A
Centennial Biographical History
OF
THE CITY OF COLUMBUS
AND FRANKLIN COUNTY
OHIO
ILLUSTRATED
Embellished with Portraits of Many Well Known People of Franklin County, who Have
Been and Are Prominent in Its History and Development
CHICAGO
THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY
1901
1909
FRANKLIN COUNTY COURTHOUSE, COLUMBUS, OHIO
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PREFACE. OUT of the depths of his mature wisdom Carlyle wrote, " History is the essence of innumerable biographies." Believing this to be the fact, there is no necessity of advancing any further reason for the compilation of such a work as this, if reliable history is to be the ultimate object. The section of Ohio embraced by this volume has sustained within its confines men who have been prominent in the history of the State, and even the nation, for a century. The annals teem with the records of strong and noble manhood, and, as Sumner has said, " the true grandeur of nations is in those qualities which constitute the greatness of the individual." The final causes which shape the fortunes of individuals and the destinies of States are often the same. They are usually remote and obscure, and their influence scarcely perceived until manifestly declared by results. That nation is the greatest which produces the greatest and most manly men and faithful women; and the intrinsic safety of a community depends not so much upon methods as upon that normal development from the deep resources of which proceeds all that is precious and permanent in life. But such a result may not consciously be contemplated by the actors in the great social drama. Pursuing each his personal good by exalted means, they work out as a logical result. The elements of success in life consist in both innate capacity and determination to excel. Where either is wanting, failure is almost certain in the outcome. The study of a successful life, therefore, serves both as a source of information and as a stimulus and encouragement to those who have the capacity. As an important lesson in this connection we may appropriately 2 - PREFACE. quote Longfellow, who said : " We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while we judge others by what they have already done." A faithful personal history is an illustration of the truth of this observation. In this biographical history the editorial staff, as well as the publishers, have fully realized the magnitude of the task. In the collection of the material there has been a constant aim to discriminate carefully in regard to the selection of subjects. Those who have been prominent factors in the public, social and industrial development of the counties have been given due recognition as far as it has been possible to secure the requisite data. Names worthy of perpetuation here, it is true, have in several instances been omitted, either on account of the apathy of those concerned or the inability of the compilers to secure the information necessary for a symmetrical sketch; but even more pains have been taken to secure accuracy than were promised in the prospectus. Works of this nature, therefore, are more reliable and complete than are the " standard " histories of a