950 - CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY. Arthur and Maxa M. (Fisher) O'Harra had eight children, all of whom grew to manhood and womanhood and five of whom. are living at this time. Of these, Michael O'Harra was the fourth in order of nativity. The boy was brought up to the. life and labors of pioneer farming and attended school in a primitive log school house with puncheon seats and rude desks of split slabs and planks, in which, as compared with the instruction afforded in the public-schools of to-day, the teaching was not . less crude than were his surroundings. When he grew up he devoted himself to farming, and in 1865, after his marriage, located on the O'Harra homestead and lived there nine years, until 1874, when he moved upon his present farm, on which he erected a modern residence in 1886, a good and sightly brick structure, which, with its surrounding outbuildings, constitutes a part of the improvement on a fine farm of one hundred and ninety-two acres, and near which is a beautiful grove known as O'Harra's Grove. Mr. O'Harra was married at the age of thirty-two, March 16, 1865, to Isabel Simpson, a native of Ohio, who has. lived in Franklin county since she was seven. years old, when her parents, Robert and' Mary Simpson, settled in. Hamilton township, where she was reared and educated. Michael and Isabel (Simpson) O'Harra have had two children. Harry, who died in infancy; and May, who is the wife of. Dr. F. J. Collison, a practicing physician of Columbus, Ohio, who has a drug store at the corner of Town, and Sixth streets. Mr. O'Harra is an original Republican, who voted for Lincoln in 1860 and has upheld the principles of his party ever since. While active in political work; he has steadfastly refused to accept such offices as have been proffered him by his fellow townsmen. He is a member of Capital Lodge, No. 334, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of Columbus, and is. a member of Capital Encampment. While not a member of any church, he has always been a liberal supporter of Christian worship. JAMES W. REASON, M. D. Dr. James William Reason, a prominent and successful physician of Hilliard, has. spent entire life in Franklin county, his birth having occurred on the old family homestead in Brown township on the 9th of December, 1868. His paternal grandfather, Robert Reason, accompanied by his wife and family, emigrated from Scotland to America at an early day and settled in Virginia, where he followed farming throughout the remainder of his life. John Robert Reason, the Doctor's father, was born in Richmond county, Virginia, July 15, 1831, and was one of a family of three sons. He was quite small when his father died, after which his mother married again. At the age of sixteen he came to Ohio to make his home with an uncle in Urbana, and remained with him until reaching manhood. He received but a limited education, but his training at farm labor was not so meager. On leaving his uncle he came to Franklin county, and in Brown township was united in CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY - 951 marriage with Miss Anna O'Harra, who was born in the city- of Columbus in 1833, a daughter of Joseph and Mary Ann (Wynkoop). O'Harra. After is marriage Mr. Reason returned to Champaign county and engaged in general merchandising in the town of Texas for about three years, at the end of which time he purchased a farm of forty acres in Brown township, this county, where he has since made: his home. In his political views he is independent, and both he and his wife are earnest members of the Methodist Episcopal church, and are held in high regard by all who know them. Their children are Mary Alice, superintendent of an Indian school in Chemawa, Oregon;. Charles C. and Nettie E., both at home; James W., our subject; and John Frederick, a teacher. As soon as old enough Dr. Reason began his education in the district schools of his native township, where he pursued his studies until fifteen, and then attended the high school at Reynoldsburg, Ohio, one. year, and the Ohio Normal at Ada the same length of time. After teaching school for five years in this county he entered the Starling Medical College, at Columbus, where he pursued a three years' course and was graduated in 1895. He immediately opened an office at Hilliard, and has since successfully engaged in the practice of his chosen profession. In Norwich township, this county, Dr. Reason married Miss Etta Van Schoyck, a daughter of Sylvester and Margaret (Roberts) Van Schoyck. She was born in that township November 5, 1868, and after attending the township schools was a student at the Hilliard high school for four years. She taught for one year in Perry township, this county, prior to her marriage. She is a most estimable lady, who makes many friends. Socially Dr. Reason is connected with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Knights of Pythias, and religiously is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church at Hilliard. In his political affiliations he is a stanch Republican. For the success that he has achieved in life he deserves great credit, for he is strictly self-made, having earned the money to pay his way through college. He is now a member of the Ohio State Medical Society and the Amercian Medical Society, and he has that love for and devotion to his profession which has brought to him success and won him a place among the ablest representatives of the medical fraternity in his locality. WILLIAM F. REED. This well-known agriculturist of Perry township is a native of Franklin county, his birth occurring in Madison township on the 29th of July, 1825. His parents were Victor and Elizabeth (Fleming) Reed, both representatives of honored pioneer families of this county, who took up land in Madison township. The mother was born August 6, 1805, and died April 24, 1872. She was a daughter of Joseph and Sarah (McDowell) Fleming, of Scotch-Irish, descent, whose other children were Sallie, wife of Robert Kile, and Peggy, wife of Samuel Harmon. After the death of her father her mother 952 - CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY. married Benjamin Clevenger, by whom she had two children, James and Eli, The mother of our subject was twice married, her second husband being John Legg. The first ten years of his life William F. Reed spent in his native township, attending the common schools, and then came to Perry township with his mother and step-father. On attaining his majority he started out in life for himself as a farmer, and purchased a tract of land in Perry township, which he subsequently sold; at that. time buying the farm of seventy-two acres on which he has since made his home. On the 26th. of October, 1847, was celebrated the marriage of Mr. Reed and Miss Mary E. Nets, a daughter of Jacob Nets, a pioneer of this county from Pennsylvania. By this union were born six children, but only one is now living, Franklin P.,. who resides. near his father. Those deceased were Margaret E., Laura J. John M., Mary L. and Hannah A. The wife and mother passed away December 12, 1893, at the age of sixty-five years, ten months and four days. She was a member of the Reformed church and a most exemplary Christian. Mr. Reed was again married, December 19, 1894, his second union being. with Miss Clara Blackburn, daughter of John Wesley and Sarah Ellen (Stansbury) Blackburn, of Perry county, Ohio, and to them have been born two children, Mabel Elizabeth and William Fleming, Jr. Both Mr. and Mrs. Reed are active members of the Reformed church, with which they have been connected for some time, and are highly respected and esteemed by all who know them. He is a Democrat in politics and always supports that party's candidates at the polls. SERENUS S. SOUDER. Serenus. S. Souder, one of the leading, enterprising and progressive agriculturists of Jefferson township, was born February 23, 1851, in this part of Franklin county, his parents being Solomon and Susanna (Clotts) Souder.. The ancestral history of the family cannot better be given than the following record, which was- prepared concerning Jonas Souder, the grandfather of our subject; and his family. This is the work of one of the Souders, and reads as follows: The family of Jonas Souder, the ancestor of the Soudertown branch of the Souder family, came to Ohio in the year 1825, twenty-two years after the state had been admitted into the Union, and thirty-seven 'years after the first settlement in Ohio had been made at Marietta. While they were not the earliest settlers, they had no advantage over the first settlers except that the Indians had been subdued; consequently, while we heard the older members of the family tell about going to Zanesville for a barrel of salt and of going forty and fifty miles to mill, we never heard them tell about any personal encounters with the Indians. While the fact that the Indians had already been driven from this part of the state made it a much safer place of CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY - 953 abode than it had been in earlier times, it did not render the means of gaining a livelihood any easier. The country was still one dense wilderness, without churches, schools, bridges, foundries, mills, stores, or even dwelling houses. "The Souder family is of German descent. It is said that the name of the ancestor who came from Germany to this country was Frederick Souder, that he left his native country and came to Virginia at the age of twenty-one. Like so many of the Germans, he left the fatherland in order to escape military service, it being the custom there then, as now, that all adult males are required to serve a certain time in the king's army. According to the records, Frederick Souder had seven children, five sons and two daughters. Two of his sons were Jonas and Martin Souder, who moved to Franklin county, Ohio. It is said that another son's name was. John, and that he was accidentally killed in one of the 'northern counties of Ohio. One son is said to have emigrated from Virginia to Kentucky, and the remaining one to Indiana. Even tradition is silent as to the daughters; except that one of them married a man by the name of Kline. The inscription on the tombstone. of Jonas Souder says that he died May 19, 1858, aged seventy-nine years, one month and ten days; according to that, he was born on the 9th day of April, 1779. His father died when he was but seven years old, and his mother two years later. The orphan children were bound out to different families, and in this way became separated, which accounts for the fact that so little is known of Jonas Souder's brothers and sisters. After his marriage he lived in Hardy county, Virginia. He married Barbara Baughman, and there were twelve children born of this marriage; first five sons : Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, John and. Solomon; then seven daughters : Rebecca, Catherine, Sarah, Ruth, Mary Ann, Christina and Eliza. All except Eliza were born in Hardy county, Virginia, and they are all dead. except Mrs. Sarah Carpenter. "Jonas Souder owned some property in Virginia, but was not a slaveholder. At that time all the work on the farms and large plantations, was done by slaves, making it difficult for white men to obtain work. There is no doubt that he experienced, to a certain extent, at least, the condition of that class of people which the historians of our country have described as poor whites. On account of the limited opportunities offered to himself and his family in Virginia, he decided to sell his place and try his fortune west of the mountains. In company with his brother Martin, he took a prospecting trip into Ohio in the spring of 1825. After spending some time looking at various places, he selected a tract of one hundred acres in Jefferson township, Franklin county, Ohio. He then returned to Virginia to bring his family to the new home. The method of moving was the usual one of that date, which consisted in loading the few essential household articles in a wagon, the older members of the family all walking the entire distance. The wagon in which they moved their goods had a canvas cover, and was all the protection the family had until they had time to build a house. They 60 954 - CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY. arrived at their new home in the month of October, 1825. The house which they built immediately upon their arrival here served as a shelter for a number of years, when a new house was built. The latter was repaired and remodeled a number of years ago, and is still occupied. Jonas Souder had learned the art of distilling in Virginia, and brought a still with him. when he came to this state. He followed the distilling business for a long time in this county. In those days people took apples and peaches to the distillers and had them made into brandy, the distiller retaining half of the product as pay for his trouble. Of the sons, Abraham was a blacksmith by trade, Isaac was a carpenter and Jacob was a shoemaker, but all five of the sons of Jonas Souder owned farms and made tilling of the soil their principal occupation. "Jonas Souder had made preparations to go to the war of 1812, but before reaching the seat of operations the war ended or the emergency which had demanded his services was bridged over. His five sons had almost a similar experience at the time of the Mexican war. They had all five enlisted in one company and had secured their uniforms. Solomon Souder was the standard-bearer of the company. The call came that they were needed and they donned their uniforms and went to Columbus, when word was received that the war was ended, and they went home again without seeing any service. Several members of the Souder family, if not all of them, sympathized with the south during the war of the Rebellion. There is no evidence that any of them ever belonged to the disreputable secret organization to which so much odium was attached, as the Knights of the Golden Circle. I do not think that they favored a continuance of slavery, but they did not fully approve of the method which the government had taken to free the slaves. They deplored the great expense, the. loss of property to the southern people, and especially the great bloodshed which the war necessitated. As far as I can remember of hearing them express themselves, they favored the idea of the government buying the slaves. and setting them free. That they sympathized with the south more or less is but natural when it is remembered that their native state of Virginia took such an active part in the rebellion. Another explanation of their position during the Civil war is found in the fact that they were all stanch Democrats, and they were in the same attitude toward the government as the political party to which they belonged. The Souders have believed in the brand of Democracy taught by Thomas Jefferson and Andrew Jackson, and the younger generation now believes in that advocated by William J. Bryan. I am not aware that Jonas Souder or any of his five sons ever held any office other than school director or supervisor. None of them ever sought any county or even township office. "As a general rule, the Souders and their descendants have been strict adherents of the Lutheran faith. Jonas Souder and his wife were both members of the Lutheran church, and their children were all brought up in that faith, every one of the eleven that grew to manhood or womanhood having been confirmed. It can truthfully be said that the Souder people have never been church members out of ostentation or display, but because CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY - 955 they have sincerely believed in the doctrine of Christianity. With them the Bible has not been a book with which to ornament the center-table, but they have read the scriptures to the best of their ability and earnestly tried to practice the teachings of the sacred work. Some of the Souders have been quite proficient in the knowledge of the Bible. It may be remarked in passing that no doubt some of the younger members of the various families have thought that their parents were too familiar with the contents of the Bible, especially that part which says spare the rod and spoil the child. It is needless to remind a great many of those present that the Souders were ardent believers in the efficiency of the rod, and the belief was not permitted to become weak from lack of practice. If there was any question about its use, King Solomon's saying was given the benefit of the doubt and the rod was used. It is not intended to convey the idea that they were more severe than a great many others of their time. They simply followed the teachings of the age in which they lived, and according to which corporal punishment was more frequently resorted to than it is at the present time. it has since been heard that 'there are efficient and pleasant ways of training children in which the use of the rod plays a very insignificant part." Solomon Souder, the father of Serenus S. Souder, was born in what was then Hardin county, Virginia, but is now West Virginia, on the 12th of April, 1814, his parents being Jonas and Barbara (Baughman) Souder. He was reared in his parents' home and acquired a common-school education. In early manhood he married Miss Susanna Clotts, and then turned his attention to farming on his own account. He operated the old homestead for a short time, and then purchased seven and a half acres of land where the old homestead residence now stands. Not long afterward he became the owner by purchase of ninety acres opposite his home on the south side of the road.. That 'tract he obtained from the Carroll heirs, and later he bought forty-seven acres of land from Dr. Kimball adjoining his. home place on the east. Another purchase of twenty-four and a half acres, obtained from the Kittsmiller estate, increased his farm to an acreage of more than a quarter of a section. He died in 1887, and was at that time in very comfortable financial circumstances. He was a loyal