BIOGRAPHICAL (RETURN TO THE TITLE PAGE) RICHARD A. HARRISON. Richard A. Harrison, deceased, was a member of the Ohio legislature during the formative period of the state, a member of congress during the dark days of the Civil war and declined appointment to the supreme court of the state that he might give his attention to the practice of law, regarding the pursuits of private life as abundantly worthy his best efforts. In the field of constitutional law he gained marked distinction and is numbered among those who have won for the state the high reputation which Ohio has always enjoyed by reason of the preeminent ability of those who have framed her judicial history. The life record of Richard A. Harrison began in the city Thirsk, Yorkshire, England, April 8, 1824. He was a. son of Robert Harrison, who was not only a good mechanic but a man of intellectual prowess and sterling character, who became a local minister of the Methodist church. He wedded Mary Almgill, of Yorkshire, and in 1832 the parents removed with their family from England to America., influenced in this step by a son who had preceded them to the new world. The family home was established in Waynesville, Warren county, Ohio, but soon afterward they went to Springfield. Clark county, where Richard A. Harrison, the youngest of nine children, was reared. He was but eight. years of age when he became a resident of Ohio and the opportunities of his youth were limited by the financial circumstances of the family that made him dependent upon his own resources for a living from an early age. Desirous, however, to obtain an education, he eagerly embraced the advantages offered in the public s schools, continued his studies in the high school of Springfield, Ohio, and then started out to fight life's battles equipped with the strong purpose of winning success if it could be attained through persistence and honorable purpose Even before this time he had served as "devil" in a printing office, and when twelve years of age he secured employment in the office of the Springfield Republican, of which John M. Gallagher, at one time speaker of the Ohio house of representatives, was then editor. This was a fortunate association for Mr. Harrison. for Mr. Gallagher was a man of wide 465 466 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS erudition and his paper was the influential Whig organ of the state. He not only mastered the mechanics of the office but also constantly gained in that knowledge which comes through investigation into the subjects that are continually under discussion as matters of public moment in a printing office. This service also brought to him a broad vocabulary and prompted his analyzation of the meaning of words, so that in latter years his use of English became one of the conspicuous traits in his successful law practice. He not only had the ability to impress upon the court the salient points of his cause but also to make his every fine gradation of meaning clearly understood. Leaving the printing office, it was Mr. Harrison's determination to prepare for the bar, and his preliminary reading was done under the direction of William A. Rogers, one of the eminent representatives of the legal profession in Ohio, whose office he entered in the year 1844. He was a fellow student there of William White, who later served for ten years as common pleas judge of Ohio, for twenty years as one of the supreme judges of Ohio, while at the time of his death he was on the bench of the United States district court. After reading law for eighteen months Mr. Harrison matriculated in the Cincinnati Law School, the first institution of this character west of the Alleghenies, and there benefited by the instruction of William S. Groesbeck, Charles Telford and other eminent lawyers of that day. He was graduated in the spring of 1846 and without further examination was admitted to the bar on his twenty-second birthday, April 8, 1846, at London, Ohio, by Judges Hitchcock and Wood of the supreme bench. Mr. Harrison located for the practice of law in London, Ohio, and made continuous progress in his profession, being recognized for many years as one of the eminent lawyers who practiced in the Ohio courts. He held and merited a place among the representative legal practitioners of the state and the story of his life, while not dramatic in action, is such that offers a typical example of that alert American spirit which has enabled many an individual to rise from obscurity to a position of influence and renown solely through native talent, indomitable perseverance and singleness of purpose. In Mr. Harrison were united many rare qualities which go to make up the successful lawyer. He possessed, perhaps, few of those brilliant, dazzling, meteoric qualities which have sometimes flashed along the legal horizon, riveting the gaze and blinding the vision for a moment, then disappearing, leaving little or no trace behind, but rather possessed those solid and more substantial qualities which shine with a constant luster, shedding light in the dark places with steadiness and continuity. Mr. Harrison had in an eminent degree that rare ability of saying in a convincing way the right thing at the right time. He continued in practice at London until May, 1873, when he removed to Columbus, and in the latter years of his life his practice was of a most important character, connecting him with the principal points of litigation that came into the courts, while man, leading business concerns and corporations employed him as counselor. While Mr. Harrison gained distinction at the bar he became equally well known and was as highly honored by reason of his service in public office. To each position he filled he brought wide learning, invincible integrity, sound wisdom and indefatigable. devotion to duty. He studied closely the ques- CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 467 tions and issues of the day, giving stalwart allegiance to the Whig party until new issues arose and he joined the ranks of the republican party. He was elected to represent Madison county in the state legislature in the fall of 1857 after an exciting contest against one who stood as a candidate for both the democratic and know-nothing parties. It was also the first time that a republican ticket was in the field and although there was strong opposition he won the election by a. vote of twenty-four. The legislature met in January,1857, and numbered many distinguished members, including Judge J. A. Ambler, of Columbus; Judge W. H. West, of Logan; Judge J. M. Briggs, of Fayette; Judge W. R. Rankin, of Franklin; James Monroe, afterward congressman; Judge Isaac C. Collins, of Hamilton; and Judge William B. Woods, afterward a member of the United States supreme court. Mr. Harrison was regarded as the peer of the ablest members of the house and was prominent in the discussion of those questions which were matters of intense interest as the country was approaching a crisis in its history. Messrs. Harrison and Ambler were the only republicans appointed to the judicial committee, consisting of seven members, but Mr. Harrison was accorded a very large share of the work, and in this field his legal learning, unerring judgment and fervid patriotism found ample employment. Through this committee he introduced many bills which found their way to a place on the statute books of the state and today constitute important features in the laws of the commonwealth. These include the laws concerning the relation of guardian and child; the one providing for the semi-annual payment of taxes; for the relief of the district courts; and others of equal importance. Party feeling ran very high in those days and it was a period when projects were formed in caucus and were carried through as partisan measures with little opportunity for discussion among the members of the legislature. Mr. Harrison recognized the falsity and injustice of the methods and when occasion arose made a. most formidable protest against the course then prevailing. The opportunity came to him when an attempt was made to implicate and besmirch the character of Governor Chase, who was then serving for the second term, in connection with the investigation of a state treasury defalcation, by a commission appointed for that purpose. In his special message, communicating the commissioners' report to the house, the governor called attention to the invidious criticism embraced in the report. To rebuke the governor it was moved to print the report of the commission without the accompanying message from the chief executive. Mr. Harrison, aroused by the rank injustice of such a partisan course, arose to defend the governor, and when the earnestness of his effort brought on a sudden attack of hemorrhage of the lungs he still proceeded in his discussion, ion, after a brief respite, until he brought his speech to its forcible conclusion, when in a condition of complete exhaustion he was carried from the room. This course was characterized by his fearless love of justice and fair play and by his persuasive, logical and just argument he won support for his cause, resulting in the publication of the message of the governor with the report of the commission, so that the attempted partisan thrust on Mr. Chase proved unavailing. Mr. Harrison continued in public life during the critical period of the Civil war and his course was one which reflected honor and credit upon the state. 468 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS He was elected to the senate in 1859 and was the associate during the succeeding session of James A. Garfield, afterward United States president; Jacob D. Cox, later a general of the army, governor of the state and member of General Grant's cabinet; Judge Thomas C. Jones, Judge Thomas C. Key, James Monroe, F. A. Ferguson and others who were recognized as among the most prominent men in state and national affairs. In the senate Mr. Harrison was made chairman of the judicial committee and was elected president pro tem of the upper house. As a presiding officer he displayed the utmost impartiality, combined with the clearest interpretation and most correct application of parliamentary law principles. Perhaps no other senate has sat at such a. critical period in history, for the questions under discussion not only affected the commonwealth but were of national importance as well. There had been called to office men whose patriotism was above question and whose ability was of the highest character, for in critical moments the American people have never risked the control of public interests in unskilled hands. The senate had to deal with such measures as strengthening the public credit, providing ample currency, raising and equipping armies, providing ways and means for the common defense and the maintenance of the Federal Union in all its entirety and integrity. Every movement that related to the state and national honor, that tended to strengthen the Federal government and promote the cause of the Union received the hearty endorsement and cooperation of Mr. Harrison, whose labors in behalf of his country were no less valuable and essential than were those of the general upon the field of battle. Before the outbreak of the war Mr. Harrison, whose nature caused him to love law and order rather than discord, did all in his power to prevent strife between the two sections of the country. James Buchanan was still president and, in view of the threats of the southern states, had sent a special message to congress on the subject of the contemplated uprising of the south against the Federal government, in which he had ostensibly taken a position in favor of the maintenance of the Union. Mr. Harrison with his colleagues took the ground that they should assume the integrity and sincerity of President Buchanan in his message, and in support of such a policy Mr. Harrison had the honor, on January 12, 1861, to introduce in the Ohio senate the following resolutions, of which he was the author "I. That the people of Ohio, believing that the preservation of the unity of government that constitutes the American people one people is essential to the support of their tranquillity at home, of their peace abroad, of their safety, of their prosperity, and of that very liberty which they so highly prize, are firmly and ardently attached to the national constitution' and the union of the states. "II. That the general government cannot permit the secession of any state without violating the obligations by which it is bound under the compact to the other states and to every citizen of the United States. "III. That whilst the constitutional rights of every state in the Union should be preserved inviolate, the powers and authority of the national government must be maintained, and the laws of congress faithfully enforced, in every state and territory until repealed by congress, or adjudged to be unconstitutional CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 469 by the proper judicial tribunal; and that all attempts by state authorities to nullify the constitution of the United States, or the laws of the Federal government, or to resist the execution thereof, are revolutionary in their character, and tend to the disruption of the best and wisest system of government in the world. "IV. That the people of Ohio are inflexibly opposed to intermeddling with the internal affairs and domestic relations of the other states of the Union, in the same manner and to the same extent as they are opposed to any interference by the people of other states with their domestic concerns. "V. That it is the will and purpose of the people of Ohio to fulfill in good faith all their obligations under the constitution of the United States, according to the spirit and intent thereof, and they demand the faithful discharge of the same duty by every state in the Union; and thus, as far as may be, to insure tranquillity between the state of Ohio and the other states. "VI. That it is incumbent upon any state having enactments on their statute books conflicting with, or rendering less efficient, the constitution or laws of the United States, to repeal them; and it is equally incumbent upon the general government, and the several states, to secure to every citizen of the Union his rights in every state, under that provision of the constitution which guarantees to the citizens of each state all the privileges and immunities of the citizens of the several states; and thus inspire and restore confidence and a spirit of fraternal feeling between the different states of the Union. "VII. That the Union-loving citizens of those states who have labored, and still labor, with devotional courage and patriotism to withhold their states from the vortex of secession, are entitled to the gratitude and admiration of the whole American people. "VIII. That we hail with joy the recent firm, dignified and patriotic special message of the president of the United States, and that the entire power and resources of Ohio are hereby pledged, whenever necessary and demanded, for the maintenance, under strict subordination to the civil authority, of the constitution and laws of the general government by whomsoever administered. "IX. That the governor be requested to forward, forthwith, copies of the foregoing resolutions to the president of the nation, and the governors of all the states of the Union, and to each of the senators and representatives in congress from this state, to be by them presented to each branch of the national legislature." Well has a distinguished contemporary said that those resolutions, so patriotic in their spirit, merit for Mr. Harrison a just immortality. They passed the senate with but one dissenting voice and received but two opposing votes in the house. When in the following February Abraham Lincoln, then en route to Washington to be inaugurated as president, was the guest of Governor Dennison, on being introduced to Mr. Harrison, asked if he was the author of the patriotic and timely resolutions and expressed great pleasure at meeting the one who had penned those lines. When Civil war was inaugurated it was only his physical frailty that prevented Mr. Harrison from joining the army, and throughout the period of hostilities he remained as one of the most loyal and undaunted 470 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS champions of the government and its policy, while to the soldiers at the front he extended every possible aid and support. He furthered the work of the nation by his service in congress, to which he was elected as successor of ex-Governor Corwin, who was appointed minister to Mexico. He entered the national house of representatives during the momentous extra session called by President Lincoln which convened July 4, 1861. He left the impress of his individuality upon the work of the house and none questioned his lofty patriotism or the wisdom of his actions when subjects of such vital moment were up for settlement. On the 3d of March, 1863, he retired to private life, for in the legislative reapportionment of the congressional districts of Ohio in 1862 Madison county was attached-to-the Franklin district, which made its democratic majority a large one, and Mr. Harrison was succeeded by Samuel S. Cox. Again taking up the pursuits of private life he gave to his clients the benefit of unwearied service and great talent at the bar. Judge W. H. West said of him in this connection: "The opportunities of Mr. Harrison, while pursuing his legal studies, were most fortunate. The bench of Springfield was adorned by the modest learning of Judge J. R. Swan, its bar by the sterling qualities of Edward Cummings, the courtly dignity of Sampson Mason, and the brilliant genius and gifted versatility of William A. Rogers. The lessons of precept and example derived from these model gentlemen of the old school ripened into fixed and most agreeable traits of professional character. Not less fortunate was the opening of Mr. Harrison's professional career. The ancient circuit practice had for him a. fascination which yet continues. The intricate system of land titles peculiar to the Virginia Reservation, within which his circuit lay, had not ceased to be a fruitful source of litigation. The magnitude of individual estates in the Scioto valley often gave rise to controversies about their succession. His rapid rise at the bar soon opened to him these fields of legal contention, in which he was early accustomed to encounter, and often successfully contend with ex-Justice Swayne, John W. Andrews, P. B. Wilcox, Governor Nelson Barrere, the lamented Judges Briggs, Sloan and Dicky, Jonathan Rennick„ distinguished for his great good sense, the late Hocking H. Hunter and occasionally to meet the venerable Thomas Ewing. In these rencounters he early learned that there could be no excellence without. labor; that undisciplined genius may transiently soar, but only toil can maintain the ascent it makes. To have once achieved success in those contests was worth ambition; to maintain the conflict on equal terms through a succession of years was its goal. To this he bent his powers and he has not been disappointed. Jealous a mistress as is the law, he paid her assiduous devotion, crowning her with garlands gathered from every department of her domain. Studying her precepts as a system of philosophy, he applied them as a science, not as an art. Not omitting to cultivate familiarity with adjudicated cases, it was rather to extract from each its underlying principle than to employ it unintelligently as judicial `ipse dixit.' Aided in this by strong sense, quick perception, discriminating judgment and great power of analysis, he has united familiarity with the intricacies of procedure to a substantial mastery of judicial construction and interpretation, and the general principles governing in the adjudication of the multiform rights which spring from the ever-colliding relations of life." CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 471 Mr. Harrison always remembered with interest the early days when he rode the circuit and incidents concerning his early legal career. On the occasion of the Thurman banquet, November 13, 1890, he spoke thus of the early Ohio bar "In the early history of Ohio each judicial circuit was composed of many counties, and each county was very large. The lawyers traveled with the president judge of the circuit from county to county, on horse, over wretched. roads a great part of the year, with their papers and books in their saddle-bags, and some of them not without flasks and packs. They were often compelled to lodge two-in-a-bed, thus carrying into practice Blackstone's tone's theory that the science of the law is of a. sociable disposition. A session of a judicial court in a county was an event of interest to all the inhabitants thereof. It was largely attended by mere spectators. The lawyers were thereby stimulated to do their best, much more than they were by the pittances received from their clients. The elegant courtrooms of the present day, devoid of spectators, are by no means as favorable schools or theaters for advocacy and oratory as the primitive log courthouses crowded with appreciative listeners. The early lawyers were noted for their mother wit, their knowledge of human nature, and their knowledge of the underlying principles of jurisprudence and of right, and the facility and accuracy with which they applied them. They were active and influential politicians and they sought the gratification of their ambition by service in public life. In these times to render the state some service was regarded as honorable and praiseworthy as to have rendered service to the nation. (Would that this view were again adopted!) The early lawyers were not dwarfed by the barren littleness of the profession when followed as a mere trade. They were less anxious about fees as they were to win the applause and gain the suffrages of their fellow citizens. They practically illustrated the notion which regards the fee of the lawyer as the offering of gratitude, not as the wages of labor. and that a lawyer is the servant of his fellowmen for the attainment of his justice, in which definition is expressed both the lowliness and the dignity of his calling. There were no stenographers in the times of the early lawyers. Trials were of short duration. The lawyers went straight to the material points in controversy and the fray was soon ended. A trial was not a siege, but a short hand-to-hand contest. "The early Ohio bar cultivated a warm professional feeling, and their standard of professional integrity and honor was high. There were then no bar associations with disciplinary jurisdiction. None were needed. Professional ethics and professional honor were very rarely violated and, when vitiated, the offender was at once completely ostracized by his brethren and his occupation was gone. The free, open, fraternal and honorable character of the profession of the law has never been better illustrated than it was by the early Ohio bar." The qualities of his mind well fitted Mr. Harrison for judicial duty, but when a candidate for the supreme court bench of Ohio in 1870 the entire republican ticket met defeat. In 1875 Mr. Harrison declined an appointment as a member of the supreme court commission of Ohio when Governor Hayes 472 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS named him for the office and the senate unanimously confirmed the appointment. His private practice was then too large and remunerative for him to sacrifice it for the inadequate emoluments of judicial office. Again he declined to serve on the supreme bench of the state when Governor Foraker would have appointed him the successor of Judge William W. Johnson, in 1887. The mind of Mr. Harrison was analytical, logical and inductive, with a thorough and comprehensive knowledge of the fundamental principles of law, he combined a familiarity with statutory law and a sober, clear judgment, which enabled him to understand with a remarkable clearness the salient points of every case and the relative value of other points bearing upon the case before the courts. He continued through the whole of his professional life a diligent student of those elementary principles that constitute the basis of all legal science and this knowledge served him well in many a legal battle before the superior and appellate courts, where he successfully conducted many cases. If there was a close legal point involved in any case it was his habit to thoroughly examine every authority within his reach bearing upon the question and this made him a most dangerous adversary. When he came to the discussion of the most intricate questions before the court it was perhaps then his great powers as a lawyer showed to the best advantage. He was constantly inspired by an innate, inflexible love of justice and a delicate sense of personal honor which controlled him in all of his professional relations. His fidelity to the interest of his clients was proverbial, yet he never forgot that he owed a higher allegiance to the majesty of the law. His briefs are clear and exhaustless treatises, not only upon the principles but also the application of the law to the facts pertinent to the points at issue. They are models in logical and legal arrangement of the case at the bar, recited in all the potency and perfection of a masterful command of language. He enjoyed a national reputation as a constitutional lawyer, his preeminence in this connection being established in his success in the Boesel railroad cases reported in the Granger's Ohio Supreme Court Reports. From that time until he retired from active connection with the profession he appeared before the supreme court either for the prosecution or defense in the leading contests concerning the validity of legislative enactments. That he had the highest confidence of his professional colleagues and associates was indicated in the honor bestowed upon him in his election as a third president of the Ohio State Bar Association. He ever regarded a public office as a public trust and he believed that the practice of law was one of the highest callings to which a man could devote his talents and his energies. His views upon this subject are perhaps best expressed in his own words when at the opening of the College of Law of the Ohio State University at Columbus October 1, 1891, he said "Law is not merely the instrument of government. Many persons seem so to regard it. But this conception of law is an erroneous one. On the contrary the truth is, law is the basis of public liberty and also the safeguard of each individual citizen's public and private rights and liberties. This is at least what the law of the land is in every free country. It is preeminently what I have described it to be in our own state and country. Wherefore there must necessarily be in our own, and in every free state, a body of men who have a thor- CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 473 ough and profound knowledge, an enlightened appreciation and an enthusiastic love of the fundamental principles which constitute the basis of public liberty and the private and public rights and liberties of the individual citizen. These liberties and rights cannot be expounded and vindicated and maintained in their integrity without such a body of men. From their ranks magistrates, known as judges, must be chosen to administer the constitutional, statutory and common law of the land, and thus dispense public and private justice and maintain the rights of every citizen. It is a plain truth-perhaps an obvious commonplace-that without an enlightened judiciary no one's life or liberty or property or reputation is safe; and the efficiency of the administration of the law depends as well upon the learning, ability, impartiality and independence of the bench. They are correlatives. As showing that the profession of the advocate and jurist is one of the principal supports of the public liberty and individual personal rights and liberties, is the historical fact that this calling has flourished most amidst free institutions, and under the most popular governments. Not only so. This profession in any state or country or age is an efficient activity in promoting the public welfare, especially when its controlling members are, before entering upon their active duties deeply instructed not merely in the law of the land but also in the ethics of the profession of the bar as taught by those who are alone worthy of being its masters and guides." While there should be around one's home relations a curtain of privacy which the public should not draw aside it is interesting to know that the home life of Mr. Harrison was most attractive in all of its relations. He was married at London, Ohio, December 31, 1847, to Miss Maria Louisa Warner, whose father. Henry Warner, was a prominent early resident of Madison county. Of a family of three daughters and four sons, one of the daughters and two of the sons have passed away. The children were: Catherine, widow of F. S. Marsh, who was a prominent attorney and law partner of our subject; Louie H., the wife of D. K. Watson; Willie R. and Henry R., both deceased; Hattie B., the deceased wife of Arthur Robinson; Richard A., Jr., of Columbus; and Warner, an attorney, also of Columbus. The death of Mr. Harrison occurred in July, 1904. Not the good that comes to us but the good that comes to the world through us is the measure of our success, and judged by this standard Mr. Harrison was a most. successful man. Endowed by nature with strong mentality, he constantly developed his native powers, and his life was an ornament to the state not alone by reason of his legal ability but also by reason of the broad general knowledge which made him an attractive companion in any gathering. To his high intellectual qualities were added the discipline and embellishments of culture making his a most attractive personality. An enumeration of the men of the nineteenth century, who won honor and public recognition for themselves and at the same time honored the state to which they belonged. would be incomplete were there failure to make prominent reference to Richard A. Harrison, for he held distinctive precedence as an eminent lawyer and statesman, a man of high literary attainments and as one who in critical moments in the history of the state and nation bore himself with such signal dignity and held to such high principles of patriotism that he gained the respect and admiration of all. 474 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS COLONEL MOSES H. NEIL. Not so abnormally developed in any direction as to be called a genius Colonel Moses H. Neil has, however, been one. of the most active men of Columbus, identified for many years with the business interests and its public concern. He has given tangible proof of his interest in and fidelity to those plans and measures which are promulgated for the public weal, while in Grand Army Circles he has long occupied a position of prominence, his connection therewith following an active and loyal service on the field of battle in the Civil war. He is preeminently a man of affairs and one who is wielding a wide influence. For many years he has been a witness of the growth and development of Columbus and takes a special pride in those features which have marked its advancement from the fact that this is his native city and has been the place of his abode throughout his entire life. His birth occurred in June, 1840, on the old Neil farm lying just northeast of the depot and considered at that time the city limits of Columbus. His father, Robert Neil, was a native of Clark county, Kentucky, while his grandparents were natives of Scotland. His mother was a daughter of the Rev. James Hoge, a widely known and prominent Presbyterian divine, who preached the gospel in Columbus for over fifty years, and his labors constitute an important factor in the moral advancement of the community. Colonel Neil supplemented his early education, acquired in the public schools of Columbus, by two years' study in Kingston College, Ohio, while later he matriculated in the Capital University, which then occupied the present site of the Park Hotel. He continued his studies in the general branches until nineteen years of age, when he became a factor in the active affairs of life, although his business career was soon to be interrupted by his service on the field of battle. Some