400 - CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY. George Beasley, was one of the early settlers of Athens county, married Mary A. Gardner, and was among the prosperous farmers of that section of the state. Austin D. Beasley spent the first seventeen years of his life in Athens county, Ohio, where he received the rudiments of a good common-school education. Later he entered Marietta College, where for four years he diliently pursued his studies, and then, with a good literary knowledge to serve as a foundation upon which to rear the superstructure of professional learning, he began reading medicine under the direction of Dr. Frank Warner, of the capital city, professor of operative surgery in Starling Medical College. He completed his studies and was graduated at that institution in 1897, when he opened an office on East Main street, where he has already gained a good professional clientage. JOSEPH CLAPHAM. Joseph Clapham, who in an early day was identified with educational interests in Ohio and through a long period has been interested in farming pursuits, now resides in Genoa township, Delaware county, but is so wellknown in Franklin county that he may well be termed one of the representative citizens of his community. He was born in Welton, Yorkshire, England, October 20, 1816, and is a son of Joseph and Sarah (Hudson) Clapham. Of their family of nine children our subject is the only one who now survives. He entered Central College in order to pursue his education and during that period. boarded at home. After two years spent in that school Professor Washburn thought him competent to teach and he secured a school in Piqua, Ohio, where he followed his profession for five months. He then returned to Central College, continuing one of its students through the succeeding season and in the following winter he taught a six-months term of school in Piqua. Wishing to add still more to his knowledge, he again matriculated in Central College, where he completed his education the following term, after which he taught two more terms of school in Piqua. In 1841 he went to Illinois, where for nine months he engaged in teaching in the neighborhood of Springfield. The following year he went to Iowa, spending eleven months in the city of Dubuque, during which time he was connected with various pursuits. In the fall of 1843 he returned home and in the succeeding winter he engaged in teaching in his home district. In 1844 he took up his residence in Columbus and began driving a team for A. H. Pinney, a contractor in the prison. After six months here passed he was United in marriage to Miss Candace C. Wilcox, a native of Franklin county, Ohio, and a daughter of Tracey Wilcox, who came from Connecticut, his native state, to Franklin 'county, Ohio, casting in his lot with its early settlers. The marriage was celebrated November 2, 1844, and soon afterward Mr. Clapham settled on, the old Thomas Engle farm, just north of Wester- CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY - 401 ville, where he engaged in the operation of rented land for three years. Subsequently he devoted his time and attention to the cultivation of the William Sharp farm for a year and then removed east of Worthington, where he carried on agricultural pursuits on the A. H. Pinney farm for three years. On the expiration of that period he took, up his residence on the G. W. Hart farm in Blendon township, where he carried on the tilling of the soil for four years, and in 1856 he removed to his present farm. in Delaware township. At that time the place comprised one hundred and fifty-three acres, which was the property of Mr. Clapham's father. Later it was willed to our subject and his brother Thomas, and the former has since resided on the place. The marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Clapham was blessed with six children, four of whom are yet living, namely : William, a gardener residing at Marysvill, Union county, Ohio; John, of Baldwin. City, Kansas; Chauncey, a farmer of Davison county, South Dakota; and Jennie, the wife of Martin Roders, of Harlem township, Delaware county. One son, George, now deceased, was a twin brother of John. Exercising his right of franchise in support of the men and measures of the Republican party, Mr. Clapham has always been a stalwart advocate of its principles, and for one term served as trustee of his township. He is a member of the Baptist church and through several years filled the office of deacon. In 1880 he was called upon to mourn the loss of his wife, who died on the 1st of July of that year, and since that time he has never married, but has remained true to her memory. His residence in Ohio: covers the greater part of the nineteenth century, and during the long period he has taken just pride in the development and progress of the state and has assisted in many material ways in upbuilding and improving the county with which he is associated. GUSTAVUS H. OCHS. Germany has contributed much in thrift, industry and progressiveness to the good citizenship of America. Ohio has shared in this contribution and Franklin county has been peculiarly favored in it. The name of Ochs has long been known in old Montgomery township and in Marion township, and is worthily represented in Marion township to-day by Gustavus H. Ochs, a prominent farmer and citizen whose homestead is on section 22. Herman C. Ochs, father of Gustavus H. Ochs, was born in Germany in 1798, and came to America and lived for a time in Indiana. From Indiana came to Franklin county, Ohio, and took up a half-section of land in Montgomery (now Marion) township, where he died at the age of seventy-five years. Settling in the woods he chopped down trees with which to build a cabin, which he erected on the site of the present residence of Gustavus H. Ochs and which is a portion of that residence. Matilda Hinsey; who married Herman C. Ochs, was also a native bf Germany and was reared in the "fatherland." She bore her husband a son and a daughter. Gustavus H. Ochs, who is the only one of his father's family living, was only two years 402 - CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY. old when he was brought to the locality which has since been his home and was only eight years old when his good mother died. He was reared after the manner of farmer boys of his day and generation and was educated in the public schools of his township and at German and other schools in Columbus. After the death of his first wife Herman C. Ochs married her sister, who bore him no children, but who, having charge of Gustavus from the time he was eight years old, gave to him all the love of a mother and was held in affection by him as such. She lived to be eighty-nine years old and died regretted by all who had known her. Gustavus H. Ochs was married, at the age of twenty-seven to Sophia Goebelein, who died a year and a half after their marriage, leaving no children. He is a member of the Lutheran church and in political affiliation is a Democrat, but does not. adhere strictly to party lines in local elections. Born and reared in the county, his life has been like an open book to his fellow citizens and he is held in highest esteem by those who know him best. His farm consists of one hundred and fifteen acres, twenty acres of which lies within the limits of the city of Columbus, the remainder just outside of the corporation line. He gives his attention. to general farming and is an extensive grower of corn, oats and wheat. For about thirty-five years he has made a specialty of dairying, but since the year 1887 he has devoted his time to farming only. RICHARD J. GARDINER. One of the prominent business men of Columbus, Ohio, is Richard J. Gardiner, who is the efficient secretary of the Builders and Traders Exchange, of Columbus, and. the subject of this review. He was born in Chillicothe, Ohio, June 6, 1862, and is the son of Richard J. Gardiner, who was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1818. For a. number of years he was an expert accountant in his native city. Coming to Ohio, he married Margaret Ryan, of Chillicothe, a daughter of one of the early settlers of that city, James Ryan, and remained here until his death, in 1890, his wife having passed away in 1872. Our subject was educated in the public schools of-Chillicothe, passing through the high school, later entering into business life in a merchantile house in that city. Following his first experience Mr. Gardiner became a commercial traveler for the firm of R. H. Patterson & Company, In 1895 our subject came to Columbus and engaged. in various lines, finally accepting the position of secretary 'for the Columbus Builders and Traders' Exchange, holding this responsible post at the present time and efficiently performing the duties. The position is no sinecure, it requiring a comprehensive knowledge of details of the business not only in Columbus but all other large cities in other states. Mr. Gardiner has master threse details and 'his place could not be easily supplied. In 1882 our subject was married to Miss Susan K Roberts, of Chilli- CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY - 403 chothe, a daughter of William E: and Susan (Dresbach) Roberts, and four children have been born of this union,—Margaret A., Lyle J., Katherine M. and Fred R. The family possesses the esteem of a large circle of friends. JESSE WALTON. A prominent farmer and an old settler of Franklin township, Franklin county, Ohio, is Jesse Walton, who was born inMoreland township, Montgomery county, Pennsylvania, November 6, 1812, a son of Gilbert Walton, who was a soldier in the war of 1812. The grandfather was Daniel Walton early settler in the colonies; and his father, George Walton, was one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. The death of Gilbert Walton took place in Pennsylvania. when he was fifty-six years of age, his wie, Mary A. (Rapsher) Walton, surviving him until the age of seventy-six. A family of nine children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Walton, but our subject is the only member still living. Jesse Walton was taken to Bucks county, Pennsylvania, by his parents when he was about twelve years of age, and his early education was acquired in that county, where the family remained for four years, later returning to Montgomery county. At the age of seventeen Mr. Walton began as an apprentice to learn the trade of carpenter and joiner, following it for four years. He worked as a journeyman four years after finishing his apprenticeship, and then engaged in contracting, which he successfully followed for a period of twelve years. In 1849 he came to Franklin county, his buying the place where he now resides, although at that time he had to build cabin of logs in the woods. He immediately began clearing it up, fencing and cultivating the land until now the tract is one of the finest M. Franklin county: On the 29th of December, 1886, Mr. Walton married Miss Mary A. Puff, a native of Bucks county, Pennsylvania, born November 7, 1815, who nobly assisted her husband in their pioneer life in Franklin county, and still survives, at the age of eighty-five years, a beloved and honored member of a most estimable family. The sons and daughters who have arisen around the hearth of Mr. and Mrs. Walton numbered twelve, and now they and their children make happy the declining years of their parents. Their names are : John who married Florence Edwards, has four children,—Zaida, Charles, Ancil and Gertrude ; Hannah, William and Wesley, deceased ; Louisa; Gilbert, who married first Flora Julian and had one son named Mark E., and for his second wife married Lillian E. Dougherty; Edwin, who married Mary Weatherman and has four children,—Wilber, Otto, Dora and 'Bell; Elizabeth, who married William Keyser and lives at home; Mary A., who married Warren Julian and has two children,—Walter and Bertha; Morris, who married Carrie Sheperd and has one daughter, Ruth; and Amanda and Emma, deceased. The celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Walton at 'their home near Columbus, Ohio, December 29, 1886, 404 - CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY. was a very pleasant occasion. A large number of relatives were prenent, and after the letters from absent ones were read and a few remarks were made by their pastor, an elegant dinner was served. Mr. and Mrs. Walton are held in the highest regard by all who know them and they received loviimg testomonials, from those present. Of their immediate relatives there were with them on this occasion a brother and two sisters of Mr. Walton's, seven children and twelve grandchildren. The many friends of Mr. and Mrs. Walton will be glad to hear of their continued health and happiness. When Mr. Walton first exercised his political franchise he voted the Democratic ticket, later changing to the Republican party, and his tious scruples, against the liquor trade has convinced him that the safety of the country rests only in the Prohibition party. Both he and his estimable wife are valued and consistent members of the Methodist church, of which he has been a member for the long space of sixty-five years, having hheld all of the lay offices and had: been ever ready with purse or influence to further the cause of Christianity. In his declining years he can look back upon a life of honest toil and enjoy the universal respect of those with whom he has lived so long. LAWRENCE H. COTT. That honorable ambition to excel which is everywhere reccgnized as a creditable American characteristic has brought many a man from an humble beginning to a place of prominence in private and public affairs. Such advancement in life is due to the survival of that which is best in business honor and business methods and to the recognition of faithfulness in small things by the advancement of men tried and true to have jurisdiction over larger ones. These thoughts have been suggested by the successful career of Lawrence H. Cott, director of public accounts for the city of Columbus, Ohio. Mr. Cott is a son of Christopher and Mary E. (Brown) Cott. His father; a native of England, came to the United States, and became a miller in Pennsylvania. At the outbreak of our Civil war; though of foreign birth, he offered his life in defense of the Union. Lawrence H. Cott was born in Huntingdon county, Pennsylvania, August 14, 1858, and his mother died soon after giving him birth. By the untimely death of his father he was fully orphaned, but he was given a home with relatives in Huntington county, who afforded him opportunities for a good common-school edication and with whom he remained until 1872, when he came to Columbus, where he formed a connection with a view to acquiring a practical knowledge of the printing trade. It was not long, however, before the condition of his health demanded a change of occupation, and he entered the employ of the Hocking Valley Railroad Company at Columbus and was soon promoted to be chief clerk in the office of its auditor, which position he held for twelve years. In 1899 he was appointed by Mayor Swartz, the director of accounts for the city of Columbus for a: term of two years. For this position his long experience in auditing railway accounts peculiarly fitted CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY - 405 him and his administration of the office has Marked him as distinctively the right man in the right place." Mr. Cott is an active and influential Republican, who fully indorses the policy of the present administration and is a firm believer in the enlarged glory and usefulness; of American civilization, for he firmly believes that progressive men can find an adequate field for action only in a. thoroughly progressive country, and he sees nothing but promise of better things to the down trolden and unfortunate in the planting of the stars and stripes in any part of the world. He is a member of the Knights of Pythias and of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. In 1888 Mr. Cott married Miss Elizabeth Sinclair, daughter of Richard Sinclair, a prominent and highly respected old resident of Columbus, and to Mr. and Mrs. Cott have been born four children,—Margaret, Lucile, Richard and Elizabeth. HON. CHARLES MERION. Among the most prominent and influential citizens. of Franklin county, is Charles Merion, who resides on South High street, Marion township, only one mile south of Columbus. At the present time he is ably representing his district in the state legislature, and is one of the public-spirited citizens to whose energy and foresight Franklin county is indebted for many improvements. While Mr. Merion, as a prosperous business man, has; given close . attention to his private affairs, he has never forgotten or ignored the bond of common interest which should unite the people of every community and has always been ready to promote progress in every line. Mr. Merion was born in Columbus, February 24, 1857, and traces his ancestry back to Nathaniel Merion, who was born in Massachusetts, and married Thankful Withington, in 1749. Their son Nathaniel was married in the same state, December 19, 1776, to Lydia Gay. Nathaniel Merion (3d) was born in Columbus, Ohio, February 16, 1814, and married Nathline Watkins, in November, 1846. The fourth of the family to bear the name of Nathaniel is the son of our subject., William Merion, the grandfather of our subject, was born on High street, Columbus, September 10, 1811, and was reared upon a farm where the city now stands. Charles S. Merlon, our subject's father, was also born in Columbus, on Christmas day, 1835, and almost his entire life has been passed in this county. He pursued his studies in the schools of Montgomery township, now the city of Columbus, and throughout his active business life has followed farming and gardening. Since 1857 he has made his home upon his present farm in what is now Marion township. The year previous. he had wedded Miss Mary L. Fisher, who was born in a little log cabin near the canal in Marion township, and was reared and educated in the city of Columbus. By this union there were two children : Charles, our subject; and Sarah, now deceased. After the death of his first wife the father married 406 - CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY. Miss Mattie Walton, of Pleasant Corners. He is a Republican in politics and a man highly respected and esteemed by all who know him. The early education which our subject acquired in the district schools near his boyhood home has been greatly supplemented by more advanced study. For one year he attended the Ohio Central Normal School at Worthington, and later was a student at Baldwin University and the State University. For five years he successfully engaged in teaching school in Marion township, and was then connected with the wholesale dry-goods house of Green, Joyce & Company for two years. While engaged in that business his health failed and he returned to the home farm in 1884. Since then he has followed dairy and general farming, and his labors have been crowned with success. At Columbus, on the loth of May, 1886, was celebrated the marriage of Mr. Merion and Miss Emma Kienzle, a native of that city and a daughter of John and Mary Kienzle, old settlers of this county. The father is a retired shoe