800 - CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY. Franklin county, Ohio, on which he now lives, August 17, 1864 and was educated in the district school and at Hilliard high school and early initiated into everything pertaining to practical farming. After the death of his father, in the winter of 1893-94; David Deems and Charley Smiley took charge of the homestead farm and have managed it successfully, to the present time. June 24, 1891, Mr. Smiley married Miss Lily A. Binns, of Franklin township, who died November 21, 1894, leaving a son, David Binns Smiley, who is now eight years old. Charles Smiley was married: to Laura Binns, of Topeka, Kansas who died in November, 1897, leaving two children,—Ruth and Ray. Thomas Deems, the grandfather of David Deems Smiley in the maternal line, was a, son of John Deems, a native of Pennsylvania, who married Sarah Roland and had children as follows : John, who settled in Illinois Elizabeth, who married David Landers; and located in Indiana, where her husband died and she married again, dying young near Zanesville, Ohio: leaving three small children; Thomas, grandfather of David Deems Smiley: Thomas Deems was born in Pennsylvania and when he was twelve years old he was taken by his parents to Gratiot, Licking county, Ohio, where he learned the blacksmith's trade. He married Mary Sims, a native of Licking county and daughter of Simeon Sims, and about 1840 removed with his wife and family to Franklin county, Ohio, and bought a farm in Franklin, which, was his home until his death, which occurred January 4, 1880. His wife died November 1o, 1869. The following items of interest concerning their children have been taken from family records of Melissa, born June 26, 1829, married James Kennard and died in Franklin county, Ohio; Gilbert C., born December 1, 1830, married Ann Segraves and died in Franklin county. Jerusha, born October 10, 1832, married C. W, Wagner and died at Columbus, Ohio. Stephen F. born March 23, 1834, married Eliza Payten. Sarah, who was born June 3o, 1836, married David Smiley, father of David Deems Smiley. Lavinia, born June 13, 1838, died in infancy. HENRY RICHTER. Henry Richter, who is identified with the building interests of Columbus and is well known as a reliable and trustworthy business man, was born in Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany, March 6, 1853, his parents being Charles and Dorothy (Geissler) Richter, both of whom are natives of Germany, born in the same locality. In 1854 they came with their children to the United States, landing in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where they remained for seven years. Then; in 1860, they came to Ohio, settling at Grove City, Franklin county, which was their place of abode until 1868. In that year Mr. Richter moved to a farm five miles east of Columbus and devoted his energies to agricultural pursuits until October 17, 1900, when he retired from active labor, but still resides on the farm. During his active business career he became a prosperous farmer, acquiring a comfortable competence as the result of his CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY - 801 well directed efforts. His political suppOrt is given the Republican party, but he never held office. His wife died' September 17, 1875. They had eight sons and four daughters, ten of whom reached years of maturity, While six of the sons are still living. Their father was a member of Company F, One hundred and Eighty-fifth Regiment of Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served a year,—until the close of the great rebellion. Henry Richter; who is the subject proper of this sketch, attended the common schools of Grove City, Ohio, and at the age of fourteen put aside his text-books to learn the more difficult lessons of fife's experience. He was apprenticed to Mr. Keck, a carpenter, with whom he continued to work at his trade until 1874, when he began taking contracts and building. He has made and executed many important contracts, and many of the fine structures of the city are an indication of his skill and handiwork. He erected a greater part of the M. C. Lilly Regalia Works, the residences of John Siebert and William Bab, and many Other fine structures in Columbus. He was the superintendent of construction on the Great Southern: Hotel, and has done good work of a similar nature in many other Sections of the city. He employs a large force of workmen, faithfully executes all the terms of his contracts and is enjoying a very liberal patronage. He is a director of the Columbus Savings & Trust Company, also a director of and stockholder in, the Ohio National Bank. He has been a moving spirit in the successful conduct of many enterprises which have been of material benefit to the city, while contributing to his own prosperity. He is a member of the 1890 Decennial Board of Equalization for the city of Columbus. In 1875 he was united in marriage to Miss Mary A. Trapp, a daughter of Reinhard and Catherine (Burgraff) Trapp. They now have two children,—Walter and Harry. Mr. Richter is a very prominent. Mason, belonging to the blue lodge, chapter and has attained the thirty-second degree. He is also a valued representative of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, in which he has been the treasurer of the board of trustees of their temple for the past four years. He is a past grand of Harmonia Lodge,' No. 358, of this order, also a past patiarch of Encampment No. 96, and a past chancellor of Germania Lodge, No 4, K. of P. ASBURY SCOFIELD. Norwich township, Franklin; county, Ohio, numbers in its population several old and well esteemed citizens, but there is not one of them who stands higher in public opinion than the man whose name forms the title of this sketch. Elijah Scofield, grandfather of Asbury 'Scofield, was a native of Maryland. He married Miss. Rosa Kuntz, of German extraction, early in the nineteenth century, and some years afterward came with his wife and family 802 - CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY of three girls and seven boys, to Muskingum county, Ohio, where he engaged in farming, was well known as a Dunkard preacher and died about 1834. His wife died about three or four years later. They had children as follows: Benjamin, who died in Franklin county, Ohio ; Amos, who died in Ross county, Ohio; Elijah, who also died in Ross county ; Jesse, who died in Franklin county, Ohio; Daniel, who died in Fairfield county, Ohio; Henry, who went to the far west; Dorcas, who married and went west; Rhoda, who became Mrs. Ingersoll; and Polly, who married a brother of Rhoda's husband, both sisters dying in the west; and Elias, the first born, who was the father of Asbury Scofield. These brothers and sisters were all born in Maryland and Elias was a mere boy when his parents moved to Muskingum county, Ohio, where, he grew to manhood and learned the wagon-maker's trade. He married Rebecca Kauffman daughter of William Kauffman, of Muskingum county, and for some years lived on a farm there and worked at his trade. He came to Norwich township, Franklin county, Ohio, about 1836, and bought up hundred acres of land, a mile south of Hilliard, which was in the midst of a wilderness, infested by wild animals and abounding in wild game. Elias Scofield entered vigorously upon the work of clearing land and developing farm and gave his attention to the physical ailments of the settlers round about, for he became a physician of the Thompsonian school and rode many miles in all directions ministering to suffering humanity. He was brought up in the Dunkard faith and eventually became a member of the Christian church. In politics he was a Whig. Late in life he retired to Columbus, where he died about 1862. His wife died about five years later. Their oldest child was Milton, who served through the entire, period of the Civil war in the Ninety-fifth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and died at Columbus. Asbury Scofield was the next in order of birth. John died in Franklin county. William, who died in Franklin Co., also, was the fatherof Nathan A. Scofield, a biographical sketch of whom appears in this work. Keziah married Orne Edwin Warren and lives at Memphis, Missouri. Martha died in Franklin county, unmarried. Elias is a successful. lawyer at Memphis, Missouri, David served in the Ninety-fifth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and died in Missouri. Ada I. died at the age of sixteen. Asbury Scofield was born in Muskingum county, Ohio, June 12, 1827, and was about ten years old when his parents removed to Franklin county, Ohio. He was brought up as a farmer's boy of all work and went to school when he was not needed at home. Schoolhouses were not plentiful in Ohio in those days and such as there were were log structures of the most primitive kind, with stick chimneys, slab benches and paper windows and the schools were not much better than the houses in which they were kept, but they served their purpose in their time after a fashion and opened a way to better things educationally. While Mr. Scofield's youth was not an unhappy one, it was far from being an idle one. He early became a good chopper and was an enthusiastic hunter. He worked early and late on the farm and, at times, almost literally day and night in his father's sawmill. After his marriage he located CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY - 803 on the old home farm and worked twelve acres of land Which his father gave him and rented and operated the sawmill. Later he bought sixty-two acres more and continued the work of improvement until he went to Hardin county; Ohio, and there bought fifty acres of land on which he lived nearly two years and which he sold in order to return to Norwich township, where he soon after bought another fifty acres. Subsequently .he bought his present farm of one hundred and fifty-five acres. His last experience as a lumberman was in Hardin county where he ran a sawmill in connection with his farming operations. After his return to Franklin county, he gave his attention exclusively to farming in which he has met with flattering success. He married Lucy Jane Scrimger, of Norwich .township, a daughter of William and Mary Scrimger, who died in 1886, having borne him children as follows : Lorenzo F. is a successful physician at West Jefferson, Madison county, Ohio. John F. and Chauncey A. are satisfactorily established in life at Columbus, Ohio. Laura became the wife of James. Merriman, and died in Norwich township. Lydia died at the age of five years. Mr. Scofield is a trustee in the Methodist Episcopal church at Hilliard, of which he has been a member since 1872. He is an unswerving Republican and wields and influence in  towship always beneficial to his party, but has always refused to accept any public office though many have been offered He is a good example of a self-made American, sturdy, independent and successful, the soul of honor, and safe in the esteem. of his fellow citizens. GEORGE W. INGHAM. The subject of this review, who was one of the most successful farmers and highly esteemed citizens of Clinton township for many years, was born there in 1816, a son of Abraham and Sarah Ingham, natives of New York state, who came to this county at a very early day in its development: On the old homestead our subject grew to manhood, and the education he acquired in the common schools of the neighborhood well fitted him for the responsible duties of life. Farming was his chosen occupation, though he also carried on contracting and building to quite an extent, and in his undertakings steadily prospered, accumulating a good property, though he started out in life for himself empty-handed. He was one of the leading and representative citizens of his community and was called upon to fill various local offices, the duties of which he most acceptably discharged. He was captain of a company in the old state militia, and during the Civil war raised a company which he drilled, but did not himself enter the service. From early life he was a member of the Episcopal church, and in politics was an uncpmoromising Republican who took an active and influential part in local affairs. He died May 8, 1894, honored and respected by all who knew him. On the 7th of May, 1850, Mr. Ingham had married Miss Nancy D. Ingham, a most estimable lady, who still survives him, and to them were 804 - CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY. born four children, as follows : Thomas A., who. married Mary F. Imley; Sarah A., the wife of John R. McDonald, of this county; Mary K, who died at the age of four years, nine months and nine days ; and Ida R., the wife of William Hard, of this county. Elijah Legg, the grandfather of Mrs. Ingham, was a native of Virginia, where he married Tabitha Holly, and where were born to them seven children, namely : Thomas; John; James; Elizabeth, wife of Levi Wiley; Lucy, wife of Thomas O'Hara; Mary, wife of James Walcott; and Susan, wife of Robert Walcott, In 1816 Mr. Legg came to this county with his family, and for a time engaged in farming on rented land in Perry township, where he subsequently purchased a farm, making it his home throughout the remainder of his life. Both he and his wife were among the pioneer members of the Baptist church in this locality, and as there was no house of worship belonging to that denomination in the county when he located here, services were held in school houses and private residences. Mr. Legg was a successful farmer and was highly respected for his many excellent qualities. He died in 1852, and his wife in 1845. Thoms Legg, Mrs. Ingham's father, was twenty-one years of age on he removal of the family from the Old Dominion to this state in 1816. He first settled in Ross county, where he was married to Miss Amelia Lane, also a native of Virginia, who was nine years old when brought by her parents, John and Nancy (Defoe) Lane, to Ohio, their last days being passed in Ross county, where Mr. Lane purchased property. After his marriage, Mr. Legg continued his residence in that county until 1828, when with his wife and five children he removed to Franklin Co., and bought one hundred acres of heavily wooded land in Perry township, paying for the same four dollars per acre. Here he erected a log cabin, which contained the proverbial fire place with stick chimney. Upon this land he made a permanent home, while he clear, away the forest, erected good and substantial buildings and otherwise proved the place, converting it into one.of the best farms of the locality. In his labors he met with excellent success, and accumulated considerable proprty. His children born in Ross county were Nancy D., Elizabeth Holly, John F., Lucinda and Elias, and in this county the family circle was increased by the birth of six others, namely : Martha, Thomas, Susan, Lewis, Amelia and Minerva. Only four are now living : Nancy D., John F., Lewis and Amelia. The mother of these children. died August 15, 1852, at the age of fifty-three years. From the age of thirteen years she was a devout and consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal church, who seemed possessed of all the Christian virtues, and was greatly beloved for her excellent qualities of mind and heart. For his second wife Mr. Legg married Mrs. Hannah Weatherbee, who survives him. His death occurred September 28, 1887. Politically he was a Democrat, and in the war of 1812 he served in a Virginia troop, later receiving a pension in recognition. of his services. He was a good citizen, friend and neighbor, and was held in high regard by all with whom he came in contact either in business or social life. CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY - 805 STEPHEN TOWNSEND, M. D. Success is determined by one's ability to recognize opportunity, and to pursue this with a resolute and unflagging energy. It results from continued labor, and the man who ;thus accomplishes his purpose usually becomes an important factor in the business circles of the community with which he is connected. Dr. Townsend, through such means, has attained a leading place among the representative men of Hilliard, where, he is now successfully con:ducting a drug store, and as a physician is engaged in office practice. The Townsend family was founded in America by his great-grandfather, native of England: The grandfather, Stephen Townsend, was a life-long resident of Belmont county, Ohio, and a farmer by occupation. He married a Miss Bingham. Levi Kennard Townsend, the Doctor's father, was born near Jerusalem, Belmont county, about 1818, and was reared as a farmer boy, receiving a common school education. In early life he learned the black-smith's trade, which he followed. until 1852, when he embarked in the dry goods business in Washington county, this state. He continued to follow that line of trade in various places until the fall of 1869, when he removed to Muscatine county, Iowa, and turned his attention to farming. He had married Abigail Stanton, a native of Belmont county, Ohio, and a daughter of William and Margaret (Leslie) Stanton. She died in Muscatine county, Iowa, in 1870, and about two years later the father returned to Ohio, and lived with our subject two years, but at the: end of that time he again went to Muscatine county, Iowa, where he married and continued to reside until his death, in 1884. He was a Republican in politics, and in religious faith he and his first wife were Quakers. The children born to them were William S., a physician of Galloway, this county, who is a graduate of the Iowa Medical College; Stephen, our subject; Thomas K., a resident of Lincoln, Nebraska ; Lewis, of Chicago ; Anna, who died at the age of twenty-one years; Clarkson, of Chicago; Charles and Mary, both deceased. Dr. Townsend, of this review, was born in Belmont county, Ohio, on the 13th of September, 1847, and was about two years old when the family removed to Washington county, and was nineteen when they located in Athens county, this state. Until that time his life had been spent upon a farm and education was obtained in the district schools of the neighborhood. From he age of fifteen to nineteen he was employed at times by a merchant to drive a team, and then began learning the carriage builder's trade in Athens county, serving a two years apprenticeship. The following two years he worked as a journeyman, and then opened a shop of his own in Guysville, whore he continued business until the fall of 1880, when he accepted the position of manager for the Singer Sewing Machine: Company, and filled the same for eight years. In the meantime he thok up the study of medicine in Columbus under an able physician, and in 1887 entered Starling Medical College at that place, where he attended lectures three terms. He was. graduated at the Wooster Medical College in the class of 1890, and for a few months had charge of the 806 - CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY practice of Dr. Leeper while that gentleman was away on a vacation. He then came to Hilliard, and in November of the same year opened a drug store, which he conducted in connection with his practice for some time, but during the past year has given up outside practice. He is a wide-awake, energetic business man, whose success in .life is clue entirely to his own well-directed efforts. In November, 1869, Dr. Townsend was married in Guysville to Miss Mary Windsor, who died at Logan, Ohio, in 1880. By that union there were five children, namely : Herbert; who is a member of Company C, Forty-first Regiment, with the army in the Philippines, and holds the position of company artificer; Emma L., widow of Harry Barnett; William Ellsworth, bugler with Grant's scouts on duty in. the Philippines; Carl, a resident of Hilliard, Ohio; and Grace, who died young. The