years prior to the outbreak of the Civil war his parents had removed with their family from the farm to a. handsome residence erected by Dr. Neil, Sr., at the corner of Broad and Fourth streets. It was there, when the First Ohio Cavalry was recruited and ready for service, that Mrs. Governor Dennison brought to her young cousin. Moses H. Neil. his commission as a first lieutenant in that regiment. The fact that he was a thorough tactician soon gained him promotion and he became adjutant of his regiment. He fought valiantly for his country until the latter part of 1862, when he was forced to resign his commission on account of ill health. The rigors of war proved so detrimental to him that he was for a long time incapacitated for business duties and did not again really become an active factor in commercial circles until 1870, at which time he engaged in the hardware business. After two years successfully devoted to the conduct of that enterprise, his health again failed, and he was forced to retire from commercial circles. Since that time he has been actively engaged in the real-estate business and, while his extensive operations have promoted his individual fortunes, he has also in this way aided materially in the upbuilding of the city. From time to time he has become interested in other business concerns, including manufacturing and mining enterprises. His judgment is sound, and, with ability to devise carefully formulated plans and carry them forward to suc- PAGE 475 - PICTURE OF M. H. NEIL PAGE 476 - BLANK CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 477 cessful completion, he has become one of the leading factors in the business life of the city. Colonel Neil has figured prominently in political circles many years. Few men have kept more thoroughly informed on the issues and questions of the day or have studied more closely the political problems, and yet he is en tirely without ambition for office and on numerous occasions has declined to become a candidate when nomination to nearly every office within the gift of the people have been proffered him. The only exception to his fixed rule in this regard was when he accepted the nomination for state senator in 1880. The history of that year chronicles the closest contest in the political records of the district. In previous years the democracy had a majority of thirty-three hundred, but such was the personal popularity of Col. Neil and the respect entertained for his ability and patriotism, that he polled a vote which reduced the majority of his opponent, Horace Wilson, to but one hundred and fifty. Colonel Neil has a Grand Army record of which any man would naturally be proud. For four years he was the commander of McCoy Post, G. A. R., being called to the position when the post was very small, but raising its mem bership during his incumbency until its enrollment was the largest of any post in the United States, making it the banner local organization in America. For two years he served on the national council of administration and became generally and favorably known all over the United States as the commander of the camps. At the national encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic, held in Columbus in 1888, he was elected senior vice commander in chief of the United States and served with distinction in that position. He attained the rank of colonel by appointment as senior aide on the staff of Governor Foraker, serving during both terms. He relates many interesting incidents concerning his connection with the volunteers during the. days of the Civil war and with the Grand Army of the Republic since that time. While he has gained distinction, he wears his honors with becoming modesty but he nevertheless won a host of friend, being recognized as a most congenial companion and as a progressive, thoroughgoing business man, whose efforts have contributed alike to his individual success and his city's progress. ALBERT COOPER. M. D. Dr. Albert Cooper, who for more than three decades has now been numbered among the successful medical practitioners of Columbus, was born in Coshocton county, Ohio, September 24, 1851. He is a representative of an old American family, his great-grandfather, Archibald Wilson, having aided the colonists in their struggle for independence in the Revolutionary war. The father, Archibald W. Cooper; a. native of Muskingum county, Ohio, made his wavy to Coshocton county in the late '30s and carried on agricultural pursuits in the Buckeye state until 1864. That year witnessed his removal to Kansas, in which state he made his home until called to his final rest. His wife, who bore the maiden name of Maria Blizzard 478 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS and was born in Virginia in 1812, accompanied her parents on their removal to Licking county, Ohio, in early childhood. She passed away in the year 1882. Dr. Albert Cooper acquired his literary education in the schools of his native county and in St. Joseph, Missouri, and then began the study of medicine in the Cincinnati College of Medicine & Surgery, from which institution, he was graduated in 1875. Locating for the practice of his profession in Kansas, he there continued for two years and on the expiration of that period took up his abode on the north side in Columbus, this city having since remained the field of his labors. At that early day Columbus was but sparsely settled and gave little promise of rapid development but Dr. Cooper has witnessed its steady growth and progress, while his practice has gradually increased its volume and importance until he is now a most successful and well-known representative of his chosen calling. For three years, from 1881 to 1884, he was demonstrator of anatomy in the Columbus Medical College, and he keeps in close touch with the progress of the profession through his membership in the Columbus Academy of Medicine, the State Medical Society and the American Medical Association. In 1880 Dr. Cooper was united in marriage to Miss Jennie McCrum, a native of Belmont county, Ohio. Fraternally he is connected with Neoacacia Lodge; No. 595, A. F. & A. M., at North Columbus, of which he is senior warden, and he also belongs to Ohio chapter, Scioto Consistory, the Scottish Rite and Lincoln Lodge of the Odd Fellows. He is likewise identified with the Sons of the American Revolution, and is a life member of the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society. He is interested in the city's welfare and public spirited to an eminent degree, he served on the school board in 1890-1 and from 1891 until 1896 he was a member of the city council, acting as vice president for one year of that time. He holds to high ideals in the practice of medicine and finds in the faithful performance of each day's duty inspiration and courage for the labors of the succeeding day. In his work he is prompted by a love of scientific research and by a spirit of broad humanitarianism as well as that laudable desire for financial success which is a. stimulus in every honorable business. BENJAMIN C. KELSEY. There are no more strenuous demands made in any line of business than in railway circles, where absolute accuracy and fidelity are indispensable in the work of a great system that in its ramifying interests touches every section of the country. The individual, therefore, who occupies a position of importance and responsibility is he whose diligence, enterprise and loyalty have carried him beyond the majority of his fellows in this line of activity. The steps in the orderly progression of Mr. Kelsey in the business world are easily discernible and have brought him to his present place as general agent of the passenger department of the Big Four Railway Company. Born in St. Marys, Ohio, No- CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 479 vember l, 1860, he is a son of Benjamin Kelsey and a grandson of Ezra Kelsey. The latter was born in 1789 and died in 1881, when more than ninety years of age. Benjamin Kelsey was a native of Connecticut, born in 1827, and in 1857 removed from Baltimore, Maryland, to St. Marys, Ohio, where he engaged in general merchandising. Benjamin C. Kelsey of this review pursued his education in the public schools of St. Marys, Ohio, and of Indianapolis, Indiana, while between the ages of seventeen and twenty years he privately pursued the course of the Butler College. In the meantime he had entered business life, for when a youth of sixteen he became office boy with the John McKillip Agency, which later ;vas emerged with the Bradstreet Agency. For a year and a half he occupied that position and on the 22d of November, 1877, entered the auditor's office of the Indianapolis, Bloomington & Western Railroad, now a part of the Big Four system. He was connected therewith until November, 1880, when he entered the general passenger office as clerk and fifteen days later he was made chief clerk in recognition of the ready adaptability and business capacity he displayed. He left that company on the 28th of October, 1885, and was appointed assistant general passenger agent of the Cairo, Vincennes & Chicago Railway Company at Cairo, Illinois, there remaining until September 10, 1887, when he returned to the general passenger office and six months later was made assistant general passenger agent of the Indiana, Bloomington & Western Railway Company and acting general passenger agent of the Ohio Southern and Chicago & Ohio River Railway, together with the Dayton & Toledo Railway. Thus he was busily employed until April, 1889, when he accepted the chief clerkship of the Bee Line at Cleveland, his relation with that line continuing until it became a part of the Big Four system in July, 1889, when the headquarters were removed to Cincinnati. On October 1, 1892 he accepted the position of city ticket agent at Indianapolis, where he, continued until December. 1901, when he was made division passenger agent of the Big Four Company, with headquarters at Cleveland and Marion. He remained in that position until December 1, 1905, when he came to Columbus: to accept the position of general agent. of the passenger department of the New York Central lines. Thus gradually he worked his way upward to positions of responsibility and is today well known in railway circles. Mr. Kelsey has been married twice. On the 25th of September, 1883, he wedded Miss Anna Mary Johnston, a daughter of Dr. John F. and Mary (Stephens) Johnston, of Indianapolis. Her father was one of the leading dentists of Indianapolis and president of the State Association. By this union there were born the following children: Joseph F., Richard Johnston, Ethel and Harry. On the 17th of April, 1894, Mr. Kelsey was called upon to mourn the loss of his first wife and on the 17th of June, 1903, he was again married his second union being with Miss Effie Dell, a daughter of David T. Dell, of Vicksburg, Michigan. The family home is at No. 338 Kendal Place. Mr. Kelsey is identified with the Board of Trade at Columbus, the Commercial Club of Indianapolis, and the University Club of that city. He also belongs to the Ohio Club, to the Elks lodge and the Knights of Pythias fraternity and his membership relation further extend to 480 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS the New England Society, and to the Presbyterian church. His interests are thus varied and in every relation he is regarded as a man of sound judgment, of broad-minded views and public spirit. He is today one of the best known and popular passenger officials in Ohio and his advancement has come in merited recognition of his trustworthiness and business capacity. ELLSWORTH C. IRVINE. In no case is there a career more open to talent than that of the law. and in no field of endeavor is there demanded a. more careful preparation, a more thorough appreciation of the absolute ethics of life, or of the underlying principles which form the basis of all human rights and privileges. Unflagging application, intuitive wisdom, and a. determination to fully utilize the means at hand are the concomitants which insure personal success and prestige in this great profession, which stands as the stern conservator of justice. And it one in which none should enter without a recognition of the obstacles to be overcome and the battles to be won, for success doer not perch upon the falchion of every person who enters the competitive fray but comes only as the direct result of capability and unmistakable power. Possessing all the qualities of the bar, Ellsworth C. Irvine is winning marked success in his profession, practicing now as a member of the firm of Arnold, Morton & Irvine. A native of Ohio be was born in Knox county, December 11, 1861, and is is a son of William and Emeline (Braddock) Irvine. The father was a native of County Fermanagh, Ireland, while the mother was born in Knox county, Ohio. Coming to America in 1839 William Irvine settled in Knox county, Ohio, establishing his home on a farm near Mount Vernon, where for many years he was engaged in general agricultural pursuits. Later, about 1889, he removed to Fredericktown where he embarked in the grain and seed business and there passed away on the 20th of December, 1900, while his widow still resides in Fredericktown. The work of the fields early became familiar to Ellsworth C. Irvine, for he devoted vacation periods to the task of tilling the soil. He also attended the country schools and later engaged in teaching for two terms in district schools in Knox county, but prompted by a laudable ambition to secure a better education for himself he enrolled as a student in the Northern Ohio University, from which he was graduated in 1884, the degree of Bachelor and Master of Arts being conferred upon him by that institution. In preparation for a legal career be entered the office of Converse, Booth & Keating, of Columbus. under whose direction he read law until admitted to practice in June, 1886. He then opened an office and practiced alone until 1890 when he was appointed assistant city attorney, filling that position until July, 1899. He discharged his duties without fear or favor, proving a competent and trustworthy official. and when he retired from the office he had the same public confidence that was tendered him when he took up his duties there. He has since been a member of the firm of Arnold, Morton & Irvine, who occupy fine offices in the Co- CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS -481 lumbus Trust & Savings building and are engaged in general practice. They have been retained for the defense and prosecution of many important cases, and Mr. Irvine makes thorough preparation before he enters upon the work of the courtroom, so that he is seldom, if ever, surprised at the line of attack of his opponents. On the 20th of July, 1887, was celebrated the marriage of Ellsworth C. Irvine and Miss Ida, M. Rowland, a daughter of Richard Rowland, of Columbus. They have two children, Dorothy M. and William R. The parents are prominent socially and are members of the First Methodist Episcopal church. Mr. Irvine belongs also to the Ohio Club, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. and the Masonic fraternity, in which he has attained the Knight Templar degree. His political allegiance is given to the democratic party, but he has never sought office outside of the direct path of his profession. He holds membership in the Columbus & Ohio Bar Association and in their meetings gains inspiration for his professional duties. Gradually he has advanced in his chosen calling and his clientage is constantly increasing in volume and importance. T. E. COURTRIGHT, M.D. This is an age of specialization in which the individual does not attempt to master an entire field of scientific knowledge and investigation but after acquiring familiarity with the basic principles devotes his attention to one special line and therein gains proficiency that he could not hope to attain otherwise. This course has been followed by Dr. T. E. Courtright, who in his practice, is making a specialty of the diseases of women and children. A native of Fairfield county, Ohio. he was born March 16. 1860, and is a son of John E. and Lorinda (Williamson) Courtright; also natives of this state. The father was born in Fairfield county, and was a son of Jacob Courtright, who came from the eastern states in pioneer times and east in his lot with the early representatives of farming interests in Fairfield count}-. There John E. Courtright followed the occupation of farming and passed away in 1896 at the age of fifty-six years. Dr. Courtright was a pupil in the public schools of Lithopolis and also attended the State University from 1879 until 1882. While pursuing his collegiate course he had the intention of one day becoming a member of the medical profession and with this end in view he enrolled as a student in the Starling Medical College from which he was graduated in 1884. He then began practice as Basil. Fairfield county, where he continued for five years when he removed to Lincoln county where he continued in active practice for eleven years. Since 1900 he has been a member of the medical fraternity at Columbus and prior to his removal here he pursued a. post graduate course in the Chicago Polyclinic. preparing for his specialty, which is obstetrics and the diseases of women and children. He is now lecturing on obstetrics in Mercy Hospital and in his chosen department of medical practice he has won success, becoming recognized as an able representative of this branch of the medical 482 -CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS science, his opinion being largely accepted as authority by his associates in the medical fraternity here. In 1885 Dr. Courtright was married to Miss Minnie F. Bunker, a native of New England, and they have one son, Ivan S., born November 5, 1886. They are well known socially and have gained many friends during the period of their residence in the capital city. Dr. Courtright is a valued member of the Knights of Pythias fraternity and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, while along professional lines his membership extends to the Columbus Academy of Medicine, the Ohio State Medical Society and the American Medical Association. He is actuated in all that he does by a spirit of helpfulness and his professional labors are prompted no less by a laudable desire for financial success and a love of scientific investigation than by broad humanitarian principles. DAVID W. BROOKS. In a review of the history of such a man as David W. Brooks, one is reminded of the words of Lincoln: "There is something better than making a living-making a life." The varied activity. the honorable principles and the beneficent effects of the work of David W. Brooks made his record an integral part of the history of his native city. His ancestors on coming to America settled at Concord, Middlesex county. Massachusetts. The year was 1836. At a later date the family removed to Woburn in the same county and the annals of that town indicate that they tool. a prominent part in its public affairs. David Brooks, the immediate ancestor of David W. Brooks. came to central Ohio among the earliest New England pioneers of this portion of the suite and assisted in laying the foundation of the future capital. He became the proprietor of one of the early famous Hostelries of Columbus-the White Horse Tavern, subsequently renamed the Eagle Hotel. It was long a popular hostelry with the travelers and visitors to the city, standing on the east side of South High street between Town and Rich streets, on the site now occupied by the Odd Fellows Temple. It was in this house that David W. Brooks was born February 22, 1828. His mother, who bore the maiden name of Keziah Hamlin, was the first white female child born in Columbus. It was in this house, owned by hi parents, that David W. Brook,: spent his boyhood days, while the capital was yet a. struggling village. The completion of the national pike was an event to which the settlers of those early days long looked forward. To the proprietors of taverns along the road it meant much for it furnished a highway for the stage coach. and the passengers and horses were a source of revenue to the owners of the old time taverns. Around the evening fire in the large waiting room, while the logs crackled and the sparks flew. news of the outside world was passed around to those who chose to listen. There can be no doubt but that from this source. of information and inspiration came to the boy the desire for an education. It was not long CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 485 before the youth was under the charge of a school teacher, a lady from Wareham, Massachusetts. It was seemingly but a short span from school days to married life. The boy becomes a man, assumes his position in the world as such, and is ready to take upon himself his full share of its responsibilities. In the meantime he had learned the printing trade in the office of the Ohio State Journal, and subsequently became a reporter of that paper, his associates in that connection being General James M. Comly and William Dean Howells. In future years he commented upon the great of Mr. Howells, who had achieved distinction in the literary world second to none in the country. On the 21st of September, 1850, David W. Brooks was united in marriage to Anna Maria Simpkins, and thus through the home a new influence was brought into his life. Mrs. Brooks was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and was descended from a family that, produced a number of Lutheran ministers, one being chaplain in the Prussian army, who came to America just prior to the Revolutionary war and settled in the Quaker City. Mrs. Brooks was a lady of fine character and of deep religious convictions. In St. Paul's church, within the chancel rail next to the reredos stands a memorial chair placed there, with her name inscribed on brass, which bears silent witness to her character. She believed that in all things God is supreme, His love is paramount and that when through with life's care and struggles, through Him the individual will enter into eternal rest. It was with such a companion that David W. Brooks traveled life's journey. For a few years, Mr. Brooks was employed in the postoffice, and it was during this period that he showed marked evidence of literary ability, his contributions to a volume, "Ten Years Among the Mail Bags," being his first effort. His writings which later appeared in the Knickerbocker Magazine, published in Philadelphia. Pennsylvania, were always acceptable and consisted of stories and scenes taken from everyday life. Those who were his readers pronounced his work of high order, his imagination being chaste, his diction fine and his style expressive. His writings were always in demand and found ready sale to the publishers. yet he did not care to be known as an author, believing that it was no value to a. man to be classed with writers. Moreover, he would never allow his name to be mentioned in connection with anything that he had ever written. After leaving the office of the Ohio State Journal, Mr. Brooks served through appointment as clerk of the county auditor's office and in 1862 was appointed county clerk to fill out the unexpired tern: of James H. Smith, deceased. Later he was appointed deputy clerk of the supreme court of Ohio and acceptably discharged the duties of these different positions. Up to this time Mr. Brooks did not feel that he had chosen a life work, however, and after careful consideration he came to the conclusion that the mercantile pursuit was best suited to the conditions then existing in the city and promised the largest financial reward. In the year 1860, therefore, the firm of Brooks. Stearns & Company was organized and entered upon a prosperous existence. Afterward, owing to the retirement of Mr. Stearns, who was succeeded by Nathaniel Merion, the new firm of Brooks. Merion & Company. 486 -CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS wholesale and retail grocery men, continued the business. With the outbreak of the war prices in all lines rose rapidly and gave impetus to their trade as well. This, coupled with good business management, brought prosperity to the firm which built up a reputation for square and honest dealing and secured a patronage largely in excess of any other firm of like business in the city. It was while engaged in merchandising that Mr. Brooks became imbued with the idea that another banking house could be organized and successfully conducted in Columbus and as a result of this opinion, in October, 1869, the bank of Sparrow, Hines & Company opened its doors to the general public at the corner of High and Town streets. It was a. private banking institution owned by David W. Brooks, Thomas Sparrow, Oliver P. Hines and James M. Walker, all well known and prosperous men of that day. Mr. Sparrow was a. lawyer of state reputation, in whose office Rutherford B. Hayes was once a student. Mr. Sparrow was also a Mason of high standing and a. man of unassailable business integrity, but he did not long survive, his death occurring about five years after the bank was opened. He was succeeded by David Taylor, a pioneer of this section of the country and a man of large influence in Franklin county. At that time Mr. Taylor was the owner of more land than any other individual in this part of the state, his acreage being in the thousands. The bank continued under this ownership until 1878, when Oliver P. Hines and David Taylor disposed of their interests to C. P. L. Butler and his brother. Theodore H. Butler. In 1869 Mr. Brooks, having retired from mercantile. pursuits, became president and manager of the banking house he had organized, which was conducted under the firm name of Brooks, Butler & Company, bankers, until his death. He stood as a prominent representative of the financial interests of the city, carefully controlling the interests of the institution, while at all time:; his enterprise and sound discernment were recognized and his business probity remained unsullied. Few men have enjoyed in as large a degree the confidence and respect of the entire community as did Mr. Brooks. Another interesting chapter in the life history of David W. Brook., was his connection with the militia. There is born in the heart of every true American a love of country and a patriotic devotion that will assert itself when occasion arises. The fundamental principles of -all government is "life. liberty and pursuit of happiness." We see it in every city and village in the country. It was manifest in the early days in military organizations, almost every community having its local companies. More tban sixty years ago about fifty of the youth of Columbus organized for muster and drill, forming a company called the Columbus Lancers, which existed for a number of years. In those days the music of the fife and drum was the inspiration that aided the boys in keeping up their martial spirits, and D. W. Brooks became fifer of the company James Wetmore playing the snare drum and William G. Deshler the bass drum. When civil war was declared in 1861 William Dennison, then governor of Ohio, called upon the state militia for service and the. fifer of the Columbus Lancers enlisted for duty as a private. His time of service was short, however. for he was prostrated CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 487 by sunstroke and for years suffered from its effects. But for this his military service would probably have extended over a long period, for his company was called home and a large number of them reenlisted in the army of the United States. At different times throughout a long and useful career David W. Brooks was called upon for service in some public or semi-public capacity, and the aid which he rendered was ever of a practical character that accomplished beneficial and far reaching results. He was appointed by Governor Bishop a trustee of the Columbus Asylum for Insane and confirmed by the senate in January, 1878. On the organization of the board, which was composed of E. J. Blount and David W. Brooks, of Columbus, Joseph P. Smith of Circleville, George W. Morgan of Mt. Vernon, and Benjamin Myers of Ashland, he was made secretary and continued as such until he resigned. He was active in the work while a member of this body and inaugurated a system of keeping accounts in the asylum, which is still in operation. Mr. Brooks was also called upon to serve as police commissioner of Columbus and during that period manifested most active and helpful interest in the moral welfare of the city. The older inhabitants of the capital will remember the calaboose or station house located back of the Central Market House on Fourth street. The city then had a population of forty or fifty thousand. This station house had long been a disgrace to the city, was entirely too small and inadequate for the purpose intended and presented most uncleanly and unsanitary conditions. In it, however, the criminals were crowded, the small room in the second story being for the men and boy.. while the first floor was used for the unfortunate women. The building was about forty feet square and two stories high. Across the narrow street, upstairs. a large room in the Central Market House served as police court, and to this the prisoners were conducted for trial. After two or three years of strenuous and at times discouraging work Mr. Brooks. with the aid of Rev. A. G. Byers, a member of the State Board of Associated Charities. and the Hon. DeWitt C. Jones, a. lawyer who was also a member of the city council at that time, succeeded in having an ordinance passed through the council to purchase land and build a prison. The structure was commenced in the spring of 1878 and was the embodiment of what is today called prison reform. The corner stone was laid December 18, 1878. and the building was completed and occupied January 1, 1880. It was pronounced the most modern structure in the central west and was visited by men from the east who were interested in prison reform. The Ohio State Board of Charities. consisting of Governor Richard M. Bishop, John W. Andrews. A. G. Byers. secretary of the board, all of Columbus, Roeliff Brinkerhoff. of Mansfield, Joseph Perkins, Cleveland, and M. D. Carrington. Toledo. Ohio. endorsed it as a board in the following statement: "We would call attention to the new city prison recently built at Columbus, a .s the best in Ohio and probably equal to any in the United States. It is well worthy of the attention of city authorities generally as suggesting the true plan upon which they should be constructed." In his address at the opening of the city prison Mr. Brooks made several suggestions along reform 488 -CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS lines which have since been adopted by the state. He advocated a truant officer and one has been employed since 1890: also an intermediate penitentiary for young criminals and a juvenile court which has lately been established with Probate Judge Samuel L. Black presiding. Mr. Brooks, after thorough study and investigation of the subject, advocated reform; measures in prison work and these ideas have since come into general use. The life record of David W. Brooks covered almost sixty-two years. His first. wife had died March 19, 1866, and he had afterward wedded Emma L. Brooks, of Worcester, Massachusetts, who died February 17, 1889. His death occurred January 31, 1890. Throughout the entire period of his married life he had lived at the old family home on East Rich street, into which he took his first wife as a bride in 1853. It was here that all of their children were reared. The homestead was called Rose Hill on account of the many rose bushes and other beautiful shrubbery that adorned the lawn, making the place a continuous delight through the summer months. The homestead remained in possession of the family until a few years ago, when, owing to the rapid progress of building in that locality it was divided into lots and disposed of for other homes. From this place the remains of David W. Brooks were carried to their last resting place. He was a member of St. Paul's church and of Mount. Vernon Commandery. Knights Templar, of Columbus. The funeral services were conducted by Rev. Charles O'Meara, of Trinity Episcopal Church, and thus was brought to a close a life of great activity and general usefulness. It is not from the few conspicuous deeds of life that the blessings chiefly come which make the world better, sweeter, happier, but from the countless lowly ministries of the everydays, the little faithfulnesses that fill long years. While Mr. Brooks achieved success and prominence in business and thus contributed to the material growth and development of Columbus, it was perhaps hi services for the public and the genial spirit which he displayed in his relations with his friends that will make him longest, remembered. GEORGE W. WILL. George W. Will, who is numbered among the prosperous and enterprising agriculturalists of Madison township, is a native of Ohio, his birth having occurred in 1860. He acquired his education in the common schools and throughout his entire business career has been successfully connected with agricultural interests. His first farming was done in Illinois, but six years ago he returned to this state and purchased his- present place of eighty-four and one-half acres in Madison township, which he has since improved and cultivated. He is a self-made man, who has worked persistently and earnestly for the success which has come to him for, although he started out in life empty-handed. he has gained the prosperity which is the reward of untiring perseverance and executive ability. CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 489 In 1885 Mr. Will was united in marriage to Miss Ardella Tussing, who was born in Ohio in 1864. Their children areas follows: Cora A., Edgar H., George T. and Robert, all of whom are attending school. Politically Mr. Will is independent, while his religious faith is indicated by his membership in the Reform church. He is likewise identified with the Grange, and has won the respect and esteem of all with whom he has come in contact in business or social relations. ROBERT R. JOHNSTON. The history of Westerville would be incomplete and unsatisfactory without mention of Robert R. Johnston, who has resided here for only two years but had previously been a resident of Columbus for twenty-eight years. He has had broad experience in business life and in all of his different connections has proved competent and reliable. He is now zit the head of the Westerville Creamery Company. He was born near Newark, in Perry county, Ohio, December 2, 1848, a son of Joshua and Mary Johnston, who removed to Muskingum county, Ohio, when their son Robert was but eight years of age. He had two brothers who were soldiers of the Civil war. Josiah W., who enlisted from Zanesville as a member of the Eighteenth Regulars, was taken prisoner, afterward paroled and died in the service at Nashville. M. B. Johnston was a member of the Seventh Ohio Cavalry, was wounded at Munfordville, Kentucky, during the Morgan raid, and now resides at Beverly, Ohio. Robert R. Johnston was reared in Muskingum county, Ohio, to the age of twenty years and pursued his education in the public schools of Zanesville, while in that city he also learned the confectioner's trade, becoming quite expert in that business. He afterward went to Cincinnati, Ohio, where he worked at his trade for five years. He was the youngest of eight children and lost his mother when quite young. Early thrown upon his own resources, the success that he has achieved is the merit of tribute of his industry and enterprise. On the 16th of January, 1872, Mr. Johnston was married to Miss Josephine Kirk; of Zanesville, after which they removed to Columbus, where they resided for twenty-eight years. In 1906 they came to Westerville, where they now reside. In the capital city Mr. Johnston was engaged in the bakery and catering business and was quite successful in that undertaking, becoming well known to the trade there, but after more than a quarter of a century he sold his interests in Columbus and came to Westerville. Joining his son in the creamery business. Mr. Johnston had established this enterprise six years before and it was being managed by his son. A stock company was now organized and the business was extended, creameries being established at Centerburg, Richwood and Magnetic Springs as well as Westerville. The company has also inaugurated a condensing plant and an ice plant in the creamery at Westerville and supplies the town with ice. The business is now one of the important industries of this part of the country and its trade has reached extensive proportions, bringing a gratifying and substantial financial return. 