400 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS JOHN JOYCE. (RETURN TO THE TITLE PAGE) The life history of John Joyce is a notable illustration of the fact that "there is a path which leads from the lowest depths to the highest altitudes." At the starting point of his business career John Joyce had no external assistance, the foundation for his success being found in his inherent qualities of industry, perseverance and unfaltering integrity. In his later years he stood as one of the conspicuous figures in mercantile circles in Columbus-a genial, generous man, honored and respected by all. A native of Ireland, Mr. Joyce was born July 14, 1830, and remained a resident of hi native country until 1850, when at the age of nineteen years he started for America, making the voyage in a sailing vessel which was thirty-five days between the European harbor and New York. He came alone, attracted by the business chances of the new world and made his way direct to Columbus, Ohio, where his brother, James Joyce, had obtained for him a position as bookkeeper in the house of Kilbourne, Kuhns & Company. He reached this city with a cash capital of less than five dollars but he realized the fact that determination and industry constitute the very foundation upon which to build success and that he manifested these qualities in his new position is evidenced by the fact that he remained with the house for twelve wean; and was admitted to the firm as a junior partner. Throughout his entire life there was not a single esoteric phase in his career. He based his advancement upon diligence and determination, was never content to do his second best in any relation or to give a service that was not the expression of his utmost ability. On severing his connections with the Kilbourne-Kuhns Company he was appointed assistant postmaster of Columbus under his father-in-law, Thomas PAGE 401 - PICTURE OF JOHN JOYCE PAGE 402 - BLANK CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 403 Miller, and occupied that position for four years. The next step in his business career was the establishment, in 1866, of a wholesale dry goods house at the corner of High and Long streets under the firm name of Millers, Green & Joyce and thus he became a recognized factor in the commercial circles of the city. Two years later John Miller, the senior partner, withdrew and removed to Chicago, at which time the firm style of Miller, Green & Joyce was adopted and so continued until 1882, when it became Green, Joyce & Company. From the outset the enterprise figured among the prominent dry goods houses of Columbus and the business extended over Ohio and adjoining states. Mr. Joyce in a position of executive control directed his energies largely to organization, constructive effort and administrative direction. His was an active career in which he accomplished important and far-reaching results, contributing in no small degree to the expansion of the business, which was recognized as a factor in commercial progress in Columbus as well as a source of gratifying individual profit to the owners. Following the withdrawal of Mr. Miller and the death of Mr. Green, two of the original partners, the business was incorporated in 1902 as the Green-Joyce Company, with John Joyce as president; John Joyce, Jr., vice president and treasurer; and Albert G. Joyce is secretary. John Joyce remained at the head of the enterprise until his death. In the meantime a mammoth enterprise had been developed until the business of the house amounts to more than five million dollars annually, while thirty traveling salesmen represent it upon the road, the business covering a wide territory. The magnificent building at the corner of High and Chestnut streets is the material expression of the thought and well defined plans of John Joyce, who at his death turned over to his sons a most carefully organized commercial concern, having previously directed their business experience and training so that they were capable of taking up the great work which he laid down. His fertility of resource enabled Mr. Joyce to extend his efforts into other fields of business activity and he became a recognized factor in financial circles as one of the organizers and directors of the Commercial National Bank. He was likewise vice president of the Citizens Telephone Company and many other business concerns of Columbus profited by his financial assistance, active cooperation and wise counsel. In 1859 Mr. Joyce was united in marriage to Miss Eliza L. Miller a daughter of Thomas Miller, one of the pioneer citizens of Franklin county. She still survives him and is yet a resident of Columbus. They became the parents of ten children, of whom five are yet living: Mrs William J. Byrne, of this city; John, now president of the Green-Joyce Company; Albert G., director and assistant manager of the company; Williams J. vice president, and Mrs. James E. Hagerty. The death of Mr. Joyce occurred January 31, 1908, after a residence of almost fifty-eight years in Columbus. Throughout almost that entire period he was recognized as a man of affairs and one who wielded a wide influence. He early learned to correctly value his own powers and to understand hi, limitations and he realized also that the qualities which are deemed essential as factors in a successful business career are those which any one may cultivate. He studied the trade and the demands of public taste. introduced modern and 404 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS original ideas for the development of the business and in his later years had leisure to enjoy the fruits which his enterprise and labor had wrought. He was never so absorbed in money making that he did not feel a personal interest in the representatives of the house, maintaining at all times cordial, helpful relations with his employes, to whom he willingly gave assistance if the necessities of the case demanded. He was generous in the use of his wealth, responding readily to a call for charity and throughout his life remained one of the most genial of men. The recognition of his intrinsic worth caused his friendship to be most prized by those who knew him best a fact which indicated that his character would bear the scrutiny of close acquaintance. A strong minded, generous spirited man, he stood as a high type of American manhood and an embodient of that progress which in the last half century has drawn to this country the admiring gaze of all nations. JOHN WILLIAM JONES. The humanitarian work which Ohio is doing for her unfortunate children largely finds its center in Columbus where are located several of the institutions for the care' of those to whom an untoward fate has denied some of the gifts which nature bestows. Mr. Jones is numbered among those who are actively connected with the work for the aid and instruction of those who are enable to enjoy the benefits of public school instruction. for he is now superintendent of the State School for the Deaf. He was born in Meigs township, Adams county, Ohio, January 25, 1860. His father, Samuel Jones. also a native of this state, was a farmer by occupation and a prominent and useful man in his community. He took an active interest in educational work and in later years was local pension agent. He married Sophia Clark, of a well known family of that place. Her father, who was a native of Ireland, was a merchant and farmer. The mother was a school teacher, as were many other members of the father's family. The death of Samuel Jones occurred in April, 1904, when he had reached the venerable age of seventy-eight years. In the country schools John William Jones began his education and later attended a select school where he prepared for teaching. He also pursued a course at the National Normal University at Lebanon. Ohio, and was graduated therefrom in 1885 with the degree of Bachelor of Science. He next pursued a post. graduate course at the Ohio University at Athens, where he was given a degree of Bachelor of Pedagogy in 1893. Subsequently in 1902, he received the degree of Master of Arts from Gallandet College in recognition of his work as superintendent of the State School for the Deaf. For several years, beginning at the age of eighteen years, he engaged in teaching in the country schools, was afterward principal of the school at Rome. Ohio. 1883-84, and was later appointed superintendent of the public schools at Manchester, Ohio, where he remained from 1885 until 1895, and in the latter year was elected by the board of trustees to his present CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 405 office, which he has since filled. While superintendent of schools at Manchester he lectured at the teachers' institutes throughout the state during the summer vacations and also engaged in teaching, normal schools, having as many as one hundred and sixty pupils. In 1898 he was granted a high school life certificate by the school examiners of the state. In his present position he has accomplished a work that has drawn to him world-wide attention, having instituted many new methods which have proven of marked value in educational work of this character. In all that he does he is actuated by a broad and enduring sympathy that prompts him to put forth his best service for the benefit of the unfortunate ones in his charge. Since coming to his present position he has been an active member of the National Educational Association, has served for one year as president of the department of special education of that association. He is also an active and leading member of the Convention of American Instructors of the Deaf and of the Association to Promote the Teaching of Speech to the Deaf, and at different times he has held official positions in these organizations. In 1904 he was appointed international juror of awards in the department of education at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition. Mr. Jones' first work, upon assuming his present position, was to put the school upon a proper educational basis and to improve the conditions of its inmates. In 1898 he secured the appropriation for the erection of a fine school building, which was erected and completed under his supervision in 1899; at a cost of ninety-one thousand dollars. He also secured a hospital building in 1908, at a cost of thirty thousand dollars. He has greatly augmented the educational advantages by adding the departments of cooking, gymnastics, house painting, cabinetmaking and art. He has also greatly increased the facilities for teaching speech and lip reading, having now twenty teachers engaged in that work. He has added a high school department and has extended the time for which pupils may remain in school from ten to thirteen years. The number of pupils has increased thirty per cent in the past fourteen years. During his administration the buildings have been practically remodeled throughout, new steel ceilings, new plumbing, new furnishings and electric lights having been installed, while in other ways the buildings and equipment have been greatly improved. He is putting forth every possible effort through educational and manual training to equip the students with the means of living independent and useful lives. On the 26th of November, 1885, Mr. Jones was married to Miss Cora McPherson, of Mineral Springs, Adams county, a daughter of A. H. McPherson. a merchant and hotel man of that place. Mrs. Jones is also taking an active part in the work of the institution and has served as head matron during her husband's administration. Four children have been born unto them, of whom three are living: Marjorie McPherson; Carrie Louise, now a junior at the Ohio State University; and Pauline, a freshman at Smith College at Northampton, Massachusetts. The fourth, Helen, died at the age of one year. All three daughters are graduates of the Central high school. In his political views Mr. Jones has always been a republican. He belongs to the Masonic fraternity and to the Central Ohio School Masters Club, 406 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS For many years he has been an elder in the Central Presbyterian church and is likewise its treasurer. Fond of reading, he gives his attention largely to the American Statesmen series and kindred works, being much interested in the lives of those who have molded the destiny of the nation and left their impress upon public thought and action. His own work places him in a prominent position among those whose services have made the world better. He has been a leader in the movement for the education of the deaf. continually studying out new plans and methods whereby they may be instructed to speak and to gain for themselves the pleasures that come from rich sources of knowledge. His methods of work have elicited universal attention and commendation and in many instances have been incorporated into the work of similar schools. FRANK C. EATON. Frank C. Eaton, treasurer of the Kilbourne & Jacobs Manufacturing Company, was born in Sullivan county, New York, on the 28th of June, 1851. His grandfather, David Eaton, whose birth occurred in Massachusetts. subsequently took up his abode in New York. He served as a soldier in the war of 1812, was a civil engineer by profession and lived to attain the age of eighty-five years. The father of our subject, Darwin G. Eaton, who was born in Chautauqua, New York, in 1835, engaged in teaching and for thirty years was professor and principal of the Packer Institute at Brooklyn, 'New York. His demise occurred in Brooklyn in 1894. His wife, who bore the maiden name of Ann Collins, is a daughter of Mrs. Fannie «'. Collins and is still living in Brooklyn at the age of eighty years. She was for many years engaged in teaching in Albany, New York. Frank C. Eaton received his preliminary education in the Brooklyn Polytechnic School and later pursued a classic course at Williams College, winning the degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1872. Subsequently he spent a year in European travel, incidentally giving his attention to the study of French and German. In 1873 he went to Indianapolis to engage in the wholesale book and stationery business, while in 1880 he became a member of the firm of Bowen, Stewart & Company, now the Bobbs-Merrill Company, in which connection he remained until 1882. In January of that year, at the time of the organization of the Kilbourne & Jacobs Manufacturing Company, he was elected to the office of treasurer of the corporation. His executive ability and superior business qualifications have proven important elements in the prosperity of this concern, which has steadily grown and developed until the original capital of one hundred thousand dollars has been increased until it is now two million dollars, while the company stands among the foremost establishments of this character in the United States. On the 11th of June, 1879, Mr. Eaton was united in marriage to Miss Alice Wright, a daughter of General George B. and Hetta A. Wright. Her father, who was a prominent citizen of this state, was railway commissioner of CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 407 Ohio for several years and was the receiver of the Indianapolis, Bloomington Western Railway at Indianapolis. For many years he was numbered among the influential and respected residents of Columbus. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Eaton have been born three children. Esther, who is a graduate of the Columbus high school and also of Vassar College, won high honors at the latter institution and was prominent in dramatic work. Jeannette, who is also a graduate of the Columbus high school and Vassar College, likewise took an especially active part in literary and dramatic societies. Webster is now a student in the Columbus high school. In his political views Mr. Eaton is independent, voting for men and measures that he believes will best conserve the general welfare, without regard to party affiliation. Throughout the period of his residence in Columbus he has been connected with the Congregational church, in which he has served for several terms as deacon and is also a member of the Men's Social Club. His wife also has been active in church and social circles and is identified with the Plant. Flower & Fruit Guild. Mr. Eaton has been treasurer of the Godman Guild Settlement House and was financial secretary of the Children's Hospital for ten years. He is a valued member of the Ohio Club and also belongs to the Phi Beta Kappa and the Sigma Phi, two college fraternities. The family home at No. 398 West Fifth avenue is the center of a cultured society circle and its inmates are well and favorably known throughout Columbus. JUDGE DEWITT C. BADGER. While reared amid the quiet environment of farm life with no indication in his youthful days that the future held anything unusual in store for him, Judge DeWitt C. Badger has nevertheless made continuous progress in professional lines since attaining manhood and the angle of his usefulness and activity has constantly widened until his influence has been felt as a potent and beneficial factor in legislative circles and even more strongly in municipal affairs. The old home farm in Madison county, Ohio, was his birthplace and his natal day was August 7. 1858. His parents were Benjamin and Martha (Willoughby) Badger, the former a native of Ohio, while the latter was of Virginia lineage. The ancestral record in the maternal line is characterized by a display of valor and loyalty when the war clouds have gathered over the country, the grandfather and father of Mrs. Badger having participated in the Revolutionary war and in the war of 1812 respectively. While devoting his life to general agricultural pursuits, Benjamin Badger has at different times been called to public office for, without desire on his part for political preferment, Ills fellow townsmen have recognized his worth and ability and demanded that he serve them in the discharge of certain official duties. He may have served unwillingly but always well. He still lives upon the old homestead farm in Madison county. 408 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS After leaving the grammar schools Judge Badger attended the Bloomingsburg Academy in Fayette county and Mount Union College, and between the ages of seventeen and twenty-one years he engaged in teaching in the district schools, while his leisure hours during that period were devoted to the study of law. Admitted to practice at Columbus in 1880, he opened a law office in London, where he remained until 1892, in which year he was called to the bench, being elected common pleas judge for the local subdivision of the fifth judicial district. He remained on the bench ten years and declined to become a third time a nominee for the office. His decisions were models of judicial soundness, being based upon the law and the equity of the case, and besides showing a thorough mastery of the questions involved, displayed also a rare simplicity of style and an admirable terseness and clearness in the statement of the principles upon which the cases rested. Judge Badger has not only been connected with the execution but also with the framing of the laws inasmuch as he was elected to congress from the twelfth district in 1902. Previously he had served as prosecuting attorney of Madison county. On M s retirement from congress he resumed his law practice and in 1895 he was elected mayor of Columbus, serving for one term. That his administration received popular endorsement and approval is indicated by the fact that he would have been again nominated had he not refused to stand for reelection. Preferring the private practice of law he again entered upon active work as counselor and adviser, and his ability has placed him in a prominent position among the lawyers of the capital city. He finds recreation, interest and profit in agricultural life, owning several large and productive farms in Madison county. In 1885 Judge Badger was married to Miss Sidney Slaughter, a native of Madison county. They have three interesting children, Minnie, Florence and Clinton Badger. Their home is attractive by reason of its cordial hospitality. The Judge's circle of friends also includes many of his associates in fraternal lines. When twenty-one years of age he became a Mason and has since taken the degrees of the commandery and the Scottish Rite, and has also crossed the sands of the desert with the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. He is likewise connected with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and with a college fraternity. In politics he has ever been a stalwart democrat and while holding stanchly to his political convictions and his opinions on other subjects of vital moment, he is always tolerant of the opinions and convictions of others. C. E. PFEIFER. M. D. Dr. C. E. Pfeifer is one of the more recent additions to the ranks of the medical fraternity in Columbus, beginning practice here in 1904, but already he has a business which is making heavy demands upon his time and energies. He was born in Galion. Ohio, August 29. 1874. CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 409 His father. Peter Pfeifer, was a native of Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany and came to the United States in 1830, when five years of age, with his father and the family. In 1840 a removal was wade to Galion. Ohio, where for many years the Pfeifer family resided. Peter Pfeifer was a man of broad culture and education, who for some time engaged in teaching school while later he gave his attention to agricultural pursuits and subsequently engaged in merchandising. He married Miss Susannah Helfrich, who was born in Waynesboro, Pennsylvania. The death of Mr. Peter Pfeifer occurred in 1901, when he was seventy-five years of age. He left the impress of his individuality for good upon the community where he resided, his worth being widely recognized. He had one brother. Fred Pfeifer, who served as a soldier of the Civil war. Dr. Pfeifer pursued his early education in the schools of Crawford county. Ohio, and when sixteen years of age, being an adventurous and vigorous boy and anxious to see the world, made his way to the Pacific coast. In 1897 he went to the Klondike where he remained for about three years. He prospected but did not strike gold in paying quantities and therefore turned his attention to the bakery and restaurant business in Dawson, conducting the enterprise with good success. He relates many interesting incidents about that city and the Klondike. He experienced all the hardships of packing over the Chilkoot Pass and roughed it in the mining camps of that country at a time when the work of civilization and improvement seemed scarcely begun there. The lack of transportation facilities made provisions very high and when he was engaged in business in Dawson a, fifty-pound sack of flour sold for one hundred and twenty-five dollars and a loaf of bread for a dollar and a half. while a piece of pie and a cup of coffee brought a dollar. Because of the high prices he made money rapidly but like the great m majority who are attracted by the gold discoveries put much of it lack in the ground in prospecting for the precious metal. When he first passed through Skaggway there was but one tent on the site of the town. Two years later when he revisited the place on the return trip it was a modern and well built city of five thousand inhabitants. He watched with interest the rapid growth and development and his description of life there is very entertaining, as he was a close observer and possesses a retentive memory. Following his return to "the States" in October, 1899. Dr. Pfeifer determined to study medicine and with this end in view spent one year in a private school. He was then enrolled as a. student in the Ohio 'Medical University. from which he was graduated in 1904. He began practice oil the 16th of June. of that year. opening an office in Columbus. where he has since remained, and the growth of his practice is indicative of his thorough understanding of all the principles of the medical science and his correct application of his knowledge to the needs of his patients. In December. 1904. Dr. Pfeifer was married to Miss Julia Taylor. a daughter of Harvey Taylor of Columbus. Fraternally he is connected with the Masons and has served as master of Humboldt Lodge. F. & A. M.. while in the Scottish Rite he has attained the thirty-second degree. He is 410 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS a1so charter member to the Alpha Kappa Kappa. He has professional membership with the Academy of Medicine, and the Ohio State Medical Association. He has been for three years instructor in Dietetics in the Starling-Ohio Medical College and has been on the staff of the free dispensary since his graduation. His professional labor is regarded as of value by the general community and he enjoys the respect of his brethren of the medical fraternity by reason of his strict conformity to a high standard of professional ethics. He is a popular man, making steady progress in his profession and gaining; steadily in the friendship of those with whom he comes in contact. LOUIS G. ADDISON. Louis G. Addison came from among the deep valleys and lofty summits of southeastern Ohio, where he met nature face to face and learned many of her ways. He stands today as a prominent representative of the legal fraternity in the capital city and also as a valued factor in various business enterprises, being especially well known in financial circles. He was born in Perry county, Ohio, April 29, 1861, and is a son of Edward and Clara (Wisehart) Addison, who were married at Zanesville, Ohio. Mrs. Addison, however, was born in Franklinton, district of Columbus, and was related to General Charles C. Walcutt, of this city, one of Ohio's distinguished military officers. Edward Addison served as a soldier throughout the greater part of the Civil war, including the celebrated march with Sherman to the sea. His brother-in-law, John Wisehart, was also a member of the army, while three uncles of Mrs. Charles Addison were soldiers of the Civil war, two of whom were killed in action at Stone river. The survivor of the three was an officer who, after the close of the war, resided at Chillicothe, Ohio, and attained prominence in civil life. Louis G. Addison pursued his education in the country schools of Perry county and showed great aptitude in the assimilation of knowledge. He started out to make his own way in life when but twelve years of age, for the family numbered fourteen children and he proposed to save his father the burden of taking care of one member of the family. He sought service in various lines of business as opportunity offered and when still quite young engaged in teaching in the district schools, being accounted one of the most efficient public school teachers of his part of the state. He also sold books at different times and was steward of the college club when in the university, so that by various respectable and honest methods he paid his own way, not only providing the material things of life, but also meeting the demands of his nature for advancement in educational lines. He completed a course of philosophy in the Ohio State University in 1887 and then in preparation for the bar pursued a law course, winning his Bachelor of Law degree in 1891. During his college days be found a friend in Judge Nash, who promised him that after he had finished a course of study in law that he should enter the Judge's office. PAGE 411 - PICTURE OF LOUIS G. ADDISON PAGE 412 - BLANK CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 413 This promise was fulfilled and his early association in the practice of law proved of the utmost value to him. He is today at the head of the well known law firm of Addison, Sinks & Babcock, taking rank with the leading law firms of the city and numbering many of the important corporations of Columbus and central Ohio among its clients. From the beginning the law practice of Mr. Addison has witnessed phenomenal growth. As a corporation lawyer he has few equals in the middle west and in this connection he represents many of the largest business concerns of the capital city. He is in love with his profession and few men possess his indomitable energy so that as the years have passed, he has won notable success in the conduct of legitimate interests and has established himself in a prominent position at the Ohio bar. While Mr. Addison regards the practice of law as his real life work and gives to it the major part of his attention, he has yet extended his efforts into other lines and various business concerns, in which he is financially interested, have profited by his wise counsel and keen discrimination in the complexities of business life. He is a director of the Security Savings Bank, the Groveport Bank and the Reynoldsburg Bank and is also a. director of the New York Coal Company, the Buckeye Transfer & Storage Company and numerous others, while of the Columbus Gas & Fuel Company, he is general counsel. On the 18th of September. 1901, Mr. Addison was married to Miss Lida Kinsell. of Moscow. Ohio. and they have one child, Frances Ruth. Mr. Addison is a man of great affability combined with that quality which, for want of a better term. has been called, magnetic personality. His social nature finds expression in his membership in the Columbus, Ohio and Columbus Country Clubs and he is also a member of the Franklin County Bar Association. His life record indicates most clearly that force of circumstances, natural ability and well developed powers can carry an individual into important relations notwithstanding the fact that early environment and lack of opportunity seem to constitute a bar to progress. Strength of character can at any time overcome circumstances and merit in the end will win success. Mr. Addison is today in a prominent position in relation to business interests while without invidious distinction he may be termed one of the foremost corporation lawyers of the state. FRANK R. SHINN. A man of keen perception. of clear sagacity and undaunted enterprise, the .