BIOGRAPHICAL (RETURN TO THE TITLE PAGE) PAGE 4 - PICTURE OF GIDEON F. CASTLE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 5 GIDEON F. CASTLE. Gideon F. Castle, in point of priority the oldest practicing lawyer at the Columbus bar, his identification therewith covering more than forty-six years, was born in Miami county, Ohio, on the 4th of November, 1829. His parents were John H. P. and Margaret (Tabler) Castle, both of whom were natives of the state of Maryland but became early residents of Ohio, arriving in the year 1815, at which time the father secured a quarter section of land in Miami county, upon which he and his family resided for many years. In the early '50's, however. he disposed of his property in this state and went west, locating in Greene county, Illinois, where he continued to make his home until his demise. . The early experiences of Gideon F. Castle were those of the farm boy of the period. He attended the country schools during the. winter months and alternated those periods of education with work upon the home farm. In 1853 the opportunity to secure a more advanced education came to him and he entered the Ohio Wesleyan University, at Delaware. where he pursued a scientific course and was graduated with the class of 1857. On leaving college he took up the study of law with M. H. Jones, of Pique, Miami county. and was admitted to the bar on the 4th of June, 1860, entering upon active practice in July of the same year at Toledo, Ohio. For two years Mr. Castle practiced in that city and then in 1862 carne to Columbus, where he opened a. law office, which he has since maintained. All of the members of the bar of that date in Columbus have passed away with the exception of Judge Herman B. Alberry. who at that time was probate judge of Franklin county. Mr. Castle, therefore, is entitled to the distinction of being the oldest surviving legal practitioner in the capital city. As stated, in 1863 he opened his law office, occupying the same building in which he is still located at No. 111 1/2 South high street. He has never been a politician in the sense of office seeking and the only times that he has consented to become a candidate was when nominated on two occasions in the '601 for the office of prosecuting attorney when the democratic vote outnumbered the republican two to one. 6 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS Mr. Castle is a member of the Ohio State and Franklin County Bar Associations, becoming a member of the latter in 1869. He has always confined his attention strictly to the practice of law, declining to become connected with any outside interests. He is a vigorous, robust man, enjoying perfect health, and the success of his earlier years make it possible for him now to choose only such law work as he desires to undertake. He is, therefore, following his profession at his ease, nor does he expect to retire, for indolence and idleness are utterly foreign to his nature, and the legal profession finds in him a warm devotee. J. J. MAGRUDER, M. D. The medical profession demands a high order of ability and conscientiousness in the performance of duty. Possessing the requisites of the successful physician, Dr. J. J. Magruder is enjoying an extensive and profit able practice in Columbus. He was born in Somerset; Ohio, December 10, 1847, and is a son of Dr. E. R. Magruder, a native of Maryland, who became a resident of this state in 1833. He had studied medicine in Baltimore, Maryland, and practiced in Somerset, Ohio, from the time of his removal to the Buckeye state until his death, in 1877. His wife, who bore the maiden name of Mary McKinney, was a. native of Pennsylvania. and died in the same year in which her husband's death occurred, only two weeks intervening between the dates at which they passed away. Dr. J. J. Magruder spent his boyhood days in his father's home and was sent to the public schools and later had the advantage of instruction in St. Vincent's College at Wheeling, West Virginia. Whether natural predilection, environment, or deliberate choice had most to do with shaping his business career it is impossible to determine, but at all events he entered upon a work, in which he has displayed good ability. He read medicine with his father, and continuing his studies in the east was graduated from the Long Island Medical College at Brooklyn, New York, with the class of 1872. He then joined his father in active practice but after a short time became connected with the army as acting assistant surgeon, continuing in that position until 1875. He was on duty most of the time in New Mexico. In 1875 he returned to his native city, where he engaged in practice until 1879, when he went to the Athens (Ohio) Asylum as first assistant physician. He remained there for a year and then again located at Somerset, where he practiced continuously until 1891, since which time he has been a member of the medical fraternity of Columbus. He has been chief of staff of St. Anthony's Hospital since it was founded, was physician at St. Mary's Academy, also at St. Vincent's Orphans' Home and at Notre Dame Academy. He is accorded a liberal private practice, and his understanding of the complex problems that continually confront the physician is manifest in the excellent results which attend his efforts to restore health and prolong life. CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 7 In 1875 Dr. Magruder was married to Miss Margaret. O'Neill, a native of Zanesville, Ohio. They became the parents of nine children, all of whom are yet living, with the exception of one son, Jesse J., who was killed in a street railway accident when twelve years of age. Dr. Magruder is a member of the Knights of Columbus, and in professional lines is connected with the Columbus Academy of Medicine, the State Medical Association, and the American Medical Association. He is very highly respected as a man and citizen, as well as physician, possessing those sterling traits of character which in every land and clime awaken confidence and regard. JUDGE LORENZO D. HAGERTY. Judge Lorenzo D. Hagerty, an active member of the Columbus bar since 1878, his attention also being given at times to official duties and to the promotion of commercial interests, was born in Muskingum county, Ohio, November 11, 185'2. His father was one of the leading cattle-raisers in the state in his day, and his public sales of shorthorns many years ago were not only features in the business of Ohio but were also often attended by buyers from various sections of the middle west. The early removal of the family to Licking county enabled Judge Hagerty to attend the public schools there, and when a mental review of the business world led him to the conclusion that he preferred the practice of law as a. life work, he began preparation for the profession under private instruction and eventually entered the law department of the University of \Michigan. He completed his studies there by graduation and was admitted to practice in 1877. The following year he came to Columbus, where he has since remained, and soon after opening his office here he was named as United States commissioner, a position of sufficient emolument to make it desirable to a young lawyer who was just starting upon his professional career and had to depend upon his own resources. For a number of years he filled the position satisfactorily to the government and with credit to himself. The excellent record which he made led to his further advancement in the field of political service. He was named by the governor of the state a member of the state board of pardons and aided in disposing of several of the most celebrated criminal cases in Ohio at that date. Becoming an influencing factor in local politics, his fellow citizens twice elected him to the office of probate judge of Franklin county, and his administration of the office was able, fair, judicious and eminently satisfactory to the litigants who come into that court in the settlement of estates and other surrogate matters. Since his retirement: from public office. Judge Hagerty has devoted his attention to the practice of law with a good clientage. His ability in the profession is widely acknowledged and the able work which he has done in the courts and as a. counselor insures him continued success as he -is constantly winning new clients. He is also interested in numerous plans of local improvement and with him municipal progress has always been a sub- 8 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS ject of enthusiasm. He is president of the Crystal Ice Company and is connected with other enterprises of moment in the business life of the community, his sound judgment and keen discrimination being features in their prosperity. Judge Hagerty is equally well known in social and club circles. He is a member of the Board of Trade and belongs to the Elks lodge and Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Red Men. His social nature finds expression in his membership in the Columbus. the Columbus Country and the Arlington Country Clubs, and was one of the incorporators of the Olentangy Club. serving for many years on its official board. His life record has been characterized by continuous advancement in every line in which he has directed his effort;, and he occupies today a honorable and enviable position. both professionally and socially. W. L. DICK, M.D. Dr. W. L. Dick is well known as a medical educator, while in general practice he has given proof of his ability in the able manner with which he has met. and solved difficult professional problem,. He belongs to that class of men whom the world knows as self-made because their advancement is attributable to their own efforts when fate and circumstances gave then) no advantage at the outset of their careers. Dr. Dick was born in Pickaway county. Ohio, March 27, 1860. His father, Johnson Dick, was a native of the .same county and died in the year 1874. The mother. who bore the maiden name of Susan R. Green. was a native of Virginia and died in 1889. Dr. Dick is indebted to the public school system of his county for the early educational privileges he enjoyed. He determined to enter one of the "learned professions" and studied alone for two years in the meantime acquiring through his own efforts the sum necessary to meet his tuition and other expenses of a college course. He then entered Starling Medical College and was graduated with the class of 1888. For more than twenty years thereafter he has followed his profession, opening an office in Columbus in the year of his graduation. He did not consider lei; studies finished, however, but has always remained a faithful and earnest student, knowing that the researchers of science are continually bringing to light valuable aids to medical and surgical practice. He has kept in touch with the best medical literature and has also further continued his study in the post graduate medical college. Becoming connected with the Ohio Medical University he conducted the first recitation in anatomy in that institution and for twelve years he taught anatomy and orthopedic surgery in the Ohio Medical University but resigned his position and went to Oregon, thinking to continue his professional career on the Pacific coast. Ill health, however, caused his return and be has since engaged in general practice in Columbus. He was formerly surgeon for the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company but resigned his 9 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS position on going west; however. on his return he was reappointed and continues in that professional connection to the present time. In 1894 Dr. Dick was married to Miss Bertha Grierson; a native of Wheeling. West Virginia.. He belongs to Humboldt lodge, A. F. & A. M., the Knights of Pythias fraternity and the Woodmen of the World, while in more strictly professional relations he is connected with the Columbus Academy of Medicine, the Ohio State Medical Society and the American Medical Association. Early in life he displayed the elemental strength of his career. Reared on a farm to the age. of twenty-two years he worked hard by day and studied by night that he might enter a. field of labor giving him broader opportunities than the work of the farm. That he made wise choice of a profession is indicated by the success that has attended his efforts since he became connected with the medical fraternity. ROBERT L. WATSON. Robert L. Watson, a manufacturer's agent, handling a general line of building materials, has developed a business of large proportions, yielding him a gratifying financial return annually. Ages ago the Greek sage Epieharmus said, "Earn thy reward: the gods give naught to sloth."' and the truth of this admonition has been verified in all the ages which have run their course since that time. Recognizing the fact Robert L. Watson has been persistent, energetic and diligent and stands today as one of the successful business men of Columbus. He was born November 12, 1863, in Jefferson county. West Virginia. His father. Bartholomew Watson, also a native of West Virginia, served as a Confederate soldier throughout the entire four year of the Civil war. and in times of peace devoted his attention to general agricultural pursuits. He was a. son of Thomas Watson. who was born in West Virginia in 1808. his father having settled in that state, then a part of the Old Dominion, about the beginning of the nineteenth century. The mother of Robert L. Watson was in her maidenhood Mary C. Smith. a. daughter of John F. and Susan Smith, natives of West Virginia. Robert L. Watson on pursued his education in the district schools and remained on the home farm until twenty-one years of age. during which time he assisted in the work of field and meadow. His first occupation after leaving the parental Home .was in connection with the roofing business at Cincinnati and in 1886 he became a member of the firm of Smith & Watson. that connection continuing for two years. On the expiration of that period he accepted a position as traveling salesman for the H. W. Johns Manufacturing Company, manufacturers of asbestos, with whom he remained for a year, his territory covering central Ohio. eastern Indiana and northern Kentucky. He was next employed by the Central Pressed Brick Company of Cleveland. representing the house in southern Ohio and Indiana. remaining with them until 1895. He then came to Columbus and entered business as manufacturer's agent. handling a general line of building materials. He 10 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS has since secured an extensive and growing patronage until his business has now reached considerable magnitude. Among the important structures for which he has furnished materials are the Toledo & Ohio Central depot, the Union depot, the Biological building of the Ohio State University. where he supplied both brick and tile roofing, and the School of Mines. He also supplied the brick and terra cotta for the Capital Trust building, the terra cotta for the Columbus Savings &- Trust building, the faced brick for the Brunson building and the tile roofing and fire proof doors of the American Savings Bank building. He was also the pioneer salesman, handling enamel brick for exterior finish in the Central states. He represents the Northwestern Terra Cotta Company. the Tiffany Enamel Brick Company. the Akron Roofing Tile Company, the Thorp Fire Proof Door Company and the R. I. W. Paint Company. He is a member of the Builders' Exchange and politically is a democrat where national questions ore involved. but casts an independent local ballot. He stands today as one of the alert. wide-awake. business men of Columbus. accomplishing what he undertakes by his determination, capable management and undaunted energy. JOHN W. BROWN John W. Brown is probably the oldest business man in Columbus still actively connected with commercial and industrial lines for though now in his eightieth year, he is president of the Columbus Mill & Mine Supply Company, the president of the John W. Brown Manufacturing Company and a director in the City National Bank. Honored and respected by all there is no man who occupies a. more enviable position in financial or commercial circles or more fully merits the esteem of his associates. not alone by reason of the success he has achieved but owing rather to the fact that his record has at all times been characterized by the most straightforward dealing and honorable business policy. Mr. Brown was born in Pittsfield. Massachusetts, June 11, 1829. His father, James Brown, was also a native of Pittsfield. born in 1800. The family came originally from Rhode Island while Abraham C. Brown, grandfather of our subject, was a farmer of Berkshire county, Massachusetts. The mother. Mrs. Mary H. Brown, was a daughter of Thomas and Anna Green, the former a cousin of General Nathaniel Green, of Revolutionary war fame, the two cousins having been partners in the foundry business in Rhode Island at the time of the outbreak of the Revolutionary war. The house in which Mrs. Brown was born is still standing at Dalton, Massachusetts, and is one of the fine old Colonial homes of that day. There her girlhood days were passed and in early womanhood she gave her hand in marriage to James Brown, who was an own cousin of Ossawatamie Brown. In the public schools of Pittsfield, Massachusetts. John W. Brown pursued his education and also spent one year in a private school but at the age of sixteen years he put wide his text-books that he might make a. start in the bus busi- PAGE 11 - PICTURE OF JOHN W. BROWN PAGE 12 - BLANK CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 13 ness world, entering upon an apprenticeship in a general store at Pittsfield, where he remained as a trusted employe until twenty years of age. He then carne to Columbus in 1849 to enter the store of his uncle, A. C. Brown, whose establishment was then at the corner of high and Friend streets, now Main street. The store was soon afterward removed to the present site of the Neil House. A failure was predicted because this was "too far up town." Their neighbor. John Butler. pioneer grocer of Columbus, also moved up town and purchased the site at Gay and High streets. for which he paid one hundred dollars per front foot a price that was considered ruinous by the great majority. John W. Brown remained with his uncle until 1852 and the following year was employed by the Central Ohio Railway Company, as superintendent's cleric in charge of the ticket department. In 1854 he was made general ticket agent and remained with the road until the Central Ohio was sold to the Baltimore & Ohio system and he became general passenger agent of both lines, with headquarters at Columbus. Subsequently he was offered the position of general passenger agent of the Indianapolis. Bloomington d Western Railroad Company, with headquarters at Indianapolis, where he remained for nine years but in 1880 returned to Columbus to become identified with its industrial interests, organizing the Columbus Rubber Company. which later became the Columbus Mill & Mine Supply Company. Mr. Brown was elected the first president and still retains that position. The enterprise was soon placed upon a paying basis and the business has been constantly developed along safe, substantial lines, bringing ii good financial return and contributing also to the commercial prosperity of the city. In 1890 he organized the Joint W. Brown Manufacturing Company for the purpose of manufacturing vehicle lamps and the enterprise has become the largest of its kind in the United States. He has continuously been its president and remains a factor in its control. he has never regarded any detail as too unimportant to claim his attention, and his careful supervision and close application have figured prominently in the success of the enterprise, which is today one of the most important productive concerns in the city. He is likewise a promoter of the City National Bank. On the 11th of December, 1851, Mr. Brown was married to Miss Sarah Louisa Wing, a daughter of William and Electa (Spellman) Wing. Her mother removed from Granville, Massachusetts, to Granville, Ohio, with the first settlers at the latter place. Her father came to Ohio from Hartford, Connecticut in 1818, and settled in Granville. becoming prominently connected with building operations in pioneer times. He was the contractor of the Ohio canal from Newark to Baltimore acid also had the contract for excavating what is now Buckeye. Lake. He was also for twenty years secretary and treasurer of the Central Ohio Railway Company and his business interests reached extensive proportions and proved elements in the growth and upbuilding of the state. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Brown have been born the following named: Carrie Wing. the wife of Dr. T. C. Hoover. of Columbus; Frank N., treasurer of the Columbus Mill & Mine Supply Company: Will F., secretary of the company; John B., secretary and treasurer of the John W. Brown Manufacturing Company: and Walter T., also connected with the Columbus Mill & Mine Supply Company. 14 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS In his fraternal relations Mr. Brown is a Mason and his life has exemplified the beneficent spirit of the craft. He attends the Second Presbyterian church and gives his political support to the republican party. He has been in active business life for nearly sixty-two years, nearly all of which time has been passed in Columbus and he owes his success not to any fortunate combination of circumstances but to his close application and unfaltering industry. For over forty years he has resided at No. 271 East Town street. While he has achieved success, working his way steadily upward to a prominent position in business circles, his efforts toward advancing the material interests of Columbus are so widely recognized that they can be considered as being no secondary part of his career of signal usefulness. GEORGE J. KARB. The official service of George J. Karb has brought him prominently before the people of Columbus and Franklin county and the consensus of public opinion accords him good will and Honor by reason of what he accomplished in office. In business circles he is equally well known and his ability and enterprise have won for him an equally creditable name in commercial circles. One of the native sons of Columbus, he was born February 15, 1858, and the public schools of the city afforded him his educational privileges. he also received thorough training in one of the excellent business colleges of which Columbus boasted even at that day. When a mere youth he entered the drug trade and after some time spent as an employe passed a most creditable examination as a pharmacist. His fiat independent venture was in the same line and for ten years he successfully conducted a. well appointed drug store at the corner of Fifth and Main streets. He then removed to Fourth and Main streets, where be conducted a growing and profitable business until 1898, when he withdrew from that field of commercial activity and took charge of the affairs of the Central Ohio Oil Company as treasurer and manager. In this connection he is closely associated with the development of the natural resources of the state and with the marketing of products handled by the company. His name has long since come to be ail honored one on commercial paper and he is recognized as a forceful factor in business circles, with diverse interests that are bringing to him substantial returns and at the same time are constituting elements in the general business development of the city. He is now a director of the Ohio Savings & Loan Association and a director of the Ohio National and the Market Exchange Banks. He is likewise a member of the Columbus Board of Trade and everything that tends to promote the business activity or broaden the commercial outlook of the city is of interest to him and in many cases receives his active aid and cooperation. It was on the 10th of January, 1884, that Mr. Karb was married in Columbus to Miss Kate M. Van Dine of this city. They are members of St. Paul's Episcopal church and are prominent in social circles. Mr. Karb is a. CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 15 most pleasing after dinner speaker and as toastmaster is par excellence. His connection with different fraternities is most extensive. He is a prominent Mason, has attained to the thirty-second degree in the Scottish Rite, is a Knight Templar and belongs to the Mystic Shrine. He also holds membership relations with the Knights of Pythias, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Red Men, the Benevolent Order of Elks and a score of other organizations, and his personal characteristics, as well as his devotion to the basic principles of these societies, render him a most popular and valued member. In political circles he is equally well known. Taking a deep interest in the political situation, both local and national. and at all times keeping well informed on the issues and questions of the day, he has been frequently. called to public office by those who recognize his fitness for leadership and his loyalty to the interests entrusted to his care. He served as a. member of the city council from the old fifth ward, has also been police commissioner and was then given the highest municipal office within the gift of his fellow townsmen. after his first term as mayor of Columbus he received endorsement of his service in his reelection for a second term. which continued until 1893 and he retired from office as he had entered it with the confidence and good will of the great majority of his fellow citizens. who felt that his administration had been practical in its reforms and in its progressive measures. The county, also recognizing his worth, called him to the position of sheriff and for two terms he acted in that capacity, retiring on the 4th of January, 1909. He filled these offices in such a satisfactory wanner that his administration of the trust will not soon be forgotten. His devotion to the public good has never been excelled and few incumbents in the offices have equaled him in all particulars. GEORGE HEREODH JONES. Among the members of the Columbus bar whose records reflect credit and honor upon the history of the judiciary of Ohio George H. Jones is numbered and his reputation bas been won through earnest effort in a calling which demands keen intellectuality. ready discrimination and careful analysis. He was born in Portsmouth, Ohio, June 9, 1857. The family comes of Welsh ancestry, the father, David D. Jones, having been a native of Wales. When seventeen years of age he became a resident of Nashville, Tennessee, and in 1843 removed to Ohio, engaging in merchandising at Portsmouth. He was for many years closely identified with the commercial interests of that city. where he maintained his residence until his death, which occurred in 1889 when he was eighty years of age. He held some local political positions and was well known in his county as a. substantial and prosperous citizen, noted as well for his uprightness and sturdy character. He wedded Margaret Griffith. who was of Welsh descent. and died February 21, 1904, at the age of eighty-nine years and six months. 16 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS George H. Jones, continuing his education through successive grades in the public schools of his native city, eventually completed the high-school course and tool: up the study of law in the office of Jones & Thompson, the senior partner being Colonel H. E. Jones; who commanded the Fifty-sixth Ohio Regiment, while the junior partner was Judge Thompson of the United State.