gregory came to Ohio, making the journey in a wagon across the CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY - 357 country and taking up their residence in Berkshire township, Delaware county. Other members of the family, on both sides., soon afterward came to the Buckeye state. The grandfather developed a farm and continued to carry on agricultural pursuits until his death. He passed away in 1841, leaving three children, Charles P., Mary and Elvira. The mother afterward married again and had a daughter, Mrs. Martha Wintermute, who is living near Newark, Ohio. Mrs. Gregory died when about eighty-one years of age. Charles Platt Gregory was about six years of age when his parents sold their farm in Delaware county and removed to Licking county, where a settlement was made in the midst of the green forest, the grandfather there developing a farm, upon which the family remained for eleven years. That place was then sold and they removed to the town of Granville, where William Gregory died in February, 1841, after which the widow and her children returned to Berkshire, Delaware county, where Charles P. Gregory was bound out to learn the harness-maker's trade. When his term of apprenticeship was completed he removed to Knox county, Ohio, and was employed by a harness-maker in Centerburg. While there 'he formed the acquaintance of Rebecca Williams and they were married. The lady was born in Huntingdon county, Pennsylvania, and when about nine years of age accompanied her parents on their removal to Knox county, Ohio. She was a daughter of Thomas and Hannah (Black) Williams, the latter a member of the well-known Black family of the Keystone state. Charles P. Gregory and Rebecca Williams were married about 1850, and began their domestic life in Centerburg, where he followed the wagon-making trade, also the business of making guns, until the great war of 1861-5. He enlisted in a company made up at Centerburg and engaged in the military service of his country till in close of that struggle. Returning from the war, he removed to Mount Vernon, where he was employed at the C. & G. Cooper machine shop, where he still continues. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Gregory were born three children : Sophia, who was born May 15, 1853, and died on the 3d of August of that year; William, who was born September 21, 1854, and married Lydia Berkholder, their home being now in Mount Vernon, Ohio; and Thomas N., of this review. The mother passed away at Mount Vernon, July 14, 189o, her remains being interred at Richill, but the father is still living. In taking up the personal history of Thomas N. Gregory we present the life record of one who has a wide acquaintance and is well known as a reprsentative agriculturist of Franklin county. He remained in Centerburg until five years of age and began his education there. The family then removed to Mt. Vernon, Knox county, where he attended the public schools until sixteen years of age. On the expiration of that period he began work as a brakeman on the Cleveland, Mount Vernon & Columbus Railroad, following that pursuit until 1878. After his marriage he took up his abode in Mount Vernon, where he continued for a year. In 1878 he located upon his presnet farm, comprising one hundred and fifteen acres. For twelve 358 - CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY. years he followed railroading. He acted as fireman on the road mentioned for three years and was yard master at Mount Vernon for six months. He now devotes his time and energies to agricultural pursuits, and has a well developed farm, the highly cultivated fields yielding to him a rich return. On the 29th of November, 1877, Mr. Gregory was united in marriage to Miss America L. Henderson, who was born in Pleasant township, Franklin county, March 15, 1858, and is a daughter of Henry T. Anderson. When a maiden of eight summers she accompanied her parents to Westerville, Ohio, and acquired her education in the schools of Pleasant township and of Westerville. The marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Gregory has been blessedl with two children—C. Frederick and Harry H. Mr. Gregory is an active member of the United Brethren church of Galloway, and is serving as one of its trustees. In politics he is a stanch Republican and keeps well informed on the issues of the day, but has never sought or desired office, his time being fully occupied with his business cares. He now successfully follows agricultural pursuits and upon his place are found all modern accessories and conveniences, giving evidence of the progressive and enterprising spirit of the owner. WILLIAM B. AND ELDON F. SMITH. Progress is to-day the keynote of. the world's history, and America is certainly the exponent of the spirit of the age. Along all lines which may be classified as utilitarian her advancement has been most marked, Ieading all .other nations. To be actively identified with this great movement is to gain a place in the history of the country that is indeed desirable. In connection with the great department of agriculture, especially in stock-raising interests, the gentlemen whose names head this sketch, William Brown and Eldon F. Smith, father and son, have become widely known. They have a reputation throughout the country as breeders of Holstein cattle and have been the owners and produced some of the best cattle registered in America. They have indeed become leaders in this line, and through the prosecution of their individual business interests have largely contributed to the prosperity of stock-raisers by improving the grade of cattle and thus raising the value of stock. William B. Smith is a native of Athens county, Ohio, born in 1828, and is a representative of an old Virginia family, his father, William Smith, having emigrated from the Old Dominion and cast in his lot with the pioneer settlers of Athens county when that region was first opening up to civilization, about the year 1800. He took up two hundred acres of land from the government and became a prominent agriculturist. William B. Smith was reared amid the wild scenes of the frontier and early became familiar with the labors of field and garden, assisting in the cultivation of the land from the time of early spring planting until crops were harvested in the autumn. CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY - 359 He continued to follow farming until 1882, when he began the breeding of Holstein cattle in connection with his son. William B. Smith married Miss Nancy A. Carpenter, a daughter of Rev. Jeremiah Carpenter, a Baptist minister of Meigs county, Ohio, whose parents came to the Buckeye state from Virginia. He died about 1887. Eldon F. Smith, the son of William and Nancy Smith, was reared at his parental home and has always associated with his father in business. He married Jennie McBride, a daughter of William McBride, of Morrow county, who served in the Civil war as a member of an Indiana regiment, and is now a resident of Columubs. Mr. and Mrs. Smith have two interesting children, Frank and Edith Smith students in school. He is a valued member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, the Knights of Pythias and the Masonic order, in which he has taken the Scottish-rite degrees; but while Mr. Smith enjoys the friendship of many acquaintances in Columbus and vicinity, he is most widely known. in connection with his business interests. In 1882 the father and son began stock raising on the Columbus state farm connected with the State Asylum for the Insane. They had made a specialty of the breeding of Holstein cattle and are now the owners of some of the finest specimens in the entire country. They own the celebrated bull Paul Dekol, the finest Holstein hull in America, and have others almost as valuable, constituting what is widely known as "Ohio's famous herd." They sell only calves and ship their stock into fully half the states in the Union. They exhibit at the state fairs and for the last six years have won, on an average, ninety per cent of prizes. At present the herd numbers one hundred and twenty. They milk sixty-six cows and supply two hundred gallons per day to the asylum, which has fourteen hundred patients and three hundred employes. The farm is splendidly equipped for stock-raising purposes with large barn and milk houses, supplied with the latest improved facilities for caring for the dairy products. They have a splendid silo of three hundred and fifty tons, and the ensilage is all grown on the farm. Five men are employed to look after the buildings and the stock, and everything is done in the most up-to-date and progressive manner. It is a well known fact, proven by statistics, that the Holstein cattle are the, best milk and butter producers, and it is evident then that they are the best cattle for general use. William B. and Eldon F. Smith are both men of marked business ability, giving close attention to their interests, and gaining through their industry, perseverance, capable management and honorable business methods most desirable and creditable success. EDWARD M. HELWAGEN. A prominent representative of the legal profession of the city of Columbus, Ohio, is Edward M. Helwagen, the subject of this sketch. He was born in Pickaway county, Ohio, February 23, 1872, and was a son of Edward 360 - CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY. F. and Mary J. (Warner) Helwagen, the former being a native of Germany, where he was born May 30, 1840. He came to America in 1849 with his parents, Gottleib and Mary Helwagen, the family settling at Williamsport, Ohio, where they resided until October, 1875, when they removed to Circleville, Ohio, Mr. Helwagen removing to Columbus June 21, 1890. His father died in 1875. Our subject was reared and educated in Circleville until his eighteenth year, and then engaged in clerking for several years. Selecting the law as his profession, he entered the office of Paul Jones, of this city, and applied himself so well that he was admitted to the bar in 1894. In 1898 he was elected to be a justice of the peace and has been in office continually ever since. An active Democrat, Mr. Helwagen has been prominently identified with his party. Socially he is connected with the Woodmen of the World and his Red Men. The marriage of our subject was celebrated February 12, 1896, to Miss Elizabeth Sauer, of Columbus, and one daughter, Clara Lucille, has been born to them. Mrs. Helwagen is a daughter of one of the old and prominent families of this city. HENRY BOHL. The insurance interests represented at Columbus, Ohio, involve, directly and indirectly, an almost incredible amount of capital and command the services of men whose ability and business experience fits them for any position either in public or private life, to which they may be called. One of the most prominent representatives of this interest is Hon. Henry Bohl, the superintendent of agencies for Ohio and Indiana of the Prudential Life Insurance Company, who has held many responsible positions as insurance manager legislator and government official, and in all of them has acquitted himself with the greatest credit. Mr. Bohl was born in Bavaria, Germany, and came to America with his parents, Conrad and Catherine (Altvater) Bohl, when he was tell years old. The family settled in Washington county, Ohio, where they lived on a farm, near Marietta. In 1864 Mr. Bohl settled in Marietta himself, his parents remaining on the farm. Young Bohl received a good common-school education and began his insurance career in Marietta in 1869. Three years later ill health compelled him to go south and he connected himself with a prominent insurance company at Atlanta, Georgia. In 1873 he was unanimously elected as secretary of the Underwriters' Insurance Association of the South, which covered a territory embracing eleven states. Returning to Marietta, Ohio, in 1874, he was in 1875 elected to the Ohio legislature from Washington county. He was elected to succeed himself in 1877, and he was again elected in 1883. It is worthy of note that the nomination was given him each time by acclamation. He was the chairman of the house committee on insurance for several years, and during the administration of Governor Hoad- CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY - 361 ley was the chairman of the house finance committee, the most important body in the legislature. He was also the secretary of the Ohio state Democratic executive committee in the memorable state campaigns of 1884-5; was chairman of both the Democratic Ohio state central and executive committees in 1886, and chairman of the Ohio state central committee in 1887, and in each instance he was elected by acclamation. Early in President Cleveland's second administration Mr. Bohl was appointed United States marshal for the southern district of Ohio, and he served in that position during the Ohio miners' strikes and the Debs railway strike of 1894, with rare finesse and sagacity and upheld the laws with courage. In April, 1895, he resigned this office to accept his present position. In making mention of his retirement the press of the state almost without exception expressed regret at the step he had taken and referred in terms of the highest praise to his integrity and faithfulness in office. The Enquirer, Commercial Gazette, Times Star and Tribune of Cincinnati and the German press.of the same city and of the state generally, as well as the English papers, were unstinted in good words,. and it was the unanimous opinion of Mr. Bohl's fellow townsmen that no one letter deserved them. In 1887 Mr. Boll was appointed the receiver of the Second National Bank of Xenia, Ohio. His work there was so well appreciated that in 1893 Hon. J. H. Eckels, the comptroller of currency, tendered him the receivership of the Citizens' National Bank of Hillsboro, Ohio, which Mr. Bohl declined, with thanks. About this time he was appointed superintendent of agencies of the Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company of Newark, New Jersey, and filled the position for five years, with much credit and success. Mr. Bohl had declined the position of receiver of the public money for Wyoming tendered him during President Cleveland's first administration, as well as an Indian agency and a chief-clerkship in the office of the department of the interior at Washington. In 1878 he was a prominent candidate for congress in this district and was strongly supported for the nomination in the convention through more than eighty ballots, until, the second day, he with-drew and General A. J. Warner was nominated. In 1880 the Democratic press brought him forward for the office of secretary of state, but he declined to be a candidate. In 1881 he was urged to be a candidate for the lieutenant-governorship and also for the senatorship in his district, but he declined to accept the nomination for either office. In 1884 many prominent Democrats of his district again insisted on nominating him for congress, and at a time when his nomination was deemed possible he withdrew from the field in the interest of harmony. For many years he was a stanch Democrat, but in 1896, on the adoption of the Chicago platform of that year declaring for the free and unlimited coinage of silver at a ratio of sixteen to one, and other populistic ideas, he left the party and has since affiliated with the Republicans, in whose councils he has been given a place of honor. During the campaign of 1896, he made speeches in favor of McKinley in Ohio, Indiana, and three in Chicago, Illinois. 