490 -CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS Mr. and Mrs. Johnston became the parents of but one child, William B. Johnston, who is now manager of the Westerville Creamery. He was born in Covington, Kentucky. December 4, 1872, but the most of his life has been spent in Columbus from the age of seven years. He was in school there until sixteen years of age, when he entered business life as a clerk with the Bancroft & Sheldon Dry Goods Company, which he thus represented for five years. On the expiration of that period he began business on his own account, establishing a general store ,at Bradford Junction. He conducted the business there successfully for some time but in 1900 sold out and came to Westerville, where he took charge of the creamery established by his father. The business was incorporated on the 4th of March, 1906, under the name of the Westerville Creamery Company. After building a plant the business was .started, receiving nine hundred and fifty-two pounds of milk the first day, while at the present time thirty thousand pounds are received. This indicates in a measure the growth of the business, which is now capably managed, the facilities having been increased to meet the growing demands of the trade. The creamery is conducted after the most approved methods, the utmost care being given to cleanliness and sanitation and the product of the plant, because of its excellence and superiority, finds a most ready sale on the market. In 1895 William B. Johnston was united in marriage to Miss Ethel Ma son, who died in 1905, leaving two children, Laura and Roberta.. In 1903 Mr. Johnston was again married, his second union being with Nellie Martin by whom he has one son; William Lawson. Previous to 1908 William B. Johnston was a member of the board of public affairs of Westerville and both father and son are members of the Board of Trade, while the latter is a director. They are also both members of the Masonic fraternity and the son is affiliated with the Knights of Pythias. They are both widely recognized as men of excellent business ability, capacity and enterprise and their success s has been achieved along most honorable and creditable lines. They are also advocates of the republican party and in all matters of citizenship are progressive, lending their aid and influence to many measures for the public good. MORRIS ADELBERT HAYWARD Centuries ago the Greek sage, Epicharmus, said: "Earn thy reward: The gods give not to sloth.'' The truth of this admonition has been verified in all the ages which have run their course since that time, and with an appreciative understanding of the spirit of this instruction Mr. Hayward has labored diligently during the years of his manhood, and through his determined purpose and capabilities has gained substantial recognition in business circles, being now senior partner of the firm of M. A. Hayward & Sons, wholesale lumber dealers of Columbus. He was born in Springfield, Ohio, January 28, 1849. The Hayward family is of Welsh lineage but was established in America. at a very early day and the grandfather, Abraham Hayward, served as a. sol- CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 491 dier in the war of 1811. The father, Abram Ogden Hayward, was a native of Morris county, New Jersey, and when a boy followed the tow-path on the Mor ris canal. Later he became a pioneer lumberman of Springfield, Ohio, establishing a business there in 1846 and continuing to deal in lumber as a retail merchant until his demise in 1874. He was a man of considerable local prominence whose opinions were received with interest by his many friends, for they knew him to be a gentleman of sound judgment and reliable mind. He was particularly active as a. member of the Baptist church, and his influence was ever given on the side of right, justice and truth. He married Lucretia Brace. of western New York, a. descendant of General Leavenworth, of Syracuse, that state; and of Captain Arvin Rice, of Revolutionary war fame. The death of Mrs. Hayward occurred in 1903. Mr. Hayward of this review, acquired his education in the public school of Springfield. Ohio. and in Wittenberg College. of that city, where he remained as a student to the age of eighteen years. Previous to this time during the periods of vacation he had received business training in his father's lumberyard and he drove the first regular lumber team in Springfield, Ohio. After completing his education he became regularly employed by his father in business and bent every energy to mastering the business in principle and detail. In 1871 he was admitted to a partnership and the relationship was continued up to the time of his father's death in 1874, after which Morris A. Hayward continued the business alone until 1883. In that year he sold out his retail business and concentrated his energies upon the wholesale lumber trade, remaining in Springfield for five years. In 1888 he came to Columbus, where he has continued an active factor in trade circles to the present time, his record being considered a valuable asset in the commercial history of the city. His close application. unabating energy, and industry that never flags, have constituted the salient forces in the gradual expansion of the business, which is now of considerable magnitude. On the 1st day of January, 1907, he admitted his two sons. Allen 0. and Herbert M., into partnership, under the firm style of M. A. Hayward & Sons. The company represents several large operators as general sales agents, being thus connected with Kentucky and Arkansas firms. and also the W. D. Young Company, of Bay City, Michigan. The business is controlled by the output of the mills, but annually handles a large amount of lumber, its sales returning a gratifying figure. Mr. Hayward is regarded as an authority on lumber in this county, is thoroughly familiar not only with the financial value of timber. but with its properties for different building purposes, and at the same time keeps conversant with the condition of the market. In 1870 Mr. Hayward was married to Miss Mary Louise Allen, of Dubuque. Iowa. She died in 1885 leaving three sons: Allen O., who was born in 1874 and who is a veteran of the Spanish-American war, having served in the regular army: Letter A., who was born in 1876, and is now of Colorado Springs. Colorado: and Herbert M., who was born in 1879 and also followed the Stars and Stripes as a volunteer in the Spanish-American war. Two sons thus defended American interests at the time of the conflict of 1898, and both are now partners of their father in the lumber business. In 1886 Mr. Hay- 492 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS ward was again married, his second union being with Miss Jennie Neff, of New Carlisle, Ohio. There is one son by this marriage, Benjamin Neff, who was born in 1888 and is now a college student. Mr. Hayward has taken high rank in Masonry, belonging to the consistory and to Aladdin Temple of the Mystic Shrine. He is also a member of the famous organization of lumbermen known as Hoo-Hoo. His political support is given to the republican party and he keeps well informed on the questions and issues of the day; but is without aspirations for office. In early manhood he was locally known as a successful baseball player, and he always manifested an interest in manly outdoor sports. He is particularly fond of horses and both rides and drives. He never allows outside interests, however, to interfere with business and through the twenty years of his residence in Columbus has maintained the most creditable position in commercial circles. Early realizing the fact that there is no royal road to wealth, and that there is no excellence without labor, he has put forth most earnest and concentrated effort and has become recognized as one of the most prominent and successful representatives of lumber interests in this .section of the state. DENNIS KELLY. Dennis Kelly is one of the successful business men of Columbus and in his entire record there has been not a single esoteric phase. Day by day as the years came and went he made good use of his opportunities and while his .start in the business world was a most humble. one, each forward step brought him a wider outlook and broader opportunities. He early learned the fact that unabating industry and integrity are indispensable elements of success and learned furthermore to discriminate between the essential and non-essential. Thus as the years have been added to the cycle of the centuries they have chronicled excellent achievement on the part of Mr. Kelly until his business career is recognized as a potential part of the commercial and financial history of Columbus. Throughout the entire period of his connection with business interests Mr. Kelly has resided in Columbus, coming to this city when eight year of age from Vanceburg, Kentucky. His parents, John and Mary (Swift) Kelly. were natives of Ireland, whence they came to the new world, settling in Vanceburg. The year 1808 witnessed their arrival in Columbus and even in the period of his youth Dennis Kelly faced the necessity of providing for his own support. The public schools afforded him his educational privileges and. ambitious to earn a living, he began by selling newspapers on the streets of the city, attending to his trade through the hours of day, while in the evenings he supplemented his somewhat meager education by study in the night schools. His experience as a newsboy also brought him valuable lessons and in building up a trade, he developed the alert mind and ready adaptability which have characterized him throughout the intervening years to the present time. Pursuing the road to wealth by new routes, he learned the printer's trade. PAGE 493 - PICTURE OF DENNIS KELLY PAGE 494 - BLANK CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 495 which he followed for eight years and then sought other fields of labor, becoming connected with the retail grocery business in 1873. The beginning was small but from that nucleus has developed the extensive wholesale enterprise which he now owns and controls. Studying closely the demands and desires of his patrons, conforming his efforts ever to a high standard of commercial ethics, in course of time his business developed until his trade was a roost extensive one and his success permitted his embarkation in the wholesale business in 1893, at which time he erected the fine new business block at the corner of Naghten and Front streets. Formulating and inaugurating new plans for the development of the business, his trade now extends over most of the states of the Ohio and Mississippi valleys, but while he has been a most successful wholesale merchant he has by no means confined his efforts to one line but with resourceful ability has extended his labors into various fields of activity which have promoted his individual success. and also constituted features in the business development and prosperity of Columbus. Mr. Kelly was the founder of the Capital City Dairy Company, which business was organized in 1880 and capitalized for five thousand dollars, with Mr. Kelly as the first president, in which position he has continued since. The company first conducted business at Spruce street and Dennison avenue, whence a removal was made to Fourth street and later the enterprise was established on the present site. The capital stock has been increased to one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars and the business is today the largest of the kind in the United States. The company owns a model plant, thoroughly equipped. Mr. Kelly likewise became one of the organizers of the Bank of Commerce and from the beginning has served as its vice president. He was also one of the organizers and is the vice president of the Darby Canning Company of West Jefferson, Ohio, and is president and owner of the Lockville Canning Company. of Lockville. which he operates in connection with his wholesale ale grocery interests. He is a director of Iroquois Hotel Company and a director of the Eastern Kentucky Coal. Timber, Oil & Mineral Land Company. owning a. large amount of land in Kentucky, was the organizer and first president of the Crystal Ice Company and is the founder and promoter of the Ohio Driving Park Association, of which he served as the first president. This has grown to he one of the largest associations of this character in the world and many notable races have here been held and various records have been broken on the track here. In 1887 Mr. Kelly was married to Miss Mary L. Pirrung. of Columbus, a daughter of Frank Pirrung, and they have one son, Edmund P., who is now attending the high school. Fraternally Mr. Kelly is connected with the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. He is a man of benevolent spirit who has never forgotten his own early struggles and is ever willing to assist those who without special family or pecuniary advantages at the outset of their careers are striving to work their way upward. He is now a member of the Ohio Newsboys Association, an organization recently formed, drawing its membership from among the successful business men of Columbus who at one time engaged in selling papers on the streets of the city. The officers are: H. W. Krumm, president; W. O. Taylor, vice president; C. M. Cotter, secre- 493 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS tary; D. Kelly, treasurer; and M. J. Hanly, sergeant at arms. More than a Year ago the members of this society banded themselves together in an organization for the purpose of returning once each year to their boyhood occupation of selling papers but for charity's sake instead of personal gain and on the 20th of December, 1908, fifty members again took their places as newsboy,. on the street corners to sell a magnificent souvenir charity edition of the Ohio State Journal; the proceeds of their united sales to be expended in benevolent work. This is but one of the many evidences of Mr. Kelly's kindliness of heart and his deep and abiding interest in hi fellowmen. His benevolences, however. are exceptionally free from ostentation or display. He is numbered among the men who by tact, mental force and keen business sagacity make great cities. The brilliancy of a man's genius asserts its force in the mastery of his work-the completeness of his undertakings-and judged by this standard Dennis Kelp well deserves classification with the leading citizens of the capital for throughout his entire life he has accomplished what he has begun and along original lines has wrought out his success. utilizing opportunities which largely surround every individual. By hi work he ha reared for himself a magnificent testimonial and an indestructible compliment to his management and financial genius. JONATHAN RUSE. A well improved and highly cultivated tract of land. comprising eighty-three acres, situated in Madison on township, is the home of Jonathan Ruse, who is numbered among the substantial agriculturists of Franklin county and who is also a representative of one of the worthy pioneers of this section of the state. His father, Emanuel Ruse, was born in the Buckeye state in 1810. and his wife. who bore the maiden name of Mary harks, was likewise born in this z state in 1819. They had five children, but only two are now living. the sister of our subject being Mrs. Martha Wingert. Following their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Emanuel Ruse began their domestic life in true pioneer style on a farm, which when it came into their possession was a dense forest. Mr. Ruse cleared and developed the land and built; a rough log cabin, in which they made their home for fifteen years, and during that time they experienced all the privations and experiences of life on the frontier. The problem which confronted them seemed an arduous one, but with the sturdy characteristics of the pioneer settlers they applied themselves to the task and through their combined efforts worked their way on to prosperity. In due time Mr. Ruse replaced his pioneer home with a modern structure built of brick and he burned the brick which was used in its construction. In course of years he became a well-to-do man and acquired four hundred and fifty-five acres of farm land. which was the result of his own hard labor and the assistance of his estimable wife, who proved to him a valuably helpmate on the journey of life. Mr. Ruse died at the comparatively, early age of fifty-five years and thus Franklin county lost one of its most highly esteemed and honored pioneer citi- CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 497 zens. He was a democrat in his political belief and was a devoted and consistent member of the United Brethren church. Jonathan Ruse, the only son and the younger of their five children, was born October 6, 1855, and pursued his studies in the little country schoolhouse which stands on his present farm, although at that time he little dreamed that some day he would be the owner of this tract of land. He is now engaged in general farming and each year harvests good crops as a reward for the care and labor that he bestows upon the fields. His farm is supplied with a good country residence and substantial outbuildings and everything about the place is kept in excellent condition, indicating the progressive methods of the owner. Mr. Ruse was marred in 1878 to Miss Mary O'Roark, who was born in December, 1855, and their union has been blessed with six children-Lindell, Myrtle, Jessie, Frank, Bertha and Harry J. The third in order of birth, Jessie, is now deceased. The other children have been educated in the common schools. Mr. Ruse is a democrat in his political belief and for the past two years has served as supervisor of his township, while at various times he has been a director of the school board. He is a Methodist in religious faith. By those who are brought into close connection with him his companionship, friendship and counsel are appreciated and have been helpful to them. In his relations with his fellowmen and in his treatment of his neighbor he has never lost sight of the principle of the Golden Rule and wherever known he is highly esteemed. DAVID H. BUDD, There has been marked change in methods of real-estate transfer. In former years if a purchaser desired a piece of property he sought out the owner and terms of purchase and sale were agreed upon between them. In the developing business conditions of the country, however, the real-estate agent and promoter has become a most important. factor in the upbuilding and development of the towns and cities and to this work Mr. Budd is now giving his attention. He handles all kinds of real-estate, including farm and city property, and through his efforts in this direction is contributing to the general progress of the communities in which he carries on business. A native of Ohio, he was born on a farm in Delaware county about ten miles northeast of Westerville, 'May 9. 1848. His parents, William and Sarah E. (Adams) Budd, were also natives of Delaware county and for many years resided upon a farm, but at length retired and took up their abode in Westerville, where the death of the father occurred in 1908. His widow still survives and is yet living in that town. Their family numbered five children, of whom David H. Budd is the eldest. Reared on the old homestead farm, Mr. Budd acquired his early education in the district schools, afterward attended Central College Academy and later pursued a course in a business college. He has since resided in Westerville, where he has conducted a general real-estate business, being also 498 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS closely connected with real-state operations in Columbus. He handles both city and farm property, not only of central Ohio but all over the United States. He is an extensive and original advertiser and has thus brought his business into prominence. In this way he has brought many people to Westerville and has done much for the upbuilding of the town. At the age of twenty years Mr. Budd was married to Miss Irena Gates, a native of Franklin county and a daughter of John B. Gates. Their children are: Myrtle E., the wife of H. N. Ingle of Westerville; and Dale Howard. While the life record of Mr. Budd has in some respects been an uneventful one, it has been characterized by those qualities which in every land and clime command respect and confidence. He has sought his success along honorable lines, never fearing that laborious attention to business which is so necessary an element in success. He has become widely known as a real-estate promoter and has comprehensive knowledge of property values and investment opportunities in various sections of the country. GEORGE STOCKTON, M. D. Dr. George Stockton, continually advancing in professional ranks, has made a specialty of the treatment of nervous and mental diseases and is now professor of mental diseases in the Starling-Ohio Medical College, and superintendent of the State Hospital. He was born at Bainbridge, Ross county, Ohio, April 17, 1854, and comes of an ancestry strong in mind and body. Two of his maternal uncles were members of the medical fraternity. His father, Joseph P. Stockton, was born in Ohio, followed farming for some years and in 1866 removed to Columbus, where he died in 1885. His wife, in her maidenhood, Emily Brown, was a native of Perry county, Ohio, and after her husband's death lived with her son, Dr. Stockton, until Easter Sun day of 1908, when she passed away at the age of eighty-one years. A daughter Maggie and a son John, are deceased, while the surviving daughter, Mrs. Ids Raymond, has been matron of the State Hospital for the past six years and has been reelected for another term. Dr. Stockton attended a country school near Lockbourne, Ohio., until about twelve years of age, when the family moved to Columbus were he continued his studies in the public schools in the capital city, graduating from the high school in 1872. Soon afterward he took up the study of medicine with Dr. R. M. Denig, of Columbus, as his preceptor, and after attending two courses of lectures in the Starling Medical College he went to Bellevue Hospital, of New York city, where he was graduated in 1875 when not yet twenty-one years of age. He continued his studies, however, from the fact that his diploma was withheld as the laws of the state do not permit. of a diploma. being granted until a. student obtains his majority. In 1877 Dr. Stockton located for practice in Chillicothe, Ohio, where he remained until 1880 when he was appointed on the staff of the Columbus State Hospital. He had directed his studies largely along the lines of mental CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 499 and nervous diseases and this appointment was therefore a congenial one, giving him opportunity to exercise his skill and talents in the department of his specialty. He stands today as one of the foremost representatives of that branch of practice and his opinions are largely regarded as authority upon nervous and mental diseases. In 1890 he opened an office in Columbus, practicing for two years as a specialist at the end of which time the state again sought his services and he entered the hospital under Superintendent Richardson in 1892. He belongs to that class of progressive young men whose work is doing so much to add to the knowledge possessed by the medical fraternity in regard to mental diseases. He practices along the most progressive lines, being in hearty sympathy with the movement which recognizes the possibility for benefit and cure through the exercise of humane practices that soothe, quiet, divert or stimulate the mind of the patient as the case demands. On the 13th of October, 1902, he was elected superintendent of the Columbus State Hospital as successor to the late Dr. Carpenter. He is also a professor of mental diseases in the Starling-Ohio Medical College and he is a member of the American Psychological Association and the National Society for the Cure and Prevention of Tuberculosis. He also belongs to the Columbus Academy of Medicine, the Ohio State Medical Society, the American Medical Association and the Alpha Nu Pi Omeaga, a medical fraternity. His fitness for his position as superintendent of the State Hospital is widely acknowledged and his course has received the endorsement of many of the most prominent members of the profession. EDWARD WOOD SCOTT. Edward Wood Scott, well known in the business circles of Columbus as one whose enterprise has carried him over obstacles and difficulties and brought him forward to the goal of success, is now senior partner of the firm of Scott & Woodrow, grain and hay shippers. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, July 25, 1850. His father, Charles Love Scott, was a native of Virginia and a wholesale dry-goods merchant, who also engaged in the practice of law at Chillicothe, Ohio, for a number of years. In 1849 he removed to Philadelphia, where he entered the ranks of the wholesale merchants, successfully conducting business interests in that city until his death. His wife, who bore the maiden name of Elizabeth Slesman and was also a native of Pennsylvania, has passed away. In private schools of his native city Edward Wood Scott pursued his education to the age of eighteen years and then made his initial step in the business world, becoming a salesman in a wholesale dry-goods store, where he was employed until 1874. That year witnessed his arrival in Ohio. Settling in Circleville he became proprietor of a grain elevator business as a member of the firm of Heffner & Company, conducting his interests at that place until 1879 when he removed to Columbus. Here he established a grain shipping business under the firm style of Heffner, Scott & 500 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS Company and so continued for three years when he withdraw from that partnership and organized the firm of Seeds & Scott, grain and hay shippers. Thus he carried on business until 1894, conducting the largest enterprise of that character in the city. The firm was then dissolved and Mr. Scott became senior partner of the firm of Scott & Woodrow, which has existed to the present time. They are extensive grain and hay shippers, sending their output chiefly to the New England and southern states. They buy from country elevators throughout Ohio in carload lots, and the business has enjoyed a steady and healthy growth. Mr. Scott is thoroughly familiar with the trade in all of its departments and his success is largely due to his close and unfaltering application. Such a business does not merely mean the purchase and sale of the commodities which they handle, for success in this line must depend also upon an intimate knowledge of the market; an understanding of crop conditions and the possibilities for shipment. Mr. Scott is thoroughly informed on every subject bearing upon the trade and his administrative direction is a strong element in the success which the house enjoys. In 1875 occurred the marriage of Mr. Scott and Miss Cynthia Renick, a daughter of John Renick, a large landowner and pioneer settler of Pickaway county, Ohio. They have but one child. Minnie, now the wife of Charles Wareham, of Columbus. Mr. Scott devotes his time to his business and he owns a farm in Pickaway county. He is broad-gauged and liberal in all of his views and is a man of action rather than of theory. Throughout the whole course of his career the prime moving spirit that has prompted his actions seems to have been improvement and advancement. JAMES E. WRIGHT. James E. Wright lives in the memory of contemporaries and friends, enshrined in their hearts with a halo of a gracious presence, a strong intellect and a keen appreciation for all that was beautiful and ennobling in life. Throughout his entire career there was a vein of sublimity and grandeur and he was a striking example of the man who cultivates learning from the pure love of it. His earthly pilgrimage covered the intervening years between the 29th of September, 1829, when he was born on his father's homestead farm near the village of Dublin, Ohio, until the 17th of November. 