CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 251 CHAPTER VII (RETURN TO THE TITLE PAGE) THE LEARNED PROFESSIONS. BENCH AND BAR. The bench and bar of Columbus to an extent, includes the state. since the court of last resort sits at the Capital, in term or in chambers, continuously. Many brilliant men have graced the bench and dignified the bar. 252 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS No attempt is made to write a detailed history of the bench and bar of the city, as that belongs to the domain of the legal profession itself. The salient and vital points set out in these pages are rather for the general reader than for the profession, albeit the latter will no doubt find it interesting and valuable along lines which the members themselves have not as yet blazed the highway. For reasons that are obvious all the state-wide courts, as well as the territorial court, and the local common pleas, are grouped in this chapter. For approximately a century, and under two constitutions, the supreme court has sat in Columbus, and grown into one of the great legal tribunals of the republic. The Territorial Court.-1787-1803. The members of the territorial court were appointed by the president for the Northwest Territory and were as follows: James M. Varnum, 1787-98; Samuel Holden Parsons, 1787-89; John Cleves Lymmes, 1788-1803; George Turner, 1789-96; Rufus Putnam, 1790-98; Joseph Gilman, 1790-1803; Return Jonathan Meigs, Jr., 1798-1803. Judge Meigs was the last appointed territorial judge, and the first judge named for the state supreme court. On the 1st day of April, 1803. the two houses met in joint session and organized the state judiciary by "appointing" Return Jonathan Meigs, Jr., Samuel Huntington and William Sprigg, supreme judges; Calvin Pease, president judge of the first circuit, Wyllys Silliman, of the second and Francis Dunlavy of the third. The joint body recessed and met again on the 6th day of April, 1803, and elected (appointed) three associate judges for each of the then existing counties, viz: Adams, Joseph Darlington, David Eddey, Hosea Moore. Belmont, David Vance, David Lockwood, James Alexander. Butler, John Greer, James Dunn, John Kitchel. Clermont, John Wood, Ambrose Ransom, Philip Gatch. Columbiana, William Smith, Henry Backman, Robert Simmison. Fairfield, William W. Irwin, Samuel Carpenter, Daniel Vanmeter. Franklin, John Dill, David Jamison, Joseph Foos. Gallia., Robert Safford, Brewster Higby, G. W. Putnam. Greene, Benjamin Whiteman, James Barrett, William Maxwell. Hamilton, Michael Jones, Luke Foster, James Silvers. Jefferson, James Pritchard, Philip Cabell, Jacob Martin. Montgomery, Benjamin Archer, Isaac Spinning, John Ewing. Ross, Reuben Abrams, William Patton, Felix Rennick. Scioto, John Collins, Joseph Lucas, Thomas Leviney. Trumbull, John Walworth, Calvin Austin, Aaron Wheeler. Warren. Jacob DeLowe. William James, Ignatius Brown. Washington, Griffin Green. Dudley Woodbridge. Joseph Bell. Thus the judiciary of Ohio was constituted with three supreme. three president and fifty-one associate judges. It was, so far as may be gathered the mot symmetrical judicial system of its age. There has been no radical CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 253 departures from these lines to this day, further than to strengthen and expand them consonant with the growth of the population and the advance of the times. The terms of all these judges under the first constitution was seven years and they were, as stated, elected by the legislature, and when a vacancy occurred during the recess of that body, the governor filled the vacancy until the assembling of the legislature. The president judges presided over the court of common pleas of each comity: the associate judges of that county sitting with him more in an advisory than in a judicial capacity. During recess they constituted a. county court and discharged such duties as the legislatures prescribed from time to time. The Supreme Judges-1803-1851. Return Jonathan Meigs, Jr., 1803-04 and 1807-08; William Sprigg, 1803-09: Samuel Huntington, 1803-08; Daniel Symmes, 1804-06; George Tod. 18053-10; Thomas Scott, 1809-16; Thomas Morris, 1809-10; William W. Irwin, 1810-15; Ethan Allen Brown, 1810-18 ; Calvin Pease, 1815-22; John McLean, 1816-23; Jessup Nash Couch, 1816-21; Peter Hitchcock, 181933: 1834-41; 1846-51; Jacob Burnet, 1821-26; Charles R. Sherman, 182329: Joshua. Collett, 1829-36; Elijah Hayward, 1830-31; John M. Goodenow, 1830-32: Gustavus Swan, part of 1830; Henry Brush, 1830-31; John C. Wright, 1831-35; Ebenezer Lane, 1831-45: Reuben Wood, 1832-46; Frederick Grimke, 1836-41; Matthew Birchard,, 1842-49; Edward Avery, 1847-50; Rufus P. Spalding, 1849-51; Rufus P. Ranney, part of 1851. Previous to the adoption of the constitution of 1851, there were three and for some years four judges on the supreme bench. Under the latter instrument the number was fixed at five and the tenure at not less than five years, as the legislature should