23 362 - CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY. Since April 1, 1895, Mr. Bohl has directed the affairs at Columbus of the Prudential Life Insurance Company with characteristic ability and success. His public spirit is recognized by his fellow citizens of all political parties, and he is one of the foremost to advocate any measure which he believes promises good to his city, county or state. In January, 1901, he was elected vice-president and director of the Columbus Savings & Trust Company, of Columbus, Ohio, it being the first bank in Columbus with a cash capital of five hundred thousand dollars. In March, 1901, he was also elected chairman of the legislative committee of the Columbus board of trade it being one of the most important committees of this commercial body, with a membership of over one thousand. From the Western Underwriter, of . Chicago, of January 17, 1901, we quote the following: "Those who have watched the progress of the Prudential in Ohio and Indiana cannot help but recognize the dominant personality behind the agency machinery in those two great life insurance states. The dash and spirit, the system and wholesomeness manifest in the building up of this section of Gibraltar are largely due to the head and heart of Hon. Henry Bohl, superintendent of agencies for the territory named. Mr. Bohl has enthusiasm tracing every vein, and intelligence runs with it. His faculty to stimulate and to produce results is peculiarly fitted to agency guidance Mr. Bohl is a widely known factor in Ohio politics, and his renunciation of Bryanism was a significant event in the Buckeye state. Owing to a constant drain on his physical resources in advancing his company's interests, Mr. Bohl has been in delicate health for weeks and not able to visit his field. His hundreds of friends will be glad to learn of his returning vitality and well wish him years of health and prosperity." In the spring of 1899 Mr. Rohl delivered a lecture on life insurance before the students of the Ohio State University, making clear the science and ethics of the subject. He was the first man to speak from a university or college rostrum in Ohio upon this subject. He suggested that this science be added to the department of economics in the university. The Daily Evening Dispatch of Columbus sees no good reason why other branches of insurance, especially fire insurance, should not be added. JOHN W. SLYH. John W. Slyh is one of the representative farmers and successful citizens of Franklin. county and is numbered among its native sons, his birth having here occurred on the iith of March, 1844. He is a son of Jacob and Emeline (Lakin) Slyh, and a grandson of Mathias and Mary (Drill) Slyh, who became the founders of the family in Franklin county. The grandfather was born in Pennsylvania and was the son of Frederick Slyh, who was a native of Germany and became the progenitor of this branch of the family in America He settled in Lancaster county Pennsylvania, about 1735, there residing until his death. His son Mathias subsequently took up his abode near Har- CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY - 363 per's Ferry, Virginia, and wedded Mary Drill, who was born September 8, 1779, and was of English birth. They made their home in that locality until their removal to Franklin county, Ohio, in 1829. He was an enterprising man and a most excellent citizen. In the Reformed church he held membership and died in that faith, February 6, 1843. His wife, Mary, died March 17, 1816. He had two sons, Mathias and Henry,: the former born April. 12, 1765, and the latter in 1767. Henry came to Ohio in 1810, locating in Pickaway county, whence he afterward removed to Madison county. Jacob Slyh, the father of our subject, was a son of Mathias Slyh. Jacob Slyh was born in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, October 31, 1798, and was married, July 31, 1828, to Emeline Lakin, who was born in Westmoreland county, Maryland,. April. 27, 1801. The following .SepteMber; accomparried by his wife, he came to Franklin county, Ohio, and spent the succeeding winter in Columbus, which was then a frontier village. In the spring he purchased one hundred and fifty acres of land of which only a few acres had been cleared and on which there was a small log cabin. His capital was limited. He had about six hundred dollars, yet this was considered quite a sum of money in those days. For his land he paid eight dollars per acre. At that time he could have purchased the property which is now the site of the Union depot in Columbus for six dollars per acre, but the tract was low and wet and heavily timbered:, and he decided that it would be a better investment to buy land four miles away at the higher price of ten dollars per acre. Upon the farm which he purchased he lived until 1850, when he bought another farm in the same township, and taking up his abode thereon made it his place of residence until his death, which occurred March 31, 1887. He was a member of the Episcopal church for nearly fifty years, living a consistent Christian life and was a generous supporter of the church. Soon after coming to Franklin county he was elected justice of the peace, but in that office he never tried a suit, always endeavoring to have the contending parties settle their difficulties by arbitration without resorting to the law. He was nominated by the Democratic party for representative in 1848, but as the Democracy was in the minority he was defeated.. He was elected to the office of county commissioner in 1850 and served in that capacity for two terms in a very capable manner. He was again. elected to the same office in 1862, discharging his duties with credit to himself and satisfaction to his constituents. A liberal and broad-minded man, well informed on the questions of the day, he gave his support to all measures which he believed would prove of public benefit along the social, material, intellectual and moral line. He donated a building site for the Episcopal church in Clinton township, and in connection with John Kenney erected the house of worship. It was called the Union church from the fact that Mr. Kenney was of the Reformed faith, both denominations using the church, holding their services on alternate Sundays. Mr. Slyh was a very industrious man and won success in his undertakings. He cleared the farm himself with 364 - CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY. the aid of his sons and at his death he left seventeen hundred acres of valuable land in Franklin county, besides considerable city property. During the war of 1812 he used his teams in hauling army guns from Harper's Ferry to Baltimore. One of these guns is now in the possession of John W. Slyh, His wife was born April 27, 1801, and died June 6, 1886. She, too, was a member of the Episcopal church and a consistent Christian woman. Mr. and Mrs. Slyh celebrated' their golden wedding at their home on the 31st of July, 1878. The event was largely attended and there were present on that occasion twio friends, Mrs. Cleggett and Mrs. Best, who witnessed their marriage fifty years before. Mr. and Mrs. Slyh were the parents of eight children, four sons and four daughters, namely : Daniel, who resides in Perry township; Jacob E., of Clinton township; Rebecca R., now the widow of Harrison Walcutt, of Columbus, Ohio; Henry, deceased; Mary E., the wife of Absalom Walcutt, of North Columbus; John W., of Clinton township; Sirena Ann, the deceased wife of Harrison Walcutt; and Emoline O., who died in infancy. John W. Slyh, whose name forms the caption of this article, acquired his rudimentary education in the public schools, which was supplement by a course in Gambier and Worthington Colleges. He was early inured to the arduous task of developing the farm from the wilderness and remained at home with his parents until his marriage which occurred August 22, 1867, Sarah M. Armstrong, a daughter of Samuel and Jane (Thompson) Armstrong, becoming his wife. After his marriage they took up their abode upon the farm in Clinton township Which is still their home. Her father was a son of Robert Armstrong, a native of county Tyrone, Ireland, born in 1795, After attaining his majority he came to America, settling in Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, and a few years later he removed to Belmont county, Ohio where he died in 1846. He had seven children, namely : James William, John, Samuel, Robert, Thomas and Margaret; the last named is the wife of Thomas Thompson. All of the children came to Franklin county with the exception of James, who resided in or near Clarkson, Ohio, and all are now deceased. They were enterprising, public-spirited and highly respected people. Samuel Armstrong was married in Pennsylvania to Miss Jane Thopmpson, and on coming to Ohio located in Belmont county, whence he removed to Perry township, Franklin county, settling on a farm west of Worthington which he purchased. On this farm he resided until his death. He and his wife were exemplary members of the Presbyterian church of Worthington, in which he served for many years as an elder. Unto them were born ten children, namely : Elizabeth H., the wife of Watson Tripp, of Hilliard, Ohio; Rose A., the deceased wife of William Martin ; Margaret J., the widow of Montgomery Starrett, of Columbus; Robert and Thomas, both deceased; Sarah M., the wife of our subject ; William T., who married Frances King, of Columbus ; Mary A., the wife of Samuel Webb, of that city; and Llewellyn, who married Flora Cook and resides in Clinton township. Mr. Armstrong CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY - 365 died on his homestead farm in Perry township, January 29, 1881, at the age of seventy-two years, and his wife passed away June 6, 1883, at the age of sixty-eight years. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Slyh were born five children: Charles R., who married Gertrude Johnson; Emma R., the wife of Louis Gooding, of Columbus; Edwin M., who wedded Alice M. Legg; Harry L. and Chester L. Mr. Slyh holds membership in, the Episcopalian church and his wife in the Congregational church, of North Columbus, of which the children are also members. The family have a very pleasant home in the midst of a valuable farm of two hundred and eighty acres, which is owned and operated by John W. Slyh, and is one of the desirable properties in Clinton township. He is a progressive and enterprising agriculturist and his success is attributable entirely to his own efforts. He has been identified with the office of township trustee for nineteen years and is the present incumbent. He was also township treasurer for eight years. In politics he is a Democrat and socially he is connected with the Masonic fraternity, belonging to New England Lodge, No. 4, F. & A. M., of Worthington, while in the Scottish rite he has attained the thirty-second degree. MRS. CATHERINE KRAUSS. Mrs. Catherine Krauss was for many years one of the most prominent ladies in the city of Columbus, a well-known representative of business interests and a leader in charitable and benevolent work. She was born in France, and bore the maiden name of Catherine Leib. In 1826 she crossed the Atlantic to the new world and made her way direct to Columbus, where soon after her arrival she was united in marriage to George Krauss. Her husband owned and was landlord of the Eagle Hotel, wherein he operated the first bakery in the city, and he was even more widely known as a French baker than as the host of the hotel. In this hotel was located the first public hall in the city, and there were held the magnificent military balls which graced the early days at the capital. There also the old-time military companies had their headquarters and held their weekly drills. Mr. Krauss died in 1850, at the age of sixty-five years, and Mrs. Krauss afterward purchased the Canal Hotel, located on what is now South Canal street and at that time in the heart of the business district. She always had a great attachment for her old home, and, although changes were wrought in the city so that the residence district was moved elsewhere, she continued at the old homestead until the time of her death. Mrs. Krauss was most active and influential in benevolent work, and the record of her charities forms a bright page in the history of Columbus. When in the early days Columbus felt the need of and sought to establish an infirmary, Mr. and Mrs. Krauss gave the necessary land and the infirmary was built. It was later removed and the site used by the city whereon to erect the present Beck Street school building. The means of this worthy 366 - CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY. couple were freely used to advance the. public interest along the line of material, social, intellectual and moral welfare, and they never withheld their support and aid whenever opportunity was offered to relieve want or distress.0 The great cholera scourge and again the epidemic of small-pox, which raged in Columbus in the years gone by, were two occasions which demonstrated the nobleness of the nature of Mrs. Krauss. Though possessed of sufficient means to enable her to remove her family beyond the reach of danger, she refused to go, and, seemingly devoid of any fear of contagion, she put her soul into the work of caring for those from whom all others had fled in fear, and, as the older physicians well say, she was an angel of mercy. This great element of the religion of humanity actuated her every-day life until withing the last few weeks, when her eyes became dimmed and the feet, which were always ready to go where others could be made happy, could no longer travel. The marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Krauss was. blessed with ten children, five of whom still survive her, namely : Martin, a resident of Kansas City; Christian, who is living near North Lewisburg, Ohio; Mrs. Frederick Fornof, Sr., Mrs. Edward Fisher; and Mrs. Jonathan Dent, who reside in California. The other daughters are all living in this city. Mrs. Krauss continued at the old home she so truly loved until called to the home beyond April 25, 1898, after seventy-two years' residence in Columbus. "Her children rise up and call her blessed," and her memory remains as a grateful benediction and inspiration to all who knew her. SEBASTIAN B. BIGGERT. The agricultural interests of Prairie township are well represented by Sebastian Byron Biggert. The family name was formerly spelled without the final "t." John Bigger, the grandfather of our subject, was born in Ireland, and on leaving the Emerald Isle crossed the Atlantic to the new world, taking up his abode in Pennsylvania, where he was married. Subsequently he came to Ohio and settled on the banks of the Big Darby, two miles south of Georgesville, in Pleasant township, Franklin county. He had two hundred and twenty acres of land, all wild and unimproved, for the country was in its primitive condition, and his nearest neighbor was at Harrisburg. He took an active part in the pioneer development of this section of the state, and died upon his old homestead' in 1818. Samuel Biggert, the father of our subject, was born on the old homestead farm there September 22, 1809, and was reared to manhood under the parental roof. He attended the district schools to a limited extent, for the schoolhouse was some distance from his home and his labors were needed upon the home farm. During his boyhood he engaged in hunting wild game, which was then quite numerous. Indians would frequently camp upon the home farm and there was little promise of progress and improvement in the near future. Mr. Biggert remained at home until his marriage, which occurred on the 6th of May, 1834, Miss Mary Roberts becoming his wife. CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY - 367 She was born December 6, 1816, on the banks of Little Darby, in Madison county, Ohio, a daughter of Thomas Roberts; who was born in Berkeley, county, West Virginia, in 1774. With his wife, Mrs. Susan Roberts, he came to Ohio, locating in Pleasant township, Franklin county, and his death occurred at West Jefferson, Madison county, September 30, 1864, his wife passing away on the 18th of the same month. After their marriage Samuel and Mary Biggert took up their abode about three-quarters of a mile from the homestead farm on which he had been reared. Later they removed to Georgeville, where at one time the father owned more than seventeen hundred acres of land, a part of which was in Madison county. In his political affiliations he was a Whig, but from the time of the war was a Democrat. His death occurred on the old homestead, June 28, 1888, and his wife, who was a connsistent member of the Methodist Episcopal church, passed away April 2, 1896. Their children were as follows: Martha, born May 25, 1835, married Beckwith Nolan March 5, 1856, and died in Madison county, Ohio, June 13, 1900; Matilda Marian, horn July 14, 1837, was married March 5, 1850,, to William Fitzgerald and died in Madison county February 22; 1863; Susan E., born May 20, 1839, was married September 2, 1858, to Joseph Gardner, and died August 22, 1895, in Madison county; Thomas E., born November 5. 