and consistent member of the Lutheran church, and always had his children attend its regular services. In politics he was a stalwart Democrat, but never sought or desiredoffice, and among the highly esteemed. citizens of the county he was numbered. Unto Solomon and Susanna (Clotts) Souder have been born five children, but two of the number have now passed away. Those still living are: Lewis, a resident of Columbus; Amanda, the wife of Thomas Beem, of Summit Station, Licking county, Ohio; and Serenus S. In taking up the personal history of our subject we present to our readers the life record of one who is widely and favorably known in Franklin county, where he has long resided. He spent his youth upon his father's farm, and was trained to habits of industry, economy and honesty there. He received a limited education in the common schools, but being the eldest 956 - CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY. son, the burden of farm work devolved upon him, and as soon as old enough to handle the plow he began work in the fields. The father suffered much from rheumatism, and our subject was given permission to manage the farm in the way he pleased. He showed himself well qualified for the responsibilities that devolved upon him, successfully managing the property, and after his father's death he purchased the interests of the. other heirs in the old homestead. He is a member of the Lutheran church and a man of genuine worth, who throughout his. active business career has ever deserved and received the confidence and good will of all with whom he came in contact. CHARLES H. MILLER Mr. Miller, a prominent business man of Columbus, is a native of England, and was born in 1833, a son of William and Jane (Boys) Miller, the former a native of Scotland, and the latter of England. A tanner by trade, William Miller easily obtained remunerative employment after emigrating to the United States, following his chosen vocation in Geauga county, Ohio, and later at Paynesville, where. both parents died. Our subject became a student at the Painesville Academy, later attending Burton Academy, at Burton Center, Ohio. After leaving- school. he engaged in teaching in Madison county for four years, and subsequently to his marriage he removed to Lincoln, Logan county, Illinois, where he continued to teach. In 1861 Mr. Miller testified to his love for his country by enlisting in the army, joining Company H, One Hundred and Sixteenth Illinois Volunteers, under the command of Colonel Robert D. Latham, and faithfully served until 1864. Upon the organization of the regiment he was commissioned adjutant by Governor Yates. His fortune led him through a. great part of the fighting district of the war, he being present at the battle- of Jackson, Mississippi, at the siege and fall of Vicksburg, at the capture of Little Rock and the battle of Pine Bluffs, When he was promoted to the command of the regiment as lieutenant-colonel. There the regiment was mustered out of service in August, 1865, when he was brevetted colonel. Returning home to take up again the pursuits of peace, Mr. Miller settled in, Lincoln, Illinois, where he entered upon the reading of law, and was admitted to the bar in 1867, beginning his. practice in Lincoln and remaining there until 1870. Removing then to Tiffin, Ohio, he established in that city an agency for the Singer Sewing Machine Company, but in 1880 he came to Columbus, where he engaged in manufacturing for five years, and on the accession of Governor Foraker his ability received instant recognition, he being immediately appointed by the chief executive superintendent of the Institution for the Blind in this city. In this difficult and important position he continued for four years, but upon a change taking place in the administration Mr. Miller quietly retired, having ably and honorably performed the onerous duties. In 1890 Mr. Miller established the Columbian Building, Loan and Invest- CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY - 957 ment Company, with its vast authorized capital, and upon its organization he was made secretary and general manager, but has since withdrawn. He is now interested in the real-estate and loan business as a member of the firm of E: B., Roberts & Company. The marriage of Mr. Miller took place in Madison county, Ohio, to Miss Isabel Gullett, a daughter of William and Eliza (Goslee) Gullett, and two children were born of this union,—Eugene, living in Delaware county, on a farm; and Charles William, a graduate of Ohio State University and of Starling Medical College, at Columbus. Mr. Miller is a member of McCoy Post, G. A. R., and- is honored by his comrades as one whose war record is a matter worthy of pride. He is a progressive and intelligent citizen, and is deeply interested in the advancement of his city. WILLIAM Y. POSTLE. William Y. Postle, who owns and operates a farm of eighty acres in Prairie township, Franklin county, was born on the old family homestead in this township December 3, 1843, his parents being Lewis and Caroline Postle, both of whom are now deceased. He was reared in the usual manner of farmer lads and began his education in the district school near his home, his first teacher being Ruth Ann Hamilton. Later he enjoyed educational privileges in Central College, but it was not until after his return from the war that he pursued his collegiate course. At the .age of nineteen years he responded to his country's call for aid, enlisting on the 12th of August, 1862, in Prairie township, as a private in Company C, Ninety-fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, under command of Captain Allis and Colonel McMillan. He was at the front for four months when he was wounded above the right knee at the battle of Richmond. He was taken to the hospital and there remained for seven weeks, and was then sent home, being honorably discharged on the 6th of September, 1863. A year passed before he was able to walk without the aid of crutches. Mr. Postle remained at home until his marriage, which was celebrated in 1875, Miss Catherine Sheehan becoming his wife. She is a daughter of Patrick Sheehan, and by her marriage has become the mother of four children: Welcome C., now in St.. Louis, Missouri; Ethel, the wife of Fred Miers, of Franklin township; Beatrice, at home; and Lewis K., who is still under the parental roof. After his marriage Mr. Postle located on his present farm of eighty acres, and has since devoted his time and energies to the cultivation of his land. His fields give evidence of the care and labor which he bestows upon them, and in return yield to him a golden tribute. He is a man of diligence and unfaltering purpose, and his indefatigable efforts have brought to him a desirable competence. He belongs to the Methodist Episcopal church of Galloway, in which he is serving as trustee. In politics he is a stanch Republican, but has never sought or desired 'the emoluments of public office. 958 - CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY. He is a member of the W. H. Elliott Post, G. A. R., at Alton, and has served as its .quartermaster for sixteen years. He was formerly a member of the Independent Order of Odd. Fellows and filled every chair in Prairie Lodge at Rome. FREDERICK STOMBAUGH. Frederick Stombaugh, now deceased, was a most worthy representative of the agricultural interests of Franklin county and a valued citizen, enterprising and public spirited. He was. born in this county, in what is now Marion township but was then a part of Hamilton township, June 11, 1811. His father, John Stombaugh, was a native of Pennsylvania, and when a young man left the Keystone state for Ohio, settling in Franklin county. Here he married Catherine Baker, and. upon a farm in the midst of the green forest they began their domestic life. Their home was a little log cabin which Mr. Stombaugh built. Subsequently it was destroyed by fire, and he then erected a brick residence, but his death occurred before its completion, so that he was never able to enjoy his new home. Frederick Stombaugh, of this review, was born, reared and married on the old family homestead, and in the district schools of the neighborhood he acquired his education. He experienced all the hardships and trials of life on the frontier, and assisted in the arduous task of developing the new farm. He was an industrious and energetic farmer, and his labor resulted in making his property a highly improved place, although he met with some financial difficulties in his latter life. Mr. Stombaugh married Miss Elizabeth Baylor, who was born in Pennsylvania and came to Franklin county when eight years of age. They became the parents of six daughters and one son. Eveline, the eldest child, was born on the farm which is now her home December 29, 1839. Mary C. became the wife of Jacob Wright, by whom she had two children, and by her second husband, John S. Borror, of Madison county, Ohio, where they are now living, she had two children, of whom one survives, William Wright. Elizabeth, the third of the Stombaugh family, is deceased. Sallie is the wife of Dr. Orloff Schueller, of Marion township. John married Eliza Jane Clickenger and lives in Marion township. Mattie, the youngest of the family, is the wife of T. J. Moore, also a resident of Marion township. At the death of Mr. Stombaugh his eldest child was about twenty years of age and the youngest four years old. He had involved himself to some extent by going security for another, and the burden of this obligation fell upon Mrs. Stombaugh who with the help of her. older children saved the property and placed the family on an independent footing. This able and worthy woman died February 13, 1898, in her eighty-first year, and is sincerely mourned by all who knew. her. Mr. Stambaugh lived to the age of fifty years.. In his political views he was formerly a Whig ,and on the dissolution of the party he joined the ranks of the new Republican party. Both CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY - 959 our subject and his. wife enjoyed the high regard of many friends, and to their children they. left the priceless heritage of an untarnished name. Under the able managment of Miss Eveline Stombaugh the homestead is one of the agricultural successes of Marion township, The place consists of about forty-eight acres of rich and well-cultivated land adjoining the corporation line of the city of Columbus, and is a very desirable property. WILL STARR WHITE. The subject of this biographical sketch is the son of a soldier, has himself risked life in defense of the flag, and is a nephew of two soldiers and a grand nephew of a colonel who fought gallantly for the preservation of the Union during the Civil war. Major White was born at Decatur, Illinois, October 8, 1869, a son of Henry A. and Caroline Camden (McFarland) White, and came to Columbus, Ohio, which city has since been his home, with, his father's family in 1874, when about five years old', and was educated in the Columbus high school. Henry White, who died in 1885, was a native of New York city. In 1861 he enlisted in the Second Ohio Heavy Artillery and served one hundred days, and by re-enlistment three years longer in the Army of the Potomac, participating in all the great battles which it fought and acquitting himself in all ways as a brave and patriotic soldier. After he took up his residence at Columbus he was until his death in the saddlery business on the site of the present court house. For eleven years, 1884-95, Major White was employed in a prominent carriage-making enterprise:. In 1895 he was appointed a letter-carrier at the Columbus postoffice, a, position which he has filled continuously since except while engaged in military duty. In February, .1890, he joined the Fourth Regiment, Ohio National Guard, as a private in Company B, and having passed all lower grades he became second lieutenant in 1894, and May, 1896, was promoted to the captaincy of the company. Three times in 1894 he was in active service—in the southeastern mining strike, at Mount Sterling, against Galvin's army of "Coxeyites," and at the Washington Court House riots, in October. In 1898 his regiment went into the United States volunteer army, and he was mustered into the service at Camp Bushnell, Columbus, May 9, and was at Chickamauga May 15. July 24 he left for .Newport News, and thence he went to Porto Rico, landing at Arroyo August 2, and fought at Guayama. Time all accounted for he was at Porto Rico from August 2 to October 29, and was on duty all the time in one service or another. At Guayama Company B and Captain White almost literally crawled four miles, while under a hot fire from Spaniards, and acquitted themselves so gallantly that they received special mention in the report of Colonel. Coit commanding the Fourth. Captain White was a member of a general. court-martial appointed by General Brooke, which sat for fifteen days, during which time it transacted much important business. He was mustered out January 20, 1899, and reported to the governor of Ohio as a National Guard officer of that 960 - CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY. state, and was ordered by the adjutant general to report how many men of the regiment intended to remain in. the National Guard, and found that Cornpany B would remain but that six other companies objected to so doing; and a reorganization of the regiment necessarily followed. July, 1899, Company B was on duty as an independent company at. Cleveland in consequence of the street-railway strike in that city, and Captain White was elected major of the reorganized Fourth Regiment, Ohio National Guard, in camp at Cleveland, Ohio, July 31, 1899. The regiment was on duty at Akron to protect the city against rioters, August 23, 1900. Major White married Miss Maggie May Miskell, of Perry county, Ohio. His mother, Caroline Camden McFarland, was a daughter of Dr. Josiah McFarland, of Zanesville, 'Ohio, and two of. her brothers served the cause of the Union in the Civil war, and Colonel G. A. Frambes, the brother of her mother, also won laurels in that great conflict. Fred J. White, brother of Major White, lives at Watertown, New York, and his sister Lilian married C. C. Beverly, of Columbus. Major White is national president of the Society of American Veterans of Foreign Service, of which there are two hundred and twenty-five members in Columbus., and he is in all things a man of public spirit, who takes a deep and helpful interest in every question affecting the welfare of his fellow citizens. In political affiliation he is a Republican. SAMUEL FRANKLIN COEN. The value of high. personal character in public office has come to be so generally recognized that. except in localities where politics is in very bad management the men chosen to do the work of municipal legislation are cleanhanded politically and. highly regarded in business circles. Such a conscientious and well-esteemed public servant is Alderman Samuel Franklin Coen, of Columbus, Ohio. Mr. Coen is a native of Morgan county, Ohio, and was born in 1859.William Coen, his father, married. Elizabeth Proque, whose ancestors were Hollanders and who came to Ohio from Pennsylvania. In 1861 he enlisted in the One Hundred and Fortieth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and he died of wounds received in battle before Vicksburg while his son was yet a child in arms. His wife passed away in 1871. The son had early to take up the battle of life for himself. He was employed. in a store in which his day's work usually ended about ten o'clock at night, and gained a fair education by industrious study after that late hour and in what other spare time he had. He came to Columbus in 1882, and until he established himself in business as a wholesale confectioner was city salesman for Butler, Crawford & Company and Shedd & Son, wholesale: grocers. His trade was a satisfactory one from the first, and it increased rapidly and steadily until his establishment is regarded as one of the foremost in its line in Columbus. Mr. Coen is a thorough-going Democrat, and as a member of the city council, to which he was elected in 1900, he .takes a leading part in local poli- CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY - 961 tics and is a strong advocate Of municipal reform, in the furtherance of which he is a valued ally in the council of Rev. Dr. Gladden. He is personally acquainted with almost every active business and professional man in the city and many of them are his warm personal friends. Mr. Coen married Miss Emily L. Machin, of Chillicothe, Ohio, daughter of Aaron Machin, deceased, a native of England, who came to Chillicothe in 1840, and was a merchant there in .the queensware line, and she has borne. him four sons and two daughters. Mr. and Mrs. Coen are members of the Congregational church, and Mr. Coen. is a member of its board of trustees. Of conspicuous public spirit, he has, since he became a resident of Columbus, given his moral and material support to every public measure which has, in his good judgment, promised to advance the interests of the city and its people. FRANK O. SCHOEDINGER. One of the young and enterprising business men of Columbus is Frank Oscar Schoedinger, who was born in this city on the 7th of September, 1872. He is of German lineage, his father, Philip J. Schoedinger, having been born in Germany in 1825. When only six years of age he was brought by his parents to the new world, the family establishing their home in Columbus. For many years he was successfully engaged in the undertaking business in this city, where he died in 1880. He was twice married, his first union being with Barbara Linther, by whom he had four children : George J. ; Philip L.; Lizzie K., the wife of F. Kallmerten; and Lena A., the wife of William J. Bowers, of Mansfield, Ohio. After the death of his first wife Mr. Schoedinger was again married, his second union being with Caroline Heverly, of Bucyrus, Ohio, in 1868. Three children graced this. marriage; namely : John Albert, Frederick Herman and Frank O. In the usual manner of lads of the period living in the cities of our middle west, Frank O. Schoedinger spent the days of his boyhood and youth. He pursued his studies in the city schools, completing his course in the Columbus high school. In September, 1890, he entered upon his business career, in connection with the stove, house furnishings and roofing business. A few years. afterward, in 1895, he entered into partnership with William A. Fearn and J. R. Dickson. The roofing branch of the enterprise has been owned and controlled from the beginning by Mr. Schoedinger, and to this he now devotes the major portion of his time. His plant, located on Long street, in Columbus, is large, well constructed and splendidly equipped with the best machinery of modern invention for carrying on the trade. He has produced some of the best specimens of finished workmanship in ornamental galvanized iron which can be found in the state:. Many. public buildings in different portions of Ohio attest his skill and workmanship, and the products of his house have been sent into various states of the nation. The plant has a large capacity, equal to the heavy demands which are made upon it, for the business is constantly growing in volume and importance. 