determine. In 1892, the number was raised to six and the tenure extended to six years. In adjusting the tenure to the constitutional amendments confining state elections to the even numbered years, the tenures in individual cases were temporarily extended so that two judges are now chosen every two years. Under the second constitution as amended, there were created a supreme. circuit, common pleas and probate courts, superior courts, police courts and juvenile courts, also exist under its general provisions, with the courts of the Justices of the peace, nearest the great body of the people. As in the first constitution vacancies in the judgeship are filled by the governor until the next general election. Supreme Judges Under Second Constitution-1851-1909. 1852-54, William B. Caldwell; 1852-56. Rufus P. Ranney, and again from 1862-65; 1852-54, John A. Corwin ; 1852-56, Allen G. Thurman ; 1852-59. Thomas W. Bartley ; 1854-55. Robert B. Warden ; 1854-56, William Kennon, Sr.; 1854-59. Joseph R. Swan; 1856-71. Jacob Brinkerhoff; 254 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS during 1856, Charles C. Convers; 1856-58, Ozias Bowen; 18515-72, Josiah Scott; 1858-63, Milton Sutliff : 1859-64, William V. Peck ; 1859-63, William Y. Gholson; 1859-63, Horace Wilder; 1864-83. William White: 1865-75, Luther Day; 1865-78, John Welch ; 1871-86, George Mcllvaine : 18742-78 William H. West ; 1873-74, Walter F. Stone; 1874-77, George Rex; 1875-S0. William J. Gilmore; 1877-81, W. W. Boynton ; 1878-85, John W. Okey 1880-86, William W. Johnson; 1881-83, Nicholas Longworth: during 1883, John H. Doyle: during 1883, William H. Upson; 1883-87. Martin D. Follett : during 1885, Gibson Atherton : 1885-1913 (inc.), William T. Spear: 1886-1902, Thaddeus A. Minshall; 1886-95. Franklin J. Dickman: 18871902. Marshall J. Williams: 1889-1900. Joseph P. Bradhury: 1892-1904. Jacob F. Burket: 1894-1909, John A. Shauck (inc.) : 1900-13. William Z. Davis (inc.) : 1901-09, J. L. Price (inc).: 1902-11. William B. Crew (inc.) 1903-11. A. N. Summers (inc.). Judges Spear, Shauck, Davis. Price, Crew and Summers are incumbent January 1, 1909. Shauck and Price reelected in 1908. term of six years each beginning in 1909. Supreme Court Commissions. In 1876-79 and in 1883-85 there were two supreme court commissions created by the legislature to aid the court in the dispatch of business. They were, in other words temporary branches of the supreme tribunal. Including the filling of vacancies there were the following judges in the first commission : Josiah Scott, D. Thew Wright, Henry C. Whitman, Thomas Q. Ashburn, William W. Johnson and Luther Day in the first, and doses M. Granger. Franklin J. Dickman, John A. McCauley. George K. Nash and Charles D. Martin in the second commission. Attorneys General-1846-1909. The office of attorney general was created by the act of February 6, 1846. Until 1851, the attorney general was chosen by the legislature: since that date elected by the people. The following persons have filled the office from and to the years designated. Henry Stanberry, 1846-51; Joseph McCormick, 1851-52; George E. Pugh, 1852-54; George W. McCook, 1854-56; Francis D. Kimball, 1856-57: C. P. Wolcutt, 1857-61; James Murray. 1861-63; Lyman R. Critchfield, 1863-65; W. P. Richardson, 1865 (part) ; Chauncey N. Olds, 1865-66: William H. West, 1866-70; Francis B. Pond, 1870-74; John Little, 1874-78; Isaiah Pillars, 1878-80; George K. Nash, 1880-83; D. A. Hollingsworth, 1883-84; James Lawrence, 1884-86; Jacob A. Kohler, 1886-88: David K. Watson, 1888-92; John K. Richards. 1892-96; Frank S. Monnett, 1896-1900: J. M. Sheets, 1900-04; Wade H. Ellis. 1904-09 (incumbent) : Ulysses G. Denman, term beginning 1909. PAGE 255 - ST. FRANCIS HOSPITAL AND STARLING MEDICAL COLLEGE AND OHIO SUPREME COURT IN SITTING PAGE 256 - BLANK CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 257 Clerks of the Supreme Court. (Elected.) Previous to 1866 the clerk of the courts of Franklin County officiated as clerk of the supreme court. 1866-75, Rodney Foos; 1875-78, Arnold Green; 1878-81, Richard J. Fanning; 1881-84, Dwight Crowell; 1884-87, J. W. Cruikshank; 1887-93, Urban H. Hester; 1894-01, Josiah B. Allen; 1901-08, Lawson E. Emerson, resigned, and 1908-09, J. W. Obermeyre filled vacancy; 1909, John S. McNutt. The President Judges. Under the constitution of 1802, the president. judges, corresponding substantially with the present common pleas judges, were elected or "appointed," by the legislature, for terms of seven years each. The state was originally divided into three circuits composed of several counties, with one presiding judge for each. Year after year, as population increased, new settlements formed and new counties were erected, the number of circuits increased until they reached twenty-one. The following were the president judges, who presided over the court of common pleas of Franklin county, many, in fact most of them, being residents of other counties, between the years 1803 and 1851: Wyllys Silliman, 1803; Levin Belt, 1804-07; Robert Slaughter, 1805; William Wilson, 1810 ; John Thompson, 1812; Orris Parish, 1816; Frederick Grimke, 1817-30; John A. McDowell, 1820; Gustavus Swan, 1823; Joseph R. Swan. 1834-41; J. L. Torbert, 1848-51. The Common Pleas Judges. Under the present constitution the judges of the court of common pleas are elected by the people for terms of six, formerly five years each. The following have sat on the bench, the figures showing the year or years of their election. James L. Bates, 1852-57-61; Joseph Olds. 1868-73; Edward F. Bingham. 