- district bench. He afterward went to Cincinnati, where he attended law school and at the same time received practical training in the office of Judge Harmon. He was graduated from law college with the class of 1877, but as he had not as vet attained his majority he could not be admitted to the bar. At the invitation of Judge Slack, circuit judge at Huntington, Indiana, he went there to practice law and remained for a year, He then received a sub-judicial appointment with the collector of customs at Puget Sound, making his headquarters at Port Townsend, Washington. Shortly afterward he entered upon the practice of law and was chosen deputy prosecuting attorney for the entire section of western Washington, filling the position until 1883. He then devoted hi. energies to a. private law practice and was accorded a liberal clientage that was indicative of the ability which he displayed in handling the work of the courts. Mr. Jones had come to he recognized as one of the leading representatives of the republican party and therefore was prominent in public affairs. In 1889 he was elected a member of the constitutional convention and while thus serving aided in framing the present organic law of the state. He represented an historic district. a part of which was San Juan islands. His knowledge of law and his study of the science of government well qualified him for the excellent work which he did in connection with the constitutional convention. He was very active in politics, attended all of the conventions of the republican party and was influential in shaping its policy. He also did considerable correspondence for the managers who sought to nominate William McKinley for the presidency. A chairman of the Jefferson county executive and central committees he called the first republican convention in the state of Washington, which endorsed the candidacy of Major McKinley and elected delegates to the state convention and sent delegates to the national convention which nominated McKinley in St. Louis in 1896. In 1898 President McKinley tendered him an appointment as special United States attorney in the judiciary department and he accepted it. After completing this appointment he was tendered an appointment as an assistant attorney at Washington, D. C., in the same department, but declined to serve. He was called to local office as president of the school board, and was also city attorney of Port Townsend for two terms. His practice extended to all parts of the state of -Washington and he also did considerable admiralty practice before the United States courts. It was in 1900 that Mr. Jones established his law office in Columbus and has since been numbered among the ablest members of the capital city bar. In November 1902, he was appointed, without solicitation on his part, to the office of assistant attorney general by Attorney General Judge Sheets, and continued in that capacity until the close of the term in January. 1904. Mr. Jones was then made first assistant attorney general by Wade Ellis and served during his first term or until March, 1901, when he resigned to enter the ac- CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 17 tive practice of law. He makes a specialty of corporation law and has a large and distinctively representative clientage of this character. He is also special counsel for the Columbus, New Albany & Johnstown Railroad, an electric interurban line. Few men have more intimate knowledge of corporation law or are more accurate in applying its principles. Both as an advocate and counselor Mr. Jones enjoys a high reputation and as an honored member of the Ohio State Bar Association. On the 25th of October, 1883, in Portsmouth, Ohio, Mr. Jones was married to Miss Ada B. Finch, of that city. He is fond of fishing and makes it his principal source of recreation. While in the west he served as captain of Company I, of the First Regiment of the Washington National Guard for three years. Strong in his individuality he never lacks the courage of his convictions but there are as dominant elements in his individuality a lively human sympathy and an abiding charity which, as taken in connection with the sterling integrity and honor of his character, have naturally gained to him the respect and confidence of men. In whatever relations of life he is found in the government .service, in political circles, in business or in social relations -he is always the same honorable and honored gentleman, whose worth well merits the high regard which is uniformly given him. JOHN POSTE. Columbus draws her citizenship not only from every state in the Union, but from every civilized nation on the face of the globe, but the strongest representatives of business life and political prominence here are those who rep resent. or trace their ancestry to the Anglo-Saxon race. John Poste was a representative of the England-American element in her citizenship. He was born in Kent, England, October 18. 1833, a son of the Rev. Beale Poste, an Episcopal clergyman, who spent his entire life in England. John Poste was twenty years of age when he left that land for the new world. He had been reared in his native country, had acquired his education there. and in the year of his emigration to the United States was married to Miss Caroline Ashby. With his young bride he then started for America, landing at New York, where he remained for a time and then came to Columbus. Here he soon became known in business circles and in public life of the community. Almost immediately after his arrival he secured a position in the library in the state house, and the work was one of intense enjoyment for him, for he was very fond of books and was always a student who read widely and thought deeply. He afterward engaged in teaching for a. time, but afterward abandoned that profession to give his attention to more congenial work. Fond of fruit-raising. he established a nursery, leasing a tract. of land on South High street, and when his success justified the step he purchased the property, owning quite an extended amount of land there. In his business as a nurseryman he prospered and made wide shipments of his goods, while he also enjoyed a large local trade. He closely studied the science of horticulture, as well as the practical work of raising trees and shrubs, and he became a valued member of 18 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS the agricultural society, with which he was long connected. He also took great interest in that branch of training at the Ohio State University, and his opinions were largely regarded as an authority upon horticultural subjects, while his specific business largely set the standard for enterprises of this character. As the years passed, six children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Poste, of whom three are yet living: Beale Edward, Hamilton and John Robinson. Those who have passed away are: William A., who was the firstborn ; Mary Jane; the third in order of birth: and Arthur, the fifth of the family. The death of the husband and father occurred December 24, 1889. He remained active in business up to the time of his death. earnestly desiring to provide liberally for his family that they might enjoy the comforts of life without recourse to strenuous labor which leaves little opportunity for social interests or intellectual progress. He was a member oŁ the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and his religious faith was indicated by his membership in the Trinity church. Honor and honesty were synonymous with his name. He was never known to take advantage of the necessities of others in any business transactions, and at all times he was loyal to the trust reposed in him and to the obligations that devolved upon him. He never had occasion to regret his determination to come to the United States, for he regarded its opportunities as superior to those of the mother country, and through using the chances which offered he worked his way steadily upward. His widow .till survives him and resides in the old homestead on South High street. having been a resident of Columbus for fifty-seven years. JUDGE CURTIS C. WILLIAMS. If "biography is the home aspect of history," as Wilmott has expressed it, it is certainly within the province of true history to commemorate and perpetuate the lives of those men whose careers have been of signal usefulness and honor to the country, and in this connection it is compatible that mention should be made of Judge Curtis C. Williams, one of the most able and learned members of the Columbus bar who, since 1886, has engaged in the practice of law in the capital city. He has covered forty-seven years of active and useful life, during which time he has held to the highest professional standards and thus ever conserved the interests of the profession which stands as the conservator of human rights and liberties. Judge Williams was born in Hanoverton, Columbiana county. Ohio. August 13, 1861, and comes of sturdy Scotch-Irish ancestry with also an intermingling of Welsh. The family is noted for longevity. his great-grand father almost rounding out a century. His grandfather, Joseph F. Williams. a native of Washington county, Pennsylvania, wedded Miss Mary Gilson and early in the nineteenth century removed westward to Columbiana county, Ohio, where he became both an active and successful business man and a prominent factor in shaping the affairs and molding the destiny of the state during the formative period in its history. He was chosen to represent his district in the lower house of the general assembly and afterward served for PAGE 19 - PICTURE OF C. C. WILLIAMS PAGE 20 - BLANK CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 21 two terms in the senate. He gave careful consideration to the various important questions which came up for settlement and was connected with much constructive legislation that in due course of time found its way to the statute books of the state. His son, Dr. R. G. Williams, born in Columbiana county in 1836, after a long and successful professional career lived in dignified retirement in Alliance up to the time of his death, which occurred November 9, 1906, when he was in his seventieth year He was one of Ohio's legislators, also, serving for two terms in the house of representatives. The family name has always been a synonym of patriotism and devotion to the public welfare, coupled with marked ability displayed in discharging public duty. Dr. Williams married Miss Elmira Frost, a daughter of William A. and Beulah (Chandler) Frost. Her father was a native of Pennsylvania who became one of the pioneer residents of Columbiana county. Judge Williams spent his youthful days in Alliance, Stark county, Ohio, where he removed with his parents when a child. There he attended the public and high schools and thus prepared for college, acquiring his more advanced education in Mount Union College of Alliance, from which institution he was graduated with the class of 1883. Like many who have made the practice of law their life work, Judge Williams entered upon the profession of teaching as a preliminary step in his business career, efficiently serving as superintendent of schools. He came to Columbus and as a student entered the office of Converse, Booth & Keating, under whose direction he pursued his reading of law until he was qualified to pass the examination before the supreme court in 1886. He then began practice and throughout his professional career he has never yielded to the popular belief that fidelity to honesty was not compatible with the practice of law. Personal character is one of the elements which go to determine the rank of any member of the legal profession, and in this regard, as well as by reason of his mental acquirements, his standing has been high. While his devotion to his clients' interests has been proverbial, he has never forgotten that he owes still higher allegiance to the majesty of the law and his close conformity to such a standard awakened for him the confidence and respect of the general public who in 1891 gave proof of their appreciation of his ability and integrity as a lawyer in electing him to the office of prosecuting attorney. He made a splendid record in the position and when again nominated as a. candidate by the democratic party he lost the election by only one hundred and nine votes at a time when the republican majority of the county was between twenty and twenty-five hundred. He then resumed his law practice and was accorded a large and distinctively representative clientage. In 1897. however, he was again called to office, being nominated by the democracy for the common pleas bench, on which occasion he ran five hundred ahead of the democratic state ticket and was elected. On the bench he was capable, conscientious. and independent in the discharge of his official duties, fully living up to his solemn obligation to administer equal and exact justice alike to the rich and the poor, being at all times in his judicial career imbued with the spirit of honesty. courage and a. sense of right, recognizing. too. the 22 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS fact that a judge has at times to temper justice with mercy in the rendering of a decision that transcends the mere letter of the law in the expression of its spirit, which is not only one of restriction but also one of assistance in developing the manhood of the individual. Since his retirement from the bench Judge Williams has given his attention to private practice of an important character, and the consensus of public opinion accords him rank with the prominent counselors and advocates of Columbus. He is a member of the Ohio State and Franklin County Bar Associations and has the highest respect of his contemporaries and colleague... Judge Williams was married in 1893 to Miss Margaret Owen. of Columbus, and they have three daughters and two sons; Elmira Anne, Curtis C. Margaret Iola, Marie Owen and Arthur Frost. Their home is a permanent abiding place of domestic felicity, and its hospitality prowess a most attractive feature to their many friends. Judge Williams is a thirty-second degree Mason, a Knight Templar and a member of the Mystic Shrine. while he is also popular in other fraternities, including the Knights of Pythias. Odd Fellows, and Elks. Whatever tends to promote the public welfare receives his indorsement and his thoughts on municipal questions are practical, while his support of any measure usually brings to it a large following. for he is an influential citizen in whose opinions his fellow citizens have much faith. WILLIAM O. THOMPSON. D.D.. LL.D. Dr. William O. Thompson, who measures up to a high standard in educational circles, has since 1899 been president of the Ohio State University. Throughout his entire life actuated by a desire to make his labors of service and benefit to his fellowmen, he has been a factor in moral and intellectual progress and there has come to him the recognition of his own capability in successive promotions that have eventually brought him to his present position of responsibility and importance. Dr. Thompson was born in Cambridge, Guernsey county, Ohio. on the 5th of November, 1855. His ancestors for some generations were identified with agricultural interests and bore their part, not only in the work of material development in the various localities in which they lived, but were also active in support of general progress and upbuilding. In his youthful days Dr. Thompson was a pupil in the public schools in the villages of New Concord and Brownsville, neither of which are far distant from his native town. For come time he was under the instruction of hiss Rosa Kerner, now a resident of Zanesville, Ohio, and remembers that period as among the most pleasant and profitable of his school days. The knowledge that he had acquired through the means offered by the state but made him a thirst for more and. desirous of obtaining a college education, he resolutely set to work as a farm hand in order to earn the fund necessary for such a course. Eventually he was matriculated in Muskingum College at New Concord and there on the completion of the classical course won the degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1878. CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 23 The fact that farm work was more readily obtained and commanded a better remuneration in Illinois than in Ohio led him to go to Lawn Ridge in that state, where he was employed as a farm hand through the summer months, while in the winter seasons he engaged in teaching. With these occupations and the systematic pursuit of his own line of studies, contributory to his hopes and ambitions, he managed to keep himself busily employed and incidentally accumulated a sufficient sum to enable him to enter the Western Theological Seminary at Allegheny City. Pennsylvania, for in the meantime he had determined to become a minister. He was graduated in 1882 and was now well equipped for his chosen life work. He then entered the home missionary field, beginning his labors at Odebolt, Iowa, where he remained until 1885. He had previously been licensed to preach by the Zanesville Presbytery in session at Dresden, April 13, 1881, and was ordained by the Presbytery of Fort Dodge, Iowa, July 13, 1882. On concluding his labors at Odebolt, Iowa, he removed to Longmont, Colorado, where he served as pastor for six years, during which time he was also president of the Longmont College. The successful work which he did in educational lines resulted in his receiving a call to the presidency of the Miami University at Oxford, Ohio, in 1891. Accepting this, he remained at the head of the institution for eight years or until 1899, when he assumed the presidency of the Ohio State University offered him by its board of trustees. Here he has labored continuously since and his efforts have been attended with excellent results. In all of his work he has held to high standards and has continually sought out new methods whereby his own usefulness and the influence of the school would be increased. The purpose of teaching is to develop capacity and Dr. Thompson is in perfect accord with President Eliot, of Harvard, who said, "What is needed is continuous education, which lasts all through life.'' It has therefore been the aim and purpose of Dr. Thompson to give the students under his control the foundation for such an education. preparing them to meet whatever comes to them of joy or sorrow, of success or failure, believing that every circumstance holds its lesson and that every condition or point of accomplishment should but serve as a starting point for other labor. In 1881 Dr. Thompson received from his alma mater the degree of Master of Arts and in 1891 that of Doctor of Divinity, while in 1897 the Western University of Pennsylvania at Allegheny City conferred upon him the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws . During his residence in Columbus he has not only stood as the exponent of higher education but in all that makes for good citizenship he has been intensely interested, lending the weight of his influence and cooperation to further many movements for general good. He has been a member of the Board of Trades a. member of the city board of education and has done important public service on great civic occasions, where wisdom, rather than words is required to render such occasion impressive. His entire life. save for the brief period which he devoted to farm work to obtain necessary funds, has been given to teaching, sometimes from the pulpit, again from the lecture platform and also in the schoolroom. In all that he has done he has furnished substance worthy to be woven into history and has left the impress of his individuality in large measure upon those who have come 24 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS under his guidance, planting in the soil thus offered the seeds of truth. which in later years have frequently been instrumental in making choice between good or evil. While he finds delightful companionship among men of strong intellect and broad culture, he possesses moreover an abiding sympathy that enables him to understand the individual and to render assistance to those with whom he comes in contact, enabling them to climb toward his own level. JOSEPH RAINIE McGAW. About 1861 one might have seen a lad of eleven years carrying the Ohio State Journal from Campbell Station to Senecaville. covering six miles on the round trip. His circulation numbered twelve copies of the paper. That boy is today the enterprising president of the firm of Jones, Witter & Company, conducting an extensive wholesale dry-goods business in Columbus. He was born in Senecaville, Guernsey county, Ohio, in 1850. His father. James McGaw, was a native of Maryland and went to Guernsey county in 1841. A tanner by trade he followed that business for many years and met with a fair measure of success in his undertakings. He became well known and his death was deeply regretted, when in 1882 he passed away, having for four years survived his wife, who died in 1878. She bore the maiden name of Margaret Rainie and was of Scotch-Irish parentage. Joseph Rainie McGaw was reared in Senecaville and attended the public schools until thirteen years of age. It was while he war still a school boy that he delivered the twelve copies of the Ohio State Journal. After putting aside his text-books he went to Barnesville, Ohio, where he carried papers and did other work until fifteen years of age. At that time he went upon the road as a traveling salesman for W. H. Jones and remained there until the removal of the firm to Zanesville in 1865. He continued with the house as a salesman until 1880 and in the meantime, in 1874, the business was moved to Columbus, the firm being reorganized under the name of Jones & Garner. Mr. McGaw's business ability was recognized and he was admitted to a partnership in the business under the style of Jones. Witter & Company. When the business was incorporated in 1906 he was chosen its president and has continued in the position to the present time. Thus he was successively promoted through all of the departments and positions until he became the chief executive officer. He is a splendid example of the successful self-made man; who owes his advancement entirely to his individual efforts, his persistent purpose and his indefatigable energy. The business has shown a steady growth from its inception and is today one of the leading wholesale dry-goods and notion houses of Columbus, being the second largest concern in the city. In their sales they cover the territory of Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky. Michigan and West Virginia. Aside from his connection with this house Mr. McGaw is also a director of the Hayden-Corbett Chain Company. On the 18th of June, 1871, Mr. McGaw was married to Miss Myra Robinson, of Athens, Ohio, who died in 1906. leaving a son. W. Ray. who was born in 1872, and is a salesman with the firm of Jones. Witter & Company. Mr. CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 25 McGaw is a member of the Columbus Country Club and of the Masonic fraternity. He is fond of outdoor sports, and when leisure permits he indulges in those interests. His mental and physical activity, the only capital which he brought to the starting point of his business career, has enabled him to reach success. Early in his business life he performed all of the duties that devolved upon him, however humble and however small the recompense, conscientiously and industriously. 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 such a lucrative patronage that through times of general prosperity and general adversity alike he has witnessed a steady increase in his business until today it is one of the most flourishing in its line in the city of Columbus. FRANK D. FRANCIS. The members of the firm of The Francis Brothers Company, contractors of Columbus, need no introduction to the readers of this volume, for all who are in any way identified with the history of building operations in the capital city know that this firm has in recent years been a conspicuous one in connection with the architectural improvement of the city. Frank D. Francis, the senior partner, was born July 3, 1879, in Newark, Ohio. his father, Albert Francis, being born May 20, 1853, in Hanover, who, for many years, was engaged in contracting in Columbus, gaining a position of prominence in building circles that was by no means confined by the borders of the state. In fact his reputation was such that he was awarded various contracts for the construction of buildings at the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia in 1876. His wife, Mrs. Rosa a Francis, was born August 9, 1855, in Linn county, Iowa. The public schools of Columbus afforded Frank D. Francis his educational privileges and making good use of his opportunities he passed through successive grades until he was graduated in 1895. He then entered the Ohio State University, pursuing a course of electrical engineering, and his knowledge in this department of science has constituted an important element in his later business career. After leaving college he entered the contracting business with his father and added to his theoretical knowledge the practical experience that comes in active building operations. In 1901 he was connected with the McCloud River Company at Mount Shasta, California, and displayed such marked ability that he was made superintendent of construction. In 1902. however, he returned to Columbus, where he joined his brother, Walter H. Francis in organizing the present firm of Francis Brothers. They have constructed many of the fine buildings of the Columbus Barracks and numerous important state institution buildings. Contracts for other fine buildings in the state have been awarded them, many of the largest and most substantial structures of Columbus standing as monuments to their enterprise and business ability. Both brothers keep in constant touch with the progress that is being 26 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS made in building lines and gain inspiration for their work through membership in the Builders Exchange. On the 20th of May, 1904, occurred the marriage of Frank D. Francis to Miss Eva P. Higginbottom, a daughter of Theodore and Susanna Higginbottom, of Muskingum county. Ohio. She is a. representative of one of the old pioneer families of that county who settled there in 1808, since which time the Higginbottoms have been extensive farmers and stock-raisers in that locality. Mr. and Mrs. Francis reside at 120 North Monroe avenue. and their home is generally celebrated for its warm-hearted and cordial hospitality. Mr. Francis belongs to the Knights of Pythias and gives his political allegiance to the republican party. He is at. all time interested in the city's welfare and gives earnest and effective cooperation to movement, for the public good, notwithstanding the fact that his business makes heavy demands upon his attention and he is always most loyal to the interests entrusted to his care. His understanding of the business in its scientific principles and the practical training received in early manhood well qualify him to superintend the labors of others and to pass judgment upon the advisability of any course that is questioned in his building operations. He is known as an energetic. reliable business man and the firm of The Francis Brothers Company is prominent among the contractors of the capital city. RICHARD C. ALKIRE. Richard C. Alkire, who since 1901 has lived retired in Columbus is a worthy representative of one of the oldest and most prominent pioneer families of the Buckeye state. He was born on a farm in Franklin township. Franklin county February 25, 1833, a. son of Jesse and Margaret (Courtney) Alkire. His maternal grandfather was the first nail cutter in Columbus. The paternal great-grandfather of our subject, John Alkire, was a soldier in the Revolutionary war, while the paternal grandfather, Emanuel Alkire, served in the war of 1812. The latter was born in Lewis county, West Virginia, and came to Franklin county Ohio, in the fall of 1827, settling on the banks of the Scioto river, in what at that time was a. wilderness. Here he established a home and reared a family of twelve children, eight sons and four daughters, Jesse Alkire being one of the number. He was born in West Virginia, December 19, 1807, and accompanied his parentis on their removal to Ohio, when a young man of twenty years. He was a public-spirited man, filling the office of justice of the peace of Franklin township for thirty-two consecutive years, and he lived to a ripe old age. He married Miss Margaret Courtney, who was born in Columbus, March 15, 1811, ands-be could remember when the homes here were widely scattered, and of seeing stumps along High street and on the site where the state house now stands. Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Alkire became the parents of six children: Richard C.. of this review; Sarah, wife of William Nichols, a resident of Columbus; Kemper, also of this city. and three who are deceased. PAGE 27 - BLANK PAGE 28 - PICTURE OF R. C. ALKIRE PAGE 29 - PICTURE OF MRS. R. C. ALKIRE PAGE 30 - BLANK CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 31 Richard C. Alkire received his education in the district schools and remained under the parental roof until he had reached the age of twenty-seven years. when he began farming on a tract of rented land. After a time he purchased twenty acres and subsequently bought and sold various tracts, making a handsome profit on his investments in this way. He became the owner of a good farm of one hundred and twenty-eight acres in Delaware county, which he operated for four and a half years and which he subsequently traded for town lots in Bowling Green, Wood county, whither he removed in 1890, spending two years there. Later he spent four years in Worthington, subsequent to which time he removed to Grove City. During this time he accumulated quite a competency through his investments in farm lands, so that in 1901 he felt justified in putting aside all business interests and living retired. Accordingly he took up his abode in Columbus, where he now occupies a nice residence and is spending his days in honorable retirement. Mr. Alkire was married June 3, 1860, to Amanda Watts, who was born in Franklin township, November 2, 1840, a daughter of William and Margaret (Chamber) Watts who were pioneer settlers of Franklin county, and in whose family there were eleven children, of whom five still survive, namely: Amanda, now Mrs. Alkire; Albert, a resident of Columbus; William, who lives in Jackson township ;'Milton, also of Columbus; and Jennie, the wife of James Haddy. also of this city. The marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Alkire has been blessed with seven children: Annie. the wife of John Hoover. a resident of Grove City, Ohio; Carrie, at home: Everett J.. who lives in Bowling Green, Ohio; Wilbur, at Westerville; Minnie A., the wife of John Morresey, an attorney of Columbus; Alden, at home: and Emma M., the wife of R. H. Oliver, also of Columbus. Mr. Alkire is a stalwart supporter of the democratic party and for several years served as trustee of Jackson township. His religious faith is indicated by his membership in the -Methodist Episcopal church. The work instituted by the grandfather and carried on by the father was continued by the son for many years and thus representatives of the family through three generations have been prominent in the upbuilding and progress of Franklin county, reclaiming it for the uses of civilization. Mr. Alkire has seen Columbus grow from a. small village and rejoices in the work that has been accomplished along various lines, and his own labors have been no unimportant factor in bringing about the advantages and conveniences that are today enjoyed. WILLIAM HALL PHIPPS. While much has been said against corruption in public office and the rule of parties by political bosses, it is a well known fact that in the great majority of cases men of ability and fidelity are filling the positions of public trust, for public opinion is too strong to be disregarded and the community is up in arms at once if it has the slightest reason to suspect infidelity on the part of any government official, whether he occupy a. local, 32 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS state or national position. The consensus of public opinion has been most favorable concerning the public services of William Hall Phipps, now state inspector of oils. He was born in Caldwell, Ohio, August 16, 1864, and is descended from an old family of English lineage, tracing his ancestry back to Jedediah Phipps, who on coming to the new world settled in Massachusett, and at one time was the owner of lands that included the battle-field of Bunker Hill . He also took part in that engagement which, though it was not an American victory, served to show the British the strength of American arms and to arouse this nation to a sense of what the British meant, to accomplish. The grandfather of our subject was the owner of a plantation on the Delaware river and afterward removed to Pittsburg and then came to Ohio. Samuel H. Phipps, the father of William Hall Phipps, is a native of Pittsburg and seventy years ago became a resident of Caldwell, Ohio. He is a veteran of the Civil war, having served as major in the Eighty-second Ohio Regiment. He has also been active in politics and in 1880 campaigned southern Ohio with Garfield. He has been active in various matters of progressive citizenship and his influence has always been on the .side of progress, reform and improvement. In his earlier years he was a college professor but now resides upon a. farm at Reinersville. Ohio. He wedded -Mary Miller, a native of Caldwell, Ohio, of which section her parents were pioneer settlers. The family is of Scotch-Irish lineage. Her father was the oldest Mason in the world at the time of his death, which occurred when he was a centenarian, his affiliation with the Masonic fraternity having covered eighty-one years. William Hall Phipps was reared on his father's farm and attended the district school to the age of eighteen years, when he went to Ada. Ohio, matriculating in the Northwestern Ohio University, where he devoted three years to study. He then took up the study of law in the office of D. S. Spriggs, of Caldwell, and after thorough preliminary reading was admitted to the bar in June, 1889. He then located for practice in Paulding. Ohio, devoting his attention to general practice, although specializing to some extent in real-estate law. He still retains an office in that city. Mr. Phipps first entered actively into politics in 1885 as secretary to the republican central committee of Morgan county, serving until 1887. He became chairman to the county central committee of Paulding county in 1893 and so continued until 1897, when he was made chairman of the executive committee of the same county, filling the position until 1902. He was also a member of the state executive committee from 1899 until 1903, and has been a member of the state central committee for the past five years, occupying the position at the present time. He has likewise, since 1908, been secretary of the state executive committee and has done effective and beneficial work for the interests of the party. In the affairs of state as taken aside from the extraordinary conditions of warfare, there are demanded men whose mental ken is as wide and whose generalship is as effective as those which insure successful maneuvering of armed forces by the skilled commander on the field of battle. The nation's welfare and prosperity CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 33 may be said to hinge as heavily upon individual discrimination and executive ability in the one case as the other. It requires a master mind to marshal and organize the forces for political purposes and produce the best results by concerted effort. Such a leader is found in W. H. Pipps, who may well be called one of the commanders of the republican party of Ohio. He has been a delegate to the republican conventions on several occasions, ranks high in party councils and has a wide acquaintance among the distinguished political leaders of the country. On the 19th of May, 1908, he was appointed state oil inspector and is now filling this position. On the 14th of August, 1890, Mr. Phipps was united in marriage to Miss Nora K. Cooper, of Batesville, and they now have one daughter, Helen. Mr. Phipps is an automobile enthusiast and much of his leisure is spent in his motor car. He is a member of the Ohio Club and of the Buckeye Republican Club. He attends the Presbyterian church and holds membership relations with the various Masonic bodies, having attained the thirty-second degree of the Scottish Rite, while he is also a member of Antioch temple of the Mystic Shrine. GEORGE L. RUGGLES. George L. Ruggles, who is now living retired in Columbus, was for many years successfully connected with the business interests of this city. His birth occurred in Boylston. Massachusetts, on the 10th of November, 1843, his parents being Brigham and Charlotte (Maynard) Ruggles. The family is of English descent and the first representative of the name to come to America located near Boston, Massachusetts, about 1637. Brigham Ruggles, the father of our .subject, who was born in Massachusetts in 1784, was connected with agricultural pursuits throughout his active business career. At one time, having determined to establish his home in the west, he sold his interests in the old Bay state but was persuaded not to make the removal and therefore .spent his remaining years in Massachusetts, passing away at the age of seventy-eight years. His wife, whose natal day was February 21, 1800. was called to her final rest in October 1888. Unto this worthy couple were born four sons. of whom George L., is now the only survivor. The last named was reared on the home farm and acquired a. common-school education. In the spring of 1863 be began farming for his father but in the fall of the same year entered school. remaining as a student until June, 1864. Subsequently he was employed on a farm for nine months, driving an ox-team and hauling timber during the winter of 1864-5. The 9th of April. 1865. witnessed his arrival in Springfield, Ohio, and, having a little capital. he began selling a book entitled "Chronicles of the Rebellion." He net with fair success in this undertaking but was taken sick with scarlet 34 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS fever before he could deliver the volumes and on recovering from his illness found it rather difficult to dispose of them. He also sold a lithograph of the Emancipation Proclamation. Afterward he again gave his attention to farming for one month and then started to walk to Springfield. Ohio, eight miles away. After convalescing from a two months' illness he taught school for one month. Resigning his position as a teacher, he went to work for George W. Hastings, the editor of the Springfield Republic, as a subscription solicitor and during his connection with the paper, from December, 1865, to April, 1866, he increased the circulation by three thousand. Mr. Hastings then purchased a book bindery and in June, 186u, sent Mr. Ruggles on the road to sell blankbooks and stationery-such as is used in county and state offices. Our subject was thus engaged until 18611 and on the 20th of January of that year came to Columbus, accepting a. position with Siebert & Lilley, who were also manufacturers of blankbooks and stationery. He remained with that company until their plant was destroyed by fire in 1892. and in March of that year he established the Ruggles Gale Company, of which he continuously served as president until July. 19W. when he sold out and retired from active bus business life. For about fifteen years he was thus at the head of an important commercial enterprise of Columbus and is widely recognized as a most .substantial. public-spirited and enterprising citizen. Brooking no obstacles that honest effort could overcome, he steadily worked his way upward until, leaving the ranks of the many. he stood among the successful few. He was one of the organizers of the South Side Business & Improvement Association, served as its president for two years. and was also a director of the Columbus Board of Trade for two years. Mr. Ruggles has been married twice. On the 1st of February. 1871. he wedded Miss Emma S. Buck; a native of Portsmouth, Ohio. who passed away in June, 1875. By this union there were born two children: Ferdinand A., who is a clerk in the department of construction and repair at the navy yard in Manilla.; and Elmer W., who is deceased. On the 8th of September, 1879, Mr. Ruggles was again married. his second union being with Mary A. Platt, who was born in Columbus, January 16, 1848, her parents being Calvin A. and Lucy (Lynch) Platt, who were natives of Vermont and pioneer settlers of this city. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Platt were born nine children, three of who still survive, as follows: Mrs. Laura. Shilling, a resident of Springfield, Ohio; Mrs. Sarah Harker, living in Cincinnati. Ohio: and Mrs. Ruggles. Unto Mr. Ruggles and his second wife have been born three children: Louise, the wife of Dr. Walter E. Newcome, of Cleveland, by whom she has one son, Morse R.; Calvin B., of Seattle. Washington, and George M., who died in infancy. In his political views Mr. Ruggles is a stanch republican. while his religious faith is indicated by his membership in the First Congregational church. with which his wife is also identified. He has a small table which has been in possession of the family since 1700 its top being inlaid with a silver plate on which are inscribed the names of its owners and the date of their birth; as follows: Rev. Benjamin Ruggles, 1700; Benjamin Ruggles, Jr. 1726: Lemuel Ruggles. 1750: Grigham Ruggles. 1784. Subsequently CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 35 it fell to the lot of a brother of our subject, Charles B. Ruggles, who died childless and thus the heirloom came into possession of George L. Ruggles, who prizes it very highly. Both he and his wife are widely and favorably known throughout the city, having won the unqualified confidence and regard of all with who they have come in contact throughout the long period of their residence here. SAMUEL H. MARVIN. Samuel H. Marvin, general agent of the Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company, is a thoroughgoing business man whose advancement has come to him, not because of family influence or the favoring opportunities of inheritance, but because his ability has enabled him to cope with important and complex business problems. He was born in Tolland, Connecticut, May 8, 1845. and is a son of Ira Kilbourne Marvin and a grandson of Harvey Marvin. The family is of Scotch-Irish origin, although the progenitors of the family in America came to this country from England in 1836, settling at Weathersfield. Connecticut, while representatives of the name were among the founders of the city of Hartford. Connecticut. Throughout all the intervening years the family has been represented in the Charter Oak state. The grandfather. Harvey Marvin, married Clarissa Kilbourne and the birth of Ira Kilbourne Marvin occurred there in 1797 and his life history covered the intervening years to 1880, when he passed away. He married Julia, daughter of Judge Young, of Connecticut, who was a contemporary and friend of Henry Clay. Judge Young was also instrumental in procuring the building of the government road extending from Washington, D. C., to Springfield, Illinois, of which Main street of Columbus is part. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Ira K. Marvin were born eight children: Samuel H., Maria, Julia, Sybil, Hannah, Lucy, Clara. and Edwin E. The only ones now living are our subject and Edwin E. Marvin. the latter clerk of the U. S. district court of Connecticut for forty years. Samuel H. Marvin was educated in the common schools, which he attended to the age of fourteen year.. after which he performed the work of field and meadow upon his father's farm until twenty-one years of age. The first seven and a. half years after leaving school were spent by him in hauling wood to market with an ox-team. The family was very poor and was largely dependent upon him for support. He worked diligently and persistently, knowing few idle moments but the lessons of industry, enterprise and unfaltering perseverance which he then learned have proved important factors in his later .success. As stated, he continued on the old home farm until twenty-one years of age. He was married in October, 1871, in Bristol, Connecticut, to Miss Angie Bartholomew, a daughter of the famous clock manufacturer of that name. At that time Mr. Marvin became engaged as salesman in the sewing machine business and was later general agent and manager for western Ohio, with 36 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS headquarters at Urbana. At that place he afterward turned his attention to dealing in horses and continued in that line of business until 1888, when he became connected with life insurance business. He came to Columbus in 1889 as representative of and district manager for the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York, and in June, 1892, was appointed general agent of the Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company of Milwaukee, in which connection he still continues. He has built up an extensive insurance business, having a clientage which makes his position a. most remunerative one. In his political views Mr. Marvin is a stalwart republican and is well informed on the questions and issues of the day; although he never seeks nor desires political office. The rules which govern his conduct and make him a man among men are indicated in the fact that he is a member of the Broad Street Methodist Episcopal church. He also belongs to the Wyandotte, the Columbus and the Columbus Country Clubs. In 1893 he was called upon to mourn the loss of his wife, who died in October of that year. They had previously lost a son, Percy, who died in 1891, at the age of eighteen years while a student in the Ohio State University. Two daughters survive: Elizabeth, the wife of B. D. Clement, who is associated with her father in the insurance business; and Edna, who is a graduate of the Columbus high school. The family residence it at No. 721 Bryden road. Mr Marvin is a. man of sterling worth, who early learned to correctly value life's opportunities. Although in his youth he was denied many of the privileges and advantages which other boys enjoy he has lived to attain prosperity through his own well directed, earnest and honorable methods and has been generous in assisting other, contributing liberally to charitable objects, while the poor and needy have found in him a friend. Remembering his own early struggles he has also been ever ready to aid other who are attempting to work their way upward. HENRY O'KANE. Henry O'Kane, president of The O'Kane Insurance Agency Company in this connection bends his efforts to constructive work and administrative direction that have resulted in the development of an enterprise of large proportion and important interest. He was born in Reynoldsburg, Franklin county, Ohio, August l, 1843. The family is of Scotch-Irish lineage, coming to America from the north of Ireland. Leaving that section of the Emerald isle in 1789 the grandfather of our subject established his home in North Carolina and afterward removed to Rockingham county, Virginia. He was a. man of considerable prominence in his native country, nor was he unknown to local fame in the land of his adoption. The father of our subject, James O'Kane, was a native of Rockingham county, Virginia, and the year 1820 witnessed his arrival in Pickerington. Fair- CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 37 field county, Ohio, whence he removed to Reynoldsburg in 1836, coming to Columbus in 1849. He engaged in merchandising and met with gratifying prosperity until the Civil war brought reverses. He was an ardent advocate of the Union cause, an honest, upright man of the. old school of merchants, and in every relation of life he commanded the confidence and good will of those with whom he was associated. His death occurred March 10, 1875. His wife bore the maiden name of Julia Ann Williams. Her parents were natives of Wales and as children became residents of Cayuga county, New York. Later they settled at Pickerington, Ohio, and while there residing their daughter, Julia Ann, formed the acquaintance of James O'Kane, who sought her hand in marriage, the wedding ceremony being performed in June, 1829, in the old First Presbyterian church in Columbus, by the late Dr. Hoge. In September, 1849, Mr. and Mrs. James O'Kane removed to the capital city, where their remaining days were passed, the death of the wife occurring January 4, 1861. Coming to Columbus when but six years of age, Henry O'Kane pursued his education in the public schools, passing from grade to grade to his graduation from the high school in the days of 1859 when but sixteen year of age. He afterward attended the. Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware, graduating in 1863. The following year he served for one hundred days as a soldier in the Union army of the Civil war, acting as corporal of Company H of the One Hundred and Thirty-third Regiment of Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He was on active duty in the siege of Petersburg and participated in several engagements. The company which he joined was largely made up of clerks from the banks and leading mercantile houses of the city and included E. K. Stewart, Robert Sheldon, George Bright, and Phillip Brook. Mr. O'Kane was honorably discharged August 20, 1864, and returned to his service as cashier in the banking house of Rickly & Brother. He had previously been appointed to that position but put aside his business cares and duties to aid his country. He returned, however, to the institution which is now the Capital City Bank, and there remained until July 1, 1872. when he resigned and entered the fire insurance business, succeeding to a local agency that had been in existence for eight years. The business has shown a steady and healthy growth since Mr. O'Kane assumed management more than thirty-seven year ago. He has a. profitable clientage among the most substantial citizens of Columbus and his business has now assumed extensive proportions, being the oldest and one of the largest agencies of the city. Mr. O'Kane was also secretary and manager of the Franklin Insurance Company during the thirty years of its existence. In early manhood Mr. O'Kane was married to Miss Cassie Van de Water, of Columbus, who died February 15, 1878, leaving a daughter and a son, Mrs. Frank Raymond of this city, and Walter C., who is now with the Dispatch. On the 25th of November; 1880, Mr. O'Kane was again married, his second union being with Miss Mary L. Cooke, of Sunbury, Ohio. Their children are James, who is with his father in business, Louise, Elizabeth, and Russell. born in 1894. Mr. O'Kane holds membership in the First Methodist Episcopal church and his loyalty to its teachings and his generosity in its support have made 38 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS him one of its most helpful members. He has also filled the various, offices in the church, has been Sunday school superintendent. secretary, steward, librarian and trustee. He belongs to the Arlington Country Club and is well known in fraternal circles. He is a trustee of the Odd Fellows temple and is a past grand of Capital lodge and past chief patriarch of Junia encampment. He has also held offices in the Grand Encampment and is a prominent representative of Odd Fellowship. He has also been prominent in Masonic circles and is a life member of the different Masonic bodies,. He is a past master of the lodge and a. past eminent commander of the commandery and a charter member of the Scottish Rite. He likewise belongs to the Aladdin temple of the Mystic Shrine and is in hearty sympathy with the beneficent spirit of the craft. His political belief has been in accord with the principles of the republican party since he cast his first presidential ballot for Abraham Lincoln. He has always declined to hold office but he is interested in good government and casts his ballot for the men whom he thinks will prove competent and trustworthy officials. Such, in brief, is the life history of Henry O'Kane, a man respected by all who know him. JOHN T. ADAMS. The position to which John T. Adams has attained in the business world now enables him to command patronage rather than seek it and the success which he has achieved also permits him to enjoy those things that follow in the wake of enterprise and effort wisely and honestly directed. The extent and importance of his operations as a general contractor and railway builder have placed him foremost in the ranks of those who are devoting their attention to this department of activity and in all of his business relations the public has been an indirect, if not a direct, beneficiary, while from his labors he too has derived substantial benefits. The stages of his progressive development have led hirer through the experiences of farm life, of clerking in a; country store, of proprietorship in a similar establishment and official duty as auditor of Pike county until he took up the line of life to which he now directs his attention. A native of Coopersville, Ohio, Mr. Adams was born February 9, 1858, and the period of his minority was spent on the farm of his parents, Hugh and Emily Adams, both of whom were born and reared on farms. The father, after devoting many years to general agricultural pursuits, turned his attention to general merchandising, in which he continued from 1890 until 1907. In his youthful days John T. Adams worked in the fields through the summer months and during the remainder of the year attended the district school. He took up the profession of teaching in 1876, when a young man of eighteen years, and was thus identified in the work of the schoolroom until 1879. He then accepted a clerkship in a country store at Sedan, Ohio, where he remained in that capacity for two year and then purchased a half interest in the business, conducting it under a. partnership relation until 1883. In PAGE 39 - PICTURE OF J. T. ADAMS PAGE 40 - BLANK CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 41 that year he sold his interest and bought a stock of goods at Coopersville, Ohio, where he conducted his store until September, 1889. In the meantime his business relations had brought him prominently before the public, who recognized that in him might be reposed the trust of public office. He was therefore elected auditor of Pike county on the democratic ticket in September, 1889, and discharged his duties so capably and efficiently that in 1892 he was reelected, serving for six consecutive years. In the meantime the business activity of Mr. Adams was directed into other fields aside from those in which he had already operated. He began dealing in railroad ties and lumber, bridge, timber, etc., and also began taking small contracts. In 1897 he took up the work of general contracting and has made rapid and substantial progress since that time. During the ensuing year he built sixty-four miles of steam railroad from Peoria to St. Marys, Ohio, that line being now a part of the Toledo & Ohio Central Railroad system. In 1898-99 he constructed twenty miles of steam railroad between Toledo, Ohio, and Monroe, Michigan, and in the years 1900-01-02 he executed a most difficult engineering feat in the building of four miles of steam roadway for the Coal & Iron Railway Company in West Virginia, along the Cheat river, at a cost of five hundred thousand dollars. His work in 1903-04 included the construction of fifty-five miles of electric railway for the Scioto Valley Traction Company from Columbus to Lancaster and from Columbus to Circleville, while in 1905 he built twenty miles for the same company from Circleville to Chillicothe. In 1906-07 he had a contract for building twelve miles of double track between Dayton and Miamisburg for the Cincinnati & Northern Traction Company and twenty-five miles for the Indiana, Terre Haute & Eastern Indiana Railroad Company; thirty-five miles between Lima and Bellefontaine, Ohio; and a six mile trestle for the Missouri Pacific Railway Company in Arkansas and many similar contracts. In every instance he faithfully meets the terms oŁ his contract and has become known as a prominent railway builder whose comprehensive knowledge of the great scientific principles underlying the work, together with a practical understanding of the demands of railroad building, have gained him marked prominence in this field of labor. In December, 1908, he took contracts to elevate the tracks of the Pennsylvania Railway, Toledo & Ohio Central Railway and the Hocking Valley Railway on the west side of the Scioto river in Columbus, which require approximately five hundred thousand cubic yards of material, amounting to approximately two hundred and fifty thousand dollars; and in February. 