500 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS GEORGE FRANCIS MOONEY, (RETURN TO THE TITLE PAGE) George Francis Mooney, secretary and general manager of the Washington Brewing Company, has manifested in his business career much of the spirit of the initiative, for he has instituted new plans and methods, the value of which time has proven. The successful business man is the one who does not follow the paths that others have marked out, but who can adjust himself to circumstances and utilize every opportunity to the best advantage, Mr. Mooney, well known for what he has accomplished in the upbuilding of an important and successful industry, was born in Steubenville, Ohio, in 1867. His father, John B, Mooney, was a native of Ireland, and in 1858 arrived in Steubenville, where he became a. pioneer contractor, He built all of the tunnels in that locality, and as a railroad mason worked on the Steubenville & Indiana Railroad, now a part of the Pennsylvania system, His labors were splendid specimens of engineering, and he became widely known in that connection, He continued in active business for many years, but in 1873 retired to enjoy the fruits of his former toil, spending his remaining days in well earned and honorable rest at Steubenville, where he passed away in 1903, He was a splendid example of the self-made man whose spirit of enterprise and diligence enabled him to make steady progress in the business world, He married Margaret McCormick, a native of Wheeling, West Virginia, who died in the spring of 1903. George F. Mooney began his education at the usual age, passing through consecutive grades in the primary and grammar schools of Steubenville. Ohio, to the age of thirteen years, Possessing much natural musical talent which had been developed through training. he afterward taught music for a number of years, In 1880 he entered the retail liquor trade in Columbus, and has since been well known in business circles of the city, In 1888 he opened a place where the Clinton building now stands, conducting it until 1896. For three years during his connection with the wholesale liquor trade he was employed as a salesman, and afterward accepted the agency of the brewery as its manager, He next bought the agency of the Pabst Brewing Company, and represented its interests here for six years. while on the 15th of November, 1905, he assisted in the organization of the Washington Brewing Company, of which CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 501 he became secretary and general manager. Its organization was largely attributable to his efforts. He superintended and personally carried out the construction of the plant and the selection of machinery. The brewery is a marvel of its kind, employing the latest improved devices in manufacture and at all times holding to a high standard in the quality of its product, The growth of the business has been so rapid as to seem almost phenomenal, and the trade is now represented by a large annual figure. Mr, Mooney has always been active in the organization of liquor interests for the betterment of conditions in the trade, and for several years has been a member of the executive board of the Ohio state liquor league, For three years he was vice president of the Iroquois Company. and was one of the factors in its organization. On the 15th of May, 1886, occurred the marriage of Mr. Mooney and Miss Margaret Bauermeister. of Columbus, and they have one son, J, Frank Mooney, who was born in this city in February. 1890, He is a graduate of the North high school, and is now a student in the Winona Technical Institute at Indianapolis, Indiana, The father belongs to the United Commercial Travelers, the Elks lodge. No, 37, and the Fraternal Order of Eagles. He was also one of the original members of the old Jackson Club. and participated in the organization of the Buckeye Lake Yacht Club. of which he is now serving on the board of governors. He takes delight in hunting, fishing and boating, and finds therein his chief source of recreation and rest, He is an excellent example of the progressive and rising young business man who has always followed a free and independent course, planning his own advancement and accomplishing it in the face of opposition and competition, which are always features in a business career. ALVAH JOSEPH PRAY. A notably successful business record is that of Alvah Joseph Pray, manufacturers' agent, who is now conducting an extensive and prosperous business but came to Columbus empty handed in 1896. His strict integrity, business conservatism and judgment are uniformly recognized, and he has enjoyed public confidence to an enviable degree so that naturally this has brought him a lucrative patronage and he has made continuous advancement in business lines, A native of Minnesota, Mr. Pray was born in Afton, April 25, 1869. In the paternal line he comes of Scotch ancestry, although the family was founded in New York at an early day, His father, Ephraim H. Pray, was born in Essex county. New York. and served as a soldier of the Civil was. He wedded Miss Helen M. Haskell, who was the third white child born in Minnesota, Her father settled there when it was almost an unbroken wilderness, few white people having penetrated within the borders of the state, As the years advanced he became a prominent factor in the public life there, and served as senator of Minnesota, The Haskell family was represented in the war of 1812, and Mrs. Pray is also descended from those who fought for national independence, and is now a member of the Daughters of the Revolution, 502 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS The district school, afforded to Alvah J. Pray his early educational privileges. He pursued his studies in his native town, and afterward attended high school, subsequent to which time he entered the Polytechnic School of Engineers at Troy, New York, When his course was completed he turned his attention to railroad construction work, and became one of the civil engineers of the Duluth & South Shore, later the Duluth & Winnepeg, and afterward of the Northern Pacific railroad companies, He left the last named in 1892, and became connected with the Southern Pacific Railroad Company as assistant mechanical engineer of construction in connection with street railway construction in San Francisco, He left that service on account of ill health, and finally, becoming convinced that there was more money in commercial lines, he entered the employ, as traveling salesman, of the Magnolia Metal Company, of New York, with which company he remained for two years. On the expiration of that period he became connected with the Westinghouse Company as representative of the meter department, and is now district sales agent for that company at Columbus. Extending his efforts into other fields, he has become an officer of the Ohio Brass & Iron Manufacturing Company, is vice president of the Northern Hotel Company, and central Ohio manager of the Studebaker Automobile Company, He is a man of excellent business discernment, who in every relation of life has ably and faithfully performed the duties that have devolved upon him, and upon such a foundation has builded his present prosperity. As his financial resources have increased he has made judicious investments in property, and is now the owner of extensive realty holdings in Columbus, his residence being one of the finest in this city. In 1891 Mr, Pray was united in marriage to Miss Laura E, Trowbridge, who was born in St, Paul, a daughter of Charles Trowbridge, Her uncle, Hon. J, Russell Jones of Chicago, was an ambassador in Belgium during the administrations of Presidents Grant and Lincoln. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Pray have been born two children : Russell Honore. born in St, Paul, March 8, 1892; and Guinevere Helen, who was born in San Francisco, May 23. 1894, Both are now students in the North high school, Mr. Pray is a member of the Ohio Club, of the Columbus Country Club, the Buckeye Club and Columbus Automobile Club. He is very prominent and popular in the different social and fraternal organizations with which he is connected, He is a thirty-second degree Mason and a Shriner, is a member of the Elks, of the United Commercial Travelers and of the United Commercial Travelers Club. He was the leader in the movement that succeeded in the erection of the clubhouse at 26 West Goodale street for Columbus Council, No, 1, of the United Commercial Travelers in this city. He has always taken a very active interest in politics, and is a stalwart advocate of republican principles. In the fall of 1907 he was chairman of the financial committee of the republican organization here. He was the national president of the Commercial Travelers Taft League, giving his services and much time throughout the campaign in behalf of President William H, Taft, He is also vice president of the Cleveland Commercial Travelers Life & Accident Insurance Company and is state vice president of the Illinois Commercial CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 503 Men's Association of Chicago, Citizenship has never been to him an idle term. On the contrary it means loyal support of all that he believes to be for the welfare of city, state or nation, and his influence therefore is a strong element in support of the principles which he believes to be right, He was honored by Hon. Robert H. Jeffries, then mayor . by being appointed one of the members of the first park and boulevard commission of the city, later being elected by the board as secretary, and as such served without compensation, many long hours being devoted to a study to which he had given much thought, and as a direct result of these services with others the city now has a complete and detailed report from the hands of the commission, which Mr. Pray hopes to some day see consummated and carried out.. His life record commands the respect and confidence of all who know him, and it indicates clearly his force of character and ability. EDWARD WELLINGTON SWISHER, Edward Wellington Swisher, of Columbus, now living retired, derives his income from important and extensive interests, but for many years figured as one of the prominent merchants and manufacturers of the city. He is recognized as a man of well balanced capacities and powers, whose strong character has always inspired confidence in others, while at all times he has shown mature judgment concerning his own ability and of the people and circumstances that have made up his life's contacts and experiences, Starting in the business world without any vaulting ambition to accomplish something specially great or wonderful he has followed the lead of his opportunities, doing as best he could anything that carne to him. .seizing legitimate advantages as they arose. he has never hesitated to take a forward step when the way was (open. Although content with what he attained as he went along, he was always ready to make an advance. Fortunate in possessing ability and character in inspiring confidence in others, the simple weight of his character and ability carried him into important relations in larger interests, and for a long period he figured as one of the most active and prominent business men of the capital city. Mr Swisher was born in Newark, Ohio, in January, 1852, His father, David Swisher, a native of Licking county, Ohio, was at one time engaged in harnessmaking, while later he conducted business as a wholesale dealer in notions. He is still living in the eighty-first year of his age, and possesses remarkable strength and vitality for one of his years. In May, 1908, he spent one month in a hospital, where Dr, Stimson, of Newark, removed prostrate glands, practically saving his life by the operation, Mr. Swisher is the oldest man in the world to survive such an operation, which at best is a very hazardous one, In early manhood he married Miss Minerva Switzer, a native of Licking county, who died in 1893, 504 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS The public schools of Newark afforded Edward W, Swisher his educational privileges, end, manifesting special aptitude in his studies, he was graduated from the Newark high school when fourteen years of age. Immediately afterward he became a factor in the business world, learning the cigarmaker's trade, but after thoroughly mastering this, became a journeymen, When but sixteen years of age he went upon the road as a traveling salesman for a Chicago house, and the following year. feeling that his practical training end experience justified him in engaging in business on his own account, he began the manufacture of cigars under his own name, Starting on a smell scale, the business gradually grew, forcing him to increase the number of his employes end enlarge his facilities in order to meet the demands of his trade, This way practically the nucleus of the extensive Swisher cigar business in this country. In manufacturing he never sacrificed quality for quantity, but gave to his purchasers full value received, and along the legitimate lines of trade developed an enterprise of extensive proportions, In 1884 he admitted leis brothers, Harry and John, to a partnership under the style of E. W. Swisher & Brothers, which name was continued until 1891, In 1883 Edward W. Swisher removed to Columbus,. but still conducted the business et Newark for eight years thereafter, or until the firm was dissolved in 1891, Conning to the capital city he erected a factory at Nos, 338-342 West Broad street and established business under the name of the E, W, Swisher Cigar Company. The venture proved extremely successful, the shop being equipped with not only all the latest improved machinery for turning out its product, but also having its own lighting end heating plants end its own water works with hot end cold water pumps, Mr, Swisher not only in this connection manufactured cigars, but conducted subsidiary interests, whereby he controlled the entire output of the factory save the growing of his own tobacco, He manufactured his own cigar boxes end organized and systematized the best cigar factory in the United State:, He bought lumber in carloads for cash, end this was used in the manufacture of boxes, five acres of ground between his two planing mills being leased so that he had ample room for storing lumber and the product manufactured therefrom, This made him a competitor instead of a customer of box manufacturers, end constituted a factor in the success of his business, Mr. Swisher was invited by the trusts to join en organization to promote prices, but he did not care to do this, for he was not only opposed to the method, but as it was had a profitable business under his own control, shipping his goods all over the United States, At length a company of capitalists sought to buy him out end he asked them a fancy price, which he did not believe would be accepted, It was, however, end he thus passed from the control of an enterprise of mammoth proportions. which he had built up, and which was then furnishing employment to between five end six hundred people. While in active business his trade increased so rapidly that he could not get enough employes to manufacture or handle the output, He made the sale in 1902, and et the urgent insistence of the purchaser he became a member of the advisory board of the new concern and also treasurer of the company, but when they sold out in 1904 he retired from active life, Aside from CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 505 his manufacturing interests he became associated with other business concerns which have profited by hit cooperation and sound judgment. He is vice president and director of the Columbus Public Service Company and director of the First National Bank. He has other and varied interests which not only constitute sources of individual revenue. but are also elements in the city's business development. In 1883 Mr. Swisher was united in marriage to Miss Susan McKinley, of Harrisburg, Ohio. He belongs to the Columbus Country Club. to the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. and has become a Knight Templar Mason. He votes with the democracy. but has never sought nor desired office. He is very fond of horse, and is president of the Columbus Driving Association. which holds grand circuit races yearly at Columbus. He is also one of the stewards of the grand circuit and president of the Gentleman's Driving Association. He is progressive in his citizenship, supporting many measure, for the good of Columbus. and his enterprise ind ability have made him one of its leading citizens. His nature is social and his disposition cordial, and, while he has at all time; commanded the respect and admiration of his business colleagues and associates he has also enjoyed the warm friendship of those who have come within the closer circle of his acquaintance. J. LAWRENCE PORTER. J. Lawrence Porter is secretary and general manager of the Fidelity Building. Loan & Savings Company. and also its attorney. This company owes its success to his efforts and his executive power, and it is today one of the leading institutions of this character in the state. The life record of Mr. Porter began at Clarksville, Pennsylvania, February 19. 1876. His father. George W. Porter. is now retired and resides upon a farm in Morrow county. Ohio. His wife bore the maiden name of Malinda Rose. Both are natives of Pennsylvania and the strains of Scotch. Irish and German blood flow in their veins. In the country schools of Morrow county J. Lawrence Porter obtained ]its early education. The family had removed to that county in 1877 and after he had mastered the common branches of learning he attended high school at Marengo. Ohio. Coming to Columbus in the fall of 1892. he here tool: up the study of law in the ounce of Thompson & Ulrey, with whom he remained until admitted to the bar in 1895. He then formed a partnership with D. B. Ulrey, which continued until 1902 and was afterward Ulrey. Wildermuth & Porter until the election of 'Mr. Wildermuth as police judge. At that time D. C. Badger became head of the firm. and a few months later Mr. Porter severed his connections therewith. ln the meantime he was carefully solving financial problems. In 1894 he organized the Globe Building & Loan Company, of which he was assistant general counsel until 1900. when he severed his connection therewith and made an investigation of like concerns throughout the country. As the result of his investigation he organized the Fidelity Building, Loan & Savings Com- 506 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS pany of which he became secretary, general manager and attorney. A capital of a million dollars was subscribed, and three years after the organization Mr. Porter increased this capital to five millions. Since 1902 he has given his attention principally to the conduct of the business, but still continues the practice of law to some extent, confining his efforts in this direction, however, to corporation law. He is a man of forceful purpose, who carries forward to successful completion whatever he undertakes. On the 24th of September, 1897, occurred the marriage of Mr. Porter and Miss Carrie H. Kirk, a daughter of Joseph and Carrie F. Kirk, of Knoxville, Tennessee. They reside at No. 1423 Summit street in a property which Mr. Porter purchased five Years ago. His political allegiance is given to the democracy, and for some time he was active in the ranks of the party. but does not have time nosy for participation in its work. He has made steady progress in his business career as the result of his native talents and his acquired ability. He is making good use of his time and opportunities and has established an important financial enterprise in the business whose affairs he now capably controls. FRANKLIN EWING MARTIN. Franklin Ewing Martin, attorney at law in Columbus, his native city. was born in 1883 and represents one of the old and honored families of the capital. From an early period in the development of Columbus the Martins have been residents here and their influence has ever been on the side of progress and improvement. Almost a century has passed since his grandfather, William T. Martin, arrived in this city, which was then little more than a hamlet on a frontier which still bore many evidences of Indian occupancy. He was born in Bedford county, Pennsylvania, April 6, 1788, and spent the period of his boyhood and youth in the Keystone state. This was the formative epoch in the history of the republic. The revolutionary war had just closed and the people of the country were endeavoring to adjust themselves to a new form of government, It was also the period in which the old and picturesque drew of colonial days the powdered wig, the ruffled shirt and the knee trousers, were giving way to a style similar to that of the present age. In fact it was a transition period in American life and William T. Martin became numbered among those who aided in fashioning the civilization of Ohio then the far west. In 1814 he married Miss Amelia Aschome and early in the following year came with his young wife to Columbus. In early life in Pennsylvania he engaged in teaching school and also learned and followed the carpenter's trade in that state. He was one of the pioneer teachers of the capital city, following the profession in 1816 and 1817, where he presided as "master" over a little school of pioneer children who met in a log church belonging to the Methodist society. William T. Martin was a man of quiet, placid nature and of most upright character. He served as justice of the peace from 1820 until 1848, having in the meantime become PAGE 507 - PICTURE OF W. T. MARTIN PAGE 508 - BLANK CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 509 a lawyer and in the practice of his chosen profession he attained considerable prominence. He was again called to public office in 1831 when elected county recorder and by reelection was continued in that position for fifteen years or until 1846. In 1851 he was chosen associate judge of the common pleas court. serving until the following year, when the office was abolished. e was also at one time clerk of the penitentiary and for a number of years was secretary and trustee of the Greenlawn Cemetery Association, so continuing up to the time of his death. From 1824 until 1827 he served as mayor of Columbus and aided in shaping the policy of the city during its early period. Viewed through the perspective of the years, it is seen that he bore a most important and active part in the affairs of the embryo city, leaving his impress for good upon its business development. In 1858 he published a. history of Franklin county and no one was better qualified to prepare a work of this character because of his intimate and accurate knowledge of early events. He died in 1866 and thus passed from the scene of earthly activities one to whom the county owes a debt of gratitude for what he did in her behalf. His wife long survived him. passing away January 16, 1885, at the advanced age of ninety-four years, her birth having occurred' August 21. 1790. Benjamin Franklin Martin, son of William T. Martin and father of Franklin Ewing Martin, was born in Columbus in 1819 and his life record covered the intervening years until April 18, 1904. He was educated in the public schools of this city and in Blendon Academy and, like his father, was several tunes called to public office, in which connection he did faithful and efficient service for his fellow townsmen. He was clerk of the council from 1840 until 1857 and during this time studied law under Judge F. J. Mathews, being admitted to the bar in 1847. In 1850 he became prosecuting attorney of Franklin county and .served for four years. e was a member of the law firm of English & Martin for twelve years and in this connection enjoyed in extensive clientage that connected him with much of the important work of the courts during that period. In 1865 he was appointed by President Johnson to the position of collector of internal revenue for the seventh district of Ohio and served for four years. e was also appointed by Governor Young as one of the trustees for the blind asylum and was a. member of the sinking fund commission in Franklin county for five years. His official service was most commendable, for he was public-spirited and patriotic and gave loyal devotion to every interest that was entrusted to his care. He became one of the charter members of the Franklin County Bar Association and was one of the organizers of the Magnolia lodge of Masons. He was also identified with the development of railroad interests in Ohio, serving as a director of the Columbus & Xenia Railroad Company up to the time of his death. He married Cecelia Workman. who was born in Lancaster. Ohio. in 1851 and is still living. She is a niece of Thomas Ewing and also a- cousin of the prominent Sherman family of this state. Franklin E. Martin was educated in the public schools and Columbus Latin School. from which he was graduated in 1898. He also attended the Ohio State University and as a student in the law department completed a course in 1905. when he won the degree of Bachelor of Law. 510 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS On the 18th of January, 1907, Mr. Martin was married to Miss Mars Bole Scott, of this city, and they are well-known in social circles here. Mr. Martin is a. member of the Arlington Country Club of the Chi Phi and of the Phi Delta Phi, the former a college and the latter a law fraternity. He is also a member of the Old Northwestern Genealogical Society. His own ancestral history is one of which he has reason to be proud and the excellent work which was begun by his grandfather in the pioneer days of Columbus and was continued by his father is now being carried on by him. WILLIAM ALONZO SNOW. William Alonzo Snow, a leading shirt manufacturer of Columbus, was born in Southwick, Massachusetts, December 15. 1855, a son of James and Sarah E. (Wetherbee) Snow. His father, who was a direct descendant of John Snow, came originally from Scotland, and was one of the first to introduce Masonry in the city of Boston. He was born about the year 1825. During the Civil war he served for four years with the Thirty-fourth Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, was in many engagements, and during the rest of his life was prominent in Grand Army circles. In his earlier years he was in the leather business in Maine, his native state, and later came west, locating in Cleveland, where he remained for a short period engaged in the shirt manufacturing business, and subsequently removed to Columbus, where he conducted the same enterprise for a number of years. Owing to reverses he gave up his business and went to Philadelphia, where he patented a belt fastener, which he manufactured and sold there until he departed this life in 1894. His wife still survives and is residing in the east. William Alonzo Snow worked on a farm during his boyhood days, acquiring his education in the village schools, and when a lad left home and went to Westfield, Massachusetts, where he learned several trades, which he followed for a short time. Later he started in the tobacco business, in which he engaged for a period of four years, and at the expiration of that time he came to Ohio, joining his father in the shirt manufacturing business in the year 1877 and remaining with him until he failed. He then started in the same enterprise for himself, and has since established himself in one of the most prosperous enterprises, which is at the same time the oldest of the kind in this state. When he commenced this business he had neither means nor influence, but being possessed of good business qualifications and perseverance and being thoroughly familiar with the manufacture of shirts he soon made his way and became popular in the trade, so that now he is in the foremost ranks of the business circles of the city. On January 1, 1889, Mr. Snow was united in marriage to Miss Fannie May Graham, the couple having the following children: Mrs. D. H. Brunning; Mrs. A. W. Galbreath : and Graham _V. who is connected with a bank in Spokane, Washington. CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 511 Aside from his shirt manufactory, Mr. Snow has other business interests, being director of a copper mine and also vice president of the Copper World Extension Mining Company. Among the fraternal organizations with which he is affiliated are the Knights of Pythias Ind the Woodmen of the World; and he is also a member of the Methodist church, of which he is a liberal supporter. He is a member of the Board of Trade and one of the most enterprising business men of the city. He owes his success to his innate resources and principally to his perseverance, excellent business judgment and good management. ROLLIN FREDERICK CRIDER. Rollin Frederick Crider is connected with the profession which has important bearing upon the progress and stability of every community, for it conserves the rights and privilege., of the individual and discriminates in all matters of justice and equity. Devoted to the interests of his clients and always endeavoring to uphold the majesty of the law, Rollin F. Crider has secured a large and gratifying clientage. He was born at Greenville, Darke county, August 26, 1859, and is a son of Frederick Crider, who was likewise a native of that locality. The father carried on business as a dry-goods merchant for a number of year: and was a well known and prominent citizen of his locality, where he died in 1862. He married Rebecca Jane Porter. who still survives and is now the wife of John L. Winner, a. merchant, banker and legislator of Granville, Ohio. He was born in Franklin, Warren county, Ohio, November 19, 1816. His father, Isaac Winner, was married in Philadelphia to Miss Mary Powell, of New Jersey, and in 1816 they removed to Ohio. For about four years prior to his father's death John L. Winner worked at the cooper's trade. and in April, 1836. he removed to Darke county. There he became prominent in both business and political circles. In November, 1837. he married Miss Charlotte Clark, a daughter of John Clark, of Warren county, Ohio. For five years thereafter he engaged in the grocery business, for eight years was proprietor of a hotel. Ind afterward conducted a drug .store. prospering in all of these different lines. In 1853 he turned his attention to the banking business in connection with Colonel J. W. Frizzle, and was thus associated until May. 1865. He afterward became a stockholder in the Farmers National Bank, and in January 1866, was chosen its cashier, remaining in that position of executive control until January, 1872. In April. 1873, he opened the Exchange Bank of Granville, which he conducted until his death in 1880. His wife died August 12. 