1873-83: Eli P. Evans, 1878-93-98-1903; George Lincoln. 1880-85; Hawley J. Wylie, 1881-86; Thomas J. Duncan. 1887-92-97; David F. Pugh, 1893-98; Isaac N. Abernathy, 1890-95-7 DeWitt C. Badger, 1893-98-1903; Thomas M. Bigger, 1897-1902-09 (incumbent) ; Curtis C. Williams, 18981903. The present incumbents, in addition to Thomas M. Bigger, who fills the constitutional judgeship, are E. B. Dillon, Frank Rathmell and Marcus G. Evans. Dillon, Rathmell and Evans re-elected 1908 and E. B. Kinkead elected additional judge, their terms beginning in 1909. Associate Judges. Under the constitution of 1802. there were three resident judges elected by the legislature in each county, who, with the president judge. constituted the court. The associate or lay judges were not necessarily trained lawyers, and, in fact. but few of them were lawyers when chosen to the judiciary. 258 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS Following are the associate judges for Franklin county, the date of their election or appointment following the name John Dill, 1803; David Jamison, 1803; Joseph Foos, 1803; William Thompson, 1808; Isaac Miner, 1809; Robert Shannon, 1810; William Reed, 1810-1815; Alexander Morrison, Jr., 1810; Arthur O'Harra, 1814; Samuel G. Flenniken, 1817-24-31-38; David Smith, 1817; Recompence Stansberry, 1819; Abner Lord, 1820; Edward Livingston, 1822; John Kerr, 1822; Thomas Johnston, 1823; Aurora Buttles, 1824-31; William Mcllvain, 182937; Adam Reed, 1836; Christian Heyl, 1838-45; James Dalzell, 1843; John A. Lazell. 1844; John Landis, 1845; William T. Martin, 1851. Clerks of the Court. 1803-10, Lucas Sullivant; 1810-15, Lyne Starling; 1815-36, Abram I. McDowell: 1836-38, Elijah Backus; 1838-46, Lyne Starling, Jr.: 1846-52, Lewis Heyl, 1852-54, Kendall Thomas ; 1852-54, Albert Battles; 1854-57, John L. Bryan; 1857-59, James H. Smith, died 1860; D. W. Brook appointed, 1862; 1862-68, Thomas S. Shepherd ; 1868-71, Casper Lowerstein ; 1871-77, James S. Abbott; 1877-80-83, Harvey Cashatt, died 1883, John Joyce appointed to vacancy; 1883-89, John Joyce ; 1890, Theodore Beck, died February 4, -, William H. Simonton appointed to vacancy; William H. Simonton elected clerk 1890-94. 1894-1900, Charles Galloway; 1900-04, J. W. McCafferty; 1904, Howard C. Park, reelected in 1908; term beginning in 1909. Probate Judges. This office was created under the second constitution, the incumbents made elective and the term fixed at three years. Under present statutes it was extended one year. The incumbents have been 1852, William R. Rankin ; 1855, William Jamison ; 1858-61, Herman B. Alberry; 1863-79, John M. Pugh; 1879-85, John T. Gale; 1885-91, Charles G. Saffin; 1891-97, Lorenzo D. Hagerty; 1897-1903, Tod B. Galloway; 1903-08, Samuel L. Black, elected a third time in 1908. Prosecuting Attorneys. Prior to 1833, the prosecuting attorneys were appointed for indeterminate periods by the court. The following were appointed at the dates indicated 1805. Reuben Bonaui ; 1810, John S. Wills ; 1812, David Scott ; 1819, John A. McDowell; 1820, Thomas Backus; 1821, John R. Parish; 1830, Joseph R. Swan. Elected, Two-Year Terms. 1833. Joseph R. Swan ; 1834, P. B. Wilcox; 1836, Moses H. Kirby ; 1838-42, William W. Backus; 1842-44, Lewis Heyl, resigned near close of CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 259 his second term; 1846, L. H. Webster; 1848, Thomas Sparrow; 1850-54, Benjamin F. Martin; 1854, George L. Converse; 1856-62, J. O. Reamy; 1862-68, Milton H. Mann ; 1868-70, Edward T. DeLaney ; 1870-74, George K. Nash; 1874-78, Joseph H. Outhwaite; 1878-82, William J. Clarke; term extended to three years at this period. 1882, Robert B. Montgomery; 188591, Cyrus Huling; 1891-94, Curtis C. Williams; 1894-97, J. H. Dyer; 189798, Charles W. Vorhees (deceased), 1898, Albert Lee Thurman appointed to vacancy; 1898-1901, Edward L. Taylor, Jr., resigned 1901 and Augustus Seymour served out vacancy ; 1903-09, Carl Webber. Reelected in 1908, term begins 1909. Sheriffs. The sheriffs were "'constitutional" officers, from the first, and were, like the governors and legislators, elected by the people for a term of two years. The incumbents have been 1803, Benjamin White appointed until the election could be held, and then Elected, 1803-05, Adam Hosack; 1807-09, E. N. Delashmutt; 1811-13, Samuel Shannon; 1815-17, Francis Stewart; 1819-21, John McIlvain; 182325, Robert Brotherton ; 1827-29, John