1909. he also made a contract with the Midland Construction Company. whose general offices are in Chicago, Illinois, to do the grading, bridging. tracklaying, ballasting, railroad crossings, building station houses, round houses, shops, the purchasing of all the material, consisting of cross ties, lumber, steel bridges and steel rails, for the complete construction of two hundred and twelve miles of steam railway read- for the operation of cars between Edgeley and Pembina, North Dakota. This contract will require in labor supplies, material and plant the expenditure of two million five hundred thousand dollars, all of which will be expended by him. 42 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS On the 12th of August, 1892, at Coopersville, Ohio. Mr. Adams was married to Miss Sarah Noel, whose father, G. W. Noel, was a. farmer and representative citizen of southern Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Adams have two sons and a daughter: Orville E., twenty-four years of age; Otie May. twenty-one years of age; and Noel Beetley, twelve years of age. They are all with their parents in the beautiful and pleasant home at No. 182 Buttles avenue. The parents hold membership with and support the Presbyterian church and Mr. Adams is a. Master Mason. belonging to Orient Lodge at Waverly. In an analyzation of his life record the salient features which stand forth most conspicuously, showing the path he has followed, are his diligence, ready adaptability and power of assimilating and coordinating forces. He bas learned from much experience of life the lesson, that it has contained, and correctly valuing each opportunity, has utilized it for further progress, regarding each thing that he has accomplished not as a work finished and completed but as a starting point for further and broader effort. CHARLES W. CLARKE. Charles W. Clarke. a well known representative of agricultural interests. living in Blendon township, was born near Dubuque. Iowa, Van Buren county. October 5. 1851, a son of George and Mindwell E. (Griswold) Clarke. He was the youngest of five children and was but five months old when in February. 1852, his father died and his widowed mother with her children returned to Blendon township to reside with her father at Blendon Corners, where she still males her home. Further mention of her is made on another page of this work. She is today one of the most honored among the pioneer ladies of the county. having spent almost. her entire life covering eighty-six years, in this locality. Following the return of the family to Franklin county. Charles W. Clarke remained on the old homestead farm of his grandfather until 1879, when he was married. and in the spring of 1880 came to his present farm. comprising one hundred and twenty-five acres of rich and productive land He lived upon his property for four years mud then went to reside with his father-in-law, George Kirts, of Blendon township, operating his farm for three years. after which he returned to his own property and has made it his home continuously since. It is now a well improved farm, supplied with good buildings, which he keeps in a state of excellent repair. He carries on general farming and stock-raising, and for fifteen years made a specialty of butter-making, selling the product of his dairy in Columbus. In addition to the home farm Mrs. Clarke owns forty-five acres of land south of Blendon Corner. known as the Grinell Farm, from which she derives a good annual rental. It was on the 30th of January, 1879. that Mr. Clarke was married to Miss Ella J. Kirts, whose birth occurred in Jersey township. Licking county. April 20, 1853, her parents being George and Ellen Laying (Woodruff) Kirts, of whom mention is made elsewhere in this volume. Mrs. Clarke is a member of CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 43 the Methodist Episcopal church and Mr. Clarke contributes to the support of the church at Westerville. He is independent in politics, voting for men and measures rather than party. His social relations are, with Blendon lodge, A. F. & A. M., and Mount Vernon commandery, K. T., of Columbus, while he also belongs to the Blendon Grange. He is interested in all that pertains to agricultural progress here, and matters of general benefit relating to the welfare of the community also awaken his interest and endorsement. GEORGE KIRTS. In the history of the agricultural development of Franklin county mention should be made of George Kirts who, at an early period in the development of Ohio, carne to this state. He was born in Hancock, Maryland June 30, 1821, a son of Michael and Elizabeth (Simpson) Kirts, the former a native of Germany and the latter of Maryland. In his boyhood days George Kirts, Sr., was brought by his parents to the new world, the family home being established in Maryland, where he was reared and married. His son and namesake was but four years of age when he left Maryland and with his family removed to Marion county, Ohio, in 1825. At the age of sixteen years George Kirts, of this review, went to Frankfort county, Ohio, with his uncle, Henry Kirts. and there resided up to the time of his marriage, which was celebrated November 2, 1842, when he was twenty-one years of age. Not long afterward He removed to Jersey, Licking count, Ohio, where he lived until March, 1850, when he went to California, leaving his wife and four children at the old home. He was a poor man but hoped that in that land of golden promise he might rapidly acquire a substantial competence. He made the overland journey across the long stretches of hot sand and through the mountain passes, but returned by way of the isthmus route, reaching home on the 1st of July, 1852. He was successful in the far west and brought home a fair amount of money. after which he purchased a farm of one hundred and eighty acres near Jersey in Licking county. This he cultivated for a fete years, but desirous of having more land he cold that farm and in April, 1855. bought two hundred and twelve acres part way between Johnstown and New Albany on the Johnstown and Columbus road. He afterward became owner of an additional tract of one hundred and sixty acres, so that his total holdings embraced three hundred and seventy-two acres. Thus as the years passed he prospered and became the owner of valuable property. On the 27th of May, 1815. however, Mr. Kirts lost his wife. after which he rented his land and came to Blendon township, Franklin county, where he purchased one hundred and fifty-eight acres. He never remarried, although he lived until August 27, 1891, his death being occasioned by an accident in a gravel bank. The bride of his early manhood was Hiss Ellen Laving Woodruff. who was born in Fairfield county. Ohio, near Reynoldsburg, June 18, 1821, and was a daughter of George and Anna (Taylor) Woodruff, natives of Connecticut and Ohio, respectively. Both died in Fairfield county. The father was 44 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS a substantial citizen, who owned several hundred acres of land. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Kirts were born eight children: Ann V., the wife of Jonathan Moore, of Columbus, Ohio; Amanda E. Gorsuch, deceased: James W., who has passed away; William Henry, of Johnstown ; Ella J., who was the wife of Charles W. Clarke and passed away in February, 1909; Mary E., the wife of M. P. Innis, of Columbus; Viola D., the wife of J. E. Bevelhymer, of Plain township : and Emma M., the wife of C. B. Osborne, of Columbus. Such in brief is the history of George Kirts, who was numbered among the substantial agriculturalists of this part of the state, enjoying in large measure the good will and trust of those who knew him, for his life was characterized by business integrity and consideration for the rights of others. ALEXANDER E. N. JANTON . Death is regarded as the natural conclusion of old age, but there is always a. feeling of protest when it carries off the young. especially when the individual possesses notable abilities and marked promise. When death claimed Alexander E. N. Janton, then thirty-two years of age. a feeling of most deep and widespread regret was felt throughout the city of Columbus. where he had spent his entire life, and where his salient qualities of heart and mind has gained him the friendship of all who knew him. He was a. representative of a well-known German-American family, was educated in the city schools, was reared under the parental roof. and after completing his education had joined his father. George Janton Sr., in the soap manufacturing business. This was one of the leading productive industries of the city, and after familiarizing himself with the business in various ways, Mr. Janton, of this review, was elected to the presidency of the company, operating under the name of the George Janton & Sons Company. He displayed good business ability, keen discernment and unfaltering enterprise. and accomplished what he undertook. He did not follow along the method which others had marked out, but initiated new plans and was recognized as a strong and forceful factor in business circles. It was in 1902 that Mr. Janton was united in marriage, at Covington. Kentucky, to Miss Ella Wagner. She was a native of Columbus and much of her life was passed in this city, although she was a resident of Covington at the time of their marriage. Her father is Philip Wagner, long well known here, but now residing in Waverly, Ohio. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Janton were born two children. Alexia and Minnie. Mr. Janton, like most people of German nationality, or descent, was fond of music and possessed considerable talent in that art. He was a member of the Columbus Maennerchor, and also held membership with the Bismarcks. He was likewise one of the organizers of the Schwasteka Club, and fitted out the club rooms himself. He held membership with the Eagles. and in all these different organizations enjoyed the friendship and good will of those with whom he came in contact. Although for many months prior to his CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 45 death he was incapacitated for business, in was only during the last two weeks of his life that he was confined to his bed, passing away April 27, 1908. For years to come his memory will be enshrined in the hearts of those who knew him, for he had a cordial disposition and friendly manner that endeared him to his business and social associates. GEORGE WILLIAM CLAYTON POORE. George William Clayton Poore, prosperous and popular, is the president and treasurer of the Clark, Davis & Poore Company, well known in commercial circles in Columbia as proprietors of the largest exclusive wholesale millinery establishment in the city. Throughout his business career Mr. Poore has never made engagements that he has not filled nor an obligation that he has not met, and his business probity and enterprise have carried him into large undertakings and gained for him the admiration and respect of his colleagues and contemporaries. Mr. Poore is a. native of Jackson county, Ohio, born December 9, 1860. His father. Edward Poore. born March 10, 1836, devoted his time and energies to the business of dealing in live stock. He was the son of George W. Poore, one of the early settlers of the state, who for many years conducted an old-time tavern or hotel at Winchester, Ohio. He died at the age of sixty-four years. The mother of George W. C. Poore bore the maiden name of Susan Nally and was a daughter of William J. Nally, of Jackson, Ohio, where she still resides. Her father was one of the pioneer residents of Jackson county. taking active and helpful part in planting the seeds of civilization upon the frontier. George W. C. Poore was educated in the district schools of Jackson county, and at the State College at Athens. Ohio. After completing his education he was for some time engaged in the hardware business, later in the dry-goods business. and subsequently in the millinery business. Each change marked an advance step in his career for he was quick to recognize and improve opportunities He next purchased the interest of G. T. Macauly in the wholesale millinery business of the G. T. Macauly Company, and when this company was succeeded by Clark, Davis & Poore in 1907, he was elected president and treasurer. The company today is the largest exclusive wholesale millinery house in Columbus and one of the largest in the state, and its business is enjoying rapid growth. Their sales are large, their shipments extensive and their business is conducted along the modern lines of trade and commerce, bringing to them marked success as a reward for their labor and good financial returns on their investments. Mr. Poore is also a member of the firm of Deardorff & Poore, of Gallipolis. Ohio. On the 6th of February, 1897, Mr. Poore was united in marriage to Miss Belle. daughter of Andrew Jackson and Mary A. Coffman, of Gallipolis, Ohio. and they have two children. Mary L.. aged eleven years. and Kath- 46 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS leen, aged seven years. The family residence is at No. 242 South Eighteenth street. Mr. Poore in his political affiliations is a republican where national issues are involved, but at other times is allied with that independent movement which regards only the capability of the candidate at local elections where no issue is before the people and the only subject for consideration is whether the office seeker will be loyal to his duty and competent in the discharge of municipal business. Fraternally Mr. Poore is a. thirty-second degree Mason and Shriner. He is a member of the Phi Delta Theta. and the Broad Street Presbyterian church, and his life is actuated by honorable principles and high ideals. He is devoted to his home and family is fond of literature and has a good library. His salient characteristics are .such as have endeared him to his fellowmen and his business record is considered a valuable a asset to the commercial history of Columbus. JOHN FRANKLIN CARLISLE. John Franklin Carlisle is assignment commissioner of the common plea. court and was the originator of the plan which gave rise to this office that is now regarded as a most essential factor in the work of the courts. A native of Crawford county, Ohio, he was born in Crestline, September 4, 1875. The ancestry is traced back to William Carlisle, who was born while his parents were making the voyage across the Atlantic from their native land-Scotland. He had three sons, who became the founders of the city of Carlisle. Pennsylvania.. One of these, William Carlisle, was the direct ancestor of our subject. From Pennsylvania. representatives of the name came to Ohio and nettled near New Philadelphia in Tuscarawas county between the years 1820 and 1830. The name of Carlisle has since figured in that locality, William Carlisle having been a prominent resident of that region, while his descendants have been important factors in molding the public policy of that portion of the state. One of his sons was George Bratton Carlisle, a prominent and wealthy man. An uncle of John F. Carlisle was Captain John H. Carlisle, who served as a soldier of the Civil war and died in 1901. Other representatives of the family were also supporters of the Union cause on the battle-fields of the south. Isaac B. Carlisle, also an uncle of our subject and at one time a resident of Columbus, was captured while defending the old flag and incarcerated in Libby prison. He is now living in Buffalo, New York. James Milton Carlisle, father of John F. Carlisle, was for some years a resident of Guernsey county. Ohio, and first came to Columbus in 1872. He was engaged in the wholesale grocery business during that period, his location being the present site of the Chittenden Hotel. The enterprise was conducted under the name of Carlisle Brothers and proved a profitable venture. In 1876 he moved to Crestline, where he engaged in the grocery business until 1894, when he abandoned the store on account of ill health. He was afterward connected with the Bench Plow Works at Crestline, serving as secretary and di- PAGE 47 - PICTURE OF JOHN F. CARLISLE PAGE 48 - BLANK CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 49 rector, thus continuing his connection with the business up to the present time. He is a self-made man, who owes his prosperity entirely to his own labors. In early life he swept out offices and did other work which would give him a start, and eventually he became proprietor of important business interests of his own. He married Lilly Jane Frye, a native of Alliance, Ohio, bore in 1857, and a descendant of Pennsylvania Dutch ancestry. The Fryes came from Washington county, Pennsylvania, where Abram Free owned and conducted a tavern. Later he came to Ohio, making the overland trip and .settling near Plymouth. Mrs. Carlisle still survives and is residing with her husband in Crestline. John F. Carlisle was educated in the public schools of his native city and in a select school, where he spent two years as a student of languages and higher mathematics. He then studied law with J. C. Lazer, of Mansfield, Ohio, for two years, and while thus engaged he also acted as official court stenographer in Richland and Ashland counties. In order to further perfect his legal education he entered the law department of the Ohio State University at Columbus and mastered a two years' course in one year. He was then admitted to the bar in October, 1899, and that he was well qualified for the profession is indicated by the fact that he made the highest rank upon his graduation in a class of one hundred and seventy members. Mr. Carlisle immediately began practice and was associated with C. D. Saviers, of Columbus, from 1899 until 1901. He was then appointed deputy. clerk of the courts by acting clerk, J. W. McCafferty, until 1903. Seeing the difficulty of assigning cases in the common pleas court he began studying out a solution for this problem after the Franklin County Bar Association and the judges had given it up. At length he presented his ideas and was asked if he could put. them in a practical form whereby they might apply to the work of the common pleas court. He thereby devised a court rule which met with general approval and the scheme which he thus originated was inaugurated as a part of the court work in September. 1903. Mr. Carlisle was named as assignment commissioner and has since continued in this position. Under this rule the business of the assignment of cases is centralized in one office. The "call list" is a list of the civil cases at issue and pending in the court for trial, and from which cases are assigned as near as possible in their numerical order. This "call list" is made from slips containing the style and number of case by the attorney which is handed to the assignment commissioner as soon as the rues in the case are fully made up. The list is divided into two general classes, the jury. cases and the equity cases. Case are set either by the assignment commissioner or the stipulation of counsel. A case cannot be advanced from its regular by agreement. This requires an order of court, except in such cases as is provided for by statute. A portion of the "call list" is published in a court paper, which usually contains about seventy cases. The attorneys, taking the paper, by this plan can always see their cases approaching on the list. This portion so published is called the "active list." The assignment commissioner sends oases to the rooms as fast as finished. He controls the jurors and the witnesses as well as the attorneys and the order of trial of the civil cases. He keeps advised of the engagements of attorneys in other local courts as well as the different divisions of the common pleas court, and 50 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS thereby prevents such conflicts as would otherwise stop trials. As soon as he sees that a cases or cases will be reached. he sends for the witnesses which have been left on precipes by attorneys. He stakes a study of the length of cases and so time the business as to keep a steady disposition of court business. He is kept informed of the progress of cases over a private phone system front the different courtrooms, which information is posted on a blackboard near the assignment room. As compared with the former method. by which the judge assigned the cases by putting so many on a given date. the court by the above scheme disposes of more than forty per cent more business, and in addition thereto saves many thousands of dollars a year to the county and litigants. This assignment system exists only in Cuyahoga and Franklin counties, Ohio. In perfecting the assignment system Mr. Carlisle has clone an excellent work and one which makes him worthy of the regard and and gratitude of the members of the bar. On the 22d of July, 1905, Mr. Carlisle was married to Miss Esther Belle Gledhill, of Crawford county. Ohio. In politics he is a republican and a member of the Buckeye Republican Club. Socially he is connected with the Modern Woodmen and the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. He is fond of intellectual recreation and of outdoor sports but, while he takes delight in such interests, his attention is primarily given to hi professional duties in an office which require special qualifications constant tact and energy. None but a lawyer could properly handle the work of the office and Mr. Carlisle's ability is evidenced in the faithful performance of the duties which devolve upon him in this connection. DANIEL M. AKIN. Looking at the life record of Daniel M. Akin through the perspective of the years, it is at once seen that he occupied a prominent place in the early development of Columbus, becoming identified with its interests as a pioneer business man. As the years came and went he left the impress of his individuality upon the community. not because he sought to figure in any public light but because of the sterling worth of his character, which exerted a strong though to hire, unconscious influence upon the lives of those with whom he came in contact. Mr. Akin was born near Washington C. H., Ohio in January, 1831. His parents were Harmon and Harriet (Haynes) Akin, both of whom were natives of Ohio and spent their early lives within the borders of the state. Afterward they removed to Richmond. Indiana. where the father engaged on the construction of the National road for several years. Upon his return to the Buckeye state he settled in Xenia, Ohio, where he was engaged in the hotel business for a few years. He next removed to Springfield, Ohio, where he resided for a short time and then came to Columbus, here turning his attention to the hotel business in which he engaged throughout the remain- CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 51 der of his life, having charge of the Griddle House. Both he and his wife spent their last years in the capital city. The public schools of Xenia, Ohio, afforded Daniel M. Akin his educational privileges. As his father was in limited circumstances, the son started in the business world when quite young. He began to learn the tailor's trade in Xenia and followed it in that city up to the time of his marriage, which important event in his life was celebrated in Cambridge. Ohio, the lady of his choice being Miss Elizabeth Jane Boran, a native of Hagerstown, Maryland, and a daughter of William Charles and Sarah (Hamilton)Boran. Her mother was born in Hagerstown, while her father's birth occurred near Paris, France. Coming to America, he established his home in Hagerstown, Maryland, where he died during; the early girlhood of his daughter, Mrs. Akin, who was one of the two children, the other being Annie, the wife of Joseph Ashley, of Columbus. The mother passed away in Richmond, Indiana. In the family of Mr. and Mrs. Akin there were six children: Charles, the eldest, is deceased. his demise leaving occurred in Richmond, Indiana. Blanche also passed away in Richmond. Minnie. the widow of Henry Monnett. now makes her home in Columbus. Mr. Monnett was a very prominent railroad and newspaper man and at the time of his death, which occurred in New York city, he was general passenger agent of the New York Central Railroad. Ann, the widow of Charles Monypenny, resides in Columbus at No. 37 North Washington avenue. Benjamin wedded Miss Nannie Bancroft and is a resident of Wellston. Ohio, where he is general agent of the Hocking Valley Railroad. Park, who married Miss Mary Lee and makes his home in Chicago. where he is assistant general passenger agent of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad is very well known in railroad circles. Following his marriage Mr. Akin engaged in the retail clothing business in Xenia, Ohio, where he established a small store which he conducted for a short time. He then :old out at a profit and removed to Richmond. Indiana. where he became connected with the hotel business. taking charge of the Sloan House, which he conducted for two years. On the expiration of that period he removed to Springfield, Ohio, where he established a retail shoe store. which he carried on for six years or until the outbreak of the Civil war. He likewise realized a fair profit when he disposed of his business there. coming from Springfield to Columbus. In this city he entered into partnership with his brother. Dr. Akin, in the establishment of a tin stove and general hardware business at the corner of Rich and South High streets in a building which is still standing. From that time until his death Mr. Akin was connected with the hardware trade in this city and was very successful in his mercantile pursuits. He never enjoyed robust health but was ill for only about nine days prior to his demise. Which occurred two decades ago. Notwithstanding the condition of his health he always displayed close application and unfaltering energy in the management of his business interests and inaugurated a business policy that was above question. He always based his conduct upon the rules which govern strict and vin- 52 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS swerving integrity and business probity and his success therefore was most justly merited. He owned much valuable property in Columbus. for from time to time he made judicious investment in real estate until his holdings became quite extensive. Mr. Akin was never an office seeker, earing nothing for the honors nor emoluments of official service, but was a stanch republican in politics and was never oblivious to nor neglectful of his duties of citizenship. In his early life he was a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and throughout his entire career he was regarded as a dependable man one who did right for right's sake and had contempt for all dishonorable or unworthy actions. His memory is yet enshrined in the hearts of many who knew him, for he gained a most extensive circle of friends during the years of his residence in the capital city. Mrs, Akin is a member of the First Congregational church and owns and resides at the old family residence at No. 215 East Town street. REV. PURLEY A. BAKER. Rev. Purley A. Baker, national superintendent of the Anti-Saloon League, was born in Jackson county, Ohio, April 10, 1858, and was reared on the home farm of his stepfather, Robert Harper. His education was acquired in the common schools of Williamsport, Ohio, and the normal school at Xenia., this state, and his early experiences were those of the farm boy who divides his time between the acquirement of an education and the duties of the fields. In early manhood he engaged in teaching school and in reading law, but abandoned his intention of becoming connected with the legal profession to enter the ministry of the Methodist Episcopal church