1863, leaving a daughter, Hattie. who died April 1, 1867 at the age of fifteen years. Mr. Winner afterward wedded Mrs. Jane Crider, the widow of Frederick Crider. of Greenville, and a daughter of John Wallace Porter, of Maryland. Mr. Winner was prominent in political as well as business circles. He was elected to fill out an unexpired term in the state legislature. there representing Darke county from 1857 until 1861. In 1874 512 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS he was elected mayor of Greenville, on the democratic ticket, and served for two years. His opinions carried weight in political councils, and he was honored even by his political opponents because of his fearless support of his honest convictions. His life was ever straightforward and honorable, and was in consistent harmony with his principles as a member of the Presbyterian church. His widow, Mrs. Winner, the mother of our subject, still survives. Rollin F. Crider pursued a. public-.school education until he completed his course by graduation from the high school of Greenville, Ohio, with the class of 1878. He afterward attended Cornell College in Ithaca, New York. but left there in hip junior year to return to Greenville and settle the affairs connected with the Winner estate. In 1884 he removed to Columbus, where he was connected with the coal business for some time, but abandoned commercial for professional pursuits, to which end he read law in the office of Judge L. J. Critchfield and was admitted to the bar in 1893. He has since been engaged in the active practice of law. and his salient qualities as a member of the bar have enabled him to take high rank among the attorneys of this city. In his presentation of a case there is no straining after effect. but rather the clear, concise statement of facts which indicates a thorough grasp of the law and a ready understanding of its relation to the points in litigation. Mr. Crider is a member of the Psi Upsilon. He was popular in his college days. and while sophomore at Cornell served as president of his class. He has attained the thirty-second degree of the Scottish Rite in Masonry, and is also a member of Aladdin Temple of the Mystic Shrine. He is also a member of the Franklin County Bar Association, and for two years he was the president of the famous Orpheus Club, a well known musical organization. His political views are in harmony with the principle of the republican party, and he has always been active in its support, for he believes that in the adoption of its principles he the best elements of good government. He is fond of hunting, fishing and all manly outdoor sports. and through those avenues gains needed recreation from arduous professional duties and cares. EDWARD BARTON THOMAS. In a history of the legal profession in Columbus mention should be made of Edward Barton Thomas, inasmuch as his ability has carried him into important relations with the work of the courts. He was born at Wheeling. West Virginia, then Virginia, October 19, 1861, within a stone's throw of the site of Fort Henry, which was the scene of the powder exploit of Elizabeth Zane. of whom he is a direct descendant. His father, Llewellyn G. Thomas. was born in Ohio, and. was a son of Edward and Catherine (Clark) Thomas. the latter a daughter of the Revolutionary heroine. Elizabeth Zane Llewellyn G. Thomas was absorbed in literary work throughout his entire life. He possessed a sensitive, artistic nature and most, modest. retiring manner. An advanced scholar, he wrote largely. but only for his own entertainment. having published only one book of poems. Had he been less retiring he might CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS -513 have won lasting fame by his effort, in literary lines. Aside from his love of study, he was fond of travel. and visited all parts of the globe, on which trips he got together a large collection of flowers and plants from all over the world. There he mounted and thus had many fine specimens of the flora of different countries. He likewise had a large collection of photographs of objects of art, architecture and scenes of interest. and these are now in possession of his son, Edward B. Thomas, who prizes them highly. The mother, who bore the maiden name of Angeline Barton. was of Quaker descent, her people having been among the pioneer settlers of Ohio, to which state they removed from the vicinity of Philadelphia. The early representatives of the family in America came to this country under William Penn. The death of Mrs. Thomas occurred in 1807. when she was but thirty-three years of age. Edward B. Thomas was their but a young lad, and after his mother's death he lived for a few years with his grandparents and then joined his father in California, where he attended San Jose Institute. Subsequently he continued his studies in Linsley Institute at Wheeling, West Virginia. and in Hopedale College at Hopedale. Ohio. At the age of seventeen years. while a member of the graduating day. he left college and took up the profession of teaching, which he followed for three years in the high school at Glencoe, Ohio, while for four years he was superintendent of schools at Clarington, Ohio, and for three years was school superintendent at Woodsfield, Ohio. During this period the hours which are usually termed leisure were devoted by hint to the .study of law under the direction of Lorenzo Danford, of Belmont county, Ohio, and J. P. Spriggs, of Woodsfield. He finished his studies at Columbus under Hon. Forest Hunter, later dean of the Law College of the Ohio State University. Admitted to the bar here in 1891 he has since been engaged in general practice, and in 1896 formed a partnership with J. F. Hays, which still continues under the firm style of Thomas & Hays. Mr. Thomas has made a specialty of insurance law, and since 1897 has been one of the officers of the Modern Woodmen of America. the largest fraternal beneficiary organization in this country. He is at present chairman of its board of auditors. and has charge of a large part of its legal business in Ohio. He has devoted his attention almost exclusively to his law practice and fraternal work in connection with the Woodmen. and has for many years been the state lecturer for that organization. He is also a member of the Knights of Pythias, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and all the Masonic bodies, while in his profession he is connected with the County Bar Association. He also holds membership in the Benjamin Franklin Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution and with the Columbus Country Club. His political allegiance is given to the democracy, and because of his recognition of the duties and obligations of citizenship he has taken an active part in the councils of his party. He devotes his leisure entirely to the study of literature and has a large and well selected library of the best authors and also an attractive collection of rare works. On the 25th of August. 1,849. in Woodsfield, Ohio. Mr. Thomas was married to Miss Tempe Sinclair. a daughter of Dr. Western and Tirzah (Morris) Sinclair of that city. Mr . Thomas has membership with the Daughters of 514 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS the American Revolution and is most devoted to her family, which numbers five children: Edward Sinclair, J. Clark. George Alfred, Elizabeth Zane and Eleanor Catherine, aged respectively eighteen, .sixteen, twelve, eight and two years. The family residence, at No. 1098 Bryden road, which dwelling was erected by Ripley Hoffman after a. very old style of architecture, has been remodeled by Mr. Thomas into colonial style. Nature, education and culture have vied in making him an interesting and entertaining gentleman, who without show of superiority meets all upon an equal footing of courtesy. He is domestic in his tastes and has always preferred the pleasure of his own home and the companionship of his favorite author to the interests of an extended society acquaintance. OSMAN CASTLE HOOPER. Among the representative journalists of Columbus none stands higher than Osman C. Hooper; not in his profession alone but in all that is representative of good citizenship and public usefulness. He was born near the village of Alexandria, Ohio, on the 10th of April. 1858, and obtained his primary education in the public schools there and in Columbus, while later be entered Denison University, completing his more specific literary course by graduation with honors in 1879. The following year he became actively identified with journalism and has devoted his life to this profession, at all times being actuated by a desire to elevate the standard of newspaper. publication. For a number of years he was associate editor of the Columbus Dispatch and made an enviable record as a paragraphist. Simultaneously he was editor and part owner of the Columbus Sunday News, covering a period from 1886 until 1893. He accepted a position on the Cincinnati Enquirer for his special line of paragraphic work and for some time also did general editorial work on the paper. He then returned to the Dispatch and was welcomed by many appreciative friends and readers. It was in 1893 that he resumed his editorial position on this paper and has since continued in active connection with the Dispatch while engaged in other congenial work in which his labors are alike artistic, attractive and entertaining. He stands for all that is elevating in journalism and opposition to the baneful influence of some of the well known papers of the present time that sacrifice truth and principle to sensationalism. In the year in which he entered upon his journalistic career Mr. Hooper also laid the foundation for an attractive domestic life in his marriage, on the 20th of May, 1880, to Miss Josephine Babbitt. of Columbus. They are prominent and active members of the Baptist church and Mr. Hooper takes great interest in the social idea of propagating religious thought and sentiment. At all times interested in education, research and scientific investigation he is now one of the trustees of his alma mater. Denison University. from which he received his Bachelor of Arts degree. He is likewise a trustee of the public library, which profits by his fine literary tastes and judgment. He is also one of the valued members of the Ohio Archaeological & Historical Society. It CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 515 would be almost tautological in this connection to enter into any series of statements showing Mr. Hooper to be a man of attractive mentality and scholarly attainments for, these have been shadowed forth between the lines of this review. Well educated and well bred, his closest associates are in those circles where intellectuality constitutes an indispensable feature of attractiveness. EDWARD AMHERST FITCH. Among those who became well known in the business life of Columbus was Edward Amherst Fitch, who for many years prior to his death was freight manager for the Erie Dispatch Company. He had been identified with transportation interests of the city from early manhood, and was known as an active business man, constantly watchful of opportunities and utilizing advantages so that the most desirable results were achieved. His intimate friends and his family knew him to be a delightful and entertaining companion, his business associates gave him unqualified respect, and his worth in the world was widely acknowledged. He was born in the village of Central Square, on Oneida Lake, in the state of New York, in 1833, his parents being Abigail Holden Morse and Huntington Fitch, both natives of Vermont. The family moved to Cleveland, Ohio, during Edward's early boyhood, and when he was nineteen they came to Columbus, where he became a member of the firm of H. Fitch & Sons. running a line of packet boats down the Scioto valley. The boats were used in transporting both freight and passengers and they built a large warehouse on the west side of the Broad street bridge. Their trips were made south to Portsmouth and after continuing in the marine transportation business, for some years with good success Edward A. Fitch became manager of some coal lands in the Hocking Valley. He afterward took charge of the freight business for the Erie Dispatch Company, a fast freight line, and continued in this position of large responsibility until his death. when he was succeeded by his son. Huntington, who had been his associate in the business for a few years. In 1862 the marriage of Mr. Edward Fitch and Miss Jane Doherty took place at the home of her mother, Mrs. William Doherty, where the McLene building now stands on State street. Three children were born of their union: Eliza, the wife of Charles D. Hinman ; Huntington, who died June 12, 1907; and Alice, who is the wife of Campbell Chittenden. Mr. Fitch died at his home in Columbus, 1265 East Broad street, in September, 1892, and probably few men have been more sincerely and generally mourned, not only on account of his great personal popularity, but from the love and admiration earned by his unselfishness, his loyalty to his friends and his good deeds many of them never known till after his death. He was eminently a social man, entering into all diversions with the zest of one whose heart was always young. He was a member of the State Fencibles and took an active part in the club circles of the city. A charter member and moving spirit of the Columbus Club. his portrait, painted by Albert Fanley and purchased 516 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS by the club, hangs in its reception room. For several years he served as chairman of the. house committee, in which position his son Huntington succeeded him. The latter was also chairman of the house committee of the Arlington Country Club. In his political views Mr. Fitch was a stalwart republican and ever kept well informed on the questions and issues of the day, so that he was able to support his position by intelligent argument. Whatever he did, whether in business or political circles or in public life, was actuated by high ideals. "Lord, who shall abide in Thy tabernacles, and who shall rest upon Thy holy hill?" "He that sweareth to his neighbor, and disappointeth him not, though it were to his own hinderance." JOSEPH C. CAMPBELL. Joseph C. Campbell, born near Edinburg, Virginia, October 26, 1852, but a resident of Columbus since his twentieth year, and all of his career in a. business way has been made in this city. The schools of his native village offered few opportunities but Mr. Campbell as a boy took full advantage of what they could give him, and he left them with a well laid foundation for a life of unusual success, an upright character and ambition to win a high place. In Columbus he was at first a. clerk in the dry-goods store of Brown & Dunn in the Neil House block, and after a short experience there he was offered aa position in an insurance office, where he then began at foot of the ladder, upon which he has climbed to an eminent position. After serving a useful office apprenticeship, desiring a place where he could work out his own destiny, he secured the agency here of The John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company, of Boston, Massachusetts, and was soon advanced to the position of state agent of the company for Ohio and West Virginia. In those days it was an unimportant and unorganized field, but. by Mr. Campbell's efforts it gradually became, and still is, the largest agency of the company today in the United States. With his fortune assured, Mr. Campbell gave a part of his time and attention in another direction, and in 1900 associated himself with the organization of what is now the National Bank of Commerce and has been its president since its inception, and his wise and conservative care and interest in its affairs has done much to raise it to an important position among the financial institutions of the capital city. Mr. Campbell's success has been the result of severe application of a thorough knowledge of his business and tenacity of purpose to win. but he has interests and tastes which make him more than a successful man. His sympathy with misfortune and suffering has kept him a trustee of the Toledo State Hospital through all state administrations since his appointment by Governor Nash. Because of his interest in the cause of education, he has given substantial aid to students where assistance was both needed and deserved, and supported important lectures at the Ohio State University and financially aided schools and churches in state and community of his birth. His love for music has made him a conspicuous figure both as a patron of and as active participant PAGE 517 - PICTURE OF J. C. CAMPBELL PAGE 518 - BLANK CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 519 in musical enterprises of a high class. His charities have been bountiful, but secret, and hundreds of unfortunates bless him for timely aid. He has been a world traveler and has profited by his observations and experiences in foreign lands. Mr. Campbell is identified with many organizations, business, fraternal and social: The Columbus Board of Trade, serving upon its board of directors and in city council; a member of the. Columbus Club, the Columbus Country Club, the Ohio Club, Knights Templars, Scottish Rite and' other branches of Masonry, etc. He was married in 1883, to Miss Emma A. White, and has two children, Edna and Howard. He enjoys the pleasures of an ideal home and is a man in whom public as well as private enterprise and the true civic spirit, are highly developed. JUDGE GEORGE B. OKEY. Judge George B. Okey is one of the eminent lawyers of the Ohio bar-a practitioner of Columbus for more than three decades. Throughout his entire career he has been an exponent not only of legal principles, but of the science of government and of the great political, sociological and economic problems which are to the man of affairs of great importance. In this wide general information is found one of the strong elements of his power and ability as a lawyer. This broad knowledge has enabled him to understand life in its various phases, the motive springs of human conduct and the complexity of business interests, and this he combined with a familiarity with statutory law and with precedent, making him one of the ablest legists who have appeared before the courts of Ohio. Further analysis of his life record brings forth the fact that his was an honorable and honored ancestry, and in talents, in person and in character he is a worthy scion of his race. A native of Monroe county, Ohio, Judge Okey was born December 19, 1849, at Woodsfield. He is a representative of one of the old pioneer families of the state, and, in fact, back of him is an ancestry honorable and distinguished. The line of descent can be traced back to Colonel John Okey, a distinguished member of the parliamentary army of England at the time when Oliver Cromwell was preaching to the people the principles of civic and political liberty. The reign of extravagance and misrule which had preceded it led to an uprising among the English. and many who recognized that their king had committed treason against the Magna Charta, openly opposed the rule of Charles I. Colonel John Okey was a member of the court, all of whom were officers, that tried and convicted the king of treason in 1649. Following the restoration of the monarchy, succeeding the death of Cromwell, King Charles II issued a proclamation that the members of the court who had condemned his predecessor should bow before sovereignty and take the oath of allegiance to the crown. Not willing to do this, because of his well-grounded fears that the same policy would be followed by the second Charles as was practiced by Charles I, Colonel Okey left his native land, together with General Harrison, an ances- 520 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS ter of the famous Harrison family of Virginia and Ohio that has furnished two presidents to the United States. These army officers sailed for Holland, where Colonel Okey remained for two years. Then by treachery and fraud he was enticed to visit the Holland seaport. where he was seized by marines from an English man-of-war and was hurried to London. where he was put on trial, as a mere ceremony, found guilty, and hung, drawn and quartered, being buried at the cross-roads-the victim of sturdy devotion to the rights of the people and the belief that even a king call commit a wrong which he should be compelled to expiate. His descendants sought political liberty in the new world. and the family was early established in Delaware, whence representatives of the name traveled in covered wagons through the Allegheny mountains and then sailed down the Ohio on a flatboat. In the period of pioneer development they were widely known because of the active part which they took in laying the foundation for this great commonwealth. Here they lived at a tine when the Indians were a constant menace to the white settlers it being necessary to keep aa gun by one's side when felling the trees of the forest in preparation for the establishment of a home. Cornelius Okey figured prominently as one of those who moulded the history of the state during its formative period. He was appointed an associate justice by the legislature under the constitution of 1802, and was frequently chosen to represent his district in the general assembly. The journey from Monroe county to Columbus was made on horseback through an almost unbroken wilderness, and involved hardships and privations, for it was necessary to continue on the way for several days. The same qualities of persistence and loyalty to principles which characterized the English progenitor had been manifest in the family throughout all the succeeding generations. Judge John W. Okey. the father of George B. Okey, became a distinguished lawyer of Ohio, entering upon active practice in early manhood. He served as probate judge of Monroe county: as common pleas judge : member of the state codifying commission by appointment of Governor Allen : and two terms as a justice upon the bench of the supreme court of the state. At the time of his death in 1885, during his second term, he was serving as chief justice. His name is inscribed high on the keystone of the legal arch of Ohio, and he remains in the memory of his contemporaries and those who knew him enshrined in the halo of a gracious presence as well as of distinguished learning. Judge George B. Okey spent his early years at Woodsfield, during which time he mastered the elementary principles of learning. In 1862 he became a resident of Cambridge, Ohio, and in 1865 the family home was established in Cincinnati. Determining upon the practice of law as his life work, he entered his father's office and further continued his studies in the Cincinnati Law College from which he was graduated. being admitted to the bar in April, 1871. He located for practice in Cincinnati. and while advancement at the bar is proverbially slow, he gradually worked his way upward through the necessary effort that always precedes ascendancy. In 1877, when his father resigned from the codifying commission. George B. Okey was appointed by Governer William Allen to fill the vacancy. his associates on the commission CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 521 being Judge Luther Day, of Ravenna and Michael A. Daugherty, of Lancaster. All were recognized throughout the state as lawyers of profound legal knowledge and as men of the highest character. It has been said that no commission within the history of the state has ever had for membership men of equal ability. Judge Okey annotated the old constitution, and has prepared many of the ablest legal documents in the history of the. state. which will be estimated at their real value generations hence. The lawyer who holds his profession as above all things else, and is imbued with the real spirit of his calling, confines his practice to no one branch and refuses to become a specialist. He believes it his duty to take the cause of any client who come, to him, if the cause is right. Mr. Okey holds to this now. For the thirty-seven years since he was admitted to the bar. his practice has been a general one, covering the entire range of legal procedure. Probably no man in Ohio is a well versed in constitutional law as he. and each year many questions, involving a correct interpretation of the constitution. come to him for determination. Yet he has always refused to apply the law of limitations to himself by specializing in any single branch of the profession. Since 1877 he has made his home, in Columbus, and from 1885 until 1888 was reporter for the supreme court of Ohio. reporting volumes forty-three. forty-four and forty-five of the Ohio State Reports. In 1890 he was democratic nominee for the supreme bench. and succeeded in reducing the republican majority to less than ten thousand. Again in 1908 he was nominated for supreme judge by the democratic state convention. In 1872 Judge Okey was married to Miss Sarah Louise Schoonmaker of Cincinnati. and they have become parents of two son; : Perry. a mechanical and electrical engineer: and Hazard, a court stenographer. Such in brief is the history of one who holds marked precedence among the members of the Ohio bar. Of strong mentality and invincible courage.. a most determined individuality has so entered into his makeup as to render him a natural leader of men and a director of opinion. REV. MICHAEL M. MEARA. Rev. Father Michael M. Meara. pastor of St. Joseph's Cathedral of Columbus and chancellor of Columbus diocese, has continued in charge here for eight years, or since 1900, and is much beloved by his people and respected by the congregation at large. He was born in Cincinnati, Ohio. October 20, 1850, a son of Stephen Meara, who was born in County Tipperary, Ireland, and emigrated to America in 1840. He first located in Montreal. Canada, but after spending a brief period in that city, made his way to Boston, Massachusetts, where he remained for four or five years. It was during his residence in the latter city that be was married to Miss Ellen Maher and subsequently they removed to Cincinnati, the year 1849 witnessing their arrival in that city. After two years, however, they took up their permanent abode in Columbus. where they spent their remaining years. The father was a blacksmith by trade and 522 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS during the Civil war did the iron work for cannon and army supply wagons. He became one of the city's most valued and substantial citizens and passed away in 1881, at the age of seventy years. The wife and mother survived for a long period, dying in 1896, when she had reached the age of sixty-eight years. Father Meara acquired his early education in St. Patrick's school, from which he was graduated, while his preparation for the priesthood was made in St. Mary's Seminary at Cincinnati, of which Bishop Rosecrans was at that time the president. Father Meara was ordained May 30, 1874, and was at once appointed assistant pastor of the Cathedral church of Columbus. Entering upon his new duties, he remained until 1882, when, on account of ill health, he was transferred to Circleville, Ohio, as pastor of St. Joseph's church at that place. During his connection therewith he built up a, large and prosperous parish and school and it became one of the strongest Catholic organizations of that city. In 1900, however, he was returned to Columbus and made pastor of the Cathedral church, and a year later appointed chancellor of the Columbus diocese. He has done and is doing much for the upbuilding of the church in its various departments and is a learned man and eloquent speaker, beloved not only by the members in his own parish but by the entire community. HON. HARRY M. DAUGHERTY. To the energetic nature and strong mentality of such men as Harry Al. Daugherty is due the success and ever increasing prosperity of the republican party in this state and in the hands of this class of citizens there is every assurance that the best interests and welfare of the party will be attended to, resulting in a successful culmination of the highest ambitions and expectations entertained by its adherents. Given to the prosecution of active measures in political affairs and possessing the earnest purpose of placing their party beyond the pale of possible diminution of power, the republican leaders in Ohio are ever advancing, carrying everything before them in their irresistible onward march. Certainly one of the most potent elements in the success of the republican movement in this state is Harry M. Daugherty, who throughout life has been a loyal citizen, imbued with patriotism and fearless in defense of his honest convictions, but while he is recognized as one of the prominent leaders of his party in this state, he is also a lawyer of pronounced ability, practicing successfully as senior partner of the firm of Daugherty, Todd & Rarey. A native of Washington Courthouse, Ohio, he was born January 26, 1860, a son of J. H. and Jane (Draper) Daugherty. His father was born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, in 1836 but during his boyhood came to Ohio and after residing for some years in Zanesville removed to Washington Courthouse, where he made his home until his life's labors were ended in 1864. His widow still survives him and yet makes her home at Washington Courthouse. Of their family of four sons two died in infancy, while the surviving brother of our subject, M. S. Daugherty, yet resides in Washington Courthouse. CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 523 It was in the city of his nativity that Harry M. Daugherty began his education and after the completion of his literary course he entered upon preparation for the practice of law in the year 1879 as a student in the law department of the Michigan State University at Ann Arbor, where he was graduated with the class of 1881. Following his graduation he returned home and in a short time was elected township clerk-his first public office. While serving in that capacity he was admitted to the bar and at once began the prosecution of his chosen profession. While his success as a lawyer increased as the years passed by, he remained also as an active factor in political circles and his fellow townsmen, in recognition of his worth and ability, elected him to the state legislature in 1889. He proved an active working member of the general assembly, serving on the judiciary and corporations committee, for which his comprehensive knowledge of law well qualified him. He received public endorsement of his first term in his reelection in 1891 and at the ensuing session of the house he again served on the same committee and was permanent chairman of the republican house caucus. He was also chairman of the caucus that decided the speakership contest upon which hinged the contest between Senator Foraker and Senator Sherman as rival candidates for the United States senatorship from Ohio. In 1893 he was chairman of the state convention which nominated Major William McKinley for governor of Ohio, and in 1891 and again in 1892 he was a member of the state central committee, whose effective generalship so marshaled the republican forces in the state as to secure the best results possible. In 1888 he was placed in nomination before the congressional convention of his district for congress and after two hundred and fifty ballots had been cast he was defeated by only three votes. In 1896 he was again a candidate for the nomination and had strong support but lost the nomination by seven votes. His popularity in the republican ranks is shown by the fact that only when ballot after ballot had been cast in an effort to nominate a congressman would any of his supporters waver in their allegiance to him. It is a well known fact that for years Mr. Daugherty has been one of the ablest leaders of the republican party in Ohio and his position of leadership is due to the fact of his talent, his sincere convictions and his conscientious efforts, which are well balanced forces in his political service. That he is a most able and effective campaign speaker is indicated by the fact that he has been called into various states for active campaign work to address the people on momentous questions of the day and thus steady the lines with his eloquent argument and clear, logical reasoning. He was sent into various states during the campaigns of 1896. 