Doctor was again married in 1896, his second union being with Mrs. Alice Roll. He was formerly a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and is now connected with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Knights of Pythias and the Masonic fraternity at Columbus. In his political views he is an ardent Republican, and has served as county committeeman two years. He eminently deserves classification among those purely self-made men who have distinguished themselves for their ability to master the opposing forces of life and to wrest from fate a large measure of success and an honorable name. FREDERICK W. MICHEL. Frederick W. Michel; who was widely known as a leading and representative agriculturist of Franklin county, Ohio, and resided upon his well cultivated farm in Prairie township, was .called from this life in November, 1900, and his death was the cause. of widespread regret, while the community mourned the loss of one of its truest and best citizens. His father, John F. Michel, was a native of Germany, who came with his wife and children to America in 1832. They sailed from Havre, France, and landed in Baltimore, Maryland, six weeks later, where Mr. Michel hired a horse and wagon and had his goods transported to York, Pennsylvania. Soon after he secured. employment in the iron works some ten miles from York, where he labored until he found a better situation in the neighborhood of Wrightsville, where he rented a house and became a farm laborer. Succeeding well, he next bought forty acres and engaged in farming, remaining until the time of his death in 1847. After his death his widow took our subject and his brother George to.Ohio and located in Rome, which was the home of her son, Gottleib :Michel, who had settled in Ohio some time before. There the mother died: in 1872, at the age of eighty-six. She left these children: Gottleib, John, George and our subject. Frederick W. Michel, who is our subject, was, born in Baden, Germany, December 15, 1822, and was ten years old when he came to the United States with his father. His education was received in Pennsylvania, and at the age CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY - 807 of eighteen entered the Slaymayer Iron Works, near Wrightsville, where he remained until the business was discontinued, when he immediately went into the employ of Smalls & Company, as a blacksmith. Later he engaged in work for a Baltimore firm, continuing with that house for six years and then returned to his home near Wrightsville. In 1853 he accompanied his mother and brother George to -Rome, where our subject bought property and engaged in his trade of smith: During Morgan's raid through Ohio cur subject was called out and did service at Camp Chase. While still working in his shop he bought land, adding thereto a few acres at a time until at the time of his death he owned valuable property in Marion county and considerable real estate at Rome, Ohio. The marriage of our subject took place in York, Pennsylvania, in November, 1847, to Miss Leah Lehr, who was born in York November 30, 1826, a daughter of one of the old settlers. Their children were: William who resides in Marion county, Ohio; Frederick, who lives in Madison county, this state; George who died young; Charles who lives in Milford Center, Ohio; Sarah, who married John Renner, and lives in Norwich township ; and John, who resides in Rome. Mr. Michel was a very successful man, but he earned all he possessed by his own efforts. He was long identified with the Democratic party, and the family are connected with the Lutheran church, where they are highly regarded. CHRISTIAN S. HERR. Christian S. Herr, who follows farming on section 26, Hamilton township, was born on section 14 of the same township October 7, 1833. His grandfather was a native of Pennsylvania, and was of German lineage. John Herr, the father of our subject, was a native of Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, and in the year 1833 came to Franklin comity; Ohio, locating in Hamilton township, where he carried on agricultural pursuits until his death, which occurred when he was seventy-four years of age. He was a consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and in his political affiliations was first a Whig and afterward a Republican. Ere leaving the Keystone state he married Ann Stopher, also a native of Pennsylvania, as was her father. The Stopher family was of German origin. Mrs. Herr died at the family homestead in Hamilton township when about forty-four years of age. She became the mother of eleven children, of whom the following reached nature years : Levi, Mary, Elijah; Samuel, Frank, John, Christian S.., Benjamin, Henry and Amanda. Ann died when about seven. years old. Christian S. Herr, the seventh in order of birth, was reared in his native township, and when he had attained an age sufficient to begin his education he became a pupil in the little log school house of the neighborhood, there acquiring a fundamental knowledge of the English branches of learning. The days of his boyhood and youth were spent on the home farm and in the work of fields and garden he bore his part. 808 - CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY. In 1865 he was united in marriage to Susan Stoutzenbarger, who was born in Hamilton township, Franklin county, a daughter of Jacob and Elia Stoutzenbarger; who were early settlers of Franklin county. Mrs. Herr was their fourth child, and is the only one who grew to womanhood, the others having died 'in infancy. Unto our subject and his wife were born three daughters and a son namely : Etta, wife of William Holmes, of Columbus, by whom she has a daughter, Ruth; Irene, wife of Zeb Travis, a resident of Toledo, Ohio, by whom she has one son, Herbert; Jacob S., who is engaged in the grain and elevator business in Columbus; and Cora, who died at the age of one year. After his marriage Mr. Herr located upon a farm on section 4. Hamilton township; and there carried on agricultural pursuits for twenty-four years, devoting his energies to the cultivation of the fields and to dealing in horses. In 1890 he located upon his present farm and erected a fine brick residence at a cost of thirty-five hundred .dollars: It is the best in the township, and the other improvements upon the place are in keeping with the home. In 1897 he engaged in the grain business in Groveport, in partnership with Albert and Ray Herr. They have elevators at Groveport, Reese's and Columbus, and their operations in this line are quite extensive. They purchase and ship grain on a large scale and are meeting with excellent success in this undertaking. Mr. Herr also continues the cultivation of his farm of four hundred and forty acres, lying partly in Hamilton and partly in Madison townships. In 1895, after a long and happy married life of thirty years, Mrs. Herr was called to her final rest, her loss being deeply mourned by her family and friend's. In his political views Mr. Herr is a Republican on questions of national importance, but at local elections votes independently, regarding merely the fitness of the candidate for the discharge of the duties connected with the business affairs of town and county. His own diligence and careful management have brught to him creditable success and he is now accounted one of the substantial citizens of the community. WILLIAM BULEN. William Bulen, deceased, was for many years prominently identified with the agricultural interests of Franklin county, and was one of the most highly esteemed citizens of Truro township. His early home was on the other side of the Atlantic, for he was born in England May 2, 1821, and was eleven years of age on the emigration of his family to Canada. Five years later they came to this county, taking up their residence in Truro township, where the father, William E. Bulen, purchased one hundred acres of land but he was not long permitted to enjoy his new home, however, as he died shortly after locating there. The first home of the family in this county was built of logs. Our subject aided in the arduous task of clearing and improving the farm. His early education, which was rather limited', was all acquired in, CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY - 809 the schools of England and Canada prior to the removal of the family to Ohio. In taking his father's farm he was compelled to pay the other heirs more than the property was worth, but he continued its operation for ten years, and then purchased the farm on which his widow now resides. He was enterprising and persevering, and his well directed efforts were at length crowned with success, so that at his death he left an estate of five hundred and forty-eight acres of valuable and productive land, all improved in the best possible manner. On the 30th of March, 1847, Mr. Bulen wedded Miss Mary A. Thompson, a daughter of McKee Thompson, one of the early settlers of Franklin county, who came here from Kentucky when very young. Here Mrs. Bulen received a common school education, beginning her studies in a primitive log school house with its slab seats and other rude furniture. Of the five children born to our subject and his wife only two are now living : James. McKee, the older, is now a resident of Bozeman, Montana; while Granville Moody is a prominent farmer of Harrison township, this county, where he owns and operates a farm of three hundred and forty acres. In his political views Mr. Bulen was a Republican. He served as judge of elections, and for the long period of forty years most capably filled the office of school director, having always taken an active interest in educational affairs. He was a lifelong member and liberal supporter of the Methodist. Episcopal church, with which his widow has also been connected for sixty years. After a long and useful life of seventy-seven years, he passed away March 10, 1899. He was a man of the highest respectability, and those who were most intimately associated with him speak in unqualified terms of his sterling integrity, his honor in business, and his fidelity to all the duties of public and private life. Mrs. Bulen is an estimable lady of many sterling qualities, and has a large circle of friends in the community where she resides. JOHN W. HOWARD. The descendants of New England pioneers in. Ohio are among the best citizens of the state. The Yankee contingent of that band of pioneers who redeemed Franklin county from the wilderness and made it "to bloom like the rose" had a worthy representative in Eleazar Howard, father of John W. Howard, of Norwich township. Eleazar Howard was a son of Abner Howard, a native of Tarlton township, Windham county, Connecticut, a soldier of the Revolution, who died in the Nutmeg state. Eleazar Howard. was born in Windham county, Connecticut, in the latter part of the eighteenth century and married Matilda Wood, and. riot long after his marriage he and two of his brothers set out for the west. When they had arrived in the state of New York his brothers refused to go further, and one of them returned to Connecticut and the other remained in eastern New York and died there. Eleazar went to Monroe county, in the western part of New York, and acquired four hundred acres of land there. Returning to Connecticut, he brought his family to his big woodland farm in the Genesee valley, where they had a home for 51 810 - CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY. many years. Later he came to Norwich township, Franklin county, Ohio, and there bought a large tract of land on which he settled. In the spring of 1851 he removed: to Illinois with his wife and youngest son, where he and his wife both died. A man of much force of character, he was original in thought best and speech and independent in action, and in politics he was not a partisan but held himself aloof from party affiliation, free to vote as he thought best and he withdrew eventually from the Baptist church, of which he had early become a member, and his life thereafter was guided alone by the golden rule. His children were named as follows in the order of their birth: Edwin, who died in Monroe county, New York; George, who died in the same county, near Rochester; Orson, who died in Empire township, McLean county, Illinois; John W. who is the immediate subject of this sketch; Joseph, who died in Gates, W., Monroe county, New York; and Hartwell Carver, a resident of Champaign City, Illinois. John W. Howard was born in the town of Henrietta, Monroe county, New York, April 22, 1824; and attended school near his father's home in a log school house with, slab benches; and early acquired a somewhat remarkable record in Mathematics, for which he seemed to have a natural talent. May 20, 1843, he started with his father's family for Norwich township, Franklin county, Ohio, where they arrived June 8, following, and during their eighteen days journey he drove cattle, provender for which and the other stock belonging to his father they brought along by wagon. The wild farm in Franklin county was covered with black walnut trees, which would to-day be worth more than the land upon which they grew, but which they were glad to get rid of as best they could. Mr. Howard assisted his father as long as the latter remained in Ohio and at the age of twenty-six married and began housekeeping in an old log house which stood on the homestead. Not liking Ohio, the elder Howard with his wife and youngest son removed to Illinois, leaving the homestead to his boys who remained, but it was under an incumbrance of seven thousand dollars which it was necessary for them to clear off in order to make good their title to the property. In the division of the land John W. Howard received one hundred and fifty acres. Later he bought the farm of one hundred and ninety-four acres on which he now lives and since that time he has become possessed of several fine farms, including one at Arlington, near Columbus, for which he paid seventeen thousand dollars. He became known: as one of the largest land-owners in the county, and before he gave farms to his children owned' nearly six hundred acres. Mr. Howard's success in life has been won on strictly legitimite and honorable business principles. Always energetic and industrious, he for many years took the lead in all work on his farm and became known for his ability in cradling wheat and cutting corn, and at such work lie had few equals and no superior. He is one of the prominent Masons of his township and is a stanch Republican, and filled the office of township trustee with much ability for four years. He was married, in Norwich township, in 1850, to Mary Rogers, who died after having borne him children as follows: Martin, who CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY - 811 lives in Empire township,. McLean county, Illinois; Emma, who married Charles Walcott, of Franklin township, Franklin county, Ohio ; Edward T., who lives on his father's home farrn; Inez,. who is Mrs. Harry Walcott; and Nettie, who married Walton C. Lakin. FREDERICK FERDINAND WING. From that thrifty and progressive German stock which has been so beneficial to our American citizenship. came Frederick Ferdinand Wing, a prominent citizen of Franklin county, Ohio, who is kowi as a prosperous liveryman and harnessmaker, of Dublin, Washington township. Joseph Wing, grandfather of Frederick Ferdinand Wing, was born in Germany and came to the United States and located at Buzzards' Bay, Massachusetts, where he took up one thousand, three hundred acres of land, and it is on a portion of this land that ex-President Cleveland has his summer home. He married and by his death left thirteen children, some of whom died without issue, thus leaving. one 'hundred and twenty-five acres of the home farm land to each of those who remained. Jesse Wing, son of Joseph Wing and father of the subject of this sketch, was born on the old family homestead, at Buzzards' Bay, Massachusetts, received a good. education and learned the shoemaker's trade. He married Celinda T. Sprague, who was born in Delaware, Ohio, in 1813, and was visiting relatives at Buzzards' Bay when she met Mr. Wing, and they became attached to each other. Miss Sprague was daughter of Pardon Sprague, a native of Ireland, who came to the United States when a young man and was married in Massachusetts. He was a pioneer at Delaware, Ohio, where he built a hotel. After the death of his first wife he married a Miss Meeker, and they remained in Massachusetts until September, 1838, two children having been born to them meantime, and then came to Columbus, Ohio, all the way by canal-boat, and from Columbus they came direct to Dublin, where. Mr. Wing opened a shoe shop on the site of the present building of the Junior Order of United American Mechanics, in which he employed skilled workmen and built up a business by which he prospered until 1857, when he removed to Worthington, where he died January 2, 1859. After his death his widow returned to Dublin, where she died October 10, 1875. She was a member of the Christian church and a woman of many virtues. Mr. Wing was a free-sailer and a Whig, and was not only a lover of liberty but a lover of justice and a citizen of much worth and influence. Their children were as follows : Pardon Jesse, who died in Dublin at the age of fifty-five; Elnathan Disbro, of Columbus, was accidentally killed March 30, 1901, by being run over by a team; Sophia, who died at the age of sixteen years; Frederick Ferdinand, who is the immediate subject of this sketch; Gerrard, who served in the Civil war three years as a member of Company H, One Hundred and Thirteenth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, was wounded in the hand at Resaca, Georgia, and died years afterward at Dublin; John Quincy Adams, of Dublin, who married Emily Shepp, 812 - CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY. of Burlington, Iowa ; Albert. Chapman, who went to Burlington, Iowa, and thence to Kansas, where he married and whence, after two children had been born to him, he set out with his family, carrying their portable property by means of two mule teams, for Washington Territory, dying of mountain fever en route, leaving a widow and three children, one an infant, which soon died; Mary, who married Thomas Simmons and died at Plain City, Ohio; Tamson, who married Matthew Batchelder and lives at Burlington, Iowa; Rose, who died in infancy; and Clara, .who is Mrs. Frank Bannon, of Columbus, Ohio. Frederick Ferdinand Wing was born December I, 1838, at Dublin, Franklin county, Ohio, where he received a limited education at such times as he could be spared from home, he having begun work at the age of seven. When he was fourteen years old' he hired out as a farm hand in his neighborhood at. a salary of only seven dollars a month. His wages went to his father except what was necessary for his clothing. At the age of sixteen he bought a horse and wagon on credit, paying for them out of the profits of huckstering. He moved at this time to Worthington with his father's family, and then he engaged in hauling ashes for William Parks, with whom he remained during the winter. He then hired out to his uncle, Frederick Wing, of Worthington, as a farm hand. He became utterly discouraged by the circumstances of his life and one day, in the corn-field, tied the team with which he was working to a fence and went home and declared) to his father that he would never work again by the month for any man and intended' to devote himself to huckstering again. His father pointed out the facts that he was too young for such buiness and had no horse or wagon or other capital. The boy said that could get money with which to begin business and his father told him that if he. could do so he had no objection to his trying the buriness again. The lad was the owner of two pigs, which he