country. To the Hon. J. J. Bright, a reliable citizen of Columbus, are we indebted for the very interesting introductory chapter on the " Posthumous Biography of Franklin County." THE PUBLISHERS. INDEX Adams, William S., 618 Aldrich, Orlando W., 280 Alexander, Thomas J., 907 Allegre, Lorenzo D., 573 Allen, Cotton H., 380 Ammel, Charles S., 485 Anderson, James H., 136 Anderson, James P., 312 Andrix, John F., 168 Armstrong, Charles H.1003 Armstrong, Frank, 705 Armstrong, Joseph, 246 Aubert, Charles, 728 Austin, Thomas W. 970 Bachmann, Christian, 646 Barbbert, Frederick, 231 Barbee, James W., 181 Barbee, William H., 375 Barcus, Ebenezer, 223 Barnes, John W., 423 Barnhill, James U., 187 Bartlett, John, 379 Bassell, John Y. 965 Beal, William C., 450 Beasley, Austin D., 399 Beckwith, John E., 65 Beery, Joseph E., 479 Bickett, William W., 339 Biggert, Sebastian B., 366 Biggs, Andrew C., 442 Binns, David, 180 Bird, Jacob, 686 Bird, William, 687 Blake, Francis W., 604 Blake, William H., 447 Blesch, Philip E., 654 Boehm, George, 690 Bohannan, Rosser D., 763 Bohl, Henry, 360 Bonebrake, Daniel, 894 Bonebrake, Lewis D., 478 Bonnet, Andrew 0., 529 Born, Conrad, 816 Borror, Absalom, 551 Borror, Elizabeth (Watts), 391 Borror, Ichabod B., 133 Borror, Jacob, 589 Borror, Joel, 789 Borror, Silas, 539 Boucher, John, 758 Bowser, Benjamin S., 462 Boyd, John W., 453 Boyer, Adam, 759 Bradford, Joseph N., 560 Brand, John M., 132 Brenneman, Emmett A., 61 Brickell, William D., 102 Briggs, Henry, 691 Briggs, Joseph M., 570 Brinker, Marion T., 903 Britton, James S., 368 Brodrick, George, 131 Brooks, Lewis J., 929 Brothers, Joshua W., 624 Brown, Abram, 525 Brown, Davis, 240 Browne, George W., 756 Brush, Samuel, 22 Buck, Herman H., 595 Bulen, William, 808 Bulford, George H., 131 Burnside, John, 127 Burwell, Samuel, 687 Butterworth, Irvin, 612 Buttles, Joel, 16 Byers, Albert G., 459 Byers, Joseph P., 144 Cameron, Frank B., 924 Carl, John W., 753 Carl, William C., 487 Carlisle, William S., 906 Carr, Hugh H., 334 Cashner, Samuel, 854 Centner, Charles V., 299 Chambers, John E., 1011 Chambers, William J., 967 Chase, Salmon P., 21 Chenoweth, Frank A., 549 Chenoweth, William B., 767 Chrysler, Eli, 866 Clahane, Dennis J., 73 Clapham, John, 207 Clapham, Joseph, 400 Clark, John, 844 Clark, Thomas M., 437 Clark, William J., 594 Cline, William, 871 Clotts, Daniel, 934 Coberly, Edward N., 369 Cochran, Justin R. 732 Cochran, Samuel J., 242 Coe, Almon F., 199 4 - INDEX. Coe, Alvin, 410 Coe, Truman H., 383 Coen, Samuel F., 960 Coit, Alonzo B., 555 Coit, Harvey, 382 Cole, Frank T., 648 Collins, Reuben H., 470 Commercial Travelers, Order of, 262 Condit, George W., 921 Connor, Joseph, 736 Converse, George L., 104 Cooke, H. C., 786 Cooke, Rodney R., 248 Cooper, Albert, 173 Cosgray, Barnet J., 344 Cosgray, Jeremiah, 814 Cosgray, Moses, 874 Cott, Lawrence, 404 Courtright, Edward, 616 Cox, Ezekiel T., 13 Cox, Samuel S., 12 Cromwell, John S., 783 Crum, Ira H., 534 Crum, James E., 575 Cummins, John, 192 Daniell, James H., 513 Darrow, Walter N. P., 533 Dauben, Joseph, 407 Daugherty, John S., 174 Davidson, Alexander, 115 Davidson, Nicholas P., 483 Davis, Christopher, 597 Davis, Samuel A., 717 Davis, William B. 962 Dean, Francis B.;217 