Mcllvain ; 1829-31, Robert Brotherton ; 1833-35. Andrew Mcllvain; 1837-39, John Graham; 1841-43, William Domigan ; 1845-47, John Graham ; 1849-51, John Greenleaf ; 1853, Thomas hiller; 1854, William Miner; 1855-56. Silas W. Park; 1857-61, William Domigan : 1867-69, George H. Earnhart; 1869-73, Samuel Thompson; 1873-77. William E. Horn; 1877-79, Josiah Kinnear; 1879-81, John U. Richenbacher; 1881-85, Louis Heinmiller; 1885-87, William H. Barbee; 1887-91, Brice W. Custer; 1891-95, James Ross;, 1895-97, Wheeler J. Young; 1899-1903. Charles A. Pearce; 1903-09, George J. Karb; 1909-11, Albert. E. Sartain. The Franklin County Bar Association. The Franklin County Bar Association was organized on the 20th day of April 1869, by the adoption of a constitution, which had been prepared by Messrs. Otto Dressel, Henry C. Noble, George L. Converse, L. J. Critchfield. C. N. Olds, Llewellyn Baber, William R. Rankin and Thomas Sparrow. comprising a committee appointed for that purpose. The following named attorneys were present and signed the constitution upon which they had unanimously agreed Alberry. Herman H. English, Lorenzo. Sparrow, Thomas. Andrews. S. W. Galloway, Samuel. Shields, R. Atkinson. G. J. Geiger, Joseph H. Stage, B. F. Baber. Llewellyn. Graham, A. W. Taylor, Edward L. Baldwin, J. W. Groom. John C. Taylor, Henry C. Bates, James L. Holmes, J. T. Taylor, Stacey. Bingham. E. F. Hutcheson, R. Thurman, Allen G. 260 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS Brasee, Morton E. McGuffey, John G. Thurman, Thomas C. Briggs, E. Clay. McCracken, George W. Wasson, G. W. Bull, James G. Mann, Col. T. Watson, James . Burnett, John. Martin, B. F. Wilcox, James. Castle, G. F. Meeker, George W. Wilson, Horace. Chittenden, H. C. Mitchell, John G. Wilson, H. B. Collins, G. G. Nash, George K. Woodruff, R. P. Converse, George L. Noble, Henry C. Wright, James E. Critchfield, L. J. Olds, Chauncey N. Wright, Lucius C. DeWitt, E. L. Rankin, W. R. Wykoff, A. T. Dressel, Otto. Richards, J. C. Wylie, Hawley J. The following constitute the list of honorary members to date: lion. Associate Justice Supreme Court of the United States, Noah H. Swayne: ExChief Justice of the Supreme -Court of Ohio, J. R. Swan ; Hon. Judge John L. Green, Judge of the Court of Common Pleas; Hon. William Dennison. Jr., Governor of Ohio and Postmaster General; Hon. George M. Parson. a Pioneer Practitioner at the Franklin County Bar; Hon. Eli P. Evans. Judge of the Court of Common Pleas; Hon. E. F. Bingham, Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, later Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia; and Hon. George Lincoln, Judge of the Court of Common Pleas. Without affecting a permanent organization the temporary organization with James E. Wright, chairman, and George K. Nash, secretary. adjourned from June 3, 1869, to July 1, 1869, for the purpose of effecting a permanent organization. On that day Judge J. W. Baldwin was elected president, Judge H. B. Alberry was elected vice president, George K. Nash, secretary and James Watson, treasurer. Executive committee, Henry C. Noble. Otto Dressel, C. N. Olds. Trustees, John D. Burnett, Llewellyn Baber. Morton C. Brasee, J. T. Holmes, John G. Mitchell. The object of the association, as set forth in the first article of the constitution was "The Association shall be called The Franklin County Bar Association. Its object shall be to promote harmony, good feeling and closer union among the members of the bar; to maintain professional honor and dignity: to encourage the highest attainments in legal knowledge, and to promote generally the professional interests of its members." The following is, in the order of their enrollment a complete list of the members of the association, from the 1st day of July. 1839, to date, under the second article of the constitution, and in addition to the original members as above as furnished by the secretary John D. Sullivan Edward E. Cole Henry C. Kronenbitter T. P. Linn Bryan Collins John G. Dun. Jr. Percy A. Wilson G. J. Marriott Alexander W. Krumm Walter B. Page Gilbert H. Stewart James Caren J. T. Rogers W. T. Wallace E. E. Corwin S. P. Mulford R. H. Platt James M. Loren A. L. Ralston Charles Tappan Charles G. Saffin F. W. Wood J. H. Heitmann Paul Jones PAGE 261 - NEIL HOUSE, CAPITOL, SQUARE ARE THE GREAT SOUTHERN HOTEL, SOUTH HIGH AND MAIN PAGE 262 - BLANK CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 263 H. M. Butler C. M. Rogers A. E. Creighton M. A. Daugherty H. L. Jones Charles G. Lord Luke G. Byrne M. D. Phillips George B. Okey F. F. D. Alberry J. H. Vercoe J. H. Bayes William J. Clarke R. K. Cotton Henry N. Galloway Joseph M. Lowe C. T. Clark A. B. Norton Luke Clarke John F. McFadden L. L. Rankin Charles H. Lander Chas. A. Miller Frank C. Hubbard Charles E. Burr, Jr. James A. Miles G. A. Fairbanks S. Hambleton W. O. Henderson Cyrus Ruling Thomas J. Duncan George C. Evans Michael O'Neill, Jr. Joseph H. Outhwaite Thomas H. Ricketts Frank Rathmell George D. Jones George