1900, 1904 and 1908 on behalf of republican principles. He was a delegate to the republican national conventions in 1904 and 1908. In all these years Mr. Daugherty has also continued as a member of the bar. Upon his admission he entered upon an active practice in Washington Courthouse. where he remained until 1894, when he came to Columbus and was joined by Judge David I. Worthington in a partnership under the firm style of Worthington R Daugherty. Judge Worthington retired in 1903 and Mr. Daugherty formed the firm of Daugherty & Todd, which firm now has an extensive clientele and handle some of the largest and most important litigated interests of the state. Mr. Daugherty possesses those qualities that peculiarly 524 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS fit him for the trial of cases before court or jury and he is withal a most practical office lawyer, regarded as a safe and wise counselor. On the 3d of September, 1883, Mr. Daugherty was united in marriage to Miss Lucy Walker, a daughter of Anthony B. Walker. of Wellston, Ohio. They have two children, Emily B. and Draper M., aged respectively ten and seven years. Mrs. Daugherty is an active worker in the Methodist Episcopal church and her love of music and superior powers as a vocalist have made her a valued member of that organization, contributing much to the attractiveness of its musical service.. Mr. Daugherty has various fraternal relations, being connected with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Knights of Pythias and the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. He is also a member of the Columbus Club and has a wide and favorable acquaintance in this city. Hi combination of strong mental force and aptitude for exerting it effectively in his profession and in the practical affairs of life. with that certain gentleness of personal demeanor which attaches friends to him, is as rare as it is significant of genuine manhood. EDWARD M. FULLINGTON . Edward M. Fullington, state auditor and the promoter of the movement which resulted in the establishment of the Bureau of Accounting, has in all of his political work been guided by the most commendable desire to further public interests, and his labors have been effective, beneficial and far-reaching. He is honored throughout the state not only by the members of his own party but by those of the opposition as .well and aside from his political connections he is well known as an able business man. identified with various important commercial and financial concerns. One of Ohio's native sons, he was born in Union county. August 25. 1864. His father, James Fullington, was likewise a native of that county, where he spent his entire life, being widely known there as a prominent farmer and stock-raiser and as one of the pioneer bankers. of the county. having, in association with partners, established the Bank of Marysville in 1854. For thirtytwo years he was a leading factor in the control of that institution, remaining in active connection therewith until his death in 1886. The bank still stands as a monument to his enterprise and progressive spirit. He also served as county commissioner and as a member of the state board of. public works and his official service was characterized by the utmost fidelity to duty. He was a representative of one of the oldest families of the state, his grandfather having come from New England during the pioneer epoch in the history of Ohio. James Fullington was united in marriage in early manhood to Miss Eliza Henry McMullan, whose people came from Connecticut among the early pioneers and were members of the Colonel Kilburn colony at Worthington, Ohio. Mrs. Fullington still survives. In the public schools of Union county Edward M. Fullington began his education. which was supplemented by study in Kenyon College. In 1888 he PAGE 525 - PICTURE OF E. M. FULLINGTON PAGE 526 - BLANK CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 527 went to Marysville and accepted a position in the bank which had been established by his father. He was connected with that institution and with other business interests until 1895, when he was elected county auditor of Union county and was reelected without opposition, the democratic party placing no candidate in the field. While county auditor his attention was called to the lack of system in public accounting and the vast loss to cities, counties and state through this evil. Being a. thorough financier, methodical in all that he did, it appeared to him a folly that such conditions of affairs should be allowed to exist and he considered it his duty as a citizen to work for the reform. During his service as county auditor he was first secretary and later president of the County Auditor's Association of Ohio and in this' body he earnestly agitated the subject of improvement in the methods of keeping public accounts. The movement soon began to attract attention in other quarters and especially in the State Board of Commerce, Judge Stewart. one of the executive committee of that body and its attorney, being very enthusiastic in support of the project which Mr. Fullington furthered. In 1901 the State Board of Commerce appointed a committee consisting of Judge Gilbert H. Stewart and Allan Ripley Foote on behalf of that body and Mr. Fullington on behalf of the state auditor, W. D. Gilbert, to investigate the subject and frame a. bill. As a result a law was passed providing for a bureau of inspection and supervision of public offices, now known as the Bureau of Accounting, and on the expiration of his second term as county auditor, Mr. Fullington was appointed chief of this bureau and was retained in the office for a year and a half, at the end of which time he had decided to return to private business life, which offered greater remuneration and was far more to his taste. He had left his business affairs entirely to his partners while in office and he felt that his interests demanded his personal attention. He had proved his worth as a. public official and, the office of deputy state auditor being just then created by legislature on account of the increased duties of the state auditor since assuming supervision of the Bureau of Accounting, Mr. Fullington was appointed to that office by Mr. Gilbert and thus served until .January 11, 1909, when he succeeded Mr. Gilbert. having been elected state auditor in the fall of 1908. The plan of uniform accounting which Ohio was the first to adopt, has proven a great success. Thereby the accounts of village, city and county officials have been straightened out throughout the state and enormous sums have been brought back into the treasuries, while undesirable conditions in public accounts will in future be prevented. The bureau, which at first had a chief and four deputies, has now a force of forty-five men and beginning in the year 1909 took charge of the accounts of state officials as well. The plan has now been adopted by other states, including Illinois and Indiana, while Kentucky and still other states are now agitating the question. Mr. Fullington has always been a. substantial republican, active in the work of the party since his boyhood days, and during the past ten years has done especially effective service for its growth and upbuilding. In the convention of 1908 he had about seven hundred out of the eight hundred and fifteen delegates and he is widely recognized as one of the foremost representatives of the party in Ohio. Aside from his official connections Mr. Fullington is a 528 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS member of the E. M. Fullington Company, grain shippers of Milford Center, is a director of the Capital Trust Company of Columbus and is interested in various other enterprises which benefit by his sound judgment and keen discrimination. He belongs to the Columbus Board of Trade and has cooperated in its movement for the benefit of the city. He also belongs to the Ohio and Columbus Clubs. the Tippecanoe Club of Cleveland and is an associate member of the Buckeye Republican Club of Columbus and numerous other political organizations. His fraternal spirit is manifest in his membership in the Masonic order. He belongs to the Knight Templars. has attained the thirty-second degree of the Scottish Rite and is also a member of the Mystic Shrine. He likewise holds membership relations with the Elks and the Knights of Pythias and his religious, faith is indicated by his membership in Trinity Episcopal church. There is another chapter in the life record of Mr. Fullington that is of interest and which concerns his service in the National Guard and Spanish-American war. For a, period of seven years he served in the Ohio National Guard as battalion adjutant of the Fourth Regiment as major and quartermaster of the Second Brigade. In November 1898, he was mustered into the Fourth Regiment of Ohio Volunteer Infantry a; battalion adjutant and in the following May was transferred to the staff of Major General James H. Wilson. of the First Division. First Army Corps. as aide-de-camp. He served throughout the Spanish-American war in Porto Rico and was recommended to the president by General Miles for promotion for services in the Porto Rican campaign. Three years ago he resigned from the National Guard. at which time he was holding the rank of major. He had also been quartermaster in the Second Brigade after his return. On the 25th of November. 1891. Mr. Fullington was married in Dayton, Ohio, to Miss Ida Irvin Matthews, a daughter of Irvin Matthews. and a granddaughter of Judge Fitz James Matthews; of the superior court of Ohio. She has been very active in musical circles and in church organization work. They now have two sons; James Fitz James. thirteen years of age : and Benjamin Warder, ten years of age. The family residence is at No. 289 Woodland avenue, the property which Mr. Fullington owns. He is devoted to his family and loyal in his friendships but never allows personal relations or considerations to interfere with the prompt and faithful performance of his duty and through years to come the Bureau of Accounting will remain as a monument to him. ALBERT GREEN JOYCE. Albert Green Joyce. director and secretary of the Green-Joyce Company. controlling one of the wholesale dry goods houses of the city, was born in Columbus in 1874. He was in a way fortunate in entering upon a. business already established but he has proven the strength of his business capacity and forces in successful management and control of the important interests of the concern with which he is associated. CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 529 In a private school of Columbus, Albert Green Joyce received his preliminary education and afterward attended the Ohio State University, while subsequently he spent three years in study in the Georgetown University in Washington, D. C. In 1893 he returned to Columbus and entered the services of Green, Joyce & Company, wholesale dry goods merchants. Although his father was one of the partners in this enterprise, parental influence was not exercised to make business life an easy task for him. On the contrary he applied himself diligently to the mastery of the business in principle and detail, gaining a thorough knowledge of it and working his way steadily upward by individual merit. He is now secretary and one of the directors of the company and is thoroughly familiar with the trade and in closest touch with modern methods. He is also a director of the Columbus Transfer Company. In January, 1901 Mr. Joyce was married to Miss Lucy Beatty of this city, a daughter of General Beatty, well known in Ohio. Their children are: John, born in 1901; Phillip, born in 1905; and Lucy, born in 1908. Mr. Joyce is well known in social circles and is a valued member of the Columbus Club, the Columbus Country Club and the Ohio Club of New York city. RT. REV. BISHOPS. H. ROSECRANS. Sylvester Horton Rosecrans was born in Homer, Licking County, Ohio, Feb. 5, 1827. As the orthography of the name indicates, he was descended from Dutch stock; from the house of Rosenkrantz-English, "garland of roses." His father, Crandall Rosecrans, came to Ohio in 1808 and first located in Delaware County. He afterward removed to Licking County. His wife was Jemima Hopkins, a kinswoman of Stephen Hopkins, a signer of the Declaration of Independence and a Revolutionary soldier. General W. S. Rosecrans was the elder brother of the distinguished prelate Sylvester H. Both parents were originally Methodists but were converted to the Catholic faith, and their distinguished sons also entered the Catholic fold. W. S. Entered West Pont Academy and was one of the great figures of the Civil War, while Sylvester H. entered Gambier College, Knox County, Ohio. General Rosecrans first embraced the Catholic faith. The younger brother followed his example, and when the latter graduated from Gambier, the future general placed him in the College of the Jesuit Fathers, at Fordham, N. Y. In 1852, at the end of a five years' course. he received the doctor's degree and was ordained priest. After a tour of Continental and insular Europe, he returned to this diocese (Cincinnati) and was appointed pastor of St. Thomas by Archbishop Purcell. For seven years he performed sacerdotal offices at the Cathedral. He was also an editorial writer for the Catholic Telegraph. In 1859, the Archbishop opened a College in connection with the seminary and named Dr. Rosecrans as president. which office he held until the beginning of the Civil war, when the school was. forced to suspend. Archbishop Purcell desiring a coadjutor, Pope Pius IX, at the request of the venerable 530 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS Prelate and others, consecrated him Bishop of Pompeiopolis, in partibus infidelium, and he was consecrated in St. Peter's Cathedral, Cincinnati, March 25, 1862. Bishop Rosecrans succeeded Bishop Fitzgerald of St. Patrick's Church with the understanding that he was to be the first Bishop of Columbus. He came to Columbus Feb. 28. 1867, the day following the departure of Bishop Fitzgerald for Little Rock. He continued simply as pastor of St. Patrick's until July 1868. At that time he received the papal letters and rescript of the date of March 3, 1868, naming him of Columbus. His life in Columbus was coeval with the building and finishing of the Cathedral, beginning with the laying of the cornerstone and ending with its consecration. EDWARD M. VAN CLEVE. Edward M. Van Cleve, superintendent of the Ohio State School for the Blind, was born in Urbana, Ohio, February 7, 1869. His father, Rev. Lafayette Van Cleve, was a. Methodist Episcopal minister who, for forty-four years, labored earnestly for the upbuilding of the church in southwestern Ohio. He was a native of Hamilton county, Ohio, and was interested in all lines of activity tending to advance the spirit of humanitarianism and general usefulness. He was a prominent Mason, serving as one of the officers of the Grand Lodge and Grand Chapter, while he was also grand prelate of the Knights Templar. He died in 1892 at the age of sixty-six years, while his wife, who bore the maiden name of Sarah Elizabeth Smith. was a native of Maysville, Kentucky, and died in 1907 at the age of eighty years. She represented a prominent pioneer family of Mason county, Ohio. Because of the itinerant character of the Methodist ministry, during the period of his youth, necessitating the removal of the family to various places, Edward M. Van Cleve pursued his education in a number of different schools in southwestern Ohio. and eventually was graduated from a high school at Hillsboro, Ohio, in 1882. Reared in an atmosphere of culture and intellectual progress, his parents desired that he should have further educational privileges and after leaving the public schools he became a. student in the Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware, being graduated therefrom in 1886 with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. Soon afterward he began teaching in a small college at Germantown, Ohio, and after taking up public school work became superintendent of the school at South Charleston. Ohio, in 1888, at Barnesville in 1892, at Greenville in 1899 and at Steubenville in 1903. After four years spent in the last named place he was elected by the board of trustees to the position which he now fills, that of superintendent of the Ohio State School for the Blind. The work which he is doing in this connection is of a most important character and the success and development of the school is assured from the fact that he is a. man of broad humanitarian principles as well as of marked ability as an educator. He has been active in the work of various educational associations of the state and has several times been honored with office. CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 531 On the 2d of November, 1892, Mr. Van Cleve was married at South Charleston, Ohio, to Miss Carrie E. Brown, a daughter of William H. Brown, a leading merchant of that place, and they have one daughter, Lillian nine years of age. In politics Mr. Van Cleve is a republican-but from the nature of his work as a servant, of the public he has refrained from active partisanship. He belongs to the Masonic fraternity and to the Broad Street Methodist Episcopal church. He holds high ideals in his work, and his labors, both in his present connection and as a public school teacher, have acted as a stimulus to the efforts of others. FRANK A. DAVIS. Frank A. Davis, capitalist and attorney at law, now devoting his attention to private interests, was born at Sag Harbor, Long Island, New York, November 13, 1858, a son of Benjamin F. and Ruth L. (Smith) Davis. The father and the grandfather, Benjamin Davis, were both sea captains, while James Smith, the maternal grandfather, was also commander of a vessel. He wedded Betsy Bennett and the families were long represented in Suffolk county, Long Island, six of the eight great-grandparents of our subject having been born in the same county prior to the year 1780. Both families were also represented in the Revolutionary war. The Smiths removed from Chatham, Massachusetts. to Long Island in the early part of the eighteenth century, while the Davis family came from Wales. Throughout his entire life Benjamin F. Davis was a sea captain, sailing as master of a merchantman for over forty years. He is now retired at the age of eighty years, making his home with his son in Columbus, while his wife passed away in 1893. At the usual age, entering the public schools of his native town, Frank A. Davis there pursued his education through consecutive grades until he was graduated from the high school at the age of fifteen years. He afterward attended the Bridgehampton Institute, a private academy at Bridgehampton, Long Island, where he spent two years and then. following the ancestral bent, went to sea. During the succeeding three years he slept on land only three nights. Most of the time he was engaged in the merchant marine service between New York and the West Indies, South America and Mexico, acting much of the time as second officer. After three years he went to the old home for a vacation and, more as a means to occupy his time than with any definite purpose of becoming a member of the bar, he went into the office of Leveritt I. Bellows, under whose direction he read law for about three months. His interest in the profession was thus aroused and he then went to Ann Arbor, matriculating in the law school of the University of Michigan, where he pursued a two years' course and was graduated in the class of 1881. Among his classmates were H. M. Daugherty and John M. Sheets, both now residing in Columbus. Following his graduation Mr. Davis was admitted to the bar at Detroit. after which he spent six months in travel, looking for a favorable location during much of that time. He did not find in the west what he sought 532 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS and, wishing to locate in a growing city, he came to Columbus in the latter part of 1881. Being favorably impressed with the outlook here, he decided to locate and took up his residence in the capital early in 1882, at which time he entered as a law student the office of Judge Gilbert H. Stewart. In the spring of 1883 he was admitted to the bar but continued in Judge Stewart"-- office until the spring of 1884, his practical experience there proving an excellent preparation for later professional labors. On leaving the Judge's office he became first assistant city solicitor of Columbus, at which time the office Was a newly created one. In that position he remained until April, 1885, when Captain C. T Clark, the chief under whom he served, was defeated for reelection. On retiring from office he formed a partnership with the late David T. McNaughton. This continued for, about a year at which time Mr. McNaughton became assistant to the general counsel of the Columbus, Hocking Valley & Toledo Railroad. Mr. Davis continued in active practice as a leading and prominent member of the profession for twenty years. since which time he has devoted his attention to the affairs of the Scioto Valley Traction Company, of the Columbus Citizens Telephone Company and to private interests. About 1903 he organized the Scioto Valley Traction Company, of which he has since been the president. In 1899 he was largely instrumental in organizing the Columbus Citizens Telephone Company and on its organization he became its counsel and a member of its executive committee, continuing to serve the company in that capacity until 1898, when he was elected vice president to succeed the late John Joyce. At the last annual meeting of the company he was elected president to succeed Henry A. Lauman, who retired on account of ill health and a desire to conserve his energies for his private business interests. Mr. Davis is interested in numerous other enterprises of the city and is the owner of much Columbus real estate, having been a heavy investor therein. He has been a director of the State Savings & Trust Company for many years, is the president of the Franklin Real Estate Company and has erected five business blocks here, three for himself and two for the Huffman estate. of which he is a trustee. In 1892 Mr. Davis was married to Miss Carrie Johnson, a resident of Columbus, who was born at New Albany, Ohio. a. daughter of Thomas Johnson, a soldier of the Civil war who died while in the service. Her mother. Mrs. Marilda Johnson, was a member of the Williams family of the eastern part of this county. Mr. and Mrs. Davis had one child, Ruth, who died of scarlet fever in March, 1903, shortly before the seventh anniversary of her birth. In politics Mr. Davis is a. stalwart republican and in early life was for a number of years actively interested in local politics. He has always remained a liberal supporter of the party but has never been a candidate or applicant for appointment or nomination to office. He has been a. member of the Board of Trade since its organization and at all times is interested in those measures and movements which tend to promote the interests of the city or of mankind. For a. number of years he has acted as a trustee of the Home for the Aged and for several years he was a trustee of the Ohio Medical University. He has taken a kindly interest in charities of various kinds, and is very approachable on these subjects. In more strictly social lines he is connected with the Phi CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 533 Delta Phi and the Columbus, Ohio and Arlington Country Clubs, while of various others he is a non-resident member. He is, however, most devoted to his family and home and much of his leisure is spent at his own fireside at No. 475 East Town street, where he owns n beautiful residence. ' He is of dignified and commanding personality but is approachable and to all is courteous, while his friends find him most genial and companionable. Biographers have long made it a matter for particular commendation and honor when one of humble lineage and of straitened financial circumstances rises to prominence. It is doubtless aa matter worthy of commendation and yet, on the other hand, the man who does not have the spur of stern necessity and grinding poverty but who wins success, shows that in him is a strong and unconquerable power and a laudable ambition that prompts him, unaided by the stress of circumstances, to put forth an earnest, persistent effort that makes his course one of continuous and successful progress. Such has been the history of Mr. Davis, who for many years enjoyed one of the largest and most important clientages ever possessed by any lawyer in Columbus and who, through the extension of his efforts into financial and other fields of activity, has gained for himself a prominent and honorable position among the business men of Columbus. LEANDER M. FERGUSON. Among the men who have worked their way to places of note in the business world on the strength of their own resources is Leander M. Ferguson, who is a manufacturer of rugs here and conducts the largest enterprise of that kind in the state. He is a native of Worcester county, Massachusetts, where his birth occurred April 19, 1857, and a son of Robert and Delia (Morris) Ferguson. The father was a native of Scotland and came to this country when a young man, settling in Worcester county, Massachusetts, where for a period of twenty years he engaged in the manufacture of brick, continuing that business until he departed this life. The mother was a native of Ireland and came to America in girlhood. She also located in Worcester county, Massachusetts, where she was united in marriage. She entered into eternity in the year 1898. The public schools of his native county afforded Leander M. Ferguson his education. and after completing his studies he started out in the world for himself. He secured employment with the Adraic Woolen Company, this being his first venture in the business world, and he remained with this firm for a period of four year, his industry and attention to business meriting his promotions from one position of trust to another until eventually he became one of the most valued men in the service of the company. While in the employ of that firm he made excellent use of his time and seized the opportunity of making himself thoroughly familiar with this line of business, which he soon mastered, becoming known as an expert in the trade. Upon severing his connections with the company he immediately became the Philadelphia representative of the Crompton Loom Works and in that city transacted the affairs of the firm for nearly eight years. Upon dissolving his relations with that company his 534 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS next step was to go into business for himself and in Lafayette, Indiana, he established the first factory for the manufacture of ingrain carpets west of the state of Pennsylvania. He continued the manufacture of carpets there, doing a large shipping business to various parts of the country, until the year 1894, when he came to Columbus, where he established himself as a rug manufacturer, which enterprise he is at present following. Since coming here Mr. Ferguson has met with singular success and his business has steadily grown until it is now one of the best paying enterprises in the city. Mr. Ferguson has two children, Raymond M. and Alvin W. He is influential in the business circles of the city, being a member of the Board of Trade, and is affiliated with the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons. in which order he is a Shriner. Mr. Ferguson is a strong character whose enterprising and aggressive spirit have not only effected his own prosperity, but also contributed toward the financial worth of the city. WALTER A. JONES. Among the young men who are largely controlling the business enterprises and activities of Columbus, Walter A. Jones is prominent, being now secretary and general sales agent of the W. R. Jones Glass Company, Morgantown, West Virginia; secretary and treasurer of the Peerless Window Glass Company, operating in Clarksburg, West Virginia; and secretary and treasurer of the W. R. Jones Company of this city. His birth occurred in Kent, Portage county, Ohio, July 10, 1874. His father, Walter R. Jones, was born in Clyde, New York, February 28, 1846, and was a son of Samuel C. Jones, who was prominent in connection with the window glass industry at Clyde. He was born in Wales and on coming to the United States settled at. Clyde where his death occurred in 1859. Reared in the place of his nativity, Walter R. Jones early learned the business of manufacturing window glass and advanced in his business career until he took up that work on his own account and is now widely known a an extensive window glass manufacturer. At the present time he owns a large plant in Morgantown, West Virginia, and has other interests. He is the pioneer window glass manufacturer of that state, the "Jones" interests being the largest producers of hand made window glass in the United States. He is also a Mason, and is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. He wedded Lydia Davidson, who was born at Bellevernon, Pennsylvania, March 21, 1847. Her father. the Rev. James Davidson, was the minister of the Methodist Episcopal church at that place and was appointed postmaster there by President Grant, while reappointment continued him in the position for twenty years. His death occurred in 1898. His father was an officer in the war of 1812. He was a pioneer resident of Pennsylvania, settling at Bellevernon. Fayette county, at a very early date. Walter A. Jones obtained his education in the schools of Kent and Toledo, Ohio, and in the Ohio Wesleyan University, from which he was graduated PAGE 535 - PICTURE OF WALTER A. JONES PAGE 536 - BLANK CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 537 with the class of 1897, being a member of the Phi Gamma Delta, a college fraternity. Thus well equipped by liberal intellectual culture for the