promptly sold for ten dollars. He bought a horse on credit and hired a wagon at a daily rental of twenty-five cents. His first week's business was successful enough to double his original capital of ten dollars and he soon sold his horse and bought another one, for which he agreed to pay fifty-five dollars, and a wagon and harness, which increased his total indebtedness to ninety-five dollars, which he was able to pay off from the proceed's of his enterprise in six weeks. HIs father having now been stricken with what proved to be a fatal illness, the boy gave up huckstering and managed his shop until the following spring, when he bought a horse, for which he was to pay one hundred dollars, and mortgaged it and the horse he had previously bought to secure the indebtedness thus incurred. He raised a crop of corn that season on the river bottoms near Worthington, but his mare died, which left him unable to pay his mortgage; but the youth borrowed five dollars from each one of nine different men, making a total of forty-five dollars, and paid the balance due on the mortgage. He kept the shop open through the succeeding winter, during which he added harness-making and repairing to shoe-making and repairing with such success that he continued in. the business about a year. After CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY - 813 that he worked for two. years at harness-making and shoemaking for Joseph Tozer, of Worthington. At the end of that time he was still in debt to the amount of two hundred and fifty dollars on notes which he had given for obligations incurred by his father, but nothing daunted he opened a harnessshop, to which he added a shoe shop in the following year, 1863, which he bought of Hiram Judson. He has continued the business from that time to this with good success.. When he began he had no money with. which to buy leather for use in his work, and. during the first season he repaired harnesses with parts of older harnesses and with such stray pieces of leather as he could pick up. He bought a lot and built his present brick block in 1879, and has occupied it Since December, that year. Since 1871 he has done a successful livery business in connection With his manufacturing enterprise. From his childhood Mr. Wing has been a constant attendant at church and Sunday-school services. In 1860 he and Mrs. Wing became communicants of the Episcopalian church. When they moved to Dublin, in 1868, they united with the Christian church of that place in which he has since held several aces, notably that of trustee, of which he was the incumbent for some years, and of which Mrs. Wing was a member until her death, which occurred October 10, 1870. Mr. Wing was married, April 1, 1860, to Miss Amanda Boord, who was born at Lancaster, Fairfield county, Ohio, July 17, 1842, a daughter of Thomas . Boord, who was a native of Maryland. His present wife, whom he married December 6, 1872, was..Miss Amelia Wittich, born in Circleville, Ohio, March 31, 1843, a daughter of Frederick and Catherine (Herzog) Wittich. Mr. Wittich was a native of Wurtemberg, Germany, and Mrs. Wittich was of French birth. By his first marriage Mr, Wing had children as follows : Charles Melville Wing married Dora Nicholson and is a merchant at Dublin, Ohio. Frank died at the age of two years; Minnie at the age of three years; and Florence in infancy. His children by his second wife were the following : Verna, who died in infancy; Iva, who is. a member of her parents' household ; Celinda, who married George Chapman; and George W., who lives with his father. Mr. Wing has a creditable war record, having enlisted: at Dublin, Franklin county, Ohio, May 2, 1864, as a private in Company E, One Hundred and Thirty-third Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, with which he served faithfully one hundred days, receiving. honorable discharge at Columbus, Ohio, September 15, 1864. During his term of service he was stationed at Fort Powhattan, Virginia, and June 16, 1864, was in a warm engagement at a point between Richmond and Petersburg, Virginia. His company commander was Captain Hegner and his regimental commander was Colonel Innis. He keeps alive the associations of war times by membership in Cicero Davis Post, No. 14 Grand Army of the Republic, at Dublin, and is a member of the independent Order of Odd Fellows, identified with both lodge and encampment. Politically he is a stanch Republican and the confidence in which he is held by his fellow citizens is indicated by the fact that he has by repeated 814 - CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY. election been a member of the town council of Dublin for seven year. A man of much public spirit he has always given his support to such measures as he has deemed promising of good for his township, county and state. Well informed concerning national affairs and enthusiastic for the success of Republicanism, he is an active and efficient worker in local politics JEREMIAH COSGRAY. Among the prominent agriculturists of Washington township, Franklin county, Ohio, is Jeremiah Cosgray, the subject of this sketch. He was born on August 20, 1853, near Waynesburg, Greene county, Pennsylvania. The grandfather of Mr. Cosgray. was named James Cosgray, who in infancy was brought to America from Ireland by his parents, who located in Greene county, Pennsylvania, where he was reared and learned the trade of shoemaker and also followed farming. After the death of his first wife he came to Ohio and about 1868 removed to Washington township; Franklin county. The father of our subject was named Jeremiah Cosgray and was born in Greene county, Pennsylvania, February 2,-1820, and grew up on the home farm, receiving a common-school education.. On August 19, 1841, he was united in marriage to Miss Susan Kiger, who was 'born August 13, 1824, near Newtown, Pennsylvania, a daughter of John Kiger, of German descent. In the fall of 1865 the father of our subject came to Ohio and located on a farm in Jerome township, in Union county, this place being now owned by James Sweeney. Later he moved. to what is now the William Graham farm in Washington township, and thence to the Charles Mitchell place in this township. At that time he decided to invest, and bought fifty acres now owned by his son Moses, his death occurring. May 12, 1897. While residing in Pennsylvania both parents of our subject connected themselves with the Baptist church, but after coming to Ohio they attended the Christian church. In politics he was a Democrat and well and favorably known throughout the township. The children born to the parents of our subject were : Mrs. Maria Latimer, deceased, who resided in Delaware county, Ohio; Benjamin, who died in Washington township; Sarah Ann, who married Martin Myers and lives in this township; Moses, who married Janet Postle and also lives in this township; Burbidge, who married Malissa Artz and lives in Pulaski county, Indiana ; Jeremiah, who is our subject ; Mary Jane, who married Cyrus Freshwater and lives in Union county; Rebecca, who is married to Simpson Norris and resides in Norwich township; Peter, who married Mary Allen, lives in Pulaski county, Indiana; and John, who married Temperance James and resides in Idaho, Ohio. Until he was ten years old our subject lived with his parents in Pennsylvania and attended school there, accompanying them when they came to Ohio, and continued at school until he was eighteen. He was accustomed to life on a farm and when he married and began to face life for himself and CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY - 815 wife he was prepared by this training to expect success. On November 12, 1874, he was united in marriage to Miss Mary Graham, a daughter of William Graham, and they located in Jackson township, Union county, upon a tract of forty-two acres which Mr. Cosgray purchased in 1875. After four years here our subject sold this place and tried renting land, taking the Mitchell farm in Washington township for three years, later the Frank Davis farm, in Perry township, of or about ten years, finally locating on his present place, consisting of seventy-two and one-half acres. This place Mr. Cosgray has improved by erecting excellent buildings and planting orchards until it is one of the most attractive and valuable in the township. In May, 1892, Mr. Cosgray suffered the loss of his wife. She had been a devoted member of the Methodist church and was a good woman, who was esteemed by many friends. She left the following family : Oliver, who married Lucy Chapman and resides in Washington township; Amina; Jessie, who married:. Earl Boyer and lives in .Trenton, Missouri; Adelbert, who died an infant; Eugene; William, who also lives in Trenton, Missouri; Benjamin; and Mary, who died when four years old. Our subject is a stanch Democrat, active in the ranks of his party. He attends the services of the Methodist church and socially is connected with the Red Men. The family is much respected in the neighborhood where their name has been known so long. JACOB MECARTNEY. Jacob Mecartney, a prominent farmer of Hamilton township, residing on section 23, was born in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, four miles south of the city of Lancaster, on the 29th of March, 1826, and is the fourth child and second son of John and Maria (Machman) Mecartney. The father was also born in the Keystone state, was of Scotch descent and died in his native county. By trade he was a cabinetmaker and carpenter and he also followed farming. His early political support was given the Whig party, and he afterward joined the ranks of the Republican party. For many years he served as county auditor of Lancaster county, and he was a prominent and influential citizen, widely known as the "Dutch lawyer" of his county. He was an excellent scribe and wrote many wills. Of the Mennonite church he was a member, and died in that faith at the age of seventy-seven. His wife, who was also a native of Pennsylvania, passed away when about sixty years of age. Of their family of three sons and Three daughters, all reached adult age and three are now living, namely : Ainos, a resident of California; Maria, wife of David Huber, of Lancaster county, Pennsylvania; and Jacob. The last named was reared and educated in the county of his nativity, and attended the common district schools. In 1851 he went to Illinois, where he engaged in herding cattle through the summer. In the fall he returned to Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, but the following year came to Franklin county, Ohio, where, in connection with C. S. Herr, he operated the Samuel 816 - CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY. Johnson farm in Hamilton township"for two years, his eldest sister acting as their housekeeper during that time. Mr. Mecartney subsequently purchased sixty-nine acres of land on the Chillicothe road in Hamilton township of Frank Johnson, and cultivated his land until the following autumn in connection with sixty-five acres which he rented. He then sold his land to Mr. Lindsay, and purchased the farm upon which he now resides. There were few improvements upon the place and he lived in a little log cabin until that primitive home waa replaced by a frame residence. Subsequently he erected his present large brick house at a cost of three thousand dollars. There are over one hundred thousand brick in the house, all of which. he burned himself. His home is modern in its appointments and equipments, and is one of the desirable residences of the county. He has upon the place a mammoth barn, fifty by eighty-nine feet, which cost him two thousand dollars he furnishing the timber, which was upon the farm. His place comprises one hundred and forty-four and a half acres, the greater .part of which is under a high state of cultivation, the well-tilled fields yielding to. him a good return. In 1895 his home was burned to the ground, but though he suffered a great loss thereby he immediately replaced it with his present fine residence. In West Virginia, in 1875; Mr. Mecartney was united in marriage to Miss Jemima V. McCloch, a native of that state, and they became parents of five children : Alice. L., wife of Grant Swindle, of Madison township, by whom she has two song, Arthur and Paul ; Mary A., at home; Frank, an attorney at Columbus; Alexander C., who married Emma Dumont, and resides on the home farm; and Fannie who died in infancy. Mr. Mecartney is a Prohibitionist in his political views, and also favors some of the principles of the Republican party. He at one time served as road supervisor, but has never been an office seeker. He has long taken an active part in the work of the Methodist Episcopal church, of which he has been a member for a half-century, and is now serving as trustee and steward. CONRAD BORN The firm of Born & Company, of Columbus, Ohio, is one of the best in the city, having at its head thoroughly competent men, who understand all of its details and who are capable of meeting any emergency that may arise. The proprietors are Conrad, C. Christian and C. Edward, Born, the business having been started in 1859 'by Conrad Born. Their brewery is at No.565- 579 South Front street. Conrad. Born, the subject of this review, is the senior member of the above named company, and was born in the city of Columbus in September, He is the son of Conrad and Mary Ann. (Rickley) Born, the former of whom was a native of Germany, where he spent his youth, coming to the United States when a young man. He married the sister of Samuel S. Rickley, an old citizen and the president of the Capital City Bank of Colum- CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY - 817 bus. Mrs. Born died in 1878, when sixty-one years of age, having been born in Switzerland in 1817. Conrad Born was educated in the public schools of Columbus, passing through the high school course, and then went to Cincinnati, St. Louis and Chicago, where he entered a brewery, there gaining the practical knowledge needed in his future business career. But in 1864 he returned to assist his father, soon afterward becoming a member of the firm, C. Born & Son. This enterprise was started in a small way, soon growing to such proportions that additional buildings were required, new machinery had to be bought and additions were made, until at the present time the plant has become one of the largest establishments in the state, with a capacity of one hundred thousand barrels annually. The firm enjoys a large local trade besides shipping large quantities. of its products into the states of Pennsylvania and Indiana, also to various parts of Ohio. The business requires the labor of one hundred and twenty men and eighty horses. In i894 new bottling works were erected, sixty-two and a half by one hundred and: eighty-seven feet, of substantial brick, and the building is supplied with highly improved machinery and all the modern improvements used in-this business. A side track connects with the various railroads, thus affording superior facilities for shipping. In 1869 Mr. Born married: Miss Lena Moarlein, who is a daughter of Christian Moarlein, a well known brewer of Cincinnati. Their union has been blessed with one son, C. Christian, who is a member of the firm. The third member of the firm, C. Edward, is a nephew of Conrad Born and one of the substantial business men of Columbus. Politically Mr. Born is a stanch Democrat, but is not an office-seeker. Socially he is a very prominent Mason, having attained the thirty-second degree. He is a director of the Ohio National Bank, is popular and is held in high esteem by not only his intimate acquaintances but also by his business associates. JAMES P. KALB. James P. Kalb, who devotes his time and energies to agricultural interests in Madison township, Franklin county, was born on the farm where he yet resides, his natal day being March 16, 1846. His paternal great-grandfather was George Kalb, who was born in the state of Maryland and became the founder of the family in Ohio, where he located at a very early day. Here he entered one hundred and sixty acres. of land from: the government, securing a tract which now forms a part of the old family homestead at Chillicothe, Ohio. It was then covered with a natural growth of forest trees which stood in their primeval strength, and there in the midst of the woods he began the improvement of a farm, his first home being a rude log cabin, consisting of only one room. He was among the honored pioneers of Franklin county who aided in paving the way for the civilization of the future residents. John Kalb, the grandfather of our subject, was born in the state of 818 - CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY Maryland and during his boyhood accompanied his parents on their removal to Ohio where he was reared amid the wild scenes of frontier life. He was a pump manufacturer and shoemaker and also engaged in the manufacture of cider, following those various pursuits in order to provide for his family. His first barn was built of hewn logs and was considered the best of the kind in the county at that time. He married Miss Mary Kieffer, also a native of Maryland, and unto them were born eight children, namely : Elisha, John, George, Jeremiah, Isaac, Anna, Mary and. Susan. The father of this family continued to carry on business in Franklin county until his death, and was then laid to rest on the old family homestead. Isaac Kalb, the father of our subject, was born in Madison township, on the 17th of July, 1817, and acquired his education in the old-time log school houses common at that time. He received only about two months schooling in each year arid during the remainder of the time he assisted his father in clearing and improving the home farm. On the 9th of February, 1843, he was united in marriage to Miss Sarah Brown, who was born in Fairfield county, Ohio, June 9, 1823. They became the parents of four children, two sons and two daughters, the eldest being James P., of this review. Mary E. is the wife of John Beggs, a resident farmer of Putnam county, Ohio, and they have six children. Theodore D. married Laura Alice Needles, and he, too, is engaged in farming. Anna Belle is the wife of John Leidy, a farmer of Madison township and .they have two children. James P. Kalb, whose name introduces this record, acquired his education in the district schools of Madison township and during the surnmer months worked in the fields and meadows, being thus employed until he was twenty-one years of age when he began farming on his own account. The following year he was married to Miss Delilah Miller, a daughter of John Miller, a farmer who resided in Truro township, Franklin county. His wife bore the maiden name of Maria Kile and she was born in Madison township on the 11th of December, 1817. Mr. and Mrs. Miller became the parents of four sons and three daughters, namely : William, Milton, Oliver, Clarissa, Serena, Rachel and Mrs. Kalb. Unto our subject and his wife have been born seven children; but two of the number died in infancy. Mamie, the eldest living, married Clinton A. Stevenson, a farmer of Madison township, and they are the parents of four sons and one daughter, Howard Blain, James Kalb, Clinton W., Theodore Dewey and Lois May. Katie, the wife of Edwin Fickle, of Madison township; and Roxie P., Laura Belle and Theodore W. are all under the parental roof. The farm upon which he and his family reside is a part of the old homestead, but since coming into possession of the property he has added one hundred and forty-nine acres, located near Brice, Ohio. His entire life has been given to agricultural pursuits and he is thoroughly conversant with the various and best methods of farming. For twenty years he has been a prominent and faithful member of the Methodist Episcopal church, in which he has