Deardurffs, The, 26 Decker, Samuel A., 583 Deem, George W., 156 Demorest, Russel B. 663 Dennis, Charles D., 418 Dennison, William, 24 Derrer, Michael, 876. Devenport, David, 980 Dickey, Moses T., 274 Dill, Frank P., 586 Distelhorst, George H., 864 Dominy, Ezra, 656 Dominy, Henry, 739 Dominy, Jeremiah, 742 Doney, Samuel D., 236 Dorsey, John, T., 861 Drake, Elam, 858 Dulin, Nathan W., 72 Dutoit, Eugehe E., 725 Dutoit, Francis E., 467 Dyer, George, 617 Eakin, John J., 659 Edwards, Thomas E., 277 Eis, John B., 449 Eldridge, Charles, 755 Elliott, Daniel, 210 Ellis, Otis K., 458 Ellis, Samuel W., 158 Emerick, Edson J., 638 Emmick, Andrew C., 315 English, Lorenzo, 105 English, W. H. 106 Eutsler, J. H., 127 Evans, David, 308 Evans, Edward, 592 Evans, George, 322 Evans, Maurice, 424 Ewing, Simon P., 276 Falloon, Frank L., 613 Farber, James H., 977 Feder, George S., 420 Ferguson, Hugh L., 700 Ferris, Frank C., 149 Ferris, Henry C., 455 Fippin, James, 226 Fisher, William M., 626 Fitzpatrick, Valentine, 503 Flagg, C. B., 262 Fleming, Frank, 319 Foor, Joseph, 703 Foos, Joseph, 14 Fox, Frank S. 386 Francis, Frederick, 765 Frazier, John C., 968 Freeman, George D.. 7'76 Galbraith, William, 681 Galbreath, Charles B., 900 Galloway, T. B., 184 Gantz, Albert L., 639 Gantz, Andrew J.. 941 Gardiner, Richard J., 402 Garst, Henry, 468 Gault, William R. 582 Geary, George L., 219 Geiger, Richard M., 497 Geyer, George, Sr., 86 Giffin, Schuyler O., 39 Gillespie-Allen, Alice, 475 Glass, Louis, 831 Gloyd, Nelson H., 693 Goad, Henry A. 663 Goetschius, Stephen, 524 Goldsmith, William C, 270 Goodale, Lincoln, 10 Gordon, John L., Sr., 522 Gordon, John L., Jr., 309 Graham, William M., 748 Grant, Adam G., 824 Grant, Nelson, 433 Grant, Robert D., 607 Green, Joh C., 978 Gregory, Thomas N., 356 Griffith, Joshua, 683 Griswold, Isaac, 398 Groome, Augustus E., 793 Grotthouse, William H., 233 Hager, Americus S., 206 Haldy, Charles W., 243 Haldy, Frederick, 510 INDEX - 5 Hamill, Thomas B., 737 Hamilton, Arthur L., 390 Hamilton, John W., 452 Hammond, Jacob J., 439 Hardesty, William A., 566 Harman, Eber H., 90 Harper, John, 731 Harris, Clark, 884 Harrison, James V., 434 Harrison, Richard A., 46 Hart, John, 733 Hart, Theadore, 643 Hart, Thomas, 870 Hart, William, 729 Haynes, John F., 679 Hays, George W., 159 Haywood, John, 254 Headley, Daniel, 918 Headley, William, 204 Hedrick, Isaac P., 735 Heinmiller, Louis, 848 Heitmann, John H., 1010 Helmick, George W., 526 Helwagen, Edward M., 359 Hempstead, Alexander S., 982 Henderson, Henry F., 392 Henderson, John S , 463 Herd, Joseph, 414 Herd, Robert H., 415 Herd, William, 414 Herr, Christian S., 807 Hess Family, The, 974 Hess, Henry R, 214 Hess, James H., 614 Hess, John M., 976 Hess, Thomas M., 433 Hirsch, Leonhard, 286 Hitchcock, Embury A., 294 Hoffman, George M., 480 Home for the Deaf and Dumb, 431 Hoover, George W., 559 Hopper, Edward, 828 Horch, John F., 578 Houghton, Frank H., 544 House, William, 869 Howard, John W., 809 Hoyer, W. Dallas, 355 Hubbard, William B.; 20 Huddleson, Helena (Park), 444 Huffman, Henry, 225 Huffman, Lewis, 788 Hull, Richard F., 1000 Hunt, Franklin G., 995 Hunter, William R., 195 Huntington, Webster P., 257 Hutchinson, Sawyer A., 57 Huy, Henry, 632 