practical and responsible duties of life, he joined his father in the glass business, thus becoming connected with the enterprise which had claimed the energies and attention of the family for three generations. As he has gained experience and efficiency in this field of activity, he has been intrusted with duties of growing responsibility, and is now filling positions of administration and executive control in connection with several corporations. He is the secretary and treasurer of the W. R. Jones Company, secretary and general sales agent of the W. R. Jones Glass Company of Morgantown, West Virginia, and secretary and treasurer of the Peerless Window Glass Company of Clarksburg, West Virginia. The interests here constitute the executive and sales departments of the manufactories, and from this point extensive shipments are made to all parts of the country. In 1898 Mr. Jones was united in marriage to Miss Emma M. Butler, of Van Wert, Ohio, a daughter of Henry Butler, who died in 1901. He was an extensive manufacturer of lumber staves, and was also a promoter and the first president of the Cincinnati, Jackson & Mackinac Railroad. In Masonry he attained high rank, taking the thirty-second degree of the Scottish Rite and was also a member of the Mystic Shrine. The marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Jones was blessed with one child, Frances Elizabeth, but they lost their little daughter in 1900, when she was but seven months old. Both Mr. and Mrs. Jones are members of the Madison Avenue Methodist Episcopal church, of Columbus. Mr. Jones belongs to the Columbus, Columbus Country, Automobile and Riding Clubs. He is well known in the social organizations, and a host of friends have high appreciation for his genuine worth and genial nature. REV. THOMAS J. O'REILLY. Rev. Thomas J. O'Reilly, pastor of St. Dominic's Catholic church in Columbus, was born in Stanhope, New Jersey, December 23, 1855, of the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. William O'Reilly, both of whom were natives of Ireland, but were married in the United States. The son attended the common schools to the age of twelve years, when he went to Providence, Rhode Island and continued his studies in the high school. He next entered Christian Brothers High School for Boys at that place, and after graduation from the institution pursued more advanced study at Manhattan College in New York city. where he received his degree of Bachelor of Arts. He prepared for the ministry in Seton Hall College, at South Orange, New Jersey, where he pursued a course in the classics and in theology, the present Archbishop Messmer of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, then being professor of this college. Rev. O'Reilly completed his theological course in St. Mary's Seminary at Baltimore, Maryland, and was ordained to the priesthood April 22, 1885, by Bishop Brondel, of Helena, Montana. Rev. O'Reilly was the third clergyman ordained by this distinguished gentleman. and his ordination forms a coincident 538 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS feature from the fact that the other two ordained bore the name of O'Reilly. one having come from Louvain, Belgium, while the other claimed Paris, France, as his place of residence. In the discharge of his priestly office, Rev. O'Reilly carne to Columbus during the administration of Bishop Watterson, and by him was appointed assistant pastor of the Cathedral, while in 1885 he was made chancellor and secretary of the Columbus diocese, being retained in this important position for four years, or until September, 1889, when, extending the field of his labors and influence, he founded the parish of St. Dominic, which, under his guidance has developed into one of the largest and most important parishes in this city. The parish consists of one of the finest church structures, besides a school, parochial residence and the Sisters of St. Joseph Convent. Under his excellent management the parish has enjoyed a rapid growth and is in fine financial condition. Father O'Reilly is a man of earnest purpose and of scholarly attainments, and is extremely popular among his parishioners. The church work is being carried steadily forward along all its varied lines, and is proving a potent force in the moral development of the Catholic population of the section of the city in which the church is located. HON. EDWARD LIVINGSTON TAYLOR, JR. Hon. Edward Livingston Taylor, Jr., member of congress from the twelfth district of Ohio, was born in Columbus on the 10th of august, 1869, and is a son of the Hon. E. L. Taylor, Sr., the nestor of the local bar. He acquired his preliminary education in the public schools, passing through consecutive grades to his graduation from the high school, after which he took up the study of law under the direction of his father, and his thorough reading in his student days led to his passing a creditable examination for admission to the bar in 1891. Soon thereafter the law firm of Taylor, Taylor & Taylor was formed, consisting of his father, Hon. E. L. Taylor, Sr., his uncle. Hon. Henry C. Taylor, and the subject of this review. In the fall of 1899, having demonstrated his ability as a lawyer in the conduct of many important litigated interests, Mr. Taylor was elected prosecuting attorney of Franklin county, and discharged his duties so faithfully and promptly that three years later he was reelected for his second term. His conduct of the office was excellent, and during his six years' incumbency many important cases were disposed of to the satisfaction of the taxpayers of the city and county. The fact that he was chosen for an elective position would indicate that Mr. Taylor has been more or less actively interested in politics, and indeed from early manhood he has been deeply concerned in the political situation of the country and interested in the grave problems which the nation faces. His discussion of the important issues led to recognition on the part of his fellow townsmen of the fact that in him they might find a suitable and loyal representative of their interests, and while he was serving his second term as prosecuting attorney, in 1904, he was nominated for congress, and in the ensuing CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 539 election defeated the then sitting member, Judge DeWitt C. Badger, by about seven thousand majority, although his opponent was regarded as one of the strong representatives of democracy. As his term drew to its conclusion he was again made the nominee of the republican party. His competitor for congressional honors in 1906 was William A. Taylor, whom he defeated by substantially his previous majority. He has been both; energetic and industrious in looking after the interests of his constituents and of the district at large, carefully considers the questions which come up for settlement, and has left no room for warranted accusation on the part of his opponents or those who may differ from him in political opinion or policies. Among the important work performed by Mr. Taylor in congress may be mentioned the large appropriations which he has secured for needed public improvements. the most prominent of these being the Federal building at Columbus, commensurate with the increasing business and growth of the metropolis. On the 4th of January, 1894, Mr. Taylor was united in marriage to Miss Marie A. Firestone, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Firestone. They occupy a beautiful home in the east end of the city, where they entertain their friends with a lavish but attractive hospitality that indicates high culture. Since attaining his majority Mr. Taylor has been active in the support of any project that will contribute to the advancement of Columbus, and is everywhere recognized as one of the wide-awake, progressive professional men of the city. He is well known in fraternal circles, holding membership with the Masons, the Elks, the Knights of Pythias, Woodmen of the World, Modern Woodmen, American Insurance Union, the Iroquois, Royal Arcanum and Home Guards of America. In Masonry he has attained high rank and is a member of the Mystic Shrine and in the lodge work is very active. In all that he attempts he unites industry with a careful review of the situation, whereby he may judge what may best be accomplished. He has won distinguished successes as a lawyer, and in his congressional career has honored the state that has honored him. L. BENTON TUSSING. L. Benton Tussing, who since his admission to the bar in 1886 has built up a substantial and remunerative practice in Columbus, the court, records proving his ability by the many verdicts which he has won, has in all of his legal career been actuated not only by a desire for success, but also by the purpose of sustaining unsullied the purposes of the courts as the highest embodiment of justice and equity. Mr. Tussing was born May 28, 1858, on a farm near Pickerington, Fairfield county, Ohio, his parents being the Rev. George N. and Elizabeth (Harmon) Tussing. His father was born in Madison township, Franklin county, near the Fairfield county line, while the mother's birth occurred across the dividing line in Fairfield county. The Tussings were a Virginian family, the grandfather, Nicholas Tussing, removing from Rockingham county, Virginia. to Franklin county in 1800. Ohio 540 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS was still under territorial rule, and into its vast wilderness the white settlers had scarcely penetrated, for the forests were the haunt of the redmen who found that nature had here made ample provision for their needs in the abundant supply of fish in the lakes and streams and of game in the woods. With the arduous task of reclaiming the region for the uses of the white race and the preparation of civilization Nicholas Tussing became closely identified. About the year 1816 he entered a quarter section of land in Madison township and thereon resided until his demise. In the maternal line L. Benton Tussing is descended from the Harmon family, also pioneers of Ohio. They settled in Fairfield county, where they acquired more than a thousand acres of land. The Rev. George N. Tussing was a Primitive Baptist minister who sowed the seeds of truth and righteousness in this western wilderness. He passed away in 1906 at the advanced age of eighty-four years, while his widow still survives in Columbus at an advanced age. The life of L. Benton Tussing in the days of his boyhood and youth is not unlike the life story of most boys of that period. The work of the home farm occupied his attention save when school was in session, his tine being then devoted to the acquirement of an education until sixteen years of age. After leaving the common schools he entered Reynoldsburg Academy and later spent four years in the National Normal University at Lebanon, Ohio, where he was graduatd in 1879 with the degree of Bachelor of Science. For four or five years he successfully engaged in teaching in the public schools of Franklin county, and then entered the probate court as chief deputy to Judge John T. Gale, remaining as his assistant for five years. In the meantime he was pursuing a course of law study in the office and under the direction of Hon. J. H. Outhwaite, and was admitted to the bar in 1886, since which time he has been successfully practicing in Franklin and adjoining counties. His knowledge of law principles and precedent is comprehensive, and he sees with almost intuitive perception the relation of the points in litigation. His analyzation is at all times logical and his deductions are sound. In 1890 he was a candidate for probate judge, but was defeated by Judge L. D. Hagerty. He has been admitted to the supreme court of the United States, and since becoming a member of the bar has built up an extensive and important practice. While his clientage makes great demands upon his time, he has yet found opportunity for business activity in other lines, and is president of the Dorr Run Coal Mine Company at Nelsonville and of the Reed Coal & Land Company at Welsh, West Virginia. He is likewise the owner of a farm of about four hundred acres in Licking county and to the operation and improvement of this he gives personal supervision. Mr. Tussing was married to Miss Julia A. Miller, the youngest daughter of Hon. Thomas Miller, a prominent resident of the capital city who at one time was sheriff of Franklin county, was also one of the owners of the Ohio Statesman, a local newspaper, and the original projector of the street railway system of Columbus. Mr. and Mrs. Tussing have three children, Reginald M., Mary E. and L. Benton, aged respectively eighteen, fourteen and four years. Mr. Tussing is a member of Magnolia Lodge, A. F. & A. M., and is in hearty sympathy with the beneficent purposes of the craft. He belongs to CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 541 both the State and County Bar Associations and is a member of the Baptist church. While his career has been characterized by no exciting chapter, his course has been marked by steady progress that ultimately reaches the objective point, and his success is seen in his invested interests as well as in the gratifying clientage accorded him in the practice of law. EDWARD J. MURPHY. Through successive stages of development and advancement in his business career Edward J. Murphy has steadily worked his way upward until he is now general manager for the. Molott Hat Company at No. 29 West State street, Columbus. He is one of the native sons of New England, his birth having occurred in South Norwalk, Connecticut. on the 2d of June, 1868. His father, John Murphy, was born in Cork, Ireland, in 1834, and came to the United States in 1853, when a young man of nineteen years. Locating at South Norwalk, Connecticut, he there established business as a hat manufacturer and carried on the enterprise for some time. His wife, who bore the maiden name of Ellen Sheegan, was born in Tipperary, Ireland, in 1831. Edward J. Murphy was educated in the parochial schools of South Norwalk, Connecticut, and after putting aside his text-books turned his attention to the hat manufacturing business there. In 1890 he went to New York city, where he worked for the Young Hat. Company for seven years, and on resigning that position he made his way westward to Richmond, Indiana., where he became general manager for the firm of Kebby & Murphy, continuing in that place for two years. In September, 1907, he arrived in Columbus, and has since been general manager of the Molott Hat Company. This business, under his direction, has made steady and gratifying progress, which fact indicates his business ability and undaunted enterprise. In 1896 Mr. Murphy was married to Miss Anna. Traynor, who way born in New York city in 1873, and they have two children : Anna, whose birth occurred in New York city, July 14, 1897 and Helen, born August 6. 1898. While a resident. of Columbus for only a brief period, Mr. Murphy has already won for himself an enviable place in business and social circles, and his commercial record is a commendable one, owing to the fact that it has been his own diligence and faithfulness that have won him advancement. HENRY FREDERICK LAHRMER. Henry Frederick Lahrmer, one of the younger representatives of the Columbus bar, engaged in the general practice of law, was born in the capital September 3, 1885. His father. Louis C. Lahrmer, was born in South Webster. Scioto county. Ohio. March 31, 1861. He was a son of Frederick Lahrmer, a native of Prussia, Germany, who came to America when about eighteen years 542 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS of age. His wife was a native of Holland, who was married in Scioto county. There Louis C. Lahrmer was reared and eventually became a railway conductor, serving for many years in that capacity on the Panhandle Railroad. He wedded Lillian Nagle, daughter of Henry A. and Mary (Boggs) Nagle. Her father was a native of Pennsylvania and one of the original Pennsylvania Dutch settlers of Scioto county. In the schools of Columbus Henry F. Lahrmer pursued his education, passing through consecutive grades until he entered the Milo high school, from which he was graduated with the class of 1903. A mental review of the business situation convinced him that he preferred the practice of law as a life work, and to this end he entered the Ohio State University, being graduated from the law department of that institution with the class of 1906 when he won the Edward Thompson prize for writing a thesis on corporation law. In December of that year he was admitted to the bar. During his senior year in college he was connected with the Ohio Electric Railway Company in the capacity of claim agent, and in January, 1907, he removed to Osborn, Ohio, where he entered upon the general practice of law. In June of the same year, however, he returned to this city and here began general practice. In November. 1907, he was nominated and elected justice of the peace of Marion township on the democratic ticket and served in that office for seven months, but through a decision of the supreme court his election was void under the term extension act. In September. 1908, he was chosen by the democratic party as a candidate for member of the lower house of the general assembly, being selected as one of four from a list of six candidates. He is quite prominent in local democratic circles and labors untiringly for the interests of his party. In his profession he is building up a good practice, and is most loyal to his clients' interests, as shown in his careful preparation of his cases and his clear presentation of his cause before the courts. On the 24th of June, 1908, Mr. Lahrmer was married to Florence Odell, a daughter of Hedley and Barbara (Reese) Dawson, of Milo, Ohio. Mrs. Lahrmer was educated in the graded and high schools of Glenroy, Ohio, and also attended the Byron W. King School of Oratory in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, where she completed the gold medal course. She is a talented reader and entertainer, appearing often at public functions and filling numerous chautauqua engagements. She also possesses considerable musical talent and skill. Mr. and Mrs. Lahrmer reside at No. 555 East Fourth avenue in Milo. GEORGE E. TRUMP. George E. Trump, attorney-at-law at Columbus, was born in Circleville, Pickaway county, Ohio, October 27, 1872, and manifests in his life many of the sterling qualities characteristic of his German ancestry. His father, Martin Trump, was born in Germany, and at the age of eleven years came to the United States with his parents, who established their home near Circleville. CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 543 After attaining to years of maturity, Martin Trump devoted his attention to general agricultural pursuits, and in time became possessed of a large tract of valuable land, owning some four hundred acres in the immediate vicinity of Circleville. At the present time he is living retired in that city, deriving a substantial income from his investments in real estate. He married Catherine Fischer. also a native of Germany, who came to America, when fifteen years of age in company with her brother and sisters, who settled in Pickaway county. Her parents had both passed away in Germany. In Circleville, about forty years ago, she gave her hand in marriage to Martin Trump, and to them were born five sons and two daughters. George E. Trump was reared to farm life, no event of special importance occurring to vary the routine for him through the period of his boyhood and youth. The work of the fields occupied his attention in the summer months and in the winter seasons he attended the district schools until he reached the age of sixteen years, when, ambitious to enjoy advanced educational opportunities, he entered the Capital University at Columbus, from which institution he was graduated in 1895 with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. All competent and successful lawyers are men of wide general information and Mr. Trump's collegiate training constituted an excellent preparation for his later successful work in the line of his chosen profession. He qualified for the practice of law as a student in the Ohio State University in the years 1896 and '97, while the following year was devoted to law study under the direction of Judge Charles G. Saffin and C. D. Saviers. He was admitted to practice in that year and has ever since been associated with his preceptors in the practice of law. Mr. Trump is a member of the Franklin County Bar Association and in the decade of his practice here has become recognized as an able lawyer, zealous in behalf of his clients' interests, which he faithfully represents in the courts. his terse and decisive logic and his clear deductions winning for him many favorable verdicts. JOHN JOYCE, JR. John Joyce, Jr.. president of the Green-Joyce Company and thus at the head of the most extensive wholesale dry goods house of Columbus, has in his business career fully sustained the reputation that has made the name of Joyce long an honored one in the commercial history of this city. His birth occurred in the capital November 9, 1868, his parents being John and Eliza L. (Miller) Joyce. Having attended the public schools of Columbus until he mastered the elementary branches of learning, he spent two years in Christian Brothers College in St. Louis and following the completion of his education he entered his father store as a clerk. His connection with the business has been continuous and during a period of twenty-five years he has filled every position from that of messenger boy to president of what is now the largest wholesale dry goods house in the state. Individual worth and capacity have gained him each 544 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS successive promotion and the development of his native powers and acquired ability made him thoroughly competent to assume control as the successor of his father in the presidency. He is well known in other business connections, being a director of the New First National Bank since its organization and also a director of the Citizens Telephone Company. On the 18th of October, 1898, Mr. Joyce was married to Miss Mary Henrietta. Reinhard, of Columbus, and they have two children, Margaret and John. The parents are members of the Catholic church and the social nature of Mr. Joyce finds expression in his connection with the Ohio and Columbus Country Clubs. ROBERT W. JOHNSTON. Robert W. Johnston was born near Hayesville, Ashland county. Ohio, where he resided until 1876, when he became a student in the law office of the late H. C. Carhart, at Galion. After the usual time spent by farmer boys at district school, he attended Vermillion Institute, at Hayesville, and pursued his professional studies during the full course at the law school of the Cincinnati College. Upon graduation at the latter institution in May, 1879, he entered into partnership with his preceptor, Mr. Carhart, and later became a member of the firm of Johnston & Lewis, which partnership continued for several years. Mr. Johnston served the city of Galion as city solicitor and mayor. Since 1904 much of his time has been devoted to real-estate interests in Columbus and more especially to the development of that portion of the "West Side." adjacent to the "Old National Road," commonly known as the "Hill Top." DAVID TOD GILLIAM, M. D. Dr. David Tod Gilliam is a physician and surgeon of world-wide reputation, who in his practice has displayed much of the spirit of the initiative and of the pioneer, working out along new and untried lines and gaining through his experience and investigation a comprehensive knowledge that has constituted a valuable element for success in the field of medical and surgical practice. Dr. Gilliam was born in Hebron, Ohio, April 3. 1844, and is a son of William and Mary Elizabeth (Bryan) Gilliam. The pubic schools of his native town afforded him his early educational privileges and he received business training in Bartlett Commercial College. He was a youth of but seventeen, when, in response to the country's call for aid, he enlisted in August, 1861 in defense of the Union and was assigned to duty with the Second West Virginia Cavalry, being elected corporal of Company I. In the campaign against Humphrey Marshall at Big Sandy, Kentucky, he served under General Gar- PAGE 545 - PICTURE OF DR. DAVID T. GILLIAM PAGE 546 - BLANK CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 547 field and from that point went to Wheeling and later to the Kanawha river region. He was with General Crook in the battle of Lewisburg, Virginia, and at Gauley river was wounded and taken prisoner. Five weeks later he escaped and made his way through the wilds of West Virginia, undergoing dangers and great perils, but eventually reaching his home at Middleport, Ohio, in safety. In the meantime, however, the news had been received that he had died from wounds sustained in battle. He had indeed been injured, having been shot through the chest and even his partial recovery was regarded as marvelous. Thirty years passed before he completely recovered his health. As soon as able he reported to the army and was sent to the parole camp at Camp Chase, Columbus. After his military experience was ended, Dr. Gilliam took up the study of medicine and entered the Ohio Medical College of Cincinnati, from which in due course of time he was graduated. He commenced practice in Nelsonville in 1868. but in 1877 opened an office in Columbus, having come to this city to fill the chair of pathology in the Columbus Medical College. Later he was tendered the chair of physiology in Starling. Medical College and was afterward made professor of obstetrics and diseases of women in the same institution. After teaching for thirty years, he resigned the chair of gynecology in the Starling Medical College and was immediately elected emeritus professor of gynecology of that institution and also trustee to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of P. W. Huntington. After the merging of Starling Medical College and Ohio Medical University under the name of Starling-Ohio Medical College, he was elected emeritus professor of gynecology of that institution as is indicated he has made a specialty of gynecology and his broad experience and wide research in this field of medical science have gained him eminence in this chosen field of labor. He is now gynecologist of St. Francis Hospital, to St. Anthony's Hospital and to the State Street Dispensary. His practice has largely promoted surgical work and he is the originator of many surgical operations, the most widely known being the Gilliam operation for the suspension of the uterus, which is today used all over the civilized world. As he has progressed in his profession. gaining a position of eminence in medical circles, he has been called upon to address his brethren of the fraternity on many public occasions and has prepared many important scientific papers, while his authorship includes a "Pocket Book of Medicine," published in 1882. the "Essentials of Pathology." 1883. and "Practical Gynecology," 1903. He has kept in close touch with his brethren of the medical fraternity through his membership in Franklin County Medical Society and the Columbus Academy of Medicine. He is also a fellow of the American Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, .serving as vice president in 1905-6 and is a member of the American Medical Asociation, the Ohio State Medical Society. the Pan-American Congress and the World's Medical Congress. It was on the 7th of October. 1866, in Nelsonville, Ohio that Dr. Gilliam was married to Miss Lucinda E. Minturn, a daughter of Judge Thomas L. Minturn. Their eldest son, Dr. Earl M. Gilliam, is associated with his father in practice and is now surgeon-in-chief of St. Anthony's Hospital and professor 548 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS of gynecology at Starling-Ohio Medical College. The other children of the family are Robert Lee Gilliam and Myrtle G. Lum. The former was educated for the law and was admitted to the bar, but preferring a business career he attached himself to the Ritter Lumber Company, one of the largest concerns of the kind in the world, and by meritorious service was advanced from grade to grade until he now occupies the position of secretary of sales. Dr. Gilliam is a republican in his political views and his wide reading has enabled him to keep thoroughly informed concerning the important questions and issues of the day. In religious faith he is a Congregationalist. A gentleman of broad, general culture and considerable literary talent, his writings have not been confined alone to professional and scientific subjects but have also included a historical novel, published under the name of "The Rose Croix," in 1906. He stands today prominently before the public by reason of his strong mental development as well as by his professional attainment. Moreover, the pleasures of warm friendship and close companionship are his as he is by nature social and genial. JEREMIAH McLENE. Among the early settlers who came with the "Chillicothe contingent" in 1816 (when the seat of government was transferred to Columbus) was General Jeremiah McLene, secretary of state. serving in that capacity from 1808 until 1832, and occupying one of the offices in the "Row," extending north from the old state house on the corner of State and High streets. He was sent to congress in 1832, but died suddenly at his desk during his second term and was buried in the congressional cemetery, as was the custom in those days. when the stage coach journey from Washington to Ohio was difficult and perilous for the living, but impossible for the dead. The old McLene homestead stood on Third street near State, where now are the dwellings erected by William Gill. There is no portrait extant of the General, but the only relic of his personal belongings, his cane, now in the possession of his great-great grandson, Edward Campbell Chittenden, confirms the family tradition of his towering stature and great strength. It is four feet long and five inches in circumference, cut from a hickory sapling grown on his farm in Madison county. Truly there were giants in those days! ARTHUR I. VORYS. In the affairs of state, as taken aside from the extraordinary conditions of warfare, there are demanded men whose mental ken is as wide and whose generalship is as effective as those which insure successful maneuvering of armed forces by the skilled commander on the field of battle. A nation's welfare and prosperity may be said to hinge as heavily upon individual discrimination and executive ability in the one case as the other. It requires a master mind to marshal and organize the forces for political purposes and produce the best CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 549 results by concerted effort. Such aa leader is found in Arthur I. Vorys, who in the year 1908 occupied a most prominent place in the public eye as manager of the Taft campaign for the presidential nomination, remaining as the confidential adviser of Mr. Taft throughout the entire campaign. Mr. Vorys' ability as an organizer was soon manifest, as was his marked executive force and clear insight. As one of the leading and prominent residents of Columbus he well deserves mention in this volume. His birth occurred in the city of Lancaster, November 25, 1856, his parents being Isaiah and Emily (Webb) Vorys. At that era in its history Lancaster was one of the thriving towns of the state and was, during the youth of Mr. Vorys, famous for its great lawyers, including the Ewings, the Hunters, Philadelph Van Trump and others of equal fame. In the atmosphere of high ambition as well as literary culture which naturally existed there, Mr. Vorys was reared and was stimulated by example to put forth earnest and effective effort. After passing through the primary and grammar grades of the common schools he was graduated with honors from the city high school and subsequently attended the Ohio State University for a year. On the expiration of that period he entered upon the practical activities of life and after studying law in his home town was admitted to the bar. He then entered upon active practice in Lancaster and was soon accorded a liberal and remunerative clientage. His ability was soon recognized, for early in his professional career he gave proof of his power to solve intricate legal problems and arrive at the solution of many mysteries which confront the lawyer. He is now in partnership with L. F. Sater, A. T. Seymour and E. L. Pease in the practice of his profession. As his business in the courts grew, connecting him with the most important litigation tried in his district, Mr. Vorys also became well known in political circles. Lancaster is a democratic stronghold and Mr. Vorys early espoused the cause of the republican party. That he steadily grew in popularity with his fellow townsmen and enjoyed to the full extent their confidence and warm regard is indicated by the fact that in 1884 he was elected by a large majority to the office of city solicitor and that he discharged the duties most satisfactorily is indicated in his reelection in 1886, his term continuing until 1888. He has since continued an active factor in political circles and in the year 1900 was appointed by the governor of the state to the office of superintendent of insurance, continuing therein by reappointment until December, 1907, when he resigned in order to take up the work of promoting the candidacy of William Howard Taft for the presidency. That his efforts were effective and that he drew around him an able corps of assistants was indicated in the nomination of Mr. Taft and his subsequent election as the chief executive of the nation. In all of this work Mr. Vorys displayed marked understanding of conditions existing in the political field, combined with ready tact in coordinating forces and bringing out the full party strength for the Ohio nominee. On the 5th of February. 