1890, when he passed away at his home in Worthington. His parents were Daniel and Margaret (Christie) Wright, the former a man of superior mental culture, a great reader and clear thinker-a man of influence enjoying the friendship of the foremost men of the county. The mother, a native of Connecticut and a lady of many superior qualities, was a sister of the Rev. William Christie, who is remembered as one of the pioneer preachers of the Methodist Episcopal church, noted for his great eloquence and his devotion in proclaiming the Gospel message in what was then a wild western country. The family numbered several sons and daughters, all of whom are now dead. PAGE 501 - PICTURE OF JAMES E WRIGHT PAGE 502 - BLANK CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 503 The Rev. F. W. Gunsaulus said: "James E. Wright was born in an atmosphere sacred to the intellectual and spiritual life; and this early influence, alone, accounted to those who knew him best for the ease and grace with which his mind took hold of literary problems. Close friendship opened many a window into the past, through which might have been seen his, fater-Daniel Wright-opening the page of Bunyan or Shakespeare to the ardent youth. Without great opportunities, the father had a cultivated love of that which has constituted the best English literature. His boy soon became master of a few great books. For him Goldsmith and Walter Scott dreamed, and described their visions; for him Lear and Hamlet were familiar figures; and old Dr. Johnson rambled over the luxuriant page of Macauley, while Gibbon and Hallam and Hume recreated the past." From childhood James E. Wright hungered and thirsted for knowledge and read with eagerness all the books he could obtain. It is said that before he was twelve years old he had mastered with limited assistance thirteen different arithmetics and this love of mathematics was developed and cultivated in all its branches in his subsequent years. After exhausting the aids the local schools of the neighborhood afforded, he pursued his studies in Central College, near Columbus; Wittenberg College at Springfield; and the Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware, while in 1845 he entered Princeton College, where he continued his studies until 1848, winning the Master's degree. While engaged in college studies he cultivated general literature and indulged in authorship from taste and also for pecuniary profit to help defray his current expenses. Among the accepted and commended products of his pen at the age of nineteen were several stories of western adventure and Indian life, published in Putnam's Magazine and other periodicals of that day. These attracted favorable men. tion from Washington Irving and other eminent authors, but while he always remained a student of general literature, his professional labors in later years precluded the possibility of further authorship. Close application to study seriously affected Mr. Wright's eyes and made it impossible for him to use them in any close work for three or four years thereafter, so that he spent much of his time on the extensive plantation in Alabama owned by his uncle, James Wright, who had assisted him financially in the pursuit of his higher education. On his return from the south, he took up the study of law with Samuel Galloway, a prominent attorney of Columbus, as his preceptor. He was handicapped in his study somewhat by the fact of his impaired eyesight it being necessary that the text-books should be read to him, but on the 4th of January, 1853, he was admitted to the bar and soon afterward entered in partnership with Thomas Sparrow in the practice of law, and within a brief period they secured an extensive clientele, which connected them with much of the important litigation tried in the courts of the district. There had been in the years of his youth and early manhood various evidences of his elemental strength of character. From his childhood's log cabin home he emerged into the great world at the age of thirteen and began clerking in a. store at three dollars per month and board, and with his first money he bought books. From that time on he made his way with very little 504 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS aid from others. Before coming to the bar had acquired great skill as a civil engineer, in fact his skill in that direction was not inferior to his learning as a lawyer, although the practice of law became his real life work. During the early years of his practice Mr. Wright resided at Dublin and his law work called him into several counties of Central Ohio, also to the supreme court of Ohio and several courts of the United States. Later he re moved to Worthington and maintained his residence there while largely confining his law practice to Columbus. His long-time associate and friend, L. J. Critchfield in presenting the memorial and resolutions to Franklin County Bar Association, said of him: "As a lawyer he was broadly and solidly founded upon the principles of law as a science. He was also expert in the law as an art.. His preparation for the bar was accurate and thorough. His mind was analytical and was intent on getting at the ultimate reason. His inclination was to solve legal questions by the application of principles, rather than by adjudications-testing the latter by the touchstone of principle. In the ethics of the profession he was a very martinet. His standard of the ideal lawyer was high. The Esprit de Corps of the profession in him was strong. He regarded the bar as a learned body of men entrusted with grave responsibilities and sacred duties. In his estimation the profession was a high calling and not merely a money-making art. He detested the commercial idea and the drummer methods of recent times. In his bearing, James E. Wright seemed to be conscious that the high-toned lawyer is not merely an individual seeking personal interests, through special privileges, but an individual member of a body of men invested with important official functions requiring for their discharge the best powers of the mind and the purest purposes of the heart. While not deficient in any department of the law, he preferred, and, therefore, became most proficient in equity jurisprudence. In his thought, as in its best definition, equity is the soul and spirit of the law, and in its natural justice humanity and honesty, equity was more in harmony with the just, humane and liberal tendencies of his mind than were the rigid rules of the common law. In the active period of his professional career, to the aid of a clear legal mind he brought indefatigable industry and exhaustive investigation. He kept well up with the learning of the profession, and the best developments of jurisprudence, and to that end spared no expense for the best books as they came from the press, as his large law library attests. His cases were always well prepared for hearing. The leading facts, the governing principles, the controlling adjudications were in line and readily available. His arguments were clear and concise. He was a good lawyer in every sense of the word." At a memorial meeting held in honor of Mr. Wright, Judge H. B. Albery said: "I think that Mr. Wright delighted more in the learning of the English law writers than in any other writers upon that subject. He frequently referred to and often quoted from his favorite English authors, especially the English chancellors and writers upon equity. In fact, it seemed that equity was his delight. He was a lawyer of ability as an advocate and often expressed himself in oral argument with great force, but was particularly strong in the preparation of arguments on paper. His briefs were master- CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 505 pieces. * * * * He was, as a lawyer, the soul of honor and courtesy. No lawyer was superior to him in his kind and gentlemanly bearing towards members of the profession. He was a lawyer who never belittled the position or arguments of an opponent; he always treated whatever was presented in argument with candor and consideration and met whatever was said with that sincerity that betokens a man of great mind." "His briefs were always scholarly and finish-ad and exhaustive," said Judge E. P. Evans, "and in every paragraph could be seen the skilled hand of an accomplished master. He was a most courteous lawyer and was the soul of professional honor. The trial of jury cases was peculiarly distasteful to him, and it was seldom he could be induced to engage in them, but when he did, he always showed himself to be a powerful jury lawyer; and in my experience, I have seldom, if ever, seen his equal as a cross-examiner of a hostile witness. The reason why he was disinclined to engage in jury trials, may, perhaps, be discovered in his dislike for personal contentions and wrangles which so frequently arise on such trials. His mind was wonderfully quick in its operations and his memory was the most accurate and served him longer than any I have ever known, except Judge Okey's. I have seen him examine legal questions and then sit down and write his brief, citing perhaps a dozen authorities without again turning to one of them." Mr. Wright did much toward schooling himself in the art of oratory and eloquence by hearing in his early manhood all of the great man of his time when opportunity offered. While visiting in the city of New York, he made the ac acquaintance of Garrett Smith and Washington Irving, and later listened to such orators as Daniel Webster, Louis Kossuth and others. His broad reading did undoubtedly give him the splendid command of language for which he was noted. He did much to encourage reading and study in others and in his earlier years, while still a resident of the vicinity of Dublin,, he took pleasure in giving the youth of the neighborhood the benefit of his learning. He also revived the drooping Sabbath school of the Methodist church of that place, gathering the young people into a Bible class until the class became a houseful, so instructive and popular were his talks upon biblical questions. He also very frequently delivered lectures upon the British poets and other literary subjects. He was a student of the literature of Greece and Rome as well as of more modern ages and was a most comprehensive and thorough student of the Bible. Dr. Gunsaulus said of him: "I count it one of the good fortunes of my early ministry to have reviewed with him the writings and career of Moses, from a. lawyer's point of vision. Rarely have I heard more wise or more vivid statements concerning the far reaching effect of the mosaic legislation in the history of jurisprudence than those which adorn and strengthen the pages of his lectures * * * * It was always a joy when some man of great scholarship or pronounced intellectual ability visited Columbus, to take him to Worthington and let him have the joy of discovering such an ample soul. The wide range of his reading kept him from that narrowness and pedantry which are oftentimes the characteristics of a man who so loved solitude. I shall never forget with what ardor and success he debated with Bronson Al- 506 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS cott through the long summer afternoon, on the theme of the priority of thought. Under the red vines of autumn he loved to sit with a problem of integral calculus, and he loved it as he loved nothing else, save following his thoughts along some wooded stream with a fellow disciple of Isaac Walton. Thus, the birds sang as though they welcomed him, and every poet whom he had read, lived upon his lips." Mr. Wright, with all of his love of solitude, which was one of his most marked characteristics, possessed nothing of the spirit of a recluse but was at all times so in touch with the sense of duty that his practical responsibilities suffered not in the. slightest. His public career as a citizen and official was inspired by the most thorough-going patriotism. He was a thorough believer in popular government and always felt that public service and public ballot should be the expression of popular desire. While he was not eager for public office, he responded to the call of his fellow citizens for his services. His first county office was that of treasurer, to which he was appointed by the county commissioners August 3, 1869, and was again appointed to fill a vacancy in that office July 26, 1870, following the death of the treasurer-elect. He was chosen to the office by popular suffrage in 1872 and again in 1874, receiving almost unanimous support in his own part of the county where he was best known. James E. Wright came to Worthington from Dublin, Ohio, in 1869. In a year or two he unearthed the fact that thirteen hundred acres in the school district which ought to have been taxed for school purposes were not on the tax duplicate. He appeared time and again before the board asking why such a thing existed and the fact developed that members of the school board owned most of the unlisted property. He asked about the school loans and found that school money was loaned at one rata and accounted for at another. He found the school had a right to the land where the drug store and Worthington Savings Bank Company now hold forth, school being taught where the present town hall now stands, conducted by two woman, giving only part of their time. Where the present school buildings and playgrounds are, existed a barnyard, partly enclosed, with cows and horses roaming freely around. James E. Wright came home every noon from his duties in the city and surveyed and surveyed and surveyed until he found that this property also belonged to the public schools. It was necessary to get a bill through the state legislature to sell the different tracts of land and have a levy made. Mr. Wright framed that bill. By this time his friends were numbered. The day the bill was to be considered came in midwinter. There was a freight train at five o'clock in the morning. James E. Wright's wife wakened him and said, "Jimmy, did you hear that train whistle?" He jumped up, put on his clothes and started for the depot. She called after him, "You forgot your overcoat." He replied, "Things will be warm enough to-day without any overcoat." A big delegation started at nine o'clock for the city to oppose all action. When they reached Columbus, they were informed that the bill had been passed. James E. Wright saw every brick put in the building. Time and CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 507 again he advanced his personal funds so that work would not lag. While plans for which he had worked for the high school building were under consideration ill health and finally death came. Such in brief was his work for education in Worthington. He was never ambitious for public office but greatly preferred his chosen profession of the law and the cultivation of general literature. He was never oblivious of an opportunity to assist those in need, was kind in his nature, generous in his gifts, charitable to the poor and sympathetic to the afflicted. Notwithstanding all this, the best traits of character were manifest at his own fireside in the midst of his family. It was in the year 1855 that James E. Wright wedded Elizabeth Davis, of Dublin, and to them were born five daughters and three sons, all of whom survived the father, although the family circle has since been broken by the hand of death. Mattie, the eldest of the family, born September 27, 1857, a graduate of the Normal Institute, died January 19, 1900. Carrie, a graduate of the Normal Institute of Columbus and of the Ohio State University, has been a teacher in the Armour Institute of Chicago since its organization sixteen years ago. Annie, the wife of Rev. Wayland D. Ball, is now living in New York City. Nelle, a graduate of the Worthington high school and of the Ohio State University, is a teacher of German and English in Spokane, Washington. Edith, born July 31, 1865, was married June 14, 1888, to G. B. Goodrich and died February 7, 1904, leaving two children, George and Margaret. Daniel, born February 26, 1868, was a graduate of the Worthington high school, of Delaware College, and Harvard and Yale Theological Seminaries, and at the time of his death. March 26, 1907, was a critic on the Columbus Dispatch. Paul, born March 11, 1876, is a graduate of Cornell University Law School, and, residing in Worthington, is engaged in looking after various interests for different parties in his home town. Moses James, born December 16, 1878, a graduate of the high school and of the Ohio State University, afterward attended the Cornell Law School for two year, but his course was interrupted by typhoid fever and later he was graduated from the Columbia Law School of New York city, where he has now practiced for the last four years. During the last three or four year of his life Mr. Wright gave but little attention to business, spending much time in silent communion with nature until he passed away November 17, 1890. In speaking of him, Judge D. C. Jones said: "He took a brave and manly view of life. He was just and genial. He was fond of friends but fonder of solitude. He loved the face and all the other features of nature and so he would pass hours in her company. He loved to sit in the mild nights and contemplate the far off stars as they twinkled in quiet and chaste beauty in the blue fields above. He walked sometimes at night, when the moon permitted, and said, like Thoreau, he loved at such times to hear the corn grow, to listen to the myriad voices of night. * * * * In the parental relation he was a man of rare kindness of heart, the companion and friend of his sons and daughters." Whatever he did in the way of charity, in the way of kindness, in the way of help to the poor, was done without ostentation and without publicity. Friendship was to him a sacred word and none of his obligations was ever 508 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS forgotten. While his intellectual powers carried him far beyond the merit of his fellowman, he never forgot for an instant the great truth concerning the universal brotherhood of man. His life was an equally divided one between solitude and activity. In this respect it was a model life. In his solitude he pursued his studies and acquired the knowledge and information which brightened and developed his intellect; in the active pursuits of life and in the practice of his profession he cultivated and developed strength of character. FRANKLIN RUBRECHT. Franklin Rubrecht, for seventeen years a member of the Columbus bar, during which time he has rendered faithful and efficient service to the public as well as to those who have employed his talent in the conduct of important litigated interests, is accorded a prominent place in professional circles by the consensus of public opinion. He was born in Delaware, Ohio, August 31, 1867, his parents being Joel and Priscilla Helen Rubrecht. The father was a native of Berks county, Pennsylvania, born upon a farm there in 1839, and throughout the period of his residence in that state he carried on the work of the fields. Attracted to the west, however, he removed to Delaware, Ohio, and became identified with its building operations as a contractor and architect. A liberal patronage was accorded him and his labor have been an effective element in the substantial improvement of the city in which he located. In 1894 he was called upon to mourn the loss of his wife, who was born in Delaware county, Ohio, in 1842, and for many year was a faithful companion to him on the journey of life. They had a. family of three sons and one daughter, all of whom reached adult age. In early boyhood Franklin Rubrecht was sent as a pupil to the public schools of Delaware, Ohio, and through consecutive grades completed the highschool course, while later he received a commercial training in Professor Sharp's Business College of the same city. It was his desire to devote his time and energies to professional labors and to this end he sought the preceptorship of R. H. Platt, an attorney of Columbus, under whose direction he pursued his preliminary law studies. He also acquired a knowledge of telegraphy, and entering the service of the Western Union Telegraph Company, was for a considerable period employed as an operator in Columbus. In this way he provided the funds that enabled him to pursue his law studies. and entering the Ohio State University, he was graduated from the law department of that institution in October, 1892. Mr. Rubrecht immediately located for practice in Columbus and the successive steps of his orderly progression are easily discernible. He recognized the fact that there is always room overhead and that only the lower ranks of life are crowded, and he resolved that comprehensive study, close application and increasing ability should soon carry him beyond the starting point of his career. Knowing that the best aid to advancement was to make his service of value to his clients, be has left undone nothing that would advance the litigated CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 509 interests entrusted to his care and in the course of years has become recognized as one of the strongest and ablest members of the Columbus bar. His reasoning is analytical, his deductions are logical and his presentation of his case forceful. He was appointed assistant director of law and by virtue of that office became prosecuting attorney of the police department, rendering capable service in that position until 1897. He received his appointment from Judge Selwyn N. Owen, who at that time was director of law and was appointed by and served under Mayor Black until 1899. Retiring from the position, he resumed private practice and the records of the court show that he has been retained for the prosecution or defense in many cases of importance. His clientage, too, is large and of a distinctively representative character, and the work he has done at the bar reflects credit and honor upon the profession with which he is connected. In December. 1899, he was elected attorney of the Columbus Humane Society and on the 9th of April, 1900, was appointed first assistant director of law by Hon. Luke G. Byrne. As the incumbent of the office it fell to his lot to conduct all the litigation of the city. He retired from public office in 1902 and has since been engaged in the. active practice of his profession. Mr. Rubrecht was married September 18, 1894, to Miss Blanche Newell, of Columbus, a daughter of O. H. Newell, and to them has been born one child, Mercedes. The social prominence of the family is enviable and the gracious hospitality of their home, freely accorded to many friends, is one of its most attractive features. Mr. Rubrecht exercises his right of franchise in support of the men and measures of the democratic party and has done active work in its support by two terms of service as chairman of the congressional committee of the twelfth district of Ohio. His opinions carry weight in the councils of his party and in all of his relations to Columbus he is actuated by a spirit of devotion to the public good, being identified as a director or trustee of several charitable organizations. He looks beyond the exigencies of the moment to the possibilities of the future and his labors have been effective forces in general improvement. When not occupied with professional and business duties, his friends find him a man of social nature, in whom good cheer and good will are pleasing attributes. EDGAR H. LATHAM. Edgar H. Latham, president and treasurer of the Latham Construction Company at No. 183 West Broad street in Columbus, was born in Mercer county, Ohio, February 7, 1884. His grandfather is a wealthy agirculturist of Franklin county, Ohio. The father, Z. T. Latham, whose natal day was February 19, 1850, is now living retired in Columbus. Edgar H. Latham acquired his education in the graded and high schools of this city, and at the beginning of the Spanish-American war enlisted as a member of the Twenty-ninth United States Infantry under Colonel Van Horn, who organized the. regiment. During two years of his 510 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS three years' term of enlistment he remained in the Philippines and was instructor of drummers and trumpeters in his regiment. He was also on special duty at Iloilo, Panay Island, being attached to the engineering corps in the capacity of topographical draftsman, and assisted in gathering data concerning the topography, population and resources of the island. On the 28th of January, 1904, at Angel Island, California, he was mustered out of service, returning to Columbus with a most creditable military record. Here he was first employed for two years by F. L. Packard as architectural draftsman and then became connected with the contracting business on his own account. In April, 1908, in association with Fred H. Schroedinger and D. R. Rockey, he organized the Latham Construction Company and was elected its president and treasurer. The concern does a general contracting business and, although a comparatively new enterprise, it has already proven itself a worthy competitor of many of the old established contracting firms of the city. Mr. Latham is identified with the Builders' Exchange and is the youngest member of the board of trade. As a companion and helpmate on life's journey Mr. Latham chose Miss Martha Rockey, a daughter of D. R. Rockey, who is vice president of the Latham Construction Company and a prominent hydraulic engineer of this city. In his political views Mr. Latham is independent, casting his ballot for the men and measures that he believes will best conserve the general welfare. His religious faith is indicated by his membership in the Emanuel Evangelical church, and he resides in a pleasant home at No. 598 Gilbert street. Owing to his unremitting industry, excellent business qualifications and unfaltering integrity he has already gained a prominent place in business circles for one of his years and the future looks bright and promising. WILLIAM NEIL. Among the names that stand preeminently forth on the pages of history in connection with the pioneer settlement and later development of Columbus is that of William Neil. The year of his arrival was 1818 and from that time until his demise his labors were of a character which contributed in substantial measure to the progress and development of the city and state. He had for three year previous been a resident of Urbana and had gone to that city from Kentucky in 1815. He was a native of Virginia, born in 1788, and a representative of one of the old families there. His paternal grandfather, Allen Neil, was born in Scotland. When four years of age William Neil accompanied his parents on their removal to Winchester, Clark county, Kentucky, where he was reared amid the wild scenes and environment of pioneer life. Having arrived at years of maturity, he was married in Kentucky to Miss Hannah Schwing, who was born in Virginia in 1794 and was six years of age when taken by her parents to Louisville, Kentucky. At the age of twenty-two she gave her hand in marriage to William Neil, who was known as "the PAGE 511 - PICTURE OF WILLIAM NEIL PAGE 512 - BLANK CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 513 old Stage king" and oivned the fiat line of stages that ran from Wheeling, West Virginia, to Cincinnati. Ohio. William Neil was a stone-mason by trade, but following his removal to Columbus became interested in other undertakings and as opportunity offered became a factor in the wonderful development which has brought Ohio to its prasent stage of progress and prosperity. On his removal from Urbana to Columbus he visited what is now the State University farm, then owned by Captain Vance. While there he formed the acquaintance of Mr. Simkin, an eastern gentleman. and they entered into a partnership for the purpose of dealing in flour. They constructed a keel boat from timber procured on the farm and floated their cargo down the Whetstone into the Scioto river, thence down the Ohio and Mississippi rivers to New Orleans. This venture, however, proved financially disastrous and the partners returned to Columbus six thousand dollars in debt. When Mr. Neil arrived in Urbana his possessions consisted of a horse, saddle and a bridle-the usual fortune of a. young man starting out in life. Undeterred by the disaster which met him in his fiat business venture in Columbus, he turned his attention to other interests where his sound judgment and keen discrimination led the way and in the course of years became not only one of the most prosperous and prominent residents of Columbus,, but also one of the distinguished citizens of the state by reason of his activity in railroad building and his promotion of other business concerns that resulted beneficially to the community at large. Soon after his removal to Columbus, Mr. Neil resolved to own the Vance farm. which had taken his fancy. and after his disastrous speculation in flour, he had bought forty acres and a log cabin near Urbana and gave his attention to general agricultural pursuits. In 1818, however, he was offered the cashiership of the old Franklin Bank of Columbus and came to the city to take his part in the management of one of its early financial enterprises. It was not long after this that he bought the first stage line in connection with Peter Zinn, the line extending from this city to Granville. This was the beginning of staging operations. which finally led to the contsruction of several railroads as the latter means of transportation superseded the former. Mr. Neil bought several stage lines, including one to Wheeling, one to Cleveland and one from Cleveland to Buffalo. He was also the owner of a line to Sandusky. through Delaware and Marion, Ohio: one to Marietta; one to Cincinnati; and one leading toward Indianapolis. Many other branches were also established as the necessity of the times required. At one time he owned all the stage lines from Cumberland, Maryland, to St. Louis. In his operations in this field Mr. Neil was at one time associated with Jarvis Pike, who was a pioneer on West Broad street. The firm name was Neil, Moore & Company, but subsequently the business was merged into what was known as the Ohio Stage Company, with David W. Deshler, William Sullivant and others as partners of 'Mr. Neil. When railroad building became a factor in Ohio's development, this company built the first railroad to Xenia. completing the first line in 1845. As the state constitution then required that a certain amount of stock had to be subscribed before a company could organize, the Ohio Stage Company had to take nearly all of the stock. Shortly after the building of the first road the same company 514 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS began operation of the Columbus and Cleveland line and this was followed by the building of the old Central Ohio and the Columbus, Piqua & Indiana, now the Panhandle West. It is a well known fact that no other agency has contributed in so large or prominent a measure to the development of the country as the railroad building and in this connection Mr. Neil deserves much credit, giving large financial support to many railway line which have been an important factor in opening up different sections of the state. He was at one time associated with practically every line leading out of Columbus and it was he who financed the first railroad between Columbus and Indianapolis, now a part of the great Pennsylvania system. In the year 1828 William Neil purchased the Vance farm, thus realizing an ambition which he had cherished for a number of years. He then took up his abode upon the place, which comprised three hundred acres and which is now the University farm. His home occupied the present site of the lawn tennis grounds but the house was destroyed by fire in 1866. at. which time it was occupied by William Neil, Jr. As the father saw opportunity for favorable investment he made extensive purchases elsewhere and at one time was the owner of much of the land on which the city of Columbus now stands. He bought all of the land west of High street to the waterworks except the twenty-five acre Fisher tract and the Starr farm, now Goodale park. also the Hubbard tract, on High street, paying five dollars and up per acre for the property. Nearly all of this land was a forest of finest walnut and oak from which the first timber used in the old Neil house was cut. Mr. Neil also owned nearly three thousand acres west of High street, twenty-eight acres in Indianola being part of the orignal tract, which extended to the Harbor road, almost to the Mock road and south to Tenth street. The first residence of Mr. Neil in Columbus was on the northeast corner of Gay and Front streets and at another time he resided on Front street between Broad and Gay. Maintaining his residence in this city and county from 1818 until his death. he was not only a factor in its business development through his railroad operations and real-estate dealing but also contributed to public progress in his support of the various measures which advanced the material, intellectual, social and moral development of the community. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Neil were born six children. of whom one died in infancy. Robert. E. Neil, the eldest son, was born in Columbus, May 12, 1819, was educated in Kenyon College of Ohio and in Georgetown College of the District of Columbia. On attaining his majority he began farming but finally abandoned agricultural pursuits and became connected with commercial interests. He was also a factor in the ownership of various manufacturing enterprises which were an element in the city's growth, but he largely gave hi his attention to the management of his real-estate interests and investment. In politics he was always a stalwart republican but never an office seeker. On the 30th of May, 1843, he married Jane M. daughter of William Sullivant. The second member of the family of Mr. and Mrs. William Neil was Mrs. Anna Eliza Dennison, the wife of Governor William Dennison, who was occupying the executive chair at the time of the outbreak of the Civil war. The other members of the family are Mrs. General McMillan, William CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 515 A., John G., and Colonel Henry M. Neil, the last named and Mrs. Dennison being the only ones now living. The death of William Neil, the father, occurred flay 18, 1870, at the home of William Dennison, while Mrs. Neil passed away in February, 1868, at the age of seventy-four years. The home of Mr. and Mrs. Neil was always a most hospitable one, standing with wide open doors in true Kentucky style. While Mr. Neil was proving so important a factor in the development of the state and the promotion of its prominent industries, Mrs. Neil was giving of her time and means toward the moral progress of the community and to the amelioration of the hard conditions of life for the unfortunate. Her gifts included a lot on High street to the Methodist church, which lot was sold after the church was destroyed by fire, the sale price going toward the erection of a new church known as Wesley Chapel, at the corner of Broad and Fourth streets, where there is a bas-relief of her in the church wall. The Hannah Neil Mission, named in her honor is a home for friendless women and children, to whom her heart ever went out most warmly and helpfully. She was one of the founders of the Female Benevolent Society, while her private charities were almost numberless. The memory of her life remains a blessed benediction to all who knew her, while many who shared her bounty entertain for her a feeling of deepest gratitude. No history of Columbus would be complete without extended mention of Mr. and Mrs. William Neil, each taking part in the development of the city and leaving their impress for good upon the annals of Ohio's fair capital. TILLMAN PALSGROVE. Tillman Palsgrove, who owns a valuable and well improved farm of two hundred and nine acres in Madison township, in the cultivation of which he is successfully engaged. was born on the 19th of November, 1845. His father, David Palsgrove, whose birth occurred in Pennsylvania in 1819, acquired a common-school education and in the year 1859 removed to Fairfield county, Ohio. He first worked at the shoemaker's trade for one year, subsequently was engaged in the operation of a rented farm for five years and on the expiration of that period bought a tract of thirty-five acres of land. Later he disposed of this farm and took up his abode in the southern part of Miami county, this state. He was a democrat in his political views and was a member of the German Reform church, in the faith of which he passed away in 1903. His wife. who bore the maiden name of Eliza. Candy, was born in Pennsylvania in 1820. The record of their children is as follows: William AL; Mary E., who is deceased; James D.; Tillman, of this review: Anna Maria; who has also passed away; Sarah; Daniel F.: Thomas .I.. deceased: Charles Henry: and Sally, who died in infancy. Tillman Palsgrove obtained his education in the common schools and in 1862. when but seventeen years of age, enlisted for service in the Union army, under Colonel Sanderson, as a member of Company C, Tenth Ohio Volunteer Cavalry. He participated in many important battles; including 516 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS the engagements at Murfreesboro, Laverne, Shelbyville, Chickamauga. Chattanooga. Mission Ridge, Resaca, Atlanta, Kenesaw Mountain, Lovejoy Station and Jonesboro. He also went with Sherman on the march to the sea and took part in the North Carolina campaign, doing some hard fighting at Columbia. At the battle of Big Shanty his horse was shot from under him, and being injured to such an extent that he was unfitted for active duty he was made orderly of the Third Division, continuing in that position until honorably discharged on the 10th of August. 1865. One dark night. while doing orderly duty, his horse fell upon him and he thus received other severe injuries that necessitated his confinement for eleven weeks, during which time he was cared for at the home of an aged couple. Though his military service was often of a hazardous and difficult nature. he never faltered in the performance of any task assigned him and returned home with a most creditable record. On once more taking up the pursuits of civil life he became connected with agricultural interests, in which he has been successfully engaged to the present time. His farm comprises two hundred and nine acres in Madison township and in the careful cultivation of the fields he has gained a gratifying measure of prosperity, being widely recognized as one of the substantial and enterprising agriculturists of the county. On the 11th of December, 1870, Mr. Palsgrove was united in marriage to Miss Sarah J. Whims, whose birth occurred June 18. 1850. Their children are four in number, namely: William Henry, Tillman F., Altus M. and George A. In his political views Mr. Palsgrove is a democrat and has served as road superintendent for two years. He is a devoted and faithful member of the German Reform church and still maintains pleasant relations with his old army comrades through his membership in the G. A. R. The circle of his friends is almost coextensive with the circle of his acquaintances and it is therefore with pleasure that we present the record of his life to the readers of this volume. GEORGE D. JONES. George D. Jones, who is widely known by reason of efficient public service in Columbus, as well as through his prominent connection with the bar of the city, was born near London, Madison county, Ohio, in 1856. His parents were John C. and Sarah A. Jones, the former born in Tennessee in 1817 and the latter in Richmond, Virginia, in 1820. The paternal grandfather of our subject came to America from England in the latter part of the eighteenth century. Prior to the Civil war both Mr. and Mrs. John C. Jones were ardent advocates of the abolition of slaverv and aided in carrying on the operations of the underground railroad. The father was a well educated man for his time, was a ready and fluent talker and forcible in the argument of vital public questions. His political allegiance was originally given to the whig party and when the republican party was formed to pre- CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 517 vent the further extension of slavery he joined its ranks and continued to support it until his demise in 1893. His wife, who passed away in 1887, was a. woman of great benevolence and beloved by all who knew her. She was regarded as a most interesting and entertaining conversationalist and possessed moreover a deep love of literature, especially of poetry and history. The youthful experience of George D. Jones were not of an unusual character. He seems to have manifested a studious turn of mind and took little interest in the sports of his day. Throughout his entire life he has manifested the taste of the scholar and his reading and research have carried him far into the realms of knowledge. When but seventeen years of age he began teaching in the country schools and followed that profession for three or four years. He had himself previously attended the common schools and also au academy of the district but did not graduate from a collegiate institution. His education, however, has been very much more thorough and comprehensive than that of many a. collage bred man because of his love of literature and his wide reading. In early youth he made a. study of the writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Theodore Parker and W. E. Channing and became a supporter of Unitarian doctrines. He has also long been a ,student of the subject of evolution, is fond of scientific propositions and believes that scientific principles underlie all things. Tiring of teaching in the country schools and working in the fields through the summer months, Mr. Jones took up the study of law, mastered, many of the principles of jurisprudence. was admitted to the bar and has since been very successful in his profession. His practice has been of an important character, connecting him with much litigation that has figured prominently in the court records of the city. His mind is naturally analytical and inductive and his reasoning is therefore sound, while his deductions follow in logical sequence. His professional labors have brought him gratifying success and he now owns some real-estate. He has great faith in agricultural pursuits as a method of securing an honest subsistence and for the promotion of morality and high civic ideals. He takes Jefferson as his ideal its regards all political and social organizations: common opportunities for all: special privileges for none. He was born and bred a republican but left that party on account of the tariff and financial policies of its leaders During the period of his residence in Columbus he has filled a number of important political offices, serving as city solicitor, president of the council and member of the board of public service, discharging the duties of each with marked fidelity. In 1877 Mr. Jones was married to Miss Eva J. Lattimer, who died in 1899. In 1901 he wedded Mrs. Deborah H. McDonald nee Holloway. Two children of the first marriage survive, Margaret Fuller and Grace Lattimer Jones. while a son, Emerson Jones, died in 1885. Mr. Jones is modest and unpretentious as well as energetic and enterprising and stands high in public estimation as a useful citizen. He has never felt inclined to enter mercantile pursuits and has always abhorred stock speculation and its cognate methods. He is exceedingly independent in religious as well as in other lines of thought. preferring to form his opinions from his own study and 518 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS investigation. Withal he confesses a liking for theological investigation and though not a member of any church, he attends the Presbyterian service with his family. He belongs to the Woodmen of the World and has appreciation for the social amenities of life. He is well known as a clear and entertaining writer and a forcible and instructive speaker. JOHN F. BACHMAN. John F. Bachman, who owns and operates a valuable and well improved farm of two hundred acres in Madison township. was born on the 6th of September, 1864. Throughout his entire business: career he has been connected with agricultural interests and resides on the old homestead farm in Madison township, which was purchased by his father in 1866. It originally comprised fifty acres but he has since extended its boundaries by the additional purchase of one hundred and fifty acres, so that the property now embraces two hundred acres of rich and productive land. in the cultivation of which he is successfully engaged. In 1890 Mr. Bachman was united in marriage to Miss Luresa A. Sarber, whose birth occurred September 16, 1869. They now have the following children: Stanton L., a student in the University at Columbus: Homer C.. who is attending school at Canal Winchester; Elmer L.. Helen C., and Alma M., who are grammar school students; and Alice E. Mr. Bachman is a stalwart democrat in his political views and takes an active and helpful interest in the local work of the organization. having served as township trustee for one term and as a member of the board of education for two terms. His religious faith is indicated by his membership in the Lutheran church. His labors are well directed by sound judgment and, realizing the fact that zeal and energy constitute the basis of success, he has pursued his work diligently year after year and is now well known and highly esteemed as one of the substantial agriculturists and public-spirited citizens of the community. JOSEPH WESLEY McCORD. Joseph Wesley McCord, who is conducting an extensive business under the firm style of McCord & Kelly, was born in Bainbridge, Ross county. Ohio, September 11, 1850. His father. N.. E. McCord, was also a native of Ross county, spending his entire life at Bainbridge, where he learned and followed the millwright's trade. The grandfather of our subject was born in 1802, in Pike county, Ohio, and was of Irish lineage, for his parents came to the new world from the Emerald isle. From southern Ohio he removed to Ross county, becoming one of its early settlers, closely identified with its development as the region was transformed from a frontier district into one CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 519 of the rich farming regions of the state. In the days when a militia company constituted a feature in every community he was a. prominent factor in the training of the troops, serving with the rank of captain. N. E. McCord was reared amid the wild scenes and environments of pioneer life and as the years passed continued to engage in business in the place of his nativity. he married Sarah Bridwell, a native of Pike county, Ohio, and a representative of one of the old pioneer families of the state. Her father was a veteran of the Civil war. Mr. and Mrs. N. E. McCord reared their family at Bainbridge and there the mother passed away in 1901, while the father's death occurred in the fall of 1906 when he was seventy-nine years of age. Joseph W. McCord was a student in the common schools of Bainbridge to the age of seventeen years and then began earning his own living as a cleric in a store there. He was thus employed until 1876 when he came to Columbus and started in business as a grain dealer, continuing alone until 1881. A part partnership was then formed under the firm style of McCord & Decker and through the succeeding four years the partners not only made extensive shipments of grain but also operated several grain elevators. In 1885 the firm became McCord & Kelly and the business has been continued under the same name to the present time although Mr. Kelly has long since retired, leaving Mr. McCord as sole owner of the business. He buys from country shippers in carload lots only and .ends large exportations to the southern and New England states. He likewise handles grain and is numbered among the large. t shippers of Columbus. While not all days have been equally bright, his rich inheritance of energy and determination has enabled him to turn defeat into victories and threatened failure into success. His strict integrity, business conservatism and ,judgment. have always been so uniformly recognized that he has enjoyed public confidence to an enviable degree and naturally this has brought him a business that through times of general prosperity and general adversity alike has constantly increased. He has a branch establishment conducted under the name of D. S. Cook & Company at Basil, Fairfield county; Ohio, and has elevators, mills, lumberyard, planing-mill and hay storage located there. He is likewise secretary of the Ohio Shippers Association. secretary of the Ohio Grain Dealers Association and the secretary and general manager of the Ohio Grain Dealers Mutual Fire Insurance Association. It was largely due to his influence and efforts that the last named association was organized. It is today an important and successful factor in grain insurance and continues as a visible evidence of the business enterprise and ability of Mr. McCord. He is the vice president and a director in the Grain Dealers National Mutual Fire Insurance Company of Indianapolis which carries eight million dollars in risks, he is also the legal representative of the Millers Mutual Fire Insurance Association of Illinois, with home office at Aston, Illinois. Mr. McCord has been married twice. He first wedded Laura J. Kelly, a daughter of the Rev. A. C.. Kelly. She died in October, 1905, leaving four daughters: Caroline, now the wife of W. S. Butterfield. of Battle Creek, Michigan: Estelle. the wife of N. Woodward. of Columbus: Ettie, The wife 520 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS. of Paul Delong, of Columbus; and Josephine. the wife of Fred Vercoe of this city. In October, 1907, Mr. McCord was again married, his second union being with Miss Mabel Root, of Kalamazoo. Michigan. Mr. McCord a. member of the Ohio Club and the Masonic lodge. He became one of the charter members of the Board of Trade and has been actively id identified with it since its organization. He also became a charter member of the Ohio Grain Dealers Association in 1880 and he is today one of the most prominent grain dealers of this section of the country. He has always given close attention to the study of railroad transportation and conditions and his thorough understanding thereof has been one of the strong elements in his success. There has been nothing sensational in his career no spectacular moves in the business world and yet he stands in a leading position among the grain shippers and dealers and association workers and supporters of the middle west, strong in hi ability to plan and perform. strong in his honor and good name. GUSTAVUS SWAN INNIS . Inasmuch as he was born in Franklin county at a very early period in its development and for many years was associated with its improvement in agricultural lines and inasmuch is he was a valiant soldier of the Civil war and for two years warden of the state penitentiary. while later he engaged in surveying and civil engineering, the life record of Colonel Gustavus S. Innis cannot fail to prove of interest to many of the reader: of this volume. He was born February 4, 1819, and was a son of Henry Innis, who. cast in his lot with the earliest settlers of this locality. He had been married on the 10th of June, 1813, to Isabel Clifford Pegg, a. daughter of Elias and Elizabeth Ansettler Pegg. Near the close of the war of 1812 her father received a good offer for his farm in Jefferson county and on selling his property proposed that his sons-in-law. Henry Innis and Ephraim Fisher, should accompany his to Franklin county, Ohio. They journeyed westward on horseback, it requiring an entire week to make the trip, and in 1817 they removed their families to this locality. At that time Mr. Innis established a little tavern or hotel on the south side of Broad street almost directly opposite the site of the county courthouse at that time. He also opened a blacksmith shop and worked at his srnithy and also conducted his hotel for four years. Later he removed from Franklinton to his farm in Clinton township, taking up his abode thereon in 1820. He had few white neighbors but Indians still visited the locality and the wolves frequently made the night hideous with their howling. Other wild animals were to be seen and deer and much smaller game were to be had in abundance. Most of the settlers lived in log cabins, which were heated by fireplaces and lighted by candles. There were few, if an, luxuries in those days and even many of the comforts of life were denied the early settler, but Henry Innis and other of his associates were determined, resolute men and as the years PAGE 521 - PICTURE OF COL. GUSTAVUS S. INNIS PAGE 522 - BLANK CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 523 passed they converted this wild district into an attractive center of civilization. The first school of the neighborhood was established in a little one room cabin on land belonging to Rev. Matthews and Lura Matthews became the first teacher there. It was there Colonel Gustavus S. Innis attended school and gained his knowledge of elementary branches. He mastered the lessons assigned him and, progressing along intellectual lines, be too became a teacher in 1837, conducting school in a. little log cabin on Allum creek. He taught in all for about ten years and was regarded as one of the competent educators o£ that early day. The cause of education always found in him a. worthy and helpful friend, and he later served as a member of the county board of school examiners, and for thirty years he was a school director and a member of the township board of education. On the 25th of March, 1845, Colonel Gustavus Innis was married to Miss Sarah Goe Morrill, who was born in Ohio, where she now lives, on the 2d day o£ September, 1821, and was the youngest child of Moses and Millie (Verion) Morrill. Her father was engaged in the lumber business in New Hampshire in early life. Mrs. Merion was the eldest daughter of Nathaniel and Lydia (Gay) Verion. Her father and her brothers, William, Elijah. David and Nathaniel Merion, purchased some soldiers' claims to lands in the refugee tract in Ohio, securing; about seventeen hundred acre,; for one dollar per acre. In 1812 they started for their new Ohio property but Nathaniel Merion died ere reaching his destination. William had located here three years previous. The others of the family arrived in safety and tool: up their abode on what is now South High street within two miles of the capital city. Their farm there comprised a. half section of land and they also had another half section where the lunatic asylum was later located and still a third half section on Allum creek Mr. Morrill conducted his farm. also kept a hotel and engaged in the manufacture and sale of brick. He was a very active and energetic man and in his business life carried forward to successful completion whatever he undertook. He was closely associated with the early .substantial development of the county and his name is enrolled among the honored pioneers. He died in the year 1837 and was long survived by his wife, who conducted her business interests and remained a resident of this county until her death. which occurred in 1858 when she had reached the advanced age of eighty-one years. At the time of their marriage Colonel and Mrs. Innis began their domestic life in a log cabin in the eastern part of Clinton township. He purchased this with capital saved from his wages as a teacher. The little home was devoid of many thing which are considered essential comforts at the present time, but, though the furnishings were meager and the adornments of the house were few. Colonel and Mrs. Innis were happy in each other's love and the friendship of their pioneer neighbors. Colonel Innis was identified with agricultural pursuits for a long period and worked diligently and persistently to till the soil. converting the wild land into productive fields from which he annually gathered good crops. At the time of the 524 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS Civil war he left the state in command of the One Hundred and Thirty-third Regiment of the Ohio National Guard. He was commissioned captain of the Fifth Company of the Second Regiment in 1839. On the 31st of July, 1863, he became captain of Company F. Third Batallion of Infantry. and on the 24th of September following was commissioned lieutenant colonel of the Third Regiment. On the 8th of March. 1864, he was promoted to the rank of colonel of the same regiment. and on the 6th of May, 1864, was appointed to the command of the One Hundred and Thirty-third Regiment of Ohio. Volunteers. He made a creditable showing as an army officer whose loyalty has never been questioned and who inspired his men with his own deeds of valor and bravery. After his return from the war Colonel Innis was made warden of the state penitentiary in 1874 and continued to fill that office for two years, . proving most capable. prompt and reliable in the discharge of his duties. After his retirement from that position he engaged in surveying and civil engineering and remained an active factor in the affairs of life until be was called to his final rest. Unto Colonel and Mrs. Tunis there were born five children : Henry M., whose sketch appears on another page of this work: George S.. who is professor of history in Hamlin University; Isabel C., who became the wife of Dr. N. S. Matthews and died in August, 1902: Millie M., the wife of Dr. C. L. Bohannan, of Clay Center, Nebraska: and Charles F.. who is with his mother. The father was a stalwart democrat in politics. He belonged to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and not only in fraternal but other relations of life enjoyed the warm friendship and good will of those with whom he came in contact. He passed away in Columbus, January 2, 1899. Throughout his entire life, covering almost eighty years, he had been a resident of Franklin county and had watched its growth from early pioneer times until it became one of the most populous and prosperous sections of this great state. He was a worthy representative of its agricultural development and was most loyal in the position of public service which he so long filled. No history of the county would be complete without extended and personal reference to Colonel Innis its one of the honored pioneer settlers and valued business men. ELMER G. HORTON, M.D. Dr. Elmer G. Horton, physician, bacteriologist, medical educator and health officer of Columbus. was born at Horton Hill. Erie county. New York, a place which was founded by his grandfather, John Horton. who removed from New England to the Empire state early in the nineteenth century. There he engaged in farming as did his son. Lorenzo L. Horton. The latter followed mercantile pursuits and reared his family in the neighborhood of the old homestead until his removal to Wyoming county, New York. CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 525 It was in the schools of the latter county that Dr. Horton pursued his early education while later he attended the Arcade Academy and subsequently became a student in Cornell University. where he pursued a scientific course. being graduated in 1892 with the degree of Bachelor of Science. He afterward engaged in teaching in a preparatory school for some time and later became connected with the Wabash College at Crawfordsville, Indiana as professor of hygiene. He then held a fellowship of hygiene in the University of Pennsylvania in 1895-96 and taught in the same institution until 1898. In June. of the latter year, he came to Columbus to establish a laboratory for the Ohio state board of health with which he was connected as bacteriologist and chemist and was in charge until 1907. In 1906 he was graduated from the Ohio Medical University with which he had previously, been connected as a teacher. In 1902 he began lecturing there on hygiene in 1903 was promoted to professor hygiene and is now lecturer on hygiene in the Starling-Ohio Medical College. Since 1907 he has been health officer of Columbus and his studies and researches in the line of hygiene and bacteriology y well qualify him for valuably and efficient work in this connection. He is also a member of the Academy of Medicine, of Ohio State Medical Society and the American Medical Association. He likewise belongs to the American Public Health Association and is in hearty sympathy with that movement which is now common among advanced members of the profession, to prevent disease by the dissemination of knowledge concerning the laws of health and by the institution of health measures that will promote sanitary and healthy conditions. While a student in Cornell Dr. Horton was very prominent in athletic circle.. He won the gold medal for the best all-round athletic record in the junior year, played half-back on the football team and held five Cornell records. He was the first Cornell man to win a place in the intercollegiate sports, gaining this honor in 1891, and he now has a very interesting and valuable collection of cups and trophies. In 1894 Dr. Horton was married to Miss Belle Fisher. of Crawfordsville, Indiana. and they have two children, Vivian and Mildred. Dr. Morton belongs to the Knights of Pythias fraternity and while he has a ready appreciation for the social amenities of life he finds his business and professional duties are constantly making larger demands upon his time and energies. He has carried his investigations far and wide into the realizes of scientific research. and study and experience are constantly broadening his knowledge and promoting his efficiency. JOSEPH FRANK BOTT. Joseph Frank Bott is well known in Columbus. where for many years he has made his home. For a long period be was closely associated with the. business life of the city; but he is now practically living retired, giving his super vision only to his invested interests. He was born in Zanesville, Ohio in 1858. 526 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS His father, Casper Bott, was a native of Bavaria. Germany, and crossed the Atlantic to the new world, establishing his home in Zanesville in 1840. He was a shoemaker by trade and followed that business in Zanesville for many years, his death occurring there in 1879. He had long survived his wife, who died in 1863. She bore the maiden name of Magdalena Huff, and was also a native of Bavaria. Joseph F. Bott pursued his education in the public schools of his native city to the age of thirteen years, when he came to Columbus and entered the employ of the Ohio Furniture Company, with which he continued for a year. He afterward secured a position in the' cafe on East Town street, owned by Fred Nettermeyer, Sr., with whom he remained for three years, when he entered the employ of Louis Buechner, on High street. For two years he worked there in a confectionery establishment, during which time he carefully saved his earnings, for it was his desire to some day engage in business on his own account. His next service was with Thomas R. Marshall, a well known pioneer, in the Clinton building on High street, and when he had spent three years there he went to the Pioneer Billiard Room, where the Harrison building now stands. His service there covered three years, during which time he became an expert pool and billiard player. Mr. Corey, of the Gibson House. of Cincinnati, then offered Mr. Bott a position with increased salary, but his brother coming from Zanesville in the meantime, Mr. Bott formed a partnership with him and started in business in 1883. They secured a location where Brice Brothers are now located, and remained at that point for nine year. establishing a good paying business. The location, a favorable one opposite the state house, made their establishment very popular and, as Mr. Bott expressed it, they "always had a meeting of the third house." The transpiring of the lease caused their removal to No. 141 North High street, where, they conducted the finest. establishment of the kind ever seen in Columbus, continuing at that place until their business was destroyed by fire on the 25th of April. 