1840, was married November 19, 1863, to Maria Bennett and resides near Wrightsville, Ohio; John, born November 28, 1841, died in infancy; Samuel, born September 13, 1843, died October 20, 1860: Margaret Ann, born July 30, 1846, died January 30, 1888; John R., born August 30, 1848, was married January 27, 1881, to Mrs. Jennie Percy and resides at Georgesville; Sebastian B. is the next of the family ; Mary S., born September 21, 1852, was married March 20, 1878, to Joseph Johnson, of Madison county; William S., born September 28, 1854, died April 13, 1871; Charlotte, bom September 7, 1857, was married October 21, 1880, to Luther Johnson, and their home is also in Madison county; and Frank, born March 3, 1862, was married April 14, 1885, to Ella Nash and resides in the same county. Sebastian B. Biggert, whose name introduces this record, was born on the home farm at Georgesville, July 2, 1850, and was educated in the district schools, pursuing his studies during the winter terms until twenty years of age. In the summer Months he was frequently kept at home to assist in the work of the farm. He aided in clearing and developing the land and early became familiar with the duties and labors which fall to the lot of the agriculturist. His school life began rather unfavorably. His first teacher was Dayid Merriman, to whom he went one day. On that day he received a whipping with a rod and refused to go again. However, under other instructors he continued his mental training, and experience in the practical affairs of life, together with his reading and observation, has made him a well-informed man. He remained at home until his marriage, which was celebrated March 12, 1872, Miss Mary Wignel becoming his wife. Mr. and Mrs. Biggert began their domestic life upon. the farm which 368 - CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY. is yet their home, living. in. a log cabin of two rooms, to which a third room was afterward added. His capital was small and his farm comprised one hundred and, twenty acres, only fifty acres of which had been cleared. He has cleared the remainder, fenced and tiled the place, erected a commodious brick residence about 1882 and has added to his farm all modern accessories and improvements. It is now a very desirable and valuable place. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Biggert have been born five children: Mary Susan, born January 5, 1873; Samuel Thomas, born August 31, 1874; Rebecca Josephine, born September 8, 1876, and died at the age of eighteen years; Sebastian, who was born October 14, 1878, and was married September 12, 1900; to Tracy Grossman, their home being now in Galloway; and Blanche Olive, who was born April To, 1889. Mr. Biggert has always taken an active interest in politics and has ever adhered' to Democratic principles. He has served for many years as school director; was trustee of his township for three years and for four terms served as township treasurer. In 1892 he was elected county commissioner for one term, and in all these positions he has discharged his duties with promptness and fidelity, thus winning the high commendation of his constituents. JAMES S. BRITTON. The population of the city of Columbus, Ohio, contains among its citizens many men of means who have settled here in comparative retirement, after an active life upon the farm. Among those of this class is the highly respected subject of the present sketch, whose residence in Columbus dates from 1884. Mrs Britton was born in Norwich township, Franklin county, Ohio, October 20, 1822. His parents were Benjamine and Elizabeth Grace Britton, the former a native of Frederick county, Virginia, bars September 14, 1779. Soon after marriage, in 1811, he removed to Norwich township, becoming a farmer. on the west bank of the Scioto river in Ohio,' and remained in that locality until his decease. He was a good man, a minister of the Christian church, devoting fifty-one years to the preaching of the gospel; riding a circuit in pioneer days. He died September 26, 1860. The mother of our subject was born in Rockingham County, Virginia, January 20, 1780, and died: March 26, 1846. Her father was a native of Ireland, but the paternal ancestors came from England, first settling in Pennsylvania. James S. Britton spent his boyhood. on the farm. in Norwich township, for a short time .receiving instruction in a subscription school, later attending a private school; where he received a fair education. He remained with his father on. the farm, until the time' of his 'marriage, after which. he settled on a farm in Norwich township:, near Hilliard, where he engaged in fanning until 1860. At that time he removed to Hilliard and opened a general store. Mr. Britton made a success of this undertaking, conducting the store in connection with farming, and dealing in hogs and cattle. In 1884 he disposed CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY - 369 of his store, but retained the farm and removed to the city of Columbus, Ohio, where he has since resided. The first marriage of Mr. Britton was to Miss Virginia Saunders, a daughter of Miskell Saunders, of Franklin township, her death occurring in February, 1896. She was a devoted Christian woman, beloved by all. Mr. Britton was married, a second time, to Miss Melvilta Barbee, an accomplished, turd lady, a daughter of James Barbee, of Franklin county. In his political opinions Mr. Britton has always been a Democrat and has always been a strong advocate of the prohibition of the liquor traffic: He has never sought office, although he served one term as a justice of the peace. For thirty years 'he has been a consistent member of the. Methodist Episcopal church, where his many 'admirable traits of character are recognized. The beautiful home of the family, located. in one of the best residence portions of the city, was erected fifteen years ago, and there Mr. and Mrs: Britton delight to dispense a generous hospitality. Some years ago Mr. Britton donated to the Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware a farm and the property where he resides, the whole value of which is thirty thousand dollars, with the intention of endowing a chair in said university to be named for Mr. Britton, and conveyed the property to the university, reserving a life estate for himself and his wife in the residence property. This is only one of the many acts of benevolence by Mir. Britton kown to the writer of this sketch. He has helped. to educate a number of young men and young women and contributed largely to the erection of churches. EDWARD N. COBERLY. For almost two decades Edward Newton Coberly has been engaged in general merchandising in Georgesville, and is: also proprietor of a well-improved farm in Pleasant township. He was born in Madison county, Ohio, on the 7th of August, 1853, but during his infancy was brought by his parents to Franklin county. The family is of English ancestry and was founded in the new world at an early period of its development. The grandfather, William Coberly, was born in Virginia, was a farmer by occupation, and on removing to Ohio located in either Ross or Madison county. When the war of 1812 was in progress he enlisted as a private, but on reaching Franklinton learned that peace had been declared. He was twice married and died in Madison county, near Walnut Run. William Coberly, the father of our subject, was the youngest child of his father's first marriage. He was born in Madison county in 1823, was reared to farm life and pursued his education in the district schools, but his privileges in that direction were quite meager. His mother died when he was a child and he went to live with an uncle, job Coberly, in Madison county, with whom he remained until he attained man's estate. He married Margaret Gardner, who was born in Franklin county in 1827, a daughter of 370 - CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY. Edward Tiffin and: Sarah (Hall) Gardner, the latter born in Virginia in 1801. Mr. Gardner was connected with the family of Governor Tiffin. After his marriage the father of our subject resided for one year in Madison county and: then came to Pleasant township, Franklin county, where he purchased a small farm east of Georgesville. He died February 4, 1890, but his wife is still living on the old homestead. Both held membership in the Methodist Episcopal church, and in politics he was a stanch Republican, unswerving in his support of the principles of the party. The children of this worthy couple were : Edward N. ; William Parker, who married Minnie Gardner, and is living in Pleasant township; Sarah, who died at the age of six years; Margaret, who died in infancy; and Thomas W., who is upon the home place. In Pleasant township Edward Newton Coberly was reared, spending his youth upon the farm, and in the district schools acquired his education. As soon as old enough to follow the plow he began working in the and from the time of early spring planting until crops were garnered in this autumn he aided in the work of cultivating and improving his father's land. His preparation for a home of his own was completed on the 26th of March, 1878, by his marriage to Melissa Scott, of Pleasant township. She was born in the old town of Georgesville, January 19, 1853, a daughter of William and Martha (Upp) Scott. They now have two children. Edward Dwight and Marie Hazel. The son is now attending the Ohio State University and the daughter is a student in the Columbus high school. After his marriage Mr. Coberly removed to Georgesville, where he engaged in teaching the district schools for ten years. He then turned his attention to merchandising and since 1882 has conducted his general store, carrying a large line of goods, for which he finds a ready sale, having a large patronage. He is also the owner of a farm of one hundred ten and three-ourths acres in. Pleasant township, and is a dealer in coal. "Keep out of debt" has. been his motto in business matters, and he owes no man he cannot pay on demand, and was never in a suit at law, either as plaintiff or defendant, and has never sent a collector to any .patron of his store. His various business interests are well conducted, and his enterprising spirit enables him to carry forward to successful completion whatever he undertakes. In politics he is a staunch Republican, and during President Garfield's administration he capably served as postmaster olf Georgesville. During his long residence in the county he has formed a wide acquantance, and the fact that many who have known him from boyhood are numbered among his best friends is an indication that his career has. ever been an upright one. HERMAN F. SCHIRNER. Prominent in the musical circles of Columbus is Herman Frederick Schirner. As his name indicates, he is a representative of that nation which has given to the world its finest musical compositions. The love of music is CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY - 371 characteristic of the German people and is one of the dominating elements in its culture. Mr. Schirner of this review has done much to promote the love of this great art and to improve the musical tastes of the people with whom he is associated as a resident of Ohio's capital city. A native of the duchy of Saxony, he was born near the home of the renowned composer Liszt. Bach was a native of that locality, his birth having occurred at Weimar, and in the community resided many famous pupils who were instructed by Liszt. The Duke of Weimar encouraged musical education. in that locality and made it one of the musical centers of the country. There the father of our subject engaged in merchandising, and Herman F. spent the days of his boyhood and youth in that favorite locality, acquiring his education from private teachers, having the best masters. He continued in Germany until twenty-two years of age, when, in 1856, he bade adieu to friends and native land and crossed the Atlantic to. America. The following year he. accepted the position of professor of music in the Seminary of Worthington, Franklin county, Ohio, and in 1860 became the superintendent of the musical department in the Wesleyan Female College, at Delaware, where he remained for three years, also teaching German. In 1863 he began teaching music in Columbus and has since been a very prominent factor in the musical circles of this city. He spent the summer of 1875 in the Fatherland: It was his intention to sail on the steamer Schiller, which was lost off Scilly island. His brother and his wife and a friend were among the passengers on that ill fated vessel, and had it not been for illness, which prevented his sailing, Professor Schirner would also have embarked on that steamer. He, however sailed on the next steamer and did not learn of the wreck until he had arrived in England. From that country he made his. way to his native land and pleasantly spent the summer amid the scenes of his boyhood, renewing old acquaintances with the friends of former years. Professor. Schirner's great love of the "art divine" is one element in his success as a teacher, and combined with this in his excellent ability to explain to his students the elements and principles of music. For twenty-five years he has given his services gratuitously for benevolent purposes, aiding in many concerts that have been given for charity, and he was specially helpful in this way during the war, when entertainments were given for the purpose of raising funds for the benefit of the "boys in blue" at the front. Professor Schirner was united in marriage to Miss Elizabeth Schrader, a native of Columbus and a daughter of August Schrader, who for many years occupied a position in the city engineer's office as draftsman and architect. He has been liberally educated, enjoying the privileges of a course in the University at Berlin. His death occurred in 1893: when he had attained the age of eighty-two years. Three children have been born unto the Professor and his wife, two sons and a daughter : Oliver E., Who is employed in the Hayden Clinton Bank; Otto Herman; who is employed in the Deshler Bank; and Dorothea Amelia, who is in school. The family is one of prominence, occupying a leading position in social circles. Professor Schirner is a member 372 - CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY. of the Humbolt Verein, the leading musical and literary society of Columbus, and for many years was a member of the Maennerchor. For three years from 1863 to 1866, he was the organist in the Second Presbyterian church and afterward served the Universalist church in that way. He now attendsthe services of the Independent church, and in politics he is somewhat independent, but usually votes with the Republican party. A man of scholarly attainments and broad culture, he has done much to improve the musical tastes of the city and to spread the knowledge of that art "which is the universal language of mankind." JONATHAN E. PARK. Jonathan E. Park is now living retired after long years of connection with the agricultural interests, his home being in New Albany. He is numbered among the native sons of Franklin county, his birth having occurred in Blendon township, on the 18th of May, 1831, his parents being Ezekiel and Elizabeth (Crist) Park. His paternal grandfather was a soldier in the war of 1812. He went to the front and was probably killed in battle, for nothing was ever heard from him again. His widow then reared her children and about 1828 came with her family to Ohio, locating in Licking county where she spent her remaining days. The father of our subject was born in Kentucky, in 1808, and during his early childhood his parents removed to Virginia, settling in the Shenandoah valley. After his father's death he became the main stay of the family and in early life assumed the burden of caring for his mother and the younger children. After his mother's death he came to Franklin county and purchased ninety acres of land in Blendon township, constituting the farm now owned by Jonah Crist. It was then an unbroken forest tract, and, clearing away the trees, he built a log cabin and continued the further work of developing and improving his farm. He completed his arrangements for a home by his marriage and then provided for his family through his agricultural pursuits. He resided upon his pioneer farm until 1845, when he went to Plain township to assume the management of a farm belonging to his father-in-law, Abraham Crist. He had married Elizabeth Crist and unto them were born eleven children, namely: Jonathan E., Mary A., the wife of Levi Swickard, a farmer of Plain township; Samel W., an agriculturist of the same township; Abraham C., who follows farming in Mifflin township; Sarah J., now the widow of Jacob Searfoss, of Plain township; Charlotte E., widow of Owen Nutt, and a resident of Genoa township, Delaware county; William F., who follows farming in Blendon township; David P., an agriculturist of Plain township; Amanda A., the wife of John Ogden, a blacksmith of Gahanna, Ohio; Saphrona E., who became the wife of Etosea Carpenter, a' farmer of Plain township; and Caroline E., the widow of Martin Cubbage, a farmer of Blendon township. In 1863, the mother of this family died and later in the same year the father married Mrs. Henderson, with whom he removed to Harlem, Delaware county. CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY - 373 She survived heir marriage fifteen years, and after her death Mr. Park returned to Plain township, Franklin county, making his home with his son, Samuel, on the old Grist farm. He lived to the age of eighty-three years and never had occasion to employ a physician in his own behalf. He gave his political support to the Democracy and for many years was justice of peace in Delaware county. Connected with military affairs he served. for years as captain of the state militia. He was a gentleman of commanding presence and was said to be 'among the strongest men ever in the county. He enjoyed the respect and regard of all with whom he was associated and was an active worker and licensed exhorter in the United Brethren church, doing all in his power to advance the cause of Christianity . among his fellow men. Jonathan E. Park, whose name introduces this record, remained on the oil family homestead and became familiar with all the duties and labors of the agriculturist. His preliminary education; acquired in the public schools, was supplemented by study in Otterbein University, at Westerville. He was a member of the first class, was present at the founding of the school and carried a banner at the time of the fiftieth anniversary of its establishment, held in Westerville, in 1897. At that time he was the only man present who had witnessed the founding of the institution a half century before. On the 22d of September, 1853, Mr. Park was united in marriage to Miss Sarah J. Rex, of Summit county, Ohio, a daughter of Jacob Rex, a prominent agriculturist of that community: The young couple began their domestic life upon a portion of a farm in Plain township which he still owns and occupies, he and his father having purchased ninety acres of land some months previous. They divided the property, our subject becoming the owner of forty-five acres, and about a year and a half later Mr. Park of this review purchased an adjoining thirty-acre tract of land on which was good buildings and substantial improvements. He then took up his abode upon the new place and resided there for a quarter of a century. He then purchased his present home farm and continued there until November, 1900, when he removed to New Albany, where he is now living a retired life. He had acquired two hundred and forty acres of land, one hundred acres of which he has given and sold to his son, but retaining possession of one hundred and forty-four acres which is well improved and yields to him an excellent. income. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Park have been born five children, of whom four are yet living, as follows : Lewis E., of this township; Augustus E., a commercial traveler of Columbus, Ohio; Lovett E., a practicing physician of Basil, Fairfield county, Ohio, whose reputation extends to many adjoining counties; Ida M., wife of H. G. Youngker, of Wayne county, Ohio; and Lucy A., deceased wife of John Frank Clymer. The mother of this family died January 1, 1884 and the same year Mr. Park was joined in wedlock to Estella L. Kitsmiller, who had formerly been a Miss Carpenter. By this marriage there were two children, Maud E., at home, and William Jonathan, now deceased. Mr. Park is in sympathy with the temperance movement, believing in 374 - CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY. closing the liquor traffic, and heembodies his views on the question in his support of the Prohibition party. He holds membership in the Radical United Brethren church; is one of its trustees and has been class leader, steward and secretary of the quarterly conference. He served for one term as trustee of his township, but has not been an office seeker, preferring to devote his emergies to his awn business affairs. He owes his success in life entirely to his own efforts and all that he has has been acquired through farming and stock raising. He began life empty-handed and through close attention to business honorable methods and untiring perseverance. he has advanced steadily to a position of affluence, being now numbered among the substantial citizens of his community. FERDINAND SIEGEL. The subject of. this sketch is one of the leaders of the Democrat party in Columbus and vicinity, his large: acquaintance and unbounded popularity giving him an influential following, while his shrewd judgment of men and affairs make his counsel of value in all important movements. In business affairs he also takes foremast rank as a successful lawyer, and is associated in practice with his brother, Frank A. Mr. Siegel was born in Troy, Ohio, in 1856, a son of Ferdinand Siegel, Sr., who was born in Baden Baden, Germany, M 1812, and as a boy was a friend of General Sigel, living only nine miles apart in their native land. The father of our subject was a student in both English and German in the Lyceum of his birthplace. Coming to the new world, he, in 1843, located in Troy, Ohio., where he made his home until locating on a farm in Putnam county, in 186o, where he spent the. remainder of his life, dying in 1888. He took a great interest in local affairs, served as township trustee or several terms, and was a member of the school board for a quarter of a century. Politically he was a supporter of the Democratic party, and religiously was an earnest member of the Presbyterian Church. In Dayton, Ohio, he married Miss Mayt Akre, also a native of Baden Baden, Germany, who died in 1872, at the age of forty-nine years. The primary education of Ferdinand Siegel, Jr., was obtained in the public schools of Putnam county. Later he attended the Troy high school and Eastman's Business College at Poughkeepsie, New York, graduating at the latter institution in 1875. He then successfully engaged in teaching school in Putnam county until 1880, when he came to Columbus and commenced the study of law with the firm of Collins & Atkinson. On his admission to the bar in 1882, he at once opened an office in Columbus, and has since successfully engaged in general practice at that place. Here he was united in marriage to Miss Matilda Koch, a daughter of Peter and Jacobina S, (Becher) Koch, both natives of Germany. Her father died in October, 1899, aged eighty-nine years, her mother in 1893, aged sixty-nine. The latter was the oldest milliner 'in Columbus, having been in continuous business for forty years. Both were highly respected and esteemed by all who knew them, CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY - 375 Mr. and Mrs. Siegel have two children : Marguerite, aged nine years; and Lester, aged five. As a Democrat Mr. Siegel has taken a very prominent part in political affairs, and as a speaker and writer in both English and German his influence has been felt throughout the state. He has written much for the Democratic press on the money and tariff questions, and many of these articies have been copied and used by the national committee, including two addresses on the money question in 1896. Mr. Siegel is a thorough believer in the principles of bimetallism, and is the president of the Gold and Silver League of Central Ohio, one of the largest political organizations. in the state. He has corresponded largely with. most of the prominent senators, congressmen and public men, and stands deservedly high in political circles. He has never asked for office, however, but seeks to advise and move opinion as a private citizen. WILLIAM H. BARBEE. William H. Barbee, deceased, through the years of his identification with Franklin county, enjoyed the highest respect of his fellow citizens by reason of his sterling worth, strict integrity, and honorable dealings; His devotion to the public welfare also made him a valued factor in public life, and by his death the community was deprived of one of her best citizens. A native of this county, Mr. Barbee was borni in Jackson township, April 26, 1841. His father, William Barbee, was born in Virginia, and when a small boy came to Franklin county, Ohio, where. during the years of his manhood he followed the occupation of farming. He married Eliza Rowles, a native of Maryland, and to them were born eight children, six sons and two daughters, all born in Jackson township. . Of this family William H. Barbee was the eldest son. He was reared. to manhood in his native township, and the education he acquired in its public schools was supplemented by a course of study at Otterbein University. His school days over, he embarked in the stock business, which he followed many years, being one of the leading stock dealers of Grove City, where he made his home, and he also engaged in farming with good success. In Fairfield county, Ohio, Mr. Barbee was married, in 1864, to Miss Martha R. Leib, a native of that county and a daughter of Joseph and Clarissa (Allen) Leib. The father was also born in Fairfield county, and was a son of Joseph Leib, Sr., who on coming to this state from Pennsylvania at an early day located there. Her mother was a, descendant of Ethan Allen, of Revolutionary fame. She was born in Muskingum county, Ohio, and was a daughter of Levi Allen, who located in Muskingum county at an early day and followed the occupation of farming. Mrs. Barbee is the seventh in order of birth in a family of nine children, four sons and five daughters, all of whom reached years of maturity. She was reared iri the county of her nativity and was fitted for the teacher's profession in the schools of Lancaster, 376 - CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY.   after which she successfully engaged in teaching in the schools of Fairfield and Perry counties for three years. With the exception- of a few years spent in Columbus, she has made her home in Grove City since her marriage, and here she is surrounded by a large circle of friends and acquaintances who have for her the highest regard. To Mr. and Mrs. Barbee were born two daughters: Clara Eliza, the elder, is now the wife of E. C. Wagner, of Grove City. Annabel is the widow of Dr. Frank Obets and has a little daughter, Frances, Ruth. Dr. Obets was born in this county, and was educated for his profession at the Starling Medical College, Columbus, and also at other schools. He became a prominent physician of Columbus, where he was successfully engaged in practice for some years.   The Republican party always found in Mr. Barbee a stanch supporter of its principles, and he did all within his power to advance its interests. He was the second Republican chosen as sheriff of Franklin county, being elected to that office in 1886, and when renominated was defeated only by a small majority. When elected to that office he retired from active business, having already secured a comfortable competence, which enabled him to lay aside all business cares. He was a charter member of the Odd Fellows Lodge at Grove City, in which he filled all the offices, and was widely and favorably. known throughout the county where his entire life was passed. He died June 1, 1897, and was laid to rest in Green Lawn cemetery by the fraternity to which he belonged. He was considered one of the best sheriffs of the county, and was a man of the highest respectability, who left a large circle of friends to. mourn his loss as well as his immediate family.   CHARLES RIEBEL.   This well-known resident of Grove City is one of the self-made men of Franklin county, whose early life was devoted mainly to farming, and who has acquired a handsome competence which now enables him to lay aside all business cares and live retired. As a young man of seventeen years he came to America, and with no capital started out in a strange land to overcome the difficulties and obstacles in the path to prosperity. His youthful dreams have been realized, and in their happy fulfillment he sees the fitting reward of his earnest toil:   Mr. Riebel was born in Ranis, Germany, March 9, 1836, and after leaving school, at the age of fourteen, he devoted the following three years to learning the butcher's trade in his native land. He then crossed the Atlantic and came direct to Columbus, Ohio, beginning work at once in the stone quarries of this place, getting out stone for the state-house. He followed that occupation for four months, and then commenced work on the farm of John Stimmel, at thirteen dollars per month, being employed in that way for four years.   On the 9th of March, 1857, Mr. Riebel was united in marriage with Miss Caroline Hemsline, who was also born in Saalfelt, Germany, March   CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY - 377   9, 1835, and at the age of eighteen emigrated to the new world, locating in Columbus. They have become the parents of six children, all born in Franklin county, namely : Paulina, now the wife of Charles Ballard ; Charlie, who married Emma Groul; Lewis, who married Amelia Emmelhinse; Mary, wife of Henry Emmelhinse; Minnie, wife of Jack Gresley ; and William, who married Kate Hentzel.   The first year after his marriage Mr. Riebel rented the Stimmel farm and engaged in general farming, and then lived for a year each on the farms belonging to Jesse Cartright and John Young. The following year he worked in the sawmill of George Simmler, and then leased the Henry Henderson farm in Pleasant township for five years. During the fifth year he entered the service of his adopted country, enlisting in 1865, in Company C, One Hundred and Ninety-first Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served until the close of the war. In the fall of that year he purchased one hundred acres of land in Pleasant township, upon which he made his home until he retired from active farming in 1899 and removed to Grove City. Success attended his well-dircted efforts, for he was an enterprising and industrious farmer as well as a man of good business ability, and he added to his landed possessions from time to time. Four years after locating upon his farm he bought fifty acres, later purchased a tract of seventy-five acres ; next bought the Miller farm of two hundred and twenty-one acres, and in 1895 purchased one hundred and twenty-five acres, making in all five hundred and seventy-one acres, which he has since given to his children on specified conditions. In his labors. Mr. Riebel has always been ably assisted by his estimable wife, who has proved to him a true helpmeet, aiding him in every possible way. He deserves great credit for the success that he has achieved in life, and well merits the confidence reposed in him by his fellow citizens. Politically he is a stanch Republican and served as trustee of Pleasant township two years and school director for some time. His wife is a member of the Lutheran church, to which he has been a liberal contributor.   ALVIN MONROE SHOEMAKER.   Among the active and prominent citizens of Columbus who are factors in pubic affairs at this time there are few more conspicuous or more popular than the alderman named above, who represents the north end of the city in the city council. Mr. Shoemaker was born in Fairfield county, Ohio, in 1854, a son of Joseph and Susan (Fenstermacher) Shoemaker. His father, who was a native of Pennsylvania, came to Ohio in boyhood and removed to Iowa in 1858, and there the subject of this sketch received his primary education in the public schools. Returning to Ohio, he was for two years a student at the high school at Canal Winchester, Franklin county. He early acquired a knowledge of the carpenter's trade, and in 1873, when he was nineteen years old, he came to Columbus and entered the employ of B. H. Howe, a manufacturer of picture frames. Later he was employed at car-   378 - CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY.   penter work, and in 1876 he 'became the foreman of the wood-working machinery department of the Columbus Buggy Company, the large concern of its kind in the world, with which he was employed for nineteen years. In 1897 he became the superintendent of the Columbus Coffin Company, a responsible position which he is filling at this time. He has always taken an active interest in county and city affairs and has long been recognized as an efficient worker for the success of the Republican party. He was the chairman of the Republican county .central committee in 1893-4, and in 1899 was elected an alderman from the nineteenth ward, and in April, 1900, was re-elected, for two years. He is the chairman of the water-works and viaduct committee and a member of the judiciary committee. the gas and electricity committee and the Goudale Park committee. He is making an enviable record as a municipal legislator and has come to be known as and alderman who works for the best interests of the city and exerts himself to the utmost to advance such measures as promise to benefit his fellow citizens He was elected vice-president of the board of aldermen in 1900, and re-elected in April, 1901, both times unanimously.   