962 - CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY. Mr. Schoedinger is a gentleman of resourceful business ability, wide awake, alert and enterprising, and his labors have been extended into various fields. For two terms he was the president of the Builders & Traders Exchange, is a member of the board of directors of the Columbus board of trade, and a director of the Bank of Commerce. His religious connection is with the Emanuel Evangelical church:, in which he is serving as one of the trustees. He is very prominent in Masonic circles, is now an officer in Mount Vernon Commandery, No. 1, K. T., and holds membership in both the York and Scottish Rite bodies. He likewise belongs to the Columbus Club, the Arlington Country Club, the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and the Knights of Pythias fraternity. In point of energy, enterprise and business ability he is one of the most prominent men in Columbus. He has been a leading factor in the progress of the city during the last decade, church and social, as well as business interests owing their promotion in a considerable degree to him. Throughout life he has resided in Columbus, and the years have been largely devoted to the public good. REV. WILLIAM B. DAVIS. The old families of Ohio whose history in the state reaches back to pioneer days have in their different generations made the material for records most valuable and interesting, and the unfolding of the family history of the Rev. W. B. Davis, of Marion township, Franklin county, is an illustration of this fact. Mr. Davis was born near the."Rock mill," on the Bookwalter farm, in Fairfield county, Ohio, August 5, 1823, a son of John Buckey and Elsie (Biggerstadd) Davis. The family is of Welsh lineage and was founded in America by the grandfather of our subject, a native of Wales, who became a farmer of Maryland. John B. Davis was born in Frederick, Maryland, and was there reared, educated and married. In 1808 he came to Ohio and located on the Bookwalter farm. in Fairfield county, and thence removed to Pleasant township, Marion county, Ohio, about 1835. He Was a pioneer there and locating in the forest he built a log cabin and cleared a farm. For many years he was a devoted member of the Methodist church, and in politics.was first a Whig and later a Republican. He became a man of considerable local prominence and died when about sixty-two years of age. His wife, who was also a native of Maryland, died at the age of thirty-seven years. Unto them were born ten sons, nine of whom grew to manhood, while five are yet living. After the death of the mother the father married a Miss Williams, and they had two daughters. The Rev. W. B. Davis was his father's fifth son and was twelve years of age when the family settled in the midst of the green woods of Marion county. He aided in clearing the land and placing it under cultivation, and his early education was obtained in a log school house with puncheon seats resting on pins, and writing desks Of hewn slabs. supported by pins driven into the wall. He was about eighteen years of age when his mother died, and he soon after- CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY - 963 ward entered the employ of Gamaliel Gooding, for whom he used the horse in plowing corn and did other farm work, receiving twenty-five cents. per day or a dollar and a half per week, boarding with his employer, who was a bachelor and did his own cooking. Later he entered the service of William Gooding, a cousin of his former employer, receiving eight dollars per month and remainingwith him for five years. 0n the 1st of August, 1844, he was united in marriage to Elizabeth Mortis, a native of Pleasant township, Marion county, Ohio, and unto: them were born six children.: Lafayette M., Humphrey 0., John H., Sarah J., William H. and Perry. Of these Sarah J. and John are the only ones now living, the former being the wife of John Ehrenhart, a well known merchant of Springfield, Ohio, while the latter is engaged in the milling business as a member of the firm of Davis & .Clark, of Columbus. The mother died in January, 1887, and Mr. Davis married Ann E. Souder, the widow of Jacob Souder. They lived happily together until her death, which occurred in San Diego, California, January 3o, 1895, her remains being then brought back to Columbus and interred in Green cemetery. On the 17th of June, 1895, Davis married Elizabeth Everett. After his first marriage Mr. Davis rented a farm in Pleasant township, Marion county, on which he had been previously employed by Mr. Gooding, and. was so successful in its management that he was within a brief period able to buy and improve forty acres of land. This he later sold and then purchased one hundred and twenty acres in the same township, which he disposed of advantageously, investing his money in a mill in Prospect township, Marion county. After profitably operating this for a year he sold out and resumed farming. In 1861 Rev. Davis entered the ministry of the United Brethren church and was given charge of the Allen Creek mission with thirteen appointments to fill every thirteen weeks. During his first yeaes service he added one hundred and sixty to the membership of the church and during his second year there sixty other members were added to the congregation. He was then sent by the conference to Johnsville circuit, in Morrow county, Ohio, where he Was located for two years, during which time about. ninety were added to the church through his efforts. He was next given charge of the Shiloh circuit, in Harrison and Richland counties, Ohio, and in one year brought in one hundred new members. From there he was sent to the Huron mission; which was without a church or a church member of his denomination, and after four weeks labor in a little village he organized a society of forty members in Huron county. Later he organized another society near by and raised money to build a church edifice, his meetings thus far having been held: in a school house. After laboring there successfully for six months he was appointed chaplain of the One Hundred and Eighty-seventh Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and in that capacity served for one year during the Civil war, being mustered out June 26, 1866. Returning to Ohio he was sent as a missionary to Columbus and organized a church on Town street and later 964 - CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY. built the Olive Branch church in that city and the church now occupied by the United Brethren in West Columbus, raising twenty-two hundred dollars toward the erection of the last church mentioned by personal application in New York city. Up to this time he has been instrumental in erecting three churches in Columbus. In connection with his second wife and Mr. Sessions Rev. Davis built the South Congregatiohal church, and our subject served as a member of the board of trustees and was its president for some time. Fifteen years of his life he devoted to the active work of the ministry and his efforts were crowned with abundant success. He is a man of irreproachable character and of stainless reputation, honored and respected wherever known and most highly esteemed where best known. BISHOP McMILLEN, M. D. Dr. McMillen was born August 5, 1856, on a farm near Johnstown, Licking county, Ohio— His father, Lylle B. McMillen, is now a resident of Westerville, Ohio, while his grandfather was Diver McMillen, of Scotch-Irish extraction, who died in Coshocton county, Ohio, at the age of eighty-two years. The mother of the Doctor bore the maiden name of Marinda Cramer and was a daughter of Captain J. B. Cramer, who won his title by service in the war of 1812, and died near Johnstown, Ohio, at the advanced age of ninety-two and a half years. The Doctor's parents are both living. He attended the district schools and there acquired his preliminary education, which was supplemented by study in the Johnstown high school and at the schools of Westerville. Later he spent one year in teaching, and then entered the office of Drs. Stimson & Williams, at Alexandria, Ohio. He became a student of medicine under Dr. David Williams, now of Columbus, and later attended the Eclectic Medical Institute, at Cincinnati, Ohio, graduating with the class of 1881. He began practice at Gahanna, Franklin county, and after seven years. spent in Gahanna and in Westerville he secured the position of assistant physician in the Columbus State Hospital for the Insane. He spent two and a half years, making a specialty of the study of mental diseases among the unfortunate patients there. This work was greatly to his liking mental diseases having ever been a source of interest to him. On leaving the hospital he resumed the general practice of medicine at No. 1075 Oak street, Columbus. In 1892 he received an injury to his spinal cord which has greatly handicapped him in his labors. He was taken to Shepard's Sanitarium for treatment, and in 1894 became associated with Dr. William Shepard in the sanitarium work. The department fc-r mental diseases in the sanitarium was opened that year with Dr. McMillen in charge, and he is still connected with that institution. He is also well known as an educator, holding the position of professor of mental, and nervous diseases in his alma mater the Eclectic Medical Institute, of Cincinnati, Ohio. He is a member of the National, the Ohio State and the Ohio Central Eclectic Medical Asso- CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY - 965 ciations, and has contributed to these societies many interesting papers on mental and nervous diseases. On the 8th of March, 1882, Dr. McMillen was united in marriage with Miss Eva Agler, the only daughter of Clinton W. Agler, Who now resides in Columbus. Socially the Doctor is connected with Mifflin Lodge, I. O. O. F., at Gahanna, Ohio. He has always been an ardent worker in the Republican. party, rendering it valuable service in his county. FRANK G. WINTERRINGER The present well-known and popular postmaster of Hilliard is an important factor in business circles and his popularity is well deserved, as in him are embraced the characteristics of an unbending integrity, unabated energy and industry, that never flags. He is a leading merchant of that place, and as a public-spirited citizen is thoroughly interested in whatever tends to promote. the welfare of the community. A native of Franklin county, Mr. Winterringer was born in Norwich township November 19, 1869, and there grew to manhood, being educated in its common schools. At the age of eighteen he became a telegraph operator for the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, and after serving as extra man for two years accepted the position of operator at Hilliard. When the company moved their office to Hayden he went with them, but at the end of six months resigned his position and returned to Hilliard, where he embarked in general merchandising in partnership with his father, J. E. Winterringer. He has since been actively identified with the business interests of this place. In 1888 Mr. Winterringer was united in marriage with Miss Kate E. Leady, a daughter of John D. and Sarah (Hare) Leady. Two children were born of this union, Maud A. and one unnamed but both are deceased. The Republican party has always found in Mr. Winterringer a stanch supporter of its principles, and he has been honored with several local offices. Besides that of postmaster he has served as township clerk four years, and treasurer of Hilliard since 1894. Fraternally he is a member of the Knights of Pythias arid Masonic lodges of Hilliard. JOHN Y. BASSELL. The family history of the subject of this review in both ancestral lines extends far back to a remote period in the settlement of Virginia. The immediate family of our subject were natives of Harrison county, which was continuously their home throughout life, John Y. Bassell was born in Harrison county, Virginia, June 23, 1847, and is the son of Stephen and Catherine (Young) Bassell. He attended school at a classical academy located at Morgantown, Virginia, now West Virginia, where all the higher branches of learning were taught, and special instruction was imparted to students who contemplated a regular classical and complete course of college graduation. 966 - CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY. Mr. Bassell was in attendance at this academy at the inception of the war of the Rebellion, and, though but thirteen years of age, felt constrained to respond to the call of his state, enlisting in the Confederate army. He volunteered as a private in the Nineteenth Virginia Cavalry, and a short time subsequently became a member of the staff of General William L. Jackson, a relative. He participated in many engagements and for bravery and meritorious conduct was promoted to the office of lieutenant. At Droop Mountain he was shot through the lung. At Jackson river he was shot through the hand, and at the battle of Winchester he was so severely wounded by a minie ball piercing his side that he became unfitted for further service in the field and was appointed midshipman in the Confederate navy and placed on board the naval vessel, Patrick Henry, then - lying in the James river below Richmond. There lie remained until he was stricken with typhoid fever, when he was consigned to the naval hospital in Richmond, where he was confined for several weeks. Recovering sufficiently to enable him. to leave his bed, he was given hospital leave in time to escape the capitulation of the city. After the conclusion of the war Mr. Bassell attended the University of Virginia, at Charlottesville, where, in addition to the regular curriculum, lie took a thorough course in the department of law. In 1869 he was married to Miss Rebecca Benedict, a daughter of William B. Benedict, who was for many years in charge of the United States observatory at Washington. Unto this union were born three children : John Y., who graduated at the Lehigh University as a mining engineer and metallurgist, served in the Spanish-American war and died at Columbus in 1899 ; Henrietta B.; and William Benedict, who is practicing medicine in Columbus. For several years after his marriage Mr. Bassell was engaged in business at Leesburg, Virginia. Removing thence to Missouri, he established himself in business at St. Louis, where he lived until he came to Columbus, in 1895. Upon his arrival in this city he was elected to the position of president and general manager of the Chittenden Hotel Company. For several years he was in charge of this hotel, and upon his retirement from the management of its business he was elected to the office of secretary of the Columbus Board of Trade. An event rarely impels a man into his proper sphere of action. The exception to that rule seems to have exemplified itself in its relation to Mr. Bassell's connection with the Board of Trade. The location of a number of extensive manufactories at Columbus is in a great measure due to his active efforts. The selection of the capital city of Ohio as a point in many instances for gatherings of political associations and fraternal organizations is likewise due in a great part to the same controlling influence and industrious efforts of the worthy, zealous and efficient secretary. The transformation of an immense skating rink in: Columbus into one of the most complete and conveniently arranged auditoriums of the state or country is an additional proof of executive ability, combined with a cultivation of taste and adornment which would reflect high credit upon an accomplished artist. By the usual and customary standard with which the proficiency of an executive officer is rated CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY - 967 and established, including as well the additional efficiency of the "pudding test," inference, it would seem, would lead very strongly to the conclusion that Mr. Bassell has during the brief interval of his connection with the Columbus Board of Trade, by his systematic and methodical process of doing busniess, rendered it exceedingly difficult for those who. may succeed him in the office to improve upon his methods or make material addition to the sum total of valuable service performed by himself during the time of his connection with it. At a general meeting of the Board of Trade in January for the election of officers for the current year he was re-elected to the office of secretary by a unanimous vote. As a collaborator in public utilities pertaining to the material and substantial interests of the city the services of Mr. Bassell, without invidious comparison of results achieved by any other individual, may with: propriety be estimated in both extent and importance equal to those of any other citizen of Columbus. A feature more pronounced and distinct, perhaps, than any other