1891. Mr. Vorys was united in marriage to Miss Jeanny M. McNeill and to them have been born four interesting sons: Webb 550 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS I., John M., Arthur M. and Hermann. While Mr. Vorys has spent much of his life in Lancaster, his native city, he is widely known throughout the state and during the past year has maintained an office in the new First National Bank building of Columbus. He has a wide acquaintance among the prominent political leaders of the country and has gained distinction as one who qualities of leadership enable him to control intricate interests, bringing order out of chaos and so coordinating forces as to secure the full party strength. Those who know him socially find him a most genial and companionable gentleman, tactful at all times, with deference for the opinions of others. and yet on all occasions firm in support of his own honest convictions. Endowed by nature with strong intellectuality, he has so used his talents that his life record has been marked by a steady rise. H. C. KIOUS. M.D. Dr. H. C. Kious, engaged in the practice of medicine and surgery in the capital city, was born in Franklin county, near Columbus, April 11, 1855. He belongs to one of the old and honored pioneer families of Ohio, represented here since territorial days. His father. John Kious, was also born in this county, as was the grandfather, Solomon Kious. It was the great-grandfather. William Henry Kious, who came from Virginia to this locality when Ohio was still under territorial government. His younger brother came at the sane time and settled near Mt. Sterling, while William Henry took up his abode in Franklin county. A century has since passed, working a wonderful transformation, for at that time the Indians far outnumbered the white settlers as the representatives of our race had scarcely penetrated into the wilderness to claim and improve the natural resources of the state. Agriculture is the vanguard of all business development and the Kious family through a long period was closely associated with farming interests and contributed in large measure to the improvement of the state in that department of activity. The earlier representatives of the name here cleared away the forests and prepared the land for the plow, while later generations continued the task of tilling the soil and enhancing its productiveness. They were also prominent in county affairs. taking an active and helpful interest in many things pertaining to the welfare of the community. John Kious followed farming in this county in early life, but in 1859 sold his interests here and removed to Monticello, Illinois. At the outbreak of the Civil war he joined the Second Illinois Cavalry and was killed in the second battle of Holly Springs, when but thirty-seven years of age. His wife, who bore the maiden name of Mary Ford, was a daughter of George Ford and was also descended from the McMillans. Both the Ford and McMillan families were of Irish and Scotch descent. Mrs. Kious long survived her husband and died in 1884, at the age of fifty-nine years. Acquiring his early education in the public schools Dr. Kious afterward attended Worthington Academy and the Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware. He then read medicine with Dr. J. F. Baldwin as his preceptor and CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 551 afterward entered the Long Island Medical College at Brooklyn, New York, where he was graduated in 1882. The following year he began practice in Columbus and has since engaged in an active prosecution of the profession although for some years he was not a resident of this city. In 1883 Dr. Kious was married too Miss Jennie Lavender, a daughter of J. F. Lavender. of Delaware. in which city Dr. Kious formed her acquaintance when both attended the Ohio Wesleyan University. The same year he removed to Delaware. and there remained until 1892 when he returned to Columbus, where he has since engaged in practice. Dr. and Mrs. Kious have one daughter, Ruth. Their home is a hospitable one and its good cheer is greatly enjoyed by their many friends. From the age of twenty-one years Dr. Kious has been a member of the \Masonic fraternity but has never sought to figure prominently in any public light. He has given his attention to his practice performing his duties with a sense of conscientious obligation. yet keeping well informed on all questions of general interest. CHARLES J. LAUER. Charles J. Lauer, chief of the Columbus fire department and a native son of this city. was born June 26, 1855. His parents. Charles and Catherine (Sackman) Lauer, were natives of Buffalo, New York. and of Dieburg, Germany, respectively. The family was founded in Columbus in 1833 by the grandfather Jacob Lauer. who for some years was identified with the business interests of the capital city as a grocer and also conducted a saloon in the rear of the American House, now the Emerson. He was for many years one of the prominent German residents of the city and frequently acted as administrator of estates for his fellow countrymen who knew him as a plain. intelligent and straightforward business man whose life was creditable alike to Diesburg, the city of his nativity and to Columbus. long the city of his residence. Shortly after retiring from business in the year 1890, he died suddenly, while walking on Front street at the age of eighty-six years. Charles Lauer, the father of Charles J. Lauer, largely spent his youthful days in Columbus. being reared in the capital when its size and interests led to its classification with the villages of the west. For a long period he had the contract with the railways entering Columbus for carrying the mails from the stations to the Columbus postoffice. He entered upon this task in 1855, so continuing until November 28, 1871, after which his widow superintended the work and met the requirements of the contract until it was turned over to the government in 1892, so that for thirty-seven years Mr. and Mrs. Lauer were in charge of this important service. The father was also a member of the old volunteer fire department of Columbus. His widow survived him for more than a third of a century and passed away February 6. 1906. In the public schools of this city Charles J. Lauer acquired his education and between the ages of fifteen and twenty-one years he drove the mail wagon to and from the stations in the exercise of the government contract held by the 552 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS family. After attaining his majority he was employed by the government as assistant transfer clerk at the Union station for two years and then became a mail clerk on a run between Columbus and Cincinnati. so continuing until the 1st of October, 1881. In the spring of 1882 he opened a livery .table in Columbus and conducted the business with success until the 1st of April 1899 On the 24th of April of the same year he was made chief of the city fire department by J. W. Dusenberry, director of public safety, and is occupying the position to the present time, covering an entire decade. during which period his service has won very favorable criticism. He was also a prominent member of the city council for three terms, beginning in 1889. during which period his labors and influence constituted a potent element for municipal improvement. reform and progress. On the 18th of May, 1881. Mr. Lacer was united in marriage to Miss Lizzie B. Wheat of Columbus and they have two children. Raymond W. and Charles J., Jr. In his fraternal relations Mr. Lacer is a Redman. He has also taken high rank in Masonry and is now a member of the Mystic Shrine. Much of his life has been devoted to public service and his record has at all times been characterized by unfaltering devotion to the general good. MARCUS G. EVANS. Among the men prominent in political as well as legal circles in Columbus is Judge Marcus G. Evans. one of the common pleas judges of the local subdivision of the judicial district in which connection he has proven his worth through rendering decisions that are strictly fair and impartial. Recognizing the fact that good government depends largely upon the exercise of franchise in the support of principles and in the election of competent officials. he has labored earnestly and effectively to support the republican platform. believing that its elements will best conserve the interests of the commonwealth and the national welfare. His great-grandfather, Richard Evans. who was born in 1764 was an ardent whig. He became one of the early pioneers of Ohio. removing froth Kentucky and establishing his home at Hillsboro. Highland county, at a period when Ohio was still under territorial rule. He became a prominent and influential factor in the early history of his adopted county and served as associate judge of the court of common pleas from 1805 until 1811. He died in 1855. Isaac, the great-grandfather of Judge Marcus G. Evans, was always a strong and influential advocate of human liberty and stood as an unequivocal defender of his political views at a time when party feeling ran very high. He was born in Kentucky in 1789 and emigrated with his father into the wilderness of Highland county, Ohio. with the early pioneers. He became a large land proprietor near South Salem. Ross county. Ohio. removing to that section in 1827. He was an ardent abolitionist of aa most practical kind and on his CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 553 place maintained a station of the famous underground railway, through the medium of which so many slaves found their way to freedom. His son. Dr. John Baxter Evans, the father of Judge Evans, was born in Hillsboro, Highland county, in 1817 and, determining upon the medical profession as a life work, he pursued a course of study in the Starling Medical College at Columbus, from which he was graduated. He, too, was deeply interested in the vital political questions and prior to the organization of the republican party was identified with the Whig party but promptly transferred his allegiance to the former and was ever after an enthusiastic and zealous worker in its cause. Dr. Evans was united in marriage to Miss Lucinda Wilson, May 26, 1842, and they became the parents of five children, one of whom died in infancy and one at the age of five years. Of the five, Marcus G. Evans was the fifth in order of birth, the place of his nativity having been Frankfort, Ross county, Ohio, where he received his preliminary educational discipline in the public schools, after which he attended South Salem Academy for one year, and the Miami University at Oxford, this state, one year. He then matriculated at the University of Wooster, Ohio, where he was graduated as a member of the class of 1877. receiving the degree of Bachelor of Arts. He forthwith put his requirements to the practical test, being elected superintendent of the Union schools at Frankfort in the fall of 1877. He retained this position for one year, and in connection therewith pursued the study of law but, desiring to devote his entire attention to qualifying himself for the practice of his chosen profession, he declined reelection and began a technical reading of law in Chillicothe, under the efficent preceptorage of his brother, Judge William Edgar Evans, who has served for a full decade on the common pleas bench in Ross county. Following his admission to the bar Judge Evans entered upon active practice in 1880, successfully prosecuting his profession until the fall of 1892, when he sought the wider field offered in Columbus. becoming a resident of this city. Throughout his professional career he has held to high standards and had been a resident of Columbus but a brief period ere he had succeeded in building up a successful practice of general scope. By hard work, by zeal in the interests of his clients, by arduous and unrelaxing attention to the details of his cases he gained a large legal business and was very successful in its conduct. His briefs always showed wide research, careful thought and the strongest reasons which could be urged for his contentions and the ability which he displayed in his practice led to his promotion to the bench. In October, 1892, Judge Evans was married to Miss Stella Margaret Nelson, a daughter of James Nelson, of Columbus, and unto them were born four sons, one of whom died in infancy. The eldest, James Baxter Evans, was born December 27. 1896, and is now in school. Morton N. was born in 1898 and Richard H. in 1900. Judge and Mrs. Evans occupy a prominent social position and his position is equally favorable in political and legal circles. Always an ardent republican he has been an active worker in clubs and other organizations to promote the interests of the party and to secure successes in political campaigns. He never allows partisan bias or personal prejudice however, to 554 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS interfere with the faithful performance of judicious duty or permits any other element to enter as a variable disturbing force into the judgment which he is called upon to give in discriminating between the rights of litigants. RICHARD ELLIS JONES. Richard Ellis Jones president of the R. E. Jones & Sones Funeral Directing Company. was born in the city of Liverpool, England, August 10, 1853. James E. Jones. his father, was of Welsh lineage. His mother, Rosanna (Henry) Jones, died during the early boyhood of her son Richard. The father continued his residence in England, where he conducted business as a contractor and builder. until after the arrival of our subject in America, and he. too, crossed the Atlantic and in 1872 settled in Newark. Ohio, where he was connected with building operations for many years. he afterward removed to Shawnee, Ohio. where he conducted a lumber business, and through his well-directed activity and careful management obtained gratifying success. He long survived his wife, passing away September 5, 1902. Our subject has a brother and sister living in Vancouver, British Columbia, the former being H. A. Jones, president of the Vancouver Steam Tug Company and one of the largest real-estate owners of that city. The sister is the wife of Captain Lawrence Kirkham, a retired sea captain. Richard E. Jones pursued his education in the schools of Liverpool, and when nineteen years of age became a resident of Granville, Ohio, where he apprenticed himself to learn the carpenter's trade. In course of time he became a journeyman and in the spring of 1874 made his way to Columbus, where he began working at his trade, assisting in the construction of many buildings in the city. He was thus identified with building pursuits here until March 1877, when he left the city under contract with the government to construct Fort Custer in Montana. He was there for eleven months immediately after the massacre in which General Custer was killed. He helped construct the caskets in which the remains of General Custer and other officers were returned to the east. Following his sojourn in the northwest, Mr. Jones returned to Columbus and in 1878 was married to Miss Mary A. Cadawallader, of this city, who died December 27, 1897. They had one son, Bertram G. Jones, born May 17. 1879, now associated with his father in business for the past four years. Following his return to Ohio, Mr. Jones established a lumber and general hardware business at Corning, this state, under the firm style of Jones Brothers, and so continued in business there until 1884. He was one of the active and influential residents of the city. He served as mayor of the town and was president of the first council. He also assisted in the incorporation of Corning and did active and beneficial service in behalf of the municipal interests and the general improvement. In 1884 he returned to Columbus, where he entered the undertaking business as successor to .J. M. Stewart and PAGE 555 - PICTURE OF R. E. JONES PAGE 556 - BLANK CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 557 as junior partner of the firm of Webb & Jones. At the end of the first year he purchased Mr. Webb's interest and continued the business alone until he incorporated it under the name of the R. E. Jones & Son Funeral Directing Company, his son being given a half interest in the business in 1904. This is one of the oldest established houses of the kind in the city and has one of the finest equipped undertaking parlors in the world. He has the patronage of all of the best families of the city and his business is extensive. Mr. Jones is, moreover, vice president and one of the directors of the American Savings Bank Company, now The Central National Bank, and has various other interests. He was formerly the president of the State Funeral Directors & Embalmers Association and was accorded the unusual honor of being elected for two successive terms, serving in 1896 and 1897. Since that time no other incumbent has filled the office twice until Mr. Jones' son was accorded the same honor. Mr. Jones has been actively interested in many measures relating to the public good. He was appointed a trustee of the Boys Industrial School, at Lancaster, by Governor Bushnell in 1899 and was reappointed by Governor Nash, serving until he resigned in order to accept a position on the state board of embalming examiners. He is a member of the Columbus Board of Trade, and his cooperation has been given to various movements that have been beneficial as factors in the city's growth and development. Mr. Jones has been married a second time, having in 1899 wedded Miss Nellie, daughter of William and Marv Jones, of Columbus. In addition to his home he owns considerable valuable: real estate in the city. He is a member of several fraternal and social organizations, including all the Masonic bodies. He is a past commander of Mount Vernon Commandery, No. 1, K. T., has attained the thirty-second degree of the Scottish Rite, is a charter member of Aladdin Temple of the Mystic Shrine and has been a trustee of the Masonic Temple since its erection. He also belongs to the Knights of Pythias, is a past noble grand of the subordinate lodge of Odd Fellows and also a member of the encampment. He was one of the original members of the Columbus Country Club and those who meet him in social relations find in him a genial, courteous gentleman, who has genuine appreciation for true worth in others and who in every relation of life is true to the duties and obligations that devolve upon him. HENRY BEECHER DIERDORFF. Henry Beecher Dierdorff. an apprentice to the machinist's trade at the age of fifteen year, since which time he has been dependent entirely upon his own resources is now occupying the responsible position of general superintendent with the Jeffrey Manufacturing Company and has given to the world various important inventions. His life record began in Seville. Medina county, Ohio, on the 29th of January 1851, and he comes of Holland ancestry, although his great-grandfather and his grandfather. Jonas Dierdorff, were both of American birth. His father. Henry Dierdorff, was born in York county, Pennsylvania, 558 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS January 6, 1815, and during his early life followed the occupation of farming, while later he was employed by the railway company. He married Cornelia Terboss, a native of New York, born in March, 1822. Her death occurred in November, 1863, while the father survived for about fourteen years. passing away on the 3d of November, 1880. Henry B. Dierdorff spent the first eleven years of his life in the county of his nativity and attended the country schools. He then came to Columbus with his parents and entered the public school on Second avenue-a one-room building-while later he continued his studies in the North building on Long street. At the age of fifteen years he entered the employ of the Franklin Machine Works as an apprentice to learn the machinist's trade, remaining with the company for about six years, during which time he became an expert workman. thoroughly familiar with the business in principle and detail. He afterward spent one year as extra steam engineer in what are now the Pennsylvania railroad shops. About 1870 he removed with his father to Missouri but after a short time spent in the west returned to Columbus and acted as foreman in various shops. In 1880 he was in charge of a shop, building mining machinery on contracts for the Jeffreys Company. In April 1884 he became connected with the Jeffreys Manufacturing Company as foreman of their machine shops, which position he filled for four years and was then appointed superintendent of the entire plant. This is one of the important industrial concerns of the city and his position is therefore one of large responsibility. He has also devoted much of his time to the development of coal mining machinery and has done much to develop the use of electricity in wire practice. The Jeffreys Company was the first to perfect the chain coal cutting machine and they are the largest builders of mining machinery in the United States. Much credit is due Mr. Dierdorff for his many inventions in this connection, for his skill and mechanical ingenuity have originated a number of devices which are now in general and successful use. On the 22d of August, 1871, occurred the marriage of Mr. Dierdorff and Miss Charlotte Miller, aa daughter of Max and Rosina Miller, natives of Alsace Lorraine. They came to America in 1853. settling in Chillicothe. Ohio. whence they removed to Columbus about 1856. Their children are: Irving, who died in 1892 at the age of twenty years: William. who is foreman of the machine shops of the Jeffreys Manufacturing Company: Joseph F.. superintendent of production of the Jeffreys Manufacturing Company: Percy Cyrus, in the sales department of the above mentioned company; and Myrta, the wife of C. S. Jackson, of Newark. The family residence is at No. 309 Wilber avenue and its hospitality is greatly enjoyed by their many friends. Mr. Dierdorff belongs to York Lodge, A. F. & A. M.. to Mount Vernon Commandery, K. T., to Capital Lodge, I. O. O. F.. the Congregational church. the Ohio Club and the Engineers Club of Columbus. of which be was one of the charter members. He was reared in the faith of the republican party. his father having been a life-long republican and ardent supporter of the abolition movement. His own study of the questions and issues of the day has led him to the belief that the best interests of the country are conserved through this party and he therefore gives to it loyal support. His business career has been CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 559 characterized by unfaltering diligence and unabating industry and success has come to him through his close application and his ability in handling men. He is one of the widely known inventors of the United States, his skill in this direction gaining hiram preeminence, while his many admirable characteristic, have gained him not only the respect of his fellowmen but almost a brotherly affection from those with whom he comes in frequent contact. HENRY D. TURNEY. Henry D. Turney, whose enterprise and energy have for years made him well known in the business community of the capital city, is now president of the Columbus Gas & Fuel Company and of various other corporate interests which have direct bearing upon the substantial development and improvement of the localities in which they are operated. Intelligent anticipation of possibilities has been one of the forceful elements in his success, making him a leader and not a follower in the world of business activity. A native of Circleville, Ohio, Mr. Turney was born July 10, 1853, of the marriage of Samuel Denny and Evlyn (McCrea) Turney. He is descended from Huguenot ancestors who settled in Connecticut during the period of colonial development, while at a later day representatives of the name removed to Virginia, founding the branch of the family to which Henry D. Turney belongs. His great-grandfather became one of the pioneer residents of Ohio, settling in Chillicothe when the work of civilization had scarcely been begun within this great commonwealth. The grandfather, Dr. Daniel Turney, became one of the first settlers of Columbus and practiced medicine in this city until his death, which occurred while he was yet a young man. He was the first physician to introduce the use of quinine in his practice in this part of the state and the remedy proved most efficacious in a country where the lack of artificial drainage, productive of swampy conditions, led to frequency of chills and fevers among the settlers. He married Jeannette Stirling Denny, a daughter of General Kenny, a resident of Circleville and a prominent figure in Ohio in those days. Both the Turney and Denny families were represented in the Revolutionary war. the war of 1812. the Mexican and the Civil war. for the military spirit was strong within then) when the support of patriotic citizens was needed for defense. Most of those who thus served their country were commissioned officers, the grandfather of Mr. Turney being a surgeon in the Mexican war. Samuel Denny Turney, who made the practice of medicine his life work, became a surgeon in the Union army during the Civil war and by brevet was made lieutenant-colonel. After the close of hostilities he served for two terms surgeon general in the State Militia. For a long period he was actively engaged in the practice of his profession in Circleville and was widely known throughout the state. his activity in various lines bringing him into prominence. He died in Circleville in 1878. his wife having passed away there in 1869. They had lost a daughter in infancy. 