dealer of Columbus. Mrs. Merion was graduated at the hight school of that city in 1880, and by her marriage has become the mother of four children : Grace, Harry, Nathaniel and Mary. In his social relations Mr. Merion is a member of Junia Lodge, No. 474, I. O. O. F., and the Encampment, and also of Custer Council, J. O. U. A. M. For about twelve years he was a member of the Ohio National Guards. After serving two years as private he was elected first lieutenant, in 1880, of Company F, Fourteenth Regiment, and five years later was made captain of his company, in which capacity he served until his retirement in 1890. Politically he is a stanch Republican, and was the candidate of his party for state representative in 1891, but was defeated. Two years later, however, he was elected to that office, and in 1899 was re-elected, being the present incumbent. As a citizen he meets every requirement and manifests a commendable interest in everything calculated to promote the welfare of his native county. LINUS B. KAUFFMAN. The value of the German element in our American citizenship has been many times demonstrated in every city in the Union and not less strikingly in every village, hamlet and township. Its exemplification cornes to the surface again when we come to consider the antecedents and successful career of Linus B. Kauffman, director of public improvements at Columbus, Ohio. Mr. Kauffman was born at Lancaster, Ohio, June 11, 1858, a son of George and Henrietta (Beecher) Kauffman. His father, a native of Germany, came to Ohio in 1818 and settled at Lancaster, where he becane a prominent and successful business man and was identified with many leading interests. He was a druggist by profession and for a number of years conducted one of the leading drug stores at Lancaster, where he died in 1866. His widow is now a resident of Columbus. CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY - 407 Linus B. Kauffman acquired his primary education in the public schools of Lancaster and was prepared for college in that town. He Was graduated from the Wesleyan University at Delaware, Ohio, in 1877, and in a special course at Amherst, in 1878. He read law with the Hon. William Davidson, of Lancaster, Ohio, and then for the benefit of his health sought the climate of the mountains of Montana, where he remained for two years. Returning to Ohio, he engaged in the wholesale drug trade at Columbus and is a members of the well-known drug firm of The Kauffman-Lattimer Company, whose substantial brick store at the northwest corner of Front and Chestnut streets, has come to be a landmark of the city. The company is financially one of the stanch firms of Columbus and the purity of its goods and its honest, accommodating business methods have made it popular with the trade. Mr. Kauffman is an active and unswerving Republican whose influence is respected and whose counsel is sought by the leaders in his party. In 1899 he was appointed director of public improvements for the city of Columbus, and in the performance of the duties of that position controls and directs all public works within the city limits. In the administration of his office, so important to the taxpayers of the city, the best judgment and highest degree of honor are demanded, and he has brought to bear upon the discharge of his duties admirable ability, tact and discretion, which have given him an enviable place in the esteem of his fellow citizens. He is a Mason of wide acquaintance and influence, having been raised to the sublime degree of Master Mason, exalted to the august degree of Royal Arch Mason, constuted, dubbed and created a Knight Templar. and created a member of the Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. He is. also a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. In 1884 he married Miss Clara Norton, of Springfield, Ohio, a daughter of Thomas and Clara (Foos) Norton. Mr. Kauffman's standing in the business and commercial circles of Columbus is deservedly high, his judgment in all public affairs is respected and his honesty in official life is as unquestionable as it is in private life. Genia1, whole-souled and companionable, he makes friends of all with whom he comes in contact, and in every relation of life he has proved himself reliable and helpful, patriotic and progressive to an admirable degree. JOSEPH DAUBEN. Among the well known architects residing in the city of Columbus, Ohio, is Joseph Dauben, the subject of this sketch, whose ability has been shown in some of the most beautiful and imposing structures ever erected in this city, noted for its fine buildings. Mr. Dauben was born in the city of Cologne, Germany, August 28, 1848, and was the son of Joseph and Catherine Dauben, both natives of the same country. His father held government positions in Germany for many years, dying while in the service. 408 - CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY. Our subject received a very liberal education, first in attendance upon the schools of his neighborhood, later entering the gymnasium, and still later the great academy building in Berlin, Germany, at which he graduated in 1869.The bent of Mr. Dauben's mind seemed toward architecture, hence h apprenticed to the profession and studied under the supervision of a noted architect at Cologne. In 1871 Mr. Dauben came to America, reaching Chicago just after the great devastating fire, and here he found ample opportunity for the exercise of his ability, as the work of rebuilding was already under way. He was called upon to do much in the line of draughting plans, the result of his labors now being displayed in many of the immense structures which adorn the city of Chicago. He made that city the scene of his labors for six years, coming to Columbus in 1877, where he entered the office of George H. Maetzel, with whom he remained for three years, after which he formed a partnership with Maetzel, this continuing until the time of the latter's death, in 1892. In 1893 Mr. Dauben. moved his business to the Eberly block, and here is well prepared for his special line of work, the quarters being spacious and well lighted. During the twenty-three years that Mr. Dauben has been a resident of this city he has drawn plans for many of the notable buildings which please and attract the stranger, while they gratify the pride of the citizens, Among those where he has had opportunity to display his talent are; the Franklin county court-house; the Franklin county jail; the Franklin county infirmary; St. Anthony hospital; the Wirth,wain block; the John Schmidt block; the residence of L. P. Hoster and brewery of L. Hoster & Company; also the Madison. county court-house, at London, 'Ohio; the Shelby county court-house; at Sidney, Ohio; the Allen county court-house, at Lima, Ohio, and numerous business houses, blocks and dwellings. Following the election of Mayor Allen, Mr. Dauben was appointed building inspector of this city, an appointment peculiarly suitable and to the. satisfaction of the residents of Columbus: Also he held the same position under Mayor Black. In 1877 Mr. Dauben married Miss Augusta Meyer, of Chicago, Illinois, and three children have. been born,---Walter H., Hypollite and Jchn W. JOHN MURPHY PUGH No biographical work professing to include any considerable number of names of men of prominence and, influence .at Columbus, Ohio, could omit the name of John Murphy Pugh, who was born in Truro township, Franklin county,. Ohio,. November 7, 1823, a son of David and Jane (Murphy) Pugh. His father was a native of Radnorshire, Wales, and his mother was born in Franklin county, Pennsylvania. David Pugh came from Wales to Baltimore, Maryland, and after living there went to Ohio and founded the Welsh settlement of Radnor in Delaware county, in the midst of a wilderness. and the first white child born there was his nephew, who died recently at the age of eighty-seven. In 1814 the family moved to Truro township, where CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY - 409 Jane (Murphy) Pugh died, in March, 1857, and David Pugh in October following. John M. Pugh received his early education in a typical log schoolhouse and was for a time a student at Central College. When he was about twenty years old he began teaching school on the Black Lick, east of Columbus, for eight dollars a month and his board, which latter had to be taken around at the homes of his pupils. He located in Columbus September 4, 1848, and on that date began reading law under the direction of. Major Samuel Brush, who was a leading lawyer in his day, and was admitted to the bar in 1851, when the ooath was administered to him in the old United States courthouse by Hon. Peter Hitchcock, judge Of the supreme court. He was for two years a clerk in the county auditor's office and for the succeeding two years a clerk in the office of the county treasurer. This four years service covered a period before and after his admission to the bar. His first political office was that of township clerk, to which he was elected by a majority of one hundred and fifty-nine, as a Democrat, in a Whig township whose usual party majority was six hundred. In 1853 he was chosen to the office of county auditor, which he filled, for four years. He then retired from official life to practice law, in association with Majjor Brush, and they were law partners until 1858, when Major Brush removed to New York. After that he and the Hon. L. J. Critchfield were law partners until 1863, when Mr. Pugh was elected judge of the probate court of Franklin county. He held this office continuously by re-election until 1879, when he resumed the practice of his profession. He was a member of the state board of agriculture for six years, and during two years of that time was its president. He was for eleven years treasurer and for three. years president of the Franklin County Agricultural Society. He was appointed by Governor Allen and reappointed by Governors Hayes and Bishop trustee of the State Reform School for Boys at Lancaster, Ohio, and per-formd the responsible duties of that office for five years. The board controlling this institution was remodeled by legislative enactment during Mr. Pugh's last term, and a new set of trustees was appointed. For two years Mr. Pugh was a member of the intermediate penitentiary board. Largely through Mr. Pugh's efforts, while. he was a member of the county agricultural society, the present Franklin Park was bought for county fair purposes, and to Mr. Pugh as a member of the state board of agriculture is due the credit of having secured the permanent location of the Ohio state fair at Columbus. On Christmas eve, 1851, Mr. Pugh married Martha F. Cook, who died November 16, 1881. They had eight children, named as follows in the order of their nativity : Martha J., who is Mrs. James P. Curry ; William D., John C. L., Serene E., Sarah, Addie E., James and Lovell, July 22, 1885, Mr. Pugh married Elizabeth M. Bradley, of Steubenville, Ohio, and they have one daughter, Helen C. Mr. Pugh. has passed all the chairs in the sub-ordinate bodies of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. 26 410 - CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY. ALVIN COE. This well-known farmer of Clinton township was born there April. 17, 1824, and is a representative of one of the oldest families of Franklin county, being a son of Ransom and Elizabeth (Beers.) Coe. The father was a native of Hartford county, Connecticut, and a son of Denman and Mary (Northrop) Coe, who were also born in that state and about 1802 came to Ohio with teams and wagons. Upon their arrival in Franklin county they took up their residence in the village of Worthington. Denman Coe was a scholarly man, being well educated in the schools of the east, and was a lawyer by profession. He became the pioneer attorney of this county, but owing to the unsettled condition of the country at that time his practice here was limited and he adopted teaching as a supplementary work, being one of the first school teachers of this region. He also engaged in civil engineering to some extent, and made the survey of the first road between. Columbus and Cleveland. He owned quite a large body of land and deeded his children one hundred acres each. During the Revolutionary war he served faithfully and well in a brigade of Long Island troops under command of General Washington. He made his home in Worthington until 1826, when he started for Pennsylvania, but before reaching that state died. His widow spent her last days at the home of her son Ransom in Clinton township, where her death occurred. In their family were fourteen children, four sons and ten daughters, all now deceased. On reaching man's estate Ransom Coe married Elizabeth Beers, a daughter of David and Elizabeth (Schleigal) Beers, who came to this county at an early day from Lehigh county, Pennsylvania, where her mother was born. Mr. Beers was a native of Scotland. To Mr. and Mrs. Coe were born six children: Henry; Salinda, wife of Robert Stewart; Rachel, wife of Leander Stone; Lavillo, wife of John Ackerman; Alvin, our subject; and Almon; who is represented on another page of this volume. After his marriage the father purchased a farm in Clinton township, but after residing there for a few years he bought another place one mile west. of North Columbus, where his son Almon F. now resides. Here he spent the rernainder of his life. As a tiller of the soil he met with success and accumulated a handsome property. During the war of 1812 he served under General Harrison. Although quiet and unassuming in manner, he made many friends, and was highly respected for his sterling qualities of manhood. His death occurred in October, 1855, and his wife passed away February 1, 1868. During his boyhood Alvin Coe attended the common schools then in vogue, and was; reared on his father's farm. He married Emily F. Spencer, and to them were born four children : Elam M., deceased; George S., a farmer of Clinton township; Clementine; and Henry A., also a farmer of Clinton township. The wife and mother died February 28, 1894, at the age of sixty-seven years. Mr. Coe .began his married life upon the farm in Clinton township CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY - 411 where he now resides. It comprises ninety-eight acres of highly cultivated and well-improved land, and in its operation he has met with excellent success, He has been able to give his children a good start in life, owning before the division of his property four hundred acres of valuable. land. DAVID S. SEELEY. One of the best known insurance men in Franklin county is David S. Seeley of Westerville, who was born near Saratoga Springs, New York, May 20, 1836, a son of Rev. John V. K. Seeley, who is living just across the county line in Delaware county, Ohio. John V. K. Seeley was born in Schoharie county, New York, February 13, 1814, a son of David Seeley, who was born near Milford, Connecticut, and was brought to Saratoga county by his parents when twelve years old'. Later the family located near. Carlisle, in Schoharie county, and there David Seeley lived until his death, which occurred when he was seventy-five years of age. He was an officer in the New York state militia before the war. of 1812, but was prevented from taking part in that struggle by ill health. He was a self-made man, and his life was crowned with a high degree of success. He was a consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal church. Jesse and Louisa Seeley, his parents, removed to New York at an early day, and both died there,. the father at the age of eighty-four years. They were active members of the Baptist church. The father of Jesse Seeley was killed in the Revolutionary war under circumstances of peculiar atrocity. Wounded in the leg by a British bullet, he found shelter in a barn, only to be murdered by Tories. He was a native of Connectiicut and of Scotch descent. David Seeley married Ursula Sweetman, a native of Saratoga county, New York, who lived to be about seventy-eight years of age, dying in the faith of the Presbyterian church, in which she was a life-long member. Her twelve children all grew. to 'manhood and womanhood, and all had families. Rev. J. V. K Seeley was the fourth in order of birth. He remained at home until he was twelve years old, and after that lived with his grandfather until his marriage, in 1835, to Miss Harriet E. Sanders, a native of Saratoga county, New York, and a life-long Baptist. She died in 1869, having borne her husband a family of nine children. After his marriage, Rev. John V. K. Seeley removed with his wife to Litchfield township, Medina county, Ohio, where he bought fifty acres of wood land, which he improved and lived upon for thirty years. He took up preaching when well advanced in life, and was duly ordained at the age of fifty-one years. He preached in 'country 'churches and at Medina for about eight years. He afterward preached at Clyde, Sandusky county, for five years. In 1885, he bought thirteen acres of land where he now lives, on which he erected a house and otherwise improved his land. Now, in his eighty-sixth year, he is still active and able to attend to his business interests, which comprise the management of his farm and the handling of his modest capital, of which he loans on approved securities. He became a Republican 412 - CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY. on the organization of the party, and voted with that party for many years but he also gave much time to delivering lectures on temperance, his temperance work gradually leading him into the ranks of the Prohibition party. He united with the Baptist church when he was about twenty years of age, and now, sixty-six years later, he goes every pleasant Sunday to meetings at Central College. According to the traditions of his family, his grandfather, Elizur Averill, served four years in the Revolutionary war. John V. K. and Harriet E. (Sanders) Seeley had nine children, four of whom died young. On the 2d of January, 1871, Mr. Seeley married Harriet A. Sheldon, who was born near Rochester, New York, and came in childhood to Medina county, Ohio. The five of Mr. Seelely's children who are living are: David S., Phoebe L., Chester L., Talmage and Ida R. David S., the first born, was only three or four months old when his parents brought him to Ohio. He was reared to farm labor and received such educational advantages as were available to him in his locality. He had charge of his father's farm until he was twenty-seven years old and then became interested in insurance. In the fall of 1863 he secured the agency of the Ohio Farmer's Insurance Company, for central Ohio. He lived near Litchfield, Medina county, Ohio, and many times walked in the night thirteen miles to take the train for Columbus in pursuit of his business. In 1873 he moved to Gahanna, Franklin county, where he lived for three years. He removed to Westerville, in this county, in 1876, to educate his son, and made that town the headquarters of his insurance business, gradually becoming identified with other business interests there. During the first six years of his work as an insurance solicitor he walked from village to village and from farm to farm represented the claims of his company and laid the foundation for a