in the fall of 1883. For two years he served on the Jasper circuit in Pike county, Ohio, and for four years was minister of the Methodist church at Racine, Ohio, for five years at Gallipolis, Ohio, while for two years he was pastor of the Third Street Methodist Episcopal church in Columbus. In the fall of 1896 he gave up the regular pastoral work to enter the field of labor of the Ohio Anti-Saloon League. For one year he was in charge of the Cleveland district of the league as district superintendent and was then elected state superintendent and served in that capacity for a little more than six years. In January, 1904, he was elected general or national superintendent, which position he still occupies. This league has had a wonderful growth in power and influence and is the direct cause of the temperance wave that has passed over the country in the last fifteen years. In the state of Ohio particularly the result of the endeavors of the organization is shown in the fact that a large number of the eighty-eight counties of the state have by vote adopted the local option law as prescribed by the operation of the Rose temperance law fostered by the league. On the 27th of August, 1884, the Rev. Mr. Baker was married to Miss. Lillie I. Greene, a daughter of Dr. P. J. Greene, of South Bloomingville, Hocking county, Ohio, the wedding being celebrated at Washington Court House. CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 53 In politics Mr. Baker is an independent republican and he belongs to the Methodist Episcoapl church. Believing that intemperance is one of the most potent causes of crime, immorality and lawlessness, he is working earnestly to promote a temperance sentiment and secure the safeguards of law through the restriction of the liquor traffic. Earnest and zealous and with the gift of fluent, forceful speech, he has influenced many to adopt his views and under his direction the temperance sentiment is constantly growing. EUGENE MARCELLAS PARKER. Eugene Marcellas Parker, who is successfully engaged in the real-estate business and is also connected with the financial interests of this city as president of the North Side Savings Bank, was born in Delaware, Delaware county, Ohio, on the 3d of July, 1857. His father, Asa L. Parker, a native of Farming ton, Maine, removed to Sunbury. Delaware county, Ohio, in 1837, and conducted real-estate transactions for many years. The year 1869 witnessed his arrival in Columbus and he was one of the First representatives of real-estate interests here, being actively and successfully connected with this business until the time of his demise in 1896. He was a well known, prosperous and public-spirited resident of this city and his loss was deeply regretted by his many friends and associates in the various walks of life. Ills wife, who bore the maiden name of Samantha Black and was a native of Delaware county. Ohio, was called to her final rest in 1903. Her father, whose birth occurred in New York. was a. veteran of the war of 1812. Eugene M. Parker acquired his preliminary education in the public schools of Delaware and Columbus and subsequently attended high school for two years, but was compelled to put aside his text-books on account of ill health. At the age of twenty-one years he entered his father's business as an employe but in 1887 started out in this line of activity on his own account. becoming a partner of A. N. Fox under the firm style of Fox Parker. The partnership was maintained until 1889, since which time Mr. Parker has been alone in business. being widely recognized as one of the most successful real-estate men of the city. He handles only his own property and investments and builds on his own property for his personal investment. In May, 1904. he assisted in organizing and establishing the North Side Savings Bank at No. 1221 North High street and has since served as its president. The phenomenal success which has attended the institution is attributable in large measure to the excellent business ability. keen discrimination and sound judgment of Mr. Parker and the safe, conservative policy which he inaugurated has ever been maintained. He also helped organize and was formerly one of the directors of the Northern Savings Bank but sold out his interest therein. Alert and enterprising, he has been watchful of every opportunity for advancement and has gained recognition as one of the most prominent and .successful business men of Columbus. 54 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS On the 29th of October, 1878, Mr. Parker was united in marriage to Miss Nannie M. Smiley, a native of Franklin county, Ohio. They now have two children: Nellie M.; and Edgar E., born in 1889, who is now attending school. In his political views Mr. Parker is a. stalwart republican, while his religious faith is indicated by his membership in the Plymouth Congregational church. He is quite an extensive traveler and is also fond of fishing. Having been a resident of this city for almost four decades, he is well and favorably known here and the circle of his friends is almost coextensive with the circle of his acquaintances. ALBERT STANDISH. There is perhaps no name which stands out more clearly in the history of f the early settlement of New England than does that of Miles Standish. of Plymouth colony, whose deeds of valor as well as the chapter of romance in his life record, have been again and again told in the annals of that section of the country. It is from Miles Standish that Albert Standish of this review traces the line of his descent. He was born in Powell, Delaware county, Ohio, December 10, 1842, his parents being William Albert and Catherine (Billingsley) Standish. The father was born at Aponay, Rhode Island. April 10, 1820. while the mother's birth occurred in Zanesville. Ohio, April 19, 1820. William A. Standish arrived in the Buckeye state in company with his parents, and in his boyhood he learned the blacksmiths' trade which he followed in Ohio for a long period. In the later years of his life, however, he removed to Weldon. Iowa, where his death occurred in February, 1904. Albert Standish pursued his education in public schools of his native county, and when a. young man enlisted for service in the Union army, becoming a private of Company C, Eighty-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry. With that command he did active duty at the front, after which he came to Columbus, where he engaged as a. machinist in the pump works of the Swans, possessing much mechanical skill and ability, he became the foreman for him in the penitentiary, where be remained for six years as superintendent of the work done in that line. Desiring, however, that his labors should more directly benefit himself and feeling that his experience, as well as his capital justified his embarkation in business on his own account, he established the Capital City Machine Company and started a machine shop on a small scale. The business gradually developed under his capable management and as a result of his excellent workmanship, and later the name was changed to the Standish Machine & Supply Company. The growth of the trade is indicated by the fact that he furnished employment to fifteen men, and his own practical experience enabled him to carefully direct the labors of those who served him so as to get the best results with an economical expenditure of time and effort. In this lies the secret of all success, and his wise management and judicious control of his interests made Mr. Standish one of the prosperous business men PAGE 55 - PICTURE OF ALBERT STANDISH PAGE 56 - BLANK CENTENNIAL HISTORY of COLUMBUS - 57 of the community. On the 6th of December. 1866, Mr. Standish was married to Miss Sarah Moses, a daughter of Flavel Moses, who went to Delaware county, Ohio, with an ox-team, accompanying his parents on their removal from Connecticut. He was at that time a little lad of four years, and here amid the wild scenes and environments of pioneer life he was reared; aiding in the arduous task of developing a new farm. He devoted his entire life to general agricultural pursuits, and when the weight of years came upon him he put aside business cares to enjoy the. fruit of his former toil. He died in May, 1905, at the venerable age of ninety-one years, while his wife who bore the maiden name of Elizabeth A. Dunton, passed away in 1899, aged eighty-one years. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Standish were born three children: George Edward, who now carries on the business established by his father; Minnie Estelle, the wife of A. E. Riddle, of Columbus; and Carrie Elizabeth, who occupies a position in the office of the Standish Machine & Supply Company. Mr. Standish erected for his family a pleasant home at No. 44 West Poplar street. He belonged to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and his political views led him to give endorsement to the principles of the republican party. Starting out in life without any special family or pecuniary advantages, he early realized that there is no royal road to wealth. and as the years went by he worked diligently to gain the opportunities which sometimes come to others through inheritance or environments. His ability constituted the base; of his success and brought him a profitable business as time passed on, so that he was enabled to leave his family in comfortable financial circumstances. FRED C. RICHTER. There is but one ruler of a country, be he president, emperor, king or czar. The leaders in military and political life are comparatively few but the field of business is limitless and its prizes are many. The opportunity for advancement is open to all and when an individual passes his fellows upon the highway of life it is an indication not that he possesses unusual qualities but that he has the determination to exercise the talents which every individual may cultivate. Persistency of purpose and capable management have led Fred C. Richter to prosperity and he today, as proprietor of the Columbus Tailoring Company is conducting the largest high-class tailoring business in the state. A native of Newark, Ohio, he was born July 29, 1862. and there acquired his education in the public schools. At the age of eighteen years he entered upon in apprenticeship to the tailor's trade at Newark and five years later engaged in business for himself in Columbus, coming to the city in 1884. He was at first a member of the firm of Richter Brothers, being associated with his brother, M. C. Richter at Gay and High streets. They were the first to occupy the old Dispatch building and until seven years ago they conducted business together after which the partnership was dissolved and Fred C. Richter established his present enterprise 58 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS under the name of the Columbus Tailoring Company. He has built up the largest high class tailoring business in the state, having as his patrons the prosperous residents of Columbus and the surrounding country. In 1908 he established a branch at Toledo, which is also proving extremely popular and profitable. He is likewise interested financially in other business enterprises and his success s indicates that his investments have been judiciously made. On the 7th of February 1884, in Newark. Ohio. Mr. Richter was married to Miss Hattie Bierley, of that place, and they have one daughter, Corinne. In politics Mr. Richter is independent; voting for men and measures rather than party. He belongs to the Masonic fraternity. the Knights of Pythias and to the Ohio Club. THOMAS R. LIMER. Thomas R. Limer, superintendent of the car service of the Hocking Valley Railway Company. was born January 5, 1864. in Cincinnati. Ohio. His father. Charles Limer, was a native of London. England. born August 25, 1835. he spent the first twenty-six years of his life in his native country and came to America in 1851. He was for many years in the employ of the Cincinnati Gas Company and is still living at Bellefontaine, Ohio, He married Jane Wilde, a native of Lancashire, England. and she too still survives. Thomas R. Limer is indebted to the public school system of Cincinnati for the educational privileges that qualified him for life's practical and responsible duties. At the age of eighteen years he secured a clerkship in a dry-goods store, where he remained for three years and then entered upon his railway career in December, 1886, when he accepted a position in the car accountants office of the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton Railway Company, with which he remained until December. 1887. During that period he thoroughly familiarized himself with the duties of the office and on the latter date was appointed car accountant for the Ohio & Northwestern Railway Company, acting in that capacity until June. 1888. He was next for a time employed as a clerk in the freight department of the Louisville Nashville Railroad Company and in September of the same year was made claim clerk in the freight claims department of the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton Railroad Company, until March. 1890. He then acted as chief clerk in the car record office of the Columbus, Hocking Valley & Toledo Railroad Company until November, 1891. when he became car service agent of the same company. In December, 1899, he was promoted to superintendent of car service of the Hocking Valley Railway and has continued in this position to the present time. The steps in his orderly progression are easily discernible and he has gradually worked his way upward, occupying a place of prominence and responsibility in railway circles. His business capacity and powers have continually expanded and he has exercised CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 59 his native talents in the discharge of his daily duties, and in every business connection he has enjoyed to the fullest extent the confidence and good will of those he has represented. On the 20th of March, 1895, Mr. Limer was married to Miss Anna Ballou. a daughter of Orrin Ballou, of Zanesville, Ohio, who was for several years sheriff of Muskingum county. Mr. and Mrs. Limer reside at No. 349 West Eighth avenue. In his social relations Mr. Limer is a Mason, has served as past high priest in the Royal Arch chapter; is a member of the Knight Templar commandery and of the Mystic Shrine. He also belongs to the Ohio Club and the Arlington Country Club, while his religious faith is indicated in his membership in the Episcopal church. His political views are in accord with the principles of the republican party and while the honors and emoluments of office have had no attraction for him he yet keeps well informed on the questions and issues of the day. JOHN WILLIAM HECKERT. John William Heckert is a prominent contractor of Columbus, being numbered among those whose enterprise has set the standard for business activity of this character. He was born January 18, 1865, in Williams county, Ohio, a son of Michael and Katherine (Gipple) Heckert, the former a native of Pennsylvania. He is indebted to the district schools of Crawford county, Ohio; for his early education and later he had opportunity to attend Otterbein University at Westerville. Ohio, where he pursued a classical course. He entered business life as an apprentice to the carpenter's trade. which he thoroughly mastered, becoming an expert workman. He was in the employ of others for five years, serving for two years as foreman, and in 1890 he came to Columbus, beginning business on his own account as a general contractor. Here he has built up an extensive business, being regarded as one of the leading contractors of the city. Among the important structures hebas erected are the Busy Bee buildings and the buildings of the Troy Laundry Company. He was also one of the contractors for the buildings of the Kinnear Manufacturing Company, erected the Dispatch annex. the Grant Hospital, the Hospital for the Deaf and Dumb. the building for the Throop Martin Company, the Indianola school and the Riley Shoe Manufacturing Company's building. all of these being indicative of his high standing in his profession. the excellent work which he achieves, and the honorable business principles which he follows. He is also manager of the Stretton-Heckert Oil & Gas Company, and is regarded as a man of resourceful business enterprise and sound ,judgment. Mr. Heckert was married to Miss Rettie Fisher, a daughter of Jacob Fisher. of Kirkpatrick, Ohio. and their children are: Earl S., associated with his father in business; Grace, who is a. graduate of the Columbus high school and possesses considerable musical talent: and Hazel, at home. The family residence is on Michigan avenue. 60 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS Mr. Heckert is identified with various interest- which have contributed to the upbuilding and progress of the city. He is a member of the Board of Trade, the Builders Exchange and the Master Carpenters Association. He is also connected with the Knights of Pythias, the Woodmen of the World, and the United Brethren church. While casting an independent local ballot, he supports the men and measures of the democracy when national issues are involved. He has always held to high standards in his profession. working always toward advanced ideals and his thoroughness. efficiency and business probity have constituted the main features of his success. JOHN CASHATT. John Cashatt has gained distinctive recognition as one of the leading business men of Columbus. having shown marked capacity for the successful conduct of affairs of great breadth. Prompted by laudable ambition. he has made gradual advancement and each forward step has brought him a wider outlook and enlarged opportunities until he stands today as one of the distinguished representatives, having commercial interests in the capital city. Born in Highland county, Ohio, February 20, 1846 his parents were Daniel F. and Amy (Hall) Cashatt; natives of Virginia and the state of New York respectively. The great-grandfather was a native of Fraise. and coming to America in the eighteenth century, settled in Virginia. where the family was identified with agricultural interests. Harvey Cashatt a brother of John Cashatt. served his country as a soldier of the Civil war, enlisting as a private but winning promotion until mustered out at the close of hostilities with the rank of lieutenant. He became a clerk in what was then the Zettler House, at the corner of Fourth and Main street in Columbus and was afterward called to public office. being twice elected clerk of the court, while his death occurred on the day on which his successor was elected. Tie was one of the most genial of men and therefore popular in 0the city of his residence. Another brother Clark Cashatt, served through the Civil war, with United States Senator Joseph B. Foraker. Reared under the parental roof John Cashatt is indebted to the public-school system of Ohio for his educational privileges. He remained on the hour; farm in Highland county until fourteen years of age, and the school which he attended was a log structure. a relic of pioneer times. The necessity of providing for his own support led him at the age of fourteen years to put aside his text-books and start out in life on his own account. In the neighborhood of his old home he earned his living for some years. and in 1867, when a young man of twenty-one years he came to Columbus to enjoy the wider business opportunities offered by the growing capital city. Here he became clerk in the Zettler House. where he remained for three years and then went to the United States Hotel at the corner of High and Town streets. There he established a cigar stand. which was the nucleus for the CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 61 business that has reached large proportions and brought to the owner a comfortable fortune. He still acted as clerk and remained with the house until 1878. when he went to the American Hotel at the corner of High and State streets, there continuing until 1882. He afterward conducted the cigar stand at The Nell until 1892. when he removed his business to the northwest corner of high and Broad .streets, remaining there until 1903. In that year be removed one number north, where the business has since been continued. Mr. Cashatt remained at its head until April, 1908, when he sold out there. and opened a fine place at No. 46 North High street, admitting his nephew, John Egelhoff, into a partnership. I n the meantime his trade had developed along substantial lines until it. had reached large proportions, and his success in that field enabled him to extend his efforts into other departments of business activity. In 1900 he was elected to the presidency of the Central Ohio Savings Bank. which in 1903, changed its name to the American Savings Bank. He has been its president since its organization and is also the vice president of the Columbus Piano Company and treasurer of the Columbus Realty Owner Company. On the 29th of January, 1880, Mr. Cashatt was married to Miss Clara Rath, a native of Oswego county, New York, and they have one child, Helen Rath Cashatt, born June 7, 1895. The mother and daughter are members of the Methodist church, while Mr. Cashattt holds membership in the Universalist church. He also belongs to the Masonic fraternity, has attained the thirty-second degree in the Scottish Rite and is a, member of the Mystic Shrine. He also belongs to the Columbus Country Club. Early manifesting the spirit of self-reliance and making good use of his opportunities, he has made continuous progress in the business world, and although he has not acquired one of the princely fortunes which have made some Americans famous, he has long been far removed from want, and in addition to his important business interests in Columbus he owns many beautiful broad acres in Highland county. HENRY BALLMER. Henry Ballmer, who is successfully engaged in agricultural pursuits on his farm of ninety-three acres in Madison township, is a son of John Ballmer, whose birth occurred in Germany in 1830. In early life the father emigrated to the United States and, having no capital, worked at anything that came to hand until he had attained the age of twenty-one years. At that time, having learned the tailor's trade, he devoted himself to that business and was thus successfully engaged throughout his entire career. In the year 185 be had wedded Miss Rebecca Chupp, who was born in Fairfield county. Ohio. in 1837. Unto them were born the following children: Henry. of this review: Peter: Charles; William; Elizabeth: Elias: David: Elmer: Harley, who died in infancy: and Adelia. Henry Ballmer began his business career as a blacksmith, thresher and sawmill operator but. for the past twenty-five years has given his attention 62 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS to agricultural interests and has met with well merited prosperity in his farming operations. His property now comprises ninety-three acres of rich and productive land and is a well improved place with good buildings and all the modern machinery necessary to facilitate the work of the fields. Annually he garners rich harvests and everything about the place is indicative of the care and labor which he bestows upon the farm. In September, 1886, Mr. Ballmer was joined in wedlock to Miss Mary Bachman, by whom he has four children, namely: Clarence and Harley. both of whom graduated from the high school at Canal Winchester in 1905 and Orpha and Grace, who are still students there. Mr. Ballmer is a democrat in his political view. and has been honored with official positions, serving as supervisor in Fairfield county for five years. and as school director in Franklin county for five years. In religious faith he is a Lutheran and he has served as trustee of his church for six years. He enjoys in large measure the confidence and good will of his fellow townsmen and well deserves representation among the substantial and enterprising citizens of Franklin county. GEORGE WALTER CLARKE. Neglect of no opportunity, and faithful performance of each day's duties. have been the strong elements in the business career of George Walter Clarke, holy junior partner of the firm of Hoover & Clarke, prominent real-estate dealer of Columbus. He was born in Henry county, Iowa, October 4, 1837, and spent his boyhood days on a farm which is now his property. He is descended from an old New England family, representatives of the name removing from Windsor, Connecticut, to Blendon township. Franklin county. Ohio. The maternal grandfather, Issac Griswold, became one of the pioneers of that locality and assisted in reclaiming the region for the purposes of development and improvement. George W. Clarke, our subject's father, was born at Mount Gilead. Morrow county, Ohio, and at a very early day in the history of Iowa became a resident of that state, where his death occurred in 1851. He was a farmer by occupation and was a prominent and influential man in his community. He faced the conditions of pioneer life and sought to change the face of Nature. for as the years passed, he broke the sod and tilled the soil until the wild region was made to bloom and blossom as a. rose. He married Mindwell E. Griswold. whose father removed from Windsor, Connecticut. in 1806, and on the 23d of August, of that year, took up his abode upon a farm in Blendon township, Franklin county, which is now in the possession of George W. Clarke. It is a tract of fifty acres of valuable land and the timber thereon stands from sixty to one hundred feet in height. It. is a primitive forest of gigantic trees. which stand so close together that a team cannot be driven through. It is one of the finest natural forests of the entire state and if converted into lumber would bring in a handsome revenue. Mr. Griswold continued to there engage in PAGE 63 - PICTURE OF GEORGE W. CLARKE PAGE 64 - BLANK CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 65 agricultural pursuits for many years and reached the advanced age of ninety-eight years. His daughter, Mrs. Clarke, was born and reared on the old homestead farm on which she is still living at the age of eighty-six years. The place comprises four hundred acres of land and is a valuable and highly improved property, upon which there has never been a mortgage since it came into possession of the Griswolds, more than a century ago. Although now well advanced in the evening of life, Mrs. Clarke does not wear glasses and retains her faculties still unimpaired, being a remarkably well-preserved lady. George W. Clarke was reared upon the home farm in Franklin county, Ohio, to which his mother returned after the death of the father, which occurred when George W. Clarke was but four years of age. He attended the district school and afterward enjoyed the benefit of instruction in Central College, east of Westerville, where he remained for four terms. He also spent three years as a student in Otterbein University, a school under the auspices of the United Brethren church at Westerville. The duties and labors of the agriculturist early became familiar to him, and he remained upon the home farm until 1886, managing that property for some years prior to the time when he left the old homestead to become a factor in business circles in the city. He has resided in Columbus for about twenty-three years, and for a year after his arrival devoted his attention to the insurance business, nor did he entirely abandon agricultural pursuits, for during three or four years after coming to Columbus he still continued to manage his farm from this point. On the 1st of May, 1893, he became connected with the lumber trade as senior partner of the firm of G. W. Clarke & Company, and operated in that field until the 1st of May, 1907, when he sold out. This was a very successful venture on his part and the business became widely known, furnishing material for the erection of many buildings which now stand in Columbus. As his ability was recognized, his cooperation was sought in financing and controlling various important business interests of the city. He is now a director of the Security Savings Bank and of the Jones Shoe Manufacturing Company, while at one