in the intellectual composition of Mr. Bassell is an intuitive faculty. of conception and expression of thought extemporaneously delivered. Particularly in repartee or ready response he is peculiarly gifted, and on numerous occasions it has been the delight of his friends in social and convivial gatherings to enjoy the versatile and interesting effusion of intellectual thought and elegance of expression rarely blended in a single individual. Culture and refinement to a marked degree in. this line of singular intellectuality is .rare and isolated, and if with pride and satisfaction New York can boast a Chauncey M. Depew so with similar pride does Columbus boast an equally brilliant orator in the person of its gifted and cultured fellow citizen, John Y. Bassell. WILLIAM J. CHAMBERS. This well-known and successful dairyman has spent his entire life in Franklin township, where his birth occurred February 20, 1862. He is the youngest child of William and Elizabeth (Haughn) Chambers, a sketch of whom is given in connection with that of J. E. Chambers on another page of this volume. On 'the home farm our subject was reared to agricultural pursuits, and his literary education was obtained in the district schools of the neighborhood. On the 22d of December, 1885, Mr. Chambers led to the marriage altar Miss Emma Newlove, a native of Clark county, Ohio, who came to Franklin county at the age of fourteen years with her parents, J. W. and Sarah (Lindel) Newlove. Four children bless this union, namely : Ethel, Wallace, Joseph and Lindley. Mr. and Mrs. Chambers began their domestic life upon the farm which is still their home. Their present comfortable residence, erected in 1893, is surrounded by good and substantial outbuildings, and everything about the place denotes the thrift and enterprise of the owner. He owns and operates one hundred and eighteen acres of valuable and productive land, and is sac- 968 - CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY cessfully engaged in general farming, but makes a specialty of the dairy business, having one of the oldest dairy establishments in Franklin township. As a Republican Mr. Chambers takes an active interest in political affairs, and has been a member of the township committee of his party. He belongs to the Buckeye Club, and is one of the most popular and influential men of his community. HERBERT A. LINTHWAITE. Among the beautiful structures which beautify and adorn the city of Columbus are many which have been designed by Herbert A. Linthwaite, the subject of this sketch. Mr. Linthwaite is a native of the city of Vincennes, Indiana, coming from there while very Young and locating in Columbus. He is a descendant of Rev. Albert Linthwaite, a minister of the church of England. Herbert A. Linthwaite received his education, in the schools of Columbus and studied architecture under. William Tinsley, the. celebrated English architect. Mr. Linthwaite spent some time abroad, studying his profession in Rome, Berlin and France. His work speaks for itself, many buildings of importance, both in the state and as far east as Buffalo and as far west as Los Angeles, testifying to his skill and artistic. taste. He is prominently identified with many of the commercial interests of Columbus. JOHN C. FRAZIER. John C. Frazier, who is serving as engineer on the Pennsylvania Railroad, and resides at No. 406 Hamilton avenue, Columbus, is numbered among the native sons of West Virginia, his birth having occurred in Wellsburg, that state, on the 30th of June, 1869. His paternal grandfather was a native of West Virginia and died in Wellsburg in 1877. John W.. Frazier, the father of our subject, was there born on the 16th of March, 1846, and served in a West Virginia regiment during the Civil war. His wife, Mrs. Louisa Frazier, also a native of Wellsburg, was born April 3o, 1847. Our subject is the eldest of their family and the others are as follows : George H., born July 8, 1871, is a foreman in the Pennsylvania Railroad shops at Dennison, Ohio. He wedded Miss Mary Shupp at Gnadenhutten, Ohio, and their children are Irene, who was born in 1893; Beulah, born in 1895; and Bessie, born in 1897: Bessie became the wife of George Miller, a resident of East Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, and died October 15, 1900, leaving one child, Herbert L., whose birth occurred in 1896. Walter was born November 4, 1875, and is now a resident of East Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. R. L., born February 15, 1878, is now a student in the Ohio State University. Ophelia G. and Hattie V. are still with their parents. Thomas, born in 187o, is at home. Olive is also at home. Annie, who was born in 1867, died in 1869. John C., of this sketch, began working for the Pennsylvania Railroad CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY - 569 Company in 1884 as a track repairer and held that position for two years. He then began firing on a freight engine on the same road, and after three years service he was, in June, 189o, promoted to the position of engineer: For sixteen years he has been in continuous service with the exception of a period of sixty days following a serious accident in Bowerstown, Ohio, in March, 1890. He is a member of Division No 255 of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, and is well known as a reliable trainman, faithful to his duty in every instance. Mr. Frazier was married, February 18, 1890, to Miss Clara F. Martin. Her father served in an Ohio regiment during the Civil war and died in 1897, at the age of sixty-six years. His widow, Mrs. Lizzie. Martin, is still living at the old home. Both were natives of Ohio. Their children are : James, Fred and John, all of whom are residents of Newcomerstown, Ohio, and are in the service of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. Hattie, the wife of William Hamilton. Sadie, the wife of Clinton Mees. Maggie, the wife of James Sickinger ; and Nina, the wife of Harry Shew. During the past year Mr. and Mrs. Frazier have resided in Columbus, having a comfortable home 'at No. 406 Hamilton avenue. Three children have graced their marriage: Franklin L. who was born August 6, 1891; Howard S., born August 7, 1893; and John T., born October 4, 1896, but they lost their second son through an accident which occurred July 23, 1900. He was playing on the street and in jumping on a wagon fell between the wheels so that the rear wheels passed over his skull, causing a fracture at the base of the brain. This occurred about haft past eight in the morning. At one o'clock he was' conscious and spoke to both his father and mother, but at five minutes before six in the evening 'of the same day he passed away, causing a great sorrow in the household. The remains were taken to the old home in Tuscarawas county, Ohio, where the interment was made. He was a bright and promising lad who had attended school for two years and was manifesting special aptitude in his studies. Mr. and Mrs. Frazier hold membership in the Christian church in Columbus, and he belongs to the Masonic fraternity and the Knights of Pythias order, while in his political affiliations he is a stalwart Republican. SAMUEL RILEY. Throughout his active business life the subject of this review has been prominently identified with the agricultural interests of Hamilton township, Franklin county, and has also borne an important part in public affairs. He was born in that township on the loth of October, 1858, and is a worthy representative. of one of the old and honored families of the county, being a grandson of Samuel Riley, and a son of William Riley, who was born in Virginia in 1815, and died at the age of sixty-seven years. On coming to . Franklin county Samuel Riley took up a tract of government land in Hamilton township, which at that time was heavily timbered, and which he cleared and improved with the assistance of his son. By occupation he was a farmer. 970 - CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY. William Riley, father of our subject, was a native of Virginia, and on reaching manhood was married, in 1852, to Miss Bell Wright, of Hamilton township, a daughter. of Thomas .Wright, a native of Pennsylvania and one of the pioneer settlers of Franklin county. By this union were born two children: Jane S. and Samuel. The former is now the wife of James Meeker and lives on a part of the old Riley homestead in Hamilton township. Samuel Riley, the only son and the subject of this sketch, was reared to agricultural pursuits upon the home farm and obtained his literary education in the district schools of the neighborhood. On attaining his majority he began life upon his own responsibilities, and that his farming operations have been uniformly successful is evidenced by the fact that his well appointed farm of one hundred and seventy acres is kept in a high state of. cultivation and is supplied with all the conveniences and accessories of a model farm. of the twentieth century. In 1881 Mr. Riley was united in marriage with Miss Emma Holmes, who was also born in Hamilton township; December 25, 1859, and is the second in order of birth in a family of nine children. Her father is Isaac Holmes, who is still living in Hamilton township. Mr. and Mrs. Riley are the parents of . four children, namely : Cynthia Belle; Samuel G., Walter C. and Harold C. Our subject is not only one of the most progressive and energetic farmers of his township, but is also one of its leading citizens, taking an active interest in whatever pertains to. the public good.. At national elections he is a supporter of Democratic principles, but in local political affairs he votes for the men whom he believes best qualified to fill the offices, regardless of party lines. He has been called upon to serve his fellow citizens as trustee of the township two terms; was also assessor two terms, and has been school director for the long period of fifteen years, which fact clearly demonstrates the active interest he takes in educational affairs. THOMAS W. AUSTIN. Among the self-made men of Franklin county, Ohio, Thomas W. Austin, a prominent farmer of Washington township, is conspicuous. Beginning at the bottom of the. ladder, he has worked his way to a good position in the community by methods most commendable, developing a character which has made him known for industry, integrity, patriotism and all the other good qualities which make for first-class citizenship. Mr. Austin's first American ancestors came from Scotland. Chapman Austin, his grandfather, who was an American soldier in the Revolutionary war, lived, married and died in Virginia, where he was a planter and slave owner. John Austin, son of Chapman Austin and father of Thomas W. Austin, was born in Richmond county, Virginia, passed his early life in agricultural pursuitsand was for some years a seafaring man. He married Sarah Fulton, a native of the Old Dominion and a daughter of Thomas Fulton, and after his marriage lived many years in his native state. In 1851 he came CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY - 971 from Virginia to Norwich township, Franklin county, Ohio; making the journey by wagon, and left his old home April 12 and arrived at his new home May I2. He farmed on rented land in Norwich township until 1859, when he removed to Livingston county, Illinois, where he ended his days. His first wife died in Virginia, and he married there Lucy Thrift, whom he brought to Ohio and who is now living in Illinois. By his first marriage he had children as follows : David, who died in infancy; Thomas W., who is the subject of this sketch; Margaret, who married Moses Hart; Sarah, who married John Billingsley and lives in Missouri ; John, who died in childhood; Robert, who served during the Civil war in an, Illinois regiment and died of fever in the south; and Frances,. who married Aaron Becker and died in Illinois. Thomas W. Austin was born in Richmond county, Virginia, October 28, 1831, and was brought up to farming, with almost no opportunity for acquiring an education. At the age of sixteen he became a sailor at eight dollars a month on Chesapeake bay and was so employed for two years, working hard and enduring many perils and privations. Some time afterward he came to Ohio, where for a time he worked by the month as a farm hand. After his marriage he settled in Norwich township, where, in 1880, he bought his present farm of forty acres, which he has since cultivated with great success and which he has improved until it is one of the most productive and profitable in the vicinity. He has drained the land by an admirable system of tiling, planted an orchard and erected buildings in every way adequate and up-to-date. Politically he is an unswerving Republican, but though he is influential in party councils he is not an office seeker, and has resolutely refused to accept such political honors as have been tendered him. His public spirit has impelled him to identify himself helpfully with every movement which, in his good judgment, has promised to benefit any considerable class of his fellow citizens. Mr. Austin was married, in Norwich township, to Miss Lucy Lattimer, a native of that township and a daughter of Daniel and Catharine (Hyde) Lattimer. Mr. and Mrs. Austin have had two sons, one of whom, William, died at the age of twenty-two years, and the other of whom, George L., died at the age of fifteen years. They felt the loss of these sons greatly. JAMES LAMBERT. Among the native sons of Ohio now residing in the capital city is James Lambert, who was born at Coal Grove, this state, in November, 1868. His father, Samuel Lambert, who is now sixty-three years of age and resides in Coal Grove, has been in the employ of the Norfolk & Western Railroad since 1886, and is now car inspector for the company. His wife, Eliza J. Lambert, is also living. At the time of the Civil war the father responded to the call of the president for troops and loyally aided in supporting the Union until the hour of danger was passed. In the public schools of his native town James Lambert acquired his edu- 972 - CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY. cation, and when seventeen years of age he began work on the Norfolk & Western Railroad, wiping engines at the roundhouse. He was employed in that way for four years, after which he accepted a position as fireman on the road in 1889, his first engineer being E. Theobalt. He was afterward with Charles Doley, and for seven years was fireman with engineer John McClure. In January, 1900, he was promoted to engineer and is now acceptably serving in that capacity. When a wiper he had his foot nearly severed from his leg, and when on the engine as fireman with Mr. McClure he was at one time nearly crushed between the engine and the side of the roundhouse. In 1892 he joined Franklin Lodge, No. 9, of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen, and he is now a member of Manilla Lodge, No. 537, of Columbus. He also holds membership with the Order of Red Men. Mr. Lambert has resided in the capital city since 1889. He was here married, on the 27th of February, 1898, to Miss Bessie Kent, a daughter of Harry C. Kent, of San Francisco. —Her father was a member of the One Hundred and: Twenty-second Ohio Infantry and served with his regiment throughout the Civil war. Her sister Grace is now the wife of Fred Phinney and makes her home in Columbus. In his political views Mr. Lambert is a stanch Republican, giving an unswerving support to the principles of the party since attaining his, majority. As an engineer he is reliable, efficient and popular, and enjoys the respect of all with whom he is associated. FRANK P. JACKSON. Fortunate is the man who has back of him an ancestry honorable and distinguished, and happy is he whose lines of life are cast in harmony therewith. In person, character and talents Mr. Jackson is a worthy scion of his race. For several generations his ancestors have devoted their energies to the advancement of intellectual acquirements among their fellow men. They have been noted for their mental attainments and for their military prowess, and the family name is an honored one Of Scotch-Irish descent, the original American progenitors early came to the United States and their descendants are now widely scattered over the greater portion of the nation. The grandfather of our subject, Thomas Jackson, was a native of Pennsylvania, and when he had arrived at the years of maturity he wedded Miss Katherine Caldwell, who also Was born in the Keystone state, where she was reared, educated, married and died. Thomas Jackson, Jr., the father of our subject, was for many years a merchant in Mercer county, Pennsylvania, and in the latter part of his business career carried on merchant tailoring in New Castle, Pennsylvania, where his last days were spent, his death occurring in 1886. He wedded Miss Elizabeth Jane Fulkerson, of New Castle, a daughter of Roger Fulkerson. In her maidenhood her mother was a Miss Tidball, of Revolutionary stock. Mrs. Jackson died in 1871, being survived by her husband for fifteen years. He was a very pronounced Democrat in his political affiliations, a trait which has ever been manifest in the family. CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY - 973 Frank P.. Jackson spent his boyhood days in the Keystone state and was educated in the schools of New Castle, where he prepared for entrance into the State Normal at Edinburg. Matriculating in the latter institution, he there continued his studies for-two years and then fitted himself for teaching, a profession which he followed for five years, devoting his time outside of the schoolroom to reading law, being also privately instructed in the principles of jurisprudence during that period. The year 1886 witnessed the arrival of Mr. Jackson in Ohio, and after residing for a time in Pomeroy he came to Columbus, in August, 1887. In the winter following he was employed as a teacher in the business college at Fostoria, Ohio. In April, 1888, he returned to Columbus, where he continued the