served as trustee and class-leader. He has been school director since he attained his twenty-second year, has been CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY - 819 a member of the school board for eighteen years and the cause of education finds in him a warm friend Who does much to advance its interests. He was also elected to fill the office of chattel assessor of Winchester precinct. Madison township, for two terms; and was elected land appraiser of Madison township for the year 1900. In politics he is a Republican where matters of national importance are involved, but at local elections where there is no issue before the people he does not consider himself bound by party ties. He is a member of the Grange Lodge, No. 194, and was elected its first master. As a citizen he is public-spirited and: progressive and is well known for his sterling worth and fidelity to duty. JOSEPH KRUMM. Among the representative and highly respected citizens of Truro township is Joseph Krumm, a native of Franklin county, whose birth occurred in Mifflin township March II, 1839. His father, Martin Krumm, was born in Wurtemburg, Germany, and on coming to the new :world took up his residence in Franklin county, Ohio, about 1818. His first purchase consisted of forty acres of land in Mifflin township, to which he subsequently added a tract of fifty acres, and to the improvement and cultivation of that farm he devoted his time and attention for half a century. He was about eighty years if age at the time of his death. Joseph Krumm aided his father in the farm work until he attained his majority, and then rented the farm and operated it .on his own account for one year. During the following four years he worked for his brother-in-law, Henry Gesick. In the meantime the Civil war had broken out, and in 1864 he enlisted at Columbus in Company F, One Hundred! and Thirty-third Ohio Volunteer Infantry, which was first ordered to Parkersburg and later to New Creek, Virginia. The regiment next went to Washington, D. C., and from there proceeded down the Potomac river to City Point, being under the command of Generals Grant and Butler: They participated in the engagement between Petersburg and Richmond, and. were then ordered to Fort Powhattan. While there Mr. Krumm was taken ill and sent to Fortress Monroe, where he was confined in the hospital for a time. On receiving an honorable discharge he returned to his home in this county, and entered the employ of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company to oversee the making of ties and other timbers for railroad use, having charge of one hundred men,. and remaining with the railroad company two years. It was during this time that Mr. Krumm married Miss Minerva Woodruff, a native of Franklin county, and a 'daughter of Brace Woodruff. They made their home in a little cabin while he was with the railroad company. On leaving the employ of that corporation Mr. Krumm.operated two rented farms, one of which belonged to H. M. Carper, the other to Robert Trimble. Subsequently he bought Mr. Carpers farm, paying for the same fourteen thousand dollars, and after owning it eight years sold the same to Joseph Bern- 820 - CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY. hardt for twenty-one thousand dollars. He next purchased the H. C. Taylor farm in Truro township, which. he now occupies. It contains one hundred acres, all of which is under excellent cultivation, and in its operation he is meeting with well deserved success. Mr. and Mrs. Krumm have had eleven children, eight of whom are now living : Noble, Myrta, Robert, Lulu, Blanche, Lyda, Emma and Bessie. Those deceased were William, Joseph and Rolley. By his ballot Mr. Krumm: supports the men and measures of the Republican party, and for twenty years he most creditably filled the office of school director, resigning the position at the end of that time. For thirty years he has been an active member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and has given freely to its support. In his social relations he is; a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Grand Army of the Republic, having been connected with the latter order for fifteen years. Having started out in life for himself with no. capital and only about three months' schooling, Mr. Krumm deserves great credit for the success that he has achieved. He has ever made the most of his opportunities, and his success is due entirely to his own well-directed efforts. In the operation of his farm and sawmills he has employed as many as fifty men, and his life illustrates' what can be accomplished through industry, perseverance, good management and a determination to succeed. WILLIAM M. SWONGER. Among the well known and enterprising representatives of farming interests in Franklin county is numbered William M. Swonger, who resides in Truro township. He is a native of Franklin county, Pennsylvania, and that among his friends are many who have known him from boyhood is an indication that his career has been an upright and honorable one. His father, John Swonger, was born in Franklin county, Pennsylvania, in 1809, and was a farmer by occupation. In the year 1852 he came to Franklin county, Ohio, locating in Truro township, on Big Walnut creek, where he rented the Taylor farm. There he remained for five years and then removed to the George Needles farm, where he spent five years. On the expiration of that period he took up his abode on the John Dysart farm, where he continued to make his home for two years. Removing to the town of Reynoldsburg, Ohio, he went from there to a farm on Big Walnut creek, where he spent his remaining days, passing away in 1861. He married Margaret McIntyre, who was born in Franklin county, Pennsylvania, about 1828, and they became the parents of nine children four sons and five daughters, one of whom died in infancy; Elizabeth, who is the wife of Henry Lyda, resides at Brice, Ohio; Margaret, wife of William Lyda, is living in Madison township; Henry wedded Miss Jennie White and is a farmer near Brice; Samuel married Katie Long and makes his home in Columbus, Ohio ; Jane is the wife of William Bernard, a resident of Fairfield county, Ohio; William is the subject of this review; Eva Ann is the wife of William Moore, a resident of Jefferson township; Caroline CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY - 821 is the deceased wife of James Looker ; and Katie is the wife of Edward Pugh, a resident of Union county. On both the paternal and maternal sides William Swonger is of German lineage. His paternal grandfather was . born in Germany, which was also the birthplace of Elizabeth McIntyre, the maternal grandmother, who came to Franklin county about the year 1856, and here died at the very advanced age of ninety-six years. William Swonger; whose name introduces this record, acquired his early education in the district schools of Franklin county, whither he came when a little lad of seven summers. He remained on the home farm until the death of his father, which occurred when he was about seventeen years of age. He then worked for his brother-in-law, William Lyda, in whose employ he remained for five years, after which he began farming on his own account. He has made it his life work and his progressive methods and well directed efforts have secured to him creditable success. Mr. Swonger was united in marriage to Miss Mary Ann Medford, Who was born in Licking county, Ohio, September I0, 1845, a daughter of Aaron and Matsy Ann (Miller) Medford. Her father was a prominent farmer of Licking county and a son of Charles and Ruth (Kyle) Medford. The mother of Mrs. Swonger was also a native of Licking county, and by her marriage she had three children namely: Mary Ann, now Mrs. Swonger ; Amos,. who married Laura Wright, of Madison township, Franklin county, and is now deceased; and John,, who wedded Sallie Shuman, of Franklin county, and is now living in Union county, Ohio. The father, Aaron Medford, was killed by the falling of a tree in northern Indiana while on his way with his family to Minnesota. After his death, however, the family returned to Licking county, where the mother resided four or five years, when she moved to Madison township; later she moved to Truro township, where she died. . The marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Swonger has been blessed with four children, two sons and two daughters. John W. is still at home with his parents. Frank E. married: Minnie Southard, a daughter of Converse Southard, and they reside on the homestead farm. He served as a soldier in the Spanish war, enlisting in Battery H of the First Regiment of Ohio Light Artillery, and when the war was ended! he received an honorable discharge. Ida Ellen is the wife of H. G. Taylor, a teacher by occupation, living in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. They have two children, Ruth and Harry Glenford. Alice M., the youngest of the family, is the wife of Frank M. McClure, of Brice, Ohio, and they have four children, Dorothy, Byron, Guy and' a baby girl unnamed. At the time of the Civil war William Swonger, of this review, manifested his loyalty to the government by enlisting in his country's service, although he was only sixteen years of age. His father, however, objected to his going to the front when so young and accordingly he was discharged. He has, however, throughout the succeeding years been faithful and true to every duty of citizenship. For two years, from 1888 until 1890, he was land appraiser and was chattel assessor for eight years. He votes with the Democracy on questions of national importance, believing firmly in the principles of the party, 822 - CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY. but at local elections he casts his ballot for the man whom he considers best qualified for office without regard to political affiliations. For twenty-five years he has been a member of the Masonic fraternity, holding membership. with the lodge in Reynoldsburg, Ohio. His life has been quietly passed, bu has been characterized by fidelity to duty in every relation, and wherever he is known he is held in high esteem for his sterling characteristics. LEWIS SCHLEPPI. Lewis Schleppi, who was connected with agricultural interests of Franklin county for many years, was born in Bavaria, Germany, May 15, 1835, and died on the 13th of January, 1898. His father, Jacob Henry Schleppi, was also born in Germany and was a farmer by occupation. His wife, Eva Mary Schleppi, was a native of Germany, and they became the parents of eight children, six of whom are now deceased. They were named as follows: Andrew, Daniel, Jacob Henry, Charles, Christian, Lewis, Charlotte and Caroline. Of this number, Jacob Henry married Barbara Seibert, and they became the parents of ten children. Charlotte is the wife of Jacob Hussing and has three children, two sons and a daughter.. Caroline married Daniel Ludwig. who was a farmer of Bavaria, Germany, where he died. His widow is still living in that country and has four children. Lewis Schleppi spent the first nineteen years of his life in the land of his birth and then crossed the Atlantic to the new world in 1854. He made his way direct to Columbus, Franklin county, Ohio, .and for a time was employed by the day at any occupation he could secure. Later he conducted, with his brother Jacob, a rented farm near Columbus, which they operated for a short time, after which our subject removed to Madison township, renting another farm. When his brother Jacob purchased a farm Mr. Schleppi, of this review, rented it and resided thereon for a year. On the 15th of November, 1860, he chose as a companion and helpmeet on life's journey Miss Elizabeth Boeshausz, a native of Columbus, Ohio, born September 13, 1844, a daughter of William Boeshausz, a native of Germany, born July 20, 1809, and his death occurred July 15, 1883. His wife, Magdalene Ell, was born in Germany November 29,. 1819, and by her marriage she became the mother of ten children, namely : Margaret; Elizabeth; William, deceased; Jacob ; Peter; Louise; Mary; Louis, deceased; Phillipina; and John. The eldest is the wife of John Neiberlein, a resident of Columbus, and they were the parents of eleven children : William wedded Barbara Eich, who was born in Germany, and they have three children. Jacob married Sarah Harris, by whom he has six children, four of whom are living, and the home of the family is now Columbus. Peter married Barbara Ruffing, who was born in Columbus and they have three children. Louise is the wife of Peter Zimmer, a farmer of Madison township, and' they have three daughters and one son. Mary is the wife of John Neverlein, an agriculturist of Madison township, by whom she has three sons and two daughters. Phillipina wedded CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY - 823 Milton Hepner, a school teacher living near Columbus, Ohio, and they are the parents of six children, three sons and three daughters. John married Nettie Woods, of Columbus, Ohio, and two sons and two daughters constitute their family. Unto Mr. and Mrs.. Schleppi were born eight children, of whom four are now living, namely : Magdalene; Daniel, Christian and Caroline. Of those who passed away, William, Clara and Amanda died in infancy, and Edward departed this life at the -age of twenty years. The eldest child, Magdalene, is the wife of Fred Karch, a farmer of Marion township, and they became the parents of five daughters and two sons, namely : Alma, Ella, Leroy, Effie, Raymond, Bertha and Hilda Elizabeth: Daniel, the second living member of the family, married Dora Runk, and lives in Madison township with his wife and children, two sons and two daughters : Earl, Edith, Celestia and Carl. Christian, who is living on the homestead farm, married Rose Wagner, who was born in Wurtemberg, Germany, and they have one child, Edward Floyd. Caroline, the youngest of the family, is living with her mother. Mr. Schleppi, whose name introduces this review, served for three years as school director. He was a member of the German Lutheran church of Columbus, took an active part in its work, contributed. liberally to its support and lived an earnest Christian life. The farm which he owned he cleared from the timber, erected thereon the buildings and made all of the improvements, so that the place is a monument to his enterprise, capable management and labor. He died very suddenly of heart disease January 13, 1898, but he left his family not only a comfortable competence but also that untarnished name which is rather to be chosen than great riches. He had the warm regard of. many friends. and was recognized as one of the valued citizens of the community. His widow still hires on the home farm. She has three times visited Germany, having crossed the Atlantic in 1889, 1895 and 1898 to visit her own and her husband's relatives. She is an estimable woman, possessing many excellencies of character; and her worth is widely recognized by those with whom she has been brought in contact. ORA L. LAMP. Ora L. Lamp, who follows farming in Truro township, was born in Truro township, Franklin county On the 28th of May, 1879. His father, Nimrod Lamp, was, a native of Licking county, Ohio, and about 1863 removed to Truro township. His first purchase of land comprised a tract of one hundred acres, to which he afterward added sixty acres. His early education was somewhat limited and he started! in life without capital, but his energy and determination enabled him to become the possessor of an excellent farm. At the time he purchased his land it was all covered with forest trees, but soon they fell before the sturdy strokes of 'the woodman's ax, and as he cleared and improved his farm the well tilled fields yielded! to him a good return for the care and labor he bestowed upon them. He wedded. Mary Jane Dust- 824 - CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY. heimer, a native. of Licking county, .Ohio, and. unto them were born five children : James A. ; William S.; Mary and Alice, who died in infancy; and O. L. The eldest son wedded Mary A. Enlow, of Truro township, and William S. married Minnie K. Roberts, of Mifflin township. Mr. Lamp, whose name introduces this record, is indebted to the district schools of Truro township for the educational privileges which he enjoyed, his attendance at school being, alternated With labor upon the home farm during the summer months. He also continued his education in the Reynold burg high school, where he was .a student for six years. After putting aside his text books he began farthing on his own account at the place where he now resides. He is one of the enterprising and progressive agriculturists of the community, and though a young man, holds an enviable position among the substantial farmers. He has a valuable tract of land of one hundred and twelve acres, all of which is under cultivation. Mr. Lamp was united in marriage to Miss Edna M. Powell, who was born in Mifflin township, the wedding being celebrated on the 5th of September, 1900. Her father, Louis Powell, is a prominent farmer living in Mifflin township, where he was born on the 12th of January, 1852. He is a son of Samuel Powell, a native of Yorkshire, England, who came to Franklin county when about twenty years of age. He first located in Licking county, Ohio and afterward removed to Mifflin township, where he lived until his death. His son, Louis Powell, after arriving at years of maturity wedded Clara Keim, who, was born in Ohio; her parents having come from Pennsylvana to this state at an early day. She died in Indiana, leaving no children. For his second wife Mr. Powell married' Emma Achey. They took up their abode in Mifflin township, where Mrs. Powell has spent her entire life. By her marriage she has become the mother .of three children: Edna M., now the wife of Mr. Lamp; Louis C. and Gladys, who are with their parents. Mr. and Mrs. Lamp have .a pleasant home and their circle of friends is extensive in Franklin county, where they have spent their entire lives. Mr. Lamp is a Democrat in his political affiliations in questions of state and national importance; but at local elections where no issue is involved he votes for the man, regardless of party affiliations: 'He contributes liberally to the support of churches, and withholds his aid from no measure or movement calculated to prove of benefit to the community along substantial lines of progress. ADAM G. GRANT. It is the enterprise and character of the citizens that enrich and ennoble the commonwealth. From individual enterprise has sprung all the splendor and importance of this great west. The greatest merchants have developed, from the humblest origins. From clerkships have emerged men who have built great business enterprises. America is a self-made country, and those who have created it are self-made men. No influence of birth or fortune has favored the architects of her glory. Among those who have achieved CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY - 825 prominence as men of marked ability and substantial worth in Grove City the subject of this sketch, Adam G. Grant, occupies a prominent position. He is one of the most enterprising citizens of the county and the owner of the Grove City & Greenlawn Railroad, his home being in Grove City. He was born in Jackson township, Franklin county, Ohio, February. 