Jacob Fenstermacher, Mr. Shoemaker's grandfather in the maternal line, came to Ohio from Pennsylvania and was prominent in Fairfield county during pioneer days and later. He was a man of strong character, upright in all his dealings, who made a success in life in his day and generation, and his daughter, Mr. Shoemaker's mother, was a woman of many virtues who most worthily filled her allotted place in life. Joseph Shoemaker possessed those sterling traits of character which have made Pennsylvanians successful wherever they have gone; and it is not remarkable that from such parents Alvin Monroe Shoemaker inherited those qualities which have start him on a career of success. Mr. Shoemaker married Miss Lena L. Adams, a daughter of Dr. D. P. Adams, who has practiced his profession at Columbus for a third of a century and has attained prominence as a physician and has done good work outside of his profession as a member of the city board of education, with which he is identified at this time. Dr. Adams is a son of James Adams, a native of Virginia, who became a prominent pioneer in Morgan county and who, though from a slaveholding state, was one of the most zealous workers in the interest of the underground railroad by which slaves escaped to freedom in the days before the war, and his farm was a station on the line at which many a fugitive slave found comfort and concealment and from which he was safely conducted to the next station. Mr. Adams fought in the war of 1812 and in the Mexican war, and was a leader in all public affairs in Morgan county. He died. at the advanced age of ninety-seven years. The grandfather of Dr. Adams was a Revolutionary soldier.   Mr. Shoemaker's position in the business community of Columbus is a good one and his standing in connection with public affairs is one in which his friends and constituents take pride. In religious affiliation he is a Presbyterian and he is an active and helpful member of the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian church, in the work of which Mrs. Shoemaker also labors zealously   CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY - 379   JOHN BARTLETT.     John Bartlett has long resided in Franklin county, either in Jackson or Pleasant township, and to-day he is' identified with the farming interests of the latter. His grandfather, William Bartlett, lived and died in New York, and served as a soldier in the war of 1812. Erastus Wilder Bartlett, the father of our subect, was also born in the same county, in the year 181o, and remained in the Empire state until twenty-two years of age. He was reared in the usual manner of farmer lads and acquired a fair education. In 1832 he he determined to try his fortune in the west and removed to, Columbus, Ohio, where he remained for a short time. He then married .Miss Mary Sinkler, of Jackson township, who was born in Muskingum' county, Ohio, in 1812, and was a maiden of sixteen summers. when brought to Jackson township, Franklin county, by her parents, Samuel and Mary Sinkler. Her father was a native of Ireland, and on coming to the United States took up his abode in Maryland, whence he subsequently removed to Muskingum county, Ohio, and thence to Franklin county; his death occurring in Jackson township. After his marriage Erastus W. Bartlett rented a tract of land and began its operation, following farming throughout his entire life. His political support was given the Democracy. He died in Jackson township in 1865, and his wife, long surviving him, passed away in Pickaway county in 1896.   They had seven children, namely : Lydia, now the wife, of Elias Tipton, of this county; George, who is living in Pickaway county ; Mary, wife of John Garbeson, of this county; John and his twinsister Sarah, the latter now the wife of Oliver Orden, of Pleasant township; Lottie, wife of John Colver, Pickaway county; and Hattie, wife of Peter Ralston of Hardin county,   John Bartlett was born on the old T. J. Adams farm in Jackson township May 19, 1845, and has spent his entire life in Franklin county. He attended the district schools until sixteen years of age, and during the months of vacation assisted his father in the work of the farm. He was twenty-two years of age at the time of his father's death. He remained with his mother until twenty-seven years of age and was then married, in 1873, to Miss Jane Richardson, who was born in Pickaway county, , Ohio, in 1851, a daughter of Isaac and Catherine (Van Dene) Richardson.. The young couple began their domestic life upon a rented farm, upon which they lived until 1885, when Mr. Bartlett purchased ten acres of land in Jackson township, making his home thereon until 1895. In that year he purchased his present farm, comprising seventy-two acres of good land' in. Pleasant township, and to its development and cultivation he now untiringly devotes his efforts.   The marriage of our subject and his wife, has been blessed. with nine chilcren: Clara, now the wife of Charles Hill, of Columbus ; Scott, who married Nora Conner and is living in Hardin county; Albert; of Chicago., Illinois; Charles, of Hornsburg, Ohio, who married Ora Leath; Daisy, who is   380 - CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY.   living in Hornsburg; Mary Catherine, at home; Lettie Pearl, Roy and Anna May, who are at school. In his political affiliations Mr. Bartlett is a stalwart Democrat. His life has. been one of marked industry and all that he has is the reward of his. own labor. . Depending entirely upon his own efforts he has worked his way to a position among the substantial farmers of the community.   COTTON H. ALLEN.   In the death of the honored subject of this memoir there passed away another member of that little. group of distinctively representative business men who were the pioneers in inaugurating and building up the chief idustries of the western middle states. His name is familiar not alone to the residents of the city to whose development he contributed so conspicuously but also to all that have been in the least intimately informed as to the history of the state. He was identified with this section of the Union throughout the greater part of his life and contributed' to its material progress and prosperity to an extent equaled by but few of his contemporaries. Few lives furnish so striking an example of the wise application of sound principles and safe conservatism as does his. The story of his success is short and simple, containing no exciting chapters; but in it lies one of the most valued secrets of the great prosperity which it records; and his private and business life are pregnant with interest and incentive, no matter how lacking in dramatic action,—the record of a noble life, consistent with itself and its possibilities in every particular.   Cotton Hayden Allen was born in Auburn, New York, in 1834, the son of Carrington Allen, who died in 1864: The father was a native of Schenectady, New York, and when he had arrived at the years of maturity he married Miss Martha Hayden, a sister of Peter Hayden, who established a foundry and hardware store that are still in operation in Columbus and who through the exercise of his splendid business and executive powers became one of the wealthiest men in Ohio. The marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Allen was: celebrated in the Empire state, and in 1889, several years after his wife's decease, he came to Ohio and resided in Columbus for a short time, occupying the responsible position of general manager of Mr. Hayden's large interests!. His sister, Mrs. Sarah McCallip, remained in Columbus with her uncle, Mr. Hayden, and is still a resident of this city. She became the wife of Patrick McCallip, who was also associated. in business, with Mr. Hayden as foreman of one of the departments in the roller mills. He afterward moved to Portsmouth, where he died in 186o, leaving a son, William McCallip Who has attained prominence as a singer. Another son, Charles Hayden McCallip, was for eighteen years engaged in business in St. Louis, representing Mr. Hayden. There were also two daughters in the McCallip family; Mrs. Mary Tremaine, the wife of H. H. Tremaine, and Mrs. Harry B. Fern.   Cotton Hayden Allen, whose name introduces this review, pursued his   CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY - 381   education in in the public schools of Haydenville, Massachusetts, where he was an industrious student. Throughout his life he manifested the spirit of industry realizing that it is the most important element in success, also contributing in a large measure to life's happiness. He started out for himself as an indentured apprentice in a cotton mill, where he received his board, clothing and fifty cents each month. He worked from seven o'clock in the morning until five o'clock in the evening. He was thus employed for four years, during which time he manifested marked faithfulness to the interests of the house he represented. His business ability, keen discrimination and unflagging energy attracted the attention. of his uncle, Peter Hayden, who at that time was conducting a large saddlery and hardware business in New York. He offered his nephew a position of trust in the New York house. This was accepted and Mr. Allen continued to work there uninterruptedly until the time of the Civil war.   When hostilities were inaugurated between the north and the south Mr. Allen was a member of the Seventy-first Regiment of the New York Militia, and his patriotic spirit prompted his enlistment, but duty called him into other fields. "Some must work that others may fight," and this was the lot which fell to Mr. Allen. When told that the government was practically without equipment for cavalry and artillery, and that an urgent demand had been made upon the house of Peter Hayden to furnish these supplies, and that hi services were indispensable at this critical time, Mr. Allen, in the unostentatious manner that always characterized him, put aside his own ambitions hurried forward the work. It is doubtful whether any one but a boy, eager to take part in the greatest military drama of the age, could appreicate the sacrifice made by the lad, who, in order that the cavalry of the United States might be better equipped for military service, relinquished his own dreams and remained quietly in the background despite boyish enthusiasm. It was one of those quiet victories over self that develop character. Continuing in his uncle's employ, Mr. Allen mastered the business in all of its departments and was given charge of Mr. Hayden's interests in his branch houses which were established! in Sari Francisco, Chicago, St. Louis, Detroit and other points. Thus his time was fully occupied in the management of work which involved many millions of dollars annually. Mr. Hayden died in 1887 and Mr. Allen was made one of his executors, superintending the interests of the estate until his own death. In business circles he sustained a most enviable reputation, for over the record of his life there fell no shadow of wrong nor suspicion of evil. He was notably prompt and reliable, never making an engagement that he did not meet, nor incurring an obligation which he did not fill.   In 1861 Mr. Allen was united in marriage to Mrs. Louise Matthews. Two children were born of their 'union, but both died in infancy, and Mrs. Allen passed away in 1887, leaving a daughter, Mrs. Schumacher, by her former husband. She is now a resident of San Francisco. In the year 1889 Mr. Allen determined to make Columbus his permanent home and con-   382 - CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY.   tinned his residence in that city until his life's labors were ended, having charge of the extensive concerns over which Mr. Hayden had control and of which he was the owner. These included a bank and a hardware store, and of the former Mr. Allen became the vice-president. In commercial life he was known throughout the United States and wherever known was recognized as a man of exalted and uncompromising integrity. He made much money, but he gave as liberally as he made. He was a philanthropist in the true spirit of that term and his benefaction's were numerous and large yet in all of his giving he was unostentatious. He had a strict regard for the ethical relations of life, was a student of the sociological problems and in his career exemplified his belief in the brotherhood of mankind. He never sought political preferment, but Columbus honored him with election to the office of mayor in 1895, recognizing his superior fitness for the position. As his friends and constituents believed, his administration was business-like and practical and proved of great benefit to the city, promoting its material interests and introducing many needed reforms and improvements along various lines. He passed away January 26, 1900, at the age of six-five years, and upon his monument might be fittingly inscribed the epitaph, "An honest man is the noblest work of God."   HARVEY COIT.   Among the prominent capitalists of the city of Columbus, Ohio, is the esteemed subject of the present review. Harvey Coit is a native of the state of Massachusetts, born in Norwich, now Huntington, Hampshire county, July 31, 1819, a son of Harvey and Nancy (Stone) Coit. His father was born in the same county and state, in 1794, was a farmer by occupation, and died in Columbus, Ohio, in 1877. The mother was a native of Worthington, Hampshire county, Massachusetts, and lived. until 1867. She was the daughter of John Stone, of the same state, who was a soldier in the Revolutionary war, as was also Isaac Coit, the paternal grandfather of our subject. The Coit family originally came to America from Wales and were among the first settlers in New England.   Our subject, Harvey Coit, is the only survivor of his parents family of eight children, seven of whom lived to maturity. He was reared a farmer boy and assisted his father on the farm until his seventeenth year, when he came to Columbus and 'became a clerk in the store of Stone, Kelton & Company. Mr. Coit was one of the sensible class of young men who realize that the good things of life do not come without effort, and he bravely started, resolving to do his best, although his salary for the first year amounted only to fifty dollars. The second year yielded a salary of seventy-five dollars, while his third year of service brought him one hundred dollars and a reward for faithful work by his admission into the firm as a partner, the firm name continuing the same. Mr. Coit remained several years in this connection, only leaving it to open a business of his own, starting a general store on the   CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY - 383   corner of Town and High streets, continuing at this location for forty-five years.   The business house of Mr. Coit had become a landmark, but he desired to turn his attention to brokerage and real estate, his own holdings having become numerous and valuable. His possessions have increased, and many of the most desirable buildings and dwellings in) the city are owned by   In 1844 Mr. Coit married Elizabeth Greer, the gifted daughter of Joseph Greer, an old settler in Worthington, Ohio. Mrs: Coit was born in Worthington in January, 182o, and grew to Womanhood in her native village. She early displayed many of the intellectual traits which in later life. made her known so well to the people of her native state, and which have so noticeably appeared in her family. She attended the Worthington Seminary and taught school for several years afterward. Being of a literary bent of mind, she identified herself with various societies which seemed designed. to elevate her sex, and finally became a strong advocate of woman suffrage. Her exceptional ability was recognized, and for fifteen years she held the important position of treasurer of the Woman. Suffrage Association. of Ohio." Gifted beyond ordinary, she was frequently called upon to place before the public the objects of the organization, and her graceful manner, in conjunction with her unanswerable arguments, excited favorable comment throughout the state. Mrs. Coit is a firm believer in modern,. progressive spiritualism, and is an intellectual woman delightful to meet. Although so occupied with literary work, she was a model mother, her family of eight children testifying, by prominent and successful lives of their own, that her care was never relaxed. This family consists; of Colonel Alonzo B., a man of prominence in the state, for years being the colonel of the Ohio National Guards; Belle Morrow, wife of Frank C. Kilton, of Columbus; Staunton, a graduate of Amherst, who completed his education at the Berlin University, becoming a noted lecturer and now occupying the pulpit of a church in London, England,—these being the. survivors.   