business which in time afforded better facilities for its prosecution. He now maintains an insurance office at Westerville and another at Columbus, and does a very large business. He was one of the organizers and is vice-president of the Bank of Westerville and also owns four farms of between five hundred and six hundred acres, in Medina county, Ohio, which represents his earnings as a business man. He is a member of the Ohio Farmers' Insurance Company's Agents' Association, and has Watched the development of agricultural insurance in Ohio closely, being probably as well informed on foot as any other man. His experiences in the days when he travel and through Franklin, Fairfield, Madison, Perry and Pickaway counties, and "staged it" before there were any railroads in his territory, are interesting. Mr. Seeley married Miss Augusta L. Leffingwell, a native of Whittlesey, Medina county, Ohio, who at the time of their marriage lived in Litchfield. They have one son, Leland R., who has charge of his father's insurance office at Columbus. Mr. and Mrs. Seeley are members of the Baptist church, and Mr. Seeley, who is one of the best known men in the county and a leading man at Westerville, is an active Republican. He has been a member of the board of health of Westerville for twenty years and for eighteen years has been a member and for several years president of the board of education. CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY - 413 He is a man of influence in all public matters, and the value of his practical judgment in business affairs has been many times recognized by request for advice concerning the business affairs of others. He obtained his knowledge of the value of farm property by methods at once laborious and thorough, and there are few men in Ohio who are better informed concerning country insurance and all the conditions which affect it than is Mr. Seeley. His public spirit always evident and there is no movement promising the benefit of the community in which he lives to which he does not give his generous support.His interest in public education has been shown in many practical ways and has resulted in the elevation of the standard of education in his township. He is particularly open-handed in his assistance to church and evangelical work. CHARLES F. TURNEY, M. D. For or twenty years Dr. Turney has engaged in the practice of medicine in Columbus, and has demonstrated his ability by the success which has attended his ministrations. He was born in Mifflin township, Franklin county, on the 3d of October, 1856, and is a son of George Ridenour and Cynthia (Penney) Turney. His grandfather, Daniel Turney, was a native of Pennsylvania, married Susan Ridenour, and in 1812 came to Franklin county, Ohio, erecting a log cabin in the midst of the forest. Here he experienced the pleasures and hardships of pioneer life and aided in laying the foundation for the present prosperity and progress of the county. His son, George R. Turney, was born in this county on the 23d of March, 1812, shortly after the arrival of his parents, so that he was reared amid the wild scenes of the frontier. He wedded Miss Cynthia Penney, who was born in Blendon township, Franklin county, June 17, 1832, a daughter of Grove and Mary (Cummings) Penney. The former was an honored pioneer of Franklin county, and after his marriage located in Blendon township, where he followed the occupation of farming. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Turney were born the following named : Lee M. ; Charles Fremont, of this review; Cora, the wife of Dr. H. L. Ayer, of Columbus ; Fay, a farmer residing on the old homestead; Shirley, wife of Homier P. Dean; and George L., who also carries on agricultural pursuits. Dr. Turney was reared in the usual manner of farmer lads, early becoming familiar with the work of developing the fields. For a time he attended the district schools and afterward entered Central College, his studies there being supplemented by several terms of attendance at Otterbein University. Later he engaged in teaching school for a time and subsequently took up the study of medicine in the office and under the direction of Dr. Abner Andrews, of Westerville, Ohio. His professional learning was further supplemented by a course in the Starling Medical College, where he was graduated in 1880, after which he located in Columbus and began practice. In the years which have since followed he has by persistent enterprise, prise application and as a result of his comprehensive knowledge, 414 - CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY. worked his way steadily upward until he has left the ranks of the many to stand among the successful few. In 1880 the Doctor was united in marriage to Miss Lorena Ferris, who died in March, 1881, leaving a son, Lewelyn, who died at the age of eleven years. The Doctor married for his second wife Susan Ada Cook, a daughter of John C. Cook, of Delaware county, Ohio, where she was born and reared. Their union has been blessed with one daughter, Loa Eola. Socially Dr. Turney is connected with Columbus Lodge, No. 30, F. & A. M., and professionally he is identified with the Columbus Academy of Medicine, the Ohio State Medical Society and the American Medical Association. JOSEPH HERD. At a very early period in the development of Ohio, when the land was uncultivated, railroads were unknown, and the work of progress and civilization seemed scarcely begun, the Herd family was established in Franklin county. Joseph Herd took up his abode in Clinton township in the year 1859. He is a native of England, his birth having occurred in Lincolnshire, 5n the year 1825. He was there reared upon a farm and early became familiar with all the duties and labors that fall to the lot of the agriculturist. The work of field and meadow continued to occupy his time and attention until 1855, when he came to America, locating first in Illinois. where he remained for three years.. In 1859 he took up his abode in Clinton township, and in 1862 purchased ten and a half acres of land, upon which he has since lived. He now owns a good farm of thirty-six acres, all of which is well improved, being under a high state of cultivation, its productive condition being continued through the rotation of crops. Mr. Herd was married before he left his native land to Miss Hannah Lill, and they became the parents of seven children, namely : Sophia, Kate N., Anna Mary, William E, Joseph E., Robert E. and Ulysses E. WILLIAM HERD. William Herd, deceased, was a native of England, born in Lincolnshire, in the year 1812. He was reared in his native county, acquiring a practical educated in the parish school, which was situated several miles from his home, and to which he made the journey on foot. He learned the trade of a plumber, a glazier and a painter, serving an apprenticeship of four years and thus well equipped for life's practical duties he entered upon his business career. Believing that he might be benefited by emigration to America where competition was not so great and opportunity was open, he bade adieu to home and friends when twenty-three years of age, and in cornpany with his brother Robert, sailed for New York, where they arrived in 1835 after a voyage of fifty-five days. From the eastern metropolis they made their way CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY - 415 to Albany and thence to Buffalo and on to Columbus, and along the route he worked at whatever he could find to do that would give him a living. His brother Robert was a blacksmith by trade and in order to carry on that business he established a shop near where the High street opera house is now located. After a short time, however, he returned to England and had been there but a brief period when his death occurred. In 1835 William Herd also returned to the land of his birth, walking from Columbus to New York. He was married there to Miss Mary Goy, of Lincolnshire, in the late winter of 1835 and thence he came with his bride to the new world, arriving in Cleveland, Ohio, before the opening up of the canal. He left his wife and baggage in Cleveland until the canal transportation could be secured and he walked to Columbus, where he entered into partnership with Richard T. Jones, in the painting business, the firm of Jones & Herd thus being organized. For many years they carried on business together and prospered in the undertaking. At length the partnership was dissolved and Mr. Herd continued alone until 1877, when he removed to his farm in Clinton township, devoting his attention to agricultural pursuits throughout his remaining days. He was an enterprising man of good habits and won prosperity through his indefatigable efforts and perseverance. He owned a valuable farm of one hundred and thirty-five acres besides, considerable city property on Broad street. Mr. Herd was a member of the old volunteer fire company, "Niagara." He also belonged to the Mechanics Beneficial Association, while he and his family were members of the Trinity church. By his first wife he had four children who reached mature years, namely : Charlotte, deceased ; Mary, the wife of Chase Matthews, of Detroit ; and Robert, who resides on the old homestead. Edward, the eldest son, was a member of the One Hundred and Tirty-third Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He enlisted in the one hundred days service in 1864 and died soon after his return from the army from disease contracted at the front. For his second wife William Herd, the father, married Miss Catherine Kidd, a native of Ireland, and they also had three children who reached adult age, namely : Mrs. Alice L. Hayes, of Columbus; Mrs. Catherine Tallant, of Richmond, Indiana ; and Charles R., who owns a farm in Truro township. The first wife died in 1849, the second wife December 3, 1870, and Mr. Herd. passed away on the 1st of December, 1889. He was a man of strong purpose and sterling worth, and in his death the community lost a valued and representative citizen. Robert H. Herd, the only male representative of the first family now living in Franklin county, was born in Columbus, on the 12th of March, 1848. He acquired his education in the city schools, being graduated in the high school with the class of 1866. He afterward engaged in teaching for one term and then joined his father, who was engaged in the painting business, carrying on that work until I875 when he became a member of an engineering corps in the construction orthe Columbus & Toledo railroad, then called the Hocking Valley road. His time was devoted to that work until the com- 416 - CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY. pletion of the line. 1877 he came with his father to the home farm where he has "since resided. On the 11th of July, 1900, Robert Herd was united in marriage to Miss Harriet Darrah, of Delaware, Ohio. They have a pleasant home which Mr. Herd has recently erected upon his farm of one hundred and ten acres. The house is commodious and is built in modern style of architecture, while in all of its appointments it is very complete. In his political views Mr. Herd supports the Republican party on all national issues. He holds membership in the Episcopal church and his wife is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. Of an honored pioneer family he is a worthy representative, and fully sustains the untarnished name which has ever been borne by the Herds. He follows progressive lines of farming and a glance will indicate to the passer by his careful supervision and his practical methods. JOHN KINER. When a man passes from the scenes of earth's activities it is customary to review his life work, note its salient features and take cognizance of the qualities which are deserving of emulation or which should be avoided. In the history of Mr. Kiner there is much that furnishes an example that may be profitably followed. He was a man of strong character, of sterling worth and laudable ambition, his labors at all times being prompted by upright principles. . Mr. Kiner was the fourth son of Casper and Elizabeth (Mock) Kiner, early settlers of Franklin county. He was born on the old Kiner homestead, July 22, 1841, and his education was confined to the privileges afforded by the common schools, which in that day were of a very primitive character. He had little opportunity for continuing his study except through the winter for he was entirely inured to the hard work of developing his father's farm from a forest. . He shared with the family in all of their trials and hardships of pioneer life and was familiar with the history of the community at an early date. On the 6th of March, 1864, he. was united in marriage to Miss Pauline A. DeNune, a daughter of Alexander B. and Polly (Agler) DeNune, also pioneer settlers of Franklin county. Her father, Alexander B. DeNune, was born in Maryland and during his early boyhood came with the family to Ohio, the journey being 'made with wagons. His father, John DeNune, was a native of Paris, France, and on emigrating to the Buckeye state located in Mifflin township, Franklin county, there gaining the education of his day. He had sixteen children, three sons and thirteen daughters, but only two are now living, Mrs. Susanna Stotts and Mrs. Caroline Silby. Alexander B. DeNune, the father of Mrs. Kiner, was married in Franklin county to Polly Agler, a 'representative of .a pioneer family of German lineage who removed to Ohio from Pennsylvania. Eight children were born unto Mr. and Mrs. DeNune, as follows: Mrs. Susanna Temple, Mrs. Sarah Rankins, Mrs. Margaret Decker, Cyrus P., Mrs. Kiner, Elias A., John B. CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY - 417 and Mrs. Hulda W. Horn. The father of the family died in 1886, and the mother passed away in 1882. The DeNunes may well be proud of their ancestral history, for the grandfather of Mrs. Kiner was a Revolutionary soldier who loyally aided the colonists in their struggle for independence. When he came to America the voyage consumed an entire year, owing to adverse winds. He was a musician of considerable note .and was connected with the band in his military service. His son, Alexander B. DeNune, was also a good musician. Mrs. Kiner was born in Mifflin township, December 9, 1845. After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Kiner located upon a part of the old family homestead which he inherited. For seven years following he was engaged in supply to the Columbus market and in furnishing trestle timber for the railroad, it being used in constructing the system of trestles in the vicinity of the Ohio Penitentiary. Subsequently Mr. Kiner engaged in the manufacture of brick in partnership with John Lapland, their yard being located on his own premises. The business relations between them continued for about five years, on the expiration of which time Mr. Kiner purchased his partner's interest, and continued the enterprise alone, being engaged in brick-making altogehter for about seventeen years. In addition to this business he dealt largely in stock, both 'buying and selling, and he was considered to be one of the best judges of horses in 'Franklin county. In all of his business enterprises he prospered and during his long and active career he acquired a good property. He was a man well liked by all with whom he came in contact and no one could say ought against his business reputation. He employed many men in his different enterprises and with all his employes was popular. He never sought political office, but his fellow townsmen chose him for the position of township assessor, in which capacity he capably served for three years. He was a Democrat in his political views, and while not active in party interests he always faithfully exercised his duties of citizenship by appearing at the polls on election days. Mr. and Mrs. Kiner became the parents of four children, of whom all are yet living, namely : Alexander B., who was twice married. He first married Lottie Rushmer and they have four children : Perry G., Casper B., Eva A., and Anna L. For his second wife he chose Geneva McCauley, and they have one child, Leonard D. Alma C., the eldest daughter of the family, is the wife of Horatio Atcheson, and they have six children: Callie E., Fannie M., Maude A., Pauline A., Lucy P. and Windsor K. Arthur H., the third of the family, married Georgia M. Bricklinger, and they have four children: Alma A., Marguerite D., Louise and Hilda. Aldis J., the youngest married Ida Pinney, and their two daughters are Ruby L. and Ellen A. Mr. Kiner died February 17, 190o, and in his death the community lost one ot its valued citizens, a man whom to know was to respect and honor. He bore an unassailable business reputation and among his neighbors he was known as a faithful friend and a kind and indulgent husband and father. His wife still resides on the old homestead and she, too, has many friends 418 - CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY. in Franklin county. She is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church of North Columbus and is a consistent Christian woman. Her husband left to her a valuable property, which now supplies her with all the comforts and many of the luxuries of life and with her wealth she delights in doing good. CHARLES A. TITUS. Charles A. Titus, agent of the United States Express Company, at Columbus, is a native of Ohio, his birth having occurred on a farm in Jackson county on the loth of January, 1869. He is a son of Josiah and Elizabeth (McCain) Titus, both of whom were natives of Ohio. His father was for many years general agent of the Wheeler & Wilson Sewing Machine Company, with headquarters at Portsmouth, Ohio, at which place he died in the year 1875. His wife died in 1876. Charles A. Titus, who is now a well-known and popular citizen of Columbus, was educated at Coalton, Jackson county, where he pursued his studies in the common schools, after which he learned telegraphy. afterward coming to Columbus, where also he was in the employ of the United States Express Company as a messenger at the union station. He continued working in the city office, holding that and other positions from 1887 until 1899, when he was promoted to his present responsible position as agent of the company in the capital city. His duties are heavy and responsible owing to the immense volume of business transacted, but he is well qualified for his duties and has won the commendation of the members of the company. In 1889 Mr. Titus was united in marriage to Miss Minnie Mitchell, of Jackson county, and they now have one daughter, Nana C. Mr. Titus is a member of Goodale Lodge, No. 372, F. & A. M., also the Knights of Pythias, the Knights of the Maccabees and the Improved Order of Heptasophs. He is a young man of energy, determination and laudable ambition, and these qualities have enabled him to gain the confidence and good will of the business men and will undoubtedly win him still further advancement in the future. CHARLES D. DENNIS, M. D. Among those who are devoting their lives to the alleviation of human suffering through the practice of medicine is Dr. Dennis, of Columbus. His parents were the Rev. Isaac and Catherine (Bair) Dennis. The father was a United Brethren preacher and devoted the greater part of his life to his holy calling. He