560 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS Their only son, Henry D. Turney, was educated at Elizabeth, New Jersey, where he prepared for college, after which he entered the University of Michigan but did not complete the full course. Taking up his abode in Columbus he secured the position of messenger in the bank of W. G. Deshler, where he remained for two or three years, gaining varied and practical experience in business lines. On the expiration of that period he became secretary of the Columbus Rolling Mills and subsequently was associated with the late General Samuel Thomas in railroad and coal interests. Since that time he has been identified with the development of the rich coal deposits in the state, when but a young man becoming president of the Thomas Coal Company. In a position requiring careful administrative direction and executive control he has proven himself well qualified, his activity constituting a valuable element in successful management. His business interests, too, have largely been of a nature that have contributed to public prosperity as well as to individual success. Aside from the presidency of the Columbus Gas & Fuel Company he is now president of the Darby Coal & Coke Company of Virginia and president of the Beshutes Irrigation & Power Company, irrigating a large tract of land in Oregon. He has been connected with the Columbus Gas & Fuel Company since its inception in 1889, being associated with John G. Deshler and J. O. Johnston in its organization, acting continuously as one of its officers and as its president since 1907. In 1880 Mr. Turney was united in marriage to Emma Bartlit, a daughter of John F. Bartlit, one of the pioneer bankers of Columbus. They have three daughters. Eylvn, Henriette and Anne. The family are members of the Episcopal church and their social prominence is manifest in the many attractive social features held at their home. Moreover Mr. Turney is a valued member of the Columbus, Arlington Country and Wyandotte Clubs, the last-named limiting its membership to seventeen. He is likewise connected with Chi Psi fraternity and with the Union League of New York city. Starting out in life with no vaulting ambition to accomplish something especially great or famous, he has followed the lead of his opportunities and used legitimate advantages as they arose. His quietude of determination, his easy dignity. his frankness and cordiality of presence, with a total abstinence of anything sinister or anything to conceal, foretoken a. man who is ready to meet any obligation of life with the confidence and courage that come of conscious personal ability, right conception of things and a habitual regard for what is best in the exercise of human activities. GRANT S. FISHER. Death often removes from our midst those whom we can ill afford to lose. When a man has traveled life's journey and has faithfully performed his work it seems but the following out of the natural course of events that he should pass on from this life: but when a. young man is taken there comes to the community that knows him a feeling of sincere regret and sorrow if hi CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 561 life has been a straightforward and exemplary one. The death of Grant S. Fisher was uniformly mourned in Columbus, for his entire life had been passed in Franklin county and all who knew him entertained for him the warmest regards He was born on a farm near the city in 1869. and represented one of the old pioneer families of Franklin county. His father's birth occurred in 1840 on a farm a short distance south of Columbus. He was a grandson of Michael Fisher. one of the noted characters of pioneer times who had extensive landed holdings, his splendid domain extending from a point near Lancaster road southeast of the city to a point far beyond the Scioto river on the west. .A portion of this land was inherited by William M. Fisher. who in the course of time became an enterprising farther of the locality. continuing to engage in general agricultural pursuits until he reached the age of thirty years. Gradually, however. he became more and more interested in the raising of fruit and garden products. and front this it was a legitimate and logical step to the commission business. In 1870 he established the first commission house on Fourth street, occupying a small roost, employing two men, and utilizing a horse and wagon in the conduct of the business. In trade relations were limited at that day, and with the growth of the city the business developed until the home today furnishes employment for twenty-five men. and uses fifteen teams. Their main building is three stories in height and extend from 120 to 124 East Town street, and is forty-five by one hundred feet. They use the entire building from basement to toll of the third floor and in addition to this they have their own shipping station and warehouses near the Columbus Scioto & Hocking depot. They handled altogether eight hundred carloads in the year 1907, to say nothing of thousands of smaller consignments and something of their business is indicated in the fact that their telegraph bills, alone in June 1895. were $365.00. They now have their own wire and operator. G. S. and W. G. Fisher sons of the original proprietor. were admitted to a partnership in 1892. The firm has a high -standing commercially, and all of its large and various business is transacted with admirable system Grant S. Fisher was educated in the public schools of Columbus and as soon as old enough joined his father in business being connected with the commission interest of the firm throughout his remaining days, he was recognized its a young loan of enterprise who brooked no obstacles which diligence and determination could overecome, and investigation into his career shows that hisbusiness methods were strictly honorable. In 1900 in the capital city Mr. Fisher was married to Miss Maud A. Aughenbaugh, who was born in Columbus and is a daughter of James T. and Emma Gertrude (Bryant ) Aughenbaugh. The father is still living here. having been a resident of Columbus in 1874 after which he followed the blacksmith's trade for a tithe. His wife was a native of Ohio. as was her father. Aside from Mrs. Fisher the other members of the Aughenbaugh family are Mrs. Edith T. Koch, wife of Edward Koch. of Columbus and Oscar J., of Florida. Mrs. Fisher was born in this city and by her marriage has two children. Eleanor Gertrude and Dale. The death of the hi--band and father occurred in 1905. He was then but thirty-six years of age and was in the midst of an active business career, his field being one of growing usefulness and 562 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS profit. He belonged to the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, the Masonic fraternity, and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and he was recognized as one of the prominent republicans of the party. His fellowtownsmen urged him to become a candidate for mayor, but he declined on account of the pressing duties of a growing business. He had little ambition for office holding, yet in matters of citizenship he was never indifferent. On the contrary he gave loyal support to the many movements for the public good and his influence was ever on the side of improvement and progress. EDSON JAMES EMERICK. M.D. The physician cannot attain the highest measure of success if he does not add to his scientific knowledge a love for his fellowmen and is not actuated by a spirit of helpfulness. Possessing these requisites of a successful follower of the medical profession Dr. Emerick is now doing a splendid work as superintendent of the Institution for Feeble-Minded at Columbus. He was born October 28, 1863, in Fayette, Fulton county. Ohio. His father was James P. Emerick and his mother Mary A. Humphreys. both of whom were natives of New York. The son, who pursued his education at the Fayette Normal School and the University of Michigan, supplemented broad literary knowledge by his preparation for the profession to which he now gives his time and energies. He was graduated from the Long Island Medical College at Brooklyn, New York, in 1887 and began practice in Fayette, Ohio. where he remained for four years. In 1891 he removed to Columbus. where he continued until appointed to his present position as superintendent of the State Institution for Feeble-Minded. This institution was organized by an act of the general assembly passed April 17, 1857, Dr. R. J. Patterson being appointed superintendent. It was opened for the reception of inmates on the 3d of August, that year, in rented buildings, on East Main street, now used as the Home for the Friendless. There were nine pupils at the first enrollment, which number was increased to fifteen before the end of the first year. The rented premises were occupied until 1868, the annual attendance averaging between fork and fifty. The office of assistant superintendent was created in 1859. the incumbent being Dr G. A. Doren, who succeeded Dr. Patterson as superintendent in 1860 and so continued until his death, March 23, 1905. A special meeting of the board was then held and Dr. E. H. Rorick was elected superintendent so continuing until May 5, 1.907, when he resigned and was succeeded by Dr. Emerick. The permanent establishment of the institution was provided for by the legislature in 1864 and the new buildings on the present site were occupied in August, 1868. In 1900 the legislature. recognizing the duty and the necessity of providing a permanent home for this class of unfortunates. authorized the purchase of the Custodial Farm of sixteen hundred and seventy-five acres, located at Orient. Ohio. about twelve miles from the Home Institution. It is intended for the custodial care and industrial training and employment of the adult males of CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 563 the feeble-minded class. The Columbus buildings are devoted to the eucational department for children and the custodial care and industrial training of adult females, who are supposed to be improvable. The present enrollment is fifteen hundred and fifty-eight, of which number about four hundred are receiving school instruction. The pupils devote one-half day to the common school branches and the other half to music, manual training, basketry, domestic science, sewing and gymnastic classes. Much is made of music and those capable have instruction in reed, wind and stringed instruments. Whenever a pupil shows aptitude for any kind of work instruction is given along that line and the children help in dining-rooms, kitchen, bake-shop, shoe-shop, at carpentry, tailoring and sewing, in the boiler house, at electrical work and gardening. Excellent work is being done in the institution, which is under able management with Dr. Emerick as superintendent. For several years Dr. Emerick was lecturer on dermatology in the Ohio Medical University but he now gives his undivided attention to his duties as superintendent of the institution for the feeble-minded. He believes in manual training as a means of special benefit for the unfortunates of this class and he has introduced many new and helpful ideas. He belongs to the Columbus Academy of Medicine, the State Medical Society and the American Medical Association. On the 16th of September, 1891, Dr. Emerick was married to Miss Alice Cary Dill, a native of Franklin county, Ohio. His fraternal relations are with the Knights of Pythias and the Masons. He has taken the Knight Templar degree of the York Rite, is also a Scottish Rite Mason and a member of the Mystic Shrine. His religious faith is that of the Methodist church and he is loyal to its teachings. In all of his life work he has been actuated by a spirit of helpfulness and the state is fortunate in securing his services in the position which he is now filling. COLUMBUS DELANO SAVIERS. As the name indicates, Columbus Delano Saviers is of French descent although the family was established in America during the colonial epoch in the history of this country. Born in Columbus on the 17th of February, 1866, his youthful days were passed as a pupil in the public schools of this city and of Chicago, Illinois, while later he pursued a five years' course in Notre Dame University of Indiana, from which institution he was then graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Science. As soon as his school days were over Mr. Saviers returned to Columbus, where he has since resided. For a short time he acted as deputy clerk of the courts under John Joyce and then took up the study of law in the office of Converse. Booth & Keating. In 1888 he was admitted to the bar and entered at once upon active practice. devoting his attention to the legal interests accorded him until 1892. when he was appointed as first assistant prosecuting attorney of Franklin county and made an excellent reputation through the 564 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS capability of his official labors in a three years' term. Within that time he successfully prosecuted some of the most important cases that are found upon the court records of Franklin county. For four years Mr. Saviers was also the efficient attorney for the police department of the city and for six years was attorney for the sheriff. His ability in the line of his profession has therefore been largely brought into play in official service and in all such connections he has proven worthy of the trust reposed in him, although of late years ids practice generally has been on the civil side of the courts. In politics Mr. Saviers has always been a democrat since ago conferred upon him the right of franchise but while he is interested in public policies he does not care to engage in party clamors, his inclination being for the pursuit of professional and business affairs. He has many friends in the fraternal organizations with which he is connected, holding membership with the Masons and the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. RICHARD SINCLAIR. Richard Sinclair was a worthy representative of an old and prominent pioneer family of Columbus. whose members were connected with its business interests throughout aa long period. As the result of his industry and well directed labor, Richard Sinclair, in the latter years of his life. was enabled to live retired; having accumulated a competency that supplied him with all the comforts and some of the luxuries of life. He was born in Rochester. New York. November 9, 1828. and when about twelve years of age came to Franklin county with his parents. George and Mary (Hussick) Sinclair, both of whom were natives of Scotland. On leaving that country they emigrated to America and were married on this side of the Atlantic in 1824. Subsequently they located in Rochester, New York, and after a few years made their way to Detroit. Michigan. while the year 1838 witnessed their arrival in Franklinton. now Columbus. Here the father turned his attention to the butchering business. The original home of the Siuclair family in Columbus was an old log house situated on West Broad street. and Mr. Sinclair. having established a butchering and packing business, continued his efforts along those lines of activity for almost a half century. The family numbered three sons, all of whom engaged in the butchering business. Of this family Richard Siuclair, whose name introduces this review, accompanied his parents on their various removal, up to the time they located in Columbus. The capital city was then a little village with few advantages or opportunities. Here Richard Sinclair was reared amid the environments of pioneer life. In his youthful days he assisted his father in the butchering business and when he started out in life on his own account he followed the same line of business and for forty-nine years was a representative of the trade in Columbus. carrying on the enterprise successfully until his retirement in 1890. Putting aside business cares he spent his remaining days in the enjoyment of well earned rest. PAGE 565 - PICTURE OF RICHARD SINCLAIR PAGE 566 - BLANK CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 567 In early manhood Richard Sinclair was united in marriage to Miss Margaret Romosier, who was born in Hagerstown, Maryland, in 1835. They became the parents of eight children. of whom six still survive, namely : Matilda, the wife of Charles W. Howe, a resident of Columbus; Elizabeth, the widow of Lawrence H. Cott; Ella and Charles who are now living in Columbus; Richard a resident of Pittsburg; and Mrs. Ethel Aukerman, of Columbus: The two who have passed away are George and Lucy. Richard Sinclair led an active, useful and honorable life. Those who knew aught of his business career recognized the fact that he was straightforward in all his dealings and diligent and enterprising in the management of his busniess, so that in the course of time he won gratifying prosperity. He was a Presbyterian in his religious belief and his political support was given to the democracy, for he found that its platforms contained the political principles which he believed would best conserve good government. In 1882 he was called upon to mourn the loss o fhis wife and survived her for about a quarter of a century, he passing away on the 1st of June, 1907, being them in the seventy-ninth year of his age. LAWRENCE H. COTT. Lawrence H. Cott was born in Blair county, Pennsylvania, August 14, 1857, a son of Christopher Cott, who served in the Civil war and, after spending three years at the front, was killed in battle. He began his education in the place of his nativity and when a youth of sixteen years came to Columbus and finished his education in the schools of this city. After putting aside his text books he secured a position in the city library under Librarian Grover, with whom he continued for a' time and subsequently was employed by a brother, C. M. Cott. Later he entered the employ of the Hocking Valley Railroad Company as yard clerk and through successive promotions rose to the position of chief clerk under Auditor Everett. He eventually resigned his position to accept the position of director of accounts of the city of Columbus under Mayor Swartz, serving in that capacity with great acceptability until, on account of ill health, he was forced to resign. In 1903 he was appointed a member of the state board of reviews, and at the time of his death, which occurred December 30, 1904, he was acting vice president of thee board. No man took a more active or more helpful part in political and public movements than Mr. Cott. His record in public service was one of unremitting and tireless toil and every duty of a public nature was performed in the interest of the people. Popular in social circles, he was a member of the, Roundabout Club, the Columbus Cadets and the Buckeye Republican Club, while in fraternal circles he was identifield with Franklin Lodge. B. P. O. E.. No. 5, Knights of Pythias and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. In religious faith he was a. Presbyterian. In 1887 Mr. Cott was married to Miss Elizabeth Sinclair who was born in Columbus, and they became the parents of four children, Margaret, Lucille, Richard and Elizabeth, who, with their mother, still survive. There also sur 568 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS vive Mr. Cott two brothers and one sister, all of this city, these being Mr. W. S. Carlisle. C. AI. Cott and W. N. Cott, the latter acting as treasurer of the Hocking Valley Railroad Company. RT. REV. BISHOP HENRY MOELLER. Henry Weller. the third Bishop of Columbus, in the line of succession, was born in Cincinnati. December 11, 1849, in which city he began his education for the priesthood and in 1869 he graduated front St. Xavier's in that city. After his graduation he went to Route to pursue his theological studies, where he remained several years. and his mind Non stored with both knowlsedge and wisdom, especially fitting him for the priesthood. On his return to the United States he was assigned, by the Archbishop, to the pastorate of St. Patrick's Church. Bellefontaine, where the continued his ministrations during 1876-1877. For a year following he filled a professorship at Mount St. Mary College, Maryland. Later the became secretary to the Rt. Rev. Bishop Chatard of Indianapolis. where he remained until he asumed the offices of secretary and chancellor of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati. In 1900 he was consecrated Bishop of Columbus. and was installed in that high spiritual office with all the solemn ceremonials and impressive demomstration appropriate to the occasion. In 1903, the Columbus diocese lost his genial presence and his ministrations, with both regret and pride-regret on part of his people that he was about lo leave them and pride in the knowledge that he was about to be elevated to the Archbishopric, to meet the requirements of which he was so eminently fitted. JUDGE SAMUEL L. BLACK. Judge Samuel L. Black, whose work in various lines has been of substantial benefit to the capital city is well known to the public as a prominent lawyer and as a public official who in every relation has proven most loyal to the general welfare. No work of his life. however, deserves greater commendation nor has produced more far-reaching results than his labors as judge of the juvenile court. In recent years there has been a notable awakening of the public conscience to its responsibility toward those whom fate, environment or innate depravity have made offenders of the law in their youthful years. Prevention and not punishment is today the rule, for, recognizing the fact that good and evil arc alike latent in each individual, it is the growing tendency of the times to put forth strong effort for the suppression of the latter and the cultivation of the former, In this connection Judge Black has done a. beneficial work, the influences of which are immeasurable. The story of his own early life is in many respects like the life stories of other American boys and young men. He was born in the little village of Kimbolton, Guernsey county. Ohio. December 22, 1859, and spent his youth ful days in the home of his father, who was one of the prominent physicians and citizens of eastern Ohio. In his boyhood days Judge Black was a pupil CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 569 in the public schools of Cambridge and. passing through consecutive grades was graduated on the completion of the high school course with the class of 1878. He afterward pursued a full course in the Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware, where the was graduated in June, 1883. Following his graduation he began learning the jeweler's trade but his taste and inclination led hint toward a professional career and he was admitted to the bar in 1887, at which time he because a member of the legal firm of Powell, Ricketts & Black. of Columbus. For sixteen years he continuously devoted his attention to the practice of his profession with the exception of two year. when he served as mayor of Columbus. As a lawyer he became recognized as a strong advocate and safe counselor. With a mind analytical, logical and inductive, his reasoning was clear and his presentation of a cause always terse concise and convincing. He possesses moreover considerable oratorical ability and a, well modulated voice and pleasing address were also factors in his effectiveness as an advocate. As indicated, the one interruption to his professional career prior to 1903 came through his two years' service as mayor of Columbus. A stalwart democrat, he was elected as the party's candidate to tine position of chief executive of the city and during his incumbency in the office instituted and encouraged many improvements. including the building of the big storage dam that was formally dedicated December 5, 1905. This great work inaugurated under his administration was steadily carried forward to completion and no interior city on the continent is today more securely safeguarded frona a water famine than is Columbus. In his official capacity in 1898 he delivered an address of welcome to President McKinley at the Goodale Street Auditorium, when the chief executive returned for the last time, after participation in the exercises of the Chicago Peace Jubilee. Judge Black's address on that occasion has never been excelled for good taste and warm greeting. On the 9th of February 1903, Judge Black took the oath of office as probate judge of Franklin county and in November 1905, was elected for a second term. But a few years ago neither the legal profession nor the laymen considered the criminal side of the court in any other light than as a strictly punitive institution. which provided by legal sanction and edict for the punishment of crime. without much regard to age or untoward conditions leading to its commission. The idea of preventing crime through reasoning and humane methods. if it existed at all was merely latent. Today it is widespread. many cities of the country having taken up the work, while in Columbus among the foremost in this direction was Judge Samuel L. Black of the probate court. who at once entered into active work for the establishment of a juvenile court seeking to prevent further crime by placing around the delinquent all the possible aids for stimulating and developing the seeds of good that are in the nature of each individual. Under the guidance of Judge Black the court is not only showing tangible results at the present time but its work will he more manifest in the future as there will he seen a corresponding and proportionial decline of grave crimes in the following decade. Judge Black's labors in this connection alone would entitle him to stand as one of the foremost citizens of Columbus, his work being a splendid exemplification 570 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS of the statement of Lincoln: "There is something better than making a living-making a life." Judge Black's work in this connection found substantial endorsement in his reelection to office in November, 1905, by a majority of over five thousand votes, and again in 1908 for a third time, being the only democrat on the county ticket elected. Pleasantly situated in his home life, Judge Black was married to Miss Carrie Nelson, a representative of one of the most respected and honored families of this city. With their three children they reside on Bryden Road and Mrs. Black is known as one of the most energetic and untiring workers in behalf of intelligently directed charity in this city. MAJOR ROBERT W. CALDWELL. Robert W. Caldwell has for twenty years been a resident of Columbus, where he is now engaged in the real-estate business and in this connection has contributed to the improvements of the city. He is numbered among the native sons of Ross county, Ohio, his birth having there occurred on the 5th of March, 1832. His father, John Caldwell, was in early life a resident of Pennsylvania, and removed to Ross county, Ohio, during an early period in its settlement and development. He became prominent and active in the locality and for eighteen or nineteen years served as justice of the peace, his long continuance in the office indicating clearly that his duties were discharged with promptness and fidelity, and that his decisions were strictly fair and impartial. He wedded Sarah McFarland, a daughter of Archibald McFarland, who came to Chillicothe, Ohio, from Augusta, Kentucky, and who was one of the first men to proceed to Fort Wayne, Indiana, under General Anthony Wayne, "Mad Anthony," taking part in the battle at Fallen Timber, where the Indians were subdued and sued for peace. Robert W. Caldwell spent his youthful days in the county of his nativity, and acquired his education in the district schools. Early in business life he engaged in farming and also devoted a portion of his time to teaching school in early manhood. He was ambitious to achieve success, and as the years passed on he advantageously used his opportunities for business progress. Thinking to find other pursuits more congenial and profitable than the work of the field or of the schoolroom, he turned his attention to the real-estate business, and since coming to this city has been numbered among its successful real-estate dealers. He has not only managed much property, but has also done speculative building and in this way has transformed unsightly vacancies into attractive residence properties and contributed in substantial measure to the upbuilding of the city. He has lived here for two decades, coming to Columbus from Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, but for some years previously had been a resident of Zanesville, Ohio. Mr. Caldwell had been married in that city to Miss Maggie Irwin, a daughter of Dr. J. B. Irwin, of Zanesville. A few years later her death oc- CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 571 curred and Mr. Caldwell seven years later was again married in Pittsburg, his second union being with Miss Mary G. Gunning. Major Caldwell, at the outbreak of the Civil war, was one of the first men to spring into action. He assisted in raising the first company in the Ninety-first Ohio Infantry in the spring of 1861, and was tendered the captaincy, which he declined. In 1862 he raised a company and joined the One Hundred and Seventeenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry which, in 1863, was changed to the First Ohio Heavy Artillery and Captain Caldwell was made a major. He had charge of the recruiting in Jackson, Vinton, Scioto, Gallia and Ross counties when the regiment was enlarged. He secured over four hundred recruits and was ordered to report to the mustering and disbursing officer, Captain P. W. Stanhope of Cincinnati. Major Caldwell, after returning to the regiment, found that Captain Stanhope, acting in collusion with a German boarding house keeper, was swindling the government over his and other officers' certificates. The major fearlessly charged Stanhope with this. Both branches of congress exonerated Mr. Caldwell, for he had positive proofs. At different times during his term of service in the army he was on different details, being at one time in command of the scouts following the confederate cavalry leader. General John Morgan. He assisted in driving Humphrey Marshall out of the state of Kentucky and at one time was engaged in building twelve miles of fortifications near Covington and Newport, Kentucky, together with numerous forts, a one-hundred pound battery and other military defenses. He was always loyal to the interests of his country during the progress of the Civil war and in days of peace has been equally faithful to the stars and stripes. He is vice president of the First Heavy Artillery Association and is a member of Sion S. Bass Post, G. A. R., at Fort Wayne, Indiana. During the year of his residence in Columbus he has made an excellent record in business life. His persistence for precision and thoroughness in small affairs, as well as in complex things, is pronounced. He is forceful, determined and progressive in business lines, and finds happiness as well as prosperity in his work. WILLIAM H. CONKLIN. The heating and plumbing industry of Columbus is very closely associated with the name of William H. Conklin, who is one of the most prominent heating and plumbing contractors, being present manager of the firm known as The William H. Conklin Company, with offices and show rooms at 43-45 North Fourth street. His birth occurred in Delaware county, Ohio, in 1875, his parents being Henry Corvin and Lydia (Lecklicter) Conklin. His father was also born in this state about the year 1849 and has been interested in the carpenter contracting business for several years. His mother, who was also a native of Ohio, taught school several years in early life and has been associated more or less with church work during her later years. The public schools of this city afforded William H. Conklin his preliminary education and subsequently he was given the advantage of a course of 572 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS study under a private tutor, and a practical course in one of the leading correspondence schools. After acquiring his education. He served his apprenticeship in different industrial shops of Columbus, at the expiration of Well time he worked for throe years as a Journeyman mechanic before entering into the general counseling business of heating and plumbing, in which enterprise he has been actively engaged for the past twelve years. His first location was at 1414 North high street. for five years was associated with the Huffman-Conklin Company of this city, and about two years ago he incorporated the present company. Mr. Conklin is an expert mechanic and plumhing engineer. and being thoroughly versed in every phase of the occupation, he has become very popular in his line of work throughout the city and his business is witnessing a steady growth. His reputation is not confined to the immediate vicinity but he is also well known throughout this and adjoining states in all of which he has a liberal patronage and secures many large contracts. In Columbus. in 1885, Mr. Conklin was united in marriage to Jennie E. Patterson. a native of Licking county, whose father is a veteran of the Civil war. she being a member of the auxiliary to the lions of Veterans. To this union has been born two children, one living-Leona C. Mr. Conklin belongs to the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Ohio Club and others. and has served three years in the Ohio National Guards. For diversion