time he was president of the latter. He was one of the organizers and was formerly a director of the Central Ohio Building & Loan Association, and his name is also on the directorate of the Columbus Mutual Life Insurance Company. In June, 1907, he formed a partnership with F. E. Hoover, under the firm style of Hoover & Clarke, for the purpose of conducting a real-estate and fire insurance business. Although the firm has been in existence for only about two years, it has secured an extensive patronage in both lines, handles much important property, and writes a large amount of insurance annually. Mr. Clarke possesses that quality of determination which enables him to accomplish what he undertakes, for he realizes that when one avenue of opportunity seems closed there are other lines in which results may be achieved. In 1882 Mr. Clarke was united in marriage to Miss Minnie, the youngest daughter of William S. Shrum. Their children are: Annie M. and Helen M., the latter a graduate of the Ohio State University in the class of 1908, of which she was elected historian. The family hold membership in the Plymouth Congregational church, in which Mr. Clarke has been a. trustee for the past twelve years. He has attained the thirty-second degree of Masonry, and is a member 66 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS of Aladdin Temple of the Mystic Shrine. He is also a past master of Blendon lodge, and a past high priest of Horeb chapter, and is in hearty sympathy with the principles and purposes of the craft. His political allegiance is given to the republican party. His record seems almost phenomenal when we recognize the fact that he started out in life with a cash capital of but five dollars, yet investigation in his career will show that he has employed methods and utilized opportunities which are open to all. Faithfulness and reliability have ever been numbered among his strong characteristics and have constituted the basis of his success. HERBERT R. SACKETT. Through the stages of gradual business development Herbert R. Sackett has reached the position of secretary and treasurer of the Sackett Mine Supply Company. There have been no unusual chapters in his life history but it contains lessons of value to the thoughtful student who wishes to improve life's opportunities and utilize his native talent to best advantages, for this is what Mr. Sackett has done. His birth occurred in Kingsville, Ashtabula county. Ohio, August 15, 1849. His father, John Buel Sackett, was a native of western New York and in 1845 removed to Ashtabula ,county. For many years he devoted his life to the active work of the ministry of the Baptist church and for twelve years prior to his demise was in charge of the state missions. His life was one of continuous activity for the benefit of his fellowmen, and he always looked for the best in others and gave the best he had. His life was an inspiration, his memory a benefaction. He married Amanda Dibbel, a native of western New York, and she too has passed away. Herbert R. Sackett pursued his education in various public schools of Ohio, owing to his father's removals consequent upon his ministerial work. He was for a time a student in the high school of Fredericktown, Knox county, Ohio. When thirteen years of aloe he began learning telegraphy and became a telegraph operator in railroad work at Upper Sandusky, where he remained for a year. During the last year of the Civil war he acted as a telegrapher in military service in the Union army. It was subsequent to this time that he pursued a. business course in Eastman's Commercial College at Poughkeepsie, New York. Later he became a telegrapher in commercial lines and took charge of the office of the Atlantic & Pacific Telegraph Company in Columbus. being the first manager at that point. This was in 1871. After a. few month he was offered a position as bookkeeper and telegrapher by Charles Hayden. in this coal business. and in his service he remained for nine years. when he began business in the same line on his own account at Sandrun. Hocking county. where he continued for a year and a half. He was afterward variously employed in several capacities of considerable importance, principally that of superintendent and manager of various coal companies. Thus he continued until 1901. His connection with coal min- CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 67 ing interests and his extensive acquaintance prompted him to engage in his present business as a dealer in mining machines and supplies. The business had its beginning at Athens, Ohio, being established under the name of the Athens Electric Supply Company, in 1902. Seeking the broader field offered at Columbus he removed to that city to enlarge his facilities and reorganize the business under the name of the Sackett Mine Supply Company, of which he became the secretary and treasurer, while his son, L. A. Sackett, is president. This business has shown a remarkable growth, drawing its patronage from all the surrounding states in which there are rich coal deposits. They handle mining machinery and electric equipment of all kinds and sell direct to the consumer. The business is now located in handsome quarters on east Long street, and Mr. Sackett of this review devotes his entire time and attention to the business, which has now assumed extensive proportions and returns a substantial dividend to the stockholders. He was one of the first men to handle the telephone in Columbus, put up the first exchange to the fair grounds in connection with George H. Twis, the father of the present exchange. In May. 1870, Mr. Sackett wedded Miss Mary H. Andress, of Geneva, Ohio, and their children are: Lawrence A., the president of the Sackett Mine Supply Company; Guy A., who is with the same company, acting as its vice president; and Florence M., at home. The family attend the Baptist church and Mr. Sackett is interested in all that pertains to the material, intellectual and moral progress of the community. He is far-seeing, honest and public-spirited, and possesses contagious enthusiasm. He has never been an office holder nor an office seeker, having no taste for political life, and yet he has held important relations with the public interests through the business enterprises with which he has been connected. GEORGE W. SINKS. All men start in business life with the idea and hope of winning success but comparatively few have the perseverance and industry to continue until they reach the goal of their ambition. Many there are who fall by the roadside because energy and will power are not sufficient to enable them to persevere in the race which others are making. The qualities of forceful, honorable manhood of persistent industry and well directed labor have led Mr. Sinks into important financial and business relations and for many years he contributed largely to the commercial advancement of the city. although at the present time he is living retired. Mr. Sinks is a native of Williamsburg. Clermont county, Ohio, and a son of 'Nicholas and Martha Ann (Posey) Sinks. The father's birth occurred at Williamsburg in 1803 and there he spent his life, devoting his energies to mercantile pursuits. His father, Nicholas Sinks, Sr., had come to Ohio from Pennsylvania in 1802. Nicholas Sinks, Jr.. was a comparatively young man when called to his final rest, his death occurring in 1845. 68 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS His widow, a native of Maryland, long survived him and died at the venerable age of eighty-two years. In the public and private schools of Williamsburg George W. Sinks acquired his education and when twenty years of age became a resident of Columbus. Here he secured a position as teller in the Clinton Bank, where he remained until the institution was closed in 1864. He then became connected with the National Exchange Bank, in which he served in various capacities until the formation of the Deshler Bank in 1819. This in 1891 was merged into the Deshler National Bank and Mr. Sinks occupied the presidency from 1879 until 1891 and again after the reorganization until 1904, alien he retired. He stood for many years as a most prominent representative of banking interests in the capital city, nor were his efforts confined alone to this line. He was one of the organizers in 1888 of the Columbus Gas & Fuel Company and has since been one of its directors. For several years past he has been a member of its executive committee and his sound business judgment has constituted an element in its successful control. He is likewise a director of the Columbus Railway & Light Company, was one of the organizers and for many years president of the People's Building & Loan Association. He has been interested in numerous financial and commercial enterprises but always gave his attention largely to his banking business. To a considerable extent he was connected with real-estate transactions and laid out the Deshler & Sinks addition and the Garrison Park Place addition to the city. He has always found genuine pleasure in solving intricate business problems and the more involved the situation has been the more he has delighted in bringing dissimilar and ofttimes opposing interests into harmonious relation. Aside from business connection Mr. Sinks has displayed much activity in fields of labor in which the public has been a direct beneficiary. He was one of the original members of the Columbus Board of Trade and has been identified with that organization during its entire existence. For many years he has had charge of the financial affairs of the Columbus Female Benevolent Society, of the Hannah Neil Mission and Home of the Friendless. He is still active in the financial management of those institutions and is the president of the advisory board of the Female Benevolent Society, while in the other he is president of the board of trustees. His political allegiance has ever been given to the republican party since he cast his first presidential vote for Abraham Lincoln. He served as treasurer of the republican state committee during Governor Foster's first campaign and continued in that position until the expiration of William McKinley's second term as governor He has never sought nor desired office for himself but has always worked for his party and its candidates. He has likewise long occupied a prominent position in social circles of Columbus and is now serving his fourteenth year as president of the Columbus Club, while his membership relations also include the Arlington Country Club. Like President Roosevelt, he is noted as a pedestrian and takes long walks from which many a younger man would shrink. He believes that this is in a large CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 69 measure the basis of his unusual preservation of youth and activity in one of his years. On December 4, 1861, Mr. Sinks was united in marriage to Miss Eloise Preston, a daughter of S. D. Preston, one of the pioneers of Columbus and for many years a leading merchant here. Mrs. Sinks died July 5, 1906, leaving two sons and a daughter: Clinton P., a broker residing in New York city; Frederick Nicholas, an attorney-at-law, who is now referee in bankruptcy for this district and resides in Columbus; and Elise, the wife of Richard Jones, Jr., formerly of this city, but now a resident of Pittsburg, where he is council for the Republic Iron & Steel Company. Wherever Mr. Sinks is known he has won recognition because of his uniform ability and the power which he has displayed in business circles has gained him distinction as well as prosperity. His manner is so engaging, his disposition so genial and his courtesy so unfailing that he has a circle of friends almost coextensive with the circle of his acquaintances. WILBUR FRANK JOLLEY. Wilbur Frank Jolley, who is manager for the Walter A. Wood Mowing & Reaping Machine Company, with office at No. 412 High street, Columbus, was born in Mansfield, Ohio, December 19, 1875, a son of James Thomas Jolley, who was born in Holmes county, Ohio, in 1850, and is engaged in the implement business at Mansfield, this state. The son was educated in the public schools of his native city and was associated in business with his father until 1895, when he was made salesman for the Milwaukee Harvester Company, his territory covering northwestern Ohio, with headquarters at Fostoria. After two years, however, his ability being recognized by the firm, he was promoted to the position of block man, with headquarters at Toledo. He was thus engaged until 1903, when the company was merged with the International Harvester Company and Mr. Jolley was retained in a similar capacity with the new firm until the fall of 1905. At that time, in connection with other parties, Mr. Jolley organized the Union Storage & Transfer Company of Toledo and was made vice president of the company. The following year, however, Mr. Jolley disposed of his interest therewith and coming to Columbus, has since acted as manager for the Walter A. Wood Mowing & Reaping Machine Company, having charge of the entire state of Ohio, with office at No. 412 North High street, the most important branch of the company in the west, handling the entire jobbing trade west of Ohio. In this connection Mr. Jolley displays excellent executive ability and through his efforts the trade in this section of the country has reached extensive proportions. Mr. Jolley was married December 31, 1896. the lady of his choice being Miss Agnes Westrick, a daughter of Peter and Elizabeth (Walsifer) Westrick, of Defiance, Ohio. The father was born in Henry county, Ohio, December 12. 1843. and became a prominent harness and saddlery manu- 70 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS facturer of Defiance. His death occurred January 3, 1906. The mother was born in Fort Wayne, Indiana, January 19, 1846. Mr. Jolley gives his political support to the democratic party. His fraternal relations are with the Masons and he is also a member of the United Commercial Travelers. He owns and occupies a nice home at No. 94 East Oakland avenue. Gradually working his way upward from the bottom round of the ladder, Mr. Jolley through his keen perception and foresight has passed from one position to another until he is now managing one of the important enterprises of this state. JACOB REAB. Among those who have passed away, leaving a memory that is honored and cherished by all, was Jacob Reab, a life-long resident of Franklin county and a public-spirited citizen whose devotion to the general welfare was ever above question. As a merchant, as a public official and in the relations of social life, he commanded the honor and esteem of those with whom he came in contact. He was born in Hamilton county, August 12, 1838. His father, William Reab, was also a native of Ohio, while the grandfather, Jacob Reab, came to this state as a young man and here spent his remaining days, being identified with building operations, for in early manhood he learned the carpenter's trade. Since that time representatives of the family have been closely associated with the business development and substantial improvement of this section of the state. The family is of German origin, although founded in America in colonial days. Franklin county was still a pioneer district at the time of the birth of Jacob Reab, and Columbus was a city of little industrial or commercial importance, but the years have marked its progress and chronicled as well the progress and success of Jacob Reab. His education was obtained in the public schools, and in early manhood he engaged in the dry-goods business in the southern part of the county, but seeking the broader opportunities offered by the city he removed to Columbus, where for five years he was engaged in merchandising, meeting there with a, fair measure of success in that undertaking, then moved to Shadeville, where he ran a hotel for sixteen years, and later engaged in merchandising until 1894. He then came to Columbus, and was deputy county clerk under Charles Galloway. He was also an efficient official in other positions, serving for one term as infirmary director, while for a quarter of a century he filled the office of justice of the peace in Hamilton township. It was after this that he became deputy in the office of the county clerk under Mr. Galloway, and was retained by Mr. McCafferty. For twelve years he served as execution clery in the office of county clerk, and his labors were at all times characterized by thoroughness, system and method. He was a general favorite about the courthouse, and was affectionately termed "Daddy" by his associates and colleagues. He was never too busy to be courteous and cordial, nor PAGE 70 - PICTURE OF JACOB REAB PAGE 71 - BLANK CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 73 never too cordial to be busy, and the faithful discharge of his duties won him the respect of all who knew him. He had many friends among the newspaper men, and in fact was popular with all who knew him. On the 28th of April, 1858, at Lockbourne, Ohio, was celebrated the marriage of Jacob Reab to Miss Mary Wolford, who was born in Coshocton, Ohio, and accompanied her parents, John and Mary Ann (Parish) Wolford to Lockbourne, where her father and mother spent their remaining days, the former devoting his attention to the occupation of farming. They were people of the highest respectability, and enjoyed in large measure the good will and confidence of those who knew them. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Reab was born but one child, John W., now deceased. In his fraternal relations Mr. Reab was a Mason. He belonged to the blue lodge of Lockbourne, attained the Knights Templar degree of York Rite and also the thirty-second degree of the Scottish Rite. His life was in harmony with the benevolent principles of the craft and he was at all times what is known in this country as a "square man." Death claimed him when he was sixty-eight years of age, his demise occurring July 12, 1906. His body lay in state in the Masonic Temple, that his countless friends might look for the last time upon the once familiar features, and then it was laid to rest with Masonic honors. Few men in Columbus had a wider acquaintance nor were held in higher regard than Jacob Reab, who spent his entire life in Franklin county, and that his record was an upright and honorable one is shown by the fact that those who knew him best were numbered among his warmest friends. SAMUEL MEDARY. Samuel Medary was born in Montgomery Square, Montgomery county, Pennsylvania, February 25, 1801, and his life record covered the intervening years to the 7th of November, 1864, when he passed away in Columbus. Those years were fraught with good deeds and characterized by a lofty patriotism that found expression not only in fidelity to the salient points of republican government, but in earnest and effective labor for municipal, state and national progress. His history, therefore, constitutes an important chapter in the annals of Columbus and of the state. His youth was passed in Pennsylvania, where the family was founded at an early date. The name was originally spelled Madeira, and is still so pronounced. In the maternal line he was descended from Quaker ancestry that came to the new world with William Penn, and Samuel Medary was reared in the faith of the Society of Friends. His early education was acquired in the Norristown (Pa.) Academy, and when sixteen years of age he became a contributor to the Norristown Herald, his communications to the paper being in both prose and poetry. He afterward engaged in teaching and also continued his studies in the higher branches. In 1820 the family removed to Montgomery county, Maryland, and two or three years later became residents of Georgetown, D. C. 74 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS It was in the year 1825 that Samuel Medary came to Ohio and settled first in Batavia, Clermont county. A man of strong character and marked individuality, even in the period of his early residence here, he left the impress of his individuality upon the community in which he made his home, his opinions being a factor in molding early thought and action. He was twenty-six years of age when he was made county surveyor and school trustee, and later he was elected and served as auditor to the county. Perhaps his greatest work, however, was done in journalistic lines, in which connection his opinions through the columns of the press reached a wide number of people and proved an element in awakening a careful consideration of questions of general and vital imports. In 1828 he established the Ohio Sun for the purpose of supporting General Andrew Jackson for the presidency. In 1834 he was elected as a Jackson man to the Ohio general assembly and was afterwards elected to the senate. When he had been a member of the legislature for two years he removed to Columbus and purchased the Western Hemisphere, later changing the name of that paper to the Ohio Statesman, continuing its publication until 1857. It became recognized as a power not only in Ohio but in all of the northwest and through the south as well. He supported the policy of Andrew Jackson in his contest with the United States Bank and with ability advocated his views on the tariff. Probably no man enjoyed the confidence and personal esteem of President Jackson to a greater degree than did Mr. Medary. He possessed a statesman's grasp of affairs, and few men not continuously in office had so intimate and accurate a knowledge of the grave political problems. The cry of "Fifty-four forty or fight!" relative to the Oregon boundary line question is said to have originated with him and because of his support of that measure he won the warm friendship of Stephen A. Douglas. Continuing as an influential factor in political circles, he was chosen as chairman of the Ohio delegation to the Baltimore convention in 1844. Andrew Jackson had written a letter to him urging him in the event of a discord to present the name of James K. Polk for the presidency, and in the midst of the highest excitement Mr. Medary produced this letter from the former president and the result was that Polk was nominated. Official honors had come to him had he not declined to serve. He had no particular ambition for office holding, but on the contrary believed that he could render his country equally valuable services in the capacity of a private citizen through his editorial and campaign work. In 1853 he declined the honor of becoming the United States minister to Chili. In 1856 he was made temporary chairman to the Cincinnati convention which nominated James Buchanan as the democratic candidate for president and on that occasion strongly advocated the nomination of his friend, Stephen A. Douglas. The following year Mr. Medary accepted the territorial governorship of Minnesota, serving for two years, at the end of which time the state was admitted to the Union. He was also the last territorial governor of Kansas, acting as its chief executive in 1859-60. In his administration of the territorial affairs he displayed marked ability and keen discernment, and his course, especially in Kansas, was marked by such practical methods and such patriotic spirit that the press of both CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 75 parties accorded him high commendation. In December, 1860, he resigned and returned to Columbus, where he established the Crisis, remaining the editor of that paper until his death about four years later. All through the years of his manhood, while deeply interested in political affairs, Mr. Medary remained a helpful factor in other lines of progress and improvement. In early life he was devoted to horticulture and agriculture and was instrumental in organizing the Ohio State Fair, and acted as its first treasurer and for several years was its president. With wonderful prescience he foresaw, at least in part, the future of the telegraph system and earnestly advocated the support and work of Samuel F. B. Morse, the inventor of the telegraph. Few men were capable of the mental concentration which he displayed or had clearer insight into the involved questions of every character, whereby he was enabled to discriminate between the essential and the non-essential. It is said that he had the ability to write while keeping up a running conversation. His opinions and advice were often solicited upon various subjects, while his statements were quickly given without any unnecessary haste, and came as the result of previous thought and consideration of the subject, and he was thus able to apply his knowledge in specific instances when the occasion arose. Mr. Medary was married to Miss Eliza Scott and unto them were born twelve children. At one time he owned a very large and extensive estate in Columbus, but gave this in payment of security debts which he had incurred for his friends. His life record found embodiment in the words of Pope: "Statesman, yet friend to truth ; a soul sincere, In action faithful and in honor clear; He broke no promise, served no private end, He gained no title and he lost no friend." Few men have been the objects of more general affection than was Samuel Medary, and in 1869 a monument was erected to his memory in Columbus by the democracy. DR. THOMAS R. SPARROW. Dr. Sparrow was the son of Thomas Sparrow, who was one of the most noted lawyers in Ohio in his day, and was prominent in the banking and business development of Columbus. He was born in this city, December 16, 1850. After a course in the public schools, his academic education was pursued at Racine, Wisconsin, and, later, in preparation for a professional career, he matriculated in Starling Medical College, from which he was graduated with the class of 1873. Dr. Sparrow became the first regularly appointed city physician of Columbus and was also an assistant physician at the State Hospital in this 76 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS city. Later, on account of failing health, he went to Colorado where he practiced his profession for three years. After his return to Columbus, he relinquished the practice of medicine, and engaged in outdoor and business pursuits to the time of his death, which occurred on the 24th of May, 1896. In was in 1872 that Dr. Sparrow was united in marriage to Miss Laura M. Medary, also a native of this city and a daughter of Hon. Samuel Medary, statesman, legislator and journalist who for many years was a distinguished resident of the capital. Dr. and Mrs. Sparrow became the parents of six children of whom four are living: Flora M., now at home with her mother; William M., a resident of Chicago, Illinois; Thomas, living in Dayton, Ohio; and Elizabeth S., at home. Dr. Sparrow was possessed of brilliant intellectual qualities, and of a kindly, modest and retiring disposition. In religion, he held to the tenets of the Roman Catholic faith. Mrs. Sparrow still survives her husband and yet makes her home in Columbus, where she has spent her entire life and where she has an extensive circle of friends and acquaintances. ZENAS LEONARD WHITE. A list of the business enterprises with which Zenas Leonard White is financially and officially connected indicates at once the prominent position which he occupies in business circles, and while his activity, diligence and sound judgment have carried him far beyond the majority and would make his history one of interest by reason of his successful achievements, he is by no means wrapped up in business interests to the exclusion of all recognition of his obligations to his fellowmen. On the contrary, his work on behalf of educational and religious progress has constituted one of the strong and salient features of his life. He was born in Brown township, Delaware county, Ohio, a son of George and Elizabeth (Leonard) White. His grandfather, Fisher White, was born in Baltimore, Maryland, and followed the occupation of farming as a life work. He removed from his native state to Washington county, Pennsylvania, where he spent his remaining days. His son, George White, was born in Washington county in 1802, and in 1825 became a resident of Delaware county, Ohio, settling on a farm in Brown township, where he lived until 1855. In that year he