Ingham, George W., 803 Innis, Gustavus S., 113 Innis, Lyman H., 182 Innis, Maxwell P., 230 Innis, Robert, 528 Innis, William H., 228 Jackson, Frank P., 972 James, Richard, 447 Jarvis, Charles W., 993 Jeffrey, Joseph A., 120 Jenkins, Isaac N., 1005 Jerman, J. Thomas, 621 Johnson, Richard W., 708 Johnston, Thomas, 846 Jones, Edward S., 431 Jones, Hugh E., 875 Jones, John W., 898 Jones, Joseph F., 873 Jones, Joseph W., 712 Jones, Richard, 540 Jones, Richard E., 494 Joyce, John J., 753 Kalb, James P., 817 Karb, George J., 936 Karch, Charles J., 640 Karns, John M., 827 Karrer, George M., 881 Kauffman, Linus B., 406 Keck, Charles H., 702 Keller, John A., 1009 Kellerman, William A., 42 Kelly, Alfred, 19 Kerr, John, 17 Keys, John, 863 Kilbourne, James, 40 Kilbourne, James, 15 Kiner, Henry, 852 Kiner, John, 416 Kinkead, Edgar B., 435 Kinsman, D. N., 484 Knox, John, 189 Knox, William F., 543 Koebel, John, 172 Koehl, Jan H., 925 Krauss, Catherine, 365 Krumm, Alexander W., 348 Krumm, Frederick, 264 Krumm, Joseph, 819 Kuhn, Herman, 790 Lakin, Samuel W., 760 Lambert, James, 971 Lamp, Ora L., 823 Landes, John Q., 329 Landes, Mahala C., 329 Landon, Chauncey P., 990 Landon, Karl E., 991 Lane, Eugene, 244 Lane, Benjamin F., 769 Lazenby, William R., 289 Leach, Sherman, 350 Leap, Charles J., 660 Lenhardt. Adam 888 Lentz, John J., 985 Leonard, Francis M., 1008 Leonard, George K., 194 Leonard, Hannah M., 716 Lind, J. P.. 272 Lindenberg, Susan D., 167 6 - INDEX. Lindner, Charles, 717 Lindsay, James T., 1007 Lindsey, James, 353 Linebaugh, John, 794 Linhart, Christopher P., 620 Linthwaite, Herbert A., 968 Linton, Jonathan F., 107 Lisle, William, 749 Little, M. V. B., 771 Longshore, Isaac, 902 Lowry, Percy S., 244 Loy, Matthias, 317 Lukens, William H. H., 635 Lyons, Rachel H., 313 Machlin, Daiwalt, 610 Maize, Erwin, 162 Maize, Samuel, 445 Mallory, William T., 751 Manning, Jasper, 161 Marion, Edward L., 349 Marion, Elijah, 268 Matthews, George W., 116 Mauk, Newton H., 518 McCafferty, John W., 155 McCann, John W., 719 McCloud, James, 920 McClure, John, 561 McCollum, Edmund O., 331 McCormick, William B., 672 McCoy, Nathan A., 101. McCoy, Robert, 119 McCune, Jonas M., 933 McDermott, Hugh V., 567 McDonald, George O., 932 McGrath, Daniel W., 600 McIntyre, Elmer G., 973 McMillen, Bishop, 964 McNamee; John F., 904 Means, William J., 641 Mecartney, Jacob, 815 Meeker, Claude, 488 Meeker, Garry W., 504 Meeker, George W., 472 Merion, Charles, 405 Merion, William, 96 Merion, William, 926 Merion, William, Jr., 321 Merrick, William J., 550 Meyer, Bernard W., 688 Meyer, William E., 252 Michel, Frederick W., 806 Miles, James A., 552 Miller, Charles H., 956 Miller, Edward E., 602 Miller, Edward J., 565 Miller, Elmer J., 931 Miller, Frank S., 887 Miller, Gideon R., 306 Miller, Ira L., 547 Miller, John D., 692 Miller, John 62 Miller, William, 557 Mills, John H., 290 Miner, Edgar D., 82 Moore, Alpheus B., 198 Moore, Opha, 154 Moore, Robert W., 1001 Morehead, Lewis, 605 Morrison, Andrew, 282 Morrison, William, 146 Mull, David, 307 Mull, Susannah, 721 Munshower, Nathan, 910 Myers, Alpheus D., 701 Myers, David W., 396 Myers, Hanson N., 841 Myers, Joseph, 76 Myers, Lorenzo D., 440 Nash, George K., 266 Near, Milton, 564 Neil, Alexander, 