reading of law as a student in the office of R. H. Platt, Esq., being admitted to the bar in October, 1892. He has since followed his profession, giving his entire time to his duties as a representative of the legal fraternity. He was instrumental in the organization and became one of the founders of the Columbus Law Club, in which he interested many of the citizens of Columbus, especially the trustees of the Ohio State University. Seeing the importance of such a course of study, they finally established a law department in connection with that institution in 1892, and Mr. Jackson was a member of its first graduating class, in the year 1893. He is now located in business at No. 13 ½ East State street, and his clientage is constantly increasing, both in volume and importance. In 1897 Mr. Jackson was elected the secretary and attorney of the Columbus Humane Society, which office he held until December, 1899, and he is now one of the board of directors. On the 12th of January, 1887, the subject of this review married Miss Ella Donnally, of Pomeroy, Ohio, a daughter of A. B. Donnally, who served as the clerk of Meigs county,- Ohio, for a period of eighteen years, and was :very widely and favorably known there. Later he filled the office of mayor of Pomeroy. Mr. Jackson is also well known in political affairs, having been chairman of the Democratic county judicial committee. He has ever been earnest and unchangeable in support of the Democratic principles, feeling that the platform of the party contains the best elements of good government. He is therefore laboring earnestly fcr the success of the party and the election of his friends. One of his most noticeable characteristics is his fidelity to the course which he believes to be right, whether in the political field or any other line of life. ELMER G. McINTYRE. Elmer G. McIntyre, a passenger conductor on the Pittsburg, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad, residing on Price avenue, in Columbus, is numbered among the native sons of Pennsylvania who have found homes in Ohio's capital city. He was born in Greensburg, Westmoreland county, April 22, 1863. His father, William McIntyre, died in New Alexandria, Pennsylvania, on the 1st of April, 1867, at the early age of twenty-nine years, but 974 - CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY. his widow still survives him and is now a resident of Beaver county, Pennsylvania. The sister of our subject, Miss Margaret McIntyre,, makes her home in Carnegie, Pennsylvania. Mr. McIntyre. may largely be called a self-made man, for he started out to earn his own living when only thirteen yew's of age, at which time he secured employment in the shops of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, at Allegheny. There be remained until 1879, when he was made a brakeman on the Pittsburg division of the Pennsylvania road, running from Pittsburg to Columbus. In that capacity he served until the 8th of August, 1884, when his fidelity won recognition in promotion to the rank of conductor, and thus he has since represented the company. His work has elicited favorable comment not only from his superiors in the service, but also from the public, whose comfort he has promoted through his courteous and obliging manner. He belongs, to the R. B. Hawkins Division, No. 114, of the order at Pittsburg. He is also a member of Magnolia Lodge, No. 20, & A. M. On the 14th of May, 1885, in Mansfield, Pennsylvania, was celebrated the marriage of Mr. McIntyre and Miss Euranda Dickinson. Her father, Abraham Dickinson, is now living in Carnegie, Pennsylvania, but her mother died in that place in. 1898. Their children were Mrs. McIntyre; William, who is married and resides in Pittsburg and has two daughters; Mrs. Lottie Williams; Abraham, of Pittsburg, who is married and has one child, Voight D., now ten years of age. Mrs. McIntyre is a representative of one of the old Pennsylvania families, and by her marriage she has become the mother of four children : Lou B., born March 29, 1886; Edward B., born July 17, 1887; Elmer E., born April 27, 1889; and Frank D., born December 28, 1890. Through the past decade the family have been residents of Columbus. THE HESS FAMILY. George Bolser Hess was born in the town of Wurtemberg, Germany, in the year 1741, and at the age of eighteen years emigrated to America. He served during the seven years of the Revolutionary war, participating in the battles of Brandywine, Schuylkill, Cowpens and other engagements, and was taken prisoner at the battle of Long Island by the Hessians and confined in the old "sugar house," in New York city, being one of fifty out of seven hundred confined there who survived its horrors. He was with Washington at the crossing of the Delaware river and heard him say "God will build us a bridge before morning," and before the break of day the troops had been transported to the other side. At the close of the war Bolser Hess settled in Bedford, Pennsylvania; with his wife, Mary Eve Hensel, to whom he was married in 1782. In the year 1798 he removed with his wife, two sons and six daughters to Hopetown, near Chillicothe, Ohio, where he remained for two years. Their son, John M., was born at Chillicothe in 1800, and on the 3d of October of that year we find the family living on a farm of four hundred acres purchased by the CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY - 975 father from General Jonathan Dayton, of New Jersey, and situated on the west bank of the Olentangy river, immediately northwest of the Ohio State University, in Clinton township, Franklin county. The members of the house- hold. were himself and wife, three sons, Daniel, Bolser and John M., and six daughters. To reach this pioneer home Bolger Hess, Sr., with his eldest son, Daniel, had to cut a wagon road from Franklinton up the Whetstone river through the unbroken forest, his wagon being the first that ever passed north from Franklinton. Bolser Hess died December 27, 1806, and his wife, who survived' him nearly fifty years, died on the 26th of January, 1855. Their remains lie in Union cemetery, just north of the old homestead. By will the father bequeathed to his sons, Daniel Bolser and Moses, his real estate. Bolser disposed of his share, and in 1839 removed to Goshen, Indiana, where there is a numerous connection. Of the six daughters of Balser Hess, the founder of the family in Ohio, we have the following record : Mary Ann became the wife of Emanuel Cryder and spent her long life near Chillicothe, Ohio. Elizabeth married John Keys, of Chillicothe, and they took up their abode near Springfield, Illinois. Susan married Israel Carpenter and spent most of her life in Delaware county, Ohio. Catherine first married John Oiler, and after his death became the wife of Judge William. McElvaine, of Columbus, who died in a short time, and she then married George Oiler and lived for more than thirty-five year on the Scioto river, near Bellpoint, Ohio. Mary Saloame married Samuel Carpenter, a Baptist minister of Lancaster, Ohio, where she died in 1872, at the age. of seventy-eight years. Daniel Hess, the eldest son of Bolser Hess, Sr., had seven children,— Lucy, Amanda, Daniel, Philomen, Mary Eve, William Wilson and Horatio. The four surviving members of this family are : Elder Daniel Hess, a primitive Baptist minister of Columbus ; Philomen, also a resident of the capital City ; and Mrs. Lucy Shauck and Mrs. Mary Eve Cover, both of whom are now widows and reside at Riverside, California. Moses Hess, another son of Bolser Hess, Sr., died in 1856, leaving five children, namely : Thomas Moore, James H., Charles Wesley; John Moses and Louisa M. Thomas Moore Hess, who was a son of his father's first marriage, wedded Mary Ann- Rutherford, and they had one son, Henry R. This wife died, and he afterward married Ann Kinnear, by whom he had two children, Ella P. and Nora A. His' death occurred May 28, 1889. James H. Hess, the second son of Moses Hess, married Eliza Jane Kenny, and unto them was born one daughter, Mary. Eve, who with her mother occupies a modern home on the site of the first log cabin erected by Bolser Hess in 1800. His death occurred February 13, 1889. Charles Wesley Hess, the second child of his father's third marriage, spent his youth in the usual manner of boys of the period, working in the fields through the summer months and pursuing his education in the public schools in the winter seasons. He married Miss' Ann M. Lane, and unto them were born four children,—William G:, Charles R., Florence L. and Ida. 976 - CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY. Charles Wesley Hess died November 9, 1889, making the third brother to die within a period of nine months. His widow is a resident of Columbus. John M. Hess, Jr., the youngest son of his father's third marriage, was born on the old homestead March 7, 1844, and was reared to agricultural pursuits. In the district schools he obtained the rudiments of his education, which was supplemented by a course of study in the Otterbein University, but lie . was forced to put aside his text-books on account of ill health. Subsequently he was married to Hannah K. Fairfield, of Franklin county, a daughter of William Fairfield, the wedding being celebrated on the 15th of March, 1871. Four children came to grace their union, namely : Walter, now deceased: Benjamin C.; Elizabeth H. ; and Flora Louise, at home. The family reside upon a portion of the original Hess farm. Louise Maria Hess, daughter of John M. Hess, Sr., married William P. Brown, of Franklin county, Ohio, and now lives in New York city. They have four children,—Edward C., Ballard W., Mary and Jessie. The members of the Hess family are stalwart people. Bolser Hess, the progenitor, was six feet, four inches in height and weighed two hundred and fifty pounds. They are known for their sound judgment and safe counsel, honesty and determination of purpose. Agriculturally inclined, they are models as farmers, and in whatever position they have been called upon, to occupy they have reflected credit upon it and upon the family name. NILES M. PETERSEN Niles M. Petersen, who is the subject of the present sketch, is one of the reliable and energetic business men of Columbus, Ohio, occupying the prominent position of superintendent and manager of the National Steel Works, located in this city. Mr. Petersen was born in the city of Hasterslein, Denmark, in 1851, where he received a very liberal education, and enjoyed several years of travel in his native country. He visited many cities and made a special study of the factories in operation in them, endeavoring to gain a correct knowledge of their management as well as of their products. In 1871 Mr. Petersen emigrated to the United States, proceeding immediately to St. Louis, Missouri, where he engaged in work at a steel plant, remaining with the company for a space of eighteen years and being promoted frcm one position to another and thug becoming thoroughly instructed in every branch. He then entered the employ of King, Gillart & Warren, a company known at points throughout the world, then located at Middleport, Ohio, and was promoted to be the superintendent of the works. Upon the removal of the plant to Columbus, in 1895, Mr. Peterson was retained' in the service and received the appointment as superintendent manager, which position he has acceptably filled ever since. The plant of the King, Gillart & Warren Company manufactures steel and brass sheets, with many other articles, employing twelve hundred men, and requiring two engines of five thousand horse-power, with eight small CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY - 977 engines to supply power. The plant covers about twenty-five acres, many of the buildings so constructed as to be almost indestructible, while the machinery is of the Most modern patterns known to the business. In 1875 Mr. Petersen married Miss Beata Nelson, a native of St. Louis, Missouri, and four children have been born to this estimable couple,—two boys and two girls. They live, with all the comforts of modern life, in a substantial home at 1187 South High street, upon the ground known as the old Ambos estate. Mr. Petersen possesses the happy faculty of being able to create and retain harmony in his relations with his men, while obtaining the best results from their labor. The position which he holds requires a peculiar fitness which he seems to have, and this combined with his practical and thorough comprehension of the business, makes him invaluable. JAMES H. FARBER. For twenty-nine years James H. Farber has resided upon the farm which is now his home and has made it a valuable property, adding to it all modern accessories and conveniences, keeping its buildings in excellent repair, its fences in good condition and its fields under a high state of cultivation. A glance at the place will indicate to the passerby that the owner is a progressive agriculturist. Mr. Farber is among the residents of Franklin county that New Jersey has furnished to the Buckeye state, for he was born in Sussex county March 26, 1846. His grandparents, Paul and Elizabeth (Rood) Farber, were both natives of Sussex county, New Jersey, the former born December 31, 1760, the latter on the 11th of August, of the same year. There they spent their entire lives, the grandfather following the occupation of farming as a means of livelihood. His wife died May 24, 1842, and, having survived her six years, he passed away on the 29th of May; 1848. Caleb Farber, the father of our subject, was born in Sussex county August 18; 1797, and was there reared to manhood. When about twenty-three years of age he was joined in wedlock to Miss Eliza Laroe, who was born in Essex county, New. Jersey, April 7, 1805. He began the tilling of the soil upon a farm adjoining the old homestead where he was reared, and there resided until 1853, during which time he acquired an extensive tract of farming land. In 1853 he emigrated with his family to Franklin county, Ohio, locating on a farm one mile east of the present home of his son James. Several years prior to this time the father had come into possession of two hundred acres of land here, and at his Ohio home he spent his remaining days. He was a man of great energy, strong force of character and excellent business judgment, and became the owner of six hundred acres of valuable land, which he subsequently divided among his children. His political sympathy was with the Democracy and he kept well informed on the issues of the 'day, but never sought or desired office. He was a man of considerable influence in the corn- 978 - CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY. munity, his opinions carrying weight among his fellow men, for all knew and respected him, for his genuine worth and his loyalty to his honest convictions. He passed away August 4, 1881, and his wife died on the 28th of October, 1864. This worthy couple were the parents of eleven children, but all have passed away with the exception of Arin, widow of Dennis B. Strait; Paul, a farmer of Jefferson township ; and James. The subject of this review was a lad of seven summers when he accompanied his parents on their removal to Franklin county. His youth was quietly passed on his father's farm, and from an early age he assisted in the work of the fields, plowing and harvesting through the hot summer days and gaining the practical experience which now enables him to successfully carry on agricultural pursuits on his own account. After, his marriage he located upon a farm of one hundred acres, given him by his father, and at the same time aided in the management of his father's extensive agricultural interests, assisting in the control of the home place until the father's death. In the spring of 1872 he removed to his present farm, and throughout the intervening years he has given his time and energies to its further cultivation; development and improvement. He now owns four hundred acres, and in addition to the tilling of the soil he is successfully engaged in stock-raising. On the 28th of October, 1868, Mr. Farber was united in marriage to Miss Elvira Albery, a native of Licking county, Ohio, and a daughter of John Albery, who was a prominent agriculturist of that county, but is now deceased. Six children have graced this marriage: Retta B., now the wife of Nelson E. Wilkins, of Westerville, Ohio ; Sadie E., wife of Perry Doran, of Plain township; Chauncey, a resident farmer of Plain township; James H., who is engaged in clerking in New Albany, Ohio; Nicholas C., who, is teaching in the district schools and resides with his parents; Leo F.;, who is yet a student in the public schools. Mr. Farber's fellow townsmen, recognizing his worth and ability, have several times called him to public office, and his fidelity to duty and the confidence reposed in him is indicated by the fact that for nine years he has served as township trustee, being elected to the office on the Democratic ticket. He is a stanch advocate of the principles of Democracy, and as a citizen keeps in touch with the advancement of progress and enterprise which results to the benefit of the county and state. JOHN COVERT GREEN One of the most valuable legacies which a father, dying, can leave to his children is a good name, and that was not the least important part of the inheritance of the children of the late John Covert Green, of Truro township, Franklin county, Ohio. That well remembered and much regretted citizen was born in Truro township November 30, 1834, and died there at the age of fifty-four years and eleven months. His father was Gilbert Green, son of Susan and Gilbert (Green) Green, who moved to New Jersey when their son, who was born in Sussex county, New York, November 27, 1804, was only a CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY - 979 few years old, where they remained until the end of their lives. There Gilbert Green, the son, passed his early life and was married, October 3, 1836, to Miss Melinda Harrison, who bore him three children, named Aaron Harrison, William Henry and Mary Olivia Green. In 1831 Gilbert Green emigrated to Truro township, Franklin county, Ohio, with his family and bought there one hundred and thirteen acres of land, to which he afterward added two hundred acres by another purchase. His wife died about a year after he came to Ohio, and he was married, July 9, 1833, to Susan Taylor, a daughter of Robert Taylor, who settled in Truro township about 1809. Miss Taylor, who was born at Chillicothe, Ohio, September 21, 1808. bore her husband children as follows : Robert, Mary, Gilbert M., Sarah, John Covert, Belinda and. Elizabeth J. Gilbert M., who lives at Columbus, Ohio, married Elizabeth Marshall ; Elizabeth J. married A. D. Schoonover, of Newark, New Jersey ; and Belinda married Valverda A. P. Ware, of Truro township. Sarah died in infancy. John Covert is the immediate subject of this sketch. John Covert Green began life without means and had made some progress in a material way when the Civil war began. He enlisted August 12, 1862, as a corporal in Company B, One Hundred and Thirteenth Regiment, Ohio; Volunteer Infantry, and was a good soldier until he was honorably discharged, April 14, 1863, on account of sickness contracted in service. After his marriage he operated a rented farm in Truro township fourteen years until he bought the place on which his widow now resides, which he cleared and improved and put under prosperous. cultivation, equipping it well with buildings, machinery. and all appliances necessary to successful farming. Mr. Green was married, November 28, 1867, to Miss Sarah J. Parkinson, a daughter of Daniel Parkinson, of Truro township, near Reynoldsburg. Mr. Parkinson was born in Pennsylvania and was brought when quite young by his parents to Franklin county, Ohio, where he received his education and assisted his father to clear and improve a farm, remaining under the parental roof until he was thirty years of age, when he married Sarah Ann Syler, also a native of Pennsylvania, who bore him ten sons and four daughters, a family of fourteen children, of whom six are dead : George Henry, William Long, Sarah J., Benjamin Franklin, Cyrus Edward, Louis, Marguerite Henrietta, James Albert, Harriet Alice, Eunice Augusta, Cassius, Alpheus, Ambrose and Daniel Homer. George Henry, who was a member of Company I, Forty-sixth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, was killed at the battle of Shiloh in April, 1862. James Albert is a merchant at Topeka, Kansas. William Long is a miner of much experience, but is now devoting his attention to a large tract of land which he owns in Dakota. Benjamin Franklin is a farmer of Truro township. Cyrus Edward is farming in Dakota. 