was of Scotch-Irish ancestry. Dr. Dennis began his, education in the city schools of Columbus and afterward entered Otterbein University, where he prosecuted his studies for two years. He then read medicine and at length entered the Ohio Medical University, where he was graduated in 1896, the degree of M. D. being then conferred upon him. He began practice at Holgate, Henry county, Ohio, CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY - 419 where he remained for eighteen months, when he returned to Columbus and has since been an active representative of the medical profession in the capital. He is the physician to the Women's Hospital and demonstrator of anatomy in the Ohio Medical University. He is particularly well qualified in the line of his chosen calling and has won distinction that many an older physician might well envy. In 1897 was celebrated the marriage of Dr. Dennis and Miss Catherine Frass, of Columbus, a daughter of Henry Frass. They had one child, Harold Henry, now deceased. The Doctor and Mrs. Dennis have a wide acquaintance in this city and are popular people, enjoying the hospitality of many of the best homes. THOMAS GRANT YOUMANS, M. D. In touching upon the life history of the subject of this review, the biographer would aim to give utterance to no fulsome encomium, to indulge in no extravagant statements,—for such will ill comport with the innate and sturdy simplicity of his character ; yet it is well to hold up for consideration those points which have shown the distinction of a true, honest and useful life - one characterized by unflagging perseverance, marked native ability, high accomplishments and well earned honors in the line of his profession. Through his natural talents and efforts he has proved his usefulness in one of the most important lines of endeavor to which man directs his energies, and has son precedence as one of the leading and representative medical practitioners of Columbus. Thomas Grant Youmans was born in Licking county, Ohio, in July, 1868, a son of Colonel M. and Mary E. (Davis) Youmans. The paternal grandfather, William Youmans, was a farmer and banker. He was born in New Jersey, in 1805, and was descended from English ancestors who came to this country from the merrie isle at an early day and located in New Jersey.His father, William Youmans, Sr., was numbered among the prominent pioneers of that state. The grandfather of the Doctor married a Miss Snyder and became a resident of Licking county, Ohio, where their son, Colonel M. Youmans, was born. Having attained to man's estate, he married Miss Mary E. Davis. a native of Juniata county, Pennsylvania, and a daughter of Dr. Thomas Jones Davis, a prominent physician, who was born in the Keystone state. Her grandfather, General Lewis Evans, served in the war of the Revolution and was at one time attorney general of Pennsylvania. The Evans family was also of English lineage. Dr. Youmans, of this review, spent the first fourteen years of his life in the place of his nativity and there acquired his preliminary education, which was supplemented by a four-years course in the Ohio State University, of Columbus. He afterward read medicine with Dr. Rankin, of Columbus, and was graduated at the Starling Medical College in the class of 1895. Later he went to New York city, where he took a post-graduate hospital 420 - CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY. course, spending four years in the metropolis and enjoying special advantages in the lines of his chosen profession. His knowledge is indeed comprehensive and profound and gives him prominence in' the ranks of the medical fraternity. Returning to Columbus, he has since. engaged in general practical at No. 112 East Broad street, and is the professor of dermatology and genitourinary surgery in the Ohio Medical University. He is the dermatologist and genito-urinary surgeon to the Protestant Hospital and Women's Hospital and police and fire surgeon of Columbus, Ohio. Socially the Doctor is connected with Goodale Lodge, F. & A. M., Knights of Pythias and Columbus Club. He also belongs to the Central Union Presbyterian church and is deeply interested in whatever tends to advance the material, intellectual and moral interests of his fellow men. In the line of his profession he is connected with the Columbus Academy of Medicine, the Ohio State Medical Society and the American Medical Association. Thorough preparation for the practice of medicine cannot come through purchase; the physician's equipment must result from close application, from scientific research and from a retentive memory. It is these which have gained for Dr. Youmans his present position of distinction in connection with medical practice in Columbus and have made him one of the most successful representatives of the profession in this part of the state, His mind is keenly analytical, which enables him to diagnose disease correctly and to anticipate complications. He has strict regard for the unwritten ethics of the professional code and enjoys in an unusual degree the high regard of his professional brethren as well as of the general public. GEORGE SIMON FEDER. This well-known and enterprising farmer of Brown township owns and operates one hundred and twelve acres of land, constituting one of the valuable and highly improved farms of the locality. His possessions have all been acquired through his own efforts, and as the result of his consecutive endeavor he has won a place among the substantial citizens of his community. His father, George Simon Feder, Sr., was a native of Biron, Province of Hanover, Germany, and the son of a farmer who spent his entire life in that county. There the father of our subject attended school until fourteen years of age and then learned the weaver's trade. He also served six years in the German army. On coming to the United States he was accompanied by his first wife, who bore him seven children and who died in New York city, where Mr. Feder made his home for thirty years, following various occupations. There he married Barbara Gretchen, who was also born in the Province of Hanover, Germany, and came to America when a young lady. In 1851 Mr. Feder, with his wife and children, moved to Columbus, Ohio, where he engaged in gardening for a time. Subsequently he bought twenty acres of land in Norwich township, this county, now owned by John CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY - 421 Koerner, to which he later added a tract of ten acres. His first home here was a log house which he remodeled. In the fall of 1866 he located on a farm of fifty-six acres in Brown township, now owned by John Hillburner, which when it came into possession of Mr. Feder was nearly all wild and unimproved. He was not long permitted to enjoy his new home, as he died the following July. His wife passed away on the home farm in 1887. To them were born four children, namely : Margaret, wife of Peter Smith, of Columbus; Caroline, who first married Andrew Hoffman and second William Seeds; George Simon, our subject ; and Barbara, who first married Herman Fritz and second Herman Koehler. The subject of this review was born in New York city on the 21st of December, 1847, and was five years old on the removal of the family to Columbus, where he spent his sixth year. As his father had become old and crippled, much of the farm work early devolved upon our subject, and he therefore had no chance to obtain an education. For a little while he recited his lessons to a German minister, and also attended an English school below the Gerrman church for a short time, this constituting about all of his educational advantages. After the death of his father the responsibility of caring for the family fell upon our subject, who as a boy had paid for the greater part of the farm and had cleared most of it. In 1872 Mr. Feder married Miss Augusta Carl, and they have become the parents of seven children, namely: Simon G., who married Katie Renner; Mary, wife of Henry R. Jones; Emma, wife of William Smith; Elizabeth, John, Henry and Rudolph, all at home. After his marriage Mr. Feder lived with his mother for a time, and then purchased eighty acres of land in Brown township, to which he subsequently added a tract of thirty-two acres, which now comprises his present fine farm. He has made all the improvements on the place, in the way of buildings and fences, and has also tilled the land and placed it under a high state of cultivation. He holds membership in the Lutheran church and is a stanch supporter of the Democratic party. He has served as school director and' in other minor offices. His life has been one of industry, and through his own unaided efforts he has worked his way upward until he is now one of the well-to-do men of his community, as well as one of its honored citizens. HENRY T. SIBEL. Among the prominent citizens, business men and Freemasons of Franklin county, Ohio, none takes higher rank than Henry T. Sibel, the well known real-estste operator at Westerville. He is a native and practically a lifelong resident of this county, having been born at Reynoldsburg, July 16, 1842. Hiram Sibel, his father, was born in Knox county, Ohio, in 1817, and was there educated and reared to farming, but he afterward learned the tailor's trade, and at the age of twenty-seven years went to Fountain county, Indiana, where he died at the age of seventy-one years, after a fairly successful career. 422 - CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY. In early life he was an active Whig and later became a Republican. He married Laura Taft, a native of Franklin county, Ohio, and a daughter of Daniel Taft, an early settler there and who Was prominent among the pioneer farmers. Mrs. Sibel died when thirty years of age. She was a Christrian woman—a member of the Methodist Episcopal church—and a model wife and mother. She left four children, as follows : Thomas H., died in 1882;Jennie is the wife of Elisha Campbell; Flora is the deceased wife of D. Firestone, of the Columbus Buggy Company, of Columbus, Ohio. Henry T. Sibel, the second child of Hiram and Laura (Taft) Sibel, was about eight years of age when his mother died, and after that event he went to live with his uncle, Harvey E. Miller, of Reynoldsburg, Franklin county, Ohio, of whose family he was a member for three years. He then went to live with Lewis Goodspeed, a farmer of Delaware county, Ohio, with whom he remained until the outbreak of the Civil war. On the 25th of July, 1861, when he was little more than nineteen years old, he enlisted in Company G, Sixth Regiment of United States Cavalry, with which he served for three years with the Army of the Potomac. During that time he was incapacitated from service only five days, when he suffered from measles. He was in every engagement in which his regiment participated, and at Williamsburg was struck by a spent ball and was made a prisoner by the Confederates on Jack's Mountain, hemmed in by the enemy for three days. He was discharged from service July 25, 1864, at City Point, Virginia, and in the spring of 1865 he came to Westerville. In company with his father-in-law he opened a grocery store, and several years later this enterprise gave place to a hardware and queensware store, which Mr. Sibel managed until he engaged in the coal and grain trade. He disposed of that interest in 1890, and since handled real-estate and held the office of notary public. Mr. Sibel married Miss Mary E. Goodspeed, a daughter of Lewis R. and Rebecca (Westervelt) Goodspeed. Mrs. Sibel was born November 3, 1844, on her father's old homestead, just across the line in Delaware county, where Mr. Sibel had found a home from the time he was twelve years old until he entered the army. Lewis R. Goodspeed was born near Plattsburg, New York, March 24, 1816, and was brought by his parents to Ohio in 1834, when he was eighteen years old. Stephen Goodspeed, his father, was born in Vermont, October 11, 1788, and was an officer in the American service in the war of 1812. Lewis was brought up on the farm, but eventually became a guard in the state penitentiary in Columbus. Ohio, and held that position until his marriage. He then returned to his father's farm, where he cared for his parents until their death and where he lived until 1865, when he removed to Westerville and engaged in mercantile business in partnership with his son-in-law, as has been stated. He died at the age ofabout eighty years, and there is no one who knew him who does not ha good word to say in his memory. He was a self-made man and made a success of life, was a prominent member of the Methodist Episcopal church and a Republican of influence, 'having held various local offices, among them CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY - 423 that of township treasurer for eighteen years. He was married in 1842, to Rebecca Westervelt, who was born December, 23, 1818, and died June 4, 1888, after many years of faithful Christian service as a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. Her father, Peter Westervelt, was born in Dutchess county, New York, September 19, 1791, saw service in the war of 1812-14 and came to the the site of Westerville in 1814, accompanied by his brother, Matthew. The brothers each purchased a large tract of land and were the founders of Westerville. Peter was an active and successful business man, a well known Freemason and a useful member of the Methodist Episcopal church. He died at Westerville, August 8, 1869. Mr. and Mrs. Sibel have had two children: Minnie M., who is the wife of Professor John A. Ward, of Western College, of Toledo, Iowa; and Ina, who died at the age of thirteen years. Mr. Sibel is a Republican, but without any marked political ambition for himself, although an effective worker for his friends in a political campaign. He was township clerk for Blendon township for eleven years, was for ten years a member of the Westerville board of health and was twice mayor of that progressive little city. He is a man of public spirit, who favors every movement tending to the benefit of his fellow citizens ; a man of alert sympathies and generous impulses who is known as a friend of the poor ; a man of fine abilities, who has hewn out a path for himself in life and followed it to success and whose friends rejoice with him in his possession of the good things of the world because they know that he has earned them and deserves them. His good judgment and his integrity have several times been put to the test when he has been designated to settle important estates, and he has never been found wanting. He has been a Mason for thirty-three years and has served six years as master of his lodge. He was raised to the sublime degree of Master Mason in Blendon Lodge, No. 339, F. & A. M., of Westerville, was exalted to the august degree of Royal Arch Mason in Horeb Chapter, No. 3, R. A. M., and is a member of Chapter No. 38, Eastern Star degree. He is a member of Rainbow Lodge, No. 327, Independent Order of Odd Felloss, of Westerville, and of Twilight Lodge, No. 383, degree of Rebekah, and is a comrade of James Price Post, No. 5o, G. A. R., of which he is past commander, having served as its first commander. JOHN WILLCHEUR BARNES, M. D. One of Ohio's native sons now practicing medicine in Columbus is Dr. Barnes, whose birth occurred in Chillicothe, on the 21st of November, 186o, his parents being Alfred and Mary (Gates) Barnes. The father was born in Barnesville, Ohio, in 1831, and was a public spirited and progressive citizen. With his family he removed to Arrowsmith, Illinois, where he made a permanent settlement. He wedded Mary Gates, a daughter of Henry Gates, who was born in Baden, Germany, and died at the advanced age of ninety-one years. In her maidenhood his wife was a Miss Coe. Dr. John W. Barnes was very young when he accompanied his parents to 424 - CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY. Illinois, and there he pursued his education in the common schools, katertaking the course of study in the Saybrook Academy, of that state. Professional life seemed to be an attractive field for him, and believing that he would enjoy the practice of medicine he attended lectures in the Cincinnati College of Medicine and Surgery, where he was graduated in 1888. He then located in Chillicothe, Ohio, in the spring of 1889, and began practice there. In 1893 he was appointed demonstrator of anatomy in the Ohio Medical University and in the spring of the same year was raised to a full professorship of practical anatomy. He is a graduate of the Polyclinic and Post-Graduate Schools of New York city and is a member of the Ohio State and Ross County Medical Association's. In 1891 he was appointed to the chair of obstetrics, which position he still holds. His knowledge of the medical science in its various departments is comprehensive, exact and reliagle. Close application to his duties has been one of the salient features of his career and his labors have been attended with a high degree of professional and financial success. In 1884 the Doctor was united in marriage to Miss Leona F. Ferguson, of Saybrook, who is a graduate of the Ohio Medical University, of the class of 1895. His office and residence are at No. 237 and 239 Schiller street. He has a fine medical library, with the contents of which he is largely familiar, and through heading and study he is in constant touch with the advanced thought and progress of the day bearing upon his professional duties. MAURICE EVANS. It is appropriate that a place in this volume should be devoted to a brief resume of the life of the gentleman whose name appears above, as it an excellent example of how a man may work his way upward through perseverance and determination and how in the end his efforts may be crowned with success. Mr. Evans was born September 18, 1840, on the farm where he now resides, his parents being Maurice and Susanna (Thomas) Evans. A native of Wales, the father was born in 179o, and was reared to manhood in the little rock-ribbed country. After arriving at years of maturity he married Miss Thomas, who was born in Wales about 1793. There he followed farming until the spring of 1840, when he crossed the Atlantic to the new world, accompanied by his wife and children, all of whom were born on the soil of Great Britain save the subject of this review. They landed in New York city after a voyage of five weeks, and thence made their way westward to Columbus, where Mr. Evans remained for about a month. He then purchased one hundred and sixty acres of land constituting the farm upon which our subject now resides. The greater part of it was covered with a heavy growth of timber, but a small tract had been cleared and the stone portion of the present residence was standing there. Upon the farm Mr. Evans made his home until 1867, when he removed to Newark, Ohio and retired from active business life, spending the three succeeding years CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY - 425 in the enjoyment of a well-earned rest. He was called to his final home at the advanced age of eighty years. In his political affiliations in early life he was an old line Whig, and after the dissolution of that party he became a Republican. He held membership in the Presbyterian' church and his Chrisitian belief permeated