disposed of his holdings there and took up his abode at Centerburg, Knox county, Ohio, while the last two years of his life were passed at Mount Vernon, Ohio, where he died in February, 1860. His life, at all times honored and upright, won for him the unqualified regard of those who knew him. In religious faith he was a Methodist and assisted in building the church at Eden. He was also a member of Hiram Lodge, No. 18, A. F. & A. M., of Delaware. In early manhood he wedded Elizabeth Leonard, a daughter of .Joseph Leonard. who came from Green county, Pennsylvania, to Ohio at an early day and settled in Brown township, Delaware county. CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 77 Zenas L. White, one of a family of seven children, was reared upon the home farm until fourteen years of age and attended the district schools during that period, while later he spent two years as a student in the Centerburg high school prior to entering the Ohio Wesleyan University, where he completed his education. Going to Mount Vernon, he engaged in clerking in a grocery store for two years, on the expiration of which period he returned to Delaware county and with his brother, Fisher White, opened a general store at East Liberty, in Porter township, under the firm name of F. & Z. L. White. They began business there in the fall of 1860 and Mr. White, of this review, soon afterward purchased his brother's interest, conducting his store at that point until 1865. He then removed to Cardington, where he remained for five years, and in 1870 removed his business to Delaware, continuing as the sole owner of the store, saving for a period of three or four years, when he had a partner. His growing success caused him to seek a larger field and in 1884 he removed to Columbus, opening his store at Nos. 102-104 North High street, where he still continues in the trade, having thus been identified with the commercial interests of the capital city for a quarter of a century. For a time the business was conducted under the firm style of White, Denman & Company, the partners being W. B. Denman and J. W. Stevenson. At the end of the first year, however, Mr. White purchased his partner's interests and admitted his son, Homer E. White, and J. R. Lane to the firm, under the firm style of Z. L. White & Company. In 1892 his son died. Mr. Lane, however, continued in the business until 1897, when Mr. White became sole proprietor, conducting the store under his own name until February, 1904, when the Z. L. White Company was incorporated with the founder of the company as its president and manager. It would be superfluous in this connection to give an exact account of the business, for Columbus citizens have been well acquainted with the establishment for almost twenty-five years and know that the policy that has been pursued has ever been a most honorable one and that the store contains a large and well selected stock of goods, the business keeping in touch with all that indicates progression in commercial lines. As the years have passed and Mr. White has seen opportunity for profitable investment in other lines he has extended his efforts to various other enterprises and is now the president and one of the directors of the Buffalo Fertilizer Company, president and director of the Pennsylvania. Fertilizer Company, at Scranton, Pennsylvania, president of the Columbian Building Loan & Investment Company, of Columbus, and vice president of the City National Bank. Mr. White laid the foundation for a happy home life in his marriage to Miss Helen E. Blaney, a daughter of Judge George Blaney, of Porter township. Delaware county. They traveled life's journey together until 1878 and were then separated by the death of Mrs. White, who passed away. leaving a son and daughter: Homer E.. who was his father's partner and died in 1892: and Anna W., a. graduate of the Ohio Wesleyan University and now the wife of Edward D. Jones, professor of economics at the University of Michigan. For his second wife Mr. White chose Miss Eliza Frey, 78 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS of Porter township, Delaware county, a daughter of the Rev. James Frey, a Baptist minister. Mr. White is much interested in the welfare and upbuilding of Columbus. He is a member of the Board of Trade and a public-spirited citizen whose efforts have been far-reaching and effective in behalf of the city's substantial growth. He is deeply interested in the cause of religious progress and holds membership in the Broad Street Methodist Episcopal church of this city, in which he has filled all the offices save that of president of the board of trustees, while at present writing he is secretary and treasurer of that board. While at East Liberty he was a member of the Presbyterian church and acted as superintendent of the Sunday school during the period of his residence there. He has been a generous supporter of charitable work is deeply interested in educational progress, and for fourteen years has linen a trustee of the Ohio Wesleyan University, and founded the Homer E. White chair of economies in that university after the death of his son, with a thirty thousand dollar endowment. He has served for two years on the school board of Columbus, and for one year presided over that body. He is a trustee of the Chautauqua Institution, of Chautauqua, New York, and is a trustee and treasurer of the Protestant Hospital of Columbus. His political allegiance is given to the republican party and although he has never been a politician in the sense of seeking or desiring office, he is ever mindful of his duties of citizenship and through his private interests has born an important relation to the public. Few men whose business interests are so important and extensive seem to find time for such active participation in matters relating to the general welfare. Mr. White. however, has never been oblivious of his duties to his fellowmen and his labors have always been of a most practical character, accomplishing results along lines that have been extremely beneficial in promoting general progress. J. UPTON GRIBBEN. J. Upton Gribben, a successful and rising young architect of Columbus, was born in Allegheny. Pennsylvania, on the 17th of July, 1873, his parents being Leonard and Adeline (Barr) Gribben, the former a native of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. In the year 1877 they removed to Uhrichsville, Ohio, there remaining until 1891. Leonard Gribben. the father of our .subject, was connected with the Pennsylvania Railroad and now makes his home in Columbus. His wife was a daughter of John U. Barr, the first architect of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. J. Upton Gribben acquired his education in the schools of Uhrichsville and then went to Pittsburg. where he studied architecture under the direction of his grandfather for several years. Subsequently he was with the Pennsylvania Railroad in the motive power department from 1889 until 1891, in which year he entered the Ohio State University. completing the course in mechanical engineering in 1895. Upon leaving the university he entered the PAGE 79 - PICTURE OF J. UPTON GRIBREN PAGE 80 - BLANK CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 81 office of Frank Packard, an architect of Columbus, with whom he remained until 1904, when he started out in business life on his own account. He has since maintained his offices in the Columbus Trust & Savings building, and is widely recognized as a progressive and skillful representative of his profession. Among the structures which he has erected may be mentioned the Neil Avenue United Presbyterian church, the Riley shoe factory, the Broad Oak skating rink and the residences of W. H. Page, Miss Eva. Gray and H. C. Price, Various other dwellings which he has erected show him to be thoroughly conversant with the builder's art, and he has contributed in no small degree to the architectural adornment and improvement of Columbus. He is a member of the Columbus Society of Architects and is serving as secretary of the Columbus Horticultural Society, having pursued a course in horticulture at the state university, and is also a member of the Board of Trade. In 1899 Mr. Gribben was united in marriage to Miss Stella Weinman, a native of Columbus and a daughter of George Weinman, a pioneer pump manufacturer of this city. Mr. Gribben is a devoted member of the United Presbyterian church, in the work of which he takes an active and helpful interest. He has attained a creditable place in business life of the city for one of his years, and his laudable ambition and his determination prompts him to put forth an effort which insures larger successes in the future. WALTER L. WHITACRE. Walter L. Whitacre is engaged in the wholesale lumber business and has developed an enterprise of large and profitable proportions. Throughout his entire business career he has displayed keen discernment and ready adaptability that has enabled him to use the opportunities that have been presented and to formulate new plans when one avenue of activity seemed closed. He has regarded no position as final but has always believed that there was still chance for further advancement. regarding each point in his business career as a starting point for something still higher. It is these qualities which have gained Mr. Whitacre the prominent position which he now occupies in commercial circles in the capital city. A native of Warren county, Ohio, he was born on the 30th of April, 1867. His father, William T. Whitacre, was a native of Loudoun county, Virginia, born January 14, 1835. In his boyhood days he accompanied his father, Thomas Whitacre, to Morrow, Warren county, Ohio, where he lived for a considerable period. He carried on both merchandising and farming and was for many years one of the most prominent and influential residents of Warren county. He always looked at life in all its various phases from a practical standpoint that enabled him to utilize the means at. hand in accomplishing desired ends. His business record was a most creditable one and in political circles he was recognized as a leader, serving for a few terms as a member of the general assembly, during which time he left the impress of his individuality upon much important legislation. He 82 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS was a volunteer soldier of the Union army and afterward a member of the Grand Army of the Republic. He married Rebecca L. Lownes, a daughter of Josiah Lownes, who was a farmer and one of the pioneer settlers of Ohio. Her birth occurred near Dayton, January 17, 1840, and she still survives, but William T. Whitacre, the father, passed away in February, 1907, honored and respected by all who knew him. Walter L. Whitacre was educated in the schools of Morrow, Ohio, pursuing his studies through successive grades until he became a high-school student, while later he spent three years in the Ohio State University. His college course completed, he returned home and assumed the management of his father's business interests in Morrow, there remaining until 1888. He afterward spent two years in the manufacture of lumber in Florida and later was associated with a wholesale lumber business in Toledo, Ohio, representing the Mitchell & Rowland Lumber Company as traveling salesman for a number of years. He was afterward in the wholesale lumber commission business for several years, or until 1906, when he began business in Columbus, where he is well known as a wholesale lumber dealer. His enterprise has been developed to extensive proportions and he has a large distributing station at No. 451 Broad street. where his warehouses and yards are located. He does the largest business in the local field and sustains an unassailable reputation in commercial circles by reason of the straightforward business principles he has ever followed and the spirits of activity and enterprise which dominates his work. In addition to his lumber business he is president of the Northern Hotel Company. On the 16th of April, 1890, Mr. Whitacre was married to hiss Lena Darby, a daughter of Dr. F. H. and Sarah E. (Clark) Darby. of Columbus. Her father is state superintendent of the Children's Home Society and is well known in connection with philanthropic work. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Whitacre has been born a daughter. Alma, whose birth occurred November 3, 1892, and who is a graduate of the 'North high .school. The family residence is at No. 18.32 Summit street and it hospitality is one of its most attractive features. Both Mr. and Mrs. Whitacre hold membership in the Methodist Episcopal church and take an active and helpful interest in its work, Mrs. Whitacre belonging to the Aid Society of the church. In his fraternal relations Mr. Whitacre is a Mason, having taken the degrees in both the York and Scottish Rite, attaining the thirty-second degree of the latter. He is a. member of the United Commercial Travelers and has held all of the offices in the local council and also various important positions in the state and grand council. His wife is prominent in social affairs of the organization and is chairman of the playground committee of the Woman's Club of the United Commercial Travelers. In his political views Mr. Whitacre is a stalwart republican where national issues are involved but casts an independent local ballot. Both Mr. and Mrs. Whitacre enjoy the warm regard of all with whom they have come in contact. During a long and successful commercial life characterized by enterprise he has ever maintained an enviable reputation for the highest honor and principles and no unworthy deed or word ever CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 83 linked itself with his name. His life has been that of a thoroughgoing business man who is particularly prompt in keeping his business engagements and expects the same consideration of others. Many of his associates testify in strong terms of his kindness of heart, finding in him not only a safe adviser but also one whose counsel is not that of words alone. WILLIAM D. BRICKELL. William D. Brickell, numbered today among the capitalists of Columbus. with extensive investments which represent the fit utilization of his powers and opportunities in former years, was for a considerable period a leading representative of journalism in this state. His life record began in Steubenville, Ohio, on the 19th of November, 1852. Soon afterward the family removed to Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, where he spent his early years, attending the city schools and completing his education in the Western University of that city, now the University of Pittsburg. His father prospered in his business undertakings in Pittsburg and in due course of time gained a. place among the multimillionaires by reason of judicious street railway and other investments. When still in his youthful days William D. Brickell came to the wise conclusion that spending money earned by others did not make useful men out of idle boys. He therefore chose another course of life, determining to prove his own worth and capacity as all active factor in the business world. A short time before he attained his majority he entered the job printing- house of Barr & flyers. there learning the trade of a job printer. Subsequently he entered the news room of the Pittsburg Post and acquainted himself with newspaper printing. As he progressed in his chosen field of labor he became imbued with the desire to thoroughly acquaint himself with newspaper publication in every particular and therefore turned his attention to reportorial work, in which connection he entered the editorial rooms of the Daily Post under Joseph S. Lare, managing editor. As in the other fields of labor to which he had turned his attention, he proved himself capable and efficient, becoming recognized as a good reporter. During all this time his earnings did not reach twenty-five dollars a week but he was saving his money in order that he might eventually embark in business on hip own account. Thinking that perhaps the west would offer still wider opportunity, William D. Brickell went to Indianapolis and afterward to St. Louis, where he readily secured reportorial work, being employed on the St. Louis Democrat under the distinguished Joseph B. McCullagh, one of the renowned newspaper men of that day. While in St. Louis. Mr. Brickell learned through a want ad. in the Cincinnati Enquirer, of a newspaper opening in Columbus and, hoping to improve the opportunity here afforded, he made his way at once to this city and became one of the proprietors of the Columbus Evening Dispatch in association with L. I). Myers. The enterprise. de- 84 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS termination and capable management which were infused into the new enterprise, soon made it a great success. It was only after he had reduced his hopes and ambitions to practical shape that he asked for and readily received a loan for he would not think of taking money on any other terms thus securing a stun sufficient to place the Dispatch on a substantial paying basis. This was probably the first really successful Columbus newspaper published here subsequent to the '50s. The partnership with Mr. Myers continued until that gentleman was made postmaster, when Mr. Brickell became sole owner of the paper. He made a number of changes. including the publication of a Sunday edition, begun in 1898. In time the Dispatch became the recognized leader among the afternoon dailies in the west. Mr. Brickell thus demonstrated his power and ability as a business man. It has often been contended that the youth who is born to wealth is handicapped in the race of life but careful analysis will indicate that advantages or the lack of them need be no bar to advancement. It depends upon the individual and his willingness and power to apply the innate talents which are his. Mr. Brickell gave proof of the fact that within himself lay the capability of achieving prosperity and distinction in a chosen field of endeavor and while connected with the Columbus Dispatch he was made a director of the Associated Press- the only Columbus man ever so honored. He was reelected for a second term but only served three years. Several years ago he disposed of his newspaper interests and is now engaged in looking after his investments. He is the owner of the Ruggery building and also purchased the building that formerly housed the Columbus Dispatch. The extent and importance of his investments are indicated somewhat in the fact that he is the director of the State Savings Bank & Trust Company, the City Deposit Bank and the Central National Bank, is president of the Iron Clay Brick Company. of the Columbus, New Albany & Johnstown Traction Company and the Columbus Casualty Company. Mr. Brickell is also an active force in the Columbus Board of Trade and his enthusiasm and work have for years been potent elements in whatever has for its object the advancement and increasing importance of Columbus. While much of his time and attention, for a period at least, will be taken up with his Pittsburg interests, he intends that Columbus shall be his place of residence and his cooperation in all of her progressive public movements constitutes an important feature in her advancement. He seeks her prestige, and his influence and active labors have contributed to her upbuilding. J. A. BURGOYNE, M.D. Dr. Burgoyne, who for twelve years has been physician for the deaf and dumb institution at Columbus and is also serving on the staff of Grant Hospital in addition to attending to the daily duties of a general practice, was born in Steubenville, Ohio, January 15. 1872. His father, Dr. W. R. Burgoyne, was a native of Ohio and a member of an old Virginia family. CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 85 He was graduated from Miami Medical College and has devoted his entire life to the practice of medicine, securing a liberal practice in Steubenville, where he has long made his home. He is prominent in community affairs there and has held local offices in the city. He married Miss Elizabeth Attig, a native of Ohio. Educated in the schools of Steubenville, Dr. Burgoyne was graduated from the high school and his professional training was obtained in the Starling-Ohio Medical College, where he completed his course by graduation in 1895. He afterward spent one year in the Long Island Hospital at Brooklyn, New York. subsequently returning to Columbus, since which time he has continued in the general practice of medicine in this city. His ability has been demonstrated in the excellent results which have attended his efforts to receive suffering and restore health, and his fellow practitioners regard him as an able physician, while the public gives to him a good business. As stated, he has served for twelve years as physician for the deaf and dumb asylum and is a member of the Grant Hospital staff. He also belongs to the Columbus Academy of Medicine, the State Medical Society and the National Medical Association. His fraternal interests are with Goodale lodge, A. F. & A. M., and with the Knights of Pythias. Attractive social qualities make him popular and he has gained many friends during the period of his residence in the capital. CLARENCE M. ADDISON. Clarence M. Addison, a leading member of the Columbus bar, young, strong and forcible, his ability enabling him to make continued progress in a direction where advancement depends entirely upon individual merit, was born in Morgan county, Ohio, November 14, 1872, and is a son of Edward and Clara (Wisehart) Addison, both of whom were natives of Ohio. The father watts a blacksmith by trade. At the time of the Civil war he put aside business and personal considerations and served bravely and creditably throughout the period of hostilities. In the public schools Clarence M. Addison began his education, continuing his studies until he became a pupil in the Rendville high school. He then engaged in teaching for three years and thus being, through his own effort. financially able to enter the Ohio State University, he became a student in that institution and was graduated from the literary department in 18913 with the degree of Bachelor of Philosophy. Continuing as a student there in the law department he won the Bachelor of Law degree on his graduation with the class of 1900, and the same year was admitted to practice. While preparing for the bar as a student in the state university, he also taught French and German in the Central high school for four years. He is, in the exact sense of the word, a self-made and self-educated man who, depending upon his own resources from an early age, has developed his powers and capacity to a large degree, his ability making him recognized as one of the 86 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS forceful factors in professional circles and in public life. e began the practice of his profession in connection with his two brothers, Lewis G. and Arthur E. Addison, and is now a member of the firm of Addison, Links & Babcock, one of the leading law firms of the capital, Mr. Addison easily ranking with the distinguished lawyers of the city. His material fortune, when he left the farm, consisted of his clothing and fifty cents, money which he had himself earned. His determination and energy, however, were unlimited and they carried him into important professional relations, for the law firm of which he is now the head has today an extensive and distinctly representative clientage. The court records attest his success in the handling of many important and complex legal problems and he has made for himself the reputation of being most thorough in the preparation of his cases, while in argument he shows a keen analytical power, resulting in logical conclusions. On the 17th of June, 1901, Mr. Addison was married to Miss Gertrude Nichol, a daughter of F. H. Nichol, a prominent contractor of Columbus. and their home is brightened by the presence of two sons, Roger and Hugh. Mr. Addison is a member of the Delta Tau Delta, a college fraternity. He was secretary of the board of public works during Mayor Hinkle's administration, and served as first assistant director of law under George D. Jones. The honors and emoluments of office, however, have had little attraction for him, as he prefers to concentrate his energies upon his private practice which is continually growing in volume and importance. C. T. OKEY, M.D. Dr. C. T. Okey, who for eleven years has been a representative of the medical fraternity in Columbus, was born in Caldwell, Ohio, March 5, 1870. His father, F. G. Okey, was a native of Noble county, Ohio, where he resided until his death, which occurred in 1906, when he was seventy-eight years of age. For many years he conducted business as a druggist, thus providing for the support of his family, while in the community where he lived he gained recognition as one of the reliable and enterprising merchants. He married Miss Minerva Myers, a native of Ohio, who died in 1906, at the age of sixty-nine years. Dr. Okey was a pupil in the public schools of Caldwell prior to entering Marietta College, where he pursued his literary education, being graduated in 1892. He received his professional training in the Starling Medical College, being numbered among its alumni of 1896. Twelve years later he opened an office in Columbus for the general practice of medicine, having devoted the intervening two years after his graduation to service as interne in Mt. Carmel Hospital. He now gives his time and energy to the duties of a general practice and is assistant surgeon in the Starling-Ohio Medical College. He also lectures before the Nurses School of Mt. Carmel Hospital and he gains knowledge and inspiration through his attendance at the meetings of the Academy of Medicine, the State Medical Society and the American Medical Association. PAGE 87 - PICTURE OF DR. C. T. OKEY PAGE 88 - BLANK CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 89 Dr. Okey is well known in Masonic circles and is a worthy exemplar of the craft, having many opportunities to use its basic principles of brotherly kindness and helpfulness in his practice. He now belongs to the lodge of Columbus, has taken the thirty-third degree of the Scottish Rite and is also a member of the Mystic Shrine. The substantial qualities of his manhood, his citizenship and his professional skill have gained him the warm regard of those with whom he has been brought in contact. CHARLES S. GLENN. Prominent among the pioneer business men of Columbus was Charles S. Glenn, who occupied a place of distinction in journalistic fields. Throughout the greater part of his business career he devoted his time and energies to newspaper interests in this city, being the owner and publisher of the Columbus Gazette. He was only about four years of age when the family arrived in the capital in 1838 and the remainder of his life was here passed, so that he was well known to the citizens of Columbus, who recognized in him a man of genuine public spirit and of high personal worth. His birth occurred in Rising Sun, Indiana, September 23, 1834, his parents being Alexander and Hannah (Scott) Glenn, both of whom were natives of the east, the latter's birth occurring in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Removing westward, Alexander Glenn settled at Rising Sun, Indiana, where was engaged in the printing business until 1838, when he removed with his family to Columbus and was again engaged in the publishing business, so continuing throughout the remainder of his life. He published what was known as the Ark, and the Odd Fellow's Magazine, and also conducted a general printing and publishing establishment, being one of the early and well known representatives of the business here. Columbus was but a small town when the family settled here and Mr. Glenn contributed in substantial measure to its upbuilding and progress both through his business interests and the cooperation which he gave to movements of general benefit. Both he and his wife spent their last days here. Charles S. Glenn was educated in a private school and the liberal advantages afforded him in that direction enabled him to lay a good foundation for his subsequent mental development and business activity. Putting aside his text-books, he worked in his father's office, learning the printer's trade in principle and detail. When a young man he left home and went to Washington, D. C., obtaining a position as a compositor in the office of the Washington Globe. There he remained until 1856, when he returned to Columbus and that year purchased the Columbus Gazette from its former owner. Mr. Scott. For two decades he remained at the head of this paper and through that period made the Gazette the champion of many measures which have proven effective and beneficial in promoting public progress. Moreover, he published a paper which received the endorsement of the best class of citizens. It was free from all sensational methods. largely promi- 90 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS nent at the present time, and on the contrary was devoted to the dissemination of general and local news and to the championship of the best interests of the city. In addition to the publication of the paper Mr. Glenn conducted a job printing establishment and his work in that department was always of an artistic and attractive nature. Mr. Glenn was married in Wheeling, West Virginia, to Miss Sallie A. Gorrell, a native of Ohio and the daughter of Zadok and Eliza (Beatty) Gorrell, both of whom were natives of Maryland but resided in Wheeling, West Virginia, the greater part of their lives. The father was a millwright by trade and conducted business along that line. Both he and his wife died in Wheeling. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Glenn were born seven children Fannie S., now the principal of the Michigan Avenue school, who resides at home; Theodore E.. of Columbus. a member of the firm of Spahr & Glenn. printers and stationers at 50 East Broad street; Jessie L., a. teacher in the Eastwood school, who also resides at home; Daisy. wife of W. F. Hunter, a farmer residing near Lockbourue. Ohio: Charles C.. secretary of the Percheron Registry Company, and residing at Westerville, this county; Carrie. the wife of Albert P. Pierce, residing at East Orange, New Jersey: and James S., proprietor of a farm near Columbus and engaged in the coal business in Columbus, also making his home with his mother. Mrs. Katherine Yearick, a relative, also makes her home with Mrs. Glenn. She is the widow of Samuel Yearick, who was one of the first settlers of Columbus and a very prominent citizen. He, too, was engaged in the printing business in this place for several years and was a man of considerable influence, his opinions proving an element in molding public thought and policy. For one term he represented his district in the state legislature. He passed away in Columbus and is still survived by his widow who, at the age of eighty-seven, is extremely active for one of her years. The death of Mr. Glenn occurred May 16, 1875, at the old family homestead at No. 340 East Town street. It was one of the first residences erected on that street and has been recently torn down. For many years it stood as one of the old landmarks of the city, a silent witness of the changes that occurred and of the growth going on around it transforming the village, in which it was built, into an enterprising metropolitan circle. Mr. Glenn lived to witness a marked transformation in Columbus and no man was more thoroughly in sympathy or in touch with the advancement that was carried on during the period of his residence here. For fourteen years he served as secretary of the Franklin County Agricultural Society and at all times he gave hearty aid and support to every measure calculated to benefit the community. In politics he was a stalwart republican, while socially he was connected with Magnolia Lodge, F. & A. M., Mt. Vernon Commandery, No. 1, K. T., the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and of the Red Men, all of this city. He also belonged to the First Methodist Episcopal church which was known in pioneer times as the Town Street church. For many years he served as one of its trustees, always taking deep and helpful interest in the various church activities. His life was in consistent harmony with his religious professions, and all who knew CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 91 him respected and honored him because of his sterling worth. He was always a man of action rather than theory, who saw what was to be done and put forth earnest effort to accomplish it not only in connection with his own business but in public affairs and in church work as well. It was a universal opinion that when he departed this life he passed on to larger fields of usefulness, while even in this world his work yet endures through the influence which his memory has upon the lives of those with whom he came in contact. His widow and children also hold membership in the First Methodist Episcopal church, and they occupy a nice residence at No. 1129 Bryden road, which is owned by Mrs. Glenn. JAMES T. HOLMES. James T. Holmes, attorney-at-law, was born at Uhrichsville. Ohio, a. son of A. R. Holmes, United States postoffice inspector, who since 1884 has been continuously in the service and is now located at Cincinnati. The son spent his boyhood days in his native town 'and afterward accompanied his parents on their removal to New Philadelphia, Ohio, where they still make their home. In the fall of 1889 he came to Columbus and entered upon the study of law in the Ohio State University, where he remained for two years and was then graduated with the class of 1891. He completed his studies in the law office of his uncle, Colonel J. T. Holmes of this city, and was admitted to the bar in October, 1892. He has practiced ever since, securing an extensive clientage and establishing a high reputation as an able and conscientious lawyer and as a man of high character. He is a member of both the county and state bar associations and also belongs to the Columbus Board of Trade. His political allegiance has ever been given to the democracy and in the fall of 1908 he was his party's nominee for common pleas judge but with the rest of the ticket was defeated in the republican landslide of that year. In December, 1897, Mr. Holmes was united in marriage to Miss May Gibbons, of Columbus, and with his wife and son he resides at No. 217 Wilbur avenue. He has never dissipated his energies over a wide field but has concentrated his efforts upon his chosen calling and has therefore made steady and substantial progress in the difficult and arduous profession of the law. JAMES A. ALLEN. James A. Allen, the well known attorney, was born in Fallbrook, Pennsylvania. November 3, 1866, and is the son of Alexander and Marian (Cook) Allen. both natives of Scotland, the mother having been born in Allawa and the father in Glasgow. They migrated to America and were married in Pennsylvania. They were farmers and both have passed on to the great beyond, dying at Youngstown, Ohio. 92 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS James A. Allan remained on the farm until he reached his sixteenth year, working and going to school alternately, and later he entered Girard Academy, where he was graduated in 1883. From Girard he went to the Normal Academy at Lebanon and graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Science in 1884 and Bachelor of Arts in 1885. He was principal of the schools at Cameron, Missouri, in 1886 and in the fall of 1887 came to Columbus and accepted a position in the Deaf and Dumb Institution for two years, having taken a one year course in law at Lebanon in the meantime. After having completed his law studies in the office of Hon. J. H. Heitmann, former mayor of Columbus, he was admitted to the practice in 1889 and formed a partnership with former Mayor S. J. Swartz, which continued for one year. Later he became associated with Judge George B. Okey, which partnership continued for fifteen years. He now practices alone with offices in the Harrison building. He is one of the two republican members of the board of deputy state supervisors and inspectors of elections of Franklin county and is now entering the second term of four years. He is a member and past exalted ruler of the Columbus Lodge, B. P. O. F., and of the Grand Lodge. In 1907 he was made an honorary life member of the lodge. He has been a member of the Olentangy Club for years. On November 5, 1891, Mr. Allen married Miss Blanche Filler, a daughter of Henry J. Filler, who was superintendent of the Franklin Infirmary for fourteen years and steward of the Deaf and Dumb Institution for two years. Mr. Allen is a member of the Frankling Loan & Savings Company; director and attorney of the Ruggles-Gale Company; director of the Pfeiffer Show Print Company, and other minor companies as well as a member of the Franklin County Bar Association. H. HUNTER, M. D. Dr. H. Hunter, practicing medicine for sixteen years in Columbus, was born ii. Knox county, Ohio, October 14, 1862. His father, Richard Hunter, was also a native of that county, representing one of the oldest families in the state. It was in the year 1812 that the grandfather, Richard Hunter, Sr., came from Pennsylvania and entered land from the government in Knox county. The forests were uncut, the land uncultivated and the streams unbridged and many an Indian wigwam occupied the site of the substantial homes of the present day. With the work of early development and improvement Richard Hunter became associated, and upon the home farm, amid the wild scenes and environment of pioneer life Richard Hunter, Jr., was reared. There he spent his entire life, devoting his time and energies to general agricultural pursuits until his life's labors were ended in death in 1891, when he was fifty-six years of age. He married Miss Lovina Workman, a native of Coshocton, Ohio, who survived him for about twelve years and passed away in March 1903. CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 93 No event of special importance occurred to vary the routine of farm life for Dr. Hunter in his boyhood and youth. He was reared under the parental roof and pursued his education in the public schools and the normal school, thus acquiring a good literary education. His professional training was obtained in the Starling Medical College, where he spent two years, and in the Ohio Medical University, where he spent one year, being graduated from the latter institution with the class of 1893. The same year he opened an office in Columbus, where he has since remained, and each year has marked a growth in his business and in the importance of the work he has done. In 1896 Dr. Hunter was married to Miss Helen Snyder and they are widely and favorably known in this city. He belongs to the Masonic lodge. while in professional lines he is connected with the Academy of Medicine. He is conscientious in the performance of all professional duties, never faltering in any task that comes to him in this connection. WILLIAM V. BAKER. William V. Baker, as business manager for the Peruna Drug Manufacturing Company, has established himself in a prominent place in commercial circles in Columbus. He has been associated with this enterprise since 1886 and his keen discernment and powers of control have been important elements in the rapid and substantial growth of the business. Mr. Baker is one of Ohio's native sons, his birth having occurred in Fairfield county in 1863. His father, E. R. P. Baker, devoted his early life to farming and afterward became an attorney at law. He was also prominent in the political interests of the state from 1870 until 1874. To the common-school system of Ohio. William V. Baker is indebted for the early educational privileges which be enjoyed and during his youthful days he aided in the hard work of the farm. assisting in the task of plowing. planting and harvesting. In order to supplement his early education by more advanced knowledge he spent two years in the Ohio State University, where he remained until 1879, after which he engaged in teaching school for a time. In the meantime he read law and was admitted to the bar in 1885. For a year or two he then engaged in the practice of the profession and became assistant city solicitor to James Caren. At length he entered into an agreement with Dr. Hartman, of the Peruna Drug Manufacturing Company. to enter his service in 1886 as business manager and in that connection has since continued, covering a period of twenty-three years. during which time he has witnessed much of the growth of this great corporation. He brought to bear in his new duties sound judgment, clear sighted sagacity and a ready recognition of opportunities. He has made a close study of the best methods of placing the products of the house upon the market and through well directed activity has contributed in substantial measure to the growth of this business, which is today one of the most extensive productive concerns of the city. 94 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS Aside from any business connection Mr. Baker is well known in social organizations, belongs to the Masonic fraternity and to the Mystic Shrine and also the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. He is likewise a member of the Columbus Board of Trade and is interested in all that pertains to the welfare and upbuilding of the city. Socially he is connected with the Columbus Club, the Arlington Country Club, the Columbus Country Club and the Ohio Club. A lover of fast horses he is the owner of a number that are frequently seen in the local races at the driving park during the season, as well as several who have made record.` on the grand circuit. He is known to all his friends and acquaintances as a man of generous impulses, of kindly spirit and genial disposition, while in commercial circles he is recognized as a first-class business man. F. W. SCHUMACHER. For thirty years a resident of America, F. W. Schumacher has in that time attained a commanding position in business circles. where today he controls important and constantly increasing manufacturing and commercial interests as the vice president of the Peruna Manufacturing Company. His specific duties are those of director of advertising, and to hi efforts the marvelous success of the house is partly due, as his labors have been the resultant- factor in bringing the output before the public. A native of Germany, Mr. Schumacher left his home in Fehmarn. Holstien, to come to the United States with his parents, who .settled in Waco, Texas. He was then a young lad. and in the public schools of Waco he continued his education for some years, but eventually finished his course at a government institution of note in Lubeck, Germany, where he successfully passed his examinations. Two years later he was graduated from the St. Louis College of Pharmacy, where he was awarded first honors and a gold medal for highest grades in all branches. Returning to Waco in 1882, he entered upon his active business career as manager of a retail drug store in that city, and the business ability, unabating industry and unfaltering determination which he displayed recommended him for successive promotions, his rapid advance being indicated n the fact that at the end of five years he had become secretary-treasurer of a large wholesale drug company in Waco. In a position of executive control and administrative direction. his business powers developed, proving the fact that activity does not tire. but hardens and gives resisting power. Each forward step in his business life has brought him a wider outlook and larger opportunities. Mr. Schumacher made substantial advance in the business world when in 1897 he came to Columbus to associate himself with the Peruna Company, of which he is today vice president and the director of the advertising department. In the management of his department it is not unusual for him to annually disburse more than one million dollars in bringing the proprietary medicines of the Peruna Company to the attention of the people of the United States and several foreign countries. and this vast sum grows greater PAGE 95 - PICTURE OF F.W. SCHUMACHER PAGE 96 - BLANK CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 97 with each year's business. The advertising transactions, managed in a judicious and beneficial way, are perhaps the best gauge of his capabilities and the growth of the business. Such a work requires genius, keen, incisive discernment and analysis, correct judgment and unlimited resourcefulness. Possessing these requisites, it is therefore not a matter of marvel, but rather of logical sequence, that Mr. Schumacher is entrusted with the management of the most important and difficult department of one of the largest manufacturing enterprises in the United States. In 1895 was celebrated the marriage of Mr. Schumacher and Miss Maribel Hartman, the accomplished daughter of Dr. S. B. Hartman, the founder and president of the Peruna Manufacturing Company. They are widely known in the social circles of the city, occupying a prominent position where intelligence and culture are received as passports into the best society. The record of Mr. Schumacher is a notably successful one. Though still young in years he is old in business experience, and in 1904 was selected from among twelve hundred capable business men to guide the progress of industry, commerce, finance and civic development for a period of a year, as president of the board of trade, and entered upon this trust splendidly equipped to meet its varied requirements. He is today recognized as one of the most forceful, reliable and resourceful business men of his adopted city, his record being a valuable asset in the commercial history of Columbus. BENJAMIN HENRY HARMON. Benjamin Henry Harmon is the successful and popular manager of the Neil House and is interested financially and officially in various business concerns. He was born in this city February 20, 1862, of the marriage of Henry Harmon and Bertha Deering, who were here united in the bonds of wedlock in 1852. The mother was a native of this city but the father's birth occurred June 26, 1826, near Desseldorf, Bavaria. He was brought to America in 1828, the family home being established at Falmouth, Kentucky, where he continued his education by night study. Early in youth he started out in business life on his own account and in 1845 removed from Kentucky to Columbus, where he engaged in the clothing and fur business until 1873. In that year he turned his attention to the produce business and remained as an active factor in commercial circles until his life's labor were ended in death. Always interested in community affairs he gave hearty cooperation to many movements for the general good, and although he did not seek office was for one term a member of the city council. He became a charter member of the Humboldt lodge of Masons, attained the thirty-second degree of the Scottish Rite, and for many years was closely and helpfully identified with all local charities, possessing a philanthropic spirit and broad humanitarianism that prompted his generous support of all measures for the aid of his fellowmen. His wife died in October. 1873, and he passed away in September. 1902. Their family numbered the following sons and daughters: 98 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS A. H. Harmon, who is engaged in the tailoring business in Columbus ; William H., proprietor of the Globe Tailoring Company, of Cincinnati, Ohio; Minnie, the wife of Samuel Bumenthal, of Columbus; Mollie, the wife of Henry Gumble, president of the Franklin County Bar Association. After losing his first wife, Henry Harmon was married to Miss Nettie Hahn, of Columbus, and they have two sons, Max and Jess. After acquiring a public-school education, Benjamin H. Harmon was employed by the Brown Brothers Abstracting Company, with which he was connected for four years. He afterward spent a similar period as carriage trimmer in the employ of the Columbus Buggy Company and was then called to public office through appointment to the position of deputy auditor of the company. He remained in that position for a short time and then entered the service of the Columbus Hocking Coal & Iron Company, with which he remained three years. He was next reappointed deputy auditor of Franklin county. He remained in that position for a short time and then entered the service of the Columbus Hocking Coal & Iron Company, with which he remained for three years. He was next reappointed deputy auditor and remained in that connection for eleven years. discharging his duties with promptness and fidelity, as is indicated by his long retention in office. In 1894 he was appointed assistant postmaster of Columbus and while acting in that capacity also served as chairman of the county campaign committee and of the city committee when Mayor Black was chosen as chief executive of the city and the entire democratic ticket was elected. In 1898 he was the democratic candidate for county auditor but at that date the entire party ticket was defeated. He was next appointed receiver of the Southern Hotel and placed the property upon a paying basis. On the organization of the Iroquois Hotel Company he was appointed manager of the Southern, where he remained for six and a half years and then assumed the management of the Neil House, of which he still has charge. He has become well known as a popular and successful hotel man, studying closely the requirements of his guests and managing his hostelry in accordance with most modern business methods. He is likewise secretary of the Iroquois Hotel Company, is a director in the Springfield Light & Power Company, and is thoroughly interested in various other business concerns. A prominent and active member of the Board of Trade he has been secretary of its convention committee for several years and during the last few years has been instrumental in securing for Columbus a great many important national conventions. On the 16th of October, 1888, Mr. Harmon was married to Miss Fannie Kahn, a daughter of Joseph and Celia Kahn. Her father was one of the early business men of the city and the family is an old and prominent one here. Mrs. Harmon was a graduate of the Central high school and during her life was prominently identified with charitable work. She was a woman of splendid personal character, whose many good qualities won for her the love and esteem of all who knew her and when she passed away on the 15th of January, 1904, her death was the occasion of deep and widespread regret. Mr. Harmon is a member of the Elks lodge and of the Improved Order of Red Men, the American Insurance Order and the B'Nai Israel Reform CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 99 church. He gives his political allegiance to the democracy and is an active member of the Associated Jewish Charities, taking a helpful part in the work of and contributing liberally to the support of local charities. He has always been a man of action rather than theory, doing his work while others have discussed ways and means, and accomplished results where others have but formulated plans. JOSIAH KINNEAR. In the history of the early pioneer families of Franklin county, it is imperative that mention be made of Josiah Kinnear, for the work of development and progress had been carried on only through the first third of the nineteenth century, when the Kinnear family was established in central Ohio. From the date of his birth Josiah Kinnear remained a resident of the county until his demise, and throughout the period of his manhood was active in its substantial improvement and for many years was closely associated with its official service. He was born June 27, 1834, on the old Kinnear homestead on North High street. His parents were Samuel and Ellen Kinnear. They came to Ohio soon after the admission of the state in the Union, removing from Pennsylvania in 1806. They first settled in Pickaway county, where they resided until 1833 and then removed to Franklin county, which was still a pioneer district. The city of Columbus was then but a small town ,ind other towns of the county seemed to give equal promise for as rapid and substantial development. Mr. Kinnear opened a hotel in what is now North Columbus and became a prominent and influential resident of the community, with a wide acquaintance. He served as justice of the peace for thirty-eight years and no higher testimonial of his efficiency could be given than the fact that he was so long continued in this office. His decisions were strictly fair and impartial, being always based upon the law. the facts and the equity of the case. He was the first and only postmaster of North Columbus and held that office for a third of a century. His office, a small brick building, yet stands on High street near Tompkins street in the yard of what was his homestead in later year:. He died March 6, 1867, and thus the county lost one of its early and representative citizens. His wife, who bore the maiden name of Ellen Hill, came to Ohio with her father's family from Virginia in 1813. She was then ten years of age and rode the entire distance on horseback, for it was long before the period of railroad travel. The Hill home was established near Darbyville, Ohio. Josiah Kinnear pursued his education in the public schools of Columbus. and also attended the University at Westerville and the Capital University of this city, where he completed his studies.. Through much of his life he devoted his attention to surveying and for thirty years filled the office of county surveyor and city engineer, his skill and ability in those directions continuing him in the position of public trust. He was also elected sheriff of 100 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS Franklin county in the early "70s, and probably held public offices for a longer time than any other resident of the city. Over the record of his official career there fell no shadow of wrong or suspicion of evil. On the contrary he was faultless in honor, fearless in conduct and stainless in reputation, regarding a public office as a public trust and proving loyal at all times to the trust reposed in him. On the 26th of March, 1857, Mr. Kinnear was married to Miss Josephine Shattuck, of Columbus, a daughter of Captain Alexander Shattuck, who was a native of Groton, Massachusetts, and came to Franklin county when it was a wild and unimproved region. Mr. Kinnear took his bride to the old farm homestead on North High street, where they continued to reside for fifteen years, or until 1872, when he removed to East Long street, there spending his remaining days. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Kinnear were born three sons and a daughter: Samuel A.: William S.; Edgar F.; and Eliza F., now the wife of Fred M. Hoover. The death of Mr. Kinnear occurred August 27, 1904, when he was seventy years of age. He was one of the oldest native sons of the county, having spent his entire life within its borders. While a surveyor, in 1854, he laid out North Columbus and was connected with many of the important early surveys of the county, the evidence of his work being found on the public records. He was careful, methodical, systematic, and his thoroughness and enterprise made him a most capable and efficient public officer. All who knew him esteemed him for his genuine personal worth and his friends found him a social, genial companion, who was always quick to recognize the good in others. His political support was given to the democracy and in his social relations he was connected with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Ancient Order of United Workmen, becoming treasurer of the latter on its organization. Few men had more intimate knowledge of the history of the county and the events which shaped its course and molded its policy. He represented one of its oldest families and took a most active and helpful part in all matters pertaining to its upbuilding and progress. His many sterling traits of character won him unqualified regard and thus when he passed away, his death was the occasion of deep and widespread regret. Since her husband's demise Mrs. Kinnear has made her home on Jefferson avenue in Columbus. (RETURN TO THE TITLE PAGE)