he resorts to outdoor sports. of which he is very fond and in which he finds both pleasure and recreation. he is a man of excellent qualities of character. enterprising and aggressive and is a worthy representative of the younger business element of Columbus FRED LAZARUS. No matter to what extent one may theorize as to the secret of success it will always be found. on careful analysis, that it is the outcome of persistent energy, well formulated plan and indefatigable perseverance. This truth finds verification in the life-record of Fred Lazarus. one of the best known merchants of Columbus, now the president of the F. & R. Lazarus & Company. owners of the large men's and boys' outfitters establishment at the southwest corner of Town and High streets. Mr. Lazarus was born in 1850 and has been a resident of Columbus for fifty-eight years. His father, Simon Lazarus, believing, that he might have better business opportunities in the new world, crossed the Atlantic with his family in 1851 and established his home in Columbus. where he figured prominently in business circles during the middle portion of the nineteenth century. He was the founder of the concern now known as The F. & R. Lazarus & Company. Fred Lazarus was sent to the public schools where he gained the preliminary training which qualified him for life's practical duties. He is a graduate of the public schools of Columbus and after completing his duties there, pursued a business course in the old Lutheran College, and the Bush PAGE 573 - PICTURE OF FRED LAZARUS PAGE 574 - BLANK CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 575 Marshall Business College, specializing in the study of mathematics. While he participated in the pleasures common to the youth of the age, he had comparatively little leisure in his boyhood, for he was the eldest of six children and devoted much of his time in his father's store. The lessons of industry and diligence which he there learned served as the foundation upon which he built his later success. He was still in his youth, however, when he entere his father's store to remain permanently, and the following year his brother, Ralph Lazarus, also became a factor in the management of the establishment. The brothers applied themselves to the work of thoroughly familiarizing themselves with the details of the business, and, inspired by the example of their father, they concentrated their energies toward the upbuilding of the concern, the gradual and continuous expansion of which has made it a commercial enterprise second to none in importance and extent in this city. To the wide experience and sound judgment of the father were added the hopeful spirit and undaunted enterprise of the young men who, upon their father's death in 1877, became sole owners of the business, the partnership between them continuing uninterrupted until the death of Ralph Lazarus in 1903. This left Mr. Lazarus as sole owner of the business. In 1906 it was incorporated with Mr. Lazarus as president of the Company. For fifty-eight years the business has been carried on at the corner of Town and High streets. In its infancy the store covered a space of only fourteen by seventy feet. As this publication goes to press their new home on the northwest corner of Town and High Streets, just opposite the old store is nearing completion. It has a frontage of one hundred and one feet and a depth of one hundred and eighty-seven and one-half feet, and is a colossal five-story building, covering one hundred and thirty thousand square feet of floor space. Mr. Lazarus is, moreover, prominently known in financial as well as commercial circles. His cooperation has been sought in the management of many important financial concerns and he is now vice president of the Central National Bank, as well as director of the Ohio National Bank. the Ohio Trust Company and the Lincoln Savings Bank. From an early period in his business career he has ever been watchful of opportunities foreign to his business. His success in this direction has been marked. He has been conservative, however, in placing his capital; looking ahead to the upbuilding of Columbus, seeing in its future a great and prosperous city. As his son reach the age of twenty-one years he gives them a. fifth interest in the business and sees that they have a careful and thorough training that will make them resourceful, enterprising business men. His own example should inspire and encourage them and should prove an object lesson to others, showing what can be accomplished by careful control, executive ability and, above all, unfaltering industry. A little incident is told of the Lazarus store which is very interesting. About the time of the Civil War when the soldiers were returning with their back pay they eagerly discarded the blue uniform for civilian's dress. There were at that, time two hundred clothing stores in the city. all seeking for the trade of the soldiers. On one occasion Mr. Lazarus noticed a crowd of old soldiers with their pension vouchers in front of the Deshler Bank. They had 576 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS arrived too late to get their vouchers, cashed and it was aa very hot Fourth of July. After noticing the look of disappointment on their fares. Mr. Lazarus talked the matter over with his brother and sent word that his store would cash pension vouchers free. This practice has been carried on ever since and today the store has the most extensive trade among the veterans of the Civil War of any clothing establishment in the city. To have achieved what Mr. Lazarus has would he regarded as a creditable life work by many. and yet his efforts have not terminated with successful conduct of his business affair, alone. On the contrary various charitable and benevolent enterprises have benefited by his effective work as well as his generous contributions. He is given to unostentatious charities and at the same time is actively allied with several charitable institutions, in the management and operation of which his practical knowledge of affairs is valuable. He is a trustee of the Children's hospital. the Humane Society. the Cleveland Orphan Asylum, and is president of the Old Folk- Home. He is particularly interested in all movements for the benefit of the helpless little one, whom fate has thrown upon a cold. uncharitable world. his sympathies being readily enlisted in any movement toward bettering their conditions. In his life-record great business capacity. benevolence and public-spirited citizenship have been well balanced forces. ELLIOT HOWARD GILKEY. Elliot Howard Gilkey, who since 1903 has been law librarian and marshal of the supreme court, in which connection he has become widely and prominently known to the official, and other's whose business interests bring them frequently to the state house, was born in Warren, Trumbull county, Ohio. February 8, 1857. his parents being Sheldon Elliot and Emma (Roberts) Gilkey. both representatives of old New England families. The father entered the Union army at the time of the civil war and was killed in the battle of the Wilderness in May 1864 leaving the son an orphan at the age of seven years. From 1864 until 1868 the boy lived among relative, and was then placed with a family of the name of Pierce in West Farmington, with whom he continued until the opening of the Ohio Soldiers Orphans Home at Xenia inthe winter of 1869-70. when he was sent to that institution. During his school days at the Orphans home. on the recommendation of the superintendent of the institution he was elected for duty as one of the pages of the Ohio senate in Columbus and for four winters by successive reappointments, continued in that position. The law fixes the limit of attendance at the orphans' home at the age of seventeen years. and having reached that limit in June, 1874. Mr. Gilkey was honorably discharged from that institution and made hi, home temporarily with his mother in Cleveland and while devoting the succeeding summer to private study. In 1875 he engaged in newspaper work. In 1876, at the age of nineteen years, he was elected journal clerk of the Ohio senate. being enthusiastically supported by the senators CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 577 who had become acquainted with him during his service as page in that body. This brought him again to Columbus and fixed that city as his future residence. He has lived in Franklin county almost continuously since that time. In 1877 he was connected with the construction department of the Columbus. McArthur & Gallipolis Railroad. and on its absorption by the Hocking Valley in 1877, entered the employ of Wilson L. Gill in the hardware business on High street. In 1882 he became connected with the Columbus Hollow Ware Company. in charge of its sales department. In 1885 he was tendered the position of financial officer of The Soldiers Orphans Home at Xenia. from which he had graduated eleven years previously with honors, and in the two years of his service in that institution made a. record for economical management and close buying that has never been equaled. During the last year of his service the per capita cost of maintenance per child was. net. less than one hundred and twenty dollars, per child. not including salaries with no reduction in the accommodations or comforts provided for the children. In 1888 he was appointed chief bookkeeper in the office of the auditor of state as a result of his record at Xenia. On retirement from that office with Auditor Poe in 1896. Mr. Gilkey entered private life and devoted himself to private business affairs until his election as assistant clerk of the Ohio senate in 1900. except a tenn of service in Camp Bushnell during the Spanish-American war (1898). where he was assigned to duty in the department of the commissary general. He was at that time the lieutenant colonel of a waiting regiment of Ohio Sons of Veterans. which missed seeing service only by the sudden termination of the war. While serving as assistant clerk of the senate in 1900. he prepared a revised and consolidated manual of legislative practice for the general assembly of Ohio. which was approved by the joint committee on rules and adopted by both branches of the assembly as the rules of that body. On the adjournment of the general assembly he was selected by the clerk of the senate to prepare wholly new manuscript for a centennial edition of the Hundred Year Book of Ohio and to supervise its publication. This occupied his attention for eighteen months. which were devoted to the examination of the old legislative and official records of the state and the preparation of new and original manuscript of the official history of Ohio. The Hundred Year Book appeared in print in the fall of 1901. Its contents were afterward reprinted in succeeding issues of the Bioggraphical Annals of Ohio. which appeared from 1902-1908 as a state publication. In July, 1901. Mr. Gilkey was elected by the supreme court to be first assistant law librarian. on the recommendation of Frank N. Beebe, librarian. who expressed a desire for his services and requested his appointment. Two years later. Mr. Beebe was confined to his residence by what proved to be a fatal illness and confided his personal as well as his official affairs to Mr. Gilkey during that time. Mr. Beebe died in the latter part of September, and on October Mr. Gilkey was elected for the unexpired term as marshal of the supreme court and law librarian to succeed him. He was reelected in June. 1904, for the regular term of appointment and now serves at the pleasure of the court as is the custom in his department. Since his connection with the library. Mr. Gilkey has prepared the manuscript for and brought out a 578 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS catalog of the library (1907), which has been warmly commended by the bench and bar of Ohio, and by library authorities throughout the legal world. He also (1905) completed the manuscript for and supervised the publication of Stewart's Citation Digest of Ohio Reports. He has also engaged in other literary matters which have brought him much pleasure and some little commendation. He possesses a fine private library and is a lover of books and bookmaking. Mr. Gilkey was married in January 1884. to Miss Florence Virginia Reed. of Springfield, Ohio, and has a family of two daughters and one son. all out of their teens and on the threshold of active life. The family residence is in East Lane avenue, Columbus. Mr. Gilkey is today widely known among the prominent lawyers and legislators of Ohio and his substantial personal qualities as well as his business capacity and intellectual achievements have gained for him the warm regard and respect of many with whom he has been thus associated. M. SULLIVANT HOPKINS. M. Sullivant Hopkins was born in Header. on. Kentucky. May 21, 1872, and is a representative of one of the old and prominent families of that state that was founded there during the epoch of its pioneer history and when Kentucky was largely a "dark and bloody ground." The family comes originally of English origin. The grandfather was Tindall Hopkins and the father was William Allison Hopkins. The latter was born in Kentucky and for many years carried on merchandising in Henderson. He married Lucy Sullivant, a daughter of Michael Sullivant and a granddaughter of Lucas Sullivant. the founder of the city of Columbus. The public schools of his native town afforded M. Sullivant Hopkins the educational privileges which he enjoyed and in 1888. when a youth of fifteen years he became connected with civil engineering enterprises and in his practical service gained broad and comprehensive knowledge of the business. In 1889 he removed to Columbus and became connected with the railway interests as an apprentice under Thompson, Houston & Company. being sent here on electrical railway installation work. This connection continued until the electric system was installed superseding the old home power formerly constituting the motor power of the street railway lines. When this task had been completed Mr. Hopkins became chief engineer of the consolidated street railway companies and was later appointed general .superintendent. continuing in that position until 1905. He is still retained however in a consulting capacity and is likewise managing engineer for the various railway and lighting enterprises throughout the United States. in which the banking firm of E. W. Clark & Company of Philadelphia is interested. In his chosen profession he has made steady progress. for he possesses a nature that could never he content with mediocrity and thus he has steadily advanced. long since reaching the ranks of its .successful and capable representatives. CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 579 On the 7th of June, 1900. Mr. Hopkins was married to Miss Matie L. Lockett, a daughter of John W. and Belle (Atkinson) Lockett, of Henderson, Kentucky. Her father is a prominent lawyer and jurist of that state, gaining fame at the bar that has numbered many distinguished members. Mrs. Hopkins is active in club and social circles and is a lady of broad, general culture, innate refinement and marked literary taste. By her marriage she has become the mother of one daughter, Virginia Belle, now five years of age. Both Mr. and Mrs. Hopkins hold membership in the Presbyterian church and he gives his political allegiance to the republican party. He is also a member of the Columbus Club and the Arlington Country Club. With marked ability in his profession and with clear business discernment and sound judgment. he has so directed his labors and placed his investments that he is now one of the most substantial residents of Columbus. HENRY GUMBLE. Henry Gumble is successfully practicing law as a member of the firm of Gumble & Gumble, of Columbus. and that he is honored by his fellow members of the profession in this part of the state was indicated in his election to the presidency of the Franklin County Bar Association, which has in its membership some of the foremost representatives of the legal profession in the Ohio valley. Born in Columbus on the 20th of August, 1863, he was a son of Max and Miriam (Wise) Gumble, both of whom were natives of Germany. but are now deceased. The year 1858 witnessed their arrival in this city, where the father conducted business as a successful merchant for some time. The public schools of Columbus afforded Henry Gumble his educational privileges and from 1881 until 1883 he attended the Cincinnati Law School. being graduated in the latter year with the degree of Bachelor of Law. Not being old enough for admission to the bar at that time it was not until the 20th of August. 1884, that he reached an age that did not preclude his active connection with the courts. On his twenty-first birthday he was admitted at the supreme court and since that time he has remained an active representative of the profession. Immediately after leaving high school, in 1880. he had entered the office of Outhwaite & Linn and following his graduation from the law school he returned to that firm, with whom he remained until 1886. when he became secretary to Congressman Outhwaite and went with him to Washington. Later he became assistant disbursing clerk in the national house of representatives, continuing to fill that position until 1889. when he entered upon the private practice of law as a member of the firm of Outhwaite. Linn. McNaughton & Gumble. of Columbus. This relation was maintained until 1894 when Mr. McNaughton died and the firm became Outhwaite. Linn & Gumble. so continuing until April. 1896. when Mr. Gumble withdrew and formed a partnership with Nathan humble, under the style of Gumble & Gumble.. This firm now has an extended practice in general as well as special lines of the law. their clientage being of an important and representative char- 580 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS acter. Mr. Gumble prepares his cases with great thoroughness and care and give to his clients the benefit of unwearied industry. He never forgets. however, that he owes a still higher allegiance to the majesty of the law and in all things holds to a high standard of professional ethics. Mr. Gumble was the first president of the first civil service commission formed under a law applied to the city of Columbus. filling that position for one term. He is also a stockholder in some of the banks of Columbus and has thus become a factor in the financial circles of the city. On the 24th of September, 1891, Mr. Gumble was married to Miss Mollie Beatrice and Max. He is socially connected with the Ohio Club and is also a member of the State Bar Association. In his profession he. has succeeded admirably and has built up a practice that few men of his age would not envy. Harmon, of Columbus and they have two bright and interesting children, FELIX A. JACOBS. Felix A. Jacobs, of whom there are cited many tangible evidences of his public spirit and devotion to the best interests of the community in its material, intellectual, political, social and moral progress. was born in Columbus, Ohio. August 3, 1840, a son of Cornelius and Christenia (Gangloff') Jacobs. The father was a native of Germany, born near Mayence, and came to Columbus in 1834. The mother was born near Pfalsburg, Alsace-Lorraine, at that time a province of France, and on the 1st of June, 1829. left her native country with her parents. After continuous travel they reached Mansfield, Ohio, on Christmas day of the same year and became residents of Perry county, Ohio. Cornelius Jacobs was a gunsmith by trade and for a time conducted a gun shop and general store, while later he engaged in the manufacture of scales. He served as a member of the city council in early days and was also a. member of the fire companies. He likewise organized an artillery company, of which he became captain and later was commissioned a major of artillery. He took a. prominent part in building the first Catholic church in Columbus, known as the Little Stone Church. and after a few years, when it became too small to accommodate the congregation, he drew the plans and superintended the building of Holy Cross church on the corner of Rich and Fifth streets. In 1847 he purchased a farm in Prairie township, upon which he resided until 1874, when he returned to the city and here made his home until his death in 1883, while his wife survived until 1900. They were parents of three sons and three daughters, of whom Felix A., William E. and Bertha are now living. Felix A. Jacobs was partially reared on the home farm to which his parents removed when he was about seven years of age. In 1866, with his two brothers, Henry L. and William E. Jacobs, he formed the firm of Jacobs Brothers. engaging in the manufacture and sale of agricultural implements. In 1872 the brothers secured an interest in what was known as the Revolving Scraper Company, now the Kilbourne & Jacobs Manufacturing Company, of which Mr. Jacobs is the first vice president. His brother Henry was super- PAGE 581 - PICTURE OF FELIX A. JACOBS PAGE 582 - BLANK CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 583 intendent of the business up to the time of his death on the 14th of September, 1901. In addition to his interests in that extensive enterprise Felix A. Jacobs is a director and vice president of the Columbus Brick & Terra Cotta Company ; holds a similar position with the Tallmadge Hardware Company a stockholder and director in the Union National Bank and the Columbus Machine Company; and has interests in many local enterprises and in real estate. While his business interests entitle Mr. Jacobs to prominent mention in this volume, he has also done most creditable work in connection with public progress. He served for one term in they city council and as director of public improvements under Mayor Samuel L. Black. Under his direction the plans were completed for the storage dam to be built at its present site and twice bid.; were received for its construction but in both cases, on complaint of interested parties, he was enjoined from entering into contract to build the darn. In the meantime, the city being threatened with a water famine, he constructed an iron conduit with numerous artesian wells drilled into the rock along the side of the conduit, which furnished an abundant supply of water for all demands through several dry seasons and until the conduit was abandoned and the water taken from the reservoir. In addition the west side levee was constructed. The first municipal electric light plant was also put in operation by Mr. Jacobs and the plans for a sewer and sewage disposal plant and the plans for eliminating the west side grade crossing were drawn under his direction, while similar public improvements were also instituted through the department of public improvements while he was incumbent in the office. Mr. Jacobs is a member of the Catholic church, was an original member of the Thurman Democratic Club, is a member of the Columbus Club, of the Board of Trade and of the North Side Business Association and in connection with these various organizations has done much effective work for the city's welfare and advancement. JOHN J. STODDART. Well known as a lawyer John J. Stoddart is equally well and widely known as a friend of liberal and popular education, his labors in both connections bringing him into prominence. A man of high scholarship, of profound erudition and practical ability as a lawyer, he has achieved success in his profession because he has worked for it, his prestige at the bar of Columbus standing in evidence of his ability and of the intrinsic worthiness of the character of the man. He has utilized his splendid intellectual forces to the best purpose; has directed his great energy into legitimate channels; and in his career has ever recognized the fact that only industry, perseverance, study, integrity and fidelity to duty will lead to success. The profession of law offers no opportunities save to such determined spirits. It is an arduous, exacting, discouraging calling to one who is unwilling to subordinate all his powers to its demands, but to the mind that is strong enough to comprehend its history 584 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS and its relations to the development of government and the establishment and preservation of liberty, the law is rich in treasure and to a man like Mr. Stoddart its study is entertaining as well as instructive. Not only of English lineage Mr. Stoddart is himself a native of Wigton, Cumberland county, England. where he was born on the 29th of March, 1850, a son of John and Jane (Hodgson) Stoddart. both of whom were of English birth. They became parents of two children : John J. and Jane A., the wife of William A. Ritchie, of Paris. Texas. The father died in 1853 and the mother afterward became the wife of John Graham, by whom she had five children. The family came to America in 1857, locating at Ontario, Canada. thence removing to Guernsey county, Ohio, where John J. Stoddart attended the county schools until 1865, when a. removal was made to Columbus. Here he became a student in the high school and in 1871 matriculated in the literary department of the Michigan University at Ann Arbor, where he was graduated with the class of 1875, receiving the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. In the fall of the same year Mr. Stoddart entered upon the duties of the position which he had secured as an instructor in the Columbus high school. being thus engaged for a period of three years. While still a student at Ann Arbor, he devoted his attention during vacations and other leisure time to reading law, having determined to adopt this profession as his vocation in life. While still engaged in teaching in 1877 he was, admitted to the bar and was associated in the practice in Columbus with Hon. Horace Wilson, under the firm name of Wilson & Stoddart until 1892, when the partnership was terminated and Mr. Stoddart has since conducted an individual practice. His clientage is of a distinctively representative type and while he has a large and, remunerative general practice he has devoted special attention to municipal law, in which he is a recognized authority, being retained as counsel for a number of the largest contractors in central Ohio. among whom may be mentioned Colonel N. B. Abbott, of Columbus. The high relative precedence which Mr. Stoddart has attained in his professional endeavors stands in most patent evidence of his ability and honorable methods. He ha been successful in a pronounced degree and aside from his professional interests he is president and a director of the Ohio State Savings & Loan Association, a stockholder of the Ohio State Savings & Trust Company and president and director of the Poste Abstract & Title Company. He was also one of the organizers of the company, which built the first electric railway from Columbus to Worthington. On the 12th of November, 1879, Mr. Stoddart was united in marriage to Miss Minnie Cole, daughter of Nathan Cole, who was for thirty-three years county recorder of Franklin county. Mr. and Mrs. Stoddart are the parents of two children : John C., who was born January 22, 1883. and is a graduate of Harvard University; and Mary, who was born June 28. 