342 Neiswender, William, 216 Newsom, Logan C., 994 Nichols, Alvin L., 69 Nichols, George A., 608 Norris, King A., 347 Oates, Michael J., 928 Ochs, Gustavus H., 401 Offenbarger, Christian, 723 O'Harra, Elias T., 427 O'Harra, Michael, 949 Old Northwest Genealogical Society, 38 Olds, Joseph, 258 Olmsted, Charles H., 11 Olmsted, Philo H., 10, 495 Order of Commercial Travelers, 262 Orders, Allen, 857 Orton, Edward, Jr., 109 Osborn, James D., 911 Oyler, Frank L., 685 Packard, A. H., 352 Painter, Lewis, 151 Park, Jonathan E., 372 Parker, Stephen W., 129 Patton, Alexander, 397 Pausch, Henry, 792 Pearce, Charles A., 248 Pegg, Daniel, 633 Pegg, Elias W., 337 Pegg, Joseph, 335 Pegg, Lewis L., 637 Pegg, Monroe J., 338 Peiffier, John, 213 Perry, John F., 304 Perry, Robert W., 232 Petersen, Niles M., 76 Petzinger, John, 81 Pfeifer, John, 201 Pflueger, A., 59 Phelan, Edward L., 711 Phelps, H. Warren, 507 Pheneger, Rudolph, 840 Phinney, Barnabas, 872 INDEX - 7 Pinkerton, William L., 849 Pinney; Justin, 89 Pinney, William, 796 Planck, Andrew, 657 Pocock, Edgar J., 239 Pogue, Charles A., 704 Polsley, J. M., 238 Porschet, George, 730 Postle, James M., 943 Postle, William S., 948 Postle, William Y., 957 Poston, James D., 916 Powell, Frank E., 499 Powell, Joseph B., 224 Prosser, Charles S., 537 Pugh, Andrew G., 572 Pugh, John M., 408 Pumpelly, Bernard, 305 Rader, George H., 856 Randall, Emilius O., 72 Rankin, Lewis L., 292 Rathmell, John, 87 Reason, James W., 950 Reed, William F., 951 Rees, Washington T., 83 Reese, Purdy M., 746 Reinkens, Ernst, 877 Rellick, Andrew, 477 Rhoads, Paul O., 698 Richards, Clarence E., 163 Richter, Henry, Riebel, Charles, 376 Righter, William, 310 Riley, Samuel, 969 Riordan, George, 320 Ritter, Augustus S., 877 Roach, Perry A., 886 Roberts, Daniel F., 878 Roberts, Daniel O.. 183 Roberts, John G., 781 Roberts, William M., 183 Robinson, Stillman W., 520 Rochelle, Winfield S., 169 Rogers & Rogers, 577 Ross, Courtland, 261 Ross, James, 593 Ross, Thomas R., 528 Rubrecht, Franklin, 209 Ryan, Daniel J., 200 Sanderson, Winslow F., 469 Sauer, Joseph, 428 Savage, James, 177 Schart, Matilda. 694 Schirner,.Herman F., 370 Schlegel, Lewis, 988 Schleppi, Lewis, 822 Schoedinger, Frank 0., 961 Schoedinger, Alice W., 167 Schott, George R. 227 Schueller, Erwin W., 153 Schueller, Orloff W., 987 Schwartz, George P.; 255 Scofield, Asbury, 801 Scofield, Nathan A., 481 Scott, George, 680 Scott, Oscar W.,123 Seeley, David S., 411 Selbach, Charles, 327 Seymour, Augustus T., 158 Shade, Adin H., 144 Shattuck, Simon, 536 Shawan, Jacob A., 96. Shedd, Edmund E., 516 Sherman, Sylvester M., 922 Shoaf, Joseph, 865 Shocker, John M., 718 Shoemaker, Alvin M., 377 Shoemaker, Christopher, 689 Short, John, 664 Shriver, William J., 773 Sibel, Henry T., 421 Siebert, Amelia, 165 Siebert, Charles M., 167 Siebert. Henry L., 164 Siebert, Louis, 122 Siebert, Wilbur H., 298 Siegel, Ferdinand, 374 Simonton, William D., 171 Simonton, William H., 548 Sinclair, Richard, 285 Sinks, Frederick N., 947 Slyh, Daniel M., 845 Slyh, Henry C., 300 Slyh, Jacob E., 843 Slyh, John W., 362 Smiley, David D., 799 Smith, David, 18 Smith, Eldon F., 358 Smith, Emery J., 77 Smith, Jasper, 777 Smith, Lemuel, 653 Smith, Nathaniel, 490 