L. Artz Thomas E. Steele George S. Peters J. V. Lee C. C. Williams John M.. Pugh D. C. Welling E. W. Brinker W. E. Guerin S. F. Marsh Edmund Smith Jason W. Firestone David K. Watson Edward N. Huggins Joseph Olds R. A. Harrison Theo. M. Lindsay Frank T. Cole W. N. Tuller Joseph H. Dyer H. J. Booth Robert B. Montgomery M. M. Hackett DeWitt C. Jones Frank F. Rankin M. E. Thrailkill C. O. Hunter Ira H. Crum E. O. Ricketts T. J. Keating William H. Stewart Edmund E. Tanner R. B. Smith Edward J. Dowdall John F. Fergus Richard T. Clarke H. B. Arnold J. E. Charles P. S. Lowry Edgar W. Weinland Charles Wardlow Ralph E. Westfall Ivor Hughes G. E. Trump W. L. VanSickle Florizel Smith Fred C. Rector J. L. Davies George E. Bibber Elmer E. Murphy E. M. Helwagen M. L. Boyd George W. Carpenter Charles W. Voorhees W. A. Garst Perry A. Roach Cambell M. Vorhees Nathan Gumble Frank F. Hoffman James H. Anderson Henry Gumble Charles F. Pryor Frank M. Raymund Lewis G. Addison O. C. Macy James Marion Butler Oscar E. Halterman Theo. Weyant J. L. Bachman L. F. Sater Charles S. M. Krumm Edward B. Thomas Charles S. Cherrington G. H. Bargar C. D. Saviers Hiram S. Bronson F. H. Schoedinger Charles Aubert R. S. Swepston Lincoln Fritter Henry A. Williams Frank A. Davis T. H. Hennessey John H. Arnold James T. Holmes, Jr. John F. Carlisle Daniel H. Sowers John W. Mooney Claude L. Brewer Theodore Leonard Lyman H. Innis J. A. Godown Jesse W. Snider Dora. Sandoe Muchman Fred S. Hatch Edward B. McCarter H. J. Ossing C. T. Warner W. M. Thompson J. C. Nicholson Eugene Morgan E. B. Dillon N. W. Dick Edward T. Powell 264 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS S. C. Jones George W. Rhodes J. E. Todd J. S. Walker E. C. Irvine James A. Allen E. M. Baldridge Jerry Dennis Edward L. Pease George S. Marshall William T. McClure Gilbert H. Stewart, Jr. J. Guy Atkinson Harry H. McMahon J. F. Bertsch O. W. Aldrich C. E. Blue Frank S. Walker Marcus G. Evans Franklin Rubrecht Carl G. Jahn John Morrisey George O. Canaga John W. Chapin John J. Lentz Ulric Sloane J. E. Sater J. M. Sheets Edward C. Turner David T. Keating B. L. Bargar Stephen A. Sharp Emmett Tompkins L. Benton Tussing H C. Moore Joseph F. Hays Charles E. Carter Byron Stillwell O. H Mosier Samuel L. Black Samuel G. Osborn John T. Ward Herbert E. Bradley A. L. Thurman Fred N. Sinks William H. Innis Armor W. Sharp Dwight Harrison William V. Baker Clayton A. McCleary Charles J. Pretzman Bert F. Null David Ramsey Reed W. Game David Clotts T. H. Smith D. N. Postlewaite William O. Mahoney B. G. Watson John R. Horst E. H. Archer Erastus G. Lloyd William Harvey Jones THE MEDICAL PROFESSION. For many years, in fact throughout its entire history, Columbus has been noted for the ability of its physicians and the high standing of the great majority of its practitioners in an ethical point of view as well as in all others. The Columbus Academy of Medicine. Previous to the organization of this academy there was in existence a Central Ohio Medical Society, largely but not absolutely local to Columbus and preceding that there had been two or three short-lived associations of physicians. On the 4th of April, 1892, in the office of Dr. H. P. Allen, 73 East State street, the Columbus Academy of Medicine was organized. On motion of Dr. T. W. Rankin, Dr. C. F. Clark was elected temporary chairman and Dr. J. C. Graham, secretary. Dr. Kinsman stated the purpose of the organization to be medical advancement and fraternal good will among the members. An adjournment was taken to April 8th and at that meeting the following officers were elected President, Dr. D. N. Kinsman; .vice president, Dr. T. W. Rankin ; secretary. Dr. J. C. Graham ; treasurer, Dr. F. W. Blake; board of censors, Drs. T. C. Hoover. H. W. Whitaker, H. P. Allen, Frank Warner and J. B. Schueller. At this meeting scientific discussion ensued, participated in by Drs. J. F. Baldwin, J. M. Dunham. R. Wirth. D. Tod Gilliam, T. W. Rankin, T. C. Hoover and others. CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 265 From the first meeting and organization the academy has grown in numbers, importance and good results. The member hip is now approximately two hundred and fifty and regularly receiving accessions. There are about one hundred and fifty physicians in the city who are not members of the academy. The following distinguished members of the profession have been presidents: 1892, Dr. D. N. Kinsman ; 1893, Dr. T. W. Rankin ; 1894, Dr. H. P. Allen ; 1895, Dr. A. B. Richardson ; 1896, Dr. J. E. Brown ; 1897, Dr. D. L. Moore; 1898, Dr. Frank Warner; 1899, Dr. C. S. Hamilton; 1.900, Dr. Andrew Timberman; 1901-2, Dr. J. C. Lawrence; 1903, Dr. F. W. Blake; 1904, Dr. J. 11. Waters ; 1905, Dr. F. F. Lawrence ; 1906, Dr. J. U. Barnhill ; 1907, Dr. W. D. Deuschle. Dr. Wells Reachnor is the present president and Dr. Charles J. Shepard, the efficient secretary. Starling-Ohio Medical College. There were formerly two medical colleges, both high class institutions, in Columbus, but they are now united as the Starling-Ohio. In 1846, Willoughby Medical College, located at Willoughby, Lake county, Ohio, was removed to Columbus, with a reorganization of its board of trustees. Under that organization one course of lectures was delivered in this city, and then the institution abandoned. During this term, Lyne Starling, one of the original proprietors of the site of Columbus, executed a deed of trust, December 18. 