1884. and is a graduate of Wellesley College, near Boston. Massachusetts. In his political adherence Mr. Stoddart is stanchly arrayed in support of the principles and policies of the republican party, in the cause of which he has been an active CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 585 worker. It is but natural that his interest in educational matters should be one of abiding order and an appreciation of his interest and of his peculiar eligibility has been shown by the people of the city, who have several times given him official preferment as a member of the board of education, of which he formerly served as president for one year and is now again serving a term in that office. He has been continuously one of the city board of teachers examiners since August, 1879, and his labors in behalf of public education have been far-reaching and beneficial. J. W. BLOWER. J. W. Blower. who is treasurer and manager of the Hisylvania Coal Company and also rice president and general manager of the Colburgh Coal Company, is a native of Bilston, Staffordshire, England, where his birth occurred on the 24th of May, 1862. The parents Joseph and Ann (Wallet) Blower. were also born at that place and the paternal ancestors of our subject were of Welsh extraction. J. W. Blower acquired his education in the public schools of his native land and in 1881 crossed the Atlantic to the United States, the other members of the family making the voyage two years later. Going to Elkhorn. Allegheny county, Pennsylvania. Mr. Blower there engaged in coal mining. which line of activity he had previously followed in England. While at Elkhorn, being of an ambitious nature. he devoted himself to the further study of his chosen vocation and eventually passed the examination for mining boss and engineer. The year 1890 witnessed his arrival in Ohio and during the two succeeding years he studied mining and engineering in the Ohio State University. obtaining certificates on both subjects. He then returned to Pennsylvania, where he held the responsible position of superintendent of mines. while in 1895 he became an operator. opening mines at Webster, Westmoreland County. This was the first mining property to be conducted on the cooperative plan and it proved very successful. In 1901 Mr. Blower came to Columbus to attend the joint convention of miners and operators as the representative of the Pittsburg Coal Company. At that time he was superintendent of all the mines of the Pittsburg & Lake Erie Railroad. Believing that this state offered good prospects, he remained in Ohio and purchased his present valuable mining property at Trimble. Athens county. Ohio. organizing the Hisylyania Coal Company, of which he has since been treasurer and manager. He is likewise vice president and general manager of the Colburgh Coal Company. of Belmont. county. and is widely recognized as a most prominent and prosperous representative of mining interests in this state. The success which has attended his efforts may he attributable entirely to his own well directed energy. unremitting industry and excellent business ability. Early imbued with laudable ambition. he bent every energy to the study and mastery of his chosen life work and has been rewarded with 586 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS the prosperity that now entitles him to representation among the most substantial, enterprising and progressive citizens of Columbus. In 1887 Mr. Blower was joined in wedlock to Miss Mary Jarvis, born in Scotland of Welsh and Irish parentage, and they have four children: Ruth, Wallett, Stanley and Rachel. He is a thirty-second degree Mason and a member of the Mystic Shrine in Columbus, having joined the order at Brownsville, Pennsylvania. Arriving in the United States in early manhood, he realized the fact that while in this country labor is unhampered by caste or class it is only by unfaltering diligence, guided by sound judgment. that success can be secured. By the exercise of these qualities he has made steady progress and is now one of the highly respected and esteemed residents of his adopted city. REED H. GAME. The fact that Reed H. Game is but little more than thirty-five years of age, that for nine years he has been an active member at the bar, has served as police prosecutor of Columbus and is now creditably filling the position of assistant prosecuting attorney for Franklin county indicates both ability and energy as well as fitness for the discharge of important public duties. He was born in Canal Winchester, Franklin county, February 9, 1874, and is a son of Philip and Emily A. (Haskell) Game. The father was a native of Bavaria., Germany, and his mother of Ohio. The former was brought to America in 1836 when but three years of age by his parents. who settled at Lockville, Fairfield county. At the time of the Civil war he responded to the call for troops and as a soldier of the Ninety-fifth United States Regulars took part in various important engagements including the battle of Chickamauga and the military movements at Nashville. In the battle of Jonesboro he lost an arm. He had joined the Union forces in 1861 and was continuously with his regiment at the front until mustered out in 1865, save for the period of his enforced absence on account of his wound. Later he engaged in mercantile pursuits at Canal Winchester and for ten Years he devoted his time to the settlement of estates for the relatives and heirs of most of his friends in his neighborhood. In his community he was regarded as a most valued and respected citizen and therefore his death which occurred in 1904 was the occasion of widespread regret. His widow still survives and is now a resident of Canal Winchester. In the public schools of his native city Reed H. Game pursued his preliminary course and was afterward graduated from the Ohio State University in 1896 with the Bachelor of Philosophy degree while in 1899 he completed the law course in the same institution and won the Bachelor of Law degree. He was popular in his college days and prominent in college affairs, acting as editor-in-chief of the Lantern, a. college paper and also editor-in-chief of the Makio, the annual student publication. He was president of the Oratorical Association of the students, of the Horton Literary Society CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 587 and a member of the Alpha Tau Omega, the Phi Delta Phi Legal Fraternity and other organizations. Since his admission to the bar in 1899 Mr. Game has engaged continuously in practice and his professional work has demonstrated his ability in his chosen calling. He was appointed police prosecutor to fill out an unexpired term under Mayor Samuel J. Schwartz and for a time was associated with F. F. D. Albery in the practice. In 1907 he was appointed assistant prosecuting attorney for Franklin county under Carl Webber and in this position is carefully conserving the legal interests of the public. Mr. Game is well known as a stalwart republican, taking an active interest in the local work of the party and engaged with both political organizations and with campaign speech making. He was twice president of the Buckeye Republican Club and is now president of the Republican Glee Club. He is also a member of the Columbus Rifles, serving as its judge advocate and is a member of the vested choir in Trinity church. In manner he is cordial and genial and in his life professional activity and social courtesy are well balanced forces. CLAYTON L. DICKEY. While the world at large knows Clayton L. Dickey as a leading and prosperous Columbus manufacturer, the city knows him as one whose influence has been widely felt in furthering the interests of education, temperance and moral progress, as well as by his efforts for municipal advancement and the material development of the capital. His life has been characterized by constantly expanding powers and he has so used his native talents that the community at large has profited by his labors while the course which he has ever followed has won for him the unqualified respect and confidence of his fellowmen. He started upon life's journey July 26, 1859, his birth occurring on the Dickey homestead farm near Central College in Franklin county. He is a son of Moses T. Dickey, of whom extended mention is made elsewhere in this volume. He was reared in an atmosphere of culture, refinement and intellectual progress which had marked effect in shaping his course. At the usual age he was sent as a pupil to the public schools and afterward enjoyed the benefit of instruction in the Central College Academy and in the Ohio State University. Through the period of his youth he devoted considerable time to the work of the fields and in early manhood his labors in that direction were alternated by educational work. He became principal of Central College Academy and later was superintendent of the public schools of Clinton, Sharon and Perry township. For twelve years he acted as county school examiner and became a prominent member of the State Teachers Association. He held to high ideals in educational work, realizing the great value of intellectual training as a preparation for life's practical and responsible duties. He inspired others with much of his own con- 588 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS tagious enthusiasm and his efforts proved an influencing force in raising the standard of public instruction in this part of the state. At length, however, Mr. Dickey withdrew front educational circles to direct his energies in commercial fields. In 1901 he joined with others in the organization of the Columbus Oilcloth Company for the manufacture of oilcloth for table and carriage use. The high quality of his output has insured him a liberal patronage and today the product of the factory is sold in all parts of the United States. He has developed his business along legitimate litres of trade and the enterprise has become one of the leading productive industries of the city, while the sales of the house, having reached an extensive figure. now return to the company a most gratifying annual income. In addition to leis manufacturing interests Mr. Dickey is well known in financial circles for in 1904 he became one of it company to organize the Northern Savings Bank and has since continued as its president, giving his attention to administrative direction and executive control with the result that this has become one of the reliable and growing financial concerns of the city. He is also the owner of the old home from and operates it as of old, prizing, its memories and sacred association above factories and banks and financial transactions. In 1882 Mr. Dickey was united in marriage to Miss Mary Wilber of Central College, Ohio, a daughter of the Rev. Francis Wilber. who for many years was principal of Central College. Three children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Dickey: Francis a graduate of the Ohio State University and now a student within the classic walls of old Harvard: Edith, senior at the Western College for Women, at Oxford, Ohio: and Malcolm. who is attending the State University. Both Mr. and Mrs. Dickey are members of the Northminster Presbyterian church, are generous in their contributions to its support and in its work take tut active and Helpful part. Mr. Dickey serving as one of its elders and as superintendent of the Sunday school. He is an unwavering advocate of the cause of temperance and is how serving on the board of control of the anti-saloon League. He is also a trustee of the Protestant Hospital and belongs to Benjamin Franklin Chapter of the Ohio Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. By the consensus of public opinion he is accounted one of the foremost residents of Columbus for while he has never sought to figure in public office his labors and influence have constituted a strong element for good in the community and he has been most mindful of his obligations to his fellowmen and to the city of his residence. HENRY C. PIRRUNG. The study of success is always of widespread interest. It has in it something of the appeal of battle as it is imbued with the spirit of valor and bravery, for the man who enters business life must fight his way courageously and with much determination, if he would win victory in commercial. industrial or professional life. With energy and enterprise Henry C. Pirrung has worked PAGE 589 - PICTURE OF HENRY C. PIRRUNG PAGE 590 - BLANK CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 591 for success until he has attained a prominent position in manufacturing circles. He was born in Columbus, August 21, 1865. His father, Francis Pirrung, was a native of Bavaria, Germany, and became a resident of Ohio's capital city at the age of twelve years. He afterward learned the cooperage business and became one of the pioneer coopers of Columbus. He wedded Miss Mary Ann Borgess, also a native of German and the eldest sister of Bishop Borgess of Detroit, who was stationed in Columbus as a priest and while there largely assisted in building Holy Cross church, one of the oldest Catholic churches of this city. Henry C. Pirrung attended the parochial and public schools, completing his education in business college. For two years thereafter he was messenger for the Reinhard & Company Bank, after which he took charge of the office for the City Boiler Works. Soon after attaining his majority he was employed to take charge of the office of the Capital City Dairy Company, which had been organized in 1884. His trial efforts were so effective and satisfactory that in less than a year his proprietors placed him at the head of the office as manager. From that time he bent every energy toward developing the business along substantial lines and securing his own business advancement as a result of his labors in the former direction. His efforts were so effective that in 1893 the growth of the business demanded a new factory, which was erected. Still the enterprise development in extent and importance through the indomitable and indefatigable labor of Mr. Pirrung until in 1900 another factory was demanded and the largest butterine plant in America was built. Mr. Pirrung is still occupied with the control of this enterprise as manager and has also been elected to the vice presidency of the company. The development of the business is attributable in large measure to his keen foresight, his understanding of the market and his unfaltering perseverance enabling him to accomplish whatever he undertakes. Recognizing the possibilites for promoting the interests of the business through cooperation Mr. Pirrung called together and organized the first Oleomargarine Manufacturers Association of the United States and was a central figure in all of its legislative, commercial and judicial happenings. Not alone in manufacturing lines is Mr. Pirrung known, for he proved himself equally capable and versatile when he undertook the organization and management of the Iroquois Company to operate the leaseholds of the Chittenden, Neil. Southern and Hartman Hotels. Watching every indication pointing to success his experience as manager, his ready adaptability and his early recognition of opportunity have made him known today in the hotel world as widely and as favorably as he is in manufacturing circles. Not only these two mammoth but also smaller enterprises look to his judgment for support and guidance and his ability enables him to coordinate forces and bring all into harmonious unity. On the 31st of July. 1907, Mr. Pirrung was married to Miss Catherine Manley Robinson. of Mansfield, Ohio, and unto them was born, October 22, 1908, a little daughter, named for her two grandmothers, Jane Borgess Pirrung. Matters of civic advancement are of keen interest to Mr. Pirrung who, as a public-spirited citizen, has stanchly advocated and supported movements for 592 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS the general good. For fifteen years he has been active in Board of Trade affairs, serving for one year as vice president of the board. for four years as a director and for five years as chairman of the conventions committee. He is also fond of social organization, having founded two novel clubs : the Bismarcks, composed solely of American descendants of German ancestors and the Juanita Club, a ladies' clam-bake organization. He is interested in outdoor sports and is also an automobile enthusiast. While he has accomplished splendid results in the business world he has never allowed commercial affairs to monopolize his time to the exclusion of other interests and a well rounded development has resulted. so that in citizenship and social relations he is as widely and favorably known as through his business connections. J. W. MEEK. J. W. Meek figures in Columbus as a successful business maas and as a public official whose discharge of duty has been characterized by most prompt and businesslike methods and who in his citizenship holds to the opinion that it is the duty of every man to contribute to the elevation of public as well as private morality and progress. He established his claim to business prominence in the upbuilding and development of the extensive wholesale manufacturing establishment for the output of saddlery hardware, harness and saddlery under the name of J. W. Meek & Company. A native of Belmont county, Ohio, he was born September 2d, 1843, and is a, son of William Tingley and Elizabeth (Shankland) Meek, natives of Brownsville, Pennsylvania, and of Belmont county, Ohio. respectively. He is a representative of the Meek family that was established in the province of Maryland between 1661 and 1681 under grants of land from the third Lord Baltimore. These grants were made to Guy, Samuel, John, Moses and Thomas Meek between 1661 and 1670 and to Alice, William and Sarah between 1670 and 1688. They were Welsh from Shrewsbury, England. and came to this country evidently under the patronage of Charles Calvert. known as the third Lord Baltimore. Members of the family migrated to western Pennsylvania and to eastern Ohio about 1770 and since that date the Meeks have been represented in Ohio as citizens of sterling worth. active in the substantial development and progress of the state. J. W. Meek was reared in Barnesville, Ohio, and as the public-school system was then largely undeveloped his educational privileges were Somewhat limited. At the age of twelve years. too, he began earning his own living, securing a clerkship with the firm of Hager & Bentz, at Barnesville. on a salary of one hundred dollars per year. He was afterward employed for a month in the tobacco house of John Bradfield and took his pay in Virginia herrings. He afterward secured a, clerkship in a store in Barnesville, where he remained until 1864 and then became a bookkeeper in a wholesale leather store in Wheeling, West Virginia, where he continued for five year, or until 1869, when he came to Columbus and as junior partner CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 593 joined the firm of Patterson & Meek for the conduct of a wholesale leather and saddlery business. The relation was maintained until 1871 when Mr. Meek established an independent enterprise and in 1871 removed his store from No. 19 High street to Nos. 47-51 East Spring street, his being the first business house to locate east of High street. The enterprise had a small beginning but through the careful direction, business discernment and initiative spirit of the proprietor the trade gradually expanded until the firm has today the largest business of the kind in this section and it is the oldest establishment in continued business in the city. It is largely accepted as a standard, for the methods employed are such as commend it to the commercial world, its activity being carried forward along the most modern and progressive lines. The firm today handles a very large stock and employs a number of traveling salesmen. In 1863 Mr. Meek under a special law enlisted in a departmental corps with headquarters at Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, and served for a time under General Brooks, being discharged November 1, 1864. On the 18th of February, 1868, occurred the marriage of J. W. Meek and Miss Fannie A. Warfield, of Barnesville, Ohio, a daughter of Dr. J. W. Warfield, of that city, who was a surgeon in the Civil war. The children of this marriage are : W. W., James E.. Guy T., Paul D., Elizabeth and Emma L. The family hold membership with the Methodist Episcopal church and Mr. Meek contributes to various movements for the general welfare. Since its organization he has been a member of the Columbus Board of Trade, was three times elected to the directorate and for one term served as its first vice president. He was also chairman of the building committee in 1887-8 when the Board of Trade building was erected, the board passing a vote of thanks for his services, and his work in connection with the board has been of far-reaching importance. He filled the office of tax commissioner for three years and for four years was a member of the board of public safety under the present municipal code. To that position he was appointed by Mayor R. H. Jeffreys and while so serving the board established the merit system. He was likewise a member of the board of public service for nine months under Major Badger and in his relations to the public he has stood as a most enterprising man, holding to high ideals in citizenship. DAVID W. BROOKS. Thorough study and broad experience have gained prestige and prosperity for David W. Brooks. a civil and mining engineer, who still retains his residence in Columbus, his native city. He was born September 27, 1870, and is a son of David W. Brooks, of whom mention is made elsewhere in this volume. The son was educated in the Ohio State University, pursuing the engineering course, for he believed that such a line of business would prove congenial as well as profitable. Becoming ill in his last year at college he did not return but went to Colorado and was there engaged in min- 594 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS ing as superintendent for the White Ash Mining Company. at Golden. After two years spent in that capacity he returned to Columbus and was connected with the engineering department of the city until 1899. He then withdrew to enter the employ of S. Casparis, a railroad contractor of this city, as superintendent of construction, holding the position until 1905, during which time Mr. Brooks had charge of extensive improvements along the Pennsylvania railroad system. Leaving the employ of Mr. Casparis he associated himself with the firm of T. A. Gillespie & Company of Pittsburg. Pennsylvania. also railroad contractors, and while in their service had charge of important work along the Indianapolis division of the Pennsylvania railroad. He, however, severed his connection with that company in order to engage in business on his own account as a mine operator in the recently discovered silver and gold fields of New Ontario. where he has been for the past two years opening up and developing mines and properties which he owns in that field, owning and controlling about one thousand acres of mineral lands. Mr. Brooks has every reason to feel sure that his property will return him a gratifying income for it is situated in the midst of a rich mining district and already the work that has been carried on there has demonstrated the value of the ore. Mr. Brooks is a member of the American Society of the Sons of the Revolution, a fact which indicates that his ancestry was represented in the long struggle for American independence. He is also a member of the Old Northwest Historical & Genealogical Society and of the Beta Theta Phi. a college fraternity, while in more strictly professional lines he is connected with the American Society of Civil Engineer's. Those who examine into his history and look beneath the surface will note that his course has been marked by an orderly progression for each change he has made has brought him broader opportunities and more satisfactory profits for his labor until he has eventually come into control of important business interests of his own. NICHOLAS KOEHLER. Nicholas Koehler, filling the office of deputy county surveyor, has in his public service been loyal to municipal interests and the welfare of the people at large. He came to Columbus in 1862 from Brooklyn, New York. his native city. His parents were Conrad and Margaret Koehler. the former a. well known contractor and builder who removed westward to Columbus and was identified for many years with building operations in this city, many important contracts being awarded him. He afterward removed to the country and spent his last days on a farm. Nicholas Koehler, brought to Ohio in his youthful years, continued his education in the high school of this city and afterward in the Ohio State University. where he pursued a course in civil engineering. He became quite thorough and expert in that line and when he had finished his studies CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 595 he began work in the office of the county surveyor under Mr. Bowen, there remaining for three years. On the expiration of that period he opened an office of his own, while subsequently he was connected with the city engineering department for six years. In his professional capacity he laid off one of the buildings of the Ohio State University and a great deal of other property in the city. In 1896 he was appointed deputy county surveyor and has held the office continuously since, while in the nominating convention of the democratic party in the summer of 1908 he was made the candidate for the office of county surveyor. He was engineer in charge of many of the largest bridges and viaducts constructed in the county. He has always been active in politics as a stalwart advocate of democratic principles and has labored earnestly and effectively for the welfare and growth of the party. Mr. Koehler was married in 1881 to Miss Martha E. Jones, a daughter of Robert N. Jones, an architect of this city. They have two children, Susanne M. and Margaret H. Mr. Koehler is a member of the Woodmen of the World and is a. communicant of the Episcopal church. His life has been characterized by loyalty to all public service and to every public trust and those who know him recognize in him one who is ever fearless in support of his honest convictions and cognizant. at all times of his duties to the public. MOSES T. DICKEY. Macaulay has said that the history of a country is best told in the livers of its people and in a record of Franklin county and its progress it is imperative that mention should be made of Moses T. Dickey, who, while an active factor in the affairs of life, was known as a public spirited citizen, a good farmer and an honorable, enterprising and progressive business man. A native of Nev York. Mr. Dickey was born in Washington county, July 17, 1823, and was descended in the paternal line from Irish ancestry, his grandfather having been the founder of the family in the new world. Joseph Dickey. father of Moses T. Dickey. was born in Washington county, New York, and in early manhood was married there to Miss Lovina Taggart. They remained residents of their native county until after the birth. of their-four sons. James, Moses. Joseph and Albert, and in 1838 removed to what was then the western frontier. making the journey by way of the Ere canal and the lake to Cleveland and thence by canal to a point near their destination, which was Franklin county, Ohio. They established their home in the little village called Portersburg, near Amalthea, afterward widely known as Central College from the institution founded there by Timothy Lee. Joseph Dickey became a factor in the industrial interests of the community through the establishment and conduct of a blacksmith shop. carrying on the business until his death in 1845. Because of his intelligence and interest in the questions of the day his shop was often the 596 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS meeting place of the leading citizens of the township, who discussed with ardor the great questions of politics and religion then agitating the public mind. Mr. Dickey always kept well informed on matters of general moment and expressed with clearness and force his views upon any subject. He was survived by his wife until 1854 and during their residence in Ohio they became parents of a fifth son. Courtland. Their eldest son, James, married Jeanette Parks, who died within a year and he afterward wedded her sister Sylvia, subsequent to which time he became a resident of Xenia. Ohio, and a representative of the Miami Powder Company. His death occurred in 1888. Joseph Dickey, the third son, was identified with early educational interests in Ohio as a teacher in Franklin and Pickaway counties and later taught for one year in Iowa but devoted the greater part of his life to the live-stock business. Albert Dickey succeeded his brother, Moses. in the blacksmith business and later because a representative of farming interests in Blendon township, Franklin county. Joseph and Albert will always be remembered for the generous bequests made to the benevolent institutions of Columbus. Courtland Dickey became connected with the Miami Powder Company, of Xenia, Ohio. and was general agent and secretary to the company for several years prior to his death, which occurred suddenly in 1890 when he was fifty-six years of age. Moses T. Dickey, whose name introduces this review, spent the first fifteen years of his life in the state of his nativity and then came with his parents to Ohio. He mastered the branches of learning taught in the public schools and became familiar with the blacksmith's trade through the assistance which he rendered in his father's shop. Later he began business on his own account in the same line and prospered in his undertaking, conducting his shop until ten years after his marriage, when he sold out to his brother Albert and turned his attention to general farming. He purchased a tract of land in the neighborhood in which he was living and became a partner of his brother Joseph in live-stock dealing and in farming interests. Their affairs were capably managed and their unfaltering industry and perseverance enabled them in the course of years to become the owners of valuable property holdings. On the 2d of November, 1847, Moses T. Dickey was married to Miss Alma Gillespie, a daughter of Menzas and Lucy (Phelps) Gillespie. Her father, a native of Connecticut, served his country as a soldier in the war of 1812, while her grandfather, William Gillespie, fought for American independence in the Revolutionary war. Mrs. Dickey was also connected with the well known Phelps family that came to Ohio in 1806 from Windsor, Connecticut, while the earliest representatives of the family in America arrived from England in 1630. Mrs. Dickey was a lady of generous education and broad culture for the times and possessed a most discriminating literary taste. her life having marked influence upon the lives of her children. The union of Mr. and Mrs. Dickey was blessed with six children : Clarence W., deceased; Alice, the wife of John A. McCoy, of Emporia. Kansas; Alma G.. deceased; Charles, who died in infancy: Clay- CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 597 ton L., a prominent representative of manufacturing interests in Columbus; and Marcus C., well known in journalistic circles of this city. The death of the wife and mother occurred February 7, 1893, and the grief of Mr. Dickey over her loss undoubtedly hastened his death, which occurred March 12, 1898, when he was in his seventy-fifth year. Theirs was largely an ideal married relation for their mutual love and confidence increased as the years passed by, and they shared with each other the joys and sorrows, the adversity and prosperity which checker the careers of all. At all times Mr. Dickey was interested in the welfare of his adopted county and his labors in its behalf were far-reaching and beneficial. He became a stalwart republican on the organization of the party, was a warm admirer of President Lincoln and did everything in his power to support his policy during the Civil war, giving generously of his means toward that end. He served as trustee of Blendon township for a number of years and exerted strong and beneficial influence in local political circles. He read broadly and thought deeply upon questions of vital moment and although he was not a member of any church he always held the tenets of Christianity in high regard and in his life closely followed the golden rule. He never questioned whether life was worth living-he knew that it was and made good use of his opportunities, gaining creditable success in the business world and using his means so worthily that the most envious could not grudge him his prosperity. WILLIAM HARVEY JONES. William Harvey Jones, a well known and popular young attorney of Columbus, vas born on the 3d of June, 1872, near the romantic college town of Granville. Licking county, Ohio, which was one of the early seats of learning in Ohio. His parents, Hiram D. and Elizabeth (Jones) Jones, were of Welsh lineage. and natives of Oneida county, New York. On coming to this state in 1837, they settled on a farm near Granville, Licking county, where the father carried on agricultural pursuits until his death in 1873. In the acquirement of an education William Harvey Jones first attended the common schools and then became a. pupil in the Granville high school, from which he was graduated in 1890. In 1891 he had completed a course in Doane Academy and in 189 received the degree of Bachelor of Literature from Denison University. Determining to make the practice of law his life work, he studied for a year in the law department of the Ohio State University and then finished his reading in the office of Booth, Keating & Peters, being admitted to practice by the Supreme Court in March, 1898. Since that time he has prosecuted his profession with gratifying success, his large clientage being ample evidence of his ability as a lawyer. From the time he was admitted to the bar until 1906 he was associated with the firm of Booth. Keating & Peters. He also has been admitted to practice in the United States courts and keeps in touch with the onward march of his profes- 598 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS sion through his membership in the Franklin County Bar Association. His offices are located in the Board of Trade building on East Broad street. Fraternally Mr. Jones is a member of Humboldt Lodge, No. 476, F. & A. M.; and is also identified with the Ohio Historical and Archaeological Society. He has never sought nor desired public or political honors, owing to business and professional duties. but takes an intelligent interest in all questions relating to municipal, state or national welfare. (RETURN TO THE TITLE PAGE)