Both Mr. and Mrs. Coit have passed the three-score and ten of the psalmist, but do not look their age, time having lightly touched them. They are both in unison in their firm belief in the truths of modern spiritualism. They have journeyed together for fifty-six years, and present one of those beautiful examples of constancy and affection which the whole world delights to honor.   TRUMAN H. COE.   This well known retired business man of Clinton township is an honored representative of the early pioneers of this courrty, and a true type of the energetic, hardy men who have actively assisted in developing and improving his locality. His upright course in life commands the respect and confidence of all and it is safe to say that no man in his community is held in higher regard.   384 - CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY.   Mr. Coe is a native of Franklin county, born in Mifflin township, February 6, 1820, and is the eldest child of Harvey and Jane (Whitzel) Coe. His father was born in Connecticut in 1790, and was a lad of twelve years when he came to Ohio, in 1802, with his parents, Denman and Mary (Northrop) Coe. After his marriage he located on a farm in Mifflin township, which continued to be his home throughout the remainder of his life In their family were ten children, namely : Truman H., John W., Ninus, Ada, Lucy, Allen T., Irvin, .James, Amanda and Nettie.   The boyhood and youth of Mr. Coe were passed upon his father's farm assisting in the work of field and meadow. All the educational advantages he had were received at the district school three months in the year. When he was in his nineteenth y ear he attended the Otterbein University at Westervelt, Ohio; this was all the advantages of education he had. When in his twentieth year he assisted with the work on the farm in connection with the study of vocal music, and also prepared himself for teaching the coming fall and winter. His first effort was in spending four months' time in the fall and winter teaching music. This proved to be a grand success, going beyond his expectations. The success he had in his first effort in teaching music continued for four years, he spending four months in each year at this pleasant and interesting business.   Mr. Coe was united in marriage with Sylvia B. Bull, daughter of Jason and Amelia Bull, early settlers of Franklin county. By this union were born four children, all of them now living, namely : Safford M., Lug P., Irvin T. and John F., two of them residents of Columbus and two of Clinton township, Franklin county.   After his marriage Mr. Coe made a purchase of two hundred and five acres of land in Blendon township, all in the green timber, paying ten dollars per acre for it. He built a frame house on the new purchase and moved into it. He never engaged in agricultural pursuits to any extent, his energies being devoted to the lumber and timber business. At the time that Mr. Coe made this purchase of land in Blendon township a plank road was planned and stock taken at once to build the road from Columbus to Westervelt, he taking five hundred dollars worth of stock in the road. The contractor of the plank road had a steam sawmill put on Mr. Coe's land and Mr. Coe furnished the timber in logs at the mill and the contractor sawed out for him one and a half million feet of plank, which he delivered on the line of the new road. After the road was finished the price of land along the route rose greatly in value and Mr. Coe soon sold his purchase of land at forty dollars per acre. He next made a purchase of two hundred acres of timber land, two miles northeast of Worthington, Ohio, built a frame house and barn on the new purchase and made the place his residence for five years, when he removed to Worthington, where he maintained his residence for several years. He next went to Delaware, Ohio, in order to send his children to the Delaware University. In 1861 he and his son, S. M. Coe, started a spoke factory in Hardin county, Ohio, which they conducted until the   CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY - 385   close of the Civil war, but lost fifteen. thousand dollars in the venture. Our subject returned to Clinton township, Franklin county, built. what is now the Coe residence on North High street on the Worthington road, and has made this his permanent residence. Mr. Coe spends over six months each year in shipping and furnishing stock for the Ohio Tool Company, of Columbus.   Mrs. Sylvia B. Coe, wife of Truman H. Coe, died March 13, 1891. Since then Mr. Coe has been practically living a retired life except that he is running a small apiary for . exercise and to have something to do and occupy his time and attention. He cast his first presidential vote for Henry Clay and has always affiliated with the Whig and Republican parties. His religious belief is that of the Presbyterian church. Although eighty-one years of age he is still well preserved, is vigorous both in mind and body, stands perfectly erect, while his eyes are bright and his voice strong. He also possesses a head of hair which many a young man might well envy. He is a temperance man of pronounced type, and his saloon bill throughout his entire life amounts to but sixteen cents. His life is exemplary in all respects and he well merits the high regard in which he is universally held.   JAMES M. WALKER.   James M. Walker, who for many years was an active factor in commercial circles in Columbus., was born July 5, 1835, in Virginia, which was the ancestral home of the family. His. father, James Walker, died at the old residence in that state in 1853, and his widow, long surviving him, passed away at the home of her son at Columbus in 1885, at the age of eighty-seven years. They were the parents of five children, namely : James M., Watson, John, Mary and Robert. The subject of this review is an own cousin of the Hon. Henry Walker, ex-secretary of state of Virginia and. a leading politician, and during the lifetime of Senator A. G. Thurman he accompanied him on campaign tours, making political speeches in behalf of Democracy.   James M. Walker spent his childhood in the Old Dominion and acquired his education there, and in 1854, when nineteen years of age, came to Columbus. Here he entered the grocery trade, conducting a store on High street for many years. His unquestioned probity, his fairness in all trade transactions, his earnest desire to please his patrons, and his courteous manner won for him a constantly growing trade and a continuously increasing prosperity, but in 1893, on account of ill health, he was compelled to retire from active business life. He died July 24, 1897, at the age of sixty-two years.   In 1872 Mr. Walker was united in marriage. to Miss Ellen Waterman, a representative of a prominent pioneer family of Franklin county. Her father, Joseph Waterman, was born in England in December, 1797, and died September 3, 1858, at his old home on Shepherd street, in Columbus. The homestead covered an entire block. The land had: been entered from the government by Lucas Sullivant, March 20, 1800, and in 1810 was sold by   386 - CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY.   the original owner to A. J. McDowell. It was afterward the birthplace of General McDowell. He subsequently sold the property to Temperance Backus on the 17th of March, 1828, for one thousand dollars, and in March, 1830, it was transferred through sale by Mr. Backus to David Ruffner, who continued to be the owner until July 31, 1832, when it became the Waterman homestead, being purdhased by the father of Mrs. Walker. In the family of Joseph Waterman were the following children: George A., born Se[tember 14, 1826; Henrietta, who was born December 17, 1828, and died May 11, 1846; Louisa C., who was born April 23, 1830, and died February 13, 1855; Augustus F., who was born October 20, 1831, and died in January, 1899; Emma, born September 17, 1834, and died in 1835; Emma R., born February 21, 1837; Henry K., who was born October 23, 1838, and died July 22, 1845; Lucy Jane, born October 19, 1840; and Ellen, born August 20, 1843.   Mrs. Walker is the youngest of a family of nine children and is a graduate of the Columbus high school, of the class of 1861. By her marriage she became the mother of two children,—Mary K., who was horn in 1873, was graduated in the high school of Columbus and died June 1, 1892; and Helen, born in 1879, is also a graduate of the Columbus high school. She is now one of the teachers in the Sullivant school where her mother attended forty years ago. Mrs. Walker is living with her daughter at No. 194 West Ninth avenue. They hold membership in Trinity Episcopal church of Columbus and have many warm friends in the city where the family has been so long both widely and favorably bnown.     FRANK S. FOX.   It has often been remarked that America is a nation of orators. Americans are certainly likely to have their "say" upon all questions of public moment, and it is undeniable that many of them develop an ability to speak forcefully and pointedly, without an undue waste of words. Some of them who speak most elegantly and effectively owe their training to such thorough institutions as the Capitol School of Oratory, at Columbus, Ohio. That efficient educational enterprise was opened October 1, 1896, by its projector Professor Frank S. Fox, A. M., who is the principal of the school.   Professor Fox was born in Ashland county, Ohio, in 1861, a son of Frederick Fox, who settled there in 1832, having emigrated from Bavaria, Germany, where the family name is spelled Faux. Frederick Fox was a man of education and of a progressive public spirit, a faithful public official active in politics and a wise counselor of his neighbors:. He was a leader among the men of his township and county. By trade be was a saddler, harnessmaker and carriage trimmer; and was also a farmer, bring the first to introduce new and useful agricultural implements, against which there was some prejudice when they were first offered for the consideration of farmers. That good and. useful citizen died in 1895, aged seventy-two years.   CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY - 387   HIs wife was Eliza Jane Blackburn, a native of Bedford county, Pennsylvania, and a daughter of John W. Blackburn, an early and prominent citizen there who fought to gain American independence in the war of the Revolution and to preserve it in the war of 1812. The Blackburns of Bedford and Johnstown, Pennsylvania, of Kentucky and of Cincinnati, Ohio, are from the same parent stock.   Professor Fox was graduated first at Savannah Academy, then at the Ashland University, of Ohio, in 1890, and took a post-graduate course at Waynesburg College, at Waynesburg, Pennsylvania, in 1894. He began his career as a teacher in the public schools of Ashland county and later taught in Vermilion Institute, at Hayesville, Ohio, a historic collegiate institution under the auspices of the Presbyterian church. He next went to Savannah Accademy in the same county, teaching other branches besides oratory and doing entertainment and lecture work . as opportunity presented. He still does institute and entertainment work and lectures on. educational and popular subjects throughout Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Maryland, Kentucky, Virginia, West Virginia, Delaware and other adjacent states. His methods of instruction are founded on scientific principles and are original to a marked degree. His plan has been warmly indorsed by all practical educators who have familiarized themselves with it. The Capitol. School of Oratory has wel1 lighted, well ventilated, commodious and handsomely appointed: guarters, its tuition fees are reasonable and the thorough course of instruction leads to graduation and a diploma. Some of the graduates are on the platform, others hold important positions in other schools arid others are prominent in the professions.   Professor Fox was married, at Hayesville, Ohio, to Miss Beatrice Armstrong a daughter of the Hon. W. W. Armstrong, who was a candidate for congress on the Republican ticket. in 1886. The family of Armstrong has been prominent in the affairs of Ohio since the Indian. wars, when Captain Armstrong won fame as an Indian fighter: Professor and Mrs. Fox are the parents of three children : Louise, Wallace W. and Pauline. They are identified with the Presbyterian church and Professor Fox holds membership in the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.   WRAY THOMAS.   Among those who have occupied the chair of chief executive of Columbus was the gentleman whose name introduces this review. He served as the mayor of the city during one of the most exciting terms of the period of its history,—from 1861 until 1864, the country being then engaged in civil war. He came to Ohio' from Richmond, Virginia, having been educated in the state university of the Old Dominion. He was graduated: in that institution and then took up the. study of law. While there he was a classmate of Edgar Allen Poe, for whom he had a profound regard. He was a typical Virginian gentleman of the "old , school," having a high sense of   388 - CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY.   honor, unfailing courtesy and kindly disposition, yet he was also a man of strong force of character. One who knew him long and well said of him; "In all my intercourse with him I never knew him to manifest in the slightest degree any of the little personal traits thac are sometimes shown by the best of men; if he ever had an emotion that was not high and noble and was not calculated to make better those with whom he came in contact, those who knew him well never observed it. He was a most superior man."   He was called to the office of mayor and entered upon his duties in the year which witnessed the beginning of the Civil war. They were times of great disturbance throughout the country, when feeling ran high and when it required a man of calm judgment, of superior mental poise, of unfailing patriotism and unquestioned justice to conduct safely the affairs of the city; but he was amply qualified for the office and discharged his duty in a highminded manner, as is indicated by the fact that the best citizens of Columbus gave him their hearty support regardless of political affiliations. In business he was for many years associated with Lyne Starling as a legal adviser and confidential agent.   MRS. MARGARET J. VANCE.   Mrs. Margaret J. Vance was born in Blendon township March 3. 1828, on the farm now occupied by Frank Phelps. Her parents were Edward and Elizabeth (Jamison) Phelps. Her father was born in Windsor county May 9, 1790, and was a son of Edward and Zubah (Moore) Phelps. When a youth of sixteen years he came to Franklin county, Ohio, with his parents, the journey being made in 1806. The grandfather had the previous year visited this section of the state and had purchased five hundred acres of Iand in Blendon township. When the family came to the new possession there was not a single house in the township, so they proceeded on their way to Worthington, then a small hamlet, residing there while the grandfather erected a cabin home. Upon the farm which he developed and improved he died at an advanced age.   The father of our subject cut the first tree that was ever felled in Blendon township. He was reared on the old family homestead and at the time of the war of 1812 was called out, but never saw active service. In 1817 he married Elizabeth Jamison and located on a farm of one hundred and fifty acres which had been given him by his father, it being the place upon which the birth of our subject occurred. There he lived and died, passing away on the 22d of February, 1845. Prior to the war he was a stanch anti-slavery Whig and was a man of strong convictions, fearless in support of whatever he believed to be right. He cleared his own farm and the hard work undermined his health so that he passed away at a comparatively early age. His wife was born in Rockbridge county, Virginia, October 11, 1796, and was a daughter of Robert and Margaret (McCutchin) Jamison, who with their family came to Franklin county, Ohio, in 1816, locating in Blendon   CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY - 389   township, where they spent their remaining days. The grandfather was a deacon in the Presbyterian church and was a recognized leader in church work. Mrs. Phelps, the mother of Mrs. Vance, lived to the advanced age of ninety-four years, passing away October 16, 1890, in the faith of the Presbyerian church, in which she long held membership. Unto Edward and Elizabeth Phelps were born nine children, .but only three are now living, namely: Mrs. Vance; Timothy, who resides in Kansas City; Missouri; and Loretta, widow of Nathan Vincent, of Blendon township.   