1847, to trustees, of thirty thousand dollars, to be paid in installments for the purchase of a lot and the erection of suitable buildings thereon for a medical college, and the establishment of a hospital in connection therewith. The trustees named in this bequest were William S. Sullivant, John W. Andrews. Robert W. 'McCoy. Joseph R. Swan, Francis Carter, Samuel M. Smith and John Butterfield. The trustees, on the 2d of .January, 1848, met and accepted the trust. Mr. Starling then increased his generous donation five thousand dollars more, making it thirty-five thousand dollars. Upon application to the legislature, Starling Medical College, to be located at the state capital, was chartered by a Special act, passed January 28, 1848. The board of trustees organized under the charter electing William S. Sullivant, president, R. W. McCoy, treasurer, and Francis Carter, secretary. The following gentlemen were chosen. January 29, 1848, members of the faculty: Henry S. Childs, M. D.: John Butterfield, M. D.; Richard L. Howard, M. D.; Jesse P. Judkins, M. D.: Samuel M. Smith M. D.; Frederick Merrick, A. M.; and Francis Carter. M. D. During the first year the number of students was one hundred and sixty, and the degree of M. P. was conferred on thirty-two persons, and honorary degrees on six. The Mergement. The Starling-Ohio Medical College is the result of a mergement of the Starling Medical College, well known for sixty years to the profession 266 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS of this country, and the Ohio Medical University, a school of fewer years but widely recognized as a prosperous college. Both institutions have a record of keeping pace with advancement along the line of a higher standard in medical education. Such union had been contemplated for sometime and is now accomplished. By combining the teaching forces and clinical facilities of the two schools a stronger institution has been made than either could hope to become as an independent organization. What one lacks the other supplies, and the union makes possible a college of which the alumni of both schools may be proud and in which the profession will have confidence. Columbus A Medical Center. Columbus has long been known as a medical center of no mean rating, and it is proposed by the united efforts of many of her best medical men to not only maintain such reputation but make her name even greater. That this can be done is not questioned, since no city in the middle west has men more experienced or better known for their capabilities as teacher- of medicine. The capital city offers many advantages to the medical student other than those purely technical. Here is located Ohio's largest educational institution, the State University, with its two thousand students, its numerous departments, laboratories, museums, and libraries, furnishing an atmosphere of study and investigation valuable to the student in any line. We find in the city also the state schools for the education of its unfortunates the School for the Blind, for the Deaf and Dumb, and for Feeble Minded Youth. In addition there are the Columbus State Hospital for the Insane and the Ohio Penitentiary. These five latter institutions give many opportunities for observation and study in lines closely related to, if not identical with, those of the medical profession. Facilities for Instruction. Facilities for clinical, didactic and laboratory work, as provided for by the Starling-Ohio Medical College, are of the first order and in many ways superior to those more pretentious institutions. The teaching force is ample to carry out section work to a point of satisfaction never before attained in either college. The advantages of small classes can not be here enumerated, but one alone, the intimate acquaintance of the teacher with the special needs of individuals of his class, is sufficient to commend the plan to those who desire thorough work. Government of the College. The Starling-Ohio Medical College is governed by a board of twelve trustees, and its officers. Of this board W. O. Thompson is president. Dr. Thompson is known far and wide as an educator, and as president of Ohio State University. C. S. Hamilton. M. D., is chancellor. Dr. Hamilton was CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 267 formerly dean of Starling Medical College and professor of surgery. W. R. Lazenby, secretary of the board, is professor of horticulture in the State University. W. J. Means, M. D., is treasurer. Dr. Means was treasurer of the Ohio Medical University and professor of