-access of Frank R. Shinn is also due to a great extent to that quality which has enabled him to successfully understand and control men and affairs. Through successive stages of development he has worked his way upward and is vice president and cashier of the Citizens Savings Bank and a prominent figure in financial circle- in Columbus. He was born in the capital city. July 20, 1861, his parents being W0. H. H. and Mary J. (Craver) Shinn. the former a, native of Hillsboro. Ohio. and the latter of 414 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS Lebanon, Ohio. The father was all agent of the Little Miami Railroad before it was leased to the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, and afterward was agent for the lines of the latter in Columbus. He was also one of the incorporators and one of the first directors of the Citizens Savings Bank. He died in 1874, but is still survived by his wife. Through grade after grade of the public schools Frank P. Shinn continued his educational progress until he completed the high-school course by graduation in June, 1878. In September of that year he entered the Citizens Savings Bank as messenger boy and has filled all of the various positions in the bank up to and including that of cashier, to which he was elected on the 1st of June, 1882. After twenty-one years in that capacity he was also chosen vice president on the 1st of July, 1903, and now gives his attention to the duties of the dual position. He was but a lad when he entered the bank and had no intention of remaining, accepting the position there merely as an expedient until he could get something better to do. He promptly and diligently performed every task assigned hint, however, and his services were soon recognized as of such value that he was promoted, and round by round he climbed the ladder to his present position. Aside from his duties in the bank he served on the loan committee of the clearing house with John G. Deshler and F. W. Prentiss during the financial panic of 1907. In 1904 Mr. Shinn was alternate to the republican national convention which met in Chicago, and has always given that party his support at the polls. He is a member of the Columbus, Arlington and Wyandotte Clubs, and is popular in these different organizations, being regarded by his many friends as a man, of worth who has by his own unaided efforts worked his way upward to a position of affluence. His life has been one of industry and perseverance and the systematic and honorable business methods which he has followed have won him the confidence of many. Without the aid and influence of wealth he has risen to a position among the leading figures of Columbus and his native genius and innate ability have constituted the key which has unlocked for him the portals of success. WILBUR TAYLOR ELDRIDGE. Wilbur Taylor Eldridge, who is well known as a valuator of and dealer in real estate in Columbus, his native city, has manifested in his business career those qualities of enterprise and diligence which are indispensable concomitants of all success. Born in the capital city, August 29, 1858, he is a son of Charles Eldridge, a native of Philadelphia. Pennsylvania, who came to Columbus in 1839 when a youth of sixteen years. In early life he learned the miller's trade and following his marriage in 1850 he engaged in the retail grocery business, becoming one of the prominent, valued and honored merchants of the city. He continued in active trade here until 1890, when a. handsome competence which he had acquired enabled him to CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 415 put aside further business cares and he lived retired until his death in 1901. He was a substantial, straightforward and successful business man. respected by all who knew him. He took a great interest in the Odd Fellows society and was an active and prominent member of the local lodge. The Eldridge family were originally Quakers and came from England with William Penn, settling in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. In 1850 Charles Eldridge was married to Miss Catharine Nelson, who died in 1896. She was a representative of one of the oldest and most distinguished pioneer families of Ohio, tracing her ancestry back to Robert Nelson, a soldier and recognized patriot of the American Revolution, who lived in Juniata county, Pennsylvania, and contributed large sums of money to the cause of American liberty, serving at the same time as a member of the militia. of his county. His ancestry is a subject of dispute but family tradition has it that he was of English descent. He was born in 1725 and lived at Anderson Ferry, near Columbia, Pennsylvania. There he was married in 1751 to Martha Patterson, and their eldest child, David, was born there, November 30, 1752. Robert Nelson afterward removed with his wife and child to what is now Mifflin county, Pennsylvania. The earliest draft ever made of that tract of land was on a warrant, to Robert Nelson, dated February 3, 1755. He assisted in the establishment of the First Presbyterian church of that locality and was one of its officers until his removal from the Juniata valley in 1800. He was a member of Captain Minteer's Company of militia of the Juniata. valley, organized for the protection of the frontier and there is still extant a compact entered into by this company of militia, entitled, "Defense against Indians during the Revolution." Robert Nelson's house being of unusual size was the rendezvous and the storehouse for the supplies of all the patriots of that valley during the Revolution times and the troublesome period that preceded it. His zeal and .sympathy for the American cause and his devotion thereto finally resulted in the sacrifice and loss of his beautiful estate of Cedar Springs. His wife died at that home February 2F'). 1794, and in 1800 Robert Nelson left Juniata valley and went to visit his sons who had removed westward. He died at the home of his son John, at Bowling Green, Kentucky, in September, 1804, at the age of eighty year His eldest child, David Nelson, was only three or four years of age when his parents removed to the Cedar Springs estate and was only twenty-five years of age when he enlisted in the Continental army in the Revolutionary war. He was commissioned first lieutenant of the Eighth Company. Fourth Battalion of Associators and Militia of Cumberland county, Pennsylvania. July 31. 1777, and was again commissioned May 14, 1778. in the same company under Captain John Lacey, Colonel Samuel Lyon and General Anthony Wayne. He was encamped at Valley Forge during the memorable winter of 1777-78. On the 11th of March, 1779, he married -Margaret. daughter of Rev. James Logan and the widow of John Jamison. She was born August 20. 1754, and was described as the prettiest woman in Lost Creek valley. David Nelson and his wife removed from Cedar Springs in 1798 to Ohio, settling near Chillicothe and afterward coming to what is now Columbus. He located a half section of land. built a log cabin and in 416 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS 1819 replaced the pioneer home by what is still known as the Nelson homestead on the Nelson Road. He was one of the founders and officers of the First Presbyterian church and in recent years there has been erected at the corner of Parkwood and Clifton avenues, upon a part of the original Nelson land what is known as the Nelson Memorial (Presbyterian) church. For nearly thirty-eight years David Nelson lived a life of peace, prosperity and uprightness in the Nelson homestead after a stormy youth spent in the service of his country in the American Revolution and a courageous manhood as a brave pioneer. He died in revered old age, October 9, 1829, while his wife died August 21, 1831. They had seven children, the youngest being David Nelson, father of Mrs. Eldridge. He was born January 30, 1793, and died April 27, 1847. He was married November 30, 1824, to Mary Taylor, who was born in Mercersburg, Pennsylvania, July 15. 1803, and passed away January 21, 1850. They lived and died on the old Nelson homestead. They had nine children, the eldest of whom was Catharine Taylor Nelson, who was born November 23, 1825. On the 1st of August, 1850, she gave her hand in marriage to Charles Eldridge and for forty-six years they traveled life's journey together being then separated by the death of lira. Eldridge, October 22, 1896. Their children were four in number. John Nelson, born May 14, 1851, was married February 2, 1886. to Gertrude Day, who was born February 8, 1856. in Bowling Green, Ohio, Frank Harold, born July 14, 1852, was married December 5, 1883, to Lucy Ramsden, whose birth occurred in Bradford, England, July 5, 1853. He has been an officer of the United States navy for thirty-seven years, having . entered the Naval Academy at Annapolis, 1872. and is now holding the rank of captain, doing duty as inspector of engineering material at Hartford, Connecticut. Charles Delwyn, born October 30, 1853, died July 16, 1889. Wilbur Taylor Eldridge, the fourth member of the family, began his education at the usual age as a pupil in the public schools of Columbus, passing through consecutive grades until he was graduated from the high school with the class of 1877. After leaving school he entered the employ of Butler. Earhart & Company, wholesale grocers, in the capacity of shipping clerk and remained with that house until 1879, when he resigned to engage in the retail grocery business with his father at Goodale and High streets, where his father had purchased property several years before. The firm became known as C. Eldridge & Son, the junior partner remaining as a factor in the successful conduct of the business until 1887, when he withdrew to enter the field of real-estate operations. He became an employe of C. E. Markeson, a real-estate dealer, that he might learn the business . remaining with him until 1889, when he started in business on his own account. He :pent the .summer of that year abroad and returned to open his real-estate office. Since then he has handled all kinds of city and suburban real estate is considered an authority upon questions of realty and is thoroughly familiar with values. On the 3d of November. 1892. fir. Eldridge was united in marriage to Miss Eleanor Brown. who was born March 23. 1863, at Vinton Furnace in CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 417 Vinton county, Ohio. She died in Columbus. January 24. 1895, leaving a daughter, Dorothy Brown, whose birth occurred at Petoskey, Michigan, September 5, 1893. On the 31st of July, 1904, Mr. Eldridge was again married, his second union being with Mrs. Ida Coffman Graybill. Mr. Eldridge was among the patriotic sons of Ohio who enlisted for active service in the Spanish-American war. He became a private of Troop D, First Ohio Cavalry and afterwards was made a corporal, serving for six months. He is devoted to his home and family, finding his greatest happiness at his own fireside and yet he has many warm friends who esteem him for his genuine worth and devotion to duty. Since entering the field of real-estate operations he has made steady progress for he is a keen observer of the trend of the city's growth and development and a close student of all those questions which bear upon the real-estate business. His earnest purpose, laudable ambition and unfaltering industry have constituted the basis of his success. FREDERICK SHEDD. Frederick Shedd is prominent in the financial circles of Columbus as secretary and treasurer of the E. E. Shedd Mercantile Company, which was established here sixty-one years ago by his father, who is today the oldest merchant in the city and who has the honor of being the first business man in Columbus to send out a. commercial traveler. Frederick Shedd was born in this city in 1861. His ancestors have long been in this country, having originally settled in the New England states, and two of them who were among the first to answer the call to arms in Revolutionary days, participated in the battles of Lexington and Bunker Hill. His father. Edmund E. Shedd, who is now senior member of the E. E. Shedd Mercantile Company, is a native of Bethel, Vermont, where his birth occurred in 1828, and where he was engaged in farming and general merchandising until 1846, when he came to this state, locating the following year in Columbus, where he entered the employ of J. & W. B. Brooks. wholesale grocers as a clerk, working for them for about two years, at the termination of which time he became connected with another wholesale grocery firm, known as Decker & Hibbs, and with this company he remained for three years. During this time he developed his business possibilities and had acquired a. reputation for the excellent judgment by which he had greatly added to the volume of trade of the firms in whose employ he had been and, feeling confident of his ability to conduct business for himself, in 1852 he organized what was known as the Shedd & Miller Company. continuing with this firm until 1856. His partners sold out their interests to Isaac Eberly, the firm name becoming Eberly & Shedd, the company having its place of business on the site where the Southern Hotel now stand-. Here the firm continued transacting business for nearly thirteen years under the same name, when the partnership was dissolved and Mr. Shedd organized the firm of E. E. 418 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS Shedd & Company, being known by this name for a number of years. Subsequently Mr. Shedd took his sons into partnership, and in 1894 the firm, known as E. E. Shedd & Sons, removed to their present location on Front street, the building having been especially constructed for the company's convenience. Upon settling in their new quarters the firm then became known as the E. E. Shedd Mercantile Company. At the usual age Frederick Shedd was enrolled as a pupil at the public schools, where he acquired his preliminary education, and subsequently, having taken a course of study preparatory to entering college, he was matriculated in the Ohio State University, where he completed his course in 1883. He then started in the wholesale drug business, affiliating himself with Kauffman, Latimer & Company. and remained in the employ of that firm for several years, when in 1890 he was taken into partnership with his father and eventually his business ability and executive judgment merited his promotion to the responsible. post of secretary and treasurer of the company, in which capacity he is now officiating. This is one of the pioneer business establishments of this city and since affiliating himself with the firm the younger Mr. Shedd has done much toward increasing its; volume of business and is a worthy partner of his father in the management of its affairs. Among other enterprises in which he is interested are The Ohio Trust Company and The Jeffrey Manufacturing Company, of both of which he is a director. In 1898 Frederick Shedd was united in marriage to Agnes. daughter of J. A. Jeffrey, to which union have been born: Marion, who is in her ninth year; Joseph Jeffrey, who is six years of age; and Elizabeth, whose birth occurred in 1904. Mr. Shedd is prominent, in fraternal organizations, being worshipful master of Columbus Lodge No. 30, F. & A. M., a Knight Templar, and a thirty-second degree Mason. Mr. Shedd in addition to being a member of the Ohio and Columbus Country Clubs belongs to the Sons of the American Revolution, and holds membership in the First Congregational church. He is one of the most enterprising business men of the city, and his many interests place him in the foremost rank of its financial circles. CHARLES ENGELKE. The record of Charles Engelke is that of a. self-made man who as the architect of his own fortunes has built wisely and well. He is now living retired from business save for the supervision which he gives to his invested interests. He has made an excellent record as a citizen and in commercial circles, did splendid service as chief of police of Columbus in former years, while as proprietor of a. storage and transfer business he developed an enterprise which brought to him the competence which now enables him to rest from further labor. A native of Hanover, Germany, and a son of George Engelke, he Was brought to America in his boyhood days. the family settling at Long Island. CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 419 whence they removed to Columbus in 1858. The father engaged in the manufacture of vinegar, developing a good business, which at his death became the property of his sons, George and Charles, who continued the enterprise for some time. The mother bore the maiden name of Augusta Gisekekey and was also a native of Germany. She lived to the advanced age of eighty-five years and spent her last days in Columbus. In his early boyhood days Charles Engelke started out in life on his own account and worked his way upward by his strict honesty and uprightness. He was diligent, economic and persevering, and he regarded no work beneath him if it would yield an honest living. He was therefore employed in various ways but while he was willing to take any work that offered he was also constantly alert to secure opportunities that would promote his advancement in business life. In 1863 he was appointed a patrolman on the police force and acted in that capacity for two years, after which he was advanced in 18'65, being elected city marshal or chief of police. He continued at the head of the police system of the capital city under Mayors Meeker, Bull. Heitman and Collins and then retired with a most creditable record. While acting in that capacity he instituted the metropolitan police system of the present day and gave many other evidences of his loyalty to duty and his high ideals in service. His course in connection with the big railroad strike of 1877 was a notable one. All firemen on the various railroad lines of the country went on a strike and attempted to keep trains from running, holding up the switches and preventing other workmen from taking their places on the engines. Chief of Police Engelke realized that it was his duty to protect the railroad property from the mob and to assist in starting the trains. It was a dangerous undertaking to try to dispel this mob for, as is always the case in strikes, there are many lawless men who are ready and eager to join the strikers and show their dissatisfaction with the world at large by aiding in the destruction of property and often times of life. Realizing fully the danger that he must face, Mr. Engelke made his will and after otherwise arranging some of his personal affairs he got his men together to the number of twenty-eight and went to the railroad yards where the mob was collected. He then addressed the crowd and in a quiet talk told them what was his duty as chief of police and what he had to do. He asked them to listen to him and to listen as well to the voice of reason and he appealed in such a strong, forceful way to their common sense and their regard for the law that they left the switches and went quietly away so that traffic was at once resumed without the destruction of either life or property. After serving on the police force until 1880 Mr. Engelke retired with a most creditable record and turned his attention to private business interests. He established a transfer and storage business under the firm name of Engelke & Bigelow, erecting a large warehouse at No. 31 East Nefin street with stables at Wall street near State street. He then devoted all of his time and attention to this business and built up a large and successful enterprise, utilizing thirty teams and employing about fifty men. His business was so successful that with the intention of retiring to private life that he might have leisure 420 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS for the enjoyment of his well earned competence he sold out to Mr. Bigelow on the 1st of October, 1906, and is now giving his attention merely to his invested interests. He owns considerable property and other interests and has contributed in substantial measure to the improvement of the city in the erection of a large number of flat buildings. This is excellent income paying property and his realty holdings are the visible evidence of a life of well directed energy and business enterprise. In 1868 Mr. Engelke was married in Columbus to Miss Caroline Lehr, who was born in this city and is a daughter of Henry Lehr, an early settler here who was engaged in the butchering business. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Engelke have been born six children : George A., Albert and Clara. who have passed away, Harry, Ida and Laura now living. The daughter. Laura, is now the wife of Dwight Shannon. Mr. Engelke is a charter member of Harmonica Lodge. I. O. O. F., and also of the Knights of Pythias lodge. Those who have known him since his boyhood have witnessed with interest his progress and rise in the world and have rejoiced in the recognition which has come to his ability and genuine worth. His history is that of the man who resolutely faces the conditions of life, realizes what are the obstacles and difficulties as well as the opportunities and sets him diligently to the task of overcoming the former and improving the latter. NICHOLAS A. COURT. Nicholas A. Court, who since 1900 has been manager of the famous Chittenden Hotel of Columbus, while his long connection with this line of business makes him the dean of hotel managers in the capital city, was born in Tiffin, Ohio, September 13, 1857. His father, John Court, was a native of Luxemburg, Germany, and on coming to the United State when a young man located in Tiffin, where he learned the harnessmaker's trade, which he then followed up to the time of his death. In Tiffin he had wedded Elizabeth May, who was also a native of Luxemburg and came with her parents from Germany in her girlhood days. Nicholas A. Court was the third in order of birth in a family of ten children and attended the parochial schools of Tiffin to the age of thirteen years. It was then necessary that he put aside his text-books, so that his educational privileges were somewhat meager but in the school of experience he has learned many valuable lessons. Turning his hand to whatever he could find to do, he spent considerable tine about the leading hotel of Tiffin. the Shawhan House, and there gained his first ideas concerning the conduct of the modern caravansary. He did odd jobs there as his services were required and remained a resident of Tiffin until 1880. In 1882 he made his way to Columbus, where he obtained the position of night clerk in the old Exchange Hotel, since demolished to give way to the High street viaduct. There he continued PAGE 421 - PICTURE OF NICHOLAS A. COURT PAGE 422 - BLANK CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 423 for about six years, employed in various capacities and finally became day clerk and eventually steward. Mr. Court rose to the position of hotel proprietor by his purchase on the 1st of January, 1888, of a half interest in the Warren House at Athens, Ohio, where he remained for six months. He then disposed of his business interests there and returned to Columbus, where he was appointed steward of the Commercial Club, retaining the position until April, 1889. In that year he purchased an interest in the Exchange Hotel, where he continued until the concern went out of existence, which was in December, 1893. In the meantime the name of the hotel had been changed to the Powell House. Afterward Mr. Court engaged in the grocery business for a brief period but in January, 1895, he resumed active connection with hotel life, becoming steward in the Hotel Normandie for William Monypenny. In May of the same year he purchased a half interest in that hotel and was associated with its management and control until May, 1897, when he sold his interest to his partner, B. F. Green. He then took the management of Smith's European Hotel, there remaining until May, 1899, when he purchased the interest of Mr. Green in the Normandie and since 1900 this popular family hotel has been under the able management of Mrs. Court. In 1900 the management of the famous Chittenden Hotel was tendered Mr. Court and he has since continued in that responsible position to the satisfaction of the hotel owners and the general public. His identification with the hotel interests of Columbus covers a longer period than that of any other man and he has done much to promote a high standard in hotel service. In fact he has displayed much of the spirit of the pioneer in introducing new methods and originating new plans for the comfort of the guests and the management of the business. On the 13th of February, 1888, Mr. Court was married to Miss Mary J. Barry, who was born in Columbus in August, 1861, and is a daughter of James Barry. Six children have been born of this union : James Barry, who is deceased; Lillian; Loretta and Leo, twins; the latter being now deceased; one who died in infancy; and Grace Elizabeth. Mr. Court is a thorough believer in education and has therefore given his children excellent opportunities in that direction. Lillian and Loretta have been placed as students in St. Mary's of the Woods Academy in Indiana, while Grace Elizabeth is attending St. Joseph's Academy in Columbus. Mrs. Court has always taken an active interest and share in her husband's chosen vocation and has been of inestimable assistance in all his undertakings. To her he gives credit for his successes in his numerous hotel ventures and today he regards her as fully equal to himself in hotel management. As stated, she has been manager of the Hotel Normandie for the past eight years and has kept the reputation of this hostelry up to the highest standard. Mr. and Mrs. Court are members of and liberal contributors to St. Joseph's Cathedral. Mr. Court belongs to the Columbus Board of Trade and to the Ohio State Hotel Association, of which he was for a time president and also a member of its executive committee. He is likewise a member of the Hotel Men's Mutual Benefit Association and was its vice president for two years. Socially he is connected with the Columbus Country Club, the Arlington Country 424 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS Club and the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. He stands today as one of the most able and popular hotel men of the state and has prospered as the years have gone by. He made an early start in business life, unassisted by any advantages that come from wealth or family connections, but with a determined spirit and resolute purpose he has worked his way upward and that he selected a line of activity for which he was well adapted is indicated by his popularity in hotel circles, his success and the honors that have been conferred upon him by hotel men in the different organizations in which he has been called to office. CHARLES WILLIAM WALLACE, JR. Perhaps there is no stronger proof of the growing spirit of humanitarianism than the development of fraternal and insurance organizations, where men band themselves together for mutual assistance and helpfulness. It is in this line of work that Charles William Wallace, Jr., is engaged being now supreme secretary of the Knights of St. John. He started upon life's journey June 28, 1873. in Cincinnati. Ohio, a son of Charles William Wallace, Sr.. who was also born in Cincinnati and is a wood worker by trade. He served as a. valiant defender of the Union cause in the Civil war and is now drawing a. small pension from the government. The family is of Scotch lineage. being direct descendants of Sir William Wallace, the distinguished Scottish chief, whose story has thrilled the youth not only of the land of hills and heather but of every civilized country as well. The mother of our subject bore the maiden name of Caroline Barbara Centner and was born in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. Charles William Wallace, Jr., as a public-school student, mastered the elementary branches of English learning and, passing through successive grades, eventually became a pupil in the Central high school of Cincinnati. Ohio, from which he was graduated with the class of 1889. His entrance into the business world was made as district messenger boy and subsequently he became connected with a retail carpet store. He has lived in Columbus since 1892, at which time he became connected with the D. C. Beggs Company, carpet merchants, with whom he continued for about ten years. At that time such was his ability and business reputation that he was chosen to act as manager of the wholesale department for the Krause, Butler & Benham Co., with 'whom he remained until his election to the position of supreme secretary of the Knights of St. John in 1906. He is now filling this office and is devoting his energies to the upbuilding of the order with good success. When Mr. Wallace was elected to his present position, the Knights of St. John had been deteriorating. The order was weak financially and had a growing debt. Mr Wallace, accepting position of supreme secretary, soon brought the organization out of financial troubles, and it is now rapidly growing in membership and has a large balance in the treasury. In 1895 occurred the marriage of Mr. Wallace and Miss Regina Meinert, a native of Columbus and a daughter of Peter Meinert, an iron molder of CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 425 this city. Their two children are: Marie, born in October, 1896; and Emma, whose birth occurred in March, 1898. Mr. Wallace is a member of the Knights of Columbus, of the United Commercial Travelers and the Ancient Mystic Order of Bagman. He is now serving as colonel in the Fourth Regiment of the Knights of St. John in this city. He is moreover editor of the monthly publication of the order, and through his efforts this organization has been placed upon a substantial basis, its activity greatly accelerated and its business greatly extended. He is thoroughly in sympathy with the fraternal spirit as manifest in organizations of this character and has the warm regard and unqualified confidence of his brethren of the fraternity. WILLIAM THOMAS WELLS. While William Thomas Wells has made steady progress in the business world and is now president of the Columbus Pharmacal Company, his labors have been by no means self-centered and in this city he is well known by reason of his active and effective service for the amelioration of hard conditions of life for the unfortunate and for the practical aid which he has given in solving economic and religious problems. He was born in Kansas, October 28, 1859, a son of Aaron and Eliza (Deck) Wells. The father, a native of Ohio, followed the occupation of farming as a life work and died in Delaware county, this state, in 1897. The mother has also passed away. In the district schools of Union county, Ohio, William T. Wells pursued his education and in 1886 came to Columbus, where he pursued a course of lectures in a medical college. Abandoning the idea of becoming a member of the medical profession, he then entered the employ of the firm of Cornell-Pheneger Brothers, wholesale and retail druggists, whom he represented as a traveling salesman. About 1890 the business was reorganized and incorporated as the Cornell-Pheneger Chemical Company, at which time Mr. Wells became one of the incorporators, although he continued upon the road. As a traveling salesman he contributed largely to the success of the house until 1895. In that year the name was changed to the Columbus Pharmacal Company, at which time Mr. Wells became general manager and has since had charge of the business. In 1900 he was also elected to the presidency and now acts as both president and general manager. At the outset the business was capitalized for twenty-five thousand dollars. This sum has been increased from time to time until the capital stock is now two hundred thousand dollars, while the company owns in Columbus two of the largest and best equipped retail drug stores in Ohio, while seventeen men are upon the road representing the wholesale department. Throughout the entire period of his connection with business life Mr. Fells has been associated with the drug trade and is today one of the foremost druggists of the state. A man of resourceful ability, he has also extended his efforts into other lines and was for five years general manager of the Hall-Wood Cash 426 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS Register Company, a large manufacturing concern, while later he acted as one of the receivers. He is likewise interested in various other enterprises of Columbus which profit by his sound judgment and keen discernment. On the 28th of October, 1900, in Montreal, Canada., Mr. Wells was married to Miss Louise Salter, a daughter of Archdeacon Salter of that city. She died three years later and on the 25th of March, 1905, in Columbus, Mr. Wells wedded Miss Alice Salter, a sister of his first. wife. Their attractive and commodious home stands in the midst of a ten-acre tract of land just outside the city limits and Mr. Wells obtains his chief enjoyment from country life. He