his upright and , honorable career. His wife passed away some years previously, dying in 1865. They were the parents of nine children, but only three are now living : Joseph, who resides near Fort Scott, Kansas; Susan, who is living in Columbus; and Maurice. In taking up the personal history of Mr. Evans, of this review, we present in our readers the life record of one who is widely and favorably known in Franklin county. To the district schools he is indebted for his education. When the Civil war broke out he enlisted in the Ninety-fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, in August, 1862, and was discharged for disability in March, 1863. He worked upon the farm with his father, receiving a share if the net profits, and the year following his mother's death he purchased the old homestead from his father, and has since continued to operate the fields. Early in the '90s he bought an adjoining tract of eighty-nine acres, so that the home farm now consists of two hundred and fifty acres, and he also owns one hundred and eighty acres of land in Kansas. He is an enterprising and reliable business man, trustworthy in all his dealings, and his industry and capable management has served as the foundation stones upon which he has reared the superstructure of his success. In 1871 Mr. Evans was united in. marriage to Miss Elizabeth Jones, a native of Licking county, Ohio, and a daughter of Thomas Jones, who emigrated from Wales, coming to the Buckeye state some years prior to the time when the Evans family located here. Six children have been born unto our subject and his wife, and the family circle yet remains unbroken by the hand of death. In order of birth the children are as follows : Eldora B., at home; David Willard, a farmer of Jefferson township, Clinton Arthur, Bertha Leota, Thomas Raymond, and Eunice Nellie, who are still with their parents. Socially Mr. Evans is connected with Truro Lodge, No. 411, I.O.O.F., and in politics he is a Republican. He belongs to the Presbyterian church and for several years has been one of its elders. He belongs to that class of representative American men whose interests are not confined alone to the narrow boundaries of their farm, but extend into other fields of labor and activity, especially into those bearing upon the advancement and progress of the communities with which they are associated. EDWARD LIVINGSTON TAYLOR. The subject of this review is a well-known and prominent member of the legal profession of the city of Columbus, Ohio. He was born in Franklin county, this state, March 20, 1839, and came from a noble ancestry that traces without break as far into the past as the year 1612. The Taylor family removed from Argyleshire, Scotland, to the north of Ireland about 1612 27 426 - CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY. and settled in Londonderry and its vicinity. More than a century afterward some of its members came to America and located at what was then named Londonderry, in New Hampshire, but which now bears the name of Derry. At this place Robert Taylor was born, April 16, 1759, he becoming the father of David Taylor, and thus the grandfather of our subject, Edward L. Taylor in 1763 this branch of the Taylor family removed to the province of Nova Scotia and settled at the town of Truro, at the head of the bay of Fundy. and it was there that Robert Taylor was married to Mehitable Wilson, December 6, 1781, and there also David Taylor, the fourth son of this union, was born, July 24, 1801. In 1806 he came with his family to Ohio, making his home for two years at the city of Chillicothe; but in 1808 he built a home on the west bank of Walnut creek, in What is now Truro township, Franklin county. This was the first frame house constructed in that part of the county, and there he lived until his death, March 28, 1828. David Taylor, his son, continued to live in the same township until 1859, at which time he took up his residence on East Broad street,. Columbus, where he died July 29, 1889, at the advanced age of eighty-eight years. On the maternal side Mr. Taylor is descended from the well-known family of Livingston, highly esteemed in many states of the Union where its representatives reside. His grandfather was Judge Edward C. Livingston, who came from the state of New York to Ohio in 1804 and settled in Franklin county. He was a man of collegiate education, having graduated at Union College, New York, before coming to Ohio. He was a man of high social and intellectual qualities, but, unlike the majority of his family, he had no taste for politics or public office. The tendency of his nature was toward a quiet home life, and the house which he erected on the west bank of Alum creek in 1808 became and remained through his life the center, of genial hospitality and social enjoyment. He was not able to avoid all public life, having been made an associate judge of Franklin county in 1821, and was retained until 1829. When the township of Montgomery, which includes the city of Columbus, was organized, in 1807, it was named by Judge Livingston, in honor of General Richard Montgomery, with whom his father had served in the war of the Revolution and with whom he was in service at Quebec when Montgomery was killed. On the 16th of May, 1836, David Taylor was married to Margaret, the eldest daughter of Edward C. Livingston, and our subject, Edward Livingston Taylor, was the second son of that marriage. He was educated in the best schools and prepared for a college course, which he took at the Miami University, where he graduated in 186o and at once began the study of law in the office of the late Chauncey N. Olds at Columbus, Ohio. Just at this time the Civil war broke out and his law studies were suspended, he enlisting in a volunteer company as a private soldier. After the termination of his services he resumed his law studies, but in July, 1862, he was commissioned to raise a company, which duty he accomplished in a short time and was assigned to the Ninety-fifth Ohio Volunteer Regiment. He was CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY - 427 engaged in the battle of Richmond, Kentucky, August 30, 1862, where he received a slight wound and was taken prisoner. A few days later he secured his release and served with his regiment in the Army of the Tennessee until the close of the siege of Vicksburg, July 4, 1863, During that siege he was seized with fever, which so debilitated him that he was compelled to leave the service and resigned his commission July 5, 1863, and was retired from the army on account of disability. He was admitted to the bar by the supreme court of Ohio in November, 1862, and after the close of the war commenced the practice of his profession at Columbus, remaining in this city ever since. Mr. Taylor was married to Miss Catherine Noble Meyers, a granddaughter of Colonel John Noble, late of Franklin county, on July 14, 1864. A family of five children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Taylor, of whom four are living. The entire time Of Mr. Taylor has been taken up in the practice of his profession, and many of the most important legal battles of the day have been those in which he has borne a leading part. He has crossed swords in many cases with some of the leaders of the profession and has never caused his clients to regret his espousal of their cause. Never desirous of public position, he has refused being a candidate for many offices, but has done service in upholding the principles of the Republican party, recognizing the duty of every public man to set a good example to the masses. He has made it a rule of life not to vote for or support unworthy or incompetent persons when such have obtained a place on his party ticket. This is a cardinal principle with him, as he deems the right of voting the most sacred the duties imposed on an American citizen. ELIAS T. O'HARRA. Elias Thompson O'Harra is a dealer in grain and coal in Lockbourne, and has long been actively identified with the business interests of that place. He was bron in Pickaway county, Ohio, November 21, 1847, and is of Irish lineage, his great-grandfather having been a native of the Emerald Isle, whence he crossed the Atlantic to America. John O'Harra, the grandfather of our subject, was one of the pioneer settlers of Ohio, and Hugh O'Harra, the father was born in this state in 1797. Having arrived at years of maturity, he wedded Ann Corn, who died when their son Elias was only about five years of age, so that nothing is known of his maternal ancestry. The father's death occurred September 9, 1856. In their family were ten children and with the exception of two all reached adult age, while those now living are John C., of Pickaway county, Ohio; Margaret, widow of John Markel, of Findlay, Ohio; Mary, who resides with her brother Elias; Jane, wife of D Elliott, of Alton, Franklin county; and Thomas, of Findlay, Ohio. William also reached mature years but has now passed away, while Hugh, formerly of Decatur, Illinois, is also deceased. 428 - CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY. Elias T. O'Harra was the ninth in order of birth in this family. he remained at the place of his nativity until fourteen years of age, and then started out to earn his own livelihood. For four years he lived with Joshua Hedges and was given his board and clothing in compensation for his services. In 1866 he entered the employ of Stephen Cromley, and worked by the month for five years. Before leaving home he had attended the common schools, but not content with his educational privileges, he pursued the studies for a year at Delaware, Ohio, after leaving the employ of Mr. Cromley Mr. O'Harra next went to Pickaway county and purchased a fam, confirming its cultivation for ten years. In 1882 he disposed of that property and the following year rented a farm. In the spring of 1884 he came to Hamilton township, Franklin county, locating at Lockbourne, where he purchased the site of his present enterprise and embarked in, the grain business He remodeled the elevator, putting in new machinery and improving it in many ways. He has since been engaged in the grain business here with the exception of the years 1891 and 1892. In the former year he sold out, but when two years had passed he resumed operations in grain at his old place of business. He now buys and ships grain and also handles coal, and his sales have reached large proportions, bringing to him an excellent income Mr. O'Harra was married in Franklin county in 1893 to Miss. Delphine Stimmel, who was born and reared in Hamilton township and is a daughter of John and Mary Stimmel, who were early and worthy settlers of that township. Mr. and Mrs. O'Harra now have three children : Frances Lucile, John Hugh and Mary Esther. In his political affiliations he is a Democrat, and for about twelve years served as treasurer of Hamilton township, discharging his duties in a most prompt and creditable manner. He is a valued representative of Lockbourne Lodge, No. 232, F. & A. M., being recognized as a loyal follower of its teachings. From the age of fourteen Mr. O"Harrah as depended entirely upon his own resources, and therefore deserves great credit for what he has accomplished. His possessions stand as a monument to his enterprise, and his example should serve to encourage other, as it shows the opportunities that lie before young men who are ambitious, resolute and determined. He has a wide acquaintance and his well-spent life has gained him the regard of all who know him. JOSEPH SAUER. The German element in our national commonwealth has been an important one. The sons of the fatherland having come to the new world have readily adapted themselves to the different conditions, customs and surroundings, and with a resolution so characteristic of the Teutonic race have worked their way steadily upward, becoming prominent in commercial circles. One of the most successful business men of Columbus is Joseph Sauer, who was born in Kurhessen. Germany, May 6, 1846, a son of John and Mary Ann (Brehl) Sauer. The father was a prosperous farmer and owned a valuable CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY - 429 tract of land of two hundred and forty acres. Both he and his wife spent their entire days in Germany. The subject of this review pursued his education in the schools of his native land between the ages of seven and thirteen years. He afterward worked upon the home farm until he had attained his twentieth year, when he determined to seek a home and fortune in America, for he had heard very favorble reports of the opportunities offered in the land of the free. Bidding adieu to home and friends, he sailed for New York, where he arrived December 21, 1866. Immediately afterward he went to Lancaster, Pennsylvania, where he remained- for four years, during which time he learned the butcher's trade, and after completing his apprenticeship he was employed for a brief period as a farm hand near Lancaster. In 1870 Mr. Sauer came to Columbus, where he was employed by Philip Wollner, and afterward by Philip Izels, and others. In 1872 he began business on his own account, and soon afterward entered into partnership with John Schmidt in the butchering and packing business. They also engaged in smoking meats and at the same time conducted a retail meat market. This partnership was maintained for eighteen years and prosperity attended the efforts of the firm. On the expiration of that period Mr. Sauer purchased his partner's interest and became the sole owner of an extensive business, which has constantly grown in volume until it has assumed a considerable magnitude, making the enterprise one of the most important in this line in Ohio. Mr. Sauer owns the meat market at No. 771 South Third street, known as the Central Market. He employs a large force of men and gives his personal attention to all branches of his business. He is a memebr of the German Butchers' Association, of Franklin county, in which he has served as president and treasurer. On the 16th of May, 1872, Mr. Sauer was united in marriage to Magdalena Berger, of Columbus, a daughter of Joseph and Magdalena (Karger) Berger. She was born in Germany and when one year old was brought by her parents to the United States. She was reared and educated in Columbus and is a lady of superior culture and refinement, taking a great interest, not alone in the management of the family, but also in her husband's success, Their union has been blessed with four children : Henry J., John Adam, Magdalena Louise and Marie Bertha. The parents have provided their children with good educational privileges, thus fitting them for the various duties of life. Their home is located at No. 1381 South High street. The family are members of the Holy Cross Catholic church. Mr. Sauer owns a small tract of land, of seven acres, in the southern part of the city and has erected thereon a fine brick residence. It is built in modern style of architecturee and supplied with all the latest improvements and conveniences which add to the comfort of the home, and is thus a very attractive and desirble property. Mr. Sauer came to America with but little capital. yet he has realized the hope which brought him to the new world and to-day he stands foremost among the prominent business men of his adopted city. 430 - CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY. He has the ability to control extensive commercial and industrial interests forms his plans readily and carries them forward to the desired culmination. As the architect of 'his own fortunes he has builded wisely and well and his prosperity is certainly justly merited. MARTIN A. WINTERS. Martin A. Winters is one of the oldest and most reliable and efficient passenger engineers on the Cleveland, Akron & Columbus Railroad and is numbered among the representative men in. the railway service who resides in Columbus. He was born October 31, 1855, in Washington county, Pennsylvania, and his paternal grandfather was a native of Cherry Valley, that county. Joseph Winters, the father of our subject, was born in the same county in 1820, was a blacksmith by trade and died in 1856 from injuries received from the kick of a horse. His wife died soon afterward and they they left two sons, Martin and Clark. The latter is a very prominent lawyer of Los Angeles, California. Martin A. Winters spent the days of his boyhood and youth in his native county and. there acquired his education. He has an enviable record as an engineer. He began work on the railroad when only eleven years of age as a water boy on the section. This was in 1866 and he was thus employed for three years, after which he began taking care of an engine at McDonald, Pennsylvania. After a year's service he came to Dennison, Ohio, and worked in the railroad shops for about a year. In 1871 he became fireman on the Pan Handle Railroad, running from Columbus to Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, on the pay car, Joshua Griffith serving as engineer. He held that run for three years and then came to Columbus, taking charge of an engine at the roundhouse in the Pan Handle yards. His service in that capacity continued for three and. a half years, after which he accepted a position as engineer on the Cleveland, Akron & Columbus Railroad, running a freight engine for some time, after which he was promoted to a passenger engine in 1888. He has since been in continuous service and is regarded as a mbst reliable and painstaking employe. On the 15th of November, 1891, he sustained serious injuries and at the same time displayed; remarkable presence of mind and great skill in bringing his train to a stop and preventing a collision with a freight train. The train was loaded with excursionists from Cleveland bound for Cincinnati. The order was for Engineer Winter's men to make Columbus on schedule time. The run was being made at seventy miles an hour, down grade. They were nearing Homesville when the right side rod of the engine broke, tearing away everything in reach. In order to stop the train it was necessary to cut the hose between the tender and baggage car and Mr. Winters was equal to the emergency, crawling between the tender and car and performing the task so that the train was stopped and the collision avoided. Our subject. however, sustained twenty-six injuries, some of which were very serious. The passengers, on learning of their narrow escape CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY - 431 from a frightful disaster, secured a purse and presented it to the engineer. Mr. Winters, therefore, is very highly esteemed by the railroad company by reason of his faithfulness and fidelity. In 1876, in Columbus, he married Miss May Swartz, who died in October, 1896, leaving the following children : Joseph, Frank, Martin, Mary, Katie, Herbert and Bernard. On the 1st of October, 1897, Mr. Winters was again married, his second union being with Miss Julia Swartz, a sister of his former wife. By this union there is one son, Allison A. Her father, Peter Swartz, who was a stonemason by trade, died in 1870. His wife, Mrs. John Swartz, was born in 1827, in Germany, came to the United States in 1850, and in 1852 gave her hand in marriage to Peter Swartz. Since that time she resided in Columbus until her death, January 