Smith, Samuel G., 984 Smith, William B., 358 Souder, Serenus S., 952 Sowers, Daniel H., 291 Stagg, George W., 530 Stanberry, Henry, 23 Starling, Lyne, 12 Steickley, H. G., 631 Stellhorn, Frederick W., 568 Stelzer, John, 466 Stephens, Adam, 112 Stephens, Luther P., 519 Stewart, Emily, 103 Stinemetz, James, 709 Stombaugh, Frederick, 958 Strain, Harrison E., 706 Strait, Whitney, 938 Straub, Andrew, 695 Strickler, William, 647 Sullivant, Lucas, 13 Summy, David R., 328 Swartz, Samuel J., 623 Swagler, Sarah J., 860 Swayne, Noah H., 23 8 - INDEX. Swickard, Frederick, 914 Swickard, John W., 946 Swickard, Noah, 945 Swickard, Peter, 272 Swisher, Charles C., 124 Swonger, William M., 820 Taft, Daniel H., 135 Taylor, Alfred, 744 Taylor, David, 325 Taylor, Edward L., Sr., 425 Taylor, Edward L., Jr., 625 Taylor, Henry M., 888 Taylor, Lorenzo, 74 Taylor, Reuben, 724 Tharp, William, 762 Thoman, Arthur A., 899 Thomas, Edward B., 511 Thomas, James J., 1004 Thomas, Morgan J., 332 Thomas, Wray, 387 Thompson, Elmer E., 1006 Thompson, James G. 715 Thompson, Joseph C., 713 Thompson, Robert, 992 Thompson, William H., 297 Thompson, William 0., 64 Thurman, Allen G., 25 Tidd, Everett T., 60 Tilton, James J., 662 Tinnapple, Jacob, 784 Tipton, Jonathan, 536 Tipton, Joseph W., 202 Titus, Charles A., 418 Towns, William L., 927 Townsend, Stephen, 805 Trish, Adam, 601 Trumbo, Jacob H., 944 Tuller, Ele W., 832 Turner, Charles E., 607 Turney, Charles F., 413 Turpie, William, 710 Tusing, Clinton W., 215 Tusing, George N., 456 Tusing, Leroy W., 333 Vance, Clinton H., 939 Vance, Edward P.. 303 Vance, Margaret J., 388 Van Schoyck, David R., 346 Virden, Milton H., 851 Walcutt, Absalom M., 629 Walcutt, Charles C., 26 Walker, James M. 385 Wall, William, 514 Walton, Jesse, 403 Walton, Randolph W., 590 Wanamaker, William H., 311 Ware, Valverda A. P., 890 Warner, John, 609 Wasson, John H., 323 Waterman, Frederick, 712 Waterman, George A., Sr., 14& Watkins, Quincy A., 885 Watt, George, 253 Watts, Albert, 532 Watts, William, 85 Weber, Frederick, 278 Weber, Henry A., 655 Weibling, Jacob. M., 230 Westervelt, Charles E., 893 Westervelt, H. Douglas, 646. Westervelt, Howard B., 889 Westervelt, Mathew, 892 Westervelt, William, 644 Westervelt, William A., 741. Wetmore, Charles H., 997 Weygandt, Daniel, 649 Wharton, Mary M., 296 Whayman, Horace W., 896 Wheeler, Benjamin G., 288 Wheeler, George F., 696 Whip, George P., 770 Whitaker, Emanuel, 743 White, Emerson E., 34 White, Will S., 959 Wickham, Joseph W., 909 Wiechers, Frederick W. C., 913 Wilcox Tracey, 461 Williams, Benjamin F., 179 Williams, Curtis C., 80 Williams, Henry A., 515 Williams, Neville, 145 Williams, William C., 999 Wilson, William A., 868 Wing, Frederick F., 811 Winterringer, Frank G. 965 Winters, Martin A., 436 Wisler, Andrew C., 699 Wiswell, John L. B., 651 Witteler, Anton, 880 Wolf, Charles G., 79 Wolfe, Albertus C., 501 Woodbury, William B., 263 Woodruff, Elmer W., 94 Woodruff, Lafayette, 563 Woodruff, Norman, 91 Worthington, Charles E. 351 Worthington, Clark, 70 Wright, G. A., 500 Wright, John T., 256. Wright, Joseph, 67 Wright, Samuel P., 67 Yeager, Peter, 628 Youmans, Thomas G., 419 Zellers, Isaac 989 Zimmer, Frank A., 882 Zirkel, Julius, 341 Zuber, John, 150 |