surgery. W. M. Mutchmore, registrar. Mr. Mutchmore has for years been registrar of the Ohio 'Medical University. Other members of the board are as follows : Frank Windex, M. D., formerly professor of therapeutics in Starling College ; Thomas C. Hoover, M. D., formerly professor of surgery in Starling Medical College ; J. E. Brown, M.D., formerly professor of otology and rhino-laryngology in the Ohio Medical University ; C. F. Clark, M. D., formerly professor of ophthalmology in Starling Medical College; Andrew Timberman, M. D., formerly professor of ophthalmology in Ohio Medical University; Hon. H. J. Booth, attorney ; E. B. Kinkead, attorney and professor of law in Ohio State University ; Hon. F. J. Heer, formerly president of the board of trustees of the Ohio Medical University. The Central Ohio Medical Society. In August, 1868, a preliminary meeting, looking to the formation of a medical society in central Ohio, was held in the office of Dr. John McClurg, of Westerville, by Drs. Landon, Page, Neil, Beverly, Durant, Andrus, Garen, McClurg and that permanent organization was affected at Westerville, June 14, 1869, at which time the following officers were elected: President, Dr. C. P. London: vice president, Dr. W. F. Page ; secretary, Dr. P. F. Beverly; treasurer, Dr. John McClurg; censor,, Drs. A. Andrus. Alex. Neil and 0. Johnson. Drs. Page, Beverly and Follett drafted the constitution and by-laws. More than two hundred physicians have enjoyed membership in the society. The following served as presidents : Drs. C. P. Landon, W. F. Page, N. Gay. John Little. P. F. Beverly, J. D. Nourse, M. T. Wagenhals, A. Follett, H. Hendrixson, Z. F. Guerin, J. N. Beach, L. Woodruff, J. T. Mills, E. B. Pratt. W. S. Pinkerton, O. Johnson. Toland Jones, T. W. Jones, G. S. Stein, J. F. Baldwin, R. Wirth, F. F. Lawrence, Alice Johnson, and R. H. Henry. The following have served as secretaries : Drs. P. F. Beverly, O. Johnson. J. F. Barnhill, J. F. M. Heeter, G. M. Clouse, and E. M. Hatton. The meetings which were first quarterly were soon changed to monthly. and held at different towns throughout central Ohio. The society enjoyed an active life for twenty-seven years, the last meeting being held November 5. 1896. THE NEWSPAPER PROFESSION. In dealing with the newspaper profession in Columbus, no attempt will be made, first because it is impracticable, and second because it would be unprofitable, to deal, even cyclopedically, save with those varied publications which were printed for the dissemination of general news, and of that class, only those which have survived the most of the. century. or are now in active life. 268 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS There are but two Columbus newspapers of the present day which can lay any genealogical claim upon the antiquity of the morning of the nineteenth century, namely the Ohio State Journal and the Columbus Press Post. and both their claims are valid and provable. The State Journal dates from 1811; the Press Post from 1812, although the latter does not claim to go back further than the Monitor, the third newspaper to be launched in Franklin county, in 1816, whereas, it goes back through the inheritance of good will, to the Freeman's Chronicle of 1812. The Freeman's Chronicle was founder in 1812 by James B. Gardner at the request of Governor Meigs, to encourage the people of Ohio to support the state and national administration, in the war of 1812, the whole line of federal papers in the state endeavoring to discourage them with bitter and often scurrilous flings at the administrative policy of Presidents Monroe and Madison and Governor Return Jonathan Meigs, Jr. After the war closed, the Freeman's Chronicle, which had led a brilliant and precarious life, gave up the ghost and its spirit and good will were inherited by the Monitor, and from that point the descent to the Press Post is clear, though somewhat varied. The State Journal goes back to the Western Intelligencer, the publication of which was begun in 1811 by that grand old pioneer, Col. and Rev. James Kilbourne, at Worthington, which was then the emporium of the upper Scioto valley. The Ohio State Journal. The Journal dates back to the first paper issued in the county in 1811 and the Press Post to the first paper published in Columbus in 1812. There being only a twelve-month difference between their ages, they will no doubt be able in 2011 to reconcile the difference and claim that they are twin. Columbus was celebrated for almost three quarters of a century as the newspaper graveyard, and the solemn work of the undertaker does not seem to be entirely closed out. The State Journal was, after its first change, "The Western Intelligencer and Columbus Gazette." Then the Ohio State Journal and Register in 1838, having absorbed its rival, the Register, and finally in 1839 assuming the name "The Ohio State Journal," which, with an occasional suffix, when a rival was absorbed, has been maintained since. The Columbus Press Post. The