14, 1901. Mr. and Mrs. Swarts became the parents of seven children, the first two bearing the name of George, and the others are : Henry, William, Mary, Kate and Julia. For a quarter of a century Mr. Winters has resided in Columbus and-dwells at No. 606 St. Clair avenue, where he located soon after coming to the city. He is a man of sterling worth, very faithful in business and among all with whom he is acquainted he enjoys high regard. EDWARD S. JONES. Edward S. Jones was born in Mineral Spring, Ohio, April 25, 1867, and is one of the eight children whose parents were Samuel and Sophia (Clark) Jones. The father was born near Mineral Spring, in Adams county, December 21, 1826, and was a son of Mathew and Jane (Thurman) Jones, who were natives, of New England and came to Ohio from Pennsylvania. The father of our subject was reared on the home farm and after his marriage engaged in farming on his own account. His labors were attended with a high and commendable degree of success. At one time he was the owner of three hundred and twenty-seven acres of valuable land near Mineral Spring, and he continued his active operation of the farm until about 1893, when he retired from business life and took up his abode in Mineral Spring, where he is still living. His wife was also born on a farm in that locality, the Clark homestead adjoining the Jones farm, so that in childhood the parents lived as neighbors. The date of her birth was in January, 1838, and her parents were James H. and Jane Clark, natives of New England, whence they went to the Keystone state and later came to Ohio. Her father was a farmer and merchant. The mother of our subject acquired a good education and for a number of years prior to her marriage was a teacher in the public schools. She was also a fluent and entertaining writer and during the Civil war was a correspondent for various publications. Through her writing she became one of the well known women of her day. Her death occurred in 1868, when her son Edward was but ten months old. Of her eight children, seven are yet living, namely : Jennie. the wife of J. N. Holt, a teacher in the public schools near Peebles, Ohio ; Mathew J., also a teacher 432 - CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY. at Fawcett, Ohio; Sarah, the wife of Henry Jobe, a farmer of Greenfield Ohio; John \V., who is superintendent of the Deaf and Dumb Institute Columbus; Paul K., an agriculturist living at Peoria, Illinois; Dahlgren, a farmer of Peebles, Ohio; and Edward. After the death of his first wife the :father was again married, in November, 1869, his second union being with Mrs. W. H. Calloway, who bore the maiden name of Margaret Toler. She is still living with her husband at Mineral Springs. They have six children: George W., a merchant of Stockport, Ohio; Samuel S., a farmer of Peoria, Illinois; Lilly, wife of Arthur Tucker, a carpenter of Peebles, Ohio; Alicewife of Frank Ellison, an agriculturist of Peebles; Agnes, widow of George Treftz, of Peoria, Illinois.; and Ella, who is with her parents. Mr. Jones, of this review, remained at home until his sixteenth year and began his academic education in North Liberty, Ohio, completing his studies there in 1886. He began his career as a teacher immediately following his graduation, but later continued his studies' at the National Normal University, at Lebanon, where he was graduated in 1893, with the degree of Bachelor of Science. He holds a common-school life certifificate granted by the Ohio board of school examiners in December, 1894. Throught the three succeeding years he was superintendent of schools at West Union, Ohio, and for a period of three years held the superintendency of the schools of Coffeyville, Kansas. For one year he occupied a similar position in Nelsonville, Ohio, and in 1899 was appointed to his present position as superintendent of the Home for the Aged and Infirm Deaf. His sympathy, his consideration and his obliging manner, as well as his business and executive ability, well qualify him for his duties. On the 7th of November, 1895, Mr. Jones was united in marriage to Miss Louise Blair, of Havana, Kansas, a daughter of John Calvin Nair, a prominent retired farmer of that place. Mrs. Jones was educated in the public schools of Kansas and in her early life finished her academic instruction At the age of sixteen she began to teach, and for five years continued in the profession in the township schools of Montgomery county. Kansas, and four years in the city schools of Coffeyville, that state; she is an accomplished lady of refinement and culture. Their marriage has been blessed with one child, Madaline, and her birth occurred March 7, 1899. Little Madaline died at Central College, Ohio, July 25, 1900. Mr. Jones supports the Republican party by his ballot, and socially he is connected with Star Lodge, No. 117, I. O. O. F., of Coffeyville, Kansas. He also belongs to Valley Lodge, No. 124, K. P., of Nelsonville, and is a member of the Presbyterian chuch. For several years he devoted much of his 'leisure time to reading medicine, and on the 1st of November, 1899, he entered the Ohio Medical University, at Columbus, in which institution he will graduate in April, 1902. He is a man of broad humanitarian principles:, and it is in harmony with his natue that his life has been given to. the benefit of his fellow men along educational lines and in his present position as it will be after he enters upon the practice of medicine. CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY - 433 THOMAS MOORE HESS. Thomas Moore Hess, deceased, was for a number of years a representative farmer and valued citizen of Franklin county. He was born on the old Moor homestead in Clinton township July 25, 1825, being the eldest son of John Moses and Eliiabeth (Moore) Hess. His mother died at his birth, and he was left to the care of his maternal grandmother, who also died when he was yet an infant. He was then taken to the home of his aunt, Mrs. Katy Oller, of Delaware county, Ohio, with whom he remained until his father's second marriage, which occurred when he was five years old. He then remained with his father in Clinton township until he went to the home of his grandfather Moore, in Indiana, where he attended the public schools until fifteen years of age. On the expiration of that period he returned to his father's home and began work on the farm, assisting in the cultivation of the fields until the spring of 1849, when he was united in marriage to Miss Mary Ann Rutherford, of Delaware county, Ohio, who died in 1850, leaving a son, Henry R., now a prominent citizen of Clinton township. After the death of his first wife Mr. Hess was again married, his second union being with Amanda Kinnear, a daughter of Samuel and Ellen (Hill) Kinnear, pioneers of Franklin county. By this marriage there were two children: Ellen, now the wife of Charles Woodrow, of Champaign county, Ohio; and Nora Adell, wife of Peter Ramlow. Throughout his entire life Mr. Hess manifested a deep interest in the welfare of orphan children, a fact which probably arose from his own experience He gave to four different orphan children a home from early childhood until they had reached self-sustaining years. He was a man of great kindness and broad sympathy and was very popular with his neighbors and friends numbering the latter by the score. His death was therefore universally regretted. Whatever was of interest and value to the public he cheerfully espoused, giving liberally of his means to all worthy enterprises. He was a very successful farmer, his labors bringing to him a handsome competence and he accumulated a large landed estate. He died suddenly of Heart failure on the 28th of May, 1889, and his remains were interred in the Union cemetery opposite North. Columbus, where a suitable monument has been erected to his memory. NELSON GRANT. After a long and useful career as a farmer Nelson Grant has laid aside all his business cares, and is now living a retired life in Grove City. He is a native of Franklin county, born in Jackson township April 1, 1826, and was reared in that township, pursuing his studies in an old log school house. At the age of nineteen years he assisted in taking a drove of stock to Baltimore and Washington, driving them across the country, and on his return 434 - CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY. went from Wheeling, West Virginia, to Cincinnati, and from there to New Orleans on a flatboat. He was then on the river during the season of navigation for about six years, and at the end of that period went to St. Louis. Later he spent about a year and a half in Iowa, but in 1849 he returned to his old home in this county, traveling across the country by way of of Chicago and Detroit. On the 5th of May, 1850, Mr.. Grant was united in marriage with Miss Caroline A. Odell, a native of Virginia, who came to Franklin county, Ohio, at the age of nineteen years. By this union were born four children: Melissa and William N., both deceased; Charles W., a farmer of Jackson township; and Edward E., a motorman and conductor on the Grove City & Columbus Street Railroad. After his marriage Mr. Grant located on the farm in Jackson township which he received from his mother, and was successfully engages in agricultural pursuits until 1883, when he laid aside active labor and moved to Grove City. He owns some property in that city and also twenty acres of land east of town. Politically he was a supporter of the Democratic party for many years, but is now a Republican, and he has been honored with several local offices, including that of constable of his township, and councilman for two years. Mr. Grant. is an earnest and consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and is highly respected and esteem by all who know him. During almost his entire life he has been identified with the interests of this county, and for three-quarters of a century has witnessed the wonderful changes that have occurred here in that time. During the war of the Rebellion Mr. Grant served in the One Hundred and Ninety-first Ohio Volunteer Infantry until discharged. He joined the Odd Fellows order in 1848 and has been an active member ever since. JAMES V. HARRISON. James Virgil Harrison, who follows agricultural pursuits in Clinton township and is a prominent citizen of Franklin county, was born in Knox county, Ohio, on the 8th of April, 1852. He traces his ancestry back through many generations to Richard Harrison, who was the founder of the family in America. He took up his abode in New Haven, Connecticut, in 1644, and later assisted in establishing the city of Newark, New Jersey. His son, Timothy Harrison, married Elizabeth Meeker, and they became the parents of Matthew Harris:on, the great-grandfather of our subject. David Harrison, the grandfather, was a native of New Jersey, and was there married to Mary Searing, of the same state. He was born April 27, 1786, and his wife's birth occurred on the 26th of September, 1793. They came to Ohio and their marriage was celebrated in Knox county. The grandfather there entered land from the government, made that county his permanent home and became a successful farmer. Both he and his wife were members of the CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY - 435 Christian church and were people of the highest respectability, enjoying the warm regard of all who knew them. John L. Harrison, the father of our subject, was born in Knox county, Ohio, May 5, 1831, and throughout his entire life resided in this state, spending most of his time in Knox and Licking counties. He, too, gave his attention to agricultural pursuits and found that branch of labor a profitable source of income, for as the years passed he added to his capital until he found himself the possessor of a very desirable competence. He married Phebe Jane Thrapp, also a native of Knox county, born near Utica. They became the parents of six children, namely: James Virgil, David T., Mary A., Warren S., William (who died in infancy), and Emory (who resides in Ogen, Utah). Of this family Warren was murdered in Brigham City, Utha the 19th of September, 1900, by a drunken employe whom he had discharged. The father, John L. Harrison, died January 31, 1884, and his wife passed awed away on the 19th of May, 1882. James Virgil Harrison, whose name introduces this record, is the eldest in his father's family. He was reared in Licking county, Ohio, and in the common schools near his home acquired his education. In his youth he became familiar with farm work in all its departments, for when not occupied by the duties of the schoolroom he assisted in the labors of the fields, thus gaining a practical experience which now enables him to carry on farming on his own account in a practical, progressive and profitable manner. He own fifty-six acres of land in Clinton township, and his well tilled fields and many substantial improvements indicate his careful supervision. On th e26th of February,1874, was celebrated the marriage of Mr. Harrison and Miss Ida Mock, a daughter of Joseph and Minerva Mock, nee Innis, Unto them have been born four children, of whom two are living,—Frank, Edwin and Nellie Elvira. Those deceased are Emory J. and Jessie L. Mr. and Mrs. Harrison began their domestic life upon a farm in Clinton township, Franklin county, where they have resided continuously since, with the exception of one year spent in Trumbull county, Ohio. They have a pleasant home. where they delight to entertain their many friends. They are both Methodists in religious belief, holding membership in what is known as the McKendree church, in Clinton township. Politically Mr. Harrison is a Democrat and is a stanch supporter of the principles of his party. He is numbed among the wide-awake and progressive farmers of his cornmunity, is accounted a valued and representative citizen, and in the history of Franklin county he well deserves mention. EDGAR B. KINKEAD. Rising above the heads of the mass are many men of sterling worth and value, who by sheer perseverance and pluck have conquered fortune, and by their own unaided efforts have risen from the ranks of the commonplace to eminence and position of trust and respect; but the brilliant qualities of 436 - CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY. mind and brain which mark the great lawyer are to a certain extent God given. But while strong mentality and natural ability are inherent, it is activity and determination which awaken them into life and make them resultant forces in the profession. It is to his perseverance and indomitable energy that Mr. Kinkead owes his success in life, as well as to his keen and brilliant mind. He is of a sanguine temperament, large-hearted a genial and polished gentleman. As a lawyer he is noted for his integrity; he prides himself upon never urging a client into a suit for the sake of the fees, and will not prosecute a case unless he has every reason to believe he it, but he claims the right to defend any cause in any court. His authorship of many valuable works on law has made him a man of note in the profession, and prominent among the leading citizens of the capital he now stands. Mr. Kinkead was born near Beverly, Washington county, Ohio March 14, 1863, and on the paternal side is of Scotch-Irish lineage. His great-grandfather, David Kindead, came to this country from Dungannon, Ireland immediately after the Revolutionary war. He enlisted on board a man of war during the period of hostilities, expecting in that way to reach the new world, but in this was disappointed and sailed from Belfast to the United States on the first ship that left that port after the conclusion of peace, landing at Philadelphia in 1783. The parents of our subject were Isaac Benton and Hannah A. (Thornburg) Kinkead, and the former in his business life was a lumberman. The marked literary trend of Mr. Kinkead's mind was early manifest. When a child of only about twelve years he conducted a school where his father was temporarily located in the woods of Washington county, instructing children of the neighborhood whose advantages had been inferior to his own. His boyish ambition pictured to him the happiness of having a large library and fine horses, and in later life both ambitions were realized. His preliminary education, obtained in the common schools, was supplemented by a course in Marietta College, and when his collegiate work was finished he spent a few months in taking subscriptions for a book. He commenced the study of law in September, 1881, spending a year's time in an office; he also spent six years as deputy clerk of Washington county in the probate judge's office. In 1887 he was appointed a deputy in the office of the clerk of the supreme court of the state, and shortly thereafter he was made assustant state law librarian, which position he held for five years. While there he became a devoted student of the law, was admitted to the bar and wrote and published his first legal literary work, Self Preparation for Final Examination, which was issued in 1893. The previous year, however, is time had been devoted to assisting in the preparation of Booth on Street Railways. He is also the author of Kinkead's Code Pleading, which is in two volumes and was first published in 1894, while in 1898 a second edition was issued. In 1897 Kinkead Instructions and Entries; in 1900 Kinkead's Practice and Kinkead's Common Law Pleading were added to the list of his publications, and he has still other works in preparation. These volumes CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY - 437 are regarded as standard works with the bench and bar upon the subjects of which they treat. Admitted to the bar Mr. Kinkead at once entered upon the practice and from the beginning has been unusually prosperous in every respect. The success which he has attained is due to his own efforts and merits. The possession of advantages is no guarantee whatever of professional success. This comes not of itself, nor can it be secured without integrity, ability and industry. Those qualities he possesses to an eminent degree and he is faithful to every charge committed to his care. Throughout his whole life whatsoever his hand has found to do, whether in his profession or in his educational work, or in any other sphere, he has done with all his might and with a deep sense of conscientious obligation. Since 1895 he has been a member of the faculty of the law department of the Ohio State University, where his ability as a lecturer upon the branches assigned him has won him great reputation and popularity among the large classes of students annually graduated at the institution. In 1890 he was for a time editor of the Ohio Law Journal. His private to law practice has been of an important character. He was associated as special counsel for the state in the celebrated Standard Oil litigation and other cases of national importance, in which he attracted widespread attention by his learning and masterly manipulation of the cause and facts. On the 10th of January, 1883, Mr. Kinkead was united in marriage to Miss Nellie M. Snyder, a native of Canada, and unto them has been born one child, a daughter, Mabel, born October 16, 1883. Socially Mr. Kinkead has been connected with several fraternities. In 1888 