Mrs. Vance spent her girlhood at home, acquiring a common-school education and assisting in the labors of the household. On the 22d of February, 1844, she gave her hand in marriage to Joseph C. Vance, a native of Blendon township, born July 8, 1818, on the farm where the Ohio State University now stands. He was a son of Joseph and Cynthia (Hart) Vance and was one of four children, all of whom have now passed away. His father was a native of Martinsburg, Virginia, and in early life removed to Franklin county, locating here about 1800. He was a civil engineer and ded much of the surveying of the land in and. around Columbus. His wife came with her parents to Ohio from Hartford, Connecticut, when she was about eight years of age. Her father was Dr. Josiah Hart, a graduate of Yale College, and on coming to the Buckeye state he located in Marietta, where he successfully engaged in the practice of medicine. Joseph Vance and Cynthia Hart were married in 1805, while the latter was visiting a brother in Franklinton. A few years afterward Mr. Vance purchased the farm of three hundred acres now known as Ohio State University farm, and thereon resided until his life's labors were ended in: death, in 1824. He was a veteran of the war of 1812 and was a member of the staff of General Genough. Before hostilities were inaugurated he had served as captain of the Light Guards in Franklinton.   Joseph C. Vance was reared in his parents' home and acquired his education in the public schools. He was only six years of age at the time of his father's death and two years later his mother removed to Columbus, where he attained to man's estate. When a youth of fourteen he entered: the dry-goods store owned by Mr. Casey, one of the pioneer merchants of the capital city, and after some years spent as salesman he completed a business education and followed bookkeeping. He was an expert penman, being regarded as the best in his line in Columbus at that day. His ability as a mathematician was also very great and he was a leading and reliable figure in commercial circles in the city. After his marriage he located on a farm, and there spent his remaining days. The place had: been purchased some time previous from his uncle, William Phelps. After four years there passed he went to Camp Chase, where he was employed as secretary in the Michael Sullivan milis. Two years later, however, he returned to Columbus, and the following year his family again took up their abode on the farm, where in the meantime he had erected a commodious brick residence. He remained in the city a year longer, however, in the employ of the Gas Company, and then   390 - CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY.   returned to his farm. In 1863 he was employed in the commissary department at Camp Chase as bookkeeper, at a colonel's salary, and held that position until the close of the war. Through the succeeding year he remained in Columbus as secretary to a Mr. Abbott, a retail hardware merchant, and then returned. to the farm, continuing to supervise its operation until his deah, which occurred June 23, 1882.   Unto Mr. and Mrs. Vance were born eleven. children, of whom eight are now living, namely : Edward. P., a druggist of. Columbus, Ohio; Julia, the wife of Joseph. Roberts ; Ellen, the wife of William Hutchison, of Delaware, Ohio; Lizzie, who resides with her mother; Robert, an agriculturist of Greene county, Missouri; Joseph, a slater of Columbus; Timothy, who resides upon the home farm; and Clinton H., who operates the old homestead in Blendon township.   In his political views Mr. Vance was a stanch supporter of the Republican party, and, though never a politician in the sense. of office seeking, for many years he filled the office of township clerk and was also land appraiser. He was an active Member of the Presbyterian church and did all in his power to promote the welfare of his family and his community, being a public-spirited' and progressive citizen who withheld. his aid and assistance from no movement for the general good. Mrs. Vance now resides in Columbus. She is a representative of one of the pioneer families of Franklin county and through seventy-three years has resided here. She has therefore witnessed much of its growth and development and is familiar with its history from. early frontier times.   ARTHUR L. HAMILTON.   Among the noted residents of Columbus, Ohio, is Arthur L. Hamilton, the subject of this sketch his long residence and public services as an officer of the State Guards making him conspicuous. He was born in Chillicothe, Ohio, March 14, 1849, and was a son of William and Margaret (Lyons-McAdoo) Hamilton. The paternal grandfather was a native of the several of New York, who was one of the first settlers in. Ross county, Ohio, where our subject's father was born in 1817. He was actively engaged in several lines of business, being a 'pork-packer, merchant and farmer, building up a large business in the shipping of pork, by means of 'flatboats on the canal to the river, supplying a large southern trade. The grandfather of Arthur L. was a native of Lawrence county, New York. The parents of Colonel Hamilton died at the old home in Chillicothe.   Arthur L. Hamilton spent his boyhood in his native place, receiving the advantages of both common and high school, engaging later in the study of telegraphy in the office of the Western Union, after which he engaged for two years in. farming. His appointment as the chief of the fire department of Chillicothe followed and this responsible position he efficiently filled for nine years. Colonel Hamilton ten became a traveling salesman for the   CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY - 391   Gutta Percha Rubber Manufacturing Company, of New York city, with territory covering the states of Ohio, Indiana, .Kentucky and a part of Illinois, remaining with this house until 1892, when he entered the adjutant-general's office as clerk.   Our subject became a member of the Ohio National Guards as a private in Company A, Sixth Infantry, June 6, 1873; first corporal December 5, 1873; fifth sergeant, February 9, 1874; first sergeant, August 20, 1876; second-lieutenant, August 20, 1877 ; first lieutenant, February 4, 1878; captain, November 11, 1879; resigned November 4, 1884; commissioned first lieutenant and regimental adjutant, January 23, 1885; promoted major, July 9, 1880; captain of Company H, Seventeenth Infantry, .July 6, 1892; commissioned colonel, September 17, 1892; honorably discharged at the expiration of the term of commission., November 20, 1897 ; re-commissioned April 21, 1898; in the war with Spain, commissioned colonel of the Seventh Ohio Volunteer Infantry May 3o, 1898, and mustered out November 30, 1898.   Retiring from the adjutant-general's office, Colonel Hamilton became the general agent for the Provident Savings Life Association and has jurisdiction over sixteen counties of southern Ohio. .His. extensive acquaintance coupled with his ability and energy, renders him a very efficient man for this position.   In 1870 Colonel Hamilton married Miss Adele C. Parker, a daughter of Francis S. and Louise J. (Thompson) Parker, old residents Of This union has been blessed with three sons and two daughters : Harry W., the captain of the United States Forty-ninth Volunteer Infantry in the Philippines; Alexander, a clerk in the civil-service department in Washington city; and Oma A., Louise M. and Edward F., at home.   Socially Colonel Hamilton is a Mason of high degree, belonging to blue odge and chapter, and in the Scottish rite having attained the thirty-third degree. He is greatly esteemed by his fellow workers and has taken the deepest interest in the organization during the many years he has been connected with it.   In politics our subject is a Republican of known stability. His long connection with the military organization and his constant promotion cemented many friendships, and in his withdrawal 'the state lost an able officer.   ELIZABETH (WATTS) BORROR.   One of the well known and highly respected women of Franklin county, Ohio, is Mrs. Elizabeth (Watts) Borror, of Borror's Corners, Jackson township. Elizabeth Watts was born in the township just mentioned June 23, 1837, a (laughter of Joseph and Lucinda (Barbee) Watts. Her father was born in Franklin county, Ohio, was there reared and educated and was there married. He was a successful farmer, was Whig in politics and later a Republican, and was a member of the United Brethren .church and active in all its work. He died in his forty-second year. His father, also named.   392 - CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY.   Joseph Watts, came quite early to Ohio from the east and was a pioneer in Franklin county and the first hotel keeper on the west side of Columbus/ He was a prominent man in his time and died rather suddenly as the result of a kick of a vicious horse. Lucinda Barbee, the mother of the subject of this sketch, was a daughter of Hawes Barbee, an early settler of Frankln county, and died when the was about forty-two years old. Hawes Barbee, who had the experiences of a pioneer farmer in the Ohio woods, was a native of Virginia, and he had six sons and five daughters, all of whom grew to manhood and womanhood.   Joseph and Lucinda (Barbee) Watts had seven children, of whom Mrs. Borror was the .first born. Her brothers and sisters were Mary, Emma and Sarah, all of whom are dead; Martha, who married Joseph Lieb and lives in Illinois; Joseph, of Greenville, Illinois; and John; of Columbus, Ohio, She was reared: in Jackson township and can 'tell many amusing incidents connected with her attendance at school in early log schoolhouses. In 1856, at the age of nineteen years, she married Lewis Borror, a native of Jackson township, Franklin- county, Ohio, and a son of Absalom Borror, one of the early settlers there. Immediately after their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Borror located on the farm in. Jackson township, which has been her home for forty- four years and which consists of two hundred and forty-three acres, which together with another farm of one hundred and forty acres, in Pickaway county, she rents advantageously. , Mr: Borror, who died in 1869, was a progressive farmer, a stanch Democrat and an active member of the Methodist Episcopal church. Mrs. Borror has four children, the following facts concerning whom will be of interest in this connection:   William. Milton Borror, now a resident of Columbus, Ohio, married Lucy Breckinridge and has six children named: Chloe, Nellie, Edson, Bessie, Edna and Ruth. James Russell Borror married Emma Lane, a member of a prominent family of Pickaway county, and has eight children, named Clarence, Mabel, Goldin, Irvin, Susan, Evert, Mariette and Carrie E. Watson A. Borror married Mary Leach, of Shadeville, Franklin county, Ohio and has children named Ola and Leslie and. isr living at Columbus. Charles H. Borror married Stella Seeds and lives on his mother's farm. He was born in this township February 3, 1863, received a good education in local schools and is recognized as a progressive and successful farmer. He has a son named Dwight C.   HENRY T. HENDERSON.   Henry T. Henderson is one of the venerable citizens of Franklin county, now in his ninety-third year. He was born near Martinsburg, Virginia, October 22, 1808, and in the fall of 1814 became a resident of Ohio. The ancestry of the family can be traced back to Scotland, where lived the great- grandfather of our subject, who crossed the Atlantic to the Virginia colony in the interest of Lord Fairfax. He lived to be ninety-five years, of age,   CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY - 393   while his wife reached the extreme old age of one hundred and ten years. John Henderson, the grandfather of our subject, was born and reared in Halifax county, Virginia, became actively interested in agricultural pursuits and operated his land by the slaves that he owned. He married Miss Tole, who was born in Virginia. His death occurred when he had passed the eightieth milestone on life's journey. His children were as follows : Robert, who at an early age went to Kentucky, where he was married; Charles, the father of our subject; Samuel, who removed to Logan county, Ohio, where he died at the age of ninety-five years; Tarlton, who died in Virginia; Nancy, whose death also occurred in the Old Dominion and Fanny, who was married and lived in Ohio.   Charles Henderson was born in Jefferson county, Virginia, and was reared upon his father's plantation, while in the subscription schools he acquired his education. He married. Rebecca Duvall, who was of French descent and was born on Carl's manor, Maryland, her parents being Benjamin: and Anna Duvall. After his marriage Charles Henderson accepted a situation as overseer on the plantation owned by Mr. Swirenger, of Jefferson county, Virginia. Subsequently he removed to Berkeley county, West Virginia, where he acted as overseer for Major Begnier, a brother-in-law of Governor Worthington, of Ohio. The latter gentleman induced Mr. Henderson to come to the Buckeye state, and the journey was made with team. and wagon in 1814. On the trip they were accompanied by another family, from whom they separated at Chillicothe, Ohio. The father. of our subject located on the Worthington farm in Ross county, where he remained for five years after which he spent a similar period on the McArthur farm, its owner being the father-in-law of Governor Allen. Later, however, he returned to the Worthington farm, where he again spent five years. During that time he had acquired capital sufficient to pay for two hundred acres of land in Madison county, near what is now Big Plain, and there he devoted his time and attention to agricultural pursuits until his death, which occurred when he was eighty-six years of age. His wife passed away at the age of eighty-one. They were members of the Methodist Episcopal church and Mr. Henderson frequently served as one of the officers of the congregation with which he was associated. In politics he was first a Whig and later as Republican and was a public-spirited man who co-operated with all movements for the general good. His children , were : Henry, of this review ; Duvall, who died at the home of his daughter in Pennsylvania; William, who married Priscilla Foster and died in Washington county, Iowa; Sarah, wife of John S. Beatty, of Washington, Iowa; Susan, who became the wife of John Bell ; she and her sister-in-law, Mrs. Duvall Henderson, were both accidentally killed while crossing the railroad near Morgan, Ohio, at the ages respectively of seventy and eighty years; Mary, who became the wife of Thomas Duvall and died at her home in Illinois; and Elizabeth, who married Obediah Copeland and died in Union county, Ohio.   Henry T. Henderson., the honored subject of this review, was only six   25   394 - CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY.   years of age when he became a resident of Ohio. Few indeed of the citizens of the state can claim to have resided here eighty-six years. He was reared amid wild surroundings, for the work of civilization and progress had hardly been begun when the family came to the Buckeye state. There were no schools except, those conducted on the subscription plan, and as he was the eldest of the family he had little opportunity to pursue his studies, for the work of the home farm largely devolved upon him. The first school which he attended was held in a log house in Ross county and his first teacher was Mr. Dunn He learned the letters of the alphabet while sitting upon a slab bench in a log building of primitive structure and equally crude furnishings. From one side of the building a log had been removed and the .aperture had been filled with glass, the schoolroom thus being lighted. Mr. Henderson only attended school in the winter months when the work of the farm was practically over, for during the summer season he found it necessary to labor in the fields and assist in clearing the land and cultivating the crops. He remained with his father until twenty years of age, when he started out in life for himself. He was apprenticed to learn the tanner and currier's trade in Chillicothe., Ohio, where he remained for .two years, but was then compelled to give up his work owing to physical disability. After leaving home he became acquainted with the chief engineer of a company engaged in making a pike, and with whom he began work on the canal as rodsman, being thus employed for two years, after which he went to Alabama to work as superintendent in building canals. He was superintendent of that work for two years, on the expiration of which period he went to Huntsville, Alabama, and superintended the construction of a macadamized road, the first of the kind that had ever constructed. in that portion of the country. A year later he went to Mississippi, where he remained for five years, contracting for and superintending the building of railroads.   