1903. They then bought out an unexpired lease at No. 157 North High street, just across the alley from their present location, there continuing for two years and three months. In April, 1905, they built the finest cafe in the United States and at the present time are conducting the largest and most prosperous business in the city. In 1887 they organized the Bott Brothers Manufacturing Company, beginning operations on a very small .scale, but soon developing their trade until they were at the head of a large enterprise in the sale of pool and billiard tables and supplies. bar fixtures, refrigerators and all necessary appurtenances for cafes and billiard halls. In 1902 they secured their present location at No. 166 North High street for the factory and salesrooms and since that time their business has enjoyed an almost phenomenal growth. In February, 1905, it was incorporated under the name of the Bott Brothers Manufacturing Company. with Joseph F. Bott as resident and general manager. They are represented on the road by several traveling salesmen and their territory covers the entire United States. On the 29th of January, 1908, however, Joseph F. Bott sold out his interest. although the business has since been continued under the corporation name He is now a. director of the Bott & Cannon Company. CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 527 wholesale liquor dealers, but has practically retired from active business connections. his success in former years bringing to him capital sufficient to supply him now with all of the comforts and many of the luxuries of life. On the 25th of November, 1886, Mr. Bott was married to Miss Anna Schimpf. of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He is very fond of billiards and pool, which he makes the chief source of his recreation. He has also been an extensive traveler. visiting many points of historic and scenic interest both at home and abroad. thereby gaining, the knowledge, experience and culture which only travel can bring. While his early business career brought him into close touch with hard work. ho recognized the fact that unfaltering diligence and determination constitute the strongest elements in success, and through his persistency of purpose he made gradual advancement until his prosperity placed him among the men of affluence in Columbus. DANIEL DETWILER. Daniel Detwiler, a. prosperous and well known agriculturist of Madison township, was born on the 14th of June, 1849, in Franklin county, Pennsylvania. His grandfather, Jacob Detwiler, was a native of Lancaster county Pennsylvania. his birth occurring in 1764. Samuel Detwiler, the father of our subject, was born in Lancaster county. Pennsylvania, in 1796, and on the 26th of September, 1827, wedded Miss Elizabeth Lehman, whose birth occurred in Franklin county. Pennsylvania, August 7, 1805. Samuel Detwiler obtained only a limited education and early in life learned the tailor's trade. Subsequently, however, he tools up the occupation of farming, being connected with agricultural pursuits throughout the remainder of his business career. In 1853 2 he purchased a farm of one hundred and ninety acres in Madison township. Franklin county. Ohio. and with the assistance of his sons, cleared the greater portion of it. Unto him and his wife were born nine children, six of whom ;till survive, namely: Mrs. Kate L. Harpst, of Putnam county. Ohio; Samuel. a resident of Kansas: Elizabeth Lehman; Martin, living in Illinois; Mrs. Susan Leidy. who also makes her home in Putnam county, Ohio: and Daniel. of this review. The last named now owns and occupies the old homestead which he assisted his father in clearing and improving and which has been in possession of the family for almost sixty years. There are now two houses on the property. one of brick and one of wood. and the place is lacking in none of the accessories and coil conveniences of a. model farm of the twentieth century. Moreover, Mr. Detwiler is well and favorably known throughout the community as an industrious substantial and enterprising agriculturist and progressive citizen. On the 29th of January. 1874. was celebrated the marriage of Mr. Detwiler and Miss Katie Hare. who was born November 19, 1848. Their children are two in number: Mrs. Katie May Bowman and George Garfield. In his political views Mr. Detwiler is a stanch republican. while in religious faith he is a Methodist. He is likewise identified with the Masonic fra- 528 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS ternity and the Grange, Realizing that "there is no excellence without labor." his entire career has been characterized by an unfaltering diligence and unflagging perseverance which have made him one of the prosperous citizens of this part of the country. CLARENCE WHEATON BATTERSON. Clarence Wheaton Batterson, secretary and treasurer of the Batterson Decorative Company of Columbus, was born September 30. 1882. His grandfather; a native of 'New Jersey, was a prominent pump manufacturer of this city and passed away at the age of eigbty-two years. The father of our subject, James S. Batterson, a native of Columbus, is president of the Batterson Decorative Company and has now been engaged in the decorating business for forty years. He was the fir: t exclusive wall paper dealer in Columbus and the state of Ohio, and the present business was founded by him immediately after the close of the Civil war. He is a veteran of that long and sanguinary conflict having served as clerk in the quartermaster general's department. The Batterson Decorative Company is one of the most extensive in its line and ha executed many large contracts throughout this section of the state, while its president is widely recognized as one of the prosperous and influential residents of his native city. Clarence Wheaton Batterson supplemented the education which he had acquired in the graded and high schools of this city by a course in Thompson's Preparatory School. After laying aside his text-books he went to New York, becoming connected with the decorating house of Joseph P. McHugh. Subsequently he was a member of the advertising staff of the John Wanamaker store and was next employed for a time by the A. A. Vantine Company, importers of oriental goods. Later he became connected with the advertising department of Marshall Field & Company of Chicago, while his next change made him road salesman for the Eli Gage Novelty Company. In 1906 he returned to Columbus and became associated in business with his father, being elected secretary and treasurer of the company. He is a young man of keen discrimination and sound judgment, and his executive ability and superior business` qualifications have proven an important element in the success of the institution with which he is connected. On the 26th of September, 1905, Mr, Batter. on was united in marriage to Miss Sophia France: Weber, a daughter of George Weber, who is one of the best known contractors of Columbus, having constructed many of the banks. schools and public buildings in this section of the state. Mrs. Batterson, who is a graduate of the Columbus high school and the Ohio State University is an accomplished musician and artist and a lady of culture and refinements Since age conferred upon him the right of franchise Mr. Batterson has given his political allegiance to the republican party, while fraternally he is connected with the Masons. He is a lover of music and literature and finds his chief source of recreation in hunting and fishing, indulging in these sports at CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 529 his country home at Watkins Lake; Michigan. Both he and his wife are well known and highly esteemed throughout Columbus, the circle of their friends being almost coextensive with the circle of their acquaintances. CYRUS F. LUCKHART Among the practitioners at the Columbus bar Cyrus F. Luckhart is numbered and in a profession where advancement depends solely upon individual merit he has made substantial and gratifying progress. Ohio numbers him among her native sons, his birth having occurred in Ross county on the 1st of August 1875. The family is of Pennsylvania Dutch origin, although representatives of the name came to Ohio in pioneer times, Nelson Luckhart. the father of our subject, having been born in Ross county. He served as one of the famous Squirrel Hunters at the time the Confederate leader. Morgan, made his raid into the north. His life was devoted to general agricultural pursuits and he continued a. resident of his native state until called to his final rest August 16, 1907. He wedded Mary A. Strawser, also born in Ross county and a daughter of John Strawser, who was a farmer by occupation and a man of deeply religious nature, who took an active and helpful part in the work of the Cumberland Presbyterian church, in which he held membership. The public schools of Ross county provided Cyrus F. Luckhart with his early educational privileges, which were supplemented by a special course in the normal school at Chillicothe. When his course there was finished he engaged in teaching school for six years and proved a capable educator, imparting readily and clearly to others the knowledge that he had acquired. Desiring, however, to devote his attention to other professional lines, he entered the state university as a. law student and on the completion of the full Bourse was graduated in 1902. Locating for practice in Columbus, he has won attention by reason of the care and precision which he manifests in the preparation of his causes and the clear, logical and forceful manner in which he presents his case. He is devoted to his clients' interests and yet he never forget that he owes a. higher allegiance to the majesty of the law. Pleasantly situated in his home life. Mr. Luckhart was married in November. 1897. to Miss Florence Larrick, who was born in Ross county, Ohio, a daughter of Jasper C. Larrick, who for many years was identified with agricultural interests but is now engaged in the manufacture of cement at Chillicothe. Mr. and Mrs. Luckhart have one child, Arthur E., born February 12, 1900. Mr. Luckhart gives his political allegiance to the democracy and is now a member of the Democratic Glee Club of Columbus and is also prominent in the Franklin County Democratic Club. He formerly served as mayor and justice of the peace of Adelphi and discharged his duties with notable promptness and fidelity. His fraternal relations are with the Knights of Pythias and he is a member of the United Brethren church, in the work of which he is deeply and helpfully interested. In fact be takes a. very 530 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS prominent part in church work, is serving as superintendent of the Sunday school and is president of the United Brotherhood, an auxiliary of this church. His life has at all times been actuated by principles of honorable manhood and his fidelity thereto has gained him the unqualified regard of those who know him. EDWARD JOHNSON. Edward Johnson, earning his living in the mine at nine years of age, is now president of the Lorain Coal & Dock Company. one of the most extensive enterprises of this character in the state. Strong in his ability to plan and to perform, through his own efforts he has reached a position that has made his opinions authoritative among his business colleagues and associates. and that causes his cooperation to be sought in the management of various undertakings. His life history furnishes an inspiration and incentive to others in that it is proof of the opportunities that lay before an individual who fears not to dare and to do. A native of England, he was born near Birmingham, August 26, 1855 a son of Thomas and Ann (Slater) Johnson, but has resided in the United States since the age of eight years, when his parents brought the family to the new world and settled at Niles, Ohio. His education was largely acquired in attending night schools. and he thus displayed the elemental force of his character, giving to the study hours which most youths, busily einployed in the day, would have devoted to pleasure. He started to work in the mine when he was nine years, of age, and his boyhood was a period of earnest and unlimited toil. That he was diligent and faithful is indicated in the fact that he became a practiced miner when he was thirteen years of age. His experience in the mines, his knowledge of the methods employed in getting out the coal and the ability which he gained in judging the value of the material all constitute elements in his present day success. He was also in his early life engaged in farm labor for four or five years. When his industry and careful expenditures had brought him a little capital, he joined his brother in leasing nine acre' of coal at Nelsonville. This was his start as a mine operator and with it as a nucleus he has developed a business of mammoth proportions. The product of the Nelsonville mine was delivered to boats on the canal; one or two cars a day loaded; this, together with the coal sold to the town people.. consumed the entire output. The reliable. business methods used, combined with the keen judgment and discrimination in the management. brought success to the undertaking and the result was the organization of the New Pittsburg Coal Company, of which Mr. Johnson was general manager. Later the Johnson Coal Company was formed, and coal acquired in the Pittsburg district in Pennsylvania. These companies both were sold to the Pittsburg Coal Company. In 1900 Mr. Johnson together with others. organized the Lorain Coal & Dock Company, which now owns over sixteen thousand acres of coal and PAGE 531 - PICTURE OF EDWARD JOHNSON PAGE 532 - BLANK CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 533 mines from twelve to fifteen hundred thousand tons of coal annually. The business has been developed to magnificent proportions largely through the efforts and enterprise of Edward Johnson. He has been general manager of the company since its organization and upon the death of A. C. Saunders of Cleveland, in 1907, was elected president. Mr. Johnson is a director of the Citizens Savings Bank, a director of the Ohio Trust Company and of the Columbus Merchandise Company, thus extending his efforts into various fields. Honored and respected by all, there is no man who occupies a more enviable position in industrial 'and financial circlets, not alone by reason of the splendid success he has achieved but also owing to the straightforward business methods and undaunted enterprise which he lias ever displayed. Mr. Johnson was married to Helen T. Musser, of Washington county, Pennsylvania, and their children are Goldie, now Mrs. Roy L. Wildermuth of Columbus; Charles C. ; Stanley B.; Frances E.; and Edward S. Mr. and Mrs. Johnson hold membership in the First Methodist Episcopal church. and Mr. Johnson is a member of the Columbus Country Club. He also belongs to the Masonic bodies, being a Knight Templar and having taken the thirty-second degree in the Scottish Rite. Such in brief is the history of Edward Johnson. The record seems a marvelous one when we measure the distance between the starting point and the position he now has reached, yet his progress has been made along legiti mate lines of trade and through the exercise of qualities which anyone might cultivate. Anyone meeting him face to face would know at once that he is an individual embodying all the elements of what in this country we term a "square man," one in whom to have confidence in any relation and in any emergency. His quietude of deportment, his easy dignity, his frankness and cordiality of address. with the total absence of anything .sinister or anything to conceal, foretoken a man who is ready to meet any obligation of life with the confidence and courage that come of conscious personal ability, right conception of things and an habitual regard for what is best in the exercise of human activities. JOSEPH P. BAGER. Joseph P. Rager, a. successful agriculturalist residing in Madison township, was born on the 27th of May, 1852. After attaining his majority he became connected with the sawmill business, in which he was successfully en gaged for about ten years. For the past ten years, however, he has given his attention exclusively to farming, owning and operating one-half of the old homestead in Madison township. In the work of the fields he is systematic, methodical and progressive and bass therefore met with a. gratifying measure of prosperity in his undertakings, being well known as a substantial and enterprising citizen of the community. On the 28th of December. 1882, Mr. Rager was united in marriage to Miss Hattie Hedrick. whose birth occurred July 26. 1859. They now have nine 534 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS children, namely: Matte; Clarence A.; Arvilla, who for some years has been stenographer for Mr. Rightmire, vice mayor of the city of Columbus : Walter L.; Tressa, who will graduate from the schools of Groveport in May, 1909; Dorsia and Worlie B., twins; Kathleen and Vary. In his political views Mr. Rager is independent, and he belongs to the Methodist church and the Grange. For almost. thirty years he has been a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, being a. worthy exemplar of the teachings of the craft. He is widely and favorably known throughout the entire community and has won the warm esteem and confidence of all with whom he has come in contact. JUDGE TOD B. GALLOWAY. With the labors that have formulated the policy and shaped the destiny of the state during the important epochs in its history, the name of Galloway has been closely associated and it has ever been a synonym of lofty patriotism and unfaltering fidelity to principle and honest conviction. Ohio owes much to the efforts of Samuel Galloway, a distinguished citizen of Columbus in the nineteenth century, and to Judge Tod B. Galloway, an able lawyer. whose citizenship is of that progressive type that look beyond the exigencies of the moment to the possibilities of the future and labors, for the welfare of coming generations as much as for that of his contemporaries. Samuel Galloway was a. native of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, born March 20, 1811, in a house which is still standing and which was occupied as a hospital during the ever memorable battle which there occurred in 1863 .In his boyhood he attended the public schools of Gettysburg and following the father's death the family removed to Greenfield, Highland county. Ohio. about 1828, so he continued his studies in the Miami University at Oxford. where he was graduated. Thinking to make the practice of law his life work. he began studying to that end in Hillsboro, but later abandonded the plan and de voted one year to the study of theology in Princeton University. He spent the year 1835 as professor of Greek in the Miami University, but ill health forced him to resign that position. Subsequently he became a teacher in Springfield, Ohio, and for two or three years was professor of classical languages at South Hanover College, in Indiana. Again taking up the study of law, he was admitted to the bar and began practice in 1842, entering into partnership with Nathaniel Massie, of Chillicothe. In the work of the courts he made steady progress, owing to his careful preparation and his clear and forceful presentation of his cause before the bar. His mind was naturally analytical and his reasoning was always sound and logical. He never lost sight of any point which bore upon his case and yet always gave to the important points its due relative prominence. Samuel Galloway became equally well known in political circles. being elected by the state legislature to the office of secretary of state in 1844, in which year he took up his permanent abode in Columbus. He wielded a wide CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 535 felt influence in political circles and as a supporter of the Whig party advocated also the anti-slavery movement. In 1848 he was a. delegate to the Philadelphia convention which nominated Taylor and Fillmore, and a speech which he made on that occasion was long remembered for its thrilling eloquence. In 1848 Mr. Galloway represented his district in the thirty-fourth congress, when the reaction against the encroachment of the slave power had fully set in at the north and the Whig party on account of its complicity with slavery had been practically annihilated, the great majority of the members returning from the northern states pledged to resist the further extension of the evil. On the 3d of December congress convened, but the house was not organized until the 3d of February, when on the one hundred and thirty-third ballot Nathaniel P. Bank: was made speaker, being the first anti-slavery member ever chosen speaker of the house. Mr. Galloway tool: an active part in the work of that congress and gave the weight of his influence in opposition to slavery and on various occasions spoke eloquently upon some phase of the subject. The political feeling in his district opposed to his anti-slavery views was strongly against him and when he again became a candidate for congress be was defeated by Samuel S. Cox. Never faltering in the cause which he espoused even though it meant his political defeat, Mr. Galloway continued to work for those measure: which tend to check the advancement of slavery and became one of the organizers of the republican party formed for the express purpose of preventing its further extension. A convention was held in Columbus July 13, 1855, over which John Sherman presided and the republican party was there formed on the sixty-seventh anniversary of the adopting of the ordinance of 1787. The Ohio convention nominated Salmon P. Chase for governor and he was elected the following November. On June, 1855, a meeting was held in the city hall to ratify the convention of the 13th and Mr. Galloway was one of the principal speakers on that occasion. He devoted several years thereafter to the active practice of law in Columbus and also gave considerable time to religious and philanthropic work. He stood as a high type of American manhood in history. interested in all that pertained to the welfare of the community and the country at large or related to the development of the race. He was always well informed on sociologic and economic as well as political questions and his labors in these different directions were effective and far-reaching. It was less than two years after he left congress that the joint debates between Lincoln and Douglas were held and there is in existence a letter from the former. asking Mr. Galloway to go to Illinois and assist him in that campaign. After his election to the presidency, Mr. Lincoln tendered Mr. Galloway responsible positions in Washington but he refused the honors, contenting himself with the office of judge advocate at Camp Chase. All through the period of the Civil war he labored untiringly and effectively to uphold the federal cause and promote a strong Union sentiment, but his own health prevented him from undertaking military duty. He was recognized, however, as an influential factor in keeping the quota of Ohio always full and inspiring the people of that state with patriotic ardor. While he did not seek public honors or emoluments for himself to any extent he gave freely of his time. means and talents for the benefit of the state and national govern- 536 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS ment or for local progress. In 1871 he was strongly endorsed for governor in the nominating convention, although another carried off the honor. On more than one occasion he was a commissioner to the general assembly of the Presbyterian church for he was a faithful follower of that denomination, holding membership in the First Presbyterian church in Columbus. In the final reunion of the old and new school bodies he tool: an active part but when the Westminster church was formed he became one of it moving spirits and gave to it unfaltering devotion throughout his remaining days. It was expected that Mr. Galloway's aid would constitute a feature in every valuable, progressive movement of the state and it is not to be wondered at that he was a prominent factor in educational circles. When he came to Columbus in 1844 as the secretary of state he was also ex officio superintendent of schools and bent every energy toward furthering the cause of public instruction in Ohio. The public-school system owes much to his efforts, as he gave to the work a stimulus, the benefit of which is felt to the present time. The secretary of state who had preceded him had given three or four pages to that department while Mr. Galloway gave to his first report twenty pages, to his second thirty-two and to his third fifty-six, all of which were full of facts gathered with the greatest industry and patience. His efforts resulted in a complete transformation of the public-school system of Ohio and made its educational interests equal to that of any other commonwealth. Throughout his entire life he was animated by high ideals in connection with all of the various interests which constituted essential factors in the life of the individual or the nation. His life record was so closely interwoven with the fabric of Ohio's history that the annals of the state would be incomplete with mention of him, and his death, which occurred April 5, 1872, was regarded as a public calamity. Tod B. Galloway, with the inspiring example of his illustrious father before him, has along different lines, but in no less important ways furthered the interests of his city and state. Born and reared in Columbus he attended the public schools until he entered Amherst College. of Amber st Massachusetts. where he was graduated with honors in the class of 1885. Broad literary knowledge served as the foundation upon which to rear the superstructure of his professional learning and in preparation for the practice of law he began study under the direction of Judge Nash. senior partner of the law firm of Nash & Lentz, of Columbus. Following his admission to the bar in 1888 he entered into partnership with that firm and the association continued until 1896, when he was nominated and elected to the office of probate judge of Franklin county. Reared in a home atmosphere where questions of state and national importance were under almost daily discussion and where a spirit of lofty patriotism prompted active and effective work it was but natural that Mr. Galloway should be interested in politics and take an active part therein. Even before he attained his majority he had read broadly and thought deeply upon the subjects of grave import before the people and on attaining adult age he became a worker in republican ranks. He soon showed that he had power to elicit active cooperation and to unify and coordinate forces so as to produce the strongest results possible and it logically followed that in 1893 he was elected CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 537 chairman of the republican county executive committee. Devoting all of his time during that campaign to public work in the interest of the cause he espoused, it was due in a large measure to his earnest and well directed labors that every candidate on the ticket was elected for the first time in the history of the party. While serving as a member of the city council in 1893 and 1894 he exercised his official prerogatives in support of every measure for municipal advancement and civic virtue. Mr. Galloway was appointed secretary to the governor by Myron T. Herrick and served in that capacity during Governor Herrick's term of office. Judge Galloway in recognition of the obligations of man toward his fellowmen and prompted by a. sincere interest in the welfare of the more unfortunate has taken an active and helpful part in the advancement of various public and charitable institutions. He is a member of the Buckeye Club and is well known socially, while his many commendable traits of character, his kindly spirit. his geniality and his good will have made him a most popular resident of his native city. He regard, the practice of law as his real life work and in this profession is making steady advancement, his ability as a wise advocate and safe counselor being uniformly recognized in Columbus. Born in this city, October 13, 1863, he is yet hardly in the prime of life and it is to be hoped that his years of usefulness and activity are yet to be many. for his nature is such that his work will ever be of a. character that benefits the community at large as well as promotes his individual interests. FRANKLIN J. PARKER. Franklin J. Parker, who is now living retired in Columbus, was born in Toledo, Ohio, March 30, 1837, his parents being Hiram and Rosy (Comstock) Parker. The father, whose birth occurred near Boston, Massachusetts, in 1806, was about seventeen years of age when he accompanied his parents on their removal to Otsego county; New York. There he grew to manhood and was married, and in 1831 journeyed to Toledo by wagon, being accompanied by his wife and two children. The trip from Buffalo, New York, to Toledo consumed seven days. He assisted in surveying a. part of the latter city and could have purchased lots there at five dollars, while corner lots were to be had at as low a price as twenty dollars. He followed agricultural pursuits throughout his active business career and was a resident of Sylvania. Ohio, at the time of his demise, which occurred in 1896. His wife born in January, 1806, was called to her final rest in 1900. Unto this worthy couple were born six children, two of whom still survive, namely: Andrew J.. a resident of Salem. Indiana; and Franklin J., of this review. Franklin J. Parker was reared on a farm and supplemented his preliminary education by one year's attendance at college. On the 1st of August 1861, he enlisted in the Union army as a member of Company D. Third Battalion of United States Regular Infantry. and valiantly served for three years. being honorably discharged in 1864. He participated in many hotly 538 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS contested engagements and at the battle of Peach Tree Creek was slightly wounded by a piece of a shell. On being mustered out he came to Columbus and once more took up the pursuits of civil life as a carpenter, successfully following that trade until the time of his retirement in 1900. As a contractor he met with a gratifying measure of prosperity and was widely recognized as a most substantial and enterprising business man of this city. In September, 1865, Mr. Parker was united in marriage to Miss Abigail P. Spencer, who was born in 1845, on the same lot on which she now lives, her parents being Russell S. and Betsy J. (Rodirnon) Spencer. Her father. whose birth occurred in Vermont in 1814, was a butcher by trade and during the Civil war had the contract for furnishing all meats to Camp Chase, as well as to all state institutions and to most of the hotels. He passed away in the year 1865. His wife, who was born in New Hampshire, accompanied her parents on their removal to Huron county, Ohio, in 1830, the journey being made by wagon. The following year they located at Worthington, Franklin county, Ohio, and subsequently took up their abode in Columbus. The death of Mrs. Spencer occurred August. 3, 1902, when she had attained d the age of eighty-three years. Her family numbered eleven children, seven of whom still survive, as follows: Aaron, a resident of Columbus. Ohio; Olive, the wife of A. O. Meily, of Columbus, Ohio; Mrs. Parker; Margaret, the wife of Charles McCloud, of Columbus; Russell F., who likewise makes his home in Columbus. Ohio; Amelia, the wife of Clarence Weigart, of Columbus, Ohio; and Edward also living in Columbus, Ohio. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Parker were born two daughters-'Mrs. Ids 'May Chapman, of Columbus, Ohio, and Anna. Parker, whose death occurred at the age of four and a half years. Mr. Parker and his wife. are both members of the Universalist church, in the work of which they are actively and helpfully interested. Because of his well directed activity in former years he is now enabled to spend his remaining days in well earned rest, surrounded by all of the comforts and many of the luxuries ,which go to make life worth living. Having resided here for more than four decades, he is very widely known and his many good qualities have at all times gained for him the confidence, trust and unqualified friendship of those with whom he has been brought in contact. EDWARD PRIOR. Edward Prior, secretary and treasurer of the Gambrinus Brewing Company, was born in Milford Center, Ohio, May 27, 1864. His father, Henry W. Prior, a native of Germany, came to America in 1853 and in 1865 took up his abode in Columbus. He was a carriage-maker and in this city followed his trade for a number of years. He was a thrifty, honest man, possessing the usual characteristics of the German race-perseverance and determination. He married Amelia Spannagel, who is still living, but the death of Mr. Prior occurred in 1898. Edward Prior, of this review, was only a year old when brought to Columbus by his parent and in the public schools he pursued his education. contin- CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 539 uing his studies through consecutive grades until he left the Central high school in 1880. As a boy he began work for the Columbus Buggy Company, and in order to further promote the chances for success in the business world he attended a night school, pursuing a commercial course. In 1883 he obtained a position with the L. Hoster Brewing Company as clerk in the office and was promoted through the various positions of bookkeeper, cashier and chief clerk, retaining his connection with that business until 1905. In that year, in conjunction with August Wagner, the brewmaster for the L. Hoster Brewing Company, he organized the Gambrinus Brewing Company and began the erection of its plant, which was equipped in accordance with the most modern methods of the manufacture of beer. Mr. Prior became secretary and treasurer of the company and has so continued to the present time. His varied experience in controlling the financial interests of the business and the practical experience of his partner in manufacture constitute this a strong firm and that their output is one of excellence is indicated by the liberal patronage accorded them. Pleasantly situated in his home life Mr. Prior was married in 1886 to Miss Elizabeth Engeroff, of Columbus. They have three children: Norma, Minerva and Edward. Mr. Prior belongs to several German societies and to the Elks Lodge No. 37. He is also a member of St. Paul's German Lutheran church and is particularly prominent among the German-American citizens of Columbus. H. H. SNIVELY, M. D. Dr. H. H. Snively. medical practitioner and educator of Columbus, was born in Brownsville, Ohio. September 11, 1868, and in the paternal line Comes of Swiss Huguenot ancestry, while in the maternal line he is of Scotch decent. His grandfather, Henry Snively, came from Cumberland. Maryland, Ohio in the early '30s and for a long period engaged in merchandising in Gratiot. which was the birthplace of his son, James Snively. The latter turned his attentions to general agricultural pursuits and followed farming for many years. At the time of the Civil war he espoused the Union cause and served from 1861 to 1865 as a member of the Third Ohio Infantry and the Ninth Ohio Cavalry. He was captured while on courier duty at Cumberland Gap and was incarcerated in Andersonville, meeting all of the hardships and horrors of southern prison life. He married Margaret Bell, a native of Scotland. and they are now residents of Perry county, Ohio. Dr. Snively supplemented his public-school training by study in the Ohio State University, from which he was graduated in 1895 with the degree of Bachelor of Arts, while later that institution conferred upon him the degree of Master of Arts in recognition of his successful scientific work. On leaving the university he was engaged in teaching in the high school of Columbus from 1897 to 1903. In preparation for the practice of medicine he studied in Rush Medical College of Chicago and afterward in the Ohio Medical Univer- 540 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS city at Columbus, being graduated from the latter institution. Since completing the course there he has taught in the university in various capacities and has been lecturer on obstetrics in the Starling Ohio Medical College for two years. In his professional career he has made steady progress. being recognized as an able and learned member of the medical fraternity. manifesting a ready and correct solution of the complex problems which continually confront the physician. Dr. Snively is not unknown in military circles, for in 1903 he became adjutant of the Fourth Infantry of the Ohio National Guard. thus serving for a year. when in 1904 he resigned and was appointed lieutenant and assistant surgeon in the medical department of the -National Guard. In October of that year he was commissioned major and surgeon and placed in command of one of the medical companies with which rank he has since served. He. is also one of the board of examiners for the National Guard and is a member of the Academy of Medicine of Columbus, the State Medical Society and the American Association of Military Surgeons. His fraternal relations connect him with the Masons, Kappa Sigma, Alpha Nu Pi, Omega and other societies. In 1905 Dr. Snively was united in marriage to Miss Florence Knowlton. a native of Ohio, who was an official court stenographer in Columbus for some time prior to her marriage. Both Dr. and Mrs. Snively are well known in this city and have many warm friends here. More and more his professional duties are making greater demands upon his time and energies and his constantly expanding power, promoting his ability, have gained him recognition as one of the progressive and successful members of the medical fraternity in the capital city. NATHAN ELLIS LOVEJOY. Nathan Ellis Lovejoy was for more than a half century a leading. well known and highly respected business man of Columbus. As the day with its morning of hope and promise, its noontide of activity, its evening of completed and successful effort, ending in the grateful rest and quiet of night, so was the life of Nathan E. Lovejoy. His life was at all times actuated by high and honorable principles and he never chose the second best. but sought always those things which lead to advancement and progress, both for the city and the individual. He was born in Kennebec, Maine, April 24, 1823. His father, Nathaniel Lovejoy, was a native of Wayne, Maine, and a representative of one of the old New England families. His mother bore the maiden name of Temperance Wing, and was a descendant of the famous Alden family. Some of the old china belonging to that family is now in possession of Mrs. Lovejoy and constitutes a cherished heirloom in her household. In the Maine Wesleyan Seminary Nathan E. Lovejoy pursued his education. He was recognized as a man of strong intelligence and his broad learning enabled him to successfully engage in teaching, in early manhood. For PAGE 541 - N. F. LOVEJOY PAGE 542 - BLANK CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 543 a number of years he specialized in educational work as a teacher of mathematics. Later he studied architecture and came to the west to practice his profession, settling in Columbus in the early '50s. Here he continued his residence up to the time of his demise, which occurred on the 21st of August, 1903. Thus for a. half century he was identified with the interests of this city and his labors constituted an element in its business development and substantial up building. After his arrival here he devoted some years to business as a draftsman and architect, and later turned his attention to the lumber business, opening a yard at Third street, where he remained for forty years. He purchased the site for eight hundred dollars and following his demise it was sold for the family for thirty thousand dollars. As the years passed he developed an extensive and profitable business, being recognized for a long period as one of the most prominent lumber merchants of the city. An enterprising business man, be accomplished what he undertook by reason of his force of character. his recognition of opportunity and his ready adaptability. He never waited. Micawber-like, for something to turn up, but sought out new plans and methods to advance his business interests and became one of the foremost representatives of the trade circles of the city. In his later years he was intensely interested in the manufacture of violins, getting great pleasure from his work in this connection. In the early years when he -was conducting business as an architect, he planned many of the old substantial structures of the city and at all times he was actively concerned in the city's welfare. withholding his cooperation and support from no movement which he believed would contribute to the public progress. On April 25, 1853, Mr. Lovejoy was married in Boston to Miss Caroline Perkins Drew. who was born in Tuftonboro, New Hampshire, and afterward became a resident of Melrose, Massachusetts. Her great-grandfather, Zebulin Drew. was a lieutenant in the colonial army of the Revolutionary war and by reason of this she is eligible to membership in the Colonial Dames, and is a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution. To this family belongs John Drew of New Hampshire, while her parents, Hezekiah and Mary (Martin) Drew were also from the old Granite state. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Lovejoy were born six children. but only two are living. The elder, J. R. Lovejoy, is the vice president of the General Electric Company of New York city, with headquarters at Schenectady, New York, while Ellis L. is a mining engineer of Columbus. Both cons are graduates of the Ohio State University. Mr. Lovejoy built for his family their home at No. 805 East Broad street over forty years ago. While in the east he was a member of the Boston church of which Everett Hale was pastor. He belonged to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and gave his early political support to the wig party while later he became a stalwart advocate. of the republican cause. He was always active in support of those interest which constituted matters of civic virtue and civic pride, and his cooperation could always be counted upon to further the business interests of Columbus. In his citizenship, in his business relations and in social circles he commanded confidence and when he passed away at the age of seventy years his death brought a sense of personal bereavement to a large number of citizens of Columbus. 544 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS Mrs. Lovejoy still survives her husband and is prominently known in social circles and in connection with charitable work in this city. She is a member of many societies and has been on the Franklin county board of visitors and on the board of the Old Ladies' Home. In connection with the former she visits the juvenile courts, different members of the board devoting three months of the year to making these visits ad looking after the interests of the children whose misdemeanors have made them subjects of the law in the hope that through their influence and aid these children may be reclaimed to good citizenship and honorable lives. Mrs. Lovejoy makes generous contributions to charitable work, while her private benefactions are many. She is widely known in Columbus, where she has an extensively circle of friends. She spends the summer months with her son in the Adirondacks and the cold winter seasons in Florida. WILLIAM Y. BARTELS. William Y. Bartels, a resident of Westerville, identified with farming interests, was formerly connected with educational work but on account of ill health was obliged to abandon his labors in that connection and is now giving his energies to the cultivation and development of a farm that lies partly within the corporation limits of the city. He is a native of Lawrence County, Ohio, his birth having occurred near Ironton, August 8, 1843. His parents were David and Peniah (Yingling) Bartels, both of whom were natives of Hanging Rock, Ohio, where they were reared and married and spent their last days. They always resided upon a farm. Their family numbered three children: Martha E., who is living with the subject of this review Peter H., who enlisted for service in the Civil war in the same company and regiment with which his brother William was identified and died while at the front, being laid to rest at Fortress Monroe, Virginia, on the day on which the company started home. William Y. Bartels, the other member of the family, was reared upon the home farm in Lawrence county to the age of seventeen years and then came to Westerville with his parents, who removed here that the children might have better educational facilities. In 1863 he entered the Otterbein University of Westerville, and was graduated in 1869 with the Bachelor of Arts degree, while later he received the Master of Arts degree. For one year he engaged in teaching school in Michigan, for one year followed the profession in Indiana and for three years was a. teacher of Licking county, spending the time at Hartford and Johnstown. He was then offered the superintendency of the public schools of Westerville, where he remained for four pears, during which time the cause of education was substantially promoted, for in all of his school work he held to high standards and used practical methods in reaching his ideals. Ill health, however, at length obliged him to abandon educational work and for two and a half years he was engaged in the grocery business. He then turned his attention to farming, which CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 545 he has since followed, having twenty-five acres of land partially within the corporation limit: of the town. He has occupied his present home during all of his residence in Westerville, it being a comfortable brick house upon West street. In 1877 Mr. Bartels was married to Miss Louisa Rowe, who was born at Lockbourne, Franklin county, a daughter of William and Sarah (Houghton) Rowe, who came to Franklin county from Wayne county. The father is now deceased but the mother still survives. Mr. and Mrs. Bartels have one daughter, Nina S. In his political views Mr. Bartels is a stalwart republican, giving inflexible adherence to the principles of the party. He has served as a capable public official in the office of village clerk, and has been a member of the board of health for ten years, serving in that position at the present time. During the Civil war he gave practical demonstration of his loyalty to the Union by enlisting on the 7 th of May, 1864, when twenty years of age, as a member of Company .C, One Hundred and Thirty-third Ohio Volunteer Infantry. for one hundred days' service. He was mustered out August 12, 1864, and is now a member of James Price Post, No. 50, G. A. R. He is also a member of Blendon Lodge, A. F. & A. M., and Horeb Chapter, No. 3. R. A. M., and is a supporter of the United Brethren church. His influence is always found on the side of justice, truth and right and his entire life record commends him to the confidence and good will of those who know him. GEORGE HOWARD MAYHUGH, M.D. Dr. George Howard Mayhugh, who since 1886 has been numbered among the successful medical practitioners of Westerville, was born in 'Meigs county, Ohio in 1857, has parents beiug Samuel and Margaret (Starkey) Mayhugh, natives of Morgan county, this state. Both the father and mother are now deceased. Dr. Mayhugh accompanied his parents on their removal to Athens county. Ohio, in 1869 and supplemented his preliminary education by a course in the Ohio University at Athens. When seventeen years of age he began teaching and was thus successfully engaged for ten years, having charge of the graded school at Coolville, Athens county. Determining upon the practice of medicine as a life work, he then devoted his attention to the study of that profession and was graduated at Indianapolis in 1885, locating at Westerville in the following year. He likewise pursued a course in the Ohio Medical University, being graduated from that institution in 1895. Throughout the twenty-two years of his practice in this county he has maintained close conformity to a high standard of professional ethics and he has won the highest regard of his brethren of the medical fraternity, while his position in public thought is indicated by the large patronage which is given him and the unqualified respect which is tendered him. For.seven years, beginning in 1891, 546 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS he published a medical journal entitled "Sanative Medicine," which was issued monthly and which is now published by Dr. T. J. Lyle, of Salem. Ohio. Dr. Mayhugh keeps in close touch with the progress of the profession through his membership in the Columbus Academy of Medicine, the Ohio State Medical Association and the American Medical Association. In May, 1881, Dr. Mayhugh was united in marriage to Miss Ida M. Bean, a native of Athens county, Ohio, and a daughter of Dr. E. M. Bean. They now have a daughter, Adria C. Politically Dr. Mayhugh is a republican and an advocate of temperance principles. He is a member of the village council and has served on the board of education for nine years. Fraternally he is connected with Blendon Lodge, No. 339, A. F. & A. M., at Westerville. He belongs to the choir of the Methodist Episcopal church, of which he is a devoted and faithful member. He is a man of intense and well-directed activity, his efforts touching many interests bearing upon the welfare of the community, while his personal characteristics have gained for him the warm regard and friendship of many, and in professional lines he has attained that eminence which only come, in recognition of merit and ability. WILLIAM DURFLINGER. William Durflinger organized and is at the head of the Durflinger Agency for the conduct of a real-estate and building contract business. He was born July 23, 1866, in Madison county, Ohio, and is therefore yet a young; man who has hardly reached the zenith of his powers and is yet accounted one of the energetic, alert and wide-awake real-estate dealers of the city. Tracing back the ancestry, it is found that the family was represented in Pennsylvania in Colonial days and that representatives of the name became pioneer residents of Ohio. For some time members of the family have been successfully connected with agricultural interests of this state. William Durflinger grandfather of our subject, was a large landowner of Madison county. and there the father, George Durflinger, also followed general agricultural pursuit, carefully controlling his business interests. He held membership in the Methodist Episcopal church and took an active and helpful interest in its work. He wedded Miss Jennie George, who was born near Wheeling. West Virginia, in 1848 and came to Ohio in 1855. Her father. Thomas George. was a merchant at Lilly Chapel, Madison county. William Durflinger attended the public schools of Lily Chapel and after putting aside his text-books came to Columbus, where he has made his home since 1888 or for a. period of twenty-one years. Here he entered the advertising business with the Carlton & Kissam Street Car Advertising Company and on leaving that employ he became connected with the drug business, conducting a store for five years. On the expiration of that period he turned his attention to the real-estate business: and speculative building and has been engaged in these lines continuously since. His business s has had a steady growth CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 547 owing to his close application, unremitting diligence and unfaltering determination. Few men are so thoroughly informed concerning property values here or enjoy to a greater extent the confidence and good will of their patrons. In 1888 Mr. Durflinger was married to Miss Anna Bradfield, who was born in West Jefferson, Ohio, in 1870. Her father, Morris Bradfield, was a farmer for many years but eventually retired from business life. He served his country as a soldier of the Civil war. Mr. and Mrs. Durflinger have two children: Neil, born in Columbus in 1891, who is now attending high school in this city; and Faye, whose birth occurred in Columbus in 1893. In a review of the life work of William Durflinger it will be seen that he has based his business advancement upon the substantial qualities of energy and determination. He early learned the fact that there is no excellence with out labor and he has never feared that laborious attention to detail which is so essential as a factor in success. The years have chronicled his business advancement until he is now comfortably situated in life. CHARLES DINGEE HELMBOLD. The late Charles Dingee Helmbold, was long connected with the merchandise brokerage business and enjoyed to the full extent the confidence and admiration of his business associates and colleagues. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania., June 12, 1860, a son of Edward and Louisa (Dingee) Helmbold. He was there educated, completing his schooling in a college in his native city. He made his initial step in the business world as a clerk in the employ of William Hastie Smith, who was engaged in the banking and Brokerage business in Philadelphia. For a number of years Mr. Helmbold acted in that capacity and then became connected with Armour & Company as salesman from the Chicago office. In 1889 after spending a few months in Detroit. he came to Columbus and turned his attention to the merchandise brokerage business on his own account, opening an office in the Armour building. At the time of his death he still held the accounts of Armour & Company and also of other large firms and corporations. He was recognized by his associates as one of the leaders in this line of business and was very successful. He possessed a most retentive memory, informed himself thoroughly concerning market values and was thus enabled to place his investments most judiciously. Although he became blind, the result of a railroad accident, a few years prior to his death, be had such a wonderful memory that he was able articles for a year back. He therefore continued success fully in business, his keen mind enabling him to control important. interests. In 1888 in Cumberland, Maryland, Mr. Helmbold was married to Miss Cora Cruzen, a native of that place and a daughter of John Randolph Cruzen, of Maryland. They became parents of four children: Philip Armour, who is the graduate of Ohio Military Institute at College Hill, Cincinnati, having completed the course in June, 1907; Gerald, who is at Lawrenceville, New 548 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS Jersey, preparing for Yale University; Marjorie, at home; and Charles Randolph Cruzen, who completes the family. In his political views Mr. Helmhold was independent, considering rather the capability of the candidate than his party affiliation. He usually attended St. Paul's and Trinity churches, contributing liberally to their support and to other enterprises which constituted features of the general development of a community. He belonged to the Arlington Country Club and to the Board of Trade. He died September 13, 1903, leaving behind him a memory that is cherished by all who knew him for he was a leader among business men and possessed those traits of character which constitute a feature in warm friendships and sincere regard. CHARLES J. SHEPARD, M.D. Columbus has become a center of medical learning by reason of the establishment here of some of the best medical colleges of the country and aside from Those who occupy professorships in the institutions there are many able physicians devoting their time and energy to private. practice. Dr. Shepard, however, is connected with the Starling-Ohio Medical College, and is also accorded a liberal patronage in private practice, early making a specialty of skin diseases. A native of Nelsonville. Ohio, he was born July 12, 1870. His father, W. P. Shepard, was born in Morgan county, Ohio, while the grandfather, A. H. Shepard, was a native of Virginia, whence he came to Ohio during the pioneer epoch in the history of the state, settling at Nelsonville, where he engaged in the practice of medicine as one of the early physicians of that locality. His son, W. P. Shepard, did not follow in his father's professional footsteps but turned his attention to mercantile pursuits, which he followed for many years, and is now postmaster of Nelsonville. His wife, who bore the maiden name of Sarah L. Carnes, is a native of Athens county, Ohio. Dr. Shepard was educated in the public schools and was graduated from the high school of Nelsonville. He then determined to make the practice of medicine his life work and to this end matriculated in Bellevue Hospital Medical College, of New York, from which he was graduated in 1894. He located for practice in Columbus but in the meantime added to his theoretical training the wide practical experience which came to him through a year and a half service as interne in Gouverneur Hospital, in New York. He engaged in general practice in Columbus until 1903, when he went abroad. spending two years in Europe in studying skin diseases, of which he now makes a. specialty. Since 1905 he has lectured on skin diseases in Starling-Ohio Medical College and is considered an authority upon scientific questions of this character. He is now secretary of the Columbus Academy of Medicine and is a member of the State Medical Society and the American Medical Association, thus keeping in touch with the advanced thought of the profession. He was elected president of the Columbus Academy of Medicine at the annual meeting in 1908. CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 549 In 1900 Dr. Shepard was married to Miss Mabel Holbrook, a. native of Ohio, and they have one daughter, Jane, born September 9, 1907. Dr. Shepard is a member of Goodale Lodge, A. F. & A. M., and Hocking Valley Lodge, No. 169. K. P. He holds to high ideals in his profession and is making constant progress in the line of his chosen calling, while in his specialty he has gained wide distinction by reason of his knowledge and skill. SAMUEL J. COCHRAN. A deep feeling of sadness spread throughout Columbus, when, on the 12th day of October, 1908, it was announced that Samuel J. Cochran had passed from this life, but while those who knew him remain, his memory will be cherished not so much on account of the splendid success which he achieved in business but because of his life of helpfulness, of good cheer, of broad sympathy and his deep interest in and labors for the benefit of his fellowmen. Mr. Cochran was a native of Pennsylvania, born in Chester county, October 22, 1832, a son of Mr. and Mrs. James Cochran, who were likewise natives of the Keystone state and were of Scotch descent. The' father departed this life about 1859, while the mother survived for a long period and died in 1897, at the very advanced age of eighty-two years. Samuel J. Cochran acquired his education in the public schools and remained in the parental home until the time of his marriage, which important event in his life occurred April 6, 1853, when he led to the marriage altar Miss Emily B. Greer, the ceremony being performed at the home of the bride in Mifflin county, Pennsylvania. The year following his marriage, in 1854, Mr. Cochran removed with his wife to Shelby, Richland county, Ohio, where he entered the employ of the Cleveland, Columbus & Cincinnati Railroad Company. After a year and a half spent in Shelby, Mr. Cochran removed to Cleveland, where he spent a similar period, subsequent to which time he took up his abode in Zanesville, Ohio. He later entered the service of the Central Ohio Railroad Company and his ability was recognized in his promotion from one position to a still higher one with the company. Eventually he entered the employ of the Bellaire & Southwestern Railroad Company as a superintendent. and here as with the other companies which he represented, his fidelity soon gained him promotion and he became master of transportation, while subsequently he was promoted to the position of superintendent of this corporation. His service with the various railroad companies covered a period of a quarter of a century, during which time he gained a very wide circle of friends in railroad creles. In his work he was methodical, very accurate as to details and showed splendid judgment in the treatment of those under his supervision as with all with whom he came in contact. After a long, useful and active career, Mr. Cochran retired to private life, spending his last. days in a beautiful home at the corner of Indianola and Fifteenth avenues, Columbus, his death occurring October 12, 1908. He ac cumulated a handsome competence and enjoyed in comfort and ease his de- 550 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS clining years. After enjoying the companionship of each other for over a half century, Mr. and Mrs. Cochran were separated by the death of the wife, who passed away February 21, 1904, about four years prior to her husband's death. The marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Cochran was blessed with one daughter, Saidie Janet, who in 1898 gave her hand in marriage to C. A. Cull, who de parted this life in 1904. He owned an extensive sheep ranch in Wyoming and during the summer seasons he and his wife enjoyed recreation among the mountains there, while the winter months were spent at their pleasant home in Columbus. Since the death of her husband, Mrs. Cull has disposed of all his business interests and now spends her entire time in Columbus: where she has a wide circle of friends. She is a great. lover of animals. Mr. Cochran was a Jacksonian democrat in his political views and while keeping well informed on the political questions and issues of the day he never sought nor desired public office. His fraternal relations were with the Inde pendent Order of Odd Fellows and the Knights of Pythias, in both of which he was an important and valued' member. In manner he was gentle and kindly, charitable in his estimate of every one and of uniform affability iii the treatment of all. He never spoke evil of any one and always insisted that every person had his good side and redeeming qualities if we would but seek them. He was patient and thoughtful and his consideration of others, his greatest ambition being to serve his family. Crowned with honors and years, he lacked but ten days of being seventy-six years of age at the time of his death. All who knew him are full of his praises and all mourn the loss of a good man. JOHN MARZETTI. The story of the life record of John Marzetti may well serve as a source of inspiration and encouragement to those who seek advancement along honorable business lines. He not only won success, but also left his family the priceless heritage of an untarnished name, for the rules which governed his conduct in every relation of life were those which are characteristic of a high type of manhood and of citizenship. Mr. Marzatti came from sunny Italy, his birth having occurred in Bagni di Lucca, July 28, 1836. In his youth he crossed the Atlantic to America, reaching the shores of the new world after a voyage of sixty-one days on a sailing vessel. That trip was in marked contrast to one which he made year later as passenger on one of the fast sailing steamships equipped with every modern appliance for comfort and convenience. Mr. Marzetti himself was for some time connected with marine traffic and transportation, operating a trading boat on the upper Ohio river. Arriving in Columbus in 1861, he became identified with its commercial interests as a vender of fruit, conducting a stand at the corner of Gay and High streets. His business developed proportionately with the growth of the city and by thrift and industry he built up an enterprise of large proportions. PAGE 551 - PICTURE OF JOHN MARZETTI PAGE 552 - BLANK CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 553 As the years passed he handled all kinds of domestic and foreign fruits and' his sales reached an extensive figure annually. As he prospered he saved his earnings until he was enabled to make judicious investments in real estate. He became the owner of the block at the northwest corner of Gay and High streets, also a block at Euclid avenue and High street and the entire frontage from Euclid to Seventh avenue. He also owned property on both of those streets and his realty holdings in the course of years brought him a substantial and gratifying financial return. He always had firm faith in Columbus and its development and was therefore not afraid to invest in property. The years proved the wisdom of his judgment, for his holdings increased