is also very fond of books and possesses a fine library. While he has made a creditable record in business, he has never allowed commercial pursuits to so monopolize his time as to exclude active participation in movements for the benefit of his fellowmen and in fact has done much active and valuable service for humanity. He is now one of the trustees of the Associated Charities, also of the Young Women's Christian Association and of the Women's Educational Industrial Union. He belongs to St. Paul's Episcopal church and gives his allegiance to the republican party but is not aggressively partisan. A man of fine physique, of genial nature and social disposition, he is moreover modestly inclined and his good works are never heralded by his speech. His life has been an intensely busy and active one in the promotion of commercial interests and in the assistance which he has given to various organizations. He stands today strong in his honor and good name, strong in his ability to plan and perform and with the confidence and good will of all who know him. THADDEUS S. MARKS. There were few men in Columbus who had more friends than Thaddeus S. Marks, because of his genial manner, his affability, his approachableness and his ready recognition of good qualities in others. He was well known elsewhere as a traveling salesman, spending many years upon the road as a representative of various carriage-manufacturing houses of this city and he possessed many of the qualities which usually distinguish the commercial traveler, having the adaptability which enabled him to meet and place at ease all with whom he came in contact, displaying also a deference for the opinions of others that arose not only from a desire to be politic but also from his real appreciation for the worth and opinions of those whom he met. He became a resident of Columbus in 1874 and here spent his remaining days. Mr. Marks was a native of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, born February 7, 1836, his parents being Sheldon and Ann (Knight) Marks, natives of Connecticut and of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, respectively. Shortly after his marriage Sheldon Marks located in Pennsylvania and afterward removed to Delaware county, Ohio, where he purchased a large farm and became one of the extensive and successful agriculturists and stock-raisers of that CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 427 locality. Both he and his wife spent their remaining days there and the old homestead farm of the family is now owned by Captain Fisher and used as a summer home. Thaddeus S. Marks was but a young lad at the time of the removal to Delaware county and there he was reared upon the home farm to the age of nineteen years, working in the fields through the summer months, while in the district schools he acquired his education through the winter seasons. He was nineteen years when he accompanied his elder brother on an overland trip to California. They took with them all kinds of stock, including horses, sheep and cattle and were over six months in making the journey across the hot, sandy plains and over the mountains to the land of golden promise. They settled at Cambria, San Luis Obispo county, where they purchased a large ranch and there engaged in stock-raising and general ranching for about seven years or until 1863, when Thaddeus S. Marks sold his interest to his brother and returned to the old homestead farm in Delaware county. It was in the following year that Mr. Marks was married in that county to Miss Marcella Stanbery, a native of Newark, Ohio, and a daughter of Dr. Wellington and Rebecca (Hendren) Stanbery. Her father was a physician of Newark, Ohio, and also owned a large farm in Delaware county, dividing his time between agricultural interests and professional labors. He lived in that county for many years and was one of its most valued and respected citizens but eventually he removed to the town of Pataskala, Licking county, Ohio, where his remaining days were passed, his death there occurring May 18, 1888. His wife survived him for more than seven years, passing away on the 17th of February, 1895. There were three children born unto Mr. and Mrs. harks : Helen is the wife of Albert L. Neereamer, who for several years was interested in the street car business in Columbus but now resides in Indianapolis, Indiana, where he is likewise connected with street car interests. Arabella is the wife of Jacob C. Rehl, who was a prominent citizen of Zanesville, Ohio, being there engaged in banking and other line- of business activity. Recently Mr. Rehl took up his abode in Columbus, being now secretary of the Henry C. Werner Shoe Company of this city. They have become the parents of two children, John harks, six years of age, and Marcella Augusta, four years. W. Stanbery, living with his mother, is engaged in the printing business. He wedded Miss Bertha F. Scheif, and they have one child, Margaret Louise. Following his marriage Mr. Marks resided in Delaware county, giving his attention to general farming and stock-raising. He was always a lover of fine horses and raised many excellent specimens of the noble steed. He also devoted some time to the breeding and raising of fine sheep. On leaving the farm he took up his abode in Worthington, Ohio, where he lived for a short time and then removed to Pataskala, Licking county, from which point he went upon the road as a traveling salesman for a manufacturing house, which he represented for seven years. On the expiration of that period he came to Columbus in 1874 and became a traveling salesman for 428 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS the Buckeye Buggy Company. He was afterward engaged with other buggy manufacturing companies, continuing to represent such houses on the road throughout his remaining days. He was a most reliable business man and few commercial travelers were better known up to the time when his health compelled him to leave the road. He died May 28, 1903, and his death was deeply regretted by many friends. In politics he was a stanch democrat and took much interest in the questions of the day and their adoption. For many years he held membership with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and he was a consistent and faithful member of the Methodist Episcopal church, his whole life being guided by high and honorable principles. Mrs. Marks and her family are members of the Central Presbyterian church of this city and she owns a nice residence at No. 552 East Long street, where she and her son and his family all now reside. GEORGE WILLIAM BOBB. In the past ages the history of a country was the record of wars and conquests; today it is the record of commercial activity and those whose names are foremost in its annals are the leaders in business circles. The conquests now made are those of mind over matter not of man over man and the victor is he who can successfully establish, control and operate extensive commercial interests. George William Bobb is one of the strong and influential men whose lives have become an essential part of the history of Columbus. Tireless energy, keen perception, honesty of purpose, genius for devising and executing the right thing at the right time joined to everyday common sense, guided by great will power, are the chief characteristics of the man. These qualities have gained him prestige in mercantile lines until he is now president and general manager of the G. W. Bobb Company, wholesale grocers of Columbus. A native son of the capital city he was born August 18, 1871. His father, George Bobb, who is still living, was born in 1836, while his mother, who in her maidenhood was Mary Kaetzel, was born on Fourth street in Columbus and is still living at the age of sixty-seven years. George William Bobb acquired his education in the Columbus public schools which he attended to the age of fifteen years while later he prepared for responsible duties in business life by attending a commercial college. He made his initial step in the business world as an employe in, his father's retail grocery store at No. 32 East Main street. He acted as bookkeeper, and on attaining his majority was admitted to a partnership under the firm name of George Bobb & Son. Two older brothers, R. H. and J. M. Bobb, also became partners in the business but when George W. Bobb was admitted they withdrew and started a. store of their own. This left the management of the older establishment upon the shoulders of George W. Bobb who proved competent to take up the work. His brothers opened their store on High and Vain streets but later dissolved partners hip. J. M. Bobb establishing an CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 429 independent venture as a grocery merchant in the Regalia, building on High street. There he conducted business for several years after which he decided to return to the old store and join his father and brother. In 189.5 the wholesale grocery firm of George Bobb & Sons was established, the partners being the father. George Bobb, and his two sons J. M. and G. W. This relation was maintained until August, 1903. George W. Bobb acting as general manager and buyer for the house. In 1903, however, he decided to start in business oil his own account again and located at 'North Third street. incorporating his interests under the name of the G. W. Bobb Company. The business enjoyed immediate success and has had a steady growth until it has assumed large proportions. His persistency of purpose, his comprehensive knowledge of the trade and the sound judgment which he displays in management are features in the building up of what is now one of the important mercantile enterprises of the city. In 1895 Mr. Bobb was married to Miss Nellie Pryce, of Columbus a daughter of Edward Pryce, who was a. pioneer railroad man in Columbus. He was born in 1833 and is now living retired and in good health. He has always been a. prominent resident. Mr. Bobb's fraternal relations are with the Independent. Order of Odd Fellows. He is a member of the board of trade and is interested in all of the progressive movements of that organization for the benefit. and upbuilding of the city. His time. however, is mostly given to his commercial interests and he today enjoys the reward of his painstaking and conscientious work. By his energy. perseverance and fine business ability he has been able to secure an ample fortune. Systematic and methodical, his sagacity, keen discrimination and sound judgment have made him one of the prosperous wholesale merchants of the city. FRANCIS JEROME MINCK. Francis Jerome Minck. living in Sharon township where he is now devoting his time and energies to general agricultural pursuits. was born at Council Bluffs, Iowa. February 28, 1868. His parents were Rudolph and Flora (Shuster) Minck, both of European birth. the former born in the city of Worms, Germany. and the latter in Darmstadt, Germany. Mrs. Minck was a little maiden of nine summers when brought to the United States, while Rudolph Minck was a young man of twenty-one years when he crossed the Atlantic. They lived near Portsmouth. in Scioto county. Ohio. for a number of year's. and Mr. Minck devoted the greater part of his life to farming. although he did a contracting business for a number of years. He died in Athens county. Ohio, February 6. 1902. in his eighty-first year. while his wife resides in Columbus at the age of eighty-one years. They were the parents of fifteen children. seven of whom are nov living. two sons and a daughter being residents of Columbus. When four years of age Francis J. Minck accompanied his parents on their removal to Jackson county. Ohio, and later to Athens county. Ohio. 430 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS where he was reared, spending twenty-nine years there upon the home farm. In 1902 he came to Columbus and entered into partnership with his brother William F., under the firm style of the W. F. Minck Company, dealers in pianos and musical merchandise. He is now engaged as a teacher in the Capital College of Oratory and music. In October, 1905, he bought his present farm and took up his abode thereon. having seventy-seven acres in Sharon township. It is a dairy farm, and in connection with the dairy business he also raises many hogs. On the 21st of April, 1904, Mr. Minck was married to Miss Mildred Alice Dennis. a native of Pickaway county, Ohio, and a daughter of Z. T. and Priscilla (Beavers) Dennis, who are now residing with Mr. and Mrs. Minck. Mrs. Minck was granted good educational privileges, supplementing her public-school course by study in the. Capital College of Oratory and Music in Columbus, completing the course in music by graduation in 1908. In his religious views Mr. Minck is a Methodist, holding membership in the church at Buchtel, Ohio. He belongs to the Masonic fraternity, the Knights of Pythias and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and is in hearty sympathy with the beneficent spirit which underlies these organizations. His life has been one of well directed effort and enterprise, resulting in the attainment of a creditable and gratifying measure of success. In all his relations he has enjoyed the respect- and confidence of his fellowmen because he is honest, upright, persistent and determined. AUGUSTUS NEWTON WHITING. The life work of Augustus Newton Whiting constitutes a most important chapter in the history of moral progress in Columbus. His widely extended influence, his frequently spoken words of helpful counsel and encouragement and more than all his splendid example were features which contributed to the work of the church, and especially noteworthy was his establishment of the mission among the colored people that developed into a church of rare power and constitutes a saving force among the negro residents of this city. Mr. Whiting was born in the capital, September 30, 1836, and was reared amid the refining influences of a. cultured, Christian home. His father, Isaac Newton Whiting, was a native of Westford, Middlesex county, Massachusetts, his birth having there occurred December 2, 1799. His parents were William and Lucy (Hildreth) Whiting. While spending his boyhood days in his father's home he pursued his education in the Westford schools. Early in life, after completing his education, he went to Philadelphia and while there became interested in the Episcopal church. This changed his life's plans and purposes and, deciding to enter the ministry, he went to Worthington, Ohio, where he matriculated in the Theological Seminary, which had there been founded by Bishop Chase. He entered the school in the fall of 1825 PAGE 431 - PICTURE OF AUGUSTUS N. WHITING PAGE 432 - BLANK CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 433 but was obliged to give up his studies on account of ill health. His interest in church work, however, did not cease and he devoted much time to organizing Sunday schools in Worthington, Delaware, Berkshire and Columbus, following a plan which he brought from Philadelphia. For several years he kept a general oversight of these schools, the usefulness and influence of which increased as the years passed. Necessity, however, obliged him to become a factor in the business world and about 1830 he established his home in the embryo city of Columbus. Here he became a bookseller and afterward took up the publishing business. An alert and discriminating mind found expression in the development of his business interests which, with the passing of the years, brought him substantial success. Mr. Whiting, however, did not cease to be deeply and actively interested in church work and in December, 1842, was numbered among those who organized the parish of St. Paul's. In fact he was one of the leading spirits in this work for his labors were always quietly and unostentatiously performed. He remained a factor in the business life of Columbus until his death, which occurred August 23, 1880, when he was almost eighty-one years of age. It was in 1841 that Isaac N. Whiting erected a residence at No. 66 South Third street, removing from his old home at High and Chapel streets. This residence remains today as it was built and is one of the old landmarks in that section of the city. There the spirit of hospitality reigned supreme and it was the resort of the many friends of the family. From that home Mr. Whiting went forth day by day to the duties which each day brought and was active in behalf of the moral progress of the community. He labored untiringly for the interest of his diocese, giving active aid to various church activities, serving for many years as treasurer of the missionary committee, while for a long period, up to the time of his death, he was treasurer of the Society for the Relief of Widows and Children of its clergymen. From 1860 until the division of the diocese he continuously acted as its treasurer and after the division the southern section required his services year by year as long as he lived. From the time when early in life he became a believer in the doctrines of the Episcopal church he remained one of its mast consistent and helpful members. Religion was to him not something apart but a factor in daily existence and his was manifest in his helpful spirit toward those with whom he came in contact, and at times in substantial aid or again in a word of encouragement. He believed fully in the principles of the brotherhood of man and if success is to be measured not by the good that comes to us but by the good that comes to the world through us, his was a most successful life. The memory of such a man as Isaac Newton Whiting can never die while living monuments remain upon which are imprinted the touch of his noble soul. The hearts of many who knew him bear the impress of his influence, while their lives embody at least in part the teachings which he desired to impress. He was well known in Columbus as a successful and prosperous business man but his record might well serve as an exemplification of the admonition. "Seek ye first the kingdom of God and all these things will be added unto you." 434 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS On, the 7th of September, 1835, Isaac Newton Whiting was married to Miss Orrell Kilbourne, a daughter of Colonel James Kilbourne of Worthington. They had one son only, the late Augustus Newton Whiting, who spent his youthful days under the parental roof and was afforded such advantages as his parents wisely regarded as elements for the best development of the boy. He was not only given good educational privileges but valuable lessons of life were impressed upon him in the home and bore rich fruit in later years. He early learned to discriminate between righteousness and evil not only in shunning the grosser things of life but in choosing and cultivating those qualities which beautify man's nature in accordance with the teachings of the Nazarene. Not only was he the soul of honor in all business transactions but there was in his nature nothing sordid or self-centered. After graduating from Kenyon College he engaged in the oil busing, becoming a member of the firm of Bottles & Whiting of Cleveland. Subsequently he returned to Columbus and became a, member of the firm of P. Rhoades & Company. owners of extensive oil refineries, which were important factors in industrial development in Columbus as well as a most gratifying source of revenue to the owners. On the 11th of May, 1864, Augustus Newton Whiting was married to Miss Ellen H. Gilbert, of Worthington, Ohio, and theirs was largely an ideal married life, their mutual love and confidence increasing as the years went by, while in the interests of the church and of charity they labored together, both being deeply concerned in work for humanity and for the advancement of religion among men. They held membership in Trinity Episcopal church, to which Mrs. Whiting still belongs, and in all of the work of the church were foremost, taking a most active and helpful interest in every measure tending to extend its influence. For over forty years Mr. Whiting was a vestryman of the church and for twelve years served as chairman of the finance committee. No worthy charity sought his aid in vain and the poor and needy found in him indeed a warm friend. In 1891 he and Mrs. Whiting founded what was known then as St. Phillip's Mission, constituting the nucleus of St. Phillip's church oil Lexington avenue. Thus was an Episcopal church organized among the colored people of the city and a house of worship was erected and consecrated in 1894. It was said that Mr. Whiting's father also had a great desire to start a religious work among the colored people of this city and made an effort to do so immediately after the Civil war. but never lived to see his cherished hope realized. The son, imbued with the father's wish and his own strong inclination, never rested until he took up the work left by his father and in the fall of 1891 set about to establish a mission for colored people. From the organization of the mission Mr. Whiting was untiring in promoting its work. He was not only the benefactor of the church, but teacher as well and attended all of the meetings of the executive committee and the men's club and entered actively into the spiritual, business and social phases of the work. He was superintendent of the Sunday school and taught a class of voting men and was the treasurer of both the Sunday school and of the chapel. Furthermore he saw that St. Phillips benefitted by the preaching of many of the eminent CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 435 divines that visited Trinity and when he died he left a bequest that continues as one of the elements of support in the church work. The death of Mr. Whiting occurred December 22, 1903. A man of the utmost dignity, whose carriage was circumspect and upright, he yet had a keen sense of humor and especially enjoyed a good story. He was widely recognized as a man of noble purpose, scrupulously exact in all of his business dealings, and put aside every opportunity that would have enabled him to take advantage of his fellowmen. In all of his personal, business and church relations his life was so correct and his demeanor so modest and unselfish that he won the respect and love of all, and when he passed away the press of the city paid a glowing tribute to his memory and the good work that he had done. Well might his friends and colleagues say of him: "He was a man; take him all in all I shall not look upon his like again." NORMAN DEWEY PERRY. While materialistic philosophy may exclaim: "Thou knowest 'tis common; all who live, must die, Passing through nature to eternity," it does not take into account the force of an example or the value of cherished memories that remain as a benediction to those who come into contact with au upright, honorable life. While Norman Dewey Perry did not register success, as some men measure it, by the accumulation of great wealth, he builded for himself an honorable character and all through his life drew to himself the respect, confidence and good will of his fellowmen. He had reached the age of eighty-five years ere he passed away on the 8th of January. 1899. being at that time with his son in Indianapolis. Indiana.. His race of life had been well run and there remains to his family and friends the memory of kindly counsel, of unfailing sympathy and his own unsullied honesty. The birth of Mr. Perry occurred November 26, 1813. He was of English descent. tracing his ancestry back to Edmund Perry who, about 1615. left England while Oliver Cromwell was ruling over Great Britain, and sought a home at Plymouth. Massachusetts. When, in the days of religious persecution. the Perrys, who were of the Quaker faith. could no longer endure to remain in Massachusetts, they removed to South Kingston on the waters of Narragansett bay. During the Revolutionary war Benjamin Perry, son of Freeman Perry and uncle of Oliver Hazard Perry. went to Connecticut and was married near Hartford to a Miss Jewett. They became the parents of two daughters and six sons, including William Perry, who was born in August, 1782. He wedded Martha Dewey whose birth occurred in 1785. while their marriage was celebrated in 1805. They became parents of three children-Emily, William and Susan while still living in Connecticut prior to the war of 1812. During the second period of hostilities 436 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS with Great Britain William Perry, who was one of the minute men, was ordered to New London, as the British were threatening to bombard the town, and it was during his absence that the subject of this review was born. In 1816 his parents with their children removed to Chautauqua county, New York, and in the wilderness built a log cabin and a sawmill on the Canadaway creek. A large number of the Catarraugus Indians were close by and all of the hardships of pioneer life had to be met. Between the ages of six and ten years Norman Dewey Perry had the privilege of attending school for six months each year but after that .spent only three months each year in school until fifteen years of age, the remainder of the time being devoted to work on the farm. Following the mother's death he went to his brother-in-law to learn the paper-making trade, at which he served a four years' apprenticeship, and when nineteen years of age, as the result of correspondence, he obtained a situation in a large paper mill at Toronto, Canada. He started on foot and alone, with but ten dollars in the world, working much of the way, for he had no money with which to pay stage fare. As he felt it necessary to hoard his little sum of money he at times was able to purchase but one meal in twenty-four hours. After a long and tedious journey, however, he reached his destination and began work at four dollars per week and board, receiving that wage for two and a half years. Many a week he put in eighteen hours a day, beginning at six o'clock Monday morning and working until midnight on Saturday. For fifty years he remained in active connection with the paper trade. His experiences in Canada were in some ways unique and interesting. When the mill was forced to shut down because of the hard winters, the headraces being frozen over, he attended parliament and listened to many of the able speakers of that day, being present also at the trial of William Lyon McKenzie. In the fall of 1835 Mr. Perry left Canada, expecting to stop at Dunkirk, near his old home, but a storm prevented the ship making that port and eventually they reached Detroit, Michigan. As he had a sister, Mrs. Emily Foster, living in that city and an uncle, Chester Perry, at Ypsilanti, he decided to visit them, and after so doing, took a boat bound for Buffalo. In due course of time he reached home and soon afterward started with his father for the west with a horse and open spring wagon. Their destination was Chicago but at Norwalk, Ohio, Mr. Perry was induced by his brother-in-law, Andrew Sprague, to take charge of a paper mill there, formerly managed by Mr. Sprague, who wished to give up the position in order to go to Michigan. At that time Mr. Perry had but three hundred dollars in his pocket which he gave to the mill owner in exchange for two lots. The venture, however, was not very profitable, for it was about this time that, president Jackson vetoed the United States bank bill and directed all state banks to issue largely to meet the public wants. The result was the "red dog" and "wild cat" bank bills and consequent hard times, for money was not good out of the neighborhood in which it was issued. It was in January, 1836, that Mr. Perry married Miss Sir: an Allen, and on the 27th of 'November of the same year a little daughter, Mary, afterward Mrs. Buell, was born. Feeling that the mill at Norwalk would CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 437 not give him a good living, in April, 1837, he secured a team and removed to Cuyahoga Falls, about one hundred and twenty miles distant. There he obtained a position in a paper mill and the following spring went to Zanesville, Ohio, to accept what he believed was a better position. He worked for twelve hours each week day for a dollar and a quarter per day and boarded himself, but after four months found this insufficient for the needs of himself and family and started to walk to Wheeling, West Virginia, seventy-five miles away. From that point he proceeded to his old home and there obtained a position at putting up a wrapping machine and operating it through the winter. In July, 1839, he was offered a position at Delaware, Ohio, where a mill was being built, and removed his family there, consisting of his wife, daughter and a son, the latter being Albert A. Perry, born at Cuyahoga Falls, March 6, 1838. At Delaware he assisted in installing and then in operating the mill machinery but in November, 1840, the mill was destroyed by fire. With characteristic energy, however, he assisted in its rebuilding and within one hundred days work was resumed. For many years they manufactured the printing paper for the state, for at that time there was no paper made in Columbus or Cleveland. Around the mill grew up a. little village which, on the 4th of July, 1842, was christened Stratford on the Olentangy. For a third of a century this village continued to flourish but following the financial panic in the '70s its manufactories were closed and its business enterprise became a thing of the past. Mr. Perry worked in the mill at a dollar and a quarter per day until 1847, when he took charge of the mill at a salary of ten dollars per week as much as was ever paid at that time. In January, 1850, he became partner in the mill, joining the firm of Williams & Andrews, who had been sole proprietors up to that time. He also became jointly interested in their store and real estate, the firm deeding to him a sixth of the whole, valued at forty thousand dollars. In April, 1849, Mr. Perry was called upon to mourn the loss of his first wife and had previously lost a little daughter. On the 1st of April, 1850, he wedded Mary A. Christ, who was born at Kutztown, Pennsylvania, November 17, 1825, and in 1831 had been taken by her parents to Delaware county, Ohio. In the spring of 1852 Mr. Perry traded his home for a dwelling opposite the stone mill. In the meantime his son, William R. Perry, was born January 19, 1851, and in the new home occurred the birth of W Irving Perry. August 31, 1852; Florence N. Perry, December 30, 1853; and Oliver Hazard Perry, February 23, 1855. For several years the paper mill in which Mr. Perry was a partner continued to flourish but on the 17th of February, 1857, the firm suffered the loss of twenty-five thousand dollars by fire, the print mill being destroyed. It was rebuilt, however, and operations were resumed. The task of getting good wash water was a difficult one until finally they bored for water and after going down in rock two hundred feet got a good supply of water running about one hundred gallons per minute. Business was carried on along the usual routine until 1863. While the war largely advanced prices in many other lines. there was no marked advance in paper or paper material until 438 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS 1863. Late in the fall of 1862 the firm took a contract for the state printing paper at a little less than eight cents per pound. The following year prices began to advance but the firm kept operating the mill until their losses amounted to five thousand dollars. Mr. Perry then went before the legislature and stated his case. It seemed that he would be successful in getting what he wished up to the time