Freeman's Chronicle became, in 1812, the progenitor of the PressPost, its subscription list passing to the Ohio 'Monitor, in 1816, after its suspension in 1814-15. The Monitor merged with the Hemisphere in 1836, and after two or three further absorptions, it became the Ohio Statesman and the democratic exponent, under the management of Government Samuel Medary and hi brother Jacob Medary, and continued as such until 1872, when it was sold to Dodd & Linton, and the Daily Statesman was merged with the new Daily Dispatch, and the weekly and Sunday Ohio Statesman were continued and PAGE 269 - A VISTA IN NEIL AVENUE AND A VISTA IN EAST BROAD STREET PAGE 270 - BLANK CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 271 carried the Ark of the Covenant of Democracy over and delivered it to the Columbus Times-Democrat, under John G. Thompson, S. K. Donivan and Captain J. H. Putnam, along in the early '80s, and then the Times was absorbed by the Press, and the Press-Times by the Post, the final transmutation being the Press-Post of today, "which like good wine needs no bush." Thus two of the four daily English papers of today, in Columbus are trek,-d back to the era of the old Washington hand press, or mayhap its progenitor, and the hand roller and its ancestor. The Columbus Evening Dispatch. The Dispatch was the outcome of a venture by a number of printers and newspaper men, viz.: Samuel Bradford Willoughby, W. Webb, William Trevitt, Jr., T. McMahon, James O'Donnell, John M. Webb, Joseph S. B. Given. P. C. Johnson, L. P. Stephens and C. M. Morris, who incorporated a ten thousand dollar company. In May, 1872, the Dispatch began a weekly issue. In July following the Daily Statesman was merged with the Dispatch and it became a daily. Later on William D. Brickell and L. D. Myers acquired the Dispatch, and the work of pushing it to the front was begun, and has, not yet ceased. Eventually Mr. William D. Brickell acquired the entire property and made great improvements, establishing the Sunday issue. Mr. Brickell disposed, at a later date, of an interest to Honorable Joseph J. Gill and probably a further interest to Harry Alexander, and then at a still later date, the whole passed to the present owners of the property, who show no lack of enterprise and push in the newspaper field. The Columbus Citizen. The Columbus Citizen was founded by Mr. George W. Dun in 1898. The venture was backed by a small amount of capital and a big section of that faith which removes mountains. It is said to have made its way from the start, and this is probably the fact. After conducting the Citizen successfully for a number of years, Mr. Dun parted with a large amount of his interest in it and finally the entire establishment was taken over by the Scripps McCrea League of Newspapers. Among the other general news bearing papers in the city are the following: German Weeklies and Dailies. Der Columbus Daily Courier, No. 346 S. High street; The Weekly Columbus Express, 246 S. High street; The Daily Express and Westbote, 246 S,. High street; Der Semi-Weekly Westbote, 246 S. High street. There are in addition to these, between thirty and forty newspapers and periodicals, in addition in the city and suburbs, devoted to special lines and special interests, as well as literary cultivation and moral teachings. 272 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS Among the Crypts. Among the newspapers that were, but are not. may be mentioned in chronological order thus: Franklin Chronicle, 1819 ; Ohio State Bulletin, 1829; Columbus Sentinel, 1835; Ohio Register and Anti-Masonic Review, 1832; Western Hemisphere, 1832; The People's Press,, 1836; The Ohio Confederate, 183,9; Old School Republican, 1841; The Cross and Journal. 1838; The Capital City Fact, 1850; The Ohio Press, 1847; The Ohio Cultivator, 1845; The Ohio Standard, 1845, and revived in 1850; The Ohio Columbian, 1855; The Ohio Tribune, 1840; The Columbus Elevator, 1855; The Columbus Gazette, 1856. Among the short-lived publications between 1845 and 1855 were the National Enquirer, The Electric. The Thompsonian Recorder, The Independent Press, Budget of Fun, Straight-out Harrisonian, The Tornado, The Auger, The Ohio Freeman, Columbus Herald. Ohio Intelligencer, Ohio Democrat, The Westbote, (German) still in existence, established in 1843. Between 1860 and the present date there were many brief and brilliant newspaper careers among which may be named the Columbus Gazette. Sunday Morning News, which lived a score of years, however, the Columbus Bulletin, Columbus Sentinel, Capital Events, Columbus Review, Sunday Capital, Daily Courier, Sunday Globe, Saturday Critic, Democratic Call and last and most notable of all, the Ohio Sun, supplied with all modern equipments and which issued a creditable daily and Sunday issue for nearly two years. suspending in 1908. The chronology of the three learned professions, treated in this chapter. is in strict accord with Luke 13:30. 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