in value, and he became one of the substantial residents of the capital. He also joined the Board of Trade and was numbered among its leading members, being actively and helpfully interested in all those movements of the board for the promotion of the business activity and development of the city. Mr. Marzetti was married in 1861 to Miss Marie Simons, of Marietta, Ohio, and unto them were born five children: John, who died August 19, 1904; Edward; Joseph, who died January 8, 1909; and Mary and Ella. While Mr. Marzetti sought and obtained business success, the accumulation of wealth was not the sole end and aim of his life. He was conscious, too, of his obligations to his fellowmen, to the city of his residence and the land of his adoption, and he fully met every obligation that devolved upon him. His life exemplified an earnest, Christian spirit, and he was always interested in the religious progress of the community, being a member of the Catholic church. He gave the lot on which the church of St. John the Baptist was built and was ever a liberal supporter of the. parish work. With a lack of early educational privileges and with limited financial circumstances Mr. Marzetti depended upon his own labors for his advancement and developed a high type of manhood. He was nearly sixty-four years of age when he passed away, December 25, 1899, at which time there was ended a life fraught with good deeds and manly purposes. The west was to him a haven of opportunities and the wise use which he made of his chances in the business world led him out of humble financial surroundings to the plane of affluence and gained for him the admiration of all who knew aught of his career. Mrs. Marzetti survived her husband until June 8, 1907, when she too passed away. One son and two daughters still occupy the fine home on North High street, which was built by their father. CHARLES C. SCHACHT. Charles C. Schacht, who now owns and operates a valuable and well-improved farm of about eighty-four acres in Madison township, is a native of Germany, his birth there occurring in 1860. His parents John and Elizabeth (Niemann) Schacht, were also born in the fatherland, and the former passed away in 1866. When eight year, of age Charles C. Schacht accompanied his mother and stepfather on their emigration to the United States, the family home being 554 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS established in Franklin county, Ohio. The father worked by the day on a farm just outside of Columbus for three and a half years and on the expiration of that period rented a. tract of land, in the operation of which he was successfully engaged for about twenty-five years, when he purchased the farm on which he has since made his home. Charles C. Schacht remained under the parental roof until the time of his marriage and subsequently rented his father's. farm for a year. He then bought a tract of fifty-six and a half acres, on which he made his home for twelve years and afterward purchased his present place in Madison township, comprising about eighty-four acres of rich and productive land. There is an attractive and commodious residence on the place, as well as all necessary outbuildings for the shelter of grain and stock, and Mr. Schacht widely recognized as a prosperous, progressive and enterprising agriculturist of his community. In 1893 Mr. Schacht was united in marriage to Miss Louise Bachman, whose birth occurred in Franklin county in 1866. They now have the following children: Raymond E., Mabel E., Louella N.. Freda H.. Carl W. and John F. Mr. Schacht gives his political allegiance to the men and measures of the democracy. while his religious faith is indicated by his membership in the Lutheran church. He has resided in this county from early childhood and is therefore largely familiar with its upbuilding and substantial development, especially along agricultural lines, with which he has been connected throughout the entire period of his manhood. ROSTON MEDBERY. Among the younger men to whom the future holds out. brilliant promises by reason of what he has already accomplished in the business world, is Roston Medbery, a. dealer in real-estate, with offices located in the Brunson of the modern office buildings on High street, Columbus. His birth occurred August 6, 1883, his parents being Josiah and Alice (Roston) Medbery, both representatives of well known and prominent families of this part of the state. At the usual age the son entered the public schools and passed through successive grades from the primary to the high school after which he entered the Ohio State University and was there graduated in 1904 with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. He at once entered business. selecting real-estate as a promising field, since which time he has pursued his work successfully and added to his personal energy and diligence is his boundless faith in the growing and expanding values of realty in and around the capital. He has thoroughly informed himself concerning; every subject bearing upon real-estate interests and few men have so intimate knowledge of the property upon the market and its valuation. He is thus enabled to capably care for the interests of his clients and to assist them in malting judicious investment or .sale. CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 555 Mr. Medbery is also widely known for his well cultivated taste in general literature and his researches along special lines of inquiry and investigation. He was elected a member of the Old Northwest Genealogical & Historical Society, one of the most stately and exacting literary associations in the country, and soon brought the enthusiasm of youth into his work in that organization. Added to his enthusiastic interest was his practical labor, in consideration of which he was made the treasurer of the society and has been regularly elected at its yearly meetings. He is looked upon by those who know him as a young man who will accomplish results despite all obstacles or difficulties that may arise and his cooperation is thus a valued factor, whether in business, literary or society circles. FRANK T. BARTHMAN. As a. contractor, Frank T. Barthman has contributed not only to his own individual success but also to the substantial improvement of South Columbus. He is a native of Franklin county, born February 19, 1858, a. son of Valentine Barthman, who was born in Germany, March 20, 1818. The father emigrated to the new world in 1840 and located in Baltimore, Maryland, where he made his home for six years, following his trade of shoemaking. Subsequently he spent two years in Frederick. Maryland, and it was during his residence in that city that he was united in marriage to Miss Marietta Haves. It was in the same year, in 15-18, that he came with his young bride to Ohio, traveling by stage to Wheeling, West Virginia, by the Ohio river to Portsmouth, Ohio, whence they journeyed by stage to Marion township, Franklin county. Here Valentine Barthman engaged in gardening and during his leisure hours made shoes for the neighbors. For sixty years he was engaged in gardening but in 1908 retired to private life. now making his home at No. 178 West First avenue. Columbus. He has witnessed many wonderful changes since he located in Columbus. which at that time was a village, surrounded by an unsettled and undeveloped section of country. and which is today one of the beautiful and enterprising cities of the east. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Valentine Barthman have been born eight children, namely: William, who is a painter and decorator of Cleveland, Ohio: Alice; Charles and George, both deceased; Eva. the deceased wife of H. H. Alkire; Carrie, the. wife of P. B. Hinkel, who resides on Seymour avenue in Columbus Frank T., of this review; and Edward, who also makes his home on Seymour avenue. The wife and mother died in 1885. Frank T. Barthman received his education in the district schools of Franklin county and remained on the home farm until he attained his majority, when he engaged in farming on his own account until 1888. In that year he removed to Columbus and engaged in market gardening, his products finding a ready sale on the city market. After several years thus .spent, in 1900, he took up contracting to which he has since devoted his time and attention. Besides his residence he owns considerable other realty 556 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS in this section of the city. He is also a director of the South Columbus Building & Loan Association and also of the South Columbus Improvement Association. Mr. Barthman was married November 23, 1887, the lady of his choice being Miss Caroline Reeb, a daughter of John Adam and Margaret Reeb of this city. They have two interesting daughters. Elsie Reeb, who at the age of seventeen years, graduated from the high school, is a talented musician and at the present time organist of the Emanuel Lutheran church. Meda Marie is thirteen years of age. The parents are members of the Emanuel Lutheran church, in which Mr. Barthman is serving as an elder, while his wife is also an active worker in the church. She is also a member of the Dorcas Society. The political allegiance of Mr. Barthman is given to the republican party. Public-spirited to a large degree. Mr. Barthman is very methodical and accurate as to the details of his business and shows splendid .judgment in the treatment of his employes and with all with whom he comes in contact so that he commands the respect and admiration of a large circle of friends and acquaintances. HARRY C. ASHBAUGH. Harry C. Ashbaugh, manager of the Columbus White Lead Company, was born at East Liverpool, Ohio, September 23, 1869. His great-grandfather, a native of Germany, took up his abode in Pennsylvania after emigrating to the new world and for many years conducted a stage coach line in that state. The grandfather, Henry Ashbaugh, whose birth occurred in East Liverpool, Ohio, in 1826, was one of the early pioneer farmers of that section of the state. John H. Ashbaugh, the father of our subject, who was born in East Liverpool, Ohio, in January, 1845, entered the army as a drummer boy at the age of fifteen, his services covering a period of three years. He was engaged in the manufacture of pottery throughout his active business career and was called to his final rest in 1907. His wife. who bore the maiden name of Margaret Mumford, is a daughter of one of the pioneers of Salineville, Ohio, who is still living, having now attained the age of almost one hundred years. Unto John H. and Margaret (Mumford) Ashbaugh were born four children, namely: May, the wife of Charles A. Gibson. an oil dealer of Springfield, Illinois; Stella. the wife of L. D. Logan, of Toronto, Canada; William, deceased; and Harry C., of this review. The last named attended school at Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, until thirteen years of age and then entered upon his apprenticeship as a pottery decorator, which trade he followed successfully for nine years. On the expiration of that period he went to Peoria, Illinois, there establishing an art studio which he conducted until 1893. Throughout the succeeding four years he was engaged in the bicycle business, afterward removed to Chicago and was one of the first to manufacture a successful bicycle enamel. Through CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 557 this connection he became interested in the paint business and in 1904 came to Columbus, organizing the Columbus White Lead Company. The firm is doing a flourishing business in special interior finishes of Mr. Ashbaugh's invention and is widely recognized as a most prosperous commercial concern of the city. Mr. Ashbaugh's connection with any undertaking insures a prosperous outcome of the same, for it is in his nature to carry forward to successful completion whatever he is associated with. He has earned for himself an enviable reputation as a careful man of business, and in his dealings is known for his prompt and honorable methods, which have won him the deserved and unbounded confidence of his fellowmen. In his political views Mr. Ashbaugh is a. republican, but does not consider himself bound by party ties if he believes that the candidate of another party is better fitted for the office in question. His religious faith is indicated by his membership in the Methodist Episcopal church. He owns a. commodious and attractive residence at No. 236 Northwood avenue and is a well known and popular citizen of Columbus. WILLIAM J. BYRNE. William J. Byrne, who is now living retired, was formerly actively and successfully connected with the business interests of Columbus as a member of the firm of Green, Joyce Company. His birth occurred in this city in 1860; his father being John Byrne, a native of Ireland. William J. Byrne obtained his education in the common and high schools of his native city and in 1876 entered upon his business career as an employe in the wholesale dry-goods house of Miller, Green & Joyce. When twenty-one years of age he was made manager and buyer of his department, and in 1888 secured an interest in the business, with which he was continuously connected until the time of his retirement in 1907. In 1881, however, the name of the firm was changed to Green, Joyce & Company and in 1903 the style became Green, Joyce Company. Being a man of sound judgment, keen discrimination and excellent business ability, Mr. Byrne contributed in large measure to the success of the concern and in fact it was his close and unrelaxing attention to business that eventually broke down his health and necessitated his retirement. On the 7th of October, 1885, Mr. Byrne was joined in wedlock to Miss Mary Joyce, a native of Columbus, who was educated in the schools of Brown county, Ohio. Their children are three in number, namely: John Joyce, who is a graduate of the Ohio State University, Harry Ryan, a student at Dartmouth; and Francis Joyce, who is pursuing his studies at New Rochelle. New York, and expects to graduate at Amherst. In his business affairs Mr. Byrne has won the title and deserves the praise implied in the term "a self-made man," for he started out in life empty-handed and advanced to his present position through personal merit, resulting from close application, untiring diligence and unfaltering persever- 558 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS ance. His friends and neighbors, those among whom his entire life has been passed, recognize in him a gentleman of splendid manhood whose marked characteristics have ever been such as command respect and good will. LEWIS SELLS. To what man who passed his boyhood in the middle west during the last quarter of the nineteenth century is the name of Lewis Sells unfamiliar? It was a name which stood to him as a synonym of wonder, pleasure and admiration, for it represented to him the display of all that is interesting and enticing in show life. Such was his relation to the public. Those who knew him in private life found him an entertaining, genial and courteous gentleman, whose friendship they valued and to whom they gave good will and high esteem. He was born in Columbus, 'November 12, 1841, and died in this city, September 5, 1907, in his sixty-sixth year. The pioneer history of Franklin county would be incomplete without mention of the Sells family, for it was in the latter part of the eighteenth century when representatives of the name located within its borders and for years there were few other residents in that district. From that time to the present the family have been connected with the material development and substantial progress of the county. Lewis Sells always claimed Columbus as his home and, though much upon the road, passed the winter seasons here. His early education was acquired in this city, although later he pent a number of years in Cleveland, attending school there and also pursuing his studies in Hiram College. When his education was completed. he became connected with the auctioneering business, but in 1871 he turned his attention to the show business in connection with his brothers. Ephraim, Allen and Peter. all now deceased. Their father traveled with them the first year, but owned no interest in the business. They began with one tent and a few side-show features and traveled in wagons. It was in 1872 that they organized, investing altogether about thirty-five thousand dollars, which represented their savings and all that they could borrow. Their first performance was given in Columbus, Apil 27. 1872, and the receipts were fifteen hundred and forty dollars, although it was a wet day. They felt therefore that they faced a brilliant future. It required all the following morning to get packed and hitched up and they started from Columbus for Circleville. showing also at Chillicothe and Bainbridge. For three or four weeks their receipt; grew smaller and smaller and when their money was exhausted Ephraim Sells returned to Columbus to borrow more in order to keep the business going. Three years elapsed before they had another day's business equal to the opening day in Columbus. At the close of the first season the poor business of the show was attributed to the newspapers punning upon the name of Sells and also to the fact that they had no elephant so before starting the next season they billed the circus under the name of Paul Silverburg and also purchased an elephant. They PAGE 559 - PICTURE OF LEWIS SELLS PAGE 560 - BLANK CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 561 had great posters made, intending to feature the elephant as a drawing card, but in March, while en route from Philadelphia to Columbus, the elephant died. On the 27th of June of that year, when they were on their way to Owenton, Kentucky, they passed through a toll bridge where their advance agent had put up one of their posters of the elephant and several of the teams, not being accustomed to seeing the elephant, became frightened at the picture and ran away. As the season advanced they saved a. little money, which was sent home to a local bank, but in October of that year, while at Guthrie, Kentucky, Mr. Sells saw by a paper that the bank which contained their savings had failed. They immediately closed their show for the season and drove home, disgusted with the name of Silverburg and concluding that the name of Sells was good enough. In the ensuing winter they succeeded in buying another elephant on credit and were more fortunate with this than with their first possession of that character. The animal not only lived, but they also lived to pay for it. and from that time on they enjoyed better success. They continued to travel by wagon, however, until 1878, after which they transported their entire circus by rail. While success attended them in the main, all days were not equally bright and disaster occasionally met them. In October, 1882, while they were going to London, Kentucky, they met with one of the worst railroad wrecks in circus history, the second train telescoping the first train while they were running down a mountain side near Paintlick. A number of people were killed, together with many horses and animals, while some of the most vicious animals became loose, including a fine Bengal tiger. They succeeded in recapturing some of the animals, however, and gathering together what was left of their show, they continued their performance on to the end of the season. In the fall of that year Allen Sells withdrew from the firm and removed to Topeka. Kansas. where he owned and managed a. hotel until his death in March, 1894. Ephraim, Peter and Lewis Sells continued the business through the ensuing nine years and though at times they suffered losses through cyclones. railroad wrecks and other difficulties, they continued the business with fair .success. In the fall of 1891 they sailed for Australia and spent one year in that country. The death of Ephraim Sells occurred in 1898, after which Peter and Lewis Sells continued the partnership and enjoyed a gratifying measure of prosperity until 1904. when Peter passed away, leaving Lewis Sells as the last survivor of the original partnership. Soon after he, too, retired from the business and spent his remaining days in Columbus. Mr. Sells was a man of great ability and ready wit and was very adept in reading human nature. a faculty which proved to him of value, on many an occasion. During the early years of the show business it was housed on Main street between Grand and Washington avenues during the winter months, but as the city grew it was compelled to move, so they took up a new home on the banks of the Olentangy river at King avenue, which district later became known as Sellsville and was the winter quarters of the circus for years. After the death of his brothers, Lewis Sells sold the show at public auction, one-half interest being purchased by James A. Bailey and the other half by Ringling Brothers, but later Mr. Bailey disposed of his interest to Ringling Brothers, 562 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS who are still the proprietors. Mr. Sells was alway a lover of the great white tent, which represented to him his active business life, and the day before his death he prevailed upon his friends to let him take what he thought would be his last look at the area. of canvas which was so familiar to his eye. He went to see Buffalo Bill's show and grew so weak that he was removed home with difficulty, expiring the following evening. As the years passed success attended the efforts of Mr. Sells and his enterprise, energy and untiring activity proved the basis of his prosperity. He had keen insight into business situations and his close study of the special line of activity to which he directed his efforts enabled him to give to the public those things which were most attractive and therefore he won a liberal patronage. As he prospered, he made judicious investments and at his death left a goodly property. On the 6th of February, 1884, at Topeka, Kansas, Mr. Sells was married to Miss Rhoda J. Cross, of Springfield, Ohio, who was a daughter of Robert Stephen Cross, who was born and reared in Enon, Ohio, his father owning extensive tracts of land in this state. Mrs. Sells is also a granddaughter of General John Keifer. By this marriage there was born a daughter, Mary Keifer Sells, who is yet with her mother. Mr. Sells was well known and prominent in several fraternal organizations. He belonged to the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and in Masonry attained the thirty-second degree in the Scottish Rite, while he was also a member of the Mystic Shrine. In manner he was cordial, and his affability, genial spirit and kindly disposition were qualities which made him a favorite with all with whom he came in contact. LAWRENCE OAKLEY DAWSON. One of the most notable things manifest in the business world at the present day is the fact that young men are largely controlling the trade interests and shaping commercial and industrial progress. Among this num ber in Columbus is Lawrence O. Dawson, secretary and manager of the Onyx Paint Company. In all his business relations he manifests a spirit of determination that enables him to carry forward to successful completion whatever he undertakes. He formulates his plans readily and the results which attend his efforts show that he is both practical and far-sighted. He was born in Essex county, Ontario, September 25, 1879. He is of English lineage, his great-grandfather coming from England and settling in Essex county, Ontario, where he followed the occupation of farming. The same pursuit has been the source of livelihood for the family through many generations. Solomon Dawson, father of our subject, was a. native of Essex county and devoted his life to the tilling of the soil, becoming a prosperous and well-to-do man. He is now living at Muskegon, Michigan, at the age of sixty-three years. He wedded Mary Hannah Quick, also a native of Essex county, Ontario. She is also living, as is her mother. In the public schools of his native county Lawrence O. Dawson pursued his education until he had completed the work of the grammar grades. He CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 563 became a high-school student in Armada, Michigan, and was there graduated with the class of 1896. He had accompanied his parents on their removal from Canada when ten years of age and he worked on his father's farm to the age of nineteen years, when, thinking to find other pursuits more congenial and profitable than the labors of the field, he removed to Detroit and entered the employ of the American Paint & Glass Company, which he represented as assistant bookkeeper for six months. He was then given charge of the books, and after a year's connection with the business was made secretary of the company, and after three years was entrusted with the dual duties of secretary and treasurer. He continued with that house until the spring of 1906, when he sold his interests, and in the fall of the year removed to Columbus. Here he purchased an interest in the Onyx Paint Company, of which he became manager and secretary and during the two succeeding years he has been largely instrumental in the upbuilding of the trade. The company does a strict jobbing business in paints, oils and varnishes and employs several traveling and local salesmen. Since Mr. Dawson has taken charge he has reorganized the business and stimulated it by his spirit of enterprise and determination. He will brook no obstacles that can be overcome by a firm purpose and persistency and is now an active factor in the control of a prosperous and growing business, the company doing twenty-five per cent more business under Mr. Dawson's management than in previous years. On the 19th of June, 1907, was celebrated the marriage of Lawrence 0. Dawson and Miss Arvilla Belle Day, of Armada, Michigan, and they have one son, Earl Selwyn, born June 24, 1908. Mr. Dawson is a member of the Buckeye Lake Yacht Club and is a gentleman of genial manner and cordial disposition. He is never too busy to be courteous nor too courteous to attend to the demands of his business. Early realizing the value of unremitting industry and unabating energy, he has through the employment of those agencies gained a place of distinction in commercial circles, today occupying a position which promises well for larger successes in the future. BENJAMIN S. LEHMAN. Benjamin S. Lehman is a retired agriculturist residing on his farm in Madison township. He acquired his education in the schools of Canal Winchester. Franklin county, Ohio, and lived on a farm until he had attained the age of twenty-six years. At that time he went to California and for twelve years was successfully engaged in raising cattle in that state and also in Nevada. On returning to Franklin county he purchased the farm in Madison township, on which he still resides and was actively connected with agricultural pursuits until the time of his retirement. He is widely recognized as one of the substantial, public-spirited and enterprising residents of the community and has gained the regard and esteem of all with whom he has been associated. 564 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS As a companion and helpmate on the journey of life Mr. Lehman chose bliss Mary Allspaugh. His two sons, Benjamin P. and Stanton Lehman, now carry on the work of the home farm. A stanch republican in his polit ical views, Mr. Lehman gives his allegiance to the men and measures of that party, while his religious faith is indicated by his membership in the Reform church. AUGUST WAGNER. August Wagner, president and general manager of the Gambrinus Brewing Company, stands today at the head of a successful and growing enterprise of this character and in business circles maintains an enviable reputation for enterprise and integrity. He was born August 4, 1871, in Bavaria. Germany. His ancestors for two hundred years were brewers and whether natural predilection or inherited tendency had most to do with the shaping of the business career of August Wagner it is impossible to determine. It is evident. however, that the choice was a. wise one, for in the field of labor in which he has directed his energies he has attained a gratifying measure of success. His father, also a native of Bavaria., was a brewer and butcher, who in the year 1878 crossed the Atlantic to America and settled in Cincinnati, Ohio. From that time forward he practically lived a retired life, enjoying in well earned rest the fruits of his former toil. He died in 1890, while his wife, who bore the maiden name of Teresa Aufsehlager and was a native of Bavaria, passed away in 1887. August Wagner pursued his education in the public schools of his native country to the age of sixteen years and after locating in Cincinnati entered the Moerlein brewery. He was apprenticed to the brewmaster and worked in the various capacities in that brewery until 1893, after which he was employed in other breweries in Cincinnati, gaining broader knowledge and` wider experience of the business in which he was destined to win success when he took up the work on his own account. Eventually, however, he returned to Moerlein's brewery, where he continued until he entered the New York Brewers' School in 1893. Following his graduation there he again returned to Moerlein's brewery in Cincinnati and later acted as master brewer at Chillicothe, Ohio, for Jacob Knecht & Son, with whom he continued for a year. He was afterward with the Foss-Schneider Brewing Company of Cincinnati as superintendent and master brewer for two years, and on the expiration of that period became master brewer and superintendent for Hoster's brewery in Columbus, filling the position for eight years. On the 15th of April 1907, he began the manufacture of beer at the Gambrinus Brewing Company. The business was organized by Mr. Wagner and Mr. Prior and an extensive trade is now being conducted. The company owns a large plant with a capacity of one hundred thousand barrels annually. The growth of the business has been phenomenal and yet it is not a matter of wonder when we understand the fact that the company has employed only the best materials in manufacture and utilized the most modern CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 565 processes in producing a product that is second to none on the market. The principal brand is $1,500.00 bond beer and they also manufacture Muenchener beer and real old German lager. Employment is furnished to seventy-five men in the busy season and the plant is the best equipped in Columbus. The company also owns its own bottling works and the brewery is absolutely inde pendent of any trust. An extensive trade has been built up in the city and they also have a large sale through the country. Mr. Wagner devotes his entire attention to the brewery and his long and practical experience and marked ability, combined with laudable ambition, has well qualified him for the con duct of an enterprise which is now winning most gratifying success. He was formerly the president and general manager of the Bavarian Brewery at Toledo., Ohio, but now concentrates his energies entirely upon his Columbus interests. In February, 1902, Mr. Wagner was married to Miss Frieda Voll, of Cincinnati, and their children are: Edward, born in Columbus in August, 1901; Carl Jacob, born August 17, 1903; Martin Joseph, in 1905; and Mary Teresa Frieda in 1908. They have also lost seven children. Mr. Wagner is independent in politics, supporting men and measures rather than party. He is especially well known in German-American societies and social relations, holding membership in the Bavarian Society, the German-American Society, the Liederkranz, the Germania Singing Society, the Wagner Gambrinus Club and the Humboldt Society. He also belongs to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, has attained high rank in Masonic circles and is a member of the Mystic Shrine. He is fond of athletics and is a man of fine physique. He enjoys outdoor life and is a devotee of nature. His time and energies, however, are mostly given to his business affairs and he enjoys a national reputation as a brewmaster, while in the conduct of his interests at Columbus he is building up a business of large proportions, the enterprise being the visible evidence of his energy, sound judgment and his powers of management and executive control. (RETURN TO THE TITLE PAGE)