of the final reading of the bill, when a member from Franklin county brought up a bill to increase the price of printing and binding on state contracts. Other members felt that if there was to be an advance on all state contracts they would grant it on none. The Williams, Andrews & Perry Company then refused to make more paper and when sued for non-performance of contract won their suit. They continued paper manufacturing for several years, during which time prices were very good, at times thirty-one cents per pound being paid for state paper. In the meantime Mr. Perry had purchased a farm and the good sale of the mill products enabled him to clear his mill and his farm of all indebtedness. But in 1866 he was over-persuaded by his partner, James Andrews, to open a store in Columbus. That did not prove profitable, however, and paper continued to decline in value until at length the mill was disposed of at forced sale. Then, after fifty years' connection with the paper business, Mr. Perry turned his attention to other pursuits. It was in the fall of 1879 that he established a grocery at the corner of Hunt avenue and High street in Columbus, having in the meantime removed to this city in April, 1874, at which date he had erected a brick residence on East Fourth avenue. He continued in the grocery trade until 1881 when he sold out and took up the real-estate business in connection with John Walsh. In this he met with success and continued in the business until the fall of 1889, when, because of ill health, he went to Tucson, Arizona, and spent the winter, accompanied by his wife. Their winter months were spent there with their sons W. R. and W. I. Perry, and in the spring of 1890 they returned home by way of Los Angeles, San Francisco and Salt Lake City. The death of Mr. Perry occurred January 8, 1899, and it was after he had reached the age of eighty years that he wrote an extended account of his life almost entirely from memory. While he had closely applied himself to the conduct of business interests he had also shared in the work of public progress in various lines of usefulness and helpfulness. On the 19th of September, 1860, he was invited to Cleveland, Ohio, to share in the celebration held at the unveiling of a statue of Commodore Perry, this being the anniversary of Perry's victory on Lake Erie. He gave his political allegiance to the republican party after its organization and he was long a devoted and faithful member of the Methodist Episcopal church, taking an active part in its work and contributing generously of his means to its support. He was a delegate to the first state Sunday-school convention held in Ohio, and attended other conventions of his church, doing all in his power to promote its progress and extend its influence. Death came to him when he was in his eighty-sixth year. He passed away at the home of his son in Indianapolis, Indiana., and the funeral services were held in the Third Avenue Methodist Episcopal church in Columbus, on the 11th of January, CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 439 his sons acting as his pall-bearers. Measured by eternity's standard, his life was a grand success and well might the words of the poet serve as his epitaph "Beautiful twilight at set of sun ; Beautiful goal with race well run Beautiful rest with work well done." OLIVER HAZZARD PERRY. Oliver Hazzard Perry is treasurer of the Columbus Buggy Company, and his position in business circles and in the regard of his fellow townsmen i5 indicated in the fact that he is now the president of the Columbus board of trade. He was born February 23, 18;6, at Stratford, Delaware county, Ohio. His father, Norman Dewey, a native of Hartford, Connecticut, was born -November 26, 1813, and extensive mention of him is made above. The mother, who bore the maiden name of Mary Ann Christ, was born in Berks county, Pennsylvania, and in 1831 was brought to Ohio by her parents. Her father was Jonathan Christ, who traveled with a wagon train and settled in Stratford. Delaware county. The death of Mrs. Perry occurred January 12, 1908. In the country .schools Oliver H. Perry began his education but ambitious for further opportunities in that direction, he attended the Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware and the Ohio State University of Columbus. When his collegiate course was completed he took up the study of law and read for two years in the office and under the direction of the firm of Wood & .Jones of this city. In 1878, however, he abandoned his law study to accept a clerical position with the Columbus Buggy Company. There the business ability and enterprise which he displayed won him promotion and in time he was made cashier. When the business was incorporated in 1897 he was elected treasurer of the company and remains in that connection. When he first entered the business it was of small and inconsequential proportions but the trade has grown rapidly until it now extends to every :tate in the Union and to various foreign countries as well. The volume of business annually transacted is represented by a large figure and the success of the undertaking is attributable in no small degree to the efforts of Mr. Perry. It was on the 16th of .June, 1891, that Mr. Perry was united in marriage in Columbus to Miss Mary Eva Minor, a, daughter of Daniel and J. A. Minor of this city. 'Mrs. Perry is quite active in musical and club circles of Columbus and presides with gracious hospitality over their attractive home. Mr. Perry is also a lover of music and possesses not a little native talent in that direction. In early life he was for many years a member of the Republican Glee Club of this city. His political allegiance ha, always been given to the republican party and he was a delegate to the national convention which 440 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS met at Philadelphia in 1900 and nominated McKinley and Roosevelt. He has been active to some extent in county and local politics but never as an office holder, though frequently he has been tendered nominations. His social nature finds expression in his membership in the Ohio Club of Columbus and he is the vice president of the 'National Association of Agricultural Implement and Vehicle Manufacturers. He belongs to the Third Avenue Methodist Episcopal church, of which he is a trustee and he is also a trustee of the Protestant. Hospital and of the Young Men's Christian Association. He is now the president of the Columbus heard of trade. having been elected for the fiscal year of 1908-9. While interested in all these different organizations and giving the weight of his influence as well as his service for their upbuilding and advancement, he has yet confined his attention largely to big business and through its development and growth has contributed to the material welfare of the city, while from hi work he has also personally received substantial benefits. DON MARQUIS OSBORNE. Although one of the more recent arrivals in Columbus, the record of Don Marquis Osborne, president of the Osborne & Sexton Machinery Company, is considered a valuable asset in the business circles of the city. From each experience which he has undergone in his life he has gained knowledge that is proving of present value. Many fail because of an inability to grasp, understand and utilize the lessons which are to be learned day by day in the actual affairs of life, but Mr. Osborne has made good use of his opportunities and has ever builded for the future upon his past experiences. A native of Circleville, Pickaway county, Ohio, he was born May 15, 1868, and traces his ancestry back to Corporal John Osborne, of the English army, who came to America to serve the mother country in the Revolutionary war. As he began to understand the conditions which here existed, however, he deserted and joined the colonists, participating in the long struggle which brought independence to the nation. He was gradually promoted through successive ranks until he became a general in the American army. Remaining as a resident of this country, he was the founder of the family to which D. M. Osborne belongs. Josiah Osborne, the father, was born in Delaware county, Ohio, and removed to Pickaway county after the Civil war, in which he had participated, serving as a private in the regular artillery. Later he was made commissary sergeant and went with Sherman on the celebrated march to the sea. Following the close of hostilities he engaged in the retail grocery business at Circleville, Ohio, for a number of years and in 1905 removed to Columbus, where he conducts the same line of business. He has now reached the age of seventy-two years and his life of intense and well directed activity should put to shame many a man of younger years, who, grown weary of the struggles and responsibilities of a business career. would relegate to others the burdens that he PAGE 441 - PICTURE OF DON MARQUIS OSBORNE PAGE 442 - BLANK CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 443 should bear. Josiah Osborne was married in early manhood to Miss Margaret Curtis, a lady of German and English lineage, who was born near Baltimore, Maryland. Her father belonged to a German family of excellent connections. During her early girlhood Mrs. Osborne came to Ohio with her mother and died in this state in 1876. D. M. Osborne was a student in the public and high schools of Circleville, Ohio, and for a period of four years, between the ages of nineteen and twenty-three, he was employed as a carriage woodworker. Thinking then to enter upon a professional career, he matriculated in the Normal school at Ada, Ohio, where he pursued a legal course and was then admitted to. the bar. In 1888 he became a resident of Cleveland, Ohio, where he continued in the practice of law for three years in the office of his cousin. J. A. Osborne, a prominent attorney, who was making a specialty of general civil and patent law. Mr. Osborne of this review, however, abandoned the active work of the profession in 1902 to enter the employ of Strong, Carlisle & Hammond, dealers in machinery. He represented that firm as a salesman with the object of fully mastering the business and remained in their employ until January, 1907. During the five years in which he was connected with the house he gradually increased in efficiency and ability until he became recognized as the best salesman representing that company. He thoroughly acquainted himself with the trade and the methods followed in business life, and on the expiration of that period he organized a partnership known as the Osborne & Sexton Machinery Company. In January, 1908, the business was incorporated with Mr. Osborne as president. The headquarters of the company are at Columbus, Ohio, and from this point they have controlled an extensive business which is growing rapidly along substantial lines. They carry a complete stock of machinery of all kinds, such as iron working, brass working and wood working tools and machinery. They also handle complete power plants with either steam or gas engines and deal in electrical equipments. They take contracts for machinery such as concrete mixers, graders, hoists, etc., and carry a full line of transmission supplies used in connection with heavy machinery equipments. They are sales agents in state of Ohio for the American Woodworking Machinery' Company of Rochester, New York, the largest house of the kind in the world, and they also represent many other concerns handling power and electrical equipments. The position of such a. house is gauged by the character of the concerns which it represents and the Osborne & Sexton Machinery Company handle only the output of the best known and most prominent machinery houses in the country. Since its inception the business has shown a remarkable growth and deals largely with Columbus buyers in their line. The business has met a long-felt want in this city, where a machinery supply house was needed, for previously it was necessary to trade with Cleveland or Cincinnati houses if the purchaser wished to secure tools and machinery of any description. They employ several salesmen at this point and also conduct a Cincinnati sales office. Mr. Osborne is a-lso president of the Century Manufacturing Company of Columbus, engaged in the manufacturing of drawing materials. In 1893 Mr. Osborne was married to Miss Agnes G. Long, of Sandusky, Ohio. and unto them have been born the following named: Margaret Irene, 444 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS James Thurman, Bryan Long, Kathryn Evelyn, Don M., Jr., and Agnes Gertrude. Mr. Osborne is fond of fishing and outdoor sports, being a devotee of nature in many of her forms. In politics he is a democrat with a citizen's interest in the political conditions of the country. He is always genial and approachable and at the same time is an alert, enterprising man, who has the ability to concentrate his attention and interests upon the one subject at issue. He has made each step in his life count for the utmost and has found that his mechanical knowledge and legal training and his experience as a salesman have all been essential and beneficial factors in the success which he is now enjoying. He possesses the determination that overcomes obstacles and seeks out new methods in securing a desired result, and his initiative spirit and his undaunted energy have made him one of the representative business men of Columbus. FREDERICK WILLIAM PRENTISS. Among the earnest men whose depth of character and strict adherence to principle command the respect of their townsmen Frederick William Prentiss is prominent. He stands today as one of the leading representatives of financial circles in Columbus, being president of the Hayden-Clinton National Bank. Throughout his entire career there has not been one esoteric phase. On the contrary his entire life has been characterized by strict adherence to the rules which govern unfaltering industry and commercial integrity and these qualities, combined with his undaunted enterprise, have enabled him to work his way upward from the position of bank messenger to bank president. A native of Columbus, Mr. Prentiss was born at No. 383 East Broad street, July 31, 1855. His father, William Stanton Valentine Prentiss, was a native of Massachusetts and in his boyhood days was brought to Ohio by his father, the family home being established in Marietta. Soon afterward W. S. V. Prentiss lost his father and went to live with his uncle, Royal Prentiss, who was one of the pioneer journalists of the state, having in company with Jensen Prentiss, father of WV. S. V. Prentiss, established the Marietta Gazette & Register about 1795. W. S. V. Prentiss supplemented his early educational privileges by a course in Marietta College and afterward took up the study of law. Admitted to the bar, he engaged in practice for a short time and then came to Columbus. He was a man of brilliant mind and scholarly attainments. His wife, who bore the maiden name of Mary E. Weaver, is a native of Rhode Island and still resides at Columbus. In the public schools of his native state Mr. Prentiss acquired his education and entered ,upon his banking career as a messenger boy in the P. W. Huntington Bank, where he remained for fourteen years, rising through successive promotions to the position of teller. For two years, from 1884 to 1886, he filled the office of cashier in the state treasury and after his retirement joined M. M. Green in the organization of the Clinton National CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 445 Bank in 1887. He became its vice president and cashier, so continuing until 1900, when the Clinton and Hayden banks were merged and Mr. Prentiss became president of the institution known as The Hayden-Clinton National Bank. He has since been the executive officer of what is today one of the leading financial concerns of the city. The banking business is conducted in a progressive manner and attended by a safe conservatism that receives the endorsement of the general public in a large and growing patronage. Mr. Prentiss is also a director and president of The Hayden Automatic Block Machine Company, is a director, secretary and treasurer of The Hayden Company and a director of The P. Hayden Saddlery Hardware Company. His business judgment is sound and reliable and, combined with energetic enterprise, has gained hint the creditable position which he today occupies in business circles of his native city, enjoying the respect of his colleagues and the admiration of all who know aught of his career. In 1882 Mr. Prentiss was married to Miss Martha Kinsman Greene, a daughter of M. M. Greene, his former associate in the Clinton National Bank. Her death occurred in 1888 and in 1893 Mr. Prentiss was married to Miss Belle Irving Hayden, a daughter of Charles H. Hayden. There is one son by the first marriage, Stanton Greene Prentiss, now paying teller in The Hayden-Clinton National Bank. Mr. Prentiss is a. member of the Episcopal church and gives practical support to various measures tending to promote the moral, intellectual and material welfare of the community. His social nature finds expression in his membership in the Columbus and Arlington Country clubs, in both of which he has for many years served as a director and treasurer. He takes no active part in politics but his citizenship is characterized by a patriotism and unfaltering devotion to those interests which are a matter of civic virtue and civic pride. He has made good use of his talents and opportunities and stands as a high type of American manhood. GEORGE W. LATTIMER. George W. Lattimer is prominently known in Columbus as a prosperous manufacturer, being secretary and treasurer of the Kauffman-Lattimer Company, wholesale druggists, and president of the Lattimer Stove Company. While he has displayed marked business ability in the successful control of these enterprises, at the same time he has recognized the universal brotherhood of man and has done effective service for the unfortunate ones of the world through the avenues of charitable and benevolent work. His life has never been self centered but on the contrary is continually giving out, not only in the way of material things but in that helpful spirit, generous sympathy and word of encouragement that does so much to dissipate gloom with the sunshine of life. O. H. Lattimer, father of George W. Lattimer, was born in Norwich township, Franklin county. Ohio. in 1827. His wife, who bore the maiden 446 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS name of Sarah Ann Cox. was born in Delaware county, Ohio, in 1831. In early life they were both employed at the old insane asylum. and there formed the acquaintance which ripened into love and was consummated in marriage. Daniel Dodge Lattimer, the grandfather of our subject, resided on a farm bordering the Scioto river. He settled there in 1815. cleared the land of the timber which covered it and placed the field, tinder the plow. He and his wife left the state of Connecticut in the early part of the nineteenth century, made their way westward to Marietta., Ohio, afterward to Athens and subsequently settled upon the farm mentioned above. The wife bore the maiden name of Katherine Hyde, and both were of old New England stock. Their family numbered eleven children, of whom O. H. Lattimer was the third in order of birth. The maternal grandparents of George W. Lattimer were William and Ann (Atherton) Cox, who resided in Wyoming valley near Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. In the old cemetery there is found a monument erected to the memory of Captain James Atherton, who was killed in the French and Indian war. Colonel Jacob Lattimer commanded a regiment in the Revolutionary war, and both were ancestors of our subject. Mrs. O. H. Lattimer, his mother, was educated in the academy of Westerville, which afterward became Otterbein University, later engaged in teaching school for a time and then accepted a position in the insane asylum. where Mr. Lattimer was also employed. After their marriage in 1852. he purchased the ground at the southeast corner of High and Cherry streets in Columbus, and opened a bakery and confectionery business, selling his products to the wholesale trade, making his delivery in large wagons. Also during the period of the Civil war he had a contract for furnishing the army with hard tack. His death occurred in April. 1865, after which time his business property was sold to Coleman & Felber, the latter having learned his trade of Mr. Lattimer, while Mr. Coleman commenced his business life with Mr. Lattimer when a boy of seventeen years. The first bakery in Columbus north of Broad street was established by Mr. Lattimer and was a branch of his other business. He was a well known, highly respected and successful business mail here during the middle portion of the nineteenth century. and is vet remembered by many of the older settlers. There were but two children in the family, and the daughter, Eva Jane, who became the wife of George D. Jones. all attorney, died in 1900. She left two daughters : Margaret Fuller Jones. a recent graduate of Wellesley College; and Grace Lattimer Jones, who is a graduate of Bryn Mawr College of Pennsylvania and one of the promoters and proprietors of the Columbus School for Girls, doing excellent work in this connection. George W. Lattimer, now the only surviving member of the family, was born in this county in December. 1856. He continued his education in Columbus until his graduation from the Central high school in 1874. after which he spent one year in school in Cleveland, and later was graduated from Amherst College in 1879 on the completion of the full four years, course, at which time the degree of Bachelor of Arts was conferred upon him. He afterward studied law for six months, and then went to the Rocky mountains in Colorado, where he was connected with raining interests, remaining for about a year. CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 447 He then returned to Columbus on business. and while here entered into busing relations with the Nelsonville Coal & Coke Company, of which he was made secretary and treasurer. A year later, however, he sold out, and in 1882, in association with Professor George B. Kauffman and L. B. Kauffman, established a wholesale drug store as a member of the firm of Kauffman, Lattimer & Company. This was incorporated in 1888 as the Kauffman-Lattimer Company, Mr. Lattimer being its secretary and treasurer from the incorporation. In 1901 he also became connected with the Lattimer Stove Company, at which time he was elected president and still holds the office. The plant of this company covers about. three and a half acres, while their trade extends to all parts of the United States, their sales reaching about two hundred and fifty thousand dollars annually. The business of the drug company amounts to about one million dollars annually, this being one of the most extensive wholes ale drug enterprises of Ohio. In all his business connections Mr. Latinmer has displayed keen discernment, with a ready recognition and utilization of opportunity. In coordinating forces he has produced excellent results and throughout his entire career has made steady progress. In all of his business life Mr. Latimer has looked beyond the exigencies of the moment to the opportunities of the future and the usefulness of his labors has thus continued with the passing years. In many ways Columbus has benefited by his activity and enterprising spirit. He was a member of the first directorate of the board of trade in 1882, was president of the board in 1906. and has served for a number of years as chairman of the public improvement committee. He was also president of the park commission during Mayor Jeffrey's administration, has been treasurer of the Ohio Good Roads Association and president of the Franklin County Good Roads Association. He belongs to that class of far-sighted mien who recognize the advantage of public improvements. and with most enterprising spirit labor for the substantial development and material progress of the city. Neither is he oblivious of his opportunities to aid his fellowmen and has done much effective charitable and benevolent work. He was appointed by Governor Harris as one of the state delegates to the Civic Federation at Chicago. and received appointment from the same executive as a delegate to the 'National Good Roads Association at Buffalo. His work in behalf of good roads and the improvement and development of the park system of Ohio has been most effective. He was instrumental in securing the passage of the bill through the legislature whereby state aid was secured to the amount of fifty percent on all Ohio roads after the work is begun. The remaining fifty percent is paid as follows: twenty-five percent by the comity; fifteen percent by the township; and ten percent by the property owners. The bill also carried with it an appropriation of four hundred and forty thousand dollars from state funds for the care of the roads. Mr. Lattimer belongs to the Broad street Methodist Episcopal church. He has been vice president of the board of managers of the Associated Charities. is one of the directors of the Humane Society, one of the trustees of the Hannah Neil Mission and president of the board of trustees of the neighborhood guild association. which owns the property on which is located the Godman Guild settlement house. He is chairman of the joint committee on good roads 448 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS of the state board of commerce and Ohio State Grange, is a member of the Sons of the American Revolution, a member of the Columbus Club, the Ohio Club and of the Columbus Country Club, of which he was also one of the founders. Mr. Lattimer has been married twice. He first wedded Miss Belle Gardner, a daughter of Andrew Gardner, a, former postmaster of Columbus, and unto them was born a son, Gardner. Mrs. Lattimer died in 1886, and for his second wife Mr. Lattimer chose Miss Minnie Williams, a granddaughter of Dr. Allen, one of the older settlers of Columbus, who was a Baptist minister, and later became interested in the Ohio Tool Company and in the shoe firm of Allen & Awl. By the second marriage there is one daughter, Miss Jane Lattimer. The son was educated in the high school and was graduated from Amherst College of Massachusetts in 1906. Such in brief is the life history of George W. Lattimer, a man remarkable in the breadth of his wisdom and in the scope of his activities. In his business career he has attained notable success, and yet his life has never been self centered, but has been actuated by a spirit of devotion to his fellowmen, cognizant at all times of the duties and obligations which devolve upon him in this connection. HARRY NATHAN BLAIR. Harry Nathan Blair, long well known as a representative of journalism in Ohio, was born in West Jefferson, Madison county, this state, June 23, 1861. His father, Nathan B. Blair, also a native of Ohio, was engaged in the furniture and undertaking business at West Jefferson and at London. Throughout his life he followed mercantile pursuits and was most highly respected. His death occurred at Harrisburg, Franklin county, June 11, 1888, when he had reached the age of sixty-five years. His wife, who bore the maiden name of Eliza A. Burnham, made her home with her son, Harry N., after her husband's death until her own demise on the 30th of March, 1903. Harry N. Blair was educated in the common schools of West Jefferson and London. After his father's death, the support of the widowed mother largely devolved upon him. He therefore :ought employment, entering the office of the London Ohio Enterprise, a weekly paper, which he represented in a reportorial capacity. While in that employ in April, 1883, he was nominated for the position of township clerk on the republican ticket and received the endorsement of the public at the polls, not only in that year but again in 1884. In the following fall he was elected county clerk and filled the office for a term of three years. At that time the county was about evenly divided politically, not giving more than one hundred majority either way. Mr. Blair's official service justified the faith of his friends and constituents, for he proved a capable incumbent, prompt and reliable in the discharge of his duties. In 1888 he came to Columbus, where he engaged in newspaper work as reporter on the Ohio State Journal. Here he has CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 449 remained continuously since and has been political and legislative editor successively with the State Journal, the Columbus Dispatch, the Columbus Press-Post. and Columbus Citizen. For twenty years he has been a legislative reporter, covering the administrations of Governors James E. Campbell, William McKinley, Asa, A. Bushnell, George K. Nash, Myron T. Herrick, John M. Pattison, Andrew L. Harris and Judson Harmon. He attended every state convention of both parties during that period and also represented the papers with which he was connected at many national conventions. His work as legislative and political editor has given him an acquaintance probably as large as that of any man in the state. He has always enjoyed the confidence of the leaders of both parties in a very marked degree and he is now acting as legislative and political editor for the Columbus Citizen, which gives him connection with the Cincinnati Post, Cleveland Press, Toledo News Bee and Akron Press, constituting what is known as the Scripps-McRae League of Newspapers. Tie is also a deputy internal revenue collector for the eleventh district of Ohio, to which he was appointed October 1, 1907, by David H. Moore, the collector of the district. On the 1st of July, 1888, Mr. Blair was married in Columbus to hiss Emma Allen, of Athens county, Ohio, and unto them were born two children : Lizzie Gertrude twenty years of age ; and Harry N., a. youth of sixteen years. The mother died October 30, 1893, in Athens county,. and on the 4th of February, 1895, Mr. Blair was married in Columbus to Miss Abigail Jones, a daughter of M. R. Jones of this city. They have one son, Edwin Carson Blair, twelve years of age, who is with his parents at No. 297 South Ohio avenue. Mr. Blair is a member of the Third Street Methodist Episcopal church and in fraternal relations is connected with the Masons, the Odd Fellows and the Knights of Pythias. In his journalistic work he has manifested the same spirit of progress which is evidenced in the rapidly developing business conditions of the country. He possesses a genial, courteous, manner that has won him many friends among those whom he has met in his professional capacity while those whom he meets socially have retained for him warm regard. JOHN ZETTLER KRUMM. John Zettler Krumm, engaged in conducting a successful brokerage business in Columbus, his native city, started upon life's Journey upon the 26th of August, 1870. His father. Frederick Krumm, was also a native of Columbus, born August 13, 1840. and in the graded and high schools of the city acquired his education, beginning his business career as a. dry-goods merchant. He continued in that line of commercial activity for many years, after which he established a general mercantile store at Shawnee. Ohio. After 'a brief period had elapsed, however, he suffered heavily from a disastrous fire and returned to Columbus. Here he was appointed assistant postmaster under De- 450 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS Witt C. Jones and thus served from 1884 until 1888. In the latter year he established a queensware store and conducted the