In the fall of 1841 Mr. Henderson returned to Ohio and made his way into the woods of Pleasant township, Franklin county, where he began the development of a farm. He had previously purchased four hundred acres of land, to which he afterward added the remainder of the survey, comprising one hundred and fifty acres. At first he lived in a log cabin of one room eighteen by twenty-two feet, his home being surrounded. by a dense uncut forest. He was married, on the 7th of February 1842, to Miss Mary A. Makemson, who was born near Bellefontaine, in Logan county, Ohio, May 10, 1820. She, too, experienced the usual life of the pioneer settlers, pursuing her education in a log schoolhouse, heated by an immense fireplace and lighted by greased paper windows. Her father, John Makemson, was born and reared: in Kentucky and married Margaret Lindsey, whose birth occurred in Cynthiana, that state. They came to Ohio at an early period in the nineteenth century, when the land was wild and the Indians roamed in large numbers through the forests. Many families had to leave Ohio on account of the depredations of the redmen, who stole everything they could secure. John Makemson owned a large tract of wild land and developed there a good farm.   CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY - 395   He died in Logan county, Ohio, in 1843, at the age of sixty-three, and his wife passed away at the advanced age of ninety-five years.   After his marriage Mr. Henderson and his bride began their domestic life in a little log cabin, where many pleasant years were passed. His wife would operate the spinning wheel, for they kept sheep, from the wool of which they made the cloth which was used in making their clothing. She learned the art from her mother, who was an expert weaver. Mr. Henderson worked in the fields, clearing and improving his land. At the time they were married he had two small tracts cleared, one of eight, the other of five acres, and on the latter stood the cabin home. He contin.ued the development of his farm and in course of time erected thereon a neat frame cottage, built out of valuable walnut timber. Their first three children were born in the log cabin, and the family resided in the old homestead until the 31st of October, 1856, when Mr. Henderson rented his land and removed to Westerville in order to give his children better educational privileges and to enjoy a well earned rest. When he left the old home he had there a good farm of seven hundred and fifty acres, improved with all modern accessories and conveniences. He spent twenty-one years in Westerville, and for thirteen years. he lived among his children. In the winter of 1887-8 he was ill with typhoid fever and was taken to the home of his daughter, Mrs. Dr. Moffit, of London, Ohio, but is now living in Galloway. He also spent the winter of 1896-7 in Washington, D. C., at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Florence Moffit, and attended the inauguration ceremonies of President McKinley. He also paid the president a visit. He sent his card up by a colored servant and was ushered into the waiting room and afterward into the president's reception room. He found McKinley besieged by office seekers, and. when Mr. Henderson introduced himself, saying, "I am a pioneer farmer of Franklin county and am not seeking office for myself or others," the president said : "I am mighty glad to meet you," and when Mr: Henderson added that he had voted for every Whig and Republican candidate front the time of Henry Clay, in 1832, McKinley again shook hands and said, "Well, I am indeed glad to see you." With a "God bless you," Mr. Henderson then bade him adieu. Mr. Henderson has served in a number of township offices. For fifty-seven years he has been a member of the Methodist Church and has lived a consistent Christian life. For nineteen years he served in various church offices in Westerville, acting as steward. there for nineteen years, while for sixteen years prior to that time he had also filled the Same office in another church. He is yet hale and hearty, and it is the wish of his many friends that he may he spared for some years to come. He is the oldest surviving member of his church, the oldest living citizen in his township and he receives the honor, respect and veneration which should ever be accorded to those of his years.   The children whom he reared are as follows : Charles, who enlisted in 1861 as a member of Company C, Fortieth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and died in Ashland county from exposure and brought home, his remains being interred in Franklin county; Abner B., who was engaged in general mer-   396 - CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY.   chandising in Galloway for seventeen years, is now in the same line of business in Mt. Vernon, Ohio; and married Stella Colburn; Margaret is now the wife of Edward Cummins, of Galloway; Rebecca is the wife of D. B. Peters, of Galloway; America is the wife of Thomas Gregory, of Franklin county; and Florence is the wife of Dr. Melvin M. Moffit, of Washington, D. C.   DAVID W. MYERS.   David W. Myers, one of the most reliable and intelligent farmers of Norwich township, Franklin county, Ohio, was born' on the old homestead there September 26, 1865, and is a representative of an old Pennsylvania family. His grandfather, Christian Myers, was a native of that state, born in Schuylkill county, Pennsylvania, and in early life learned the cooper's trade which he followed many years, and then turned his attention to farming, owning and operating a large farm in Letterkenny township, Franklin county, Pennsylvania, eight miles from the city of Chambersburg. He was twice married, his first wife being Katy Bashor, who survived her marriage only a short time. In Franklin county he subsequently wedded Barbara Cobel, also a native of Pennsylvania. He died upon his farm in that county in 1853; and his wife, who survived him several years:, passed away when more than eighty years of age. To them were born the following children: John, who died' in Franklin county,. Pennsylvania; Abraham, who was one of the early settlers of Truro township, Franklin. county, Ohio, where he died April 26, 1900; Annie, wife of Christian Wingard, of Franklin county, Pennsylvania; Jacob, who died in that county; Barbara, who married David Stoner and died in Illinois; Susan, who married Daniel Kuntz and died in Franklin county, Pennsylvania; Christian, who died in Maryland; David, father of our subject; and Betsey, who became Mrs. Prettyman and died in Maryland, David Myers, the father of our subject, was born in Letterkenny township, ship, Franklin 'county, Pennsylvania, December 26, 1826, and received a limited literary education. In early life he followed the shoemaker's trade He was married, on the 9th of August, 1853, to .Miss Mary Elizabeth Fricker, who was born in Amberson's valley, the same county, June 7, 1831, and was three years old when her parents moved to Letterkenny township, where she grew to womanhood. She attended school conducted in a log house, her first teacher being a Mr. Parks, but she disliked study, preferring to remain at home and assist . her mother in the household duties. Her father, Andrew Fricker, was also a native. of Franklin county, Pennsylvania, and a shoemaker by trade. He married Rebecca Faust, who was born in Lurgan township, the same county, a daughter of Philip and Barbara (Rodderbaugh) Faust, and after his marriage located in Amberson's Valley, but later moved to Letterkenny township, where he followed his trade until called from this life in the spring of 1848, at the age of forty-two years. He also engaged in farming to a limited extent, owning a small tract of thirty-four acres of land. His wife survived him about eleven years. In their family   CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY - 397   were four children, namely : Catherine, who married Abraham Shearer and died in Franklin county, Pennsylvania ; Mary Elizabeth, mother of our subject; Crissie, who died young; and Andrew :P., a resident of Delaware county, Ohio. Mrs. Myers' paternal grandfather was Philip Fricker, an only son of Andrew Fricker, a well-to-do farmer and miller, whose farm was in Franklin county, Pennsylvania, and whose mill was just over the line in Bedford county.   Soon after his marriage, in 1853, the father of our subject came to Franklin county, Ohio, and purchased a small tract of land in Truro township, where h.e made his home for five and a half years, and then came to Norwich township, where he purchased over ninety acres, on which stood a log cabin and stable. In 1874 he erected the house that is still standing, and later added forty-five acres to the original purchase. Politically he was first a Whig and later a Democrat, and religiously was a faithful member of the River Brethren church. He died April 23, 1887. His widow then took charge of affairs, and her children operated the farm for her until 1895. The family numbered the following: Margaret; at home; John A., who married Laura Smith, of Franklin county, is a resident of Putnam county,. Ohio; Catherine Naomi, who died in infancy ; Maria T., who died young; David W., our subject; Ezra F., who. married Carrie Rogers and lives at home; Eva Ann, wife of Charles Glazer, of Putnam county; and Benjamin F., who married Anna Miller, also of that county.   On the home farm. David W. Myers passed the days of his boyhood and youth, attending the Milligan school, where he completed his education at the age of twenty-one years. During the summer he assisted in the work of the farm and remained at home until his marriage, in 1887, Miss Annie Burkett becoming his wife. She was born in Prairie township, this county, in 1868, a daughter of Thomas and Malinda (Hawke) Burkett. Three children bless this union, namely : Edna Hazeltine, Flossie Malinda and Norman Lester. Mr. and Mrs. Myers began: their domestic life upon his present farm of forty-five acres, and he has since successfully engaged in general farming. He also owns sixty-one acres just across the road, and has converted his land into a highly improved and well cultivated farm, whose neat and thrifty appearance denoted the industry, enterprise and progressive spirit of the owner. By his ballot Mr. Myers supports the men and measures of the Democratic. party.   ALEXANDER PATTON.   The life of Alexander Patton, who was the mayor of Columbus from 1845 to 1849, connected the pioneer days of that city with the period of active development which immediately' preceded the Civil war.   Mr. Patton was born in Hanover township, Beaver county, Pennsylvania March 27, 1791, and after having served his country in the war of 1812 emigrated to Columbus, Ohio, where he arrived July 17, 1813, and   398 - CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY.   located in a log cabin on the east bank of the Scioto river, just south of where the Ohio penitentiary now stands. The city was at that time practically a wilderness. He had acquired a good: education in the schools Pennsylvania and had familiarized himself with the carpenter's trade, and he and his brother. Michael, who was a member of the first city council elected in Columbus, were contractors and builders and: were prominent in that line until about 1840. They built the public offices for the state on High street, north of the old state-h:ouse, and many .other prominent structures of their time.   Alexander Patton was a justice of the peace. of Montgomery township eight years, and was for a time at the head of the old volunteer fire department of Columbus. He was elected mayor in 1845 and served: ably and honorably in that office for four years. In religious faith he was a Universaliist. He married Miss Nancy Green, of Columbus, and had eleven children, all of whom are dead except M. Gustavus Patton, who is at this time a citizen of the Ohio capital.   ISAAC GRISWOLD.   It is not probable that any of the present residents of Franklin county, Ohio, under-rate the honor that belongs; to its pioneers. The name of Griswold is one of the earliest in the history of the township of Blendon, and in that history the memory of Isaac Griswold will be kept green until the end of time.   Isaac Griswold was born in Windsor, Connecticut, October 27, 1779, and died in Blendon township July 14, 1869, aged nearly ninety years. The Griswold family in America traces its descent to Edward Griswold, born in England in 1607, who came to America in 1639 and settled in Connecticut. Isaac Griswold married Ursula Clark, who was born January 1, 1783, at Windsor, Connecticut, and died April 16, 1854, in Blendon township. Moses Clark, her. father, was a Revolutionary soldier and her mother was a Phelps. Isaac Griswold and Ursula Clark were married in Connecticut and began their married life there. In 1805, in company with Colonel Kilbourne and Edward Phelps, Isaac Griswold made a horseback journey to Ohio and Mr. Phelps and Mr. Griswold located land in Blendon township and returned to Connecticut for their families. They came back in. the spring of 1806, with wagons and „Mr. Griswold. drove three yokes of oxen which drew the members of their household and their belongings. One of the earliest settlers in the township, he became one of the most prominent and useful. He secured two hundred acres of good land which he improved and on which he lived until his death. He saw active service as. a soldier in the war of 1812. In 1824 he secured the establishment of a postoffice at Blendon, as his homestead had become known. The business of the office was transacted in his house and he was postmaster through all administrations until 1864,   CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY - 399   when he was succeeded by his son Cicero P., who had charge of the office until it was abolished a few years ago.   Isaac and Ursula (Clark) Griswold had six children : Isaac M. went to Illinois early in life and died there at the age of thirty-eight years. Edwin B. spent his entire life on his father's farm and died unmarried in 1834, at the age of twenty-eight years. Christiana, born in 1808, was the first white girl horn in Blendon township. She married Thomas Shrock and died in her native township in January, 1887. Fredus N. was born in Blendon township in 1811 and died there in July, 1881. Cicero P. was born in Blendon township in December, 1815. He was a good business man and financier, and. he and his brother Fredus, neither of whom married, carried on farming operations in connection with their father until the latter's death, and afterward managed their own agricultural interests so successfully that they left a large estate and considerable money to their sister Mindwell, the youngest of the family, who now lives on the old family homestead. Mindwell Griswold was born December 19, 1822, and married George B. Clark, a native of Knox county, Ohio. Soon after their marriage they removed to Iowa, where Mr. Clark died February 17, 1852. Mrs. Clark returned to her childhood home, in which she has lived continuously to the present. She bore her husband five children: Louisa is the wife of H. Warren Phelps, a biographical sketch of whom appears elsewhere in these pages. Edwin E., horn in April, 1845, died in October, 1893. George W. is a prominent business man of Ohio. Eunice is, a member of her mother's household, Charles W. is a farmer of Sharon township.   AUSTIN D. BEASLEY, M. D.   In no other country are young men found so prominently at the front in business and professional life as in America. This is undoubtedly due to the fact that the public trust is early reposed in them, so that business judgment is necessarily developed. They learn to form their plans readily and grasp a situation both in detail and general principles and to control it advantageously. In professional life many men not yet in their prime have attained lasting fame. Among the younger representatives of the medical fraternity in Columbus is Dr. A. D. Beasley, who has already gained a creditable position among the followers of the calling.   He was born in Athens county, Ohio, at Amesville, June 6, 1872, and is a son of John J. and Mazeppa (Hill) Beasley. His father,. a native of Ohio, was horn and reared in Athens county and after his marriage settled at Amesville, dealing extensively in live stock, and a high degree of prosperity attended his efforts. Making judicious investments in land he became the owner of valuable property in Athens county, affording him excellent pasturage for his stock. He removed to Columbus in 1899, where he is actively engaged in buying and shipping wool besides paying considerable attention to live stock. He resides at No. 1084 East Main street. His grandfather,