he became a member of the Knights of Pythias Lodge, of Columbus, filled all of its offices, and in 1895 was appointed by the grand chancellor of the domain of Ohio as a member of the grand tribunal of Ohio for a term of four years, and in May, 1899, was reappointed for another term of five years. He belongs to the Delta Upsilon, a college fraternity, and to the Phi Delta Phi, a law fraternity. In politics he is a stalwart Republican and although he has never been a candidate for office his personal popularity is so great and his fitness so eminent that his name is frequently mentioned in connection with the higher offices in the line of his profession. He is a member of the Universalist church. He believes in doing all the good he can to his fellow men and in living as nearly right as possible, without paying close attention to church formalities. Faultless in honor, fearless in action and stainless in reputation; and enumeration of the leading citizens of Columbus would be incomplete without mention of Edgar B. Kinkead. THOMAS M. CLARK. The gentleman named above, who is one of the leaders in public and semi-public affairs in Hamilton township, Franklin county, Ohio, is a native of tha township. His father, Dr. Jeremiah Clark, was born in Waterbury, 438 - CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY. Connecticut, June 4, 1804, and came to Franklin county, Ohio, in 1826. Before coming west he devoted some time to the study of medicine, and he completed his medical education at the Cleveland, Ohio, Medical College. He practiced his profession in Hamilton township from 1826 until 1846, when he turned his attention to farming, which he continued until 1865. In that year he was called to his final rest, at the age of sixty-one years. He was one of the leading physicians in his county in his time, was well known as a Whig politician and was one of the organizers of the Republican party in Franklin county. He was elected to the general assembly of the state of Ohio in 1846. He was prominent also in the Methodist Episcopal church. John Clark, Dr. Clark's father, was born May 27, 1765, and married Mary Munson, who was born April 22, 177o. John Clark, father of the John Clark just mentioned, was descended from Scotch ancestors and was born June 17, 1727. He married Mabel Lyons, who was born June 28, 1732. Dr. Jeremiah Clark married Jane C. Morris, October 4, 1826. His second wife was Julianna Fox, whom he married September 30, 1833. Miss Fox was a native of Hardy county, Virginia, now West Virginia and was born July 29, 1805. She was a lady of education and culture and proved a worthy helpmeet to her husband in his career as a physician and pioneer farmer. They had nine children, namely : Ann Eliza was born June 18,1834, and died the same year ; Mary M., born August 1o, 1835, married John C. Platter, of Hamilton township; Thomas M., the immediate subject of this sketch, was born March 9, 1837; John D., born December 27, 1838, died June 26, 1842 ; William F., born August 26, 1840, lives in Hamilton township; Henry G., born October 8, 1842, died August 28, 1889; Herman, born September 27, 1844, was a federal soldier in the Civil war and died February 26, 1865; John F., born December 16, 1846, served in the war of the Rebellion in the Sixtieth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and died January 25, 1891; and Sarah Ann, born February 16, 1849, is the widow of F. B. Herr, and lives at Columbus, Ohio. Thomas M. Clark is the oldest son and third child of Dr. Jeremiah and Julianna (Fox) Clark, and was born in Hamilton township, where he received his primary education at district schools taught in a log schoolhouse and in a select school at Groveport. After that he was a student for about two years at the Ohio Wesleyan University, at Delaware, Ohio. In 1861 he located on a farm in Hamilton township, which he has since owned and is engaged quite extensively in farming. and stock-raising, keeping many horses and cattle. The farm, which consists of two hundred and forty acres, is one of the valuable places of the township. He is also a stockholder and director of the Market Exchange Bank, of Columbus. On the 11th of December, 1860, Mr. Clark married Sarah Franck, who died September 16, 1867, after having borne him two children. The daughter, Ivea D., married F. B. Peters, of Pickaway county, Ohio, and has three sons, Carl T., Curtis A. and Paul E. The son, Edwin F., was graduated in medicine from the Starling Medical College in 1891 and died in 1894, CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY - 439 after having practiced his profession for three years at Columbus, Ohio. October 24, 1877, Mr. Clark married his present wife, who was Miss Ellen Hickman, a native of Hamilton township, Franklin county, Ohio. Politically Mr. Clark has been a lifelong Republican. He cast his first presidental vote for Abraham Lincoln in 186o and has voted for every Republican presidential nominee and for every Republican governor of Ohio since that time. He has served one term as trustee of his township and he has been eighteen times elected to the office of township treasurer, in recognition of his high standing as a citizen and of his known fitness for that responsible office. He has been a member of the Masonic order since 1866, when he was received as an Entered Apprentice, passed the Fellow Craft degree and was raised to the sublime degree of Master Mason. He is a thirtyseond-degree Scottish Rite Mason, and a member of Mt. Vernon Commandery, York Rite, of Columbus, Ohio. JACOB J. HAMMOND. Jacob J. Hammond, one of the old and experienced conductors of the Pennsylvania road, who is a general favorite with the patrons of the line, resudes at No. 443 Mount Vernon avenue, in Columbus. He was born September 27, 1851, in Washington county, Pennsylvania, and his father, William Hammond, was a native of the same locality, his birth there occurring on the 29th of October, 1829. The family is of Scotch-Irish descent and was early founded in the Keystone state. The grandparents of our subject were both natives of Washington county, and the grandfather died in 1866, while his wife, surviving him about twelve years, passed away in 1878. In the fall of 1864 William H. Hammond removed with his family to West Virginia, locating in Hancock county, where he lived many years, but now resides in Steubenville, Ohio. His wife was born in Washington county, Pennsylania, and died in West Virginia in 1872. Their children are: Tallman, who was born in 1867 and is cashier in the freight department of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company at Columbus; James M., who was born in 1856, has been principal of the public schools in Wheeling, West Virrginia, for seventeen. years, and is known as an eminent educator; and Samuel, who was born July 4, 1861, and is an engineer on the Pennsylvania Railroad. In the year 1872 Jacob J. Hammond began his railroad career as a brakeman on a freight train on the Pennsylvania line. After twenty-two months' service he was promoted to the position of freight conductor and six years later he was made passenger conductor. He began his run as a passenger conductor in 188o between Steubenville, Ohio, and Wheeling, West Virginia, and daily made the journey over that route for four years. Since that time he has been continuously on the route between Pittsburg and Columbus, and has always been found at his post of duty, being a most trusted and faithful employe of the road. 440 - CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY. On the 18th of May, 1871, in West Virginia, Mr. Hammond was united in marriage to Miss Mary Ralston. Her father, Joseph Ralston, died September 13, 1880. Her mother, Mrs. Hannah Ralston, died December 24, 1863. Both were natives of Washington county, Pennsylvania. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Hammond have been born the following named : Bessie, who is a graduate of the Ohio State University, has been teaching in the public schools of Columbus; she was married, June 19, 1901, to Dr. E. S. McBurney a prominent dentist of Delavan, Wisconsin, where her future home will be; Eva M., a graduate of the high school of Columbus, is stenographer for the Franklin Insurance Company; and Frank G., who was born in 1885, is now a student in the high school. The family are members of the Wesley Chapel Methodist Episcopal church and have been residents of this city for the past seventeen years. Mr. Hammond is a stanch Republican in his political views. Socially he belongs to Ohio Lodge, No. 1, F. & A. M., of Wheeling, West Virginia. Many of the men who are now serving as conductors on the Pennsylvania road have served as brakemen under him. His long continualion in the employ of the one company indicates his fidelity to duty and his capable service. LORENZO D. MYERS. In this age of extensive enterprise and marked intellectual energy, the prominent and successful men are those whose ability, persistence and courage lead them into large undertakings and to assume the responsibilities and labors of leaders in their respective vocations. Success is methodical and consecutive, and however much we may indulge in fantastic theorizing as to its elements and causation in any isolated instance, yet in the light of sober investigation we will find it to be but the result of the determined application of one's abilities and powers along the rigidly defined lines of labor America owes much of her progress and advancement to a position foremost among the nations of the world to her newspapers, and in this line of advancement Captain Lorenzo Doty Myers was an important factor in his section of Ohio. He was long connected with the journalistic interests of the state and did much to promote the welfare, progress and upbuilding of the commonwealth through the columns of his paper as an advocate of measures for the general good. Captain Myers was born in Mifflin, Juniata county, Pennsylvania, June 7, 1838, and when a lad of ten years accompanied his parents on their removal to Ashland, Ohio. Soon afterward the family took up their abode in Mansfield, and in the latter part of the '50s Captain Myers went to Pittsburg, there to become identified with newspaper work, accepting a position on the Pittsburg Post, where he remained until 1859. He then returned to Mansfield, and in partnership with his brother began the publication of the Mansfield Herald, with which he was associated until 1861. He had been a close student of the questions, issues and political differences leading CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY - 441 up to the Civil war, and when the country became involved in the sanguinary, struggle, on the one side for the destruction, on the other for the protection of the Union, he joined the Sixty-fourth Ohio Regiment of Volunteers, which was a portion of the famous Sherman Brigade, recruited near Mansfield. In January, 1862, he was assigned to General T. J. Wood's division, and for distinguished service was recommended by that officer to the ward department for promotion to a captaincy, and the honor was conferred upon him by President Lincoln, and at General Wood's request he was assigned to his staff and served as assistant quartermaster until 1864, when business interests at home compelled him to resign. He participated in some of the most hotly contested battles of the war, and in 1870 was recommended for brevet rank by his former general, but unfortunately when recommendation reached the war department the time in which brevet rank, could be legally conferred had expired. In 1866 Captain Myers came to Columbus, and, as a partner, joined the firm of Nevins & Myers, controlling the state printing and publishing business. For a time they also published the old Statesman, from which paper eventually sprang the Press Post. In 1876 Captain Myers purchased a half interest in the Columbus Dispatch, which he edited for six years. He was also a recognized leader in public affairs, was honored with several positions of public trust and labored untiringly and effectively. in support of measures which he believed would contribute to the public good. For four years he was a member of the board of education of Columbus, and from 1876 until 1886 was a trustee of Dennison University, at Granville, Ohio. In 1879 he was a nominee for the state legislature as representative for Franklin county, and in 1882 was appointed postmaster of Columbus by President Arthur. It was during his tenure of office that the present government building was erected in this city, and Captain Myers was disbursing agent of all the funds spent in the erection of the building. In March, 1865, the Captain was united in marriage to Miss Harriet A. Simmons, of Mansfield, and unto them Were born seven children, and two sons and a daughter, with the widow, still survive. The elder son is Joseph S. Myers, managing editor of the Pittsburg Post, and the younger, Lurence D. is now a student in the high school. The daughter, Annie M., is the wife of William A. Sellers, of Pittsburg. Captain Myers was a member of McCoy Post, G. A. R., and of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion. He also belonged to the Royal Arcanum and had attained the thirty-second degree of Masonry. He was closely identified with the First Baptist church from the time of his arrival in this city until his death, which occurred on the 12th of January, 1901, and he filled the important positions of superintendent of the Sunday-school and descon of the church, also serving for many years on the general board of trustees for the state convention. His labors were of value in church work, where he will be greatly missed, for his wise counsel and means were given freely. He was kind-hearted, and although he led a busy life, could 28 442 - CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY. always find time to aid any one in trouble. He was exceedingly charitable and wherever known was respected for his unquestioned fidelity to duty and to principle. ANDREW C. BIGGS. Professor A. C. Biggs, whose reputation extends widely through the country in connection with the occult sciences, is a son of William and Martha Biggs. He was born on the old family homestead,—Union Grove, Gambier, Knox county, Ohio, October 4, 1876. Love Of books and industrious habits were rich legacies from his parents, as both were fond of reading and investigation. The father's mental trend was and still is in the direction of scientific research, and hence he has given much time to the perusal of lines of reading treating of the sciences, and while he has not enjoyed the advantages of a collegiate education yet by a systematic course of general reading, study and investigation pursued he is well informed along the lines of his favorite study. One of the chief delights of Professor Biggs. when he was a small boy was to go with his father in the evening out under the open sky and have his father tell him about the stars, point out this and that one that was most attractive to his childish fancy and then to hear tales concerning the bright stellar luminaries. He delighted, too, in going with his father into the fields and finding a stone of queer shape and color from which his father would chip pieces and explain their geological form and features. Thus, these things, little in themselves; served to stimulate the boy's mind and to lay the foundation for those habits of speculative thought that have characterized Professor Biggs in later years, and !served. him so well in the domain of philosophic and scientific research. His parents were quick to discern its mental trend. and determined that he should have the advantages of a college education. He was accordingly allowed to study at the colleges he chose and he acquired knowledge in various Collegiate institutions of Ohio, making choice from the curriculum of each, of those branches which were best suited to his favorite lines of investigation. He completed all of the studies comprised in a classical course and then a special course of work in history, psychology and philosophy. It was Professor Biggs' intention to study law, but his research in the field of history, philosophy and science led him to discern that that these presented only the phenomena beyond which to lay the noumena. Hence he entered upon the study of the occult, in which he has had unusual advantages, having pursued his course under the supervision of the best instructors in. Our country. In this his chosen line he has attained a proficiency that at his age is simply remarkable, for at this writing he is but twenty-four years age. In 1895-6-7 he spent much time in traveling through different parts of the country familiarizing himself with the customs of the people and making observation's among the different classes along psychological and sociolog- CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY - 443 ical lines. He has always been a close student of human nature in general and of individual character. in particular and as a result of his observation maintains that a person's first impressions of an individual are always correct the chief difficulty being to thoroughly and correctly analyze the impressions. Professor Biggs has been tendered the professorship of history and cholGgy in various institutions of learning throughout the country, but always preferred to continue his own unique line of work. In the autumn of 1899 Professor Biggs came to Columbus with the ress purpose of founding a school of philosophy. After a little time he iated himself with the Ohio Magnetic Institute and was assigned to the of superintending the instruction of the educational department. He also elected treasurer of the corporation. The institute as then organ-was not satisfactory to Professor Biggs. The students, as he believed, be not made sufficiently familiar with the higher phases of the occultges were made in the management and faculty. Professor Biggs and essor A. S. Davis soon became the owners of the institute and then folid other important changes. The name of the American Occult Acadmey was assumed, the old name being discarded because it was not expressive of line of work adopted by the school. The course of study was greatly extended and as superintendent of the educational department Professor Biggs, ambition is to attain for the academy a standard that will place it at the head of the occult schools of America. The members of the faculty are Professor A. S. Davis, practical denionstrator of the science of healing; A. C, Biggs, professor of practical psychology and suggestive therapeutics; E. F. Anderson, professor of hypnotism, clairvoyance and telepathy; B. F. Martz, attorney at law, legal and professional jurisprudence, ethics and evolution; and R. H. Biggs, M. D., professor of anatomy, physiology and pathology. The institute is incorporated under the laws of Ohio and authorized by the state to establish and maintain a school for the purpose of teaching the science of non-medical healing, including all the branches mentioned and allied mental sciences and such other branches as the board of trustees may deem necessary to the largest practice. of the science. To each branch of the study is assigned a competent instructor, who by a course of lectures and by practical