enterprise until his death in 1900. He made a creditable record as a soldier of the Civil war, enlisting as a private in 1861 and winning promotion to the rank of lieutenant and of captain. He was obliged to resign, however, in 1863 on account of wounds sustained in battle. He served as a member of the board of education, was also superintendent of the construction of public schools and in every possible way he sought to advance the interests of public education. His knowledge gained as construction superintendent of the public schools fitted him for work in architectural lines and he became a member of the firm of Dauber, Krumm & Riebel, being thus connected until he engaged in the queensware business. He was a very close student of political economy and was said to be one of the best posted men on finance and political questions in Ohio. He was a great admirer of William J. Bryan and the causes which he championed, and while the honors and the emoluments of office had little attraction for him, he nevertheless was a stalwart supporter of the principles in which he believed. Citizenship was to him no mere idle word but meant the support of all that he believed would contribute to the best interest of his home locality and the country at large. His wife, Mrs. Cornelia (Zettler) Krumm, a native of Columbus, is still living. John Zettler Krumm is indebted to the public-school system of this city for his educational privileges. He was graduated from the high school in the class of 1889 and took up the task of providing for his own support. Prior to this time he had sold and carried papers while attending school, carrying a Sunday paper and also selling to the transient trade. While yet in school he purchased three routes for the Columbus Press, hired boys to carry the papers and collected his money Saturdays. Realizing the value of an education he embraced his opportunity to continue his studies until he was graduated from high school and the same year entered business life as a messenger in the National Exchange Bank, where he remained until 1891, when he resigned to accept a position of bookkeeper in the Hayden Bank. Faithfulness and capability are the only qualities which win promotion in such an institution and that Mr. Krumm possessed these is indicated by the fact that he was advanced from one position to another until he became teller in 1898. His bank experience was an excellent training school for the business in which he is now engaged. In 1899 he resigned his position in the bank to enter the services of an insurance company under promising conditions, but received a more favorable proposition from Rogers k Rutherford, a prominent and well established brokerage firm, to engage with them in the brokerage business. He accepted and was placed in charge of the local security department, where he remained in faithful and efficient performance of responsible duties until 1906. He then withdrew from that connection to engage in the brokerage business on his own account, buying and selling local stock and bond securities. Few if any are better informed concerning the financial market and he has also been accorded a liberal clientage. enjoying at all times the confidence and respect of his friends and patrons. His business career has been marked by growing success and aside from his brokerage business CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 451 he is .a director of the Columbus Stock Exchange and of the Capitol Locknut & Washer Company. On the 12th of December, 1906, Mr. Krumm was married to Miss Anne Regina Foley, of Columbus, and they have one daughter, Phyllis Anne, born February 14, 1908. Formerly Mr. Krumm was a. member of the Columbus Pugh Videtts, which later became the Columbus Rifles. His connection therewith was retained until business demanded his retirement. In politics he is independent, governed entirely by conditions and the capability of the candidate. In matters of citizenship he is progressive and supports many measures that are factors in the welfare and upbuilding of Columbus. He has membership in the Board of Trade and socially is connected with the Ohio Club. Prominent in musical circles, he is serving as a member of the Congregational choir. He inherited musical taste from his father, cultivated his voice for many years, and has always been a close student of music not for any professional reason but because of his love for the art. In his boyhood days he was for a long period a member of the Trinity choir and has always been regarded as a valued addition to musical circles and has been most generous in his use of this gift where he believed that he would bestow pleasure or aid in the promotion of some good cause. Pleasure, progress, business enterprise and interest in municipal affairs constitute well balanced forces in his life. SMITH W. BENNETT. Smith W. Bennett, who since his retirement on the 12th of January, 1909. from the office of special counsel in the department of the attorney, general of Ohio, and now practicing law in Columbus in partnership with Ralph E. Westfall, has by his able professional service drawn to himself widespread attention and favorable comment. Indeed he ranks with the most prominent lawyers of the state, his ability being demonstrated in his able handling of important litigated interests in which the commonwealth has been involved. Mr. Bennett is a native of Apollo, Armstrong county, Pennsylvania. but was only four years of age when his parents removed to Bucyrus, Ohio, where he pursued his early education and retained his residence until he came to Columbus in 1898 to enter upon official service. After completing his literary studies he began reading law in the office and under the direction of S. R. Harris, of Bucyrus, member of congress and a prominent representative of the bar. After having qualified for the practice of law he formed a partnership with the Hon. E. B. Finley and Judge Thomas Beer, this association being maintained for many years. Within that period Mr. Bennett established a. place among the foremost lawyers of his part of the state and enjoyed a large and lucrative private practice until appointed to the position of special counsel to the attorney general by Attorney General Frank S. Monnett on the 15th of May. 1898. He was afterward reappointed by At- 452 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS torney General John M. Sheets, and later by Attorney General Wade H. Ellis, with whom he served throughout their entire terms. In 1902 he was assigned by Governor Nash to the membership of the governor's committee to draft a municipal code. This committee reported at a special session of the general assembly in 1902 and the code was adopted. Mr. Bennett has tried important cases in all the courts of the state and of the United States on behalf of the commonwealth. One of the most important was the case of Lander, treasurer of Cuyahoga county, versus the Mercantile National Bank of Cleveland. involving the right of the state of Ohio to tax the shares of national banks. This right was fully sustained by the supreme court of the United States. His official service was entirely creditable and satisfactory and through three administrations he continued in office, retiring on the 12th of January, 1909, to enter upon the practice of law in partnership with Ralph E. Westfall. their office being located in the Columbus Savings & Trust Building. Mr. Bennett has been an active member of the Ohio State Bar Association since his admission to the bar and is widely known to the legal fraternity of Ohio. In politics he is a stalwart republican and is a thirty-second degree Mason, also holding membership with Aladdin Temple of the Mystic Shrine. The work that he has done has brought him prominently before the public and in the private practice of law his ability will undoubtedly carry him into important professional relations. DANIEL HENRY TAFT. Daniel Henry Taft is the president of the Dunn-Taft Company. owning and controlling what has been termed the most reliable store in Columbus. A native son of the capital city, he was born March 23, 1850. The ancestral history is traced back to 1680 when Robert Taft settled at Uxbridge. Massachusetts. He had five sons, the second one. Robert Taft, being a direct ancestor of our subject, while the fourth son was a direct ancestor of President Taft. For more than two centuries, however, the family has been distinctly American in its lineal and collateral branches. Daniel Henry Taft. Sr., the father of our subject, was a native of Massachusetts and arrived in Columbus in 1840, in which year he established business on Broad and High streets, forming a partnership with D. W. Deshler, the father of William G. Deshler, well known in business circles of this city. For a short time they conducted a dry-goods business, after which the partnership was dissolved, Mr. Taft, however, continuing in business for a long period. About 1875, however, he retired from active connection with mercantile interests on account of his health and died the following year. The business, however. was conducted under his name by his sons for many years. He had an extended acquaintance and was a most highly respected man, his commercial integrity and undaunted enterprise constituting important features in his life record. He was quiet in manner, regular and exemplary in his habits and of becoming PAGE 453 - PICTURE OF DANIEL H. TAFT PAGE 454 -BLANK CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 455 modesty, yet he exerted considerable influence from the fact that his friends-and they were many-learned to esteem him for his genuine worth, learning that his judgment was sound and his sagacity keen and far-sighted. He married Sarah E. Conine, a native of New Jersey and a representative of au old colonial family. Her mother was a cousin of the famous Commodore Lawrence. The death of Mrs. Sarah E. Taft occurred in 1894. At the usual age Daniel Henry Taft was sent as a pupil to the public and high schools and afterward attended school to the age of sixteen years. He later went to work in his father's store, entering business life when eighteen years of age. As a salesman he became connected with the old and well known firm of J. D. Osborn & Company, dealers in dry goods and carpets, and was associated with them until the firm retired from business in 1882. In January of that year Mr. Taft entered the employ of Green, Joyce & Company as buyer and manager of the dress goods and silk department and for seven years thus represented that house. He was then offered a partnership in the firm of William G. Dunn & Company, the senior partner retiring, at which time the firm became Dunn-Taft & Company. Joseph H. Dunn died in June, 1905, and the business was then under the control of the surviving partners until February, 1908, when it was incorporated under the name of the Dunn-Taft Company with Mr. Taft as president and general manager. When he became connected with this business they occupied a single floor, hut now utilize the entire building, the business having increased steadily until it is now one of the most important commercial enterprises of the city. They have a most complete dry-goods store and the business management of the house is most thorough and methodical. There were twenty-five employes in 1889 and today there are over two hundred people. There are no sensational methods of advertising, for they regard satisfied patrons as their best advertisement and cater only to a, high-class trade, enjoying a reputation of absolute business integrity. Mr. Taft is also a director of the Columbus Malleable Casting Company and vice president of the Columbus Mutual Life Insurance Company. In 1882 Mr. Taft was married to Miss Mary Ritson, of Columbus, why died in 1895, leaving a daughter Helen, who, is now a senior in Vassar College, and a son. Lawrence R., who is a sophomore of the Ohio State University. In 1897 Mr. Taft wedded Miss Martha B. Hill, of Summit county, Ohio. In his social relations Mr. Taft is connected with the Columbus Country Club and the Ohio Club. He has taken considerable interest in Masonry, attaining the thirty-second degree of the Scottish Rite, and has been very active in the First Congregational church, serving as a member of its board of deacons and on its board of directors. He is likewise president of the board of control of the West Side Social Center, engaged in settlement work; is president of the Congregational Brotherhood of Columbus; and one of the board of directors of the National Congregational Brotherhood. For a number of years he has been active in the council which is the governing board of the Godman Guild. He is likewise a director of the Young Men's Christian Association and a director of Associated Charities, and thus in various lines he 436 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS has taken an active and helpful part in the work for the relief of hard conditions of life for the unfortunate and for the development of the race in moral progress. He is active on the Board of Trade, one of its directors and its vice president. With him success has always been a matter secondary to principle. At all times he has enjoyed the respect of intelligent men, who recognize the fact that he is accomplishing his life work. neglectful of no duty or obligation to his fellowmen and at all tines using his talents for the uplifting of the race. The public work that he has done has been of a nature that has brought no pecuniary reward and yet has made extensive demand upon his time, his thought and his energies. Opportunities that others have passed by heedlessly he has improved to the betterment of the city and the state in many ways. Although extremely modest and unostentatious in manner. all who know him speak of him in terns of praise. In his life are the elements of greatness because of the use he has made of his powers and his opportunities. because his thought is not self-centered but was given to the mastery of life's problems and the fulfillment of his duty as a man in his relations to his fellowmen and as a citizen in his relations to his city, state and country. EMERY T. SMITH. An age of intense commercial activity calls forth the powers of men who can grapple with new conditions and utilize the opportunities that are evolved with change. Development in business has followed the reformation in religion and the progress in science and art. No age has chronicled such harked advance or such rapid evolution in business methods and productions as the nineteenth century and the opening years of the twentieth. As the needs of the world have been manifest there have come to the front men capable of meeting these needs through the outcome of invention or scientific achievement, and in this connection Emery J. Smith is known, occupying, as he does a foremost place among the enterprising and successful men of Columbus. As one of the organizers and the president of the Smith Agricultural Chemical Company he was largely responsible for the wonderful growth and prosperity that the corporation enjoyed. and was also one of the prominent factors in the organization of the recently formed Independent Fertilizer Company of New Jersey, the largest concern of the kind in the world. This business, utilizing the researches of science and the modern process of manufacture, has become one of the most important industrial concerns not only of Columbus, but of America., and meets a need in agricultural life that is contributing in substantial measure to success in farming. Mr. Smith is one of Ohio's native residents. His birth having occurred in Sunbury, Delaware county, oil the 16th of January. 1862, his parents being Marshall and Elvira Abbie (Thrall) Smith. He is descended in the paternal line from David Smith. who was born in Luzerne county. Pennsylvania. and at the time of the great Wyoming massacre. when all the other members of his CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 457 father's family were killed, he and David Landon, a boy of about his own age, were carried into captivity by the Indians. After dwelling in the Indian camps for six months, however, they succeeded in making their escape, and eventually reached their old home. After arriving at adult age, David Smith was married to Miss Sarah Murphy, and subsequently removed to Ohio. where he purchased an extensive tract of land bordering on what has since been called Yankee street in Galena, Delaware county. There he carried on agricultural pursuits, and upon his farm reared his family of eight children, namely David, Daniel, John, Alva, James, Chester, Sarah and Denzura. Of this family James Smith became the grandfather of E. J. Smith. He married Melinda Black, the eldest daughter of Marshall and Polly Black, of Orange township. Delaware county, and they had two children, Marshall and George. The mother died in 1852, and the father afterward wedded Betsey Blanchard. the widow of Edwin Blanchard and a daughter of Levi and Polly Rose, of Granville. Ohio. The only child of this marriage was Levi R. Smith. Marshall Smith, the elder son of the first marriage, was born in Sunbury. Delaware county, Ohio, November 5, 1837, and early in life turned his attention to merchandising in his native town. He also successfully managed a farm, and was thus connected with varied business interests until 1895. when he became a resident of Westerville and soon afterward succeeded his son. Emery .J. Smith, as president of the Bank of Westerville. He was one of the organizers of the Smith Agricultural Chemical Company, and was a business man whose keens discernment and intense and well directed activity led him into various fields where his labor were crowned with gratifying success. He died October S. 1900. In Masonry he attained the thirty-second degree of the Scottish Rite and was also connected with the Eastern Star. On the 14th of February, 1561. at Granville. Ohio, he was married to Elvira Abbie Thrall. Mrs. Smith is a resident of Columbus and a. daughter of William Conley and Mary Chase (West) Thrall. She was born in Laporte, Indiana, May 4, 1834. Her mother dying when she was thirteen years old, she was sent to Granville. Ohio, to be educated at the "Seminary there for Young Ladies," and to have a home with her mother's sister and husband, Hugh M. Blanchard. She commenced this new life November 20, 1851. With this wealthy and childless couple she lived ten years, filling the place of a beloved daughter. In this home she daily received the best cultivation of a mind happily endowed with hereditary capabilities handed down to her from long lines of most excellent ancestors: on her mother's side the West and Chase lines: on her father's. the Woolcott Mather Cooley and Thrall lines. All these are an ancestry accurately kept of both the paternal and maternal parentage leading back to the homes in England and to the landing of the immigrants. Some came in 1630; others in 1635 and 1636. She wished to record and emphasize her regards for her patriotic ancestors by getting and preserving their war records-by becoming a member of the Columbus Chapter of the Daughter of the American Revolution in the year of 1901, three of them having served in that war as officers and soldiers. William Thrall, the immigrant, with others, were formed into a Congregational church (were Episcopalians) in Plymouth, England. Then with their 458 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS chosen ministers, Reverends John Wareham and John Meveric, sailed on the Mary and John from Plymouth, England, in March, 1630, were put ashore May 3 at Nantucket Point, Massachusetts, and from there went to Mattepan, started a town, calling it Dorchester, which is now Boston's wealthy residence suburb. Two hundred and sixty-eight years have made great changes there. This ancestor was in the Pequod war, and his service was so valued he received a grant of land. Mrs. Smith's grandfather, Samuel Thrall, Jr., with his family, were among the pioneers to settle Granville, Ohio, in November, 1805. They named the town for the one they came from in Massachusetts. Her father was eight years old at that time. When he was forty-five he removed to Laporte, Indiana, where this daughter was born, who with her children are his only descendants. He was a true descendant of a pious and honest ancestry. One ancestor, Rev. Samuel Mather, and other clergymen, were chosen to be founders of Yale College in 1720. His son, Dr. Samuel Mather; graduated at Harvard in 1698. One especially revered granduncle, Rev. Timothy Mather Cooley, was a trustee of Williams College from 1812 until his death, and at one time its vice president. He was a graduate from Yale. He was pastor of and preached in one pulpit in Granville, Massachusetts, sixty-three years, and in this church twenty-five members were formed into a Congregational church. They with others (fifty families in all) started as the Licking Land Company to settle and name the new town in Ohio Granville for the loved home they had left. In 1908 Mrs. Smith visited the tomb of Richard Mather, her immigrant ancestor, in Dorchester, then went to the Boston library and read his life and journal and saw his portrait. He was the father of Increase and Cotton Mather. There he founded the "Mather School for Young Ladies," and there he preached over thirty years, and wrote some (now priceless) books. On February 14, 1861, Elvira A. Thrall was united in marriage with Marshall Smith, of Sunbury, Ohio, at her home in Granville, Ohio, by tier pastor, Jacob Little, of the First Presbyterian church. Their children are four sons: Emery J. Smith, Hugh E., William Abbott and Marshall A., all of Columbus. Very early in life Mrs. Smith became a Christian, but did not unite with a church until in 1866, when she was received into the Baptist church at Sunbury. Her married life of forty years ended in 1900 with the death of her husband. He was widely known and was called one of Delaware county's fine financiers. He was always ready to do for any who needed help. E. J. Smith is eligible to the Sons American Revolution through his great-great-grandfather, in the maternal line, Captain Samuel Thrall, Sr., and his son, Samuel Thrall, Jr., who enlisted from Granville, Massachusetts, in the Revolution. Another ancestor was Captain William Cooley, whose daughter, Triphosa Cooley, married Samuel Thrall. Jr., above mentioned, and they were great-grandparents of Emery J. Smith. In this age where education is free to all, so that the majority may have almost equal preparation for life's practical duties, success is dependent almost entirely upon individual merit. The number of avenues of business, too, have so greatly increased that each individual may find work, if he so desires, that is suited to his tastes and his powers, and if failure follows it is the result of a CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 459 lack of close application and of unwillingness to pay for success the price of unremitting industry and careful management. Emery J. Smith in his business career has made that steady advancement which results from the recognition and utilization of each opportunity, combined with a spirit of thoroughness that has prompted him to do with all his might whatever his hand has found to do. At the usual age he entered the public schools at Sunbury, and therein pursued his studies until he completed the high-school course. He was afterward a student in the Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware, but left school while in the senior year to become assistant cashier in the Farmers Bank at Sunbury. His diligence and faithfulness won him promotion to the position of cashier, and eventually he became vice president.. His knowledge of the banking business led to his organization of the Bank of Westerville, of which he continued as president for twelve consecutive years, making the institution one of the strong financial concerns of the state. Constantly alert for favorable openings in the business world, his careful survey of the field and his study of the entire situation and possibilities of the case prompted him in 1895 to formulate a plan for the organization of an extensive manufacturing establishment to meet the pressing agricultural needs of the great middle west. Science had brought to the world a knowledge of the foods required by different cereals and the kind of soil demanded for their growth, and to meet the demand where there was any deficiency in the richness of soil, was the work which Mr. Smith undertook when, in conjunction with his father, Marshall Smith, his brothers, William A. and Marshall A., and his uncle, Levi R. Smith, he organized the Ohio Farmers' Fertilizer Company with a capital stock of five hundred thousand dollars. The output of the establishment for the first year was two thousand tons, and the business grew rapidly from the start until it reached the present proportions with a capacity of fifty thousand tons per year. The name of the firm was later changed to the Smith Agricultural Chemical Company, and the capital stock increased to one million dollars. In December, 1908, the corporation became a part of the Independent Fertilizer Company. At that time the Smith Agricultural Chemical Company controlled five other agricultural chemical companies, and the business was reorganized as aa part of the Independent Fertilizer Company. Mr. Smith was the controlling factor of his own company, being president from the beginning. He possesses marked ability as an organizer, forms his plans readily and is determined in their execution. Aside from the interests already mentioned that he has instituted and controlled, he became one of the organizers, and from the beginning has been the president of the Security Savings Bank. He is also the president of the Sumner Phosphate Company of Gallatin, Tennessee, president of the Monarch Specialty Manufacturing Company, president of the Monarch Fuel Company and president of the Buckeye Phosphate Company. He is a stockholder and officer in many other enterprises, and his cooperation is sought for the furtherance of business concerns, as it is known that his opinions are sound and his judgment reliable, while his name carries weight in commercial circles. In financial circles he is known as a director of the Bank of Westerville, the Groveport Bank, the Bank of Reynoldsburg and the Farmers and Merchants Bank of Hilliard. 460 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS On the 2d of June, 1886, Mr. Smith was married to Miss Hannah Jane Hardy, of Westerville, Ohio, but a native of Huntington, Indiana. She was educated at Shepardson College. a school for young ladies at Granville, Ohio. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Smith were born seven children, all being born in Westerville save the youngest. The record is as follows: Joy Hardy and Elvira Thrall, twins, born April 8, 1889: Wayland Marshall, whose birth occurred June 4, 1891: Niles Emery. born February 5, 1895: Donald Hugh. who was born November 12, 1896: Ernestine Jane, born July 20, 1900: and Marshall B., born November 29, 1901. The family residence has been maintained in Columbus since 1901. when they removed from Westerville to the capital city. Mrs. E. G. Smith is a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Mr. Smith is prominent in the social and fraternal organizations of Columbus. He is identified with various Masonic bodies. including Blendon Lodge, No. 339. F. & A. M.: Horeb Chapter. No. 3. R. A. M.: Columbus Council. R. S. M.: and Mount Vernon Commandery. K. T. In Scottish Rite masonry he has reached the thirty-second degree. and belongs to Aladdin Temple. Mystic Shrine. He is also connected with the Sons of the American Revolution, with the Board of Trade and with the Columbus and Ohio Clubs. He likewise belongs to the Broad street Presbyterian church. Those who meet Mr. Smith socially find in him a courteous. approachable gentleman, who readily recognizes said appreciates the good qualities in others: those who meet him in business relations find him an alert, energetic man, who allows no point to escape him that seems to bear upon the possible outcome of his business interests. Never known to take advantage of the necessities of another in any business transaction, he has nevertheless made steady progress in the commercial world. gaining prosperity and an honored name by reason of the fact that marked business enterprise and unquestioned integrity are well balanced forces in his life. W. WILSON CARLILE. W. Wilson Carlile. partner of the law firm of Butler & Carlile, was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, July 15. 