25, 1840. He is a representative of .one of the old and prominent New England families. His great-grandfather, Noah H. Grant, was born in Conriecticut and was one of a family of nine children, to one of whom General Grant traced his ancestry. Noah Grant went to Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, and there spent one winter ; but nothing else concerning his history is known by his descendants. The grandfather; Hugh Grant, was a native of Pittsburg, was reared in the Keystone state and became a miller by trade. He owned and operated a mill there and was also the owner of one hundred and eighty-seven acres of land, which is now in the heart of Pittsburg. He exchanged that property for four hundred acres east of Grove City, Ohio, and in 1803 came to his new home, the year in which the state was admitted! to the Union. In the midst of the forest he took up his abode, being one of the first men to locate in. the county. He was a great hunter, arid after locating in Franklin county he in one day killed two panthers. The Indians were very numerous and one of their camps was located where Grove City now stands. The red men would come to the house of Mr. Grant and take what they wanted, when the grandfather of our subject was away; but they never carried anything off when he was near. In December, 1806, he was: killed on what was known as the Samuel Landis farm. He had located a bee-tree and had climbed up to saw off the limb on which the bees had lighted, 'but.the limb broke and he jell, the heavy limb striking his chest and killing him instantly. This was six months before the birth of his son Hugh the father of our subject. Hugh Grant, our subject's father, was a native of Jackson township, born June 30, 1807, and there throughout his life he resided upon the same farm, being well known as a leading and influential agriculturist of the community. His method's. of farming were progressive and practical, and his fields always indicated the supervision of a careful and painstaking owner. In politics he was a Democrat, and he held various offices in his township. He was a mernber of the Methodist Episcopal church and in its work took an active part, doing all in his power to promote its growth and upbuilcling. He died at the age of seventy-seven years, and in his death the community lost one of its most valued citizenis: for he was widely known and highly esteemed for his sterling worth. He was united in marriage to Miss Leah Diemer, a native of Pennsylvania, who was born in 1815. During her girlhood she came to Franklin county with her parents, Jacob and Eliza Diemer, who were of Pennsylvania German lineage. She was reared in Jackson township and died in the forty-fourth year of her age. By her marriage she became the mother of ten children: Eliza, who became the wife of Joseph Fagg and is now deceased ; Mary, the wife of the late William Sibray, of Grove City; Catherine, the wife of 52 826 - CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY. R. Higgy, of Grove City; Elizabeth, the widow of Rev. A. R. Miller, a resident of Columbus, Ohio ; A. G., of this review ; Sarah, the widow of Samuel L. Quinn, making her home in Columbus ; Nancy Matilda, the deceased wife of C. L. 'Webster, of Worthington; Emma, the wife of Aaron Xeiswender, of Grove City; Robert D.,.a merchant of Grove City ; and George H., who is a conductor on the Union Pacific Railroad, and for twenty years has made his home in Sacramento, California. Adam Grant, the fifth child and the eldest son of the first family above mentioned, was reared on the farm which his grandfather had purchased in 1803, and in his youth attended the district school, walking two miles to the little log school house wherein he conned the lessons which formed the rather limited curriculum of the time. The school-room was furnished with slab seats, and a single pane of glass formed the window. Later lie enjoyed the privileges afforded by the Grove City schools, and for one term was a student at Delaware; but in 186i the Civil war was inaugurated and the excitement of the times was such that he could not confine his attention to his books. He returned home and worked on the farm with his father, and in April, 1862, located in sierra county, California, where he was a miner for two years. In 1864 he returned to Grove City, where he embarked in merchandising which he carried on for about twenty-seven years, in connection with other business interests. He is now engaged in farming, and for twenty-eight years he was engaged in the manufacture of brick in Grove City. For the past eighteen years he has been a member of the firm of Cooke, Grant & Cooke, of Columbus, contractors, doing an extensive business, and for sixteen years he has been connected with the grain trade, owning an elevator at Grove City. Through two decades he was associated with ex-Sheriff Barbee in stock-dealing, handling the greater part of the stock shipped from this part of the country, their operations extending also into Pickaway and Madison counties. In 1889 he laid out into town lots eighty acres, known as Grant's Beulah addition to Grove City, constituting at least one-half of the town. This has become its most populous portion, the number of its inhabitants increasing from two hundred and seventy-two in 1890 to eight hundred in the present year. He has erected in the town altogether about fifty buildings. On the 1st of May, 1898; he began the construction of the Grove City & Greenlawn Railroad, a line six miles in length, connecting this enterprising place with Ohio's capital. He is the sole owner of the road, which has proved a very great benefit to Grove City and the surrounding country, supplying shipping and transportation. facilities. The road has been in operation for three years, and. not an accident or injury has occurred in connection with it in that time. Mr. Grant also owns real estate in Columbus, and his business interests are very extensive and important. No man has contributed in a greater degree to the commercial activity and consequent prosperity of Jackson township than Adam G. Grant; and no man stands higher in the estimation of his CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY - 827 fellow citizens than he. The great secret of Mr. Grant's success is to be attributed not only to his tireless energy and labor, but also to his strictly honest and upright dealings. None of his large fortune has been accumulated at the expense of others, but, on the contrary, many are largely indebted to him for their present prosperity, while the city in which he has accumulated his wealth, as in the past, will in the future be benefited by his expenditures. JOHN M. KARNS. John M. Karns. is a retired farmer living in Galloway. His has been a busy, active and useful career, and now in his later life he well deserves the rest which he is enjoying it being a merited compensation for the toil of former years. He is of Holland lineage, the Karns family having been founded in America by Jacob Karns, the great-grandfather of our subject, who crossed the Atlantic to the United States and took up his abode in Berkeley county, Virginia, his home being near Martinsburg. There he owned and operated a large plantation and also engaged in loaning money. His entire life was there passed after his arrival in the new world. Adam Karns, the grandfather of our subject, was a boy when he accompanied his parents to the United States. He became a planter and spent the residue of his days in the Old Dominion, where he married Miss Margaret Peggy, a native of Ireland. She, too, died in Virginia. Their children were William, who became a minister of the gospel and died in Illinois ; Jacob; John ; Benjamin ; David; George; and a daughter who died in Virginia. All have now passed away. John Karns, the father of our subject, was born in Martinsburg, Virginia, in 1816. He was only six years of age at the time of the war of 1812. His father started for the front and the little son followed him and vigorously protested against being sent back home. When about twenty years of age he came to Columbus, Ohio, and learned! the shoemaker's trade with John Greenwood, following that pursuit in the capital city, in Springfield, Ohio, and in Fort Finley. He married in Columbus, Miss Annie Fountain, who was born in Maryland in 1812 and was a daughter of William Fountain, whose wife died in Maryland. The mother of our subject was fourteen years of age when she came to Ohio. After leaving Findlay Mr. Karns located on a farm in Hancock county, Ohio, near what is now the town of Gilboy, and there he owned one hundred acres of land, giving in part payment for this his property in Findlay. His wife died on the farm in 1851, after which the family became scattered, the father going to Columbus, where he died in 1882. In his political views he was a Democrat, and in religious faith his wife was connected with the Methodist Episcopal church. In their family were the following children : John M., of this review George, who is living in Norwich township ; William, who died in Madison county, Ohio ; Leonidas, of Rome, Ohio; Mary Ann ; Sarah, wife of David Shoup; of Kansas ; Mrs. 828 - CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY. Phoebe Leavick, deceased; Jacob, of Belle Center, Ohio ; and Smith, of Franklin county. The subject of this review was born in Columbus October 16, 1831, and was only two years old when his father removed to Springfield, where he began his .education at the usual age. He afterward accompanied his parents to Findlay, Ohio, where he completed his education at the age of nineteen. He then learned the carpenter's trade, but during the greater part of his life has followed farming. He worked for his father on the home farm in Hancock county until after the death of his mother, when he went to Columbus and resumed work at the carpenter's trade. He was, married in 1854 and then took up farming, renting a tract of land in Franklin county until 1801, when he purchased a farm of fifty-two acres, a mile and a half south of Alton. There he located and gave his attention to the improvement and cultivation of the place until 1896. In that year his home was destroyed by fire, and being unable to actively engaged in farming there, .he next spent two years at Alton and then purchased. his present home in Gallaway, where he has since resided. At the time of the Civil war Mr. Karns manifested his loyalty by enlisting at Camp Chase in 1865 as private of Company G, One Hundred and Eighty-fifth Ohio Infantry, for one year or during the war. He served seven months and then, hostilities having ended, he received an honorable discharge and returned to his home. At the time of his enlistment the regiment proceeded to Nashville, but on account of high water could proceed only to Louisville, where the troops were assigned to guard duty. When the war was over Mr. Karns gladly returned to his home and family. He had been married, on the 19th of December, 1854, to Miss Millie Jane Clover, who was born in Prairie township December 14, 037, a daughter of Joshua and Rachel (Roten) Clover. She was reared to womanhood in Prairie township and by her marriage she became the mother of seven children: Viola and Emma who died. in infancy; Ida Alice, wife of Gabriel Holsberry, of Alton; Irene, wife of Duke Story, of Pleasant township; John D., of Columbus, who married Louise Baum; Jennie, wife of William Reardon; and Emma May, at home. Since casting his first presidential vote for Buchanan Mr. Karns has been a stanch advocate of Democratic principles, never swerving from his allegiance to the party, yet never seeking office as a reward for his support. His life has been an active and useful. one and through the legitimate channels of business he has won a handsome competence which now enables him to live retired. Thus in the enjoyment of a well-earned rest he is residing at his pleasant home in Galloway. EDWARD HOPPER. Edward Hopper, who is engaged in farming in Prairie township. Frannklin county, traces his ancestry back to the Emeralds Isle. His grandfather, Alexander Hopper, was a farmer in that country, living in the vicinity of CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY - 829 Cork. At an early day he brought his wife and children to the United States, landing in New York city, whence he made his way to Virginia,. afterward coming to Ohio. Here he took up his abode at Franklinton.and devoted his energies to the development and improvement of a tract of land. He was of medium build but was very strong and was noted for his powers as a swimmer, but eventually he was drowned in the Scioto river while ferrying across in a canoe above Franklinton, his boat being drawn over the falls. He was then quite well advanced in years. Edward Hopper, the father of our subject, was one of the earliest settlers of Franklin county. He was only two years of age when brought by his parents to America, and. in Virginia he was reared. In Hardy county, that state, he married Susan Neff, a. native of the Old Dominion and a daughter of Jacob Neff, who was born in the fatherland, whence he came to the United States in early manhood. He took up his abode in Virginia and was married there to Margaret Jones, an English lady. Both Mr. and Mrs. Neff spent their last years in Hardy county; Virginia, where the former died at the advanced age of ninety-five years. He. was the owner of four hundred acres of land and a large number of slaves. In his ninety-fifth year he planted and cared for a five-acre field of corn; retaining his vigor and strength to a remarkable degree. About 1866 Edward. Hopper came, with his wife and two children to Franklin county, locating at Franklinton, where he purchased one hundred acres of land in what is now Prairie 'township. At that time he received no deed, but was given a title bond which proved his ownership until he paid for the property, for which he gave five dollars per acre. Coming to the farm upon which our subject now resides, he made a clearing and bought a log cabin. After a year spent in a home in Franklinton he removed his family to what is now the old Hopper homestead, but the Indians were so numerous that they had to return to Franklinton, where they remained through the succeeding year. On the expiration of that period they once more settled on the farm in Prairie township, living in true pioneer style. Mrs. Hopper had to grind her corn for meal in a coffee mill. At times the land was covered with water and people throughout this section of the state suffered greatly from milk sickness. The father died of that disease in November, 1822, at the age of thirty-three years, leaving a family to carry on them farm work which he had begun. Two and a half years after his death the mother was again married, becoming the wife, of Henry Sly. By her first marriage she had the following children : Mary, who became the wife of Thomas Wilcox and died in Norwich township in June, 1853 ; John, who died at Palestine, Ohio, while visiting relatives there; Alexander, who died in Alton, Ohio; Margaret, now Mrs. Samuel Fleming, of Franklin county; Solomon, who died in St. Louis; Elizabeth, who. died in childhood; and Edward. The children of the second marriage were Henry C., Amanda and Jacob, the last named now deceased. Their mother is deceased. 830 - CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY. Edward Hopper, one of the honored pioneers of the county, was born on the old homestead farm June 23, 1822. His educational privileges were limited to those afforded by the schools of the times in a frontier district. His teacher Was David Kennard. He became quite a good penman and was also very proficient in arithmetic. He pursued his studies mostly through the winter season and also read and studied at home in his leisure hours. At one time he was a student under Lorenzo Taylor, a teacher from Massachusetts. Mr. Hopper aided his stepfather in clearing and developing the farm, remaining at home until fourteen years of age, when he accepted a clerkship in a store in Alton owned by hi brother. He occupied that position for five years and sold as high as eighty dollars worth of goods in a single day. He afterward learned shoe-making at Alton in his brother's shop under a man who had been employed to conduct the shoe-making department of the business. After phis marriage he turned his attention to farming, locating on his present farm of fifty acres. He had inherited sixteen and two-thirds acres of his father's estate, but the remainder has been purchased by him with money acquired through his own efforts. He continued to engage in agricultural pursuits until 1892, when he retired from business life, now living in the enjoyment of the. fruits of his former toil. On the 22d of August, 1843, Mr. Hopper was united in marriage to Miss Rebecca Keller, a daughter of Ezekiel and Elizabeth (Wright) Keller, who came from Virginia to Franklinton on horseback. Her father was one of the strongest men in the county. On one occasion he and a Mr. Scott became engaged in an altercation, and Mr. Scott made for him with an ax, but when he got near enough Mr. Keller struck him and he dropped like a log, people thinking that he was killed. Mrs. Hopper died February 19, 1854. The children of that marriage were Hiram, who was born July 3, 1844, and died in 1847; Mary Elizabeth, who was born March 3, 1846, married Clarence Case and died in 18__; John A., a farmer of Madison county, who was born December 9, 1849, and married Jemimah Reardon; Jacob, who was born June 9, 1854, and died November 28, 1881. On the 25th of November, 1854, Mr. Hopper was again married, his second union being with Nancy L Wiley, who was born in Perry township, Franklin county April 9, 1834, a daughter of Levi and Elizabeth (Legg) Wiley. In his political affiliations Mr. Hopper is a stanch Democrat. He cast his first vote for Taylor and twice supported' Abraham Lincoln, but has usually given his ballot to the Democratic candidates. He served for nine years and six months. as treasurer of Prairie township, filling the office with ability and to the satisfaction of all concerned. He was also trustee for one term. He has ever been well known for his kindness, his hospitality, his charity; and is a popular and highly esteemed citizen. Numbered among the honored pioneers of the county, he has experienced all the hardships and trials of pioneer life as well as enjoying the recreations common in early days. He lived in the county when few improvements had been made and has seen as many as twelve teams stuck in the mud near Alton. It would require CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY - 831 many hours to extricate them, but the people of the community would lend their assistance until the task was accomplished. Mr. Hopper has ever given an active support and co-operation to movements calculated to prove of benefit to the community, and is now one of the valued citizens of Franklin county. LOUIS GLASS. One of the old and respected citizens of Prairie township Mr. Glass has long been numbered along the representative men of Franklin county, and in this volume he well deserves representation. He is of German lineage, and his grandfather, who was a farmer by occupation, died in Rhineberger, Germany. Louis Glass, Sr:, the father of our subject, was born in that place and also gave his time and attention to agricultural pursuits. He pursued his education in the schools of his native land continuing his studies between the ages of six and fourteen years, in accordance with the laws of his country. He married Wilhelmina Everly, also a native of Rhineberger, and in 1848 they bade adieu to friends and native land, sailing from Bremen to the United States. They were thirty-two days upon the voyage and' then. landed at New York, whence they came direct to Ohio, locating in Columbus. The father died in the capital city in 1849, of cholera, and his wife passed away about the same time, her death being occasioned by that dread disease. They were consistent members of the Lutheran church. They had seven children, namely : Charles, who died of cholera in 1849; Louis; Jacob, who died in Georgesville, Franklin county ; Caroline, deceased wife of Joseph Bush; Katy, deceased wife of Frederick Michel; Elizabeth, wife of John Kizer, of Columbus ; and Mina, rife of Louis Stohler, of. Columbus. Louis Glass, now a well known resident of Prairie township, was born in Germany February 4, 1820, and there attended the public schools until fourteen years of age. At that time he was confirmed in the Lutheran church. He was reared as a farmer boy and escaped service in the German army by drawing a high number at the time the allotments for military service were made. He accompanied his parents on their emigration to the new world and was married, in Columbus, in 1855, to Miss Sophia Durgin, who was born in Germany in 1830 and was a aughter of Jacob and Susan (Stuse) Durpin. Mrs. Glass came .to the United States in 1852 with her parents, the family, taking passage on a sailing vessel which weighed. anchor at Havre, France, and reached the New York harbor thirty-six days later. They, too, became residents of Columbus, where they made their home for a time and then removed to a farm-near Hilliard, where the parents both died. Their children are: Mrs. Glass Barbara; Sarah; Caroline, of Columbus; Jacob, deceased ; Christian, of Prairie township; and John, who is living in Marion county, Iowa. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Glass have been born four children : Frederick, whose home is in Madison county; John and Christian, who are under the parental roof; and Elizabeth; Wife of Charles Michel, of Prairie township. For some time after their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Glass resided n Colum- 832 - CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY. bus, where he was employed for a time in a tool factory and afterward engaged in the manufacture of brooms with a partner, but that venture proved unprofitable and he lost all that he had saved. He then rented his father-in-law's farm near Hilliard for a period of four- years and continued to operate rented land through the succeeding decade. Within that time his industry and economy had brought to him some capital, and in 1869 he invested this in a farm of twenty acres in Prairie township. He has since added to this another tract of twenty acres, so that he now owns a good property of forty acres one-half of which has been cleared and is under a high state of cultivation. Industry has been one of the marked features in his career, and it is this which has enabled him to work his way upward, for without capital or influential friends he started out in life for himself. In his political views he is a Democrat and in religious affiliations is a Lutheran. ELE W. TULLER. It is the busy man that leads the forward movement of progress and whose activities stimulate trade feed the flames of commerce, drive the shafts of industry, give impetus to the strides of agriculture, promote the schemes of finance and lend encouragement and hope to the struggles of men. It is the man of business who creates and maintains public confidence and starts and perpetuates the spirit of development, which, in reality, is the real greatness of a community. He is the axis around which everything else seems to rotate the magnet producing a common center toward which all things within its sphere seem to trend. He is the acme of strength and influence: and nothing thrives and prospers without his moral and material encouragement. Such are the men who make history, furnish object lessons and inspiration to the youth, and of such it is the province of this volume to speak. The grandfather of our subject, Bela M. Tuller, was born June 19, 1773, in Connecticut, and on the 15th of November, 1794, was united in marriage to Miss. Lydia Holcornb, whose birth occurred in the Charter Oak state June 19, 1776. With their five Children they emigrated westward to Ohio, making the journey in wagons. They located just west of Worthington in the midst of a wilderness, which was infested by Indians, and all kinds of wild game could be obtained. Their home was a log cabin and for a number of years they kept an inn, entertaining many officers who were in that part of the country. In 1812 General Harrison's army was on its way from Franklinton to. Sandusky and the Tullers sold him butter, cheese, eggs and provisions. The grandparents of our subject suffered many hardships and privations in those early days. The squirrels were so numerous that they would destroy the crops, and many other difficulties met the sturdy pioneers who had come to the west to found homes in the wilderness. In early pioneer times the grandfather, in connection with the operation of his farm, also conducted a small distillery. He continued the cultivation of his land until his death, which occurred on the old homestead. He was a man of strong force CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY - 833 of character, of markd industry, and as the result of his untiring labor he became a wealthy man. His wife died in Tiffin, Seneca county, Ohio, March 27, 1848, and her remains were brought back to Worthington and buried in St. John's cemetery. Five of their children were born in' Connecticut, the others after the removal of the family to Ohio. Flavel Tuller, their eldest child was born December 7, 1795, and in partnership with his brother Homer conducted a general mercantile establishment and real-estate business and also operated a distillery near. Worthington. He married Miss Lucinda Holcomb. Homer, the second son, was born April 13, 1797, and married Miss Eliza Kilbourne, a cousin of Colonel Kilbourne. The marriage occurred July 21, 1836, and Homer Tuller died in Worthington July 27, 1866. Flora, born March 24, 1860, became the wife of Zoker T. Moore, of Wooster, Ohio. Her husband conducted a general merchandising store and one of her sons, Treadwell Moore, was graduated at West Point prior to the Civil war and served as lieutenant when the country became involved in the war of the Rebellion. His sister became the wife of Rufus Brewster, who went to California in .1849. He there became very wealthy and died in. Marysville, Ohio. Elvira, the first of the family, was born December 4, 1863, and died in March, 1866. Lydia, born August 30, 1804, was married; July 13, 1828, to James E. Woodbridge. They located in Mount Vernon, where her husband conducted a general store and there both died, Mrs. Woodbridge passing away March 26, 1875. Achilles, born May 31, 1812, was married, October 18, 1853, to Miss Laura A. Morse, of Akron, Ohio. They located in Tiffin, Ohio, where he engaged in the brokerage business. Elvira, the second of the name, was born May 13, 1818, and was married April 1, 1839, to Reason W. Shawhan. They located in Tiffin, Ohio, where the husband carried on business as a general merchant,. pork-packer and grain buyer. Her death occurred there May 20, 1880. Aurelius, born September 5, 1815, died in childhood. Holcomb Tuller, the father of our subject, was born December 25, 1809, in Connecticut, near the town of Simsbury. During his boyhood he accompanied his parents on their removal to Ohio, and for a few weeks he pursued his education in the log school house, but his Privileges, in that direction were extremely meager. He learned to write after his marriage. His services were needed on the home farm. arid he aided in the arduous task of clearing the land. On the 22d. of October, 1835, he married Miss Jane Woodruff. Her parents were about to start from Worthington for Peoria, Illinois. Mr. Tuller had become acquainted with the daughter of the household, and the morning after they left town for the west he went to say good-bye to his sweetheart. The family Were encamped on the bank of the Olentangy river and in a little private conversation the young lady said to her lover, "If you ever intend to marry, do so now ; if you don't, I'll go west and never expect to see you again." Mr. Tuner at once proceeded to Columbus, where he secured a license and they were married. The bride remained behind, while her parents with their family proceeded to Illinois. Mr. Tuller took his young 834 - CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY. wife to the old home farm, which he rented of his mother. On the expiration of the year they removed to Dublin, in 1836, making their home in what is now the L of the Sells Hotel. A year was there passed, after which they returned to the old homestead and continued its cultivation for another twelve months. Once more they located in Dublin, where Mr. Tuller gave his attention to merchandising on a site now occupied by the store owned by the subject of this sketch. At that time he could not write, and every Sunday he would go to the home of his brother Flavel in Worthington and would give him a list of credits which the brother would then. put on paper. He carried a stock of general merchandise and did a good business, supplying the needs of the country and town trade. On the 23d of January, 1855, Holcomb Tuller was called. to mourn the loss of his wife, who was on that date called to her final rest. He was again married, December 23, 1856, his second. union being with Mrs. Mary Sells, a widow; who was born March 20, 1830. He continued his mercantile pursuits, carrying on business in a building which had been used on Sundays as a Presbyterian church, While school was held in the basement. He purchased the building from the Presbyterians and erected an addition, after which he removed his stock to the new location. Many of the old residents remember the "good old sole leather" which he kept in his basement, where they gathered to slake their thirst. In this store Mr. Tuller remained for a number of years. In the meantime his old store had burned, and when he built on that site he removed into the new structure, carrying and business there until 1861. He then disposed of his mercantile interests and took up his abode at the home now owned by his son, John Tuller. There he resided for several years, engaged in no business save the management of his investments. Subsequently he returned to his farm in Perry township, living in the little farm house that stood on the place. He afterward purchased thirty-seven and a half acres on the river from William B. Hayes, and resided there until his death, which was occasioned by apoplexy, April 26, 1868. Holcomb Tuller was always an energetic and industrious man, accurate and reliable in business. The first bill of good's which he sold on credit went to James Jimison, who was cruelly murdered in Perry township by three unknown men. His carefully conducted business affairs brought to him success. He took quite an interest in public affairs and gave his political support first to the Whig and afterward to the Republican party. For several terms he served as township treasurer. During the Civil war he loyally defended the Union and raised much money to hire and send men to the front. He never held membership in any church, but regularly attended service. His second wife died September 7, 1872. The children of his first marriage are as follows: Ele W., of this review ; Elvira was born October 7, 1838, and was married, February 7, 1861, to Henry Baldwin, at which time they located on a farm in Norwich township, where they have since resided. John T., of Dublin, was born April 4, 1842, and was married, September 18, 1864, to Caroline Shipman. Viola was born February 20, 1846, CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY - 835 and died Mar 31, 1849. Holcomb was born April 22, 1848, and died August 15, 1849. Woodruff was, born November 24, 1852, and was married, January 23, 1878, to Miss Lucy Chapman, their home being now in Columbus.Lillie was born April 16, 1850, and died July 26, 1866; and Jane was born January 18, 1855, and died on the 31st of August of that year. There were four, children by the second marriage : Hartwell, of Columbus,. born April 29, 1858; Flora, who was born December 9, 1859, and died September 8, 1878; Ida May, who was born June 20, 1864, and is the wife of William Williams ; and Herrick Holcomb, who was born March 20, 1866. On the maternal side Mr. Tuller, of this review, is a representative of an old American family. His mother was born March 3, 1815, in Worthington, Franklin county, which indicates that the Woodruffs were pioneers of this locality. Her father wag. Samuel Woodruff, who was born April 12, 1789, was a grandson of Samuel Woodruff, Sr., who married Miss Elizabeth Norton on the 24th of January 1754. His death occurred April 10, 1777, and his wife passed away October 22, 1798. Their children were as follows Lot, born November 24, 1754; Mark, born November 19, 1750; Rachel, born May 29, 1759; Elizabeth, born May 27, 1761; and Darius, born August 7, 1765. Of this family Mark died in the Continental army when aiding in the cause of independence, his death occurring at Skeensborough, August 31, 1776, when he was twenty years of age. Lot, the eldest child, was married, March 9, 1780, to Miss Martha Hart, who was then twenty-one years of age. Their children were : Sarepta, born June 29, 1781; Dolly, born November 28, 1782 ; Samuel, the grandfather of our subject, was; born April 12,1789; Mark, born. November 23, 1792; and Asahel, born August 21, 1798. The father of this family passed away April 26, 1810. Samuel Woodruff, the grandfather of Mr. Tuller, was married, October 10,1808, Clementine Woodruff becoming his wife. With his family, except the mother of our subject, he removed to Illinois, locating in Peoria, where he followed the cooper's trade. His wife died there and his death occurred in that city September 17, 1838. The following is the record of their family: George, their eldest child, was born July 13, 1809, was married, October 7,1841, to Miss Elizabeth Schlotman and died in Peoria. He had two children : Mary Clementine, born July 19; 1842; John Henry, born January 1845; Aseneth, born April 6, 1812, and died April 13, 1814; Jane, who was born March 3, 1815, and became the mother of Mr. Tuller ; Lot Nelson, born May 16, 1818, and died in Peoria, Illinois; Marinda, who was born March 20, 1820; Ambrose Hart, born June 9, 1823; Richard, born November 20, 1825, married: Miss Sarak Davis and died at Plain City, Ohio; Celestia, who was born September 8, 1831 ; and Emily, the youngest, who was born January 9, 1833. We now take up the history of Hon. Eile Woodbridge Tuller, whose name: introduces this record. He was born on the old family homestead, near Worthington, Perry township, Franklin county, September 27, 1836, and when he was two years of age his parents located permanently in Dublin. 836 - CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY. Here he grew to manhood amid pleasant surroundings and evironments, having a good home in which culture and refinement were marked characteristics. At the usual age of six years he entered the schools of Dublin, his first teacher being William Lusk, an Irishman, who compiled the first almanac in Ohio. He was kinds and considerate and. school life therefore made a favorable impression upon Mr. Miler. He continued his education under the direction of John Carson in the same school. After school hours and during the periods of vacation he worked in his father's store, being thus employed until about sixteen years of age, when his father sent him to Antioch College. He remained for only a week, however, for he became homesick and returned to the parental roof. At the age of nineteen he matriculated in Heidelberg College, at Tiffin, Ohio, but after three months was called home to attend his mother's funeral. She died very suddenly and little did the young man think when he told her good-bye as he started for college that it was the last time that he would ever see her alive. In 1859 Mr. Tuller received a diploma from Granger's Commercial College, of Columbus. He then began the study of law under the direction of James E. Wright, of Dublin, being admitted to the bar in 1861. On the 5th of February of the following year he married Miss Sarah E. Evritt, thy wedding ceremony being performed by Rev. Archibald Fleming, the Methodist Episcopal minister, while Francis Riley and Amos S. Brelsford were witnesses. Mrs. Tuller was born in Perry tows hip, Franklin county, February 10, 1840, upon her father's farm. She is a daughter of Zephaniah Evritt, who was born in June, 1805, in Pennsylvania. Her paternal grandfather, Samuel Evritt, was a native of Germany and when a small boy accompanied his parents on their emigration to America, the family locating in New York where he was reared. He there married Miss Sarah Wilcox and for a time resided in Tonawanda, New York, later removing to Pennsylvania and thence to Ohio. He settled on a farm near Franklinton, where his wife died. He was a shoemaker by trade and owned a kit with which he traveled from place to place, mending and making shoes. He was also a lover of fine horses and usually owned several good specimens of the noble steed. After the death of his wife the family became scattered and he died at the home of his son Zephaniah, about 1848, having survived his wife for thirty-six years. Their children were: Thomas, who died near St. Joseph, :Missouri; Jane, who became the wife of Samuel Mickey and died in Missouri; Aaron, who married Elsie Miller and died on a farm in Perry township, this county; Zephaniah. the father of Mrs. Tuller, died June 14, 1872 ; Elisha, who died in Missouri; Mary, who became the wife of Henry Willis and died in Missouri ; Mercy, who became the wife of Jesse Miller and also died in Missouri. The father of this family was a second time married and the children of the second union were.: Charity; wife of Robert Marshall, of Plain City, Ohio; Avis, who married and moved to Missouri; and Ann, deceased. Zephaniah Evritt was a small boy when his parents came to the Buckeye state, and was only seven years of age at the time of his mother's death. CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY - 837 He then went to live with Griffith Thomas, of Perry township, with whom he remained until fourteen years of age, having very limited educational privileges, for there was no school house in his neighborhood and he had to walk miles through the dense woods to the nearest school. His mother taught him some of the principles of arithmetic and experience and observation in later years added to his knowledge. On leaving Mr. Thomas he entered the employ of Mr. Comstock, on the Worthington road, and also worked for Colonel Medbury. Subsequently he became guard:. at the Ohio penitentiary, remaining in that position until .after the Mexican war. He was married, July 3, 1836, at Smiley's Corners, in the tavern kept by David Smiley-, the father of the bride, Nancy Smiley, Smiley's Corners being six miles north of Columbus, on the Scioto river,. and now owned by Mrs. Tuller. A few years afterward Mr. Evritt purchased and located upon. fifty-three acres of land on the Scioto river, in Perry township, and to this place he added until he was the owner of three hundred and fifty acres of land, giving his attention to farming pursuits until his death, which occurred June 14, 1872. His wife passed away September 14, 1858. In early life he gave his. political support to the Whig party: He filled several township offices, discharging his duties in a competent manner. Of the Christian church he was a faithful member. In the family were the following children: David S., who died at the age of seven years; Mrs. Tuller; Esther Evelyn, wife of James T. Miller, of Perry township; Eliza Jane, who became the wife of John E. Price and died on a train while en route from Rochester to her home in Columbus; Josephine Blanche, wife.of Julius C. Richards, of Columbus ; and David Henry, who married Belle Evans and is living in Columbus. The second of the family is Mrs. Tuller. She attended the district schools and while in her thirteenth year entered the schools of Dublin. She began her education in a log school house seated with slab benches, while the writing desk was formed of a board resting upon pins driven into the wall. The entire end of the building was occupied by the fireplace. She wore a linsey-woolsey dress, which was spun, woven and colored by her mother, and her first teacher was a Mr. Benjamin. When she was fourteen years of age her parents sent her to the Esther Institute, at Columbus, of which Lewis Heyl was principal. She spent four years there and after completing her education remained at home until her marriage. Her mother died when she was seventeen years of age. In 1861 Mr. Tuller had entered into partnership with Francis Riley in the grocery business at Dublin and conducted that enterprise for a year, when he sold out owing to the uncertainty of affairs during the Civil war. At the time of his marriage his only possession was a house which had been given. him in 1858 by his father, who had purchased it from. James Brooks, paying one thousand dollars. In the spring of 1864 his father-in-law, Mr. Evritt, said to Mr. Tuller, "You are not doing anything, and if you will come upon my farm I will furnish everything needed for its operation, keep you, your wife and child and give you half that you raise." Mr. Tuller accepted the proposition. He had never engaged in farming before and the arduous 838 - CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY. manual labor was a heavy strain upon his physical powers. He would return from the field at night sore and weary, but he had a wife and babe to keep and was at a loss to know what to do to better his condition. He, however, worked on untiringly, hoping, like Mr. Micawber, that something better -would turn up, yet unlike Mr. Micawber, he did not remain in idleness while waiting for a more fortunate condition of things. He found in his wife a most faithful helpmeet and assistant and though they entered upon their domestic life in limited circumstances they are now the possessors of a handsome competence. Becoming disgusted with the work of the farm Mr. Tuller went to Columbus, where he saw a friend, Eli F. Jennings, who was then an officer in the commissary department, and to him he applied for a position. Mr. Jennings said he would do what he could for him. Mr. Tuller then returned home and a month later, just as he was going into the corn field his brother-in-law, David H. Evritt, brought him a letter from Mr. Jennings, telling our subject to meet him in Urbana, Ohio, if he wanted a position. Mr. Tuller was .very glad. to relinquish farming, which had not been profitable to him,, and went to Urbana and thence to Nashville, Tennessee, as chief clerk in the commissary department. From Nashville he was ordered to Johnsonville, on the Tennessee river and there five hundred head of cattle and a company of drovers, together with a body-guard. of soldiers, were placed in charge of Captain Jennings, who: took them to Nashville, where they were turned over to the commissary department in that city. Captain Jenrings and Mr. Tuller made two or three trips of this kind. On one occasis they took to Chattanooga, Tennessee, one thousand head of cattle, making the trip twice. Afterward they were ordered. to Tullahoma, Tennessee, and stationed there for about six months. During that time Mr. Tuller returned home on a twenty days furlough, and on the expiration of that time again went to the scene of his duties, there remaining until the close of the war, when he was discharged at Nashville in 1865. At the close of the war Mr. Tuller purchased fifty acres of land from William B. Hayes, the tract being located in Washington township. For this he paid fifty dollars per acre: He then entered into partnership with James Brown, buying and shipping hogs to the New York markets. Subsequently he entered into partnership with his father and with Francis Riley in a general mercantile business at Dublin, this relation being maintained for a year, when Mr. Riley withdrew. Mr. Tuller and his father, however, continued the enterprise until the death of the latter, in 1868, when the business passed into the hands of the administrator. In the fall of that year, however, our subject purchased the stock of goods and has since carried on the business. He found it much more suited to his tastes and talents than farming and has made an excellent living his labors bringing to him creditable success. In the meantime, in association with Mr. Riley, he bought and sold real estate, and about 1890 formed a partnership with I. N. Hanshrough in the brokerage business, which they carried on for about ten year. when the relation between them was dissolved. Mr. Tuner is well known as a man of CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY - 839 resourceful business ability and has been connected with many enterprises which have contributed in a marked degree to the prosperity and activity of the town as well as his individual success. About 1892 he joined Ephraim Sells, James M. Loren, Daniel E. Sullivan and George. Atkinson in the establishment of the Fifth Avenue Bank of Columbus, Ohio. It was conducted for four or five years, but proved an unprofitable venture under its first management and after a time was reorganized into a stock company, which also proved unprofitable. In 1885 Mr. Tuller purchased the stock of drugs in the same building in which his general mercantile store was located and carried on a drug business until 1898. For a time he was a stockholder in the Columbus, Shawnee & Hocking Railroad. In Washington and Perry townships he owns over seven hundred acres of land, giving careful supervision to its cultivation and management. He also owns valuable real estate in Columbus, including a business building on North High street, between Long and Gay streets, and a block sixty feet front, between High and Third streets. He also has realty interests in Bowling Green, Ohio, in Findlay, Ohio, and at Devil's Lake, North Dakota, and at Portland, Indiana. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Tuller have been born four children: Charles Evritt, the eldest, born December 18, 1862, was married March 8, 1900, to Mary Ludwig, of Circleville, Ohio, and resides on a farm in Perry township. Eber Theron, born October 9, 1864, was married, June 8, 1899, to Nellie B. Davis, and they have one child,—Ele Jr., born May 3, 1900 ; Nancy Jane born November 10, 1867, married Willis Arthur Herdman, of Zanesville, Ohio, June 10, 1891, and they have two children, Sarah Amelia, born March 29, 1892, and died August 9, 1893, and Willis Arthur, born October 3, 1896; and Sarah Lillian, born August 3, 1874, died November 23, 1883. Mr. Tuller has traveled quite extensively through the western and southern states and has gained that broad knowledge and culture which only travel can bring. Fraternally he is a member of the Evening Star Lodge, No. 104, I. O. O. F., of Dublin, New England Lodge, No. 4, F. & A. M., of Worthington. Also theMasonic chapter of Worthington, and is identified with Johanan Encampment, No. 57, of Dublin, and the Daughters of Rebekah, also of Dublin. His wife became a member of the Baptist church in 1857, but since 1868 has held membership in the Christian church. She also belongs to the Woman's Relief Corps, and Level Chapter, No. 109, of the Eastern Star. Mr. Tuller cast his first presidential vote for Lincoln in 1860, in Dublin, while in 1864 he voted for the martyred president, when in Nashville, Tennessee. He was first elected to the office in the spring of 1875, when he was chosen justice of the peace, in which capacity he has since served, discharging his duty in a most exact and impartial manner, thus winning "golden opinions from all sorts of people." He was elected to represent his district in the state legislature in the fall of 1899, and was renominated for .a second term to this position, and at present is a candidate for election in November of this year. For many years he has served as school director and the cause of education finds in him a warm friend. His hearty co-operation and aid have never been 840 - CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY. withheld from any measure or movement which, he believes would contribute to the public good: and he has long been recognized as an important factor in business, political and fraternal circles in Franklin county. In all his business dealings he is straightforward and commands the good will of all those with whom he is brought into contact. His prosperity is therefore well deserved, as it comes in return for effort both honorable and consecutive. RUDOLPH PHENEGER. When a life is ended we can gain a clear and full conception of a full and round career. It is well then to take into consideration the salient features of the life and follow closely the characteristics that are worthy of emulation There was in the career of Mr. Pheneger more that was commendable, he was ever an upright man, a public-spirited and progressive citizen, and a faithful friend and neighbor. His, birth occurred in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, September 11, 1810. He was there reared, obtained a limited education, his school course comprising less than three months. After he had attained his majority he was married, in his native county, to Miss Elizabeth Galbraith, who was born December 20, 1816. The following spring he started for Ohio in company with his wife. Their outfit consisted of a horse and "dandy" wagon and such. household effects as they could carry. Arriving in Franklin county, Mr. Pheneger purchased eighty acres of land belonging to the military tract of Perry township. He made a cash payment of two hundred dollars, borrowing four dollars of the amount. The tract was unimproved, but he erected a small log cabin and at once began to clear the land and place it under cultivation. He was a carpenter by trade and many of the early frame houses of this neighborhood were erected by him. As his financial resources increased he subsequently purchased other land from time to time until he was possessed of large acreage. A part of his realty he afterward sold, investing the capital in city property. He was a very successful man, who. carried forward to completion whatever he undertook, brooking no obstacles that would yield before earnest and determined effort. Although his' early privileges were very meager he was studiously inclined, read extensively, and this kept in touch with the general interests and questions of the day. He held several offices of trust, being trustee and school director. He usually voted with the Democracy, although he was not strictly partisan. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Pheneger were born eight children, six of whom reached mature years, namely : William Rudolph ; John James; Henry Alonzo ; Benjamin Harper, of Cleveland, Ohio ; Newton Frantz; and Parker Willard, a practicing physician of Columbus. John, the second son, is now deceased, having been accidentally killed in California. The father of this family was called to his final rest March 4, 1886, at the age of seventy-five years, six months and twenty-one days, while his' wife passed away March 10, 1898, at the ripe old age of eighty-one years, seven months and eighteen CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY - 841 days. Both were members of the German Reformed church, with which they became connected after locating in Ohio, remaining consistent members until death claimed them. Both were deeply interested in religious work and devoted much time and labor in promoting the cause of Christianity. Mr. Pheneger was a power for good in his community. He assisted in the material development of the county through his agricultural interests and at the same time gave an earnest support to all measures calculated to promote the general progress along social, intellectual and moral lines. Newton Frantz Pheneger, who was the seventh in order of birth of the family, first opened his, eyes to the light of day on the 11th of September, 1856, on the old homestead where he now resides. He was reared upon the farm, which became is training school for business, his playground in youth and has been the, scene of his mature efforts. He attended the district school of the neighborhood and also pursued a six-months course at the Worthington Normal School. On the home farm he remained with his parents until they passed away, aiding his father in the cultivation of the land. In 1881 Newton F. Pheneger was united in marriage to Miss. Mary Easthen Walcutt, who died September 5, 1881, after which he again married, his second union being with Ada L. Johnston, a daughter of William A. Johnston, one of the pioneers of the county. Mr. Pheneger now has four children, namely : Stanley J., Ethel E., Harry J. and Howard K. Mr. Pheneger is interested in the dairy business in connection with general farming, his land comprising eighty-four acres and the tract is well improved and highly cultivated. Upon the farm are found all modern conveniences and accessories, and everything about the place denotes his faithful supervision. In his political views he votes with the Democracy, taking an active working interest in his party's welfare. HANSON N. MYERS. When the tocsin of war sounded in the middle of the nineteenth century and there were four years of bloodshed Hanson N. Myers responded to the call of his country, and with loyal heart and unfaltering courage went to the front to aid in defending the Union. Throughout the period of hostilities he followed the starry banner of the nation, and when the war was ended he , returned to his home with a most creditable military record. A debt of gratitude is due to the soldiers that can never be repaid, but while memory lasts young hearts will be thrilled with the story of their heroism and fortitude. Mr. Myers, who is now living in North Columbus, is a native of Pickaway county, Ohio, born December 1, 1839. He was reared in the town of Tarlton, that county, and is a son of Samuel and Matilda (Hedge) Myers, who were natives of Pennsylvania and Ohio, respectively. They became early settlers of Pickaway county, Ohio, where both attained to a ripe old age, but have now passed away. Our subject acquired a common-school education in the county of his nativity, and there learned the shoemaker's trade, which 53 842 - CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY. he followed until the time of his enlistment for service in the Union army. He made an attempt to join the First Ohio Volunteer Infantry, but was not accepted on account of being under size. Later, however, he joined Company B, of the Thirteenth Ohio. Volunteer Infantry, in 1861, for three months' service, and went to Camp Dennison, where the regiment remained until the time had expired. He received his discharge at Columbus and again went to his home, but on. the 7th of October, 1861, he was enrolled among the boys in blue of Company I, Fifty-eighth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, being mustered in as sergeant. From Columbus the regiment was transferred to the scene of conflict in. Kentucky, under General Lew Wallace. They left the boat on the Tennessee river and, formed into line of battle at Fort Donelson, where the rebels were soon afterward forced to surrender. The command then proceeded southward, taking part in the engagement at Shiloh, the brigade to which Mr. Myers was attached opening the battle at that place on Sunday Morning. Following that engagement the Fifty-eighth Ohio Infantry was at Corinth, Mississippi, later at Milliken's Bend, Louisiana, on the 28th and 29th of December, 1862. They proceeded to ,Helena, Arkansas, and Mr. Myers, being taken ill, was sent to the hospital at St. Louis, Missouri. When he had partially recovered he was sent home, being mustered out, however, in St. Louis. He was discharged on the. 28th of October, 1862, and after recuperating his health he re-enlisted, on the loth of February, 1863, as a member of Company M, First Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, being mustered in as a private. He was then transferred to the front, joining his regiment at St. Louis, whence he proceeded to Tennessee, taking part in the battle of Stone River on the 31st. of December, 1862, and on the 2d of January, 1863. He also participated in the engagement at Elk River, on the 2d of July of the latter year; Chickamauga, on the loth of September; Washington, Tennessee, October 1, 1863; Painted Rock, October 3o; Cleveland, Tennessee, November 27; and Calhoun, Tennessee, on the 16th of December, 1863. In the following year he participated in the engagements at. Decatur, on the 20th of May; Moulton, Alabama, on the 29th of May; Lovejoy Station, August 20; and the Atlanta campaign. On the 1st of April, 1865, he was in the engagement at Ebenezer, Georgia, on the following day took part in the battle at Columbus Church, Georgia, and was mustered out of service September 13, 1865, in Columbus, Ohio. His record is one of thrilling interest, for from first to last his was an active service upon the field of battle. During the different terms of his enlistment he never missed an engagement in which his regiment participated. He displayed bravery and loyalty of a high order, and he has every reason to be proud of his military record. Upon his return to civil life Mr. Myers resided in Pickaway county for a time, but about twenty years ago, came to Columbus, where he has since remained, his home being now in North Columbus. He was married to Rachel Friend, and unto them has been born one son, A. J., who resides near his parents. Both Mr. and Mrs. Myers hold membership in the Methodist church and are worthy and consistent Christian people. He retains pleasant rela- CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY - 843 tionship with his old army comrades through his membership with military organizations. He always attends the national annual reunions, and is interested and active in all soldiers' gatherings. During the recent war with Spain he made an effort to enter the service, but owing to his gray hairs and his advanced age he was. not accepted. His son, however, joined the Fourth Ohio Regiment, as a member of the quartermaster's department, and did duty in Porto Rico. Fraternally Mr. Myers is connected with Curtis Lodge, No. 762, I. O. O. F. of Columbus, and in politics he is a Republican, keeping well informed on, the issues of the day which concerns the welfare of the nation. JACOB E. SLYH. Jacob E. Slyh, who owns and operates a farm of one hundred and fifty acres in Clinton township, and is accounted one of the most progressive agriculturists of Franklin county, was born at the place of his present residence May 30, 1831, his parents being Jacob and Emeline (Lakin) Slyh, honored pioneer settlers of, the county. His boyhood days were spent in his parents' home, his time being passed in a manner similar to that of pioneer lads of the period. He acquired his preliminary education in one of the primitive schools of the day—a log cabin with one window, a stick chimney and puncheon floor. He subsequently spent a portion of one term in the college at Delaware, but left that institution in April in order to aid in the work of the farm. Subsequently he was at different times for brief periods a student in Otterbein College, at Westerville, thus completing his education, which he obtained under serious difficulties, having to pursue his studies during the portions of the year when there was little to do upon the farm. In his early youth he assisted in the labors .of. clearing and cultivating new land, for his father's farm was heavily timbered and it was necessary to clear away the forest trees and grub up the stumps ere the work of plowing and planting could be carried on. To his father he gave the benefit of his services until he had attained the age of twenty-five years. Mr. Slyh then completed arrangements for a home of his own by his marriage, on the 13th of December, 1855, to Miss Louisa Walcutt, a daughter of Robert and Susan (Legg) Walcutt, early settlers of Franklin county. After their marriage they began their domestic life upon the farm where Mr. Slyh now resides ant. which has been his home continuously since. To this worthy couple were born four children : Anna Maria; William Henry, deceased; Sarah Nattie Christina; and one who died in infancy. Mr. Slyh is one of the enterprising and successful agriculturists of Franklin township, and to-day owns and operates one hundred and fifty acres of land, all of which is under cultivation and supplied with substantial and attractive improvements. He is energetic and diligent in the prosecution of his labors, and his industry and capable management have been crowned with a very desirable degree of success. He is recognized as one of the prominent and influential residents of the community, and has several times been called 844 - CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY. upon to serve in the capacity of township trustee. He was also justice of the peace for six months, school director for twenty-eight years and supervisor for many years. He is likewise a director of the Union Cemetery Association, in which capacity he has been associated with the organization through a long period, having been one of the incorporators. He has many times assessed his township, and in other public positions has discharged his duties with the utmost fidelity and promptness. He has ever been interested in all that tends to promote public progress and the general good, and is an enterprising citizen, actively co-operating in everything calculated to advance the general welfare. In 1900 he was called upon to mourn the loss of his wife, who passed away on the 14th of July, at the age of sixty-two years, eight months and eight days. She was a consistent Christian woman, holding membership in the Episcopal church, to which Mr. Slyh also belong's, having been identified therewith for many years. Both he and his wife took an active part in religious work, and were people of broad charity and sympathy. Mr. Slyh has almost reached the age of four-score years and ten, but is a well-preserved man yet, actively connected with business and public affairs. His entire life has been passed in Franklin county, and those who have known him from youth entertain for him the warmest regard, a fact which indicates that his career has ever been worthy of respect and emulation. JOHN CLARK. John Clark is one of the venerable and highly esteemed citizens of Perry township, Franklin county. Few, indeed, of the settlers of this portion of the state can claim to have spent eighty-two years in this section, hut this honor was justly accorded Mr. Clark, who was born on the old family homestead in Franklin county in 1819. His father, Uriah Clark, settled on the site of the Dublin Bridge January 28, 1815. The family is of English lineage, the grandfather of our subject having been born in England. When Uriah Clark came to Ohio he secured from the government one hundred acres of wild land and established his home in a little log cabin. He was a successful farmer, and lived and died in Perry township, where he carried on agricultural pursuits, his energy and labors bringing tb him a handsome return. Although he started out in life a poor man, he accumulated a good property. He married Miss Nancy Pfeiffer, the wedding being celebrated in Franklin county, although the lady was a native of Kentucky, her birth having occurred in 1800. They became the parents of eight children, namely : John, Samuel, Daniel, Lucy Ann, Sarah, Elizabeth, Martha and Cornelius. For a number of years Mr. Clark filled the office of justice of the peace, and also served as trustee, discharging the duties of both positions in a capable and satisfactory manner. He died in 1856, at the age of seventy-three years, and his wife has also passed away. She was a deeply religious woman and with her husband shared in the high regard of all with whom they came in contact. In politics he was a Jacksonian Democrat. CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY - 845 John Clark, whose name introduces this review, was reared on the old family homestead near Dublin, amid the wild scenes of frontier life. He received a limited education in the common schools, and early assisted in the work of clearing the land and preparing it for the plow, giving his father the benefit of his services until he attained his majority. He then left home, and, like most young men who start out upon a business career, secured a companion and helpmeet on the journey of life. He married Miss Catherine Urtan, the wedding being celebrated when he was twenty-five years of age. She is a daughter of John Urtan, one of the early settlers of Franklin county, who came to Ohio from Virginia. About a year after their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Clark removed to Delaware county, Ohio, settling on a tract of wild land, where they lived for four years. He erected a cabin and cleared about thirty acres of the land, but afterward returned to Perry township, and subsequently he bought a small farm in Union county, Ohio, where he carried on agricultural pursuits for four years. On the expiration of that period he returned to Perry township, where he has since remained, having for thirty-four yeafs lived upon his present farm. He owns two hundred and sixty acres of valuable land out in Perry township, and .the rich, alluvial soil returns splendid crops for the care and labor bestowed upon it. The marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Clark has been blessed with ten children, namely : Nancy, Maria, Milton, Holmes, Emma, Uriah, Josie, Martha, Emily and Dudley, the four last mentioned being the only ones living. The parents hold membership in the Christian church, and Mr. Clark has been a lifelong Democrat; he cast his first presidential vote for Martin Van Buren. He is now well preserved for one of his years. There is a particular satisfaction in reverting to the life history of the honored and venerable gentleman whose name initiates this review, since his mind bears the impress of the historic annals of the state of Ohio from the early pioneer days, and from the fact that he has been a loyal son of the republic and has attained to a position of distinctive prominence in the county where he has retained his residence until the present time; being now one of the revered patriarchs cf the community. DANIEL M. SLYH. Daniel M. Slyh is a worthy representative of an honored pioneer family of Franklin county, and is the second child of Jacob and Emeline (Lakin) Slyh. He was born in Clinton township May 8, 1830, and his early education was obtained in the primitive schools common in the county. His father was a prosperous man and was ambitious to give his children good practical education. Daniel Slyh was therefore sent to Otterbein University, where he pursued his studies for two terms and diligently applied himself to the mastery of the English branches of learning. During the time not spent in the school room he aided in clearing his father's land and developed it into highly cultivated fields. It was during the period of his early marriage that 846 - CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY. the arduous task of cutting down the great forests of Ohio and making their places cultivable fields was carried on, and in other work Mr. Slyh has bome his part. He chopped and hauled hundreds of cords of wood, which was disposed of on the Columbus market, often for a mere pittance. He can well remember when there were no houses north of Gay street in the capital city, and has cradled wheat in the fields within the present site of Fourth and Fifth avenues and High street. For this laborious work he was well fitted by nature, being endowed with a strongly knit frame, which gave him immunity from the exhaustion of hard. and incessant labor. He remained under the parental roof Until twenty-three years of age, and then made preparations for a home of his own by his marriage, on the 3d of November, 1853, to Miss Rosanne. a daughter of Martin and Mary (Osborne) Griswold, who located in Blendon township, Franklin county, in 18o8. After his marriage he located upon a farm of two hundred and fourteen acres in Perry township, given him by his father. At that time the land was but partially improved. After long years of hard toil he brought it to its present highly cultivated condition. Here he yet resides, spehding the evening of his life within sight of the scene that have been familiar to him throughout his entire career. He has long been recognized as a representative citizen' of the community, aiding in all movements which his judgment informs him are for the public good. He has never been an aspirant for office, yet he has been officially identified with township affairs. To Mr. and Mrs. Slyh and his estimable wife have been born seven children, five of whom are yet living, namely : Ida Mary, wife of Hiram Richards, of Perry township.; Clarence H., a merchant of North Columbus; Miriam, wife of Dr. John Gordon, a prominent physician of North Columbus; Almeda E., wife of W. H. Baker, of Trenton, Missouri; and Etta R., who since her mother's death has presided over her father's home. In 1895 Mr. Slyh called upon to mourn the loss of his wife, who passed away on the 15th of March. She was born in Illinois April 1o, 1835, and during her childhood came with her parents. to this county. She possessed many excellent qualities of mind and heart, being a devoted Christian and a loving and tender wife and mother. She held membership. in the Episcopal church throughout the greater part of her life, and Mr. Slyh is also one of its communicants. Long has he been numbered among the leading and influential agriculturists of Franklin county. His career has been one of honest industry, and his labors have resulted in bringing to him a gratifying competence. THOMAS JOHNSTON. Thomas Johnston, deceased, was one of the early born citizens of Franklin county, his birth occurring in Hamilton township, December 7, 1811. His parents, Thomas and Elizabeth (Stewart) Johnston, were both native of Pennsylvania, the former born January 23, 1777, the latter December 30, 1782, and in that state they were united in marriage October 14, 1801. In CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY - 847 1805 they migrated. to Ohio, locating in the forest of Hamilton township; this county, where the father purchased land. He first built a barn, in which the family lived until residence could be erected, and to the improvement and cultivation of his lad he devoted his energies until called to his final rest, December 6, 1829. After his death his widow continued on the farm, where she reared her family. Of the thirteen children born to them five reached adult age, namely : William, Frank, Thomas, Edmund and Samuel., all now deceased. The father entered quite a large tract of land from the government, and became,one of the prosperous and influential citizens of his community, representing his district in the state legislature for a time. In the midst of pioneer scenes Thomas Johnston grew to manhood on the home farm, and early became inured to the arduous task of clearing the wild land and converting it into productive fields. On the 19th of December, 1839, he led to the marriage altar Miss Eliza. Brobeck, a daughter of William and Rebecca (Baker) Brobeck, who were born, reared and married near Staunton, Virginia, and at the time of their emigration to Ohio had six children : Philip and Mahala, deceased ; Eliza; Joseph; Rebecca, deceased; and Sarah. In this country three others were added to the family circle, namely William; John, deceased; and. George. It was in 1825 that the Brobeck family came to Ohio, and after spending a year in Clinton county moved to Perry township, Franklin county, locating on the land now owned by James T. Miller. The parents both died of cholera in September, 1852, within twenty-four hours of each other, at about the age of sixty-five years, both being born in the same week. Mr. Brobeck was a member of a Virginia regiment in the war of 1812, and in religious belief was a Methodist, while his wife was a lifelong member of the Lutheran church. After his marriage Mr. Johnston located on a farm in Perry township, which had been partially cleared and upon which a log cabin had been erected. He inherited three hundred acres of land from his father's estate, and became one of the most successful and leading agriculturists of his community, as well as one of its most highly respected citizens. He was an active and prominent member of the Presbyterian church, in which he served as elder for more than a quarter of a century, and his life was ever in harmony with his professions. His death occurred December 4, 1877. His widow still survives him. She was born in Virginia, and was eight years old when brought by her parents to this state. A most estimable lady of many sterling qualities, . she has a large circle of friends throughout Franklin county, who appreciate her sterling worth. Of her two children, the younger, Sarah E., died in childhood. William A. Johnston, the only son of Thomas and Eliza (Brobeck) Johnston, and the only male representative of the family in Franklin county, was born in Perry township March 12, 1841, and was educated. in the common district schools and Miller Academy at Washington, Ohio, but after one year spent at the latter institution his eyes became so seriously affected by study that he was foced to leave school. Since then he has successfully 848 - CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY. engaged in farming. on the old homestead.. He was married April 2, 1862, to Miss Millie, daughter of Thomas Legg; a pioneer of this county. By this unison were born three children, namely : Ada L., wife of N. F. Pheneger; Harlan L., who married Dora Lisk, of Lima, Ohio; and Gertrude, wife of Charles R. Slyh. The family is one of considerable prominence in this community. LOUIS, HEINMILLER. Formerly a well known resident of Columbus,. Ohio, Louis Heinmiller, now deceased, is welt remembered as a fine German scholar and a successful business man as well as an honest public official. He was born in Columbus in 1838, his death occurring September 5, 1899, when he was sixty-one years old. Louis Heinmiller was the son of Conrad and Elizabeth (Bonafelt) Heinmiller, who came to this city about 1833, froth Germany, their native land. They were people of worth, living to be eighty-three and sixty-two years of age, respectively. Mr. Heinmiller was educated in the public schools and when of proper age entered. another school, that of the printing office, also becoming a pupil at night school. He was both industrious and ambitious and in time became the foreman of the Myers. Printing House, of this city, retaining this responsible position from. 1865 to 1881. During eight years :of this time he was engaged in translating into German all of the state papers upon public institutions,—a work of great magnitude. A Democrat in his political views, Mr. Heinmiller took great interest in the public affairs. of his city and county. He was elected sheriff, October 29, 1881, and served for two terms. For .four years he was a member of the city council, 1885-89 from the eleventh ward, and was also a member of the Democratic county and city. committees. The marriage of Mr. Heinmiller took place in 186o, the lady of his choice being Miss Eliza Wilson, a native of Connecticut, who had come to this city with her parents in 1849. She was a daughter of John Jameson and Lydia (Snyder) Wilson, native of Hartford, Connecticut. The Wilson family originally emigrated from Pennsylvania to Connecticut and settled in Hartford, where John Wilson, the great-grandfather of Mrs. Heinmiller, was a teacher and entered into service in the Revolutionary war. Her grandfather, Robert Wilson, was a lieutenant of the militia company in the war of 1812, and was a surveyor. Her father, J. J. Wilson, was a stationary engineer by profession, attending closely to his line of work until his death, at the age of eighty-one years in 1896. The family of Mr. and Mrs. Heinmiller consisted of seven children, as follows : William, Henry and Albert, grocers on Mound street and active members of the Democratic party ; Frank H., at home; Anna E., the wife of Charles Beck, of Columbus'; Henrietta, the wife of William Wienman, of Columbus; Ida Frances; the wife of Delmer Harrington, of Colum- CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY - 849 bus, and Myrtle May, the wife of Frederick Sniff, of the same city, The entire family is one well known and highly respected in Columbus. For twenty-one years one brother of Mr. Heinmiller was chief of the city fire department, two others being John and William Heininiller, in business in this place. Mrs. Heinmiller still resides in the pleasant residence built by her husband in 1865, on one of the beautiful streets of the capital city of Ohio. WILLIAM L. PINKERTON, M. D. William L. Pinkerton, who is successfully engaged in the practice of medicine in Galloway, was born in Ohio county, West Virginia, on the 2d of February, 1840, and traces his ancestry back to the green isle of Erin. His great-grandfather, a native of that land, sailed from Londonderry to the new world and became a resident of Pennsylvania, where his remaining days were passed. He had three sons, one of whom was William Pinkerton, the grandfather of our subject. He was born in Pennsylvania and there acquired his education. Removing to West Virginia, he located near the line between Ohio and Pennsylvaniai and there he engaged in teaching school for several years. He was married just across the Maryland line to a Miss Littig and several years later he removed to Ohio, afterward taking up his abode in Vinton county, where he spent his remaining days, dying when between forty and forty-five years of age. John White Pinkerton, the father of our subject, was born in West Virginia, and married Miss Susan Burroughs, of the Old Dominion. They located in Ohio county, where the mother died in 1841. The father afterward came to Ohio, and died in Vinton county in 1843. Their children were : Amanda, who became Mrs. De Garmo, and died in West Virginia; Mary. C., wife of William Birkey, of. Franklin county ; Thomas Benton, who for thirty years has been engaged in teaching school, as principal, in Monclova, Lucas county; and William L. The Doctor was eighteen months old at the time of his mother's death, and was left an orphan when three years of age. He went to live with John B. Wilson, by whom he was reared until he was nineteen years of age. In that time he pursued his education in the common schools and became familiar with the various duties and labors that fall to the lot of the agriculturist. He had a good home, being regarded as- a member of the family. When a young man of nineteen years he came to Ohio and. secured a position .as teacher in district No. 1, of Prairie township, Franklin county. He remained there during the winter of 1859-6o, and also through the succeeding winter. On the 22d of April,1861, prompted by a spirit of patriotism, he responded to his country's call for aid to crush out the rebellion in its incipiency, and joined Company B, of the Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry, under Captain James H. May and Colonel I. H. Morrow. He served until June 20, 1864, when he was honorably discharged by reason of the expiration of his three years' term of service. He participated in the engagements at Rich Mountain, Perry-