demonstration afford such knowledge as is necessary for the healing of any disease. The course includes a full and complete instruction in the practice of the famous Wieltmer method of magnetic healing. Professor Biggs is intensely practical in all his work and has made useful and practical application of his knowledge. Added t6 his other accomplishments he has become one of the most successful suggestive therapeutists in the land. As such he has many times been called in consultation and at the time of the writing of this article is in Kentucky, over two hundred miles from his home, where he has been called in a special case. While out of the state on such visits he is always kept busy diagnosing and riecting the treatment of all varieties of disease. He has carried forward 444 - CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY. his investigation along original lines and has gleaned from the fields of knowledge many truths and discoveries that are. of practical benefit as well as of interest to humanity. Man is more and more learning to unerstand himself and his powers and to take cognizance of the working of mind, and as a leader in; new fields of thought Professor Biggs has attained a reputation scarcely equaled by any one of his years throughout the entire country. MRS. HELENA (PARK) HUDDLESON. Mrs. Helena (Park) Huddleson is now residing in Mifflin township and was reared upon a farm within its borders, born December 3, 1849. Her father, James Park, was a native of Brockport, New York. During his boyhood he accompanied his parents on their removal to Ohio, the family being early settlers of the county. Their first home was a log cabin, which was built in the midst of an almost unbroken forest. The father of our subject engaged in the operation of a sawmill in an early day and manufactured most of the lumber used in the construction of many of the buuildings of the capital city. He was well known in Columbus and throughout this portion of the state as a prominent business man and a citizen of sterling worth. He built what is known as the. Sunbury pike and did much toward the development of the county along substantial lines of improvement and was a useful and esteemed citizen. In politics he was a stanch Republican and in religious views was a Universalist. He died at the ripe old age of eighty-seven years, respected by all who knew him. His wife bore the maiden name of Margaret Agler and was one of the early settlers of Franklin county, her people coming to this section of the state when the homes of the pioneers were built of logs and when the work of progress had scarcely begun. The old Agler homestead that was built by her father when she was but a child is still standing and in good condition. She lived to be eighty years of age and is now survived by five of her six children, namely: Horace, Harlow, Horton, Helena and Helen. One child died in infancy. Mrs. Huddleson's brothers were all soldiers during the Civil war. Horace was a colonel in the Forty-third Ohio Volunteer Infantry; Harlow was a lieutenant in a company of the Eighty-eighth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; and Horton was also an officer, serving as captain in an Ohio regiment. Mrs. Huddleson was the fourth in order of birth and the eldest daughter. She was reared upon the farm where she now lives and in the district schools of the neighborhood acquired her early education, which was supplemented by study in Central College. She afterward engaged in teaching for two years, and in 1871 she gave her hand in marriage to Jasper Huddleson, who was born near Harrisburg, Ohio. and was left an orphan at an early age. He served as a soldier in the Civil war, being a member of the Tenth Ohio Cavalry. He enlisted twice and was at the front throughout the greater part of the struggle which established the supremacy of the Union. CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY - 445 Disease contracted in the service terminated his life in May, 1878. He was ever as true and loyal to the duties of citizenship as when he followed the starry banner through the south. He had many excellent qualities, and he left to his family the priceless heritage of an untarnished name. Mr. and Mrs. Huddleson were the parents of three children: Ada, now the wife of Clyde Shull; Robert, a jeweler by trade, living in Columbus; and Mrs. Maggie Achey, wh has a little son, Walter. Mrs. Huddleson now has a farm of forty-five acres, which is operated under her personal supervision. She is a lady of excellent business qualifications, and her many good qualities win for her the regard and esteeimof all with whom she comes in contact. SAMUEL MAIZE. Among the residents of Franklin county who for many years have been connected with agricultural interests and have thus in a large measure contributed toward the present prosperity and progress of this portion of the state, was numbered Samuel Maize, who is now deceased. He was a native of county Tyrone, Ireland, born September 26, 1828, and in his life he manifested many of the sterling characteristics of the Irish race. He was reared in his native land until seventeen years of age, when he came with his family to America, a settlement first being made in Delaware county, Ohio. Soon afterward, however, he took up his abode in Clinton ,township, Franklin county, and was here united in marriage to Miss Lavina Goodwin. They afterward removed to Iowa, taking up their abode in Mahaska county, where Mr. Maize purchased land and resided for five years. On the expiration of that period he returned to Ohio, purchasing one hundred and fifty acres of land in Clinton county, which was partially improved. Upon that farm the residue of his days were passed and he became one of the successful agriculturists of the community, being energetic, determined and reliable.. He enjoyed the confidence of all who knew him, his life being in harmony with the highest moral and religious teachings. He herd membership in the Episcopal church, attending religious services in Worthington church. In hie political views he was a Democrat and took an active interest in public affairs. He was small of stature, yet rugged and wiry, and be bore with much fortitude the inroads made upon his constitution by the long years of labor. Indolence and idleness were utterly foreign to his nature, and his diligence, enabled him to win a commanding position among the substantial agriculturiists of the county. A friend thus spoke of him : "There is no need to apologize for Samuel Maize. He was an upright man, and those who quarreled with him were wrong, for he lived by 'the law of justice. He cast no ancho on the shifting sands, but kept his feet upon the rock of ages. He kept the faith of man and God up.to the last day. He met the destiny which awaits us all on earth, conforming to nature's law. Among his last words were: `Farewell, all! Content to have had my fleeting day, I now fall 446 - CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY. asleep without a murmur and a sigh.' " Mt. Maize was always a warm friend of the cause of education and gave his children excellent advantages in that line and was instrumental in forming the school district in which he lived. The children all attended the funeral in a body. The last rites were participated in by many friends and neighbors,. a very large concourse of people assembling to pay the final tribute of respect to one whom they had known and honored. There were many beautiful floral offerings, among them being a floral pillow, on which was the word "father," given by his children; a sheaf of wheat with a sickle, the gift of the widowed wife; a wreath by Mrs. George Eeber, and a wreath by the employes of an establish ment. His remains were laid to rest in Greenlawn cemetery, and thus was ended the life work of one who made the world better for his having lived. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Maize were born five children, four of whom yet survive, namely : William M., Samuel F., Oren D. and Medora I., the last named now the wife of Herman Weber, of Clinton township. One daughter, Mary Adell, died June I, 1901, at the age of twenty-five years, six months. and six days. Mrs. Maize, who was born in Fairfield county, Ohio, in 1828, still resides on the old homestead and is a well preserved old lady both mentally and physically. She shared with her husband in his life work, and her example has ever been a source of inspiration to her children and is well worthy of emulation. It will be interesting in this connection to note something of the family history of Mrs. Maize. Her father, David Goodwin, was one of the early. settlers of Franklin county and aided in laying broad and deep the foundation for its present prosperity and progress. He was born in Augusta county, Virginia, in 1793, and was there reared and married, being joined in wedlock with Elizabeth Kraford, who was also a native of the Old Dominion, born in 1798. Hoping to improve their financial condition in the new state o Ohio, they journeyed to Fairfield county, casting in their lot with its pioneer settlers and remaining residents of that locality until .1834, when they removed to Columbus, remaining in the city for a year or two. Subsequently the took up their abode in Mifflin township, where Mr. Goodwin purchased unimproved farm in the midst of the woods. The trees were uncut and to work of improvement had not yet been begun. In the midst of the forest he erected a small cabin and installed his wife and children in their new home. He then began the arduous task of clearing away the trees and placing the fields in a condition for cultivation. As the years passed' acre after acre was cleared and placed under the plow, and in return for his labor he reaped golden harvests, which brought to him a good income. Upon the farm he spent his remaining days. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Goodwin were born nine children, namely: Levi, deceased Margaret ; Joseph; Lavina; Mrs. Samuel Maize; Zaney, now Mrs. Agler ; Mrs. Elizabeth Agler ; Mrs. Mary Jane Agler ; Oren, who resides in Mifflin township; and one who died in early life. Mr. Goodwin. the father of this family, departed this life on the old homestead farm in Mifflin town- CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY - 447 ship. December 3, 1856, while his wife was called to her final rest on the 28th of July, 1873. Both were consistent members of the Lutheran church, their lives being in harmony with their professions. Mr. Goodwin was a valued and enterprising citizen, served in several township offices and was always willing to do what he could for general progress and improvement. Such men form the strength of their communities, and in the county where he resided he was widely and favorably known, proving an important factor in its early development. RICHARD JAMES. Richard James was born in Circleville, Pickaway. county, Ohio, December, 6, 1867, a son of Benjamin and Margaret James. His father was a native of England and died in the year 1880, but the mother is still living and akes her home in Columbus. In addition to our subject there were two other sons in the family, Frank and Charles, both of whom are residents of the capital city. Mr. James, of this review, spent his entire life in the Buckeye state. No event of special importance occurred to vary the routine of his daily life in youth. He attended the common schools and enjoyed the sports in which boysof the period usually indulged. He was nineteen years of age when he entered the railroad service in 1886, as brakeman on the Valley Road, remaining in the employ of that corporation for a year. He was afterward. with the Miami Railroad in the same capacity for a year and a half, after which he accepted a position on the Cleveland, Akron & Columbus Railroad: In 1894 he was promoted to conductor and has been in continuous service in that way since that time. He is one of the company's most efficient and; popular conductors who does not consider it an imposition to do an obliging act. He is most faithful to the interests of the company and does all in his power for the comfort of its patrons, and has therefore made many friends among those who continually travel over the line. He belongs to Hollingswoth Division, No. 11, of the Order of Railway Conductors, of Columbus. In May, 1899, Mr. James was united in. marriage to Miss Lela Harmon, of Columbus, a daughter of John and Alice Harmon, both of whom are living in the capital city. Her brothers and sisters are: Harry, Frank, Edward, Ada and Clara, all still under the parental roof.. Mr. and Mrs. James now reside at their pleasant home at No. 625 Buckingham street, and in the city where they have long resided they are both widely and favorably. WILLIAM HORTON BLAKE. The oldest resident physician in any community is usually honored as a physician and as a citizen, and if, as in the instance of Dr. William Horton Blake, the period of his practice covers a third of a century, he is doubly hon- 448 - CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY. ored, for any physician who ministers to the same families, sons and sires and mothers and daughters, for so long a time is not only a worthy proactioner but a worthy friend and has many times proven his right to be so regarded. Dr. William Horton Blake was born at Hibbardsville, Athens county, Ohio, February 23, 1846, a son of Samuel B. and Polly C. (Camp) Blake. Samuel B. Blake was born in Alexander township, Athens county, Ohio, in 1818, where he is now living the tranquil life of a retired farmer who has reason to look back with approbation on his active life and its achievements. He is a member of the Baptist church and has been a man of influence in his township and county, in which he has lived, child, youth and man, for eighty-three years. His father, Samuel L. Blake, grandfather of Dr. Blake was a native of Connecticut and emigrated to Ohio in 1817 and settled in Athens. county, where he died at the age of eighty-two years and has passed into local history as a pioneer who richly deserved the honor of his fellow citizens. Polly C. Camp, who married Samuel B. Blake and became the mother of Dr. Blake, was born in Alexander township, Athens county, Ohio, in 1825, and was there reared and educated and there she was married and is living to this day. John Camp, her father, was one of the earliest settlers in Athens county—one of those venturesome and thrifty Connecticut Yankees who made the forests of Ohio a great garden of the middle west. Samuel B. and Polly C. (Camp) Blake were the parents of four sons and two daughters, all of whom are living and of whom Dr. William Harton Blake was the first born. The others are Dr. Henry C. Blake, of Lockbourne, Franklin county, Ohio ; Hattie, who is the wife of Clark A. Potter of Dallas, Texas; Mary E., who married Charles F. Fedrow, of Middleport, Ohio ; John C., of Albany, Ohio; and Dr. Charles F. Blake, a professor in the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. William Horton Blake was reared as a farmer boy and his primary education was obtained in a somewhat primitive country school near his home. Later he was a student at Atwood Institute, Albany, Ohio, and then he entered Starling Medical College, at Columbus, Ohio, and was graduated from that institution in 1870 and that year located at Shadeville, Franklin county, Ohio, where he has practiced his profession continuously to the present time. He is a member of the Central Ohio Medical Society and of the Ohio State Medical Society, and is referred to in terms of praise by his brother physicians. Dr. Blake, before he was eighteen years old, enlisted to serve the federal cause in the war of the Rebellion, and has two honorable discharges from the government service. He began his experience as a soldier as a member of the Fourth Independent Battalion, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, with which he served six months. Upon the organization of the One Hundred and Eighty-first Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, he became a member of that organization and participated in all its service until the close of the war. In politics he is a Republican, but while active in the work of his party he is CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY - 449 not it ordinary sense a practical politician and has no ambition for political preferment. He was made a Master Mason more than thirty years ago and has advanced in the order until he is greeted as a Sublime Prince of the Royal Secrety Ineffable degrees of the Scottish Rite. He was married, in November, 1873, to Ellen Williams, who was born in 1855 in Hamilton township, Franklin county, Ohio, a daughter of David Williams, an early settker bear Lockbourne, where Mrs. Blake was reared. Mr. Williams married Charlotte Dulen and both have passed away. Mrs. Blake is one of four of their children now living. William Horton and Ellen (Williams) Blake are the parents of three children. Ola, the eldest, married Orin Huffman, a well known farmer at Shadeville and they have a daughter, Helen L. Samuel D. married Eva McCord, of Jackson township, a daughter of one of the prominent farmers of that part of the county, and they have a son named William F. Horton R., the youngest of the three, now eleven years old, is in school. Dr. Blake is not only the oldest medical practitioner in his township, but one of the oldest in the county in view of continuous practice within the country limits and he is held in high esteem as a physician and also as a United citizen, who may always be safely depended upon to serve and promote the interests of his fellow townsmen to the extent of his ability, and his services as a soldier, who risked his life in the cause and defense of the Union, are not forgotten when he is referred to by his admiring neighbors. He is in the best sense of the term a self-made man. JOHN BAPTIST EIS. John Baptist Eis, the rector of the church of the Sacred Heart, of Columbus. Ohio, was born in the province of the Rhine, Germany, October 10, 1845. His early youth was spent in his native place, where he attended school, later entering the gymnasium, in Germany, from which institution he went to France, where he entered the seminary at Blois, remaining until graduation. Still ambitious, Father Eis then entered the University of Muenster, in Westphalia, and then became the teacher of his Highness, Alexander of Solns-Braunsfels. This position he held until he entered the army, four years later. He was commissioned a. chaplain in the French and German war, in charge of sixty-eight hundred men, participated in the battle of Sedand and served for a period of six months. Father Eis at this time returned to the classic shades of the college, at Blois, France, where he remained one year, filling the chair of history. In 1872 he came to the United States, joining friends in New York city, where he remained a few days, and then came to Columbus, Ohio, to accept the position of assistant under the Very Rev. Father Hemsteger, of the Holy Cross church. So acceptable was the ministry of Father Eis that later he was called to serve as secretary for Bishop Rosecrans, and later was appointed pastor of the church of the Sacred Heart, which responsible posi-