1855. his parents being Justus A. and Catherine (Frederick) Carlile, both of whom were natives of the city of Philadelphia. The paternal grandfather and great- grandfather were also born in that immediate neighborhood. Justus A. Carlile was a manufacturer. Beginning his business career with the famous dry goods manufacturing firm of David S. Brown & Company, which was later incorporated under the name of The Gloucester Manufacturing Company. He was a veteran of the Civil war and had manifested his interest in his country's defense by organizing a company of Zouaves, of which he was captain at the time the war broke out. He was widely known as a substantial business man and progressive citizen whose genuine worth in all relations of life gained him the honor and respect of those with whom he came in contact. He died in 1897. his wife surviving him. CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 461 W. Wilson Carlile was graduated from the Central high school in Philadelphia, obtaining the degree of Bachelor of Arts, and later entered the academic department of the University of Pennsylvania, where he was also graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Philosophy in 1885. He studied at the University of Halle-Wittenberg, in Germany, and subsequently at the University of Berlin in the philosophical faculty, his chief branches of study being social economy, philosophy, administrative and public law. This constituted a preparation for his law studies in America, which he continued at the law school of the University of Pennsylvania and was graduated from there with the class of 1888, attaining the degree of Bachelor of Law. In June of that year he was admitted to the bar and entered upon the active practice of his profession in his native city. He practiced independently from 1888 until 1905 when he formed the partnership with Mr. Butler at Columbus and continues as a partner of the well known and successful law firm of Butler & Carlile in this city. While they engage in general civil practice, they are known chiefly as corporation lawyers, Mr. Carlile specializing in corporation commercial law. His clientage is continuously growing and has long since reached profitable proportions, indicating his prominence as a learned and able member of the capital city bar. On the 2d of June, 1890, Mr. Carlile was married to Miss Florence Jeffrey, of Columbus, a daughter of J. A. Jeffrey. They have two children living. Dorothea and Janet Jeffrey Carlile. Mr. Carlile is a member of the Arlington Country Club, the Columbus Country Club, the Ohio Club and several Philadelphia clubs. In politics he is an earnest republican and keeps well informed on political, economical and sociological problems. All questions which are of vital importance to the community are carefully considered by him and his wide general knowledge constitutes an element in his success at the bar, enabling him to understand men and their motives. He keeps abreast with the best thinking men of the age, is a close and discriminating student of his profession and always studies carefully his case, as is evidenced in his clear presentation and cogent reasoning. He is fond of outdoor life and close contact with nature and greatly enjoys his country place, Walnut Ford, several miles east of Columbus. O. E. KLINE. M. D. Dr. O. E. Kline. physician and surgeon of Columbus, was born in Wood county. October 12, 1874 and is a representative of one of the old families of the state, connected with its history from the period of its early settlement and development. His father, William Kline, was born in this state, while his grandfather. Jacob Kline, was a native of Germany. Crossing the Atlantic to the new world, he resided for some time in New York and thence went to Seneca county, Ohio. Later he removed to Wood county, where he successfully engaged in farming and in the conduct of a nursery business. He is now living in Putnam county and is one of the worthy and respected resi- 462 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS dents of that district. He has never sought to figure in public life but is a citizen of genuine worth, highly esteemed by all who know him. He married Miss Margaret Brinckman, who was born in Seneca county. Ohio. and is of German descent. Dr. Kline, spending his boyhood days on his father's farm. pursued his education in the district schools of Wood county and afterward engaged in teaching school for some time, proving a capable educator, his ability being evidenced in the readiness with which he imparted to others the knowledge which he had acquired. Thinking to find other professional labors more profitable and congenial, he took up the study of medicine and won his degree in 1904 on his graduation from the Starling Medical College. He then commenced practice in Columbus the same year and since graduating has been connected with the Lawrence Hospital in addition to performing the duties of a constantly growing general practice. He finds inspiration for further study and research through his membership in the Columbus Academy of Medicine, the State Medical Society and the American Medical Association. In 1906 Dr. Kline was married to Miss Elnora Causal, a native of Ross county, Ohio, and they have one son, William Lawrence. Dr. and Mrs. Kline are well known in the locality where they live and have gained an extensive circle of warm friends in Columbus. J. A. VAN FOSSEN, M. D. Dr. J. A. Van Fossen, successfully engaged in the practice of medicine in Columbus, was born in Licking county, Ohio, December 15, 1866, the son of Daniel Van Fossen, also a native of that county and a grandson of Jesse Van Fossen who, in the year 1811, came from Virginia to Ohio. Licking county was at that time a wild district, containing but few inhabitants, and it was necessary for him to go to Zanesville for all accommodations needed for the household. He started on a farm which is now in possession of his son Daniel and which comprised one hundred and sixty acres. As the years have passed, however, Daniel Van Fossen has added to his holdings, until he now owns eight hundred acres of rich and productive land. while valuable gas wells have been opened all over his farm. He was treasurer of his township, being called again and again to office, although he never sought political office. His election came as the expression of public confidence in his ability and trustworthiness. He is a very highly esteemed resident of Licking county. and has been a cooperative factor in working for the public good. He is the largest tax payer in his section of the country. and his success indicates a well spent life of untiring energy and well-directed enterprise. Although he has attained wealth, his path has never been strewn with the wreck of other men's misfortunes. His prosperity has come to him through legitimate business channels and has been worthily used. In early manhood Daniel Van Fossen wedded Sarah Lake. whose father. Jesse Lake, came from the PAGE 463 - PICTURE OF DR. J. A. VAN FOSSEN PAGE 464 - BLANK CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 465 state of Maryland to Ohio in 1835, and settled in Licking county. From early pioneer tunes the Van Fossen and Lake families have been prominently and helpfully associated with the material development and upbuilding of Ohio. Both Mr. And Mrs. Van Fossen are now more than seventy years of age, and are among the most highly respected as well as the most venerable residents of central Ohio. Dr. Van Fossen pursued his education in the schools of Utica, Ohio, until he had completed the high-school course, and later he attended Antioch College. He then took up the study of medicine in 1889 and was graduated from the Medical College of Ohio with the class of 1893. He located for practice on -North High street in Columbus, where he has since remained, although the street was then sparsely settled compared with its present populous condition. In fact, some of the old residents tried to dissuade him from opening an office in a portion of the city where growth was so little advanced, but with wonderful prescience he discerned what the future held in store for that district and he lived to see it become one of the attractive residence localities. He has here built up an extensive and lucrative practice, and his business has been constantly growing in importance as well. He was a teacher of Hygiene in the Ohio Medical University for several years, was elected vice president of the Columbus Academy of Medicine in 1909, and is a member of the State Medical Society and of the American Medical Association. his practice is promoted by the fact that he has one of the most perfectly equipped offices in the city. having all of the latest devices known to the medical fraternity that will assist in promoting health and in checking the ravages of disease. In 1893 Dr. Van Fossen was married to Miss Lucy Ricketts, a native of Columbus, Ohio. and the daughter of Rev. James S. Ricketts who was born in Perry county, this state. Dr. and Mrs. Van Fossen have two children, Aldine and Allen. Dr. Van Fossen belongs to Goodale Lodge, A. F. & A. M. His general thought is chiefly given to his professional duties, which he discharges with a sense of conscientious obligation. His labors are the exponent of the highest attainment in medical knowledge and skill. and he is continually promoting his efficiency by the most thorough research and investigation. ARTHUR B. CASE. Arthur B. Case occupies a prominent position in the commercial circles of the city as manager for Armour & Company. to which position he has worked his way by his own efforts. In this capacity he manifests a high measure of business ability and ,judgment, which gives him excellent standing as a business man of the city. His birth occurred in Goshen. Indiana, May 14, 1869. and he is a son of I. A. and Mary (Blaine) Case. The latter. a native of Pennsylvania. departed this life in 1877, while his father, who was a. native of New York state, is living in retirement there after having spent many 466 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS years in agricultural pursuits. He also won an enviable reputation as an expert horseman The public schools of his native city afforded Arthur B. Case his education, and upon completing his studies he remained at home for a few years assisting his father in the duties of the farm when, being ambitious to launch out in the business world and establish a reputation for himself, he secured employment with the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad, in Chicago. Illinois, with which company he served efficiently in several capacities for a period of eight years. Upon leaving the employ of this company he became connected with Armour & Company, at South Bend, Indiana, remaining with them for but a brief period when he went to Sandusky, Ohio, where he was employed for about six years, and thence to this city, where he entered the employ of Armour & Company. During the past five years by his excellent business ability, attentiveness to duty, and interest manifested in the welfare of the firm, he was steadily advanced until he was made manager of the firm's interests here. On November 27, 1895, Mr. Case was united in marriage to Miss Ella Morgan, a native of Springfield, Illinois, and the couple have been blessed with two children, Edward Morgan and John Benjamin, both of whom reside with their parents. Mr. Case stands high in the Masonic order, being affiliated with the Scottish Rite Masons and is also a Shriner. He is a man who does not permit the pressure of his business affairs to limit his religious obligations and he holds membership with the Presbyterian church, of which he is a liberal supporter. He is one of the city's most enterprising business men. and is not only a valuable asset to Armour & Company. but also to the financial circles of this city. OSCAR D. HOWARD. Oscar D. Howard, a prominent and successful architect of Columbus. was born in Circleville, Ohio, May 10, 1878, his parents being Edwin L. and Caroline (Crist) Howard, natives of Virginia and Circleville, Ohio, respectively. The father removed to Circleville in the early '70s. while in 1895 he came to Columbus, being now engaged in the real-estate business in this city. Oscar D. Howard acquired his preliminary education in the ,schools of his native town and subsequently entered the Ohio State University, from which he was graduated in 1900, on the completion of an architectural and civil engineering course. He then opened an office in Columbus and became actively and successfully connected with the building interests of the city. In 1905 he formed a partnership with C. L. Inscho and R. J. Merriam, which is still in existence. Among the buildings they have designed and erected are the fine residences of H. C. Werner and J. H. Ralston. of Columbus. the Carnegie Library at Conneaut, Ohio; the Central school building at Nelsonville, Ohio; Elks Club at Ashtabula. Ohio: high school at New Lexington, Ohio CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 467 the Business Men's Club at Piqua, Ohio; residence for Mrs. D. G. Wright at Ironton, Ohio; Central school at Alliance, Ohio; a grade school at Chillicothe, Ohio, and the new home for the Eagles at Columbus. The firm makes a specialty of the erection of school buildings in Columbus and other places. In fact their reputation as skilled architects extends far beyond the limits of this city and most of their work is done in other sections of the state. Mr. Howard has continually added to his proficiency in the line of his chosen profession and well merits the prosperity that has crowned his efforts. On the 29th of June, 1905, occurred the marriage of Mr. Howard and Miss Irene Miller, a native of Detroit. They have one daughter, Josephine, whose natal day was June 29. 1907. Mr. Howard belongs to the Kappa Sigma, a college fraternity, and the Ohio Club. A young man of genial, cordial nature, he has gained the good will and friendship of all with whom he has been associated and is widely recognized as a most successful business man and public-spirited citizen of Columbus. WILLIAM H. SARTAIN . William H. Sartain, vice president and general manager of the Blumer-Sartain Packing Company, was born in Franklin county, Ohio, April 19, 1867. He is a son of Robert and Emma (Sutton) Sartain, of whom extended mention is made on another page of this work in connection with the sketch of his brother, Albert E. Sartain. No event of special importance occurred to vary the routine of life for him in his youthful days, his time being divided between the duties of the schoolroom, the pleasures of the playground and certain tasks which were assigned to him through parental authority. He continued his education until he became a pupil in the high school of Harrisburg and afterward started in business life with his father, who was a harness manufacturer. He commenced in this way when seventeen years of age and after three years devoted to that work had the opportunity of entering the employ of Mr. Blumer, who was engaged in the wholesale meat business. For nearly five years he remained in Mr. Blummer's employ on a salary and in 1893 became an equal partner, the firm being then Blumer & Sartain, and so continuing until 1907. when the business was incorporated with a capital stock of one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars, under the name of the Blumer-Sartain Packing Company. They had an annual business of nearly a half million dollars. which is confined to the state of Ohio but expect soon to extend their trade relations into neighboring states. They now employ forty-one workmen, do their own manufacturing and have a cold air storage. Their killing capacity is one hundred hogs daily and one hundred beeves weekly. They do a, general packing business, handling both fresh and salt meats and their trademark is Ohio Pride Brand. Since the incorporation of the business Mr. Sartain has been vice president and general manager and is well qualified to fill a position of executive control, as he has worked his way upward from a humble beginning, learning the business in every detail. 468 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS In 1891 Mr. Sartain was joined in wedlock to Miss Rose Enderli, who was born February 12, 1833. They have one child. Helen Emma. born September 28. 1900, now a student in the public schools. Mr. Sartain exercises his right of franchise in support of the men and measure, of the republican party but does not seek nor desire office. He belongs to the Masonic fraternity, the Knights of Pythias and the Woodmen of the World and is, moreover, a. member of the Methodist church. His life is actuated by high and honorable principles. manifest in his business and social relations and in his connection with public interests. He endorses various movements for the welfare and progress of the community and his influence is always found on the side of justice, truth and right. CHARLES EBER BONEBRAKE. Charles ELer Bonebrake is well known as the secretary of The Ohio Securities Company. He was born in Westerville, Franklin county. August 13. 1857, a son of the Rev. Daniel Bonebrake, a United Brethren minister, who was born in Preble county, Ohio. His ministerial duties took him into all parts of the state. In 1851 he went to Westerville as a student and finally .settled there. As a minister he served as pastor of the United Brethren church at Columbus and in other places did equally good work in promoting the moral development of the state. He was honored with preferment as one of the influential minister of his denomination. A life of untiring activity. consecrated zeal and great usefulness was ended when on the 30th of September. 1904, he was called to the home beyond. His wife in her maidenhood, Miss Hester Ann Bishop, was born in Westerville and was the youngest of the thirteen children of Captain John and Sarah (Von Bremer) Bishop. of the state of New York, who came to Columbus in 1818 and later cast in their lot with the pioneer settlers of Blendon township. Mrs. Bonebrake was a faithful companion and helpmate to her husband not only in the careful control of the household but also in the church work. Her death occurred in 1889. Charles E. Bonebrake is indebted to the public-school system of Ohio for the educational privileges which he enjoyed up to the time that he became a high-school student. He was afterward graduated from Otterbein University of Westerville, completing his course in 1882, when the Bachelor of Science degree was conferred upon him. In December, 1881, he came to Columbus as an employe of the State Journal, acting as reporter and also working as correspondent for various newspapers. At the same time he was also connected with the Associated Press and did active service on the reportorial staff of the State Journal. In 1887 he purchased the Sunday Herald, which he published until 1891 and then sold. In 1898 he became chief clerk in the office of his brother. L. D. Bonebrake, the state commissioner of common schools, with whom he remained for six year, or until 1904. He then joined his brother in organizing the Ohio Securities Company of Columbus, of which he has since been the .secretary and treasurer. This is a. financial and selling CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 469 organization and the company has enjoyed phenomenal success since its inception. Mr. Bonebrake's previous business experience well qualified him for his work in this connection. He is recognized as an alert, energetic man, readily adapting himself to the needs of the situation, while his judgment is sound and reliable. He is director of the Central Ohio Building & Loan Company and of the Pebbles Merchandise Company and is also connected with several other business enterprises, all of which have benefitted by the stimulus of his activity and keen sagacity. On the 11th of December, 1884, Mr. Bonebrake was married to Miss Annie M Blaser. a daughter of Dr. C. and Jane E. (Turner) Blaser of Columbus. Mr. Bonebrake is well known in this city because of his activity in political, military and social circles. He is a stalwart republican and is always able to support his position by intelligent argument. In former years he took a. very active part in local work of the party and for two terms served as commissioner of jurors under the appointment of the common pleas court. He was also at one time a member of Company C of the Fourteenth Regiment of the Ohio National Guard. His fraternal connections are with Junia Lodge. I. O. O. F.. and the Algonquin Tribe of Red Men. He is likewise a member of the Ohio Club and his favorite pastime is fishing. These associations indicate much of the nature and interests of Mr. Bonebrake but while he is enthusiastic in support of any movement with which he becomes allied he never allows outside interests to interfere with his business affairs and is making substantial and gratifying progress in his chosen field of labor. WILLIAM N. WEINMAN. William N. Weinman, president and manager of the Weinman Pump Manufacturing Company, was born in Columbus, June 4, 1869. His father, George M. Weinman. was a native of this city, where in 1863 he established the Columbus Steam Pump Works, later converted into the Weinman Machine Works., He was the inventor and patentee of the Weinman Steam Pump, in the manufacture of which he was engaged extensively until his death. which occurred in 1878. He was also a member of the firm controlling the Scioto Boiler Works, being associated with William B. Hayden in the ownership and operation of this enterprise until his death. The extent and importance of this business concern made him one of the foremost manufacturers of the city. His wife, Mrs. Elizabeth (Pfeifer) Weinman. a native of Delaware: Ohio, is yet living. In the public schools of Columbus, William N. Weinman pursued his education and at the age of nineteen years assumed charge of 'the business, which had been established by his father but which had been leased to Royce & Pulling after his father's death. Since assuming the management, Mr. Weinman has taken out several new patents on steam pumps and pumping machinery and has steadily increased the business until the present quarters have now become too small. He has incorporated and will erect a 470 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS large plant, thereby increasing the output, for the present capacity is insufficient to supply the demand. Since assuming control of Mr. Weinman has displayed marked enterprise, combined with a thorough knowledge of the business and is developing one of the important industries of the city. On the 27th of May, 1891, Mr. Weinman was married to Miss Nettie Heinmiller, a daughter of Ex-Sheriff Heinmiller of this city, and they have one child, Ruth Elizabeth, in her second year. The family residence is at No. 380 King avenue and was erected by Mr. Weinman eight years ago. His recreations are hunting and fishing. He belongs to the Columbus Board of Trade and to several scientific and social organizations, including the Ohio Club and various Masonic bodies, including the Mystic Shrine. He is also a member of the Second Presbyterian church. In planner he is frank and genial but modestly inclined, always preferring the retirement of quiet home life to prominence in any public relations outside his business connections. T. EWING MILLER. The life history of T. Ewing Miller constitutes an integral chapter in the annals of Columbus, for though he is now living retired at Ponce Park, Florida, he was for many years a distinguished and leading citizen here. In all that he did he was actuated by a spirit of devotion to the public good, as well as by laudable ambition to attain individual success, and the city profited in large measure by his labors and enterprise. He was born in Mount Vernon, Ohio, January 19, 1829, a son of Eli Miller. He is indebted to the public schools and Kenyon College for his educational opportunities and on leaving school he engaged in merchandising in his native village until 1856. In the meantime his activity in political circles had won him recognition and he was appointed by President Pierce United States consul at Bordeaux, France. In 1859 Mr. Miller returned to Columbus, Ohio, and established the wholesale dry-goods firm of Miller. Green & Joyce, remaining as its senior member for many years. This business was developed along substantial lines until it became one of the largest and most reliable in Ohio. All through his active business life Mr. Miller was found competent to cope with complex problems and displayed remarkable discernment in his investments. While engaged in mercantile pursuits he also became an extensive dealer in real estate and through this avenue of activity contributed in large measure to the development and upbuilding of the city. He was instrumental in erecting many business blocks as well as residences and in all of his undertakings the public was a large indirect beneficiary. He was one of the organizers of the Scioto Valley Railroad and its first president. He was also one of the builders and organizers of the Columbus, Cincinnati & Midland Railroad and remained as one of its directors until 1906. He became equally well known in financial circles, serving at different times as vice president and president of the Commercial National Bank, his official connection there- CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 471 with covering a quarter of a century Whatever Mr. Miller undertook in business lines eventually found expression in successful achievement. He early recognized that the source of one's power lies within himself and knew that energy, determination and perseverance were the only sure foundation upon which to rest one's achievements. Aside from interests which resulted to his own benefit Mr. Miller was very active in movements relative to the public good. He was one of the organizers of the Columbus board of trade and was very active in support of educational progress. He served for six years as a trustee of the Ohio State University and has always labored effectively and earnestly to promote the interests of the public schools. For many years he figured as a prominent republican of Ohio, serving for a long period on the state executive committee and taking an active part in shaping the policy and molding the destiny of the republican party in Ohio. In 1855 Mr. Miller was united in marriage to Miss Elizabeth McComb, a member of a prominent family of this state. She died in 1861 and in 1865 Mr. Miller wedded Miss Amanda. J. Harris, a daughter of Senator Ira Harris, of New York. In 1902 he lost his second wife. His two sons, constituting his entire family, are Ira Harris Miller, who was born in 1863 and is now living in Florida ; and Theron B. Miller, who was born in 1870 and is now a practicing attorney of Columbus. His third son, Louis Gillespie Miller, was born in 1875 and died December 13, 1908. Mr. Miller still holds membership in the Columbus Club and belongs also to the Middle Bass Club and the Halifax River Club of Florida. He was for many years one of the most prominent and representative business men of Columbus and left the impress of his individuality for good upon this city, where his name is widely known and honored. The following is quoted from the Cornell Alumni News of March 3, 1909: "Louis Gillespie Miller, first lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps, died on December 13 last in the Naval Hospital at Canacao, Philippine Islands. Lieutenant Miller's home was in Columbus, Ohio. He entered Cornell in 1892 and studied architecture for three years. He was a member of the Alpha Delta Phi fraternity and a brother of Theron Butler Miller '93. Soon after he left college he obtained a commission as second lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps and he saw active service with Admiral Sampson's fleet in the war with Spain." CHARLES R. LONGSWORTH, M. D. Dr. Charles R. Longsworth, an enterprising and successful representative of the medical profession in Columbus, was born in Van Wert county, Ohio, October 25, 1869, his parents being Reece N. and Catherine (Somerset) Longsworth, natives of Maryland and Ohio respectively, who are now deceased. He supplemented the preliminary education which he obtained in the country 472 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS schools of his native county by a course of study in the Ohio Northwestern Normal School. Subsequently he was engaged in teaching for several years and also did other kinds of work. Having lost his parents when a child. Mr. Longsworth was thrown entirely upon his own resources for whatever success he might hope to attain and when, after reaching man's estate. he determined upon the practice of medicine as a. life work, he found it necessary to first earn the funds necessary for a professional education. When his untiring labor and careful expenditure had at length brought him sufficient capital. He entered the Ohio Medical University and was graduated therefrom in 1904. Locating at once in Columbus, he has since been numbered among the worthy representatives of the medical fraternity here and has already built up an extensive and profitable patronage. In the line of his profession he is connected with the North Side Medical Society and fraternally is a member of the Knights of Pythias. In 1890 Dr. Longsworth was united in marriage to Miss Lida E. Klinger, a native of Ohio, by whom he has one son. Orr. who is now a high school student. The members of the family occupy an enviable position in the social circles in which they move, while the hospitality of their own pleasant home is greatly enjoyed by many friends. JOHN C. FELTON. John C. Felton, chief deputy of the board of deputy state supervisors and inspectors of election for Franklin county, was born July 7, 1871 within the borders of this county, his parents being John E. and Martha (Bouck) Felton, both of whom were natives of Montgomery county, Ohio. The father was a farmer who, arriving in this county at an early period in its development established his home in Franklin township, where he aided in tilling the soil until the call to arms caused him to put aside his business cares that, he might aid in the defense of the Union. He held the rank of sergeant in an Ohio company and made a creditable record as one of the boys in blue. He died in 1884 and is still survived by his widow. No event of special importance occurred to vary the routine of country life for John C. Felton during the period of his youth. He was educated in the country schools and at the age of eighteen years embarked in general merchandise with his brother Charles under the firm name of Felton Brothers. After he had attained his majority he was appointed postmaster of Galloway by President Cleveland, who was then serving his first term as chief executive and Mr. Felton continued in that, office for four years, proving prompt and faithful in the discharge of his duties, although but twenty-one years of age at the time of his appointment. During this time he continued to engage in merchandising. When he retired from office he turned his attention to contracting for bridge work and was thus engaged for about eight years. On the expiration of that period he took up the work of general contracting and building in Columbus and has here erected a. number of homes PAGE 473 - PICTURE OF JOHN C. FELTON PAGE 474 - BLANK CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 475 and business blocks which stand as monuments to his skill and enterprise. He is yet connected with the industrial life of the city in this way and is also interested in several mining projects, owning mines in the state of Sonora, Mexico. He also has other interests which indicate his wisdom in investment. Mr. Felton has several times been called to public office and over the record of his official career there falls no shadow of wrong or suspicion of evil. He served on the old board of supervisors for one year and in 1904 was appointed a member of the new board, acting during the last two years of his first term as chief deputy. He was then reappointed in May, 1908, so that he is now serving for the second term. On the 11th of February, 1899, Mr. Felton was married to Miss Nellie White, of Grove City, Ohio, and they have a daughter, Ruth. Mr. Felton belongs to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He is one of the prominent young men of Franklin county and has taken an active interest in all public affairs that bear upon the general welfare. THOMAS J. KEATING. Modestly inclined in all relations of life, Mr. Keating has, at the bar, through his ability and close application reached the front rank of the legal fraternity, and the consensus of public opinion accords him high place among the lawyers of Columbus. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he came to Ohio at an early age and located in Montgomery county, where his youthful days were passed on a farm. He availed himself of such educational advantages as country life afforded and completed his general education at Denison University, Granville, Ohio, graduating from that institution in 1873 with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. His present law partner, Henry J. Booth, was also a student in this college at the same time and many interesting events of their college life together are now pleasant memories with them. After completing his collegiate work Mr. Keating took up the study of law at Dayton, Ohio, and there remained until admitted to the bar. Soon afterward he removed to Columbus and since 1878 has been a resident of this city. Here he and Mr. Booth early formed a law partnership and later they united with George L. Converse, member of congress for this district, under the firm style of Converse, Booth & Keating. After many years, during which this firm occupied a position of distinction at the bar, the partnership was dissolved and that of Booth & Keating was again formed, while later George S. Peters was admitted under the firm name of Booth, Keating & Peters, which became favorably known all over the country. On the 1st of January, 1909, William R. Pomerene became a fourth member of the firm. This firm is now counsel for several railroads centering at Columbus and counsel for the city street railway lines as well as some of the interurban lines. In the educational work of the profession Mr. Keating has taken a lively interest and was one of the founders of the law school which was eventually 476 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS taken over by the Ohio State University. serving for some years as a member of its faculty. Mr. heating is also interested in some of the business enterprises of the city being president of The James Ohlen & Sons Saw Manufacturing Company, president of The Ohio Building & Loan Company, and interested in other industrial and financial institutions. He is also a member of the Columbus Board of Trade: while in strictly professional relations he is a member of the Franklin County Bar Association and the Ohio State Bar Association. His social nature finds expression in his membership in the Columbus. Columbus Country and Ohio Clubs. While in college he became a member of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity. In 1878. Mr. heating was married in Dayton. Ohio. to Miss Clara B. Seely, daughter of William M. Seely, a prominent business man of that city and member of one of the leading families there. Mr. and Mrs. heating have become parents of five children, of whom four are yet living: David T.. now associated with his father in the practice of' law: Harvey T. Ethel and Grace all residing at the family home at No. 1317 East Broad street. Mr. heating has always been a lover of music and has given his children musical education.. His daughter. Miss Ethel heating. since completing her studies has always been in great demand as a piano soloist and accompanist. In November, 1908. she appeared as the piano soloist with the Theodore Thomas Orchestra of Chicago in Memorial Hall and received a great ovation. David T. Keating the eldest son, was the piano accompanist for the Ohio State University Glee Club during his term at college. Edward Beating, the youngest son, whose death in 1907 created profound and general sorrow although making no profession of music was extremely gifted in musical lines. and while in college was one of the leading members of the mandolin and guitar club of the State University. He had few equals as a cellist and his work won much favorable comment. Literature as well as music forms one of the attractions of the Keating home. A fine library is here found containing works of the famous writers of all ages. Here in the companionship of men of mater minds. Mr. heating speeds much of his leisure. RALPH ECKLEY WESTFALL. Ralph Eckley Westfall, making steady progress at a bar which numbers many able members, is one of those lawyers whose devotion to their clients' interests has become proverbial and in all of his work in the courts he has displayed original thought as well as keen discrimination concerning the relations of the principles of law to the facts at issue. He was born in Minerva. Stark county, Ohio, August 3. 1868. and is a son of James and Helen (Eckley) Westfall. Both the Eckley and the Westfall families were numbered among the pioneer settlers of Ohio. the Westfalls coming from Port Jervis, New York. and settling in this state. The great-grandfather was Abraham Westfall, who on the 3d of May 1779, was appointed a lieutenant in a regiment for frontier serice. On the 11th of May 1780. he was CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 477 appointed captain and on the 20th of May, 1782, was again commissioned captain in one of two regiments for the defense of the New York frontier. His active support of the colonial cause entitles Ralph E. Westfall to membership with the Sons of the American Revolution to which he belongs. The family came originally from Germany, settling in America prior to colonial days while the three brothers who were the founders of the family on this side the Atlantic all served in the Revolutionary war. James Westfall, father of Ralph E. Westfall. was a native of Stark county, Ohio, and became a practicing physician. He served as a surgeon in the Union army during the Civil war and continued in the active work of his profession up to the time of his death, which occurred in 1879. He was well known and successful, keeping in touch with the profession in its onward march. His wife, a native of Carroll county, Ohio, is still living. She is a daughter of General Ephraim Eckley, a pioneer of Carroll county, who became one of the honored and influential residents of the state, serving in the state legislature a number of terms, also in the state senate, while for three terms he represented his district in congress. He likewise won military distinction. becoming a colonel of the Eightieth Ohio Infantry in the Civil war, while at the close he was brevetted brigadier general. He died March 29, 1908, at the very venerable age of ninety-six years, after leaving the impress of his individuality and his lofty patriotism upon the legislative and military history of the country. Ralph E. Westfall was a public-school student in his native town until his graduation from the high school with the class of 1887. He afterward pursued a course in the Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware and was graduated with the Bachelor of Arts degree in 1891. He was afterward in engineering service in railroad work in the northern part of Ohio and in 1892 came to Columbus. where he entered the United States pension office. After a year and a half of service there he resigned to take up the study of law in the office and under the direction of Judge W. J. Gilmore, formerly supreme court justice. He was admitted to the bar in June, 1895, and entered upon active practice. devoting his attention in the beginning of his legal career to general law but since specializing in the line of corporation law. He has a large clientele among the banking institutions and yet continue to some extent in general civil practice. Aside from his professional interests he is a director of the Walkover Shoe Company and he is a member of the Franklin County and Ohio State Bar Association. On the 29th of June. 1905. Mr. Westfall was married to Winnifred Cunnin of Marion. Ohio. and they have one son, .James Cunnin Westfall, born in May. 1906. Mr. Westfall is a member of the Ohio Club. of the Nisi Prius Club of Cleveland, the PhiKappa Psi, a college fraternity, and the Masonic lodge. He was formerly identified with the Ohio National Guard and his religions faith is indicated by his membership in the Presbyterian church. His only political service was limited to two years in which he acted as assistant attorney general of Ohio under General Ellis. His ambition has never been in the line of office holding but on the contrary he has concentrated his energies upon his 478 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS professional duties and has gained more than local distinction as a practitioner of civil law. He finds recreation in golf and travel and is an interesting, entertaining and cultured gentleman, with an extensive and constantly increasing circle of friends He is keenly alive to the interests and opportunities of the day and his alert, enterprising spirit has made him not only a successful lawyer but a leader in public thought and action in the capital city. WARREN E. LANGDON. Warren E. Langdon, who is prominent in the commercial circles of the city as a public accountant, is a descendant of an illustrious family, the members of which figured influentially in the affairs of Europe and this country, among his ancestors being a prince of England and Robert Bruce, while others served in the American army during the Revolutionary war of 1776. His great-grandfather Langdon, came from London, England, to Cincinnati, this state, and settled there when Fountain Square was a frog pond. He purchased much land in the center of the present site of that city, which he held while Cincinnati was in its building, and for which in later years he received an immense sum. The maternal grandfather passed away in this country when thirty-three years of age, while both grandmothers are still living. Warren E. Langdon was born in Fayette county, Ohio, on August 4, 1881, and is a son of Frank E. and Alice (House) Langdon. His father was born near Cincinnati, May 20, 1854, and his mother in Fayette county about the year 1864, the couple having been united in marriage September 4, 1880. The elder Mr. Langdon in 1879 removed to a farm near Cincinnati, where he engaged in general agricultural and stock-raising until 1889, during which year he removed to Wilmington, where he established himself in the milling business, in which he is now engaged. The public schools of Fayette county and Wilmington afforded Warren E. Langdon his preliminary education. On September 4, 1897, he went to Los Angeles, California, where he pursued a course of study in the high school and upon returning to Wilmington, in 1899, he spent one year in the college there, at the expiration of which time he pursued a course of study in the Nelson Business College and was graduated as a bookkeeper and stenographer. His first step in the business world was as a bookkeeper for the Charles H. Moore Oil Company, in which capacity he served for two years, and in the meantime he has acquired considerable practical experience. In 1904, confident of his ability as an expert accountant, he entered that business with the American Audit Company, and was so successful that in 1905 he owned an interest with F. E. Webner & Company, public accountants, with which firm he continued until August 2, 1906, when he entered into business for himself, his assistant being Professor B. A. Peters. His business is one of the most prosperous in the city, and through his enterprise, aggressiveness and ability it has spread throughout the entire state, and is witnessing a. steady growth. CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 479 Mr. Langdon does regular work for the Jeffrey Manufacturing Company, the Kilbourne & Jacobs Manufacturing Company, the American Cash Register Company, and in fact for nearly all of the largest firms here. His constantly increasing patronage gives the business a bright future, and it is at present one of the most lucrative and influential financial enterprises in this part of the state. Mr. Langdon is a stockholder in the two first named companies. Other interests with which he is affiliated are The Columbus & Hocking Clay and Brick Manufacturing Company, of which he is assistant treasurer, and The Blumer-Sartain Packing Company, of which he is secretary. On the 5th of June, 1907, Mr. Langdon was united in marriage to Ethel Cowgill, one of whose ancestors, Mrs. Ellen Cowgill, with five small children, came to this country on the same ship with William Penn. Mr. Langdon is a member of the American Association and the Ohio State Association of Public Accountants, the Ohio Club, the Free Masons and the Modern Woodmen of America, and he also belongs to the Fourth Avenue Church of Christ, of which he is an active member and liberal supporter. He is a man of exceptional business discernment, enterprising and aggressive, and is a valuable asset to the business circles of the city. PRESTON WAYNE LUPHER. Preston Wayne Lupher, vice president and general manager of the Logan Natural Gas & Fuel Company, was born in Venango county, Pennsylvania, September 20, 1856. His father, Wesley Lupher, was a farmer of that county, and represented one of the old families there. He wedded Margaret Martin, also a native of that county and a daughter of John Martin, who carried on general agricultural pursuits in Venango county. His father, who also bore the name of John Martin, was a soldier of the Revolutionary war, and fought in the battle of Princeton. New Jersey. The family lived in that locality at the time, and his wife helped to run the bullets which were used by the American soldiers. Preston W. Lupher was a public-school student in Oil City, Pennsylvania, and after completing his education turned his attention to the oil business, in which he engaged in the employ of others for about six month:.. He then started out in the same line on his own account, conducting business in Clarion county, Pennsylvania, and afterward in Bradford, Pennsylvania. He was very successful in that undertaking, operating under the firm name of Lupher Brothers, which partnership has existed for over thirty-two years, and still continues, his associate being Cyrus A. Lupher. On leaving Bradford Mr. Lupher removed to Pittsburg, where he continued in the oil business and also did contract work in drilling wells for other concerns. Later the brothers joined T. N. Barnsdall in the purchase of the interests of the Logan Natural Gas & Fuel Company, establishing the head office at Pittsburg. This purchase was made in January, 1898. For a time the main office was located at Lancaster. Pennsylvania, but in 1902 a consolidation was effected whereby their interests were 480 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS merged with the Union Natural Gas corporation. Preston W. Lupher since acting as vice president and general manager of all their companies for the state of Ohio. His business is now one of notable prominence and importance and in a position of administrative direction and executive control he is managing affairs of wide extent. When Mr. Lupher rune to Columbus in April. 1902, the business was removed from Lancaster, Pennsylvania, to this city, and under his guidance has increased from ninety thousand to three million, six hundred thousand dollars annually. The company owns what is rated as one of the most valuable natural gas properties in the United States. Individually Mr. Lupher has worked steadily upward, starting in business in a humble capacity, while today he is considered one of the authorities in the oil and gas business of the country. He has than-aged the construction work, the building up of the towns, and supervised the erection of the entire plant at Columbus through its course of construction. He knows just what are the demands of the business for its successful conduct, and is enabled to speak authoritatively upon all matters connected with the oil and gas business. Mr. Lupher was married July 7, 1904, to Miss Grace G. Lynch. of Newark, Ohio. His son by a former marriage Morton Sylvester Lupher was born in Richbury, New York. December 13, 1881. Their daughter. Ann Preston. was born in Columbus. The family home is a beautiful residence at No. 920 Bryden road. Mr. Lupher is a member of the Ohio Club and the Board of Trade, and has attained high rank in Masonry, having taken the thirty-second degree of the Scottish Rite, also crossing the sands of the desert with the Noble, of the Mystic Shrine. His success is due to hard work and natural ability. His life has been one of continuous activity, in which has been accorded due recognition of labor until today he is numbered among the substantial citizens of Columbus. He bas prospered from year to year and has conducted all business matters carefully and successfully and in all his acts displays an aptitude for successful management. OSCAR F. WILLSON. The growth and greatness of a city do not depend so much upon the machinery of government or even upon the men who fill the offices as upon that class of citizens who establish, promote and control honorable and successful business enterprises. It is the business activity which is the real feature of a city's development and advancement and in this connection Oscar F. Willson was well known, having been one of the prominent pioneer business men of Columbus, carrying on business in this city from 1857 until his death in 1899. Mr. Willson was born in the town of Coventry, Orleans county, Vermont, near the Canadian line, May 14, 1827. His parents were Ebenezer and Lucy Ide Willson, both of whose families, of English ancestry, were among the early settlers of New England and whose descendants fought in CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 481 the various wars. They assisted in the capture of Quebec and later in the Revolutionary war fought on both land and sea for the Independence of the colonies. Mr. Willson acquired a good education at the academy at Brownington, Vermont, a school that was of more than local renown and which sent forth many men to positions of trust and prominence throughout the whole country and which was at that time presided over by Dr. Twilight of honored memory. After completing his education Mr. Willson came to Ohio in 1852. The journey in those days was a much more difficult. undertaking than it is now. The railway was not continuous and part of the journey was made by boat-from Buffalo to Cleveland. Mr. Willson came to Columbus for the purpose of studying dentistry under the late Dr. Ide, who was a nephew of Mr. Willson's mother. On account of trouble with his eyes, Mr. Willson was obliged to give up the study and his career was thus changed from a professional to a business one. The first position that he filled was that of purchasing agent for the Central Ohio Railway, now a part of the Baltimore & Ohio, which was then being built. Mr. Willson remained with this road several years enjoying the fullest confidence of the company and during that time, among other things, purchased all the ties used in the construction of the road. While holding this position Mr. Willson was married, February 22, 1854, to Miss Sarah M. Swisher, a daughter of Joseph and Dorothy Swisher, pioneers of Licking county, Ohio. The father of Mrs. Willson was a prosperous farmer for the greater part of his life but during his last years lived a retired life in Pataskala, where he and his wife both died. In 1855 Mr. Willson removed to Aurora, Indiana, but only remained a short time and returned to Columbus. After his return to Columbus, he was associated with Mr. Abbott in the hardware business for a time but was called from there to the management of a. large manufacturing business which Dr. Ide and Mr. Denig were then establishing; the manufacturing being done by the prisoners of the Ohio state prison. The breaking out of the war seriously interfered with this business as its sales were largely in the south. It being necessary to find employment for the convicts Mr. Willson conceived the idea of manufacturing certain government supplies. This was ne with great financial advantage until the expiration of the prison contract, thus making aa great success out of a threatened failure. During the short interval that elapsed after the termination of this contract and the establishment of the business which was to constitute so large a part of the life work of Mr. Willson, he was associated with J. & W. B. Brooks, wholesale grocers. In 1864, in company with James Claypoole and Dr. W. E. Ide he established the first wholesale boot and shoe business in the city under the firm name of Claypoole & Willson. This business, under several changes of name, extended over a period of forty years. Its first location was on the site of the present Great Southern Hotel. In 1877 Mr. Claypoole retired and the business was continued under the name of Ide & Willson. In 1884 Mr. Willson sold his interest to the firm of Belknap, Carpenter & Company. Ira H. Willson, his son, and W. 482 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS E. Carpenter. Mr. Willson's nephew, remained with the new firm, which continued the business until 1904, when it was finally closed out after a long and prosperous career of over forty years, After severing his connection with the wholesale boot and shoe business, Mr, Willson became actively engaged in the Buckeye Buggy Company and held the position of treasurer up to the time of his fatal illness. In 1898 he was stricken with paralysis bit death occurred from heart failure October 14, 1899, Mr, Willson was a roan of remarkable physical power and strong will. He was fall of generous impulses and did many arts of charity in a quiet way. He was not satisfied with success for himself alone but was one of the best of friends a young man ever had and many a successful business man of today owes all that he is to the opportunities opened up and the assistance lent to him by O. F, Willson, Mr, Willson was a stanch republican and took touch interest its the great political questions and problems of the day. keeping well informed thereon and supporting his position by intelligent argument, e belonged to the Sons of American Revolution, ill which he took great pride, also to the Independent Order of Odd Fellow. The energies which he put forth in 'the business world led him on and on and brought him eventually to the goal of substantial prosperity, His business life was one of intense and unwearied industry, bringing him into close touch with the manufacturing and moneyed interests of the state anti country and those with whom he was associated recognized in him a man of high purposes as well as of marked business enterprise and activity. Mr. Willson's family consisted of his wife and three sons. The eldest, Ira H, Willson, continued in the wholesale boot and shoes business founded by his father. He married hiss Elizabeth (race, of eastern Ohio, Alfred Little Wilson. who promoted the Buckeye Buggy Company lund was its president during its successful career, married Miss Minnie Hughes daughter of John B, Hughes, of this city, Lueius Somers Willson, the third son, died in 1882 being at that time teller of the Fourth National Bank, The two elder sons are living in this city, both having retired from active business, For twenty-one years. the homestead of the Willson family was on the site of the present Protestant Hospital, opposite Goodale Park, Mrs. Willson, who still survives her husband, now owns a commodious and beautiful residence at No, 103 Franklin Park West, overlooking Franklin Park, where she and her family reside and all are prominent in the social circles of the capital, DAVID S, GRAY. David S. Gray has reached the eightieth milestone on life's ,journey. though in spirit and interests he seems yet in his prime. Old age need not suggest as a matter of course idleness or want of occupation, for there is an old age which grows stronger and brighter mentally and morally as the years advance and gives out of its rich stores of wisdom and experience for PAGE 483 - PICTURE OF D. S. GRAY PAGE 484 - BLANK CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 485 the benefit of others, Such is the record of David S. Gray, who, though now retired from active business cares, is still a busy man, constantly and helpfully interested in movements and measures for the benefit of others. His broad humanitarianism has been manifest in many tangible ways and his philanthropic spirit has found expression, in his cooperation with various organizations that ameliorate the hard conditions of the unfortunate. In his business relations Mr. Gray was well known for more than a third of a century as one of the most prominent railway men between the Alleghenies and the Mississippi river, He was born February 8, 1829, in the village of Broadkiln-neck, Sussex county, Delaware, and is of English descent. His parents, David and Naomi (Lofland) Gray, were also natives of Delaware and following their removal to Ohio in 1829 the father, who was a minister of the Methodist Episcopal church, was appointed in the course of his ministry to the pastorate at Norwalk, Ohio, in the fall of 1841. David Simpson Gray, then a youth of twelve years, became a. pupil in the Norwalk Seminary under Dr. Edward Thompson, later bishop of the Methodist Episcopal church, The educational opportunities of Mr. Gray, however, were somewhat limited and he may justly be termed a self educated as well as a self-made man, for he started out in the business world when but thirteen years of age, In the school of experience, however, he learned thoroughly the lessons of life, learned to make the best use of opportunity and to look beyond the exigencies of the moment to the possibilities of the future, In 1849 he became a resident of Wellington, Ohio, where for two years he was employed as a clerk in a store. Ofttimes seemingly trivial things constitute the turning point in a career and so it was in the case of Mr, Gray. A chance acquaintance with the local agent of the Cleveland, Columbus & Cincinnati-now the Big Four Railroad led to his later identification with railroad interests, The agent took a great interest in the young man, instructed him in many matters connected with railroad matters and in 1850, when his friend was transferred, Mr. Gray was given the vacant place at Wellington, He manifested such aptness and thoroughness in the new work that in 1851 he was transferred to Columbus and thus started upon his upward way in railway circles, He made it his purpose to thoroughly master every task assigned him and to study the subject in all of its varied relations. He acted as master of transportation of the Louisville & Frankfort Railroad of Kentucky from September, 1852, until February, 1853, Not liking the environment he resigned and returning to this city, was appointed station agent and general representative at Columbus of the Central Ohio, now the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. In the fall of 1853 Mr. Gray was appointed master of transportation and later general freight and commercial agent of the Central Ohio, in which he continued until January, 1864, when he was elected general superintendent of the Union Railroad Transportation Company; now the Star Union Line of the Pennsylvania Company, Each forward step brought him a broader outlook and wider opportunities and his habit of thoroughly mastering every duty in principle and detail gave him such comprehensive and intimate knowledge of the business that his promotions logically fol- 486 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS lowed. In February, 1869, he was elected second vice president and general manager of the Pittsburg, Cincinnati & St. Louis Railroad Company and its leased lines and in 1870 he resigned as general manager but continued as second vice president in charge of the general freight and commercial relations. of the company. In 1872, on the organization of the Pennsylvania Company and the removal of headquarters to Pittsburg, he resigned as vice president and assumed the former relations with the Star Union Line as western manager, having charge of the through freight line traffic of the Pittsburg, Columbus, Cincinnati & St, Louis of the Pennsylvania Company west of Pittsburg, On the death of George B. Edwards, eastern manager. Mr, Gray was appointed manager of the Star Union Line east and west of Pittsburg, He was also appointed general agent of the Pennsylvania Company. charged with special duties, and when the Central Traffic association was formed he refused a salary of eighteen thousand dollars in connection with the office of commissioner, as he did not wish to leave Columbus and remove to Chicago, He was universally recognized ass one of the best informed men in the west on the commercial relations of railway lines, Upon the formation of the Joint Traffic Association-a union of eastern and western trunk line railways engaged in competitive through line traffic in January, 1896, with its headquarters in New York, Mr. Gray was elected by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company and the Pennsylvania. Company as their representative on its board of managers, in which position he continued until the association was dissolved in 1900, In January, 1901. having passed the age c: three score years and ten and having been more than a half century in railway business life, Mr, Gray retired from active railway service but has never ceased to take an active interest in railway affair.- and there are today few if any more thoroughly informed concerning the problems and opportunities of railway management than he, Aside from his railway interests he became prominently known in financial circles in Columbus. He was chosen president of the Clinton National Bank soon after its organization at High and Chestnut streets and on the organization of the Hayden-Clinton National Bank in 1901 he became its vice president. the merger of the Clinton and Hayden Banks being brought about by Mr, Gray and Mr, Hayden, Mr, Gray has been twice married, his father, the Rev, David Gray, officiating on both occasions. On the 27th of December, 1858, he wedded Mary Louise Jackson, and four days after the birth, February 29, 1860, of twin children, who died in infancy, the mother passed away. March 3. 