'Louis lives on his father's old homestead in Truro township. Cassius is a farmer in Licking county, Ohio. Ambrose is practicing medicine at Reynoldsburg; Ohio. Daniel Homer is a teacher of music at Columbus, Ohio. John Covert and Sarah J. (Parkinson) Green had eleven children, named as follows : Mary Olivia, Berdie Alice, Susan Ann, Gilbert Taylor, Lucy Cor- 980 - CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY. nelia, Mabel Cora Lee, Vera Pearl, Elsie Vernie, Nellie Glendora, John Carroll and Jessie. Susan Ann married Rolla Shaw, a farmer in Mifflin township„ Franklin county, and they have a son named Russell Green Shaw. Lucy Cornelia married Hinton M. Swope, a farmer of Truro township, Franklin county Mary Olivia is teaching school in Marion township, Vera Pearl in Plain township and Elsie Vernie in Jefferson. township, Franklin county, and Berdie Alice is also a teacher. Gilbert Taylor has charge of his mother's home farm and the others not mentioned as being absent are members of their mother's household Jessie, the youngest, is in school. Mr. Green was a man of prominence in his township and for a number of years previous to his death was a devoted and helpful member of the Presbyterian church, with which members of his family are identified. While not a politician in the ordinary acceptation of the term, he took deep and abiding interest in everything pertaining to the advancement of Truro township and Franklin county and had pronounced. opinions upon all questions of national policy. Especially interested in public education, he was for fifteen years a member of the township school board, and he held the office of road supervisor four years. DAVID DEVENPORT In the days when Franklin county was largely an undeveloped wilderness, when its forests were uncut, its fields uncultivated and when the work of progress and civilization was yet a task of the future, the Devenports came to this portion of Ohio and entered upon the duties of reclaiming the country for purposes of civilization. Since that time representatives of the name have been classed among the leading and. influential citizens of the community, and prominent among the honored representatives of the family at the present time is David Devenport, who was born February 26, 1830, upon the farm where he now resides, his parents being Lewis and Susan (Wagner) Devenport. The family is of Holland Dutch. lineage, the great-grandfather, Jacob Devenport, having emigrated from Holland to America in early life. He became a prominent figure in the Revolution, holding a high commission as one of the officers of the American army. After the close of the war he was given a grant of land, including a quarter of a township in Sussex county, New Jersey, and there he settled and reared his family. He, however, retained but a small portion of his land grant, for his business interests lay in the line of industrial concerns. On the land which he retained he erected extensive flouring and sawmills and iron works, which later reverted to his sons. The grandfather of our subject continued to operate these mills in connection with his brothers until the year 1812, when they disposed of the property, and his grandfather, John Devenport, and his brother, Samuel, came to Ohio. The former settled upon a farm of three or four hundred acres of land in Jefferson township, adjoining on the least the farm upon which our subject now resides. There he cleared a portion of his land, but afterward sold the place and removed CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY - 981 to Indiana, where he died at an advanced age. While residing in New Jersey he was known as "John Devenport at the mill," for there was another John Devenport in the neighborhood, -and thus the distinction was made. Lewis Devenport, the father of our subject, was born in Sussex county, New Jersey, about 1793, and was there reared, receiving such educational privileges as were afforded by the public schools of the neighborhood. He was about twenty years of age when his parents came to Ohio. He had learned the milling business in the east and after coming to this state he continued to work at his trade for a number of years, operating the mill at Headley's Corners and also at Headley, while in Jersey, Licking county. Later he was employed for a time in a foundry in Zanesville, Ohio, and afterward in the '20S he was married, and with his wife located upon a farm of ninety acres, on which our subject still lives. Of this, forty acres had been purchased of his father, John Devenport, and fifty acres of Isaac Strait. On this farm Lewis Devenport spent his remaining days, passing away in1884, at the advanced age of ninety-three years. Coming to Ohio in 1812 he experienced. all the hardships and privations that fall to the lot of the early pioneers connected either with industrial or agricultural pursuits. When .he took up his abode upon this farm it was a wild and unimproved land, the forests stood. in their primeval strength, and from his place he cut the logs with which to erect a cabin to shelter his young bride. He labored earnestly and untiringly for many years to establish a good home, and at length his efforts were crowned with a competence. In early life he was a Whig and later became a Republican, but while an earnest supporter of his party he was never an aspirant for the honors and emoluments of office, holding nothing but minor township positions. His wife was born in Sussex county, New Jersey, and was a daughter of Martin Wagner, a member of an old representative family of that state. He came to Ohio shortly after the advent of the Devenport family in Franklin county, and here the parents of our subject were married. They had eight children, of whom four are now living, namely: Elizabeth, wife of Andy Geiger, of Jay county, Indiana; David, of this review ; Eliza Jane, the widow of James Scott, of Earl Park, Indiana; and Julia Ann, the wife Of Andrew Slane, of Mercer county, Ohio. David Devenport was reared to farm life on the old family homestead. The educational privileges which he enjoyed were only such as the pioneer schools afforded, but his training in the labor of the fields was not meager. He early began to handle the plow and the harrow and assisted in the farm work until the crops were harvested in the autumn. After attaining his majority he was employed. as a farm hand in the neighborhood until the time of his marriage, which was celebrated in 1860. He then began farming on his own account on rented, land and was thus .engaged for eleven years, when with the capital which he had acquired' during that period, he purchased a small tract of land of twenty-five and seven-eighths acres in Mifflin township, Franklin county. He resided there for only a year, when illness at the old home caused him to return to his father's farm and take charge of the place, 982 - CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY. caring for his parents. He, however, retained possession of his own farm. About three years after his return to the old homestead he purchased one hundred acres of land on the northeast section of the township, and after his father's death he purchased the interests of the other heirs in the old homestead, so that his landed possessions now comprise one hundred and ninety-eight acres. He is a wide-awake and progressive farmer, neglecting no opportunity to improve his land and make it productive, and thus he has acquired a comfortable competence. Mrs. Devenport bore the maiden name of Miss Mary J. Atwood. Their marriage has been blessed with six children, of whom five are yet living, namely : Lewis D., a resident farmer of Licking county; Susan, the wife of Oscar Seidler, of Jefferson township; Andrew N., also a farmer of Jefferson township; Ludeska, the wife of George Cole, of Licking county; and Ida, wife of Frank Geiger, an agriculturist of Jefferson township. In his political views Mr. Devenport is a Republican and for about twelve years he has served as school director, the cause of education finding in him a warm friend. He has never been an office seeker, however, his attention being given to his farming interests, which have yielded to him a good financial return. Through more than six decades he has witnessed the growth and transformation of the county, has seen its wild land reclaimed for farming purposes, while towns and villages have sprung up, and all the improvements known to the older east have been introduced. He has co-operated in many. measures and movements for the general good and is known as a worthy citizen as well as an honored pioneer. CAPTAIN A. S. HEMPSTEAD. Captain Alexander S. Hempstead, who has long been connected with the industrial interests of Ohio as a lumber manufacturer, was born in Blendon township, Franklin county, August 27, 1837, and is a son of Charles P. and Rachel C. (Craig) Hempstead. The father was a native of Connecticut, born in 1791, and in 1813 emigrated westward to Franklin county, casting in his lot among the early pioneer settlers of Blendon township. Here in pioneer days he engaged in the manufacture of shoes, having learned the trade of a shoemaker and tanner in the state of his nativity. He served his country in the war of 1812 as a member of the Tenth United States Infantry, holding the rank of sergeant. Some years later, in 1817, in connection with Captain Timothy Lee, afterward the founder of Central College, he engaged in the distilling business, following that pursuit for two years, after which he located upon a farm, having traded his distillery for a tract of land. Upon that place he made his home until 1867, when he retired from business life and took up his abode in the home of his son, Alexander. They were the parents of nine children, of whom five are yet living, namely : Mary C., the widow of Abel C. Moon, of Oberlin ; Edwin R., who is living a retired life in Sunbury, Ohio; Samuel B., a minister of the Baptist church at Sinking Springs, CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY - 983 east Tennessee; Horatio W., an undertaker and contractor of Adel, Iowa; and Alexander,: of this review. Captain Hempstead acquired his preliminary education in the common schools, supplementing it by study in Central Academy, and when seventeen years of age engaged in teaching for three months. He spent the days of his boyhood and youth under the parental roof, remaining at home until his twentieth year, when he went to Texas. In 1860, however, he returned to the north and in 1862 responded to his country's call for aid, enlisting in Company A, Eighty-eighty Ohio Volunteer Infantry. On the 29th of March, 1864, he was appointed a captain of Company F, Twenty-seventh United States Colored Infantry, and during much of the time until the close of the war was in command Of the regiment. Prior to the battle of the Crater he was the sixth ranking captain, but the heavy loss sustained in that engagement made him the first ranking captain and from that time forward until the close of the war he was in charge much of the time. On the 6th of June, 1865, he was detailed as superintendent of the Freedmen's Bureau of eight counties surrounding Wilmington, North Carolina, and served in that capacity until the 10th of September. On the 24th of January, 1863, he was before the examining board, composed of Colonel Van Rensalear, Lieutenant-Colonel Eastman and Major Flint, of the staff department, and after his examination was recommended for an appointment as major, but, lacking necessary political influence, he failed to secure an appointment. Captain Hempstead was ever a loyal and, devoted soldier, and neither fear or favor could deter him from the faithful performance of his duty. He participated in the battles of the Wilderness, North and South Anna, Wilcox Landing, the Siege of Petersburg, beginning on the 17th of June, 1864; the battle of Crater Mountain, where he was wounded ; the first battle of Hatcher's Run ; the battle of Fort Fisher, on the 15th of January, 1865; Sugar Loaf, en the 22th of February; Fort. Anderson ; the battle of Northeast Bridge, on the 22d of February ; and the battle of Cox's Landing, on the 15th of March. When the war was over and the country no longer needed his services Captain. Hempstead received an honorable discharge and after returning to his home was engaged in farming for a year. He was married October 23, 1866, to Miss Mary P. Lewis, a native of New Jersey and a daughter of William T. and Sarah E. (Fowler) Lewis, the former a native of New Jersey and the latter of New York City. In 1840 her parents came to Ohio, settling in Delaware county, where the father became well known as a successful farmer and fancier of fine stock. He was also fond of hunting and often followed the hounds.: Unto Mr. and Mrs. Hempstead have been born four Children : Marion, who is manager of the white-goods department in the store of Z.,L. White, of Columbus; William. Emmett, manager of the Public Opinion printing office of Westerville; Grace,. who is employed in the millinery department with Lilly Vance, in Columbus ; and Don Carlos, who is living in California. In the year following his marriage Captain Hempstead removed to Iowa, but after a year returned to Ohio, taking up his abode in Delaware county in 984 - CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY. 1868. There he engaged in the operation of a saw-mill, manufacturing and. selling lumber under contract. He has since followed that business and has met with a high degree of success iii the undertaking. In 1883 he took up his abode in Westerville, where he has since resided and carries on his business operations in Delaware county. He takes a very active interest in politics as a supporter of the Republican party, is influential in its councils and has done much to promote its welfare and growth, yet has never been a politician in the sense of office seeking. However, in November, 1895, he was elected justice of the peace, in which position. he has served continuously since, his opinions being fair and impartial and thus winning for him the commendation of all concerned. He is a member of the James Price Post, No. 55, G. A. R., which he aided in organizing, and also assisted in instituting the McCoy Post of Columbus and four or five posts in Iowa; while in the Hawkeye state he served as post commander. Mr. Hempstead's actions during his life have been such as to distinctively entitle him to a place in this publication, and although his career has not been filled with thrilling incidents, probably no biography published in this book can serve as a better illustration to young men as to the power of honesty and integrity in insuring success. SAMUEL G.. SMITH There has been no development in the way of popular culture during the half-century just passed greater than that which has been achieved in music. Musical schools. and conservatories have been established in our great educational centers of the great west which are as ably conducted and as efficient as the older institutions of the kind in the long-favored east. One of the best of the more recent of these is the Capital School of Oratory and Music, which was opened at Columbus, Ohio, by Professor Samuel G. Smith and Professor Frank S. Fox, A. M., in 1896, in a modest way, and the growth of which has been so remarkable that at the commencement in 1900 more than twelve hundred pupils were present. Professor Samuel G. Smith, musical teacher and author, who has been instrumental in building up the flourishing institution referred to, is a native of Armstrong county, Pennsylvania; and was born in 1851, and received his primary education in the public schools of his native county, and afterward studied at academies at Elderton and at Elder's Ridge. He pursued his musical studies at the Boston Conservatory, and studied under Dr. Frederick Root, of Chicago, and at the Cincinnati College of Music, and took several special diplomas. He began teaching in Pennsylvania, and met with success at different places in that state, and was connected with the Church Choral Union of New York city in 1885 and 1886, and was in charge of musical instruction at the Normal University at Ada, Ohio, for six years. The influence and reputation of the Capital City School of Oratory and Music are extending, and the institution has evidently entered upon a career of permanent growth and usefulness. CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY - 985 Professor Smith has achieved reputation as an author and composer in no smaller degree than as a teacher. He has published through the John Church Company "Class and School," for schools, institutes and classes, use of which is authorized in the public schools of Pennsylvania and which is used extensively in other states. Another of his popular works is ''The School Room Songster," a juvenile class-book for public schools. His "Apollo Song Book," a collection of music for public schools and singing classes, has sold very largely. "The Old Stone House," words by Mrs. S. G. Smith, music by Professor Smith, has been received by lovers of home songs with much favor, and Professor Smith's song, "My Mountain Home," is a popular offering. Professor Smith's father, Isaac Smith, a Pennsylvanian, saw three years' service in the Civil war as a member of a Pennsylvania regiment; his grandfather, Henry Smith, fought for his country in the war of 1812-14; and his great-grandfather Smith braved death in defense of American liberty in the war of the Revolution. Professor Smith's grandmother, Elizabeth Schutt, was born into a pioneer family in Armstrong county, Pennsylvania, and was a woman of many virtues and great strength of character, and Isaac Smithy Professor Smith's father, owed much to her good teaching and influence. His wife was Miss Susannah George, a native of Armstrong county, Pennsylvania, whose father, Jacob George, was a Federal soldier in the war of the Rebellion. Professor Smith married Miss Cecilia Larghner, of Venango county, Pennsylvania, daughter of Michael O. Larghner, bf Mariahsville, and a lady of much musical and literary culture, who has written the words to several popular songs, and is in many ways an able assistant to her husband. They have six children, named as follows in the order .of their birth: Talmage, Margaret, James, Mitchell, Byron and. Geraldine. The Columbus Capital School of Oratory and Music is located in the Young Men's Christian Association building, and its quarters are amply large, elegantly appointed and adequately lighted and ventilated The tuition fees are within the reach of all pupils of push and enterprise, the instruction is scientific and thorough. Graduates are made the recipients of diplomas, and many of them have won enviable reputations as entertainers and teachers.. JOHN J. LENTZ. In no profession is there a career more open to talent than in that of the law, and in no field of endeavor is there demanded a more careful preparation, a more thorough appreciation of the absolute ethics of life, or of theprinciples which form the basis of all human rights and privileges. Unflagging application and intuitive wisdom and a determination to fully utilize the means at hand, are the concomitants which insure personal success and prestige in this great profession, which stands as the stern conservator of justice; and is one into which none should enter without a recognition of the obstacles to be overcome and the battles to be won, for success does not perch 62 986 - CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY. on the falchion of every person who enters the competitive fray, but comes only as the diametrical result of capability and unmistakable ability. Possessing all the requisite qualities of the able lawyer, Mr. Lentz stands foremost among the leading practitioners of Columbus. He was born January 26, 1856, in Belmont county, Ohio, and on the paternal sidie he is of German lineage, but his mother was a native of America. Prior to the age of fifteen years he received only the meager advantages afforded by the district schools. He then entered. the high school at St. Clairsville, walking to and from the institution daily, a distance of five miles. There under the training and inspiration of James J. Burns, afterward state school commissioner, he developed that mastery of mechanics which later won for him distinction among classmates in the universities. At the age of seventeen he became a teacher and ultimately was appointed superintendent of the M.ainville graded schools, occupying. that position at the time he 'attained his majority. His salary earned thereby Raid his, tuition in college. He was graduated, in the National Normal University, of Lebanon, Ohio, in 1877, and entered the University of Michigan, at Ann Arbor, in the fall of the following year. With the exception of one year spent at Wooster University, he there remained until he was graduated, with the degree of bachelor of arts., in 1882. He was attracted. to Wooster by Walter O. Scott, who became his. personal friend, and while there Mr. Lentz won the second prize in the oratorical contest. In addition to pursuing the literary course at Ann Arbor he attended the law lectures, of Thomas M. Cooley and his associate professors. In the summer of 1882 Mr. Lentz traveled in the south and in the fall of that year Matriculated in the law school of .Columbia College, in New York city, where by completing two years' work in one he was graduated in 1883. While there he enjoyed the personal friendship of Professor Dwight, who offered his influence to secure Mr. Lentz a position in the metropolis, but the latter's admiration for his native state 'brought him to its capital, he having been favorably impressed with the city in passing through it when going to and from college. While at Ann Arbor Mr. Lentz formed the acquaintance of Miss Bertha Moeller, also a student who afterward became a teacher of belles lettres and natural science in St. Catherine's. Hall, of Brooklyn, New York, the well known Episcopalian school for young ladies. In 1884 Mr. Lentz and Miss Moeller were married. In October of the previous year he had been admitted to the bar, and in December, 1883, entered into partnership with the Alberys, which connection was maintained until 1885. In April, 188.7, Judge Charles K. Nash proposed a partnership, which would have honored a much older man than Mr. Lentz, and thus the friendship of another distinguished man has been :and is his good fortune. In politics Mr. Lentz is a Democrat. He became one of the organizers of the Thurman Club, was its president during the year 1888 and is now its chief officer. He is aggressive in his stand for high public principles and has made an impression for good in both, state and local affairs, but has steadily CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY - 987 refused political honors, preferring to devote himself entirely to his profession. He is the originator of the idea of the "Old Roman" banquet in Columbus on the occasion of Judge Thurman's seventy-seventh birthday. He is one of the board of examiners of teachers for the city schools, a position bestowed unsolicited upon him by the board of education, and in that capacity he served for five years. In 1883 he was brought prominently before the state convention for the position of governor without his consent and received a large complimentary vote. In 1896 he was nominated for congress by the Democrats and elected to represent the twelfth or capital district by a majority of forty-nine votes, although the national Republican ticket carried the district by two hundred and eighty-four votes. Mr. Lentz thus defeated D. K. Watson, who was the candidate of the opposing party. In 1898 he was renominated and again elected to congress, defeating the Hon. E. N. Huggins by seven hundred and twenty-two votes. In 190o he was again nominated and made the race for congress, but was defeated by the Hon. Emmett Tompkins, a Republican, by eighteen votes, although President McKinley carried the district by seven hundred and thirty-five votes. It will therefore be seen that Mr. Lentz ran ahead' of the national ticket seven hundred and seventeen votes, thus showing his personal popularity. He is a good speaker and has in many campaigns delivered addresses in behalf of the party principles and candidates throughout Ohio, New York and other states. He is logical, clear and forceful and, his utterances never fail to impress his hearers and in many cases carry conviction. Mr. Lentz is recognized, as an active factor in the public, life of Columbus. He is a member of the board of trade and the Columbus Club and is also identified with the Masons, the Odd Fellows, the Fraternal Mystic Circle, the National Union and the Beta Theta Pi, a college fraternity. Schooled under such men as Theodore W. Dwight, Thomas M. Cooley, Walter Q. Scott and James G. Burns, and associated in his profession with such men as Judges Nash and Albery and aided by his own indomitable energy, untiring industry, it is not strange that he has risen in a few short years to the front rank of his profession. ORLOFF W. SCHUELLER. Orloff W. Schueller, a pharmacist of Columbus, who represents one of the old and prominent German families of the state, was. born in the capital city June 1, 1861, and is a son of the late Dr. Schueller and Helen (Wirth) Schueller. The father was a native of Baden, Germany, but when a young man crossed the ocean to the new world. On landing on the Atlantic coast he at once resumed his westward journey, taking up his abode in Columbus, where he became one of the principal, business men of the city. For many years he was prominently connected with the, drug trade and was highly esteemed far and wide among his German friends. He died December 3, 1899, and the city therefore lost one of its most prominent business factors. 988 - CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY. His estimable wife, who still survives him, resides in Columbus. She is the mother of three children. Orloff W. Schueller was educated in the public schools of his native city, and on the completion of his literary course he entered his father's store, where he acted in the capacity of clerk until his eighteenth year, when he was employed by W: J. Ranney, a druggist, with whom he remained for twelve years. He was afterward connected in the capacity of salesman with various drug firms in Columbus until. 1895, when he entered into partnership with. his brother, Waldo K., and established the Schueller Pharmacy at No. 1932 South High street. They now have a well appointed store, supplied with a. fine line of drugs, and its neat and tasteful appearance, combined with the honorable business methods therein followed, has secured to the firm a liberal and constantly growing patronage, whereby their income is annually augmented. In June, 1895, was celebrated the marriage of Orloff W. Schueller and Miss Sarah Stumbaugh, of Marion township, Franklin county, a daughter Of John Stumbaugh, who belongs to an old and prominent family of this. portion of the state. Our subject .and his wife reside upon a little farm of thirty-five acres on the Groveport road, which is well improved with an. attractive residence and substantial outbuildings. Their home is celebrated. for its gracious hospitality, which is enjoyed by a large circle of friends. Mr. Schueller is a valued member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. His long connection with the drug trade well qualifies him for the business to Which he now gives his energies, for he has a most comprehensive knowledge of drugs and their medicinal qualities. His success in business has been won. through determined purpose, his resolute will and fidelity to duty enabling him, to steadily work his way upward until he now occupies an enviable position. among the reliable and substantial citizens . in the capital city. LEWIS SCHLEGEL Lewis Schlegel, one of the best known engineers on: the Cleveland, Akron & Columbus Railroad, was born in Coshocton county, Ohio, on the 27th of March, 1861. His father, Christian Schlegel, was born January 6, 1815, and during the greater part of his business career followed farming, but ten years before his demise became proprietor of a hotel in Eaton, Ohio, conducting it. up to the time of his death, which occurred in Wayne county, on the 8th of December, 1900. He was a man of prominence in his county, having marked. influence in public affairs. He married Christina Schwitzer, also a native of Coshocton county, Ohio; and a daughter of Neal Schwitzer, a farmer, who was born in Wurtemberg, Germany, and came to this country in the year 1845, locating on a tract of land in Coshocton county. The parents of our subject were married in New Bedford, Ohio, in the year 1855, and unto them have been born the following named Eliza, who died in 1861, at the age of five years. Noah, a retired merchant living in Canton, Ohio; Mary; Lewis; Jacob; Will- CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY - 989 iam ; Emma; John ; Christian; Neal ; Harold ; and Elmer, who died in 1877. With the exception of the first and last named all are yet living. Mr. Schlegel of this review acquired his early education by attending the district schools in Coshocton county during the winter season and during the summer months he assisted his father in the work of field and meadow. In 188o he became a stationary engineer and that served as an introduction to railroad work. He began as a fireman on the Cleveland, Akron & Columbus Railroad, running between Columbus and Hudson, Ohio, for nearly three years. He was then promoted to engineer and -in 1892 was placed in charge of a passenger train., since which time he has been in continuous service, remaining with the same railroad company since accepting the position of fireman. He has a clean record, one which is very commendable. On the 6th of November, 1884, at Wolf creek, in Holmes county, Ohio, Mr. Schlegel was united in marriage to Miss Caroline Baugh, a daughter of Emanuel Baugh, who died in 1884, at the age of eighty years. Her mother is still living and is now in her seventy-fifth year. She is a native of the fatherland. The brothers and sisters of Mrs. Schlegel are : Eliza, wife of Peter Baugh, a resident of Kilbuck, Ohio; Dora, wife of Charles Smith; Belle; and Fred. Mr. and Mrs. Schlegel began their domestic life in Orville, Ohio, establishing their home at that place in December, 1884. In July of the following year, however, they removed to Brink Haven, in Knox county, Ohio, and in April, 1887, removed to Mount Vernon, Ohio, where they erected the residence which they still own. On the 3oth of May, 1889, they took up their abode in Millersburg, Ohio, and in January, 1891, went to Hudson, Ohio, but in September, 1896, returned to Mount Vernon, where they continued until June 15, 1900, when it seemed advisable to become residents of Columbus, where they are now residing, their home being at No. 479 Lexington avenue. Their children are: Frank, who, was born August 29, 1885, and died June 1, 1886; Junietta, who was born April 24, 1889; and Leo Brant, born April 24, 1894. The family are members of the .German Reformed Lutheran church, and Mr. Schlegel has been a member of Little Miami Division of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers since 1888. Since 1895 he has held membership relations With the Masonic lodge at Hudson, Ohio, and in his political affiliations he is a Democrat. ISAAC ZELLERS Among the citizens of Franklin county, Ohio, once active and prominent but who have now passed from the stage of life, there was none who was more highly regarded when living or who is more sincerely regretted than Isaac Zellers, who was born in Lebanon county, Pennsylvania, May 27, 1826, and died in Franklin township, November 1, 1897. In 1840, when Mr. Zellers was fourteen years old, his parents, Valentine and Maria Zellers, brought him to Franklin county, where he completed his studies begun in Pennsylvania and perfected his knowledge of practical farming. In 1857, when about 990 - CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY. thirty-one years old, he married Miss Catherine Seibert, a native of Franklin county, Ohio, and a daughter of John and Catherine (Shaffer) Seibert. Mrs. Zeller's parents were born and married in Germany and had five children, all of whom lived to manhood and womanhood. After his marriage, Mr. Zellers located on the farm which is now the home of his family. It was at that time new and mostly unimproved and he devoted his life to making it an attractive homestead and productive farm. By industry, integrity and perseverance he made a creditable success of life, and was honored as a progressive citizen and a Christian man. Mr. and Mrs. Zellers had nine children, all of whom were born at the family homestead and all of whom are living. Gustavus, John, Ada and Josephine are members of their mother's household. Cora married Albert Clickenger, of Franklin county, Ohio. Emma is the wife of Scott Hively, of Huntington, Indiana. Mary, the second daughter, is the wife-of Jacob Tinnapple, of Norwich township. Elnora is in the government service in South Dakota. Frank, the youngest daughter, is also a member of her mother's household. CHAUNCEY P. LANDON, M. D. Dr. Landon, the subject of the following brief. sketch, was one of the most widely known physicians in the early medical faculty of central Ohio. His ancestry is Revolutionary on both sides of the family, his mother being. Tryphena Hewitt, of the branch of the English Hewitts, Hewits, or Hueitts, resident at Worcester, Massachusetts; his father, Edward Landon, whose English lineage traces from the Langdons and Langtons of Magna Charta history. The Doctor was born in Athens, Ohio, and received his collegiate education at the Ohio University in that place. For some time he was connected with the Athens Messenger, published by the late Senator Van Voorhis, being associated in this newspaper work with the late Governor John Brough. Later he entered the study of medicine, and was graduated at Starling Medical College, Columbus, Ohio, with the class of 1849. One of Dr. Landon's brothers, the. Rev. Oliver Perry Hazard Landon, was a minister in the Methodist church; the other, Dr. George H. Landon, was a doctor both of divinity and of law. In partnership with the. latter, Dr. Chauncey P. Landon began the practice of his profession in Westerville, Ohio, and for nearly half a century was prominent among the physicians of the state. He was one of the founders and charter members of the Central Ohio Medical Society, and one of the early members of the Ohio State Medical Society, enjoying the distinction of being twice called to the presidency,—an honor accorded to no other physician in the history of this. organization. An added compliment was expressed in his selection to preside. at the joint meeting of the American Medical Association and the Ohio State Medical Society at Cleveland, Ohio, in 1883. He was repeatedly selected delegate to the American Medical Association, and was an honorary member CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY - 991 of the Columbus Academy of Medicine for some years previous to his death. Dr. Landon contributed several valuable theses to medical literature and was one of the earliest and most zealous promoters of the state board of health and the state board of medical registration in Ohio. In politics Dr. Landon was first a Whig, later an "old-line" Republican. An ardent patriot, a magnetic and eloquent public speaker, he was recognized as a valued and devoted supporter of his party and its principles. Both as recruiting officer and in active service he rendered able assistance to the Union cause in the war of the Rebellion. Associated with Dr. Emerson E. White, of Columbus, he stood as the Republican candidate for representative to the state legislature at a time when a Democratic nomination was tantamount to an election. For nearly a score of years Dr. Landon was a member of the state board of agriculture and of the Franklin county board of agriculture. He was surgeon of the One Hundred and Thirty-third Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and the Grand Army of the Republic is the only organization other than those of the medical profession in which he held membership. Although a generous contributor to church interests and philanthropic enterprises, he never became a member of church. Dr. Landon was a man of marked individuality, of liberal and independent thought, fearless in the face of opposition, tireless in devotion to the public good. His death occurred at the family residence in Westerville, Ohio, December 29, 1899. He left a widow, formerly Miss Clara Slaughter, and four children : Hal D. Landon, Washington correspondent of the Cincinnati Commercial-Tribune; the late Karr .E. Landon, state correspondent of the Cincinnati Enquirer; Miss Rowena H. Landon, teacher of languages in Central high school; and Mrs. Converse, widow of the late ex-Congressman George L. Converse. KARL EDWARD LANDON. Karl Edward Landon, late the state political correspondent of the Cincinnati Enquirer, was recognized at the time of his death as one of the most prominent members of the newspaper profession in Ohio. He was the second son of Dr. Chauncey P. Landon, was born at Columbus, Ohio, January 8, 1867, and died August 16, 1900. Endowed with rare natural ability and. indomitable purpose, Mr. Landon added to his native gifts of mind and character the broad culture which grows from thorough education, wide reading and association with distinguished men. He was a man of handsome presence, magnetic personality and fine social qualities, yet of unvarying dignity of bearing; and, while numbering his friends by the legion, he gave his confidence to the few. Mr. Landon's face was a familiar one at both state and national conventions, his last work out of Ohio being at the Republican national convention in Philadelphia, in June, 1900, which he attended as one of the quartette of politi- 992 - CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY. cal writers familiarly known to the newspaper fraternity as the "Enquirer's Big Four," the other three being Hon. Willis McBride and "Colonel" Sam Johnson, of Washington, D. C., and Mr. J. B. McCarty, of New York. No other newspaper men in the state enjoyed more largely than he the friendship and confidence of representative men in state and national. affairs. The press of Ohio at the time of Mr. Landon's death paid eloquent tribute to his nobility of character and unimpeachable honor as a man and to his high professional ambition and brilliant career in the profession of his choice. The following excerpt is taken prom "Representative Men of Ohio," a work published under the administration of Governor Asa S. Bushnell. "Karl. E. Landon, of the Cincinnati Enquirer, at the age of fifteen began newspaper work as an office boy. He was educated at the Westerville (Ohio) public schools and at Otterbein University. His first experience was with the old Columbus Times, where he reported the police courts. He was next city editor of the Piqua Daily Call. After a year in that position he returned to Columbus and became a general reporter and political writer for the Daily Press. His next change was to the Cleveland Plain Dealer, where he was a police and political reporter. Returning to the capital some time later, he resumed. his Old connection with the Daily Press. He was subsequently city editor of the Fort Wayne (Indiana) Daily Press, and after an interesting experience in Indiana newspaper work returned again to Columbus, where he re-engaged on the Daily Press,—then owned and published under the same management as its Indiana namesake. He remained with that paper and incidentally acted as a legislative correspondent for the Cincinnati Commercial-Gazette and the Cleveland Leader until 1891, when he became the Columbus correspondent of the Enquirer." Mr. Landon remained with the Cincinnati Enquirer more than ten years, during the last five years of his life acting as state political correspondent, with headquarters at Columbus. He was the Enquirer's special correspondent at Canton during the first presidential campaign of President McKinley. He traveled with Hon. John R. McLean as personal and confidential representative during a gubernatorial campaign, and had established headquarters in Canton to remain during the McKinley-Roosevelt campaign when sudden death from heart failure closed his work on earth. A commemorative resolution passed by newspaper associates offers this eulogy : "At the comparatively early age of thirty-three, Karl. E. Landon had no superior and few, if any, equals as a political correspondent in Ohio." ROBERT THOMPSON. Among the prominent men of the city of Columbus, must be mentioned Robert Thompson, who was born in Perry township, Franklin county, Ohio, June 3, 1861, and is the son of James G. and Maria (Freed) Thompson. The father of our subject was born in 1823, on the farm where he still lives, enjoying the fruits of his labor. The grandfather, on the paternal side, CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY - 993 was named Joseph Thompson and was a native of Maryland.. He married Elizabeth Smith and settled in Franklin county in 1810, locating in the woods where he built a home in company with other pioneers. His ancestors came from Scotland and the name is one honored among all American settlers. Our subject, Robert Thompson, spent the first nineteen years of his life upon the farm, and received the educational advantages afforded by the district schools, later attending the village school in Dublin. Opportunity offering, he studied telegraphy, at Powell, Ohio, and for six months was employed as an operator for the Hocking Valley Railroad. In 1888 Mr. Thompson became a candidate for county recorder on the Democratic ticket, receiving a handsome majority in the election. So acceptably did he perform the duties of the office that in 1891 he was re-elected, and served in all for a period of six years. After his retirement from the duties of recorder he entered into the business of dealing in real estate and loans, the fine property in the city and the. fertile farm lands offering an extensive field. In 1884 Mr. Thompson was united in marriage to Miss Stella Evans, a niece of the well known jurist, Judge George Evans, but her death occurred in the fall of 1898, two children, Robert and Belle, surviving her. Politically, Mr. Thompson has always affiliated with the Democratic party and for the past fifteen years has been one of the faithful occupants of the office in the gift of the party. In 1906 he was honored with an appointment as chairman of the .Democratic executive committee. Socially Mr. Thompson is a member of New England Lodge, No.. 4, A. F. and A. M. ; of Horeb Chapter, R. A. M., both at Worthington ; and is also a member of Lodge No. 39, B. P. O. E., at Columbus. CHARLES W. JARVIS. Popularity as a railroad official arises from two or three causes. One of these is close attention to duty, another keen discrimination, and the third is an obliging manner. Possessed of all these qualities Mr. Jarvis has become one of the most popular of the younger engineers on the Pennsylvania road. He now resides at No. 388 Denmead avenue, Columbus, and is numbered among Ohio's native sons, for his birth occurred in Gettysburg, on the 16th of January, 1865. His paternal grandfather was Rev. Jesse Jarvis, a resident of New Harrison, Darke county, Ohio, where he died in 1862. His son, Parker Jarvis, the father of our subject, was born in this state and served throughout the Civil war as a member of the Eighth and Forty-fourth Regiments of Ohio Volunteers, but while in the service he contracted disease which caused his death in 1866. He had married. Miss Mary Jane Sheals, who is still living at the old home in Gettysburg. Her father was a farmer, residing in Darke county, Ohio, where he died in 1899, at a very advanced age. He was a son of Patrick Shields, also an agriculturist, owning many 'sections of land in Darke county. The latter's father, Abraham Shields, came to Ohio from the east and took up his abode in Darke county at a very early day. His descend- 994 - CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY. ants are still living in that locality and are prominent and successful farmers. Charles W. Jarvis is indebted to the public school system of Gettysburg, Ohio, for the educational privileges which he enjoyed in his youth. At a later day he entered Ada College, at Ada, Ohio, and was graduated in that institution in 1888. Two years later he entered the employ of the Panhandle Railroad Company as a fireman and acted in that capacity for about nine years, when in 1899 he was made engineer, in which capacity he has since served. He belongs to the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and to the Odd Fellows Lodge, in Columbus. Mr. Jarvis was married in 1891, in Middleburg, Logan county, Ohio, to Miss Kate Whittaker, whose grandparents were also natives of Logan county. Her parents, Dr. and Mrs. Whittaker, now reside in Columbus. Her father served as surgeon in the Fourteenth Ohio Artillery during the Civil war. His wife's brothers, Joseph and George Speece, were members of an Ohio regiment during the war and the former was killed in battle, while the latter died soon after the close of hostilities from disease contracted during his service. In the year 1895 Dr. Whittaker brought his family to Columbus, coming to the city from Middleburg, Ohio. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Jarvis have been born three children : Parker Whittaker, born April 28, 1893; Charles E., born August 28, 1895; and Nettie B., born April 22, 1897. The parents hold membership in the Disciple church of Columbus and have a large circle of friends. in the city where they have made their home since 1893. LOGAN C. NEWSOM. No adequate history of Logan C. Newsom can be written until many of the useful enterprises with which he 'has been connected have completed. their full measure of good in the world, yet there is much concerning him that can with profit be set down here as an illustration of what can be done if a man with a clear brain and willing hands but sets himself seriously to the real labors and responsibilities of life. Through a long period he name of Logan C. Newsom has appeared upon the roll of prominent business men of Columbus. He was born in Gallia county, Ohio, near Gallipolis, in 1851, his parents being Julius L. and Elizabeth (Gibbs) Newsom. His father was a native of Gallia county, born in 1810, and was for many years engaged in merchandising and farming, his life labors being ended in death in the year 1878. His mother, also a native of Gallia county, was born in 1815 and was reared and educated there. The grandfather was a native of Virginia, born near the Natural bridge. He married Miss Gabrielle Menanger, who was the first white child born in the French colony which was organized about 1791, her family having been driven from France on account of religious persecution. Logan C. Newsom spent the days of his childhood and youth in the county of. his nativity -and was allowed the privilege of attending its public schools and later became a student in the Home. Academy. He afterward CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY - 995 continued his studies in the Steubenville high school through a three years' course, and on leaving that institution he went to New York city where he entered the employ of the New York Transfer Company. Subsequently he removed to Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, where he was engaged in the grain business and later returned to Ohio, where he opened the cooperage department of the Ohio penitentiary, and as its foreman engaged in the manufacture: of casks, superintending the penal labor. A change in the administration relieved him of that position. He then became a contractor of public works of the city of Columbus in the construction of sewers, laying the pipes and doing other kinds of contract work of a large nature. He constructed many miles of sewers in the city, employing at times a force of six hundred men. To successfully engage in this line of business requires a comprehensive and accurate knowledge of mechanical engineering and of all the scientific principles which underlie that branch of industry. His business, so extensive in volume, brought to him a handsome financial return and he ultimately became interested in banking, aiding in organizing the First National Bank, of which he became one of the principal stockholders. He was also connected with the Electric Light Company and was one of its heavy stockholders. In 1897, however, he disposed of his banking interests and his stock in the electric light and machine shops and retired from active business on account of failing health. He now devotes his attention to the management of the Moneypenny estate. He is a stockholder in the Central Ohio Trust Company, of Columbus. The many important business concerns with which he has been connected indicate his superior ability. His wise council has been an important factor in the successful conduct of many leading enterprises and seldom, if ever, is his business judgment at fault regarding the best policy for the conduct of any commercial, industrial or financial concern. In 1885 Mr. Newsom was united in marriage to Miss Sally M. Moneypenny, a daughter of the late William and Maria (Branson) Moneypenny. Her father was one of the most prominent and wealthy citizens of Columbus and the family has long occupied a leading position in social circles of the city. Mr. and Mrs. Newsom now have two children, Helen M. and William M., the former now in school. Their home is at No. 492 East Broad street. Endowed by nature with a sound judgment and an accurate and discriminating mind, Mr. Newsom has feared not that laborious attention to the details of business so necessary to achieve success, and this essential quality has ever been guided by a sense of moral right which would tolerate the employment of only those means that will bear the most rigid examination and by a fair-. ness of intent that neither, seeks nor requires disguise. FRANKLIN G. HUNT. Franklin G. Hunt, one of the popular and efficient passenger conductors of the Cleveland, Akron & Columbus railroad, residing at No. 326 Cleveland avenue, in the capital city, was born July 21, 1859, on a farm near Mount 996 - CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY. Vernon, in Knox county, Ohio. He represents one of the old New England families. His paternal great-grandfather, Jonathan Hunt, was born in that section of the country and in an early day emigrated westward, becoming one of the first settlers of Knox county, Ohio, .arid the subject of this review has heard him relate many of his early experiences with the Indians in those days. The red men were befriended by both him and his wife in many ways and in consequence Mr. and Mrs. Hunt received from them kind treatment and did not suffer froth the pilferings of the Indians as so many of their neighbors Aid. Jonathan Hunt lived to the advanced age of ninety-seven years. Thomas Hunt, the grandfather of our subject, was accidentally killed in the woods by the falling of a tree when his son Thomas, the father of our subject, was but seventeen years of age. He was born on farm five