1860. On the 12th of October, 1865, he was married to Eugenia Doolittle, of Columbus, and unto then were born four children, Louise, David, Meldrum and Eugene. While Mr, Gray has retired from active business life, he is still identified with many enterprises and is widely known for his generosity and benevolence, his practical charity and devotion to civic virtue and good citizenship. He has been a member of the board of trustees of the Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware, Ohio, the past quarter of the century and has CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 487 been president of the board for sixteen years, He is also president of the board of trustees of the Columbus Home for the Aged, acting in this capacity since it, organization, has been a member of the board of trustees of the Protestant Hospital since its organization and president of the board for the past ten years, He was one of the organizers of the Associated Charities of Columbus and has been a member of its board of active managers and president of the board the past five years, He is also a member of the board of trustees and president of the Woman's Educational and Industrial Union, He early learned to correctly value life's contacts and experiences, to recognize the obligations as well as the opportunities of life and throughout his entire career has a hand down reaching that he might assist others less fortunate, His broad philanthropy has been of a most practical character and while his efforts have been prompted by well formulated plans, the result of careful consideration, he has always been a man of action rather than of theory. CHARLES BURLEIGH GALBREATH, Charles Burleigh Galbreath, state librarian since 1896, is a native of Columbiana county, Ohio, His birth occurred upon the home farm in Fairfield township, February 25, 1858, He is descended from Quaker ancestry, early represented in the south, In the year 1804 representatives of the name removed from Guilford Courthouse, North Carolina, to the newly admitted state of Ohio, which was dedicated to universal freedom. They were active anti-slavery advocates before the Civil war, and in business lines they were tillers of the soil, representatives of the family in many generations following agricultural pursuits, Tracing the ancestry back to a more remote period it is found that there is a commingling of Scotch and Irish blood in the veins of those from whom they trace their lineage, The early environment of Charles B, Galbreath was that of the fame and his time was divided between the duties of the schoolroom, the pleasures of the playground and the work of the fields, Tie was seventeen years of age when he began teaching in the rural schools, but desiring to continue his own education he entered the Lisbon high school. from which he was graduated in .Tune, 1879, In the following September he matriculated in Mount Union College, completing a, course there by graduation with the class of 1883. Four years afterward his alma mater conferred upon him the Master, of Arts degree, Immediately following his graduation he received appointment to the superintendency of the public schools of Wilmot, Ohio. where he remained until 1885, when he resigned to become superintendent of the schools of East Palestine. Ohio. there continuing for a period of eight years during which time he largely raised the standard of the schools, inaugurating many new and improved methods which have constituted valuable elements in the advancement of its public-school system, Although unanimously reelected for two years more he resigned to become a member 488 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS of the faculty in Mount Hope College, while later he was elected to the presidency of that institution, He was school examiner of Columbiana county from 1885 until 1893, and he holds a life certificate from the state board of examiners, While teaching he frequently did institute work, and during his residence in East Palestine he was for two years the editor of the Reveille, now the Reveille Echo, In 1893 Mr, Galbreath was elected state librarian by the library commission created by the seventy-second general assembly, Since entering upon the duties of his present position a number of changes have been inaugurated in the management of the state library, It is now open on equal terms to all citizens of the state, A system of traveling libraries has been organized and these collections of books have been sent to patronizing communities in every county of Ohio. Among all the states of the Union. Ohio leads in the number of traveling libraries issued, Within the period of his administration the number of volumes in the state library has about trebled. He is a member of the Ohio Library Association, the American Library Association, and the National Association of State Librarians, Of the last named organization he was president in 1900. Under the direction of Colonel Ethan Allen, of New York. Mr, Galbreath, in 1897, organized the Columbus branch of the Cuban League of America, of which he was secretary, This league, which was organized for the purpose of aiding the Cubans, had two thousand members in Columbus and was active in the advocacy of armed intervention just before the Spanish-American war, Mr, Galbreath is author of the following books and articles that have appeared in print: "Sketches of Ohio Librarians;" "First Newspaper in Ohio;" "Daniel Decatur Emmett, author of Dixie;" "Samuel Lewis, Ohio's Militant Educator and Reformer;" "Alexander Coffman Ross, author of Tippecanoe and Tyler too;" "Benjamin Russel Hanby, author of Darling Nelly Gray;" "Will L, Thompson, author of Gathering Shells front the Seashore;" "The Religion of John G, Whittier;" "Shall the State Kill?" "Our Japanese Question;" "Mongolian Immigration and the British Colonies:" and "Song Writers of Ohio," He has written other sketches and has contributed to library and educational journals, GEORGE BEECHER KAUFFMAN, George Beecher Kauffman is president of the Kauffman-Latimer Company, and a representative of the directorate of various corporations, His business ability has gained him a position of prominence in commercial circles, and through steady progress from the outset of his career he has Lyon the prominent place that he now occupies as a. representative of mercantile interests in Columbus. He was born in Lancaster. Ohio. September 19, 1855. His father, George Kauffman. wits a native of Baltimore, Maryland. CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 489 and also engaged in the drug business. In the year 1818 he made his way westward to Ohio, settling first in Lancaster, where he opened the second drug store in the town, As the years passed the extent and importance of his business interests and connections made him well known throughout the state, and Lancaster counted his life history as a valuable asset in her commercial development, His death occurred in 1865. He married Henrietta Beecher, a native of Connecticut, and a cousin of Henry Ward Beecher. She became a resident of Lancaster in 1821, and is still living at the very advanced age of ninety-one years. George. B. Kauffman, pursuing his education in the public schools of Lancaster, became a high school student and subsequently attended the Ohio Wesleyan University, at Delaware, from which institution he was graduated in 1875 with the degree of Bachelor of Science. He made his first independent step in the business world in Columbus, where he purchased what was known as the City Hall Drug Store, on State street. Previous to this time he had been employed in his father's drug store for six years, and thus gained the necessary experience which served as a foundation upon which to build the superstructure of his later success, Following his removal to Columbus; he formed a partnership under the name of Kauffman, Latimer & Rising, and the business was conducted under partnership arrangement on East Spring street until 1888, when it was incorporated under the name of the Kauffman-Latimer Company. The business has enjoyed a steady growth and is today one of the leading wholesale drug houses of the city. Its trade interests cover Ohio, West Virginia, western Virginia, eastern Kentucky, east Tennessee and eastern Indiana, The house is represented on the reid by fourteen traveling salesmen in the sale of a complete line of drugs, druggists sundries and drug store supplies. The business was instituted along lines which awakened public confidence, and therefore secured a liberal patronage. Aside from his interests a: president of the KauffmanLatimer Company, Mr, Kauffman is well known in business circles, being the director of the Capital City Bank and a director and treasurer of the American Druggists' Fire & Insurance Company, of Cincinnati. Tie has also been dean of the college of pharmacy since the establishment of the Ohio State University and is now active in college work, In 1877 occurred the marriage of Mr. Kauffman and Miss Eunice Hughes, of Delaware, Ohio, and they now have two daughters and three sons: Margaret, who was born in 1879 and is the wife of John M, Barringer; Henrietta, who was born in 1881 and is the wife of Charles Cunningham. of Toledo, Ohio; Myron Beecher, who was born in 1887 and is now a senior in the Ohio State University; George Hughes, who was born in 1889 and is a member of the junior class of the State University; and Linus, who was born in 1891 and is a cadet in Racine College, of Racine, Wisconsin. Mr. Kauffman is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church and of the Ohio Club, He is connected with several college fraternities, including the Phi Gamma. Delta. the Phi Chi, and the Sigma Psi, His political allegiance is given to the republican party but he manifests only a citizen's 490 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS interest in politics. He is widely known as one of the prominent pharmacists of the state and has been honored with the presidency of the State Association of Pharmacists. He was also one year president of the American Conference of Pharmaceutical Faculties, and has been editor of the Midland Druggist, a monthly herald to the drug trade published in Columbus, He is likewise a director of the company owning that paper, Throughout his entire career Mr, Kauffman has been connected with the line of trade in which he embarked when he entered business life and his Continuance therein, without the diffusion of his energies over a broad and varied field. undoubtedly constitutes one of the strongest elements in his success, C. FREDERICK LUTHY, C. Frederick Luthy is president of The Columbus Hardware Company, an enterprise that is today one of the oldest hardware jobbing concerns between Pittsburg and Chicago, He was born August 30, 1846. In Canton Berne, Switzerland. and in 1852 was brought to America. the fancily house being established at Winesburg, Holmes county, Ohio, Subsequently a removal was made to Millersburg, Ohio, and on arriving at years of maturity and acquiring a good public school education, Mr, Luthy there established himself in business as a retail hardware merchant, He conducted the enterprise successfully for a period of thirty-five years, enjoying a constantly growing trade which made his undertaking a profitable one, While at. Millersburg, Mr, Luthy was one of the organizers of The Millersburg. Orville & Wooster Telephone Company, He also held the office of school director for a long period of years, As a member of the common council and as chairman of the waterworks committee he gave to that little city one of the best water .supplies in Ohio, Mr, Luthy was also trustee of the county Children's Home and has always been interested in this work. In 1894 he joined with others in organizing The Stuber. Luthy d Gregg Company, wholesale dealers in notions, tinware etc, in the city of Columbus, This business was conducted for a number of years very profitably with Mr, Luthy as president and general manager. In 1902 Mr, Luthy reorganized The Kilbourne-Jones. Company, under the name of The Columbus Hardware Company and has since been president of this concern, He is regarded as a valuable addition to the business circles of Columbus and of Central Ohio. His long connection with the trade interests of Millersburg has brought him a wide acquaintance and his reputation preceded him to this city, In early manhood Mr. Luthy was married to Miss Losiabelle Mills. of Harrison county, Ohio. a daughter of Elias Mills, who carried on general agricultural pursuits near Morefield in Harrison county. The family was established in Maryland during the early period of the colonization of the new world and at the time of the Revolutionary war most of the male members of the family enlisted in the Continental Army, Unto Mr. and Mrs, CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 491 Luthy have been born three children, Charles Mills, the eldest, born November 19, 1876, in Millersburg, Ohio, is now associated in business with his father as the secretary and general purchasing agent of The Columbus Hardware Company, He attended the public schools of his native city, also the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor and likewise pursued a course of instruction in a commercial college at Minneapolis, Minnesota, Thus well equipped by educational training for the practical and responsible duties of a business career, he joined his father on the organization of the present business. In 1900 he was married to Miss Pearl M, Snider of Millersburg, a daughter of Isaac D, Snider. Clyde L. Luthy, the second son, died in infancy, Kenneth F, Luthy, the third son, was born March 7, 1886, completed a course in Kenyon College and is now engaged in business in New York city, Mr. Luthy is a Knight Templar and member of the Mystic Shrine, His son Charles M, is also well known in Masonry, belonging to all the different ramifications of the order, Both father and sons are stalwart democrats, laboring effectively and earnestly for the interests of the party, Charles M, Luthy is prominent in state politics and has an enviable reputation as a campaign orator, His voice has been heard in many parts of Ohio and of other states in defense of the eternal principles of the democratic faith He is also a member of the Broad Street Methodist Episcopal church and his life has always been actuated by high and honorable principles and characterized by manly conduct, He has made for himself a creditable name in business circles and at all times has been loyal to his belief in his association with political, fraternal and moral interests, RT. REV. JAMES J. HARTLEY. The present bishop of the diocese of Columbus. the Rt, Reverend James J. Hartley. is a. native son of the capital city, born in 1858, Here he spent his youth, began the acquisition of the education. that fitted him for his present high station, and pursued his early ambition to the full need of success, At the age of twenty-four, in 1882, he was ordained to the priesthood, and thereafter given charge of a church in the city of Steubenville, where his soul and energies were devoted to the full discharge of all the duties which from time to time, and often in sudden stress, devolved upon him, By his sincerity and open-heartedness he not only won the love of his own parishioners, but the respect and admiration of all, regardless of creed or condition, with whom he came in contact. Perhaps no minister of any denomination ever excited deeper regret, when the breaking of long knit associations came with his call from the relatively humble parish church to the head of a great diocese. Not only his parishioners but the whole community felt the loss of his presence, With just pride, however, they saw him promoted, although they realized that they were about to lose his genial personality and kindly words of cheer 492 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS and advice; not only pertaining to church matters, but to affairs of public concern that make for the good of the entire community, During the closing days of 1903 and the opening months of 1904, the press of the little city on the Upper Ohio, voiced again and again the high esteem in which the whole community held him as a man in the truest and noblest sense, and the good wishes that would follow him back to the city of his nativity and to his new dignity, On the 19th of December, 1903, Pope Pius X named him Bishop of the Diocese of Columbus, and in due time the rescript of nomination and selection to the bishopric came to the unassuming young priest from the hands of His Holiness. In his own parish church at Steubenville he was consecrated Bishop with simple, but solemn ceremonies, on the 25th day of February, 1904, after which he came to Columbus to put on the vestments and insignia of his new office, and take up, as the fourth Bishop in the succession, the responsible duty of administering the affairs of the diocese, Since the hour of his arrival he has been ably promoting its religious and educational interests. LEWIS L. RANKIN, The life work of Lewis L. Rankin has been so clear cut in its expression and so honorable in its purposes that the progressive steps which mark his development are easily discernible. An analyzation of his work indicates that his salient characteristic is a quiet persistence in all that he undertakes, and the wide measure of his success, unostentatiously and easily attained, demonstrates the excellence of this quality in his nature, He is today classed with the ablest lawyers of the Columbus bar, while his powers of organization have been manifest in the development of certain business interests which have been promoted by him. Born on a farm in Mifflinville, Mifflin township, Franklin county, Ohio, on the 4th of August, 1860, Mr, Rankin there remained until eleven years of age, when his parents removed with their family to Columbus, where he continued his education in the city schools, Passing through consecutive grades, he was graduated from the Columbus high school in the class of 1879 and greatly broadened his own knowledge in teaching to which profession he devoted his energies in Hamilton township, In 1880, so rapid was his progress in his chosen profession, that he was elected president of the Franklin County Teachers' Association and in 1882 was chosen for the superintendency of the public schools at Canal Winchester, After a term of three years in that position Mr, Rankin turned his attention to the law and when he had completed a course of study under an excellent preceptor was admitted to practice in the courts of Ohio in 1885, His training as a teacher brought to him that poise and self-reliance necessary to all practical achievements, It is an essential of successful legal practice, for the lawyer must be capable of taking a fair comprehensive and impartial view of every subject. that he may prepare for defense as well as attack, His knowledge of the law, his careful preparation of cases and the ability with which he handled the points in litigation enabled CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 493 Mr. Rankin quickly to take high rank among his fellow practitioners and he soon enjoyed a splendid reputation as a strong and wise counselor. This he still maintains and is considered one of the safest attorneys in the capital city, his clientage growing year by year. He is not easily discouraged or driven from the end that he has in view, but while his devotion to his clients' interests is proverbial he never forgets that he owes a still higher allegiance to the majesty of the law. He is never abusive of adversaries but maintains ever a calm and courteous demeanor toward his opponents, the court and the witnesses, but it does not follow that he is ready to surrender his own or his client's rights. On the contrary he is most persistent in looking after the interests entrusted to his care and the many favorable verdicts which he has secured indicate that his methods are forceful and commendable, His ability has carried him into important professional relations and his name figures prominently upon the court records of the capital city, In business circles also Mr, Rankin has played a large part since coming to Columbus and his holdings are large and profitable, The organizer of the Buckeye State Building and Loan Company, which came into existence in 1895, he performed a vast amount of hard work in bringing into harmonious relations all the details necessary to make the enterprise the success that it is today, In 1898 Mr, Rankin erected the block in West Gay street that the company now occupies, This is but one of various business interests which have claimed his attention, In 1882 Mr, Rankin was married to Miss Hattie Rathmell. A great sorrow came to them in 1908 in the death of their son, Stanley F, Rankin, who was drowned at Friendship, Maine. he had graduated with high honors from the North high .school of this city and from the Ohio State University and had just completed a course in the Harvard Law School, when he passed from this life, Mr, and Mrs. Rankin are well known socially, having many warm friends in Columbus, In religious circles he is most active and in all the things that go to make for good citizenship he is well equipped. He is also on the alert as to the business interests of the city of his adoption and to the moral tone of the community, HERBERT M. PLATTER, M. D, Dr, Herbert M. Platter was born at Lockbourne, Franklin county, Ohio, June 18, 1869, His father, John C, Platter, whose birth occurred at Bainbridge, Ross county, Ohio. July 8, 1831, came to Franklin county in 1858 and conducted a grocery business in Lockbourne until 1869, In that year he located on a farm in Hamilton township, where he has since resided., being recognized throughout the community as a respected and venerable citizen. His wife, who bore the maiden name of Mary Munson Clark, was born in Hamilton township. Franklin county, in 1835, Her father, Dr, Jeremiah Clark, was a pioneer physician of this county and also served as a member of the legislature. 494 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS Dr, Herbert M. Platter supplemented his preliminary education by a three years' study in Ohio Wesleyan University and then, having determined upon the practice of medicine as a. life work, he entered the Starling Medical College, from which he was graduated in 1892, After spending a year as interne at St, Francis hospital he began the practice of his profession in Columbus. where he has since remained, he is a member of the Academy of Medicine, the State Medical Association and has been connected with the board of health for nine years, He was likewise assistant secretary of the state medical board 'at the time of its organization in 1896. In 1900 Dr, Platter was united in marriage to Miss Laura Israel, a native of Washington county. Ohio, by whom he has a daughter and son, Katherine and Harold, Fraternally he is connected with Columbus Lodge, F. & A, AL. and the Scottish Rite, HENRY ARCHER WILLIAMS. Henry Archer Williams, one of the leaders of the republican party of Ohio and prominent as a representative of the Columbus bar, was born in Cincinnati. December 4, 1834. He is a son of the Rev, Charles H, and Harriet (Langdon) William . now residing at Parkersburg, West Virginia, The father has for many years been connected with the ministry of the Methodist Protestant church, In the public schools of Springfield, Clark county. Ohio, Henry A. Williams pursued his education until he was graduated with honors from the high scHool of that city and later entered Wittenberg College at Springfield, where he won first honors on his graduation in 1885, at which time the degree of Bachelor of Arts was conferred upon him, while in 1890 he received the honorary degree of Master of Arts from his alma mater, When his more specifically literary education was completed he took up the study of law and in March, 1887, received the appointment as commission clerk in the executive office from Governor Foraker, This was his initial step toward political prominence, Having in the meantime been admitted to the bar, he located for the practice of law in Columbus in May, 1890, and although it is proverbial that advancement in the law is slow, yet he was steadily building up a good clientage and had won for himself favorable notice when on the 1st of March, 1895, he was appointed first assistant. prosecuting attorney of Franklin county, serving for one term in a most satisfactory manner, He then resumed the private practice of law in Columbus and has often been connected with matter., of unusually important. litigation. His practice also calls him into the court., of many of the counties of the state, the United States courts of the district and the supreme court at Washington, and in crossing swords with others in forensic combat he has proved himself an opponent worthy of their steel, All through the years Mr, Williams has remained an active and stalwart champion of the republican party and in 1900 he was appointed by President PAGE 495 - PICTURE OF HENRY A. WILLIAMS PAGE 496 - BLANK CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 497 McKinley, with whom he was on the most intimate and friendly terms, as supervisor of the United States census for the counties of Franklin, Fairfield and Licking, in which capacity he performed his work well and faithfully, He was called to official service in the city in 1908, when appointed a trustee of the public library by Mayor Bond. Mr, Williams is one of the state leaders of the republican party and has for many years been prominent in both the local and state councils, On repeated occasions he has acted as chairman of the republican executive committee of this county and his powers of organization and his keen outlook into every situation has made him a most, forceful and competent party leader. He was secretary of the Taft national bureau, of which Hon, Arthur I. Vorys was chairman and which to a very marked extent secured the nomination and election of Hon, William H, Taft, republican candidate for president in 1908, He is now chairman of the republican state executive committee and was therefore in command of the national and state campaign in Ohio in 1908. On the 24th of November 1887, in Springfield, Ohio, Mr, Williams wedded Miss Elizabeth Lorena Thomas and they have three children: Morris Holliday, thirteen years of age; Langdon Thomas, ten years of age; and Gordon Holliday, who has attained the age of seven. A companionable nature and genial disposition have made Mr. Williams a favorite in social as well as legal and political circles, He is a member of the Beta. Theta Pi, a college fraternity, has been college secretary and member of the national board of trustees, He also belongs to the Ohio Society of the Sons of the American Revolution and of the Benjamin Franklin Chapter of the State Society, He became a charter member of the State Society, organized in 1889, and of the Benjamin Franklin Chapter, organized in 1895, and has served as state secretary, treasurer and vice president, while of the chapter he has been vice president and president. His orations before the society's annual banquets are gems of oratory and as instructive as eloquent, Mr, Williams likewise belongs to the Masonic fraternity, has attained the thirty-second degree of the Scottish Rite and is a member of the Mystic Shrine, while his religious views are indicated in his membership in the Eastwood Congregational church, J. A. STOUT, M. D. Dr. J. A. Stout, advancing in lines of life demanding keen mentality and unfaltering application, is now accorded a liberal patronage and has gained recognition as an able and successful physician and surgeon, He was born in Pickaway county. Ohio. near Circleville, February 8. 1863, His father, Jacob .J. Stout, was a native of the same county, while. his grandfather, Jacob Stout, came to Ohio from Pennsylvania in the early `30s and settled in Pickaway county. There he followed fanning, and his son and namesake devoted his energies to the same pursuit. continuing an active representative of agricultural interests until his death, which occurred July 1, 1891, In early manhood he 498 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS had wedded Elizabeth Wanamacher, who survived him until 1903, when she also passed away. In the country schools Dr, Stout obtained his preliminary education, and later attended the -National Normal University at Lebanon, Ohio, He afterward engaged in teaching in his native county for several years but, thinking that he would find other professional labor more congenial and profitable, he took up the study of medicine in the Starling Medical College, from which he was graduated in 1889. Immediately after he began practice in Columbus, devoting one year to service as house physician in St. Francis Hospital, Thus to his theoretical training he added broad and varied practical experience, and was well equipped for the onerous duties of the profession of medicine and surgery. He has been connected with the medical department of St, Anthony's Hospital since its organization, was for five years physician of the Franklin County Children's Home and is a member of the Columbus board of health, He belongs to the Columbus Academy of Medicine and to the Ohio State Medical Society. Dr, Stout is moreover interested in all that pertains to the welfare and progress of the capital city, and cooperates in many movements for the general good. He has been a member of the board of education for six years, and for one year served as its president, In his fraternal relations he is connected with Columbus Lodge, No. 30, A, F, & A, M,, with Capital Lodge. I. O. O. F,. and with the Modern Woodmen of America, filling all the chairs in the Odd Fellows Lodge, His political allegiance is given to the democratic party, but he never allows partisanship to interfere with his support of any project or measure that he deems beneficial to the city at large, RT, REV. BISHOP WATTERSON, John Ambrose Watterson, D. D. was born in Indiana County, Pennsylvania, in 1844, He was educated at St, Vincent's College, in his native state, and at St. Mary's College and Seminary. Maryland, his ordination to the priesthood taking place in 1868. He held the chair of classics at St, Mary's College, later the chair of theology, and was elected president of both the College and the seminary, Rev, Watterson was consecrated second bishop of Columbus in 1880. The diocese was for eighteen months without a Bishop, and during that period was under the administration of Very Rev. N. A. Gallagher, who had been appointed as Metropolitan by Archbishop Purcell. During this interval Rev. M. M. Meara continued rector of the cathedral and was assisted in 1879-1880 by Rev, J. Kuhn, Rev. L. W. Mulhane and Rev. F. M, Woesman. Rev, A. D. Clarke was also stationed at the Cathedral from 1879 to 1884, not as assistant Chaplain, but as Chaplain of the Catholic prisoners confined in the penitentiary, Dr. Watterson was consecrated Bishop nn Sunday, August 8, 1880, with the most elaborate and solemn ceremonies in keeping with the great spiritual CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 499 responsibilities he was assuming, His reception at the door of the Cathedral was imposing and impressive, At the consecration Most Reverend John B. Purcell of Cincinnati, and Right Rev, Bishops Fitzgerald of Little Rock. Toebbe of Covington, Chatard of Indianapolis and Dwenger of Ft, Wayne, were within the sanctuary, and sixty-five priests and many seminarians were present, JOSEPH A. MURPHY, M, D, Joseph A. Murphy, physician and surgeon of Columbus, comes of an ancestry having a most creditable military record. His great-grandfather, Martin Murphy, a native of the north of Ireland, crossed the Atlantic at the time of the Revolutionary war and served with the American forces. His son, John Murphy, grandfather of Dr, Murphy, was born in Ohio and became a soldier of the war of 1812, Joseph J, Murphy, the doctor's father, was a native of Guernsey county, Ohio, and when the country became involved in civil war, he enlisted under the stars and stripes, serving in the, One Hundred and Forty-eighth Ohio and the Twentieth Ohio Regiments. He was with Sherman on the celebrated march to the sea, and after the close of hostilities was mustered out at Columbus. For many years he followed farming, and is now living retired in Winton county, Ohio. at the advanced age of eighty-four years. Since the (organization of the republican party he has been one of its stanch advocates, and though he. never sought nor desired office he has served as township treasurer and has been a much respected citizen of the community in which he has made his home. He married Caroline Martindale, who was born in Meigs county, Ohio, in 1827. They have now traveled life's journey together far sixty-one years, their mutual love and confidence increasing as time passed by. Dr, Murphy was born in Vinton county, Ohio, July 20, 1868, and after attending the public schools engaged in teaching for one term but regarded that merely as an initial step to other professional labor, Determining to make the practice of medicine his life work he entered the Columbus Medical College from which he was graduated in 1890 and then located for practice in ,the capital city, The same year he was appointed resident physician at the Worthington Fresh Air Home and had charge there during the three summers of its existence. In 1899 he was appointed physician of the Hare Orphans Home, and acted in that capacity for five years. In 1903 he was appointed jail physician, and in the following year was appointed to fill out the unexpired term as coroner, In 1904 he was nominated for the office, was elected and by reelection was continued in the position to the 4th of January, 1909, at which time his term expired, The demands of his private practice are also considerable, so that his life is a busy one, and his patients have full confidence in his professional ability, He belongs to the Columbus Academy of Medicine, the Ohio State Medical Society and the American Medical Association, On the 23d of December. 1891, Dr, Murphy was married to Miss Blanche O. Thompson, of Columbus. a daughter of Harvey M, Thompson. who served 500 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS in the Eleventh Ohio Infantry in the Civil war and was wounded at Lookout Mountain, Dr. and Mrs. Murphy have five living children: Harlan M,, Joseph A,, Helen B., Cordelia and Caroline, They also lost one son, Earl C,, who died March 11, 1895, at the age of four years, The parents are members of the Congregational church, and Dr. Murphy belongs to the Knights of Pythias fraternity and to Humboldt Lodge, No, 476, A. F. & A, M,, while in the Scottish Rite he has attained the thirty-second degree. He is in hearty sympathy with the purposes of the craft, and finds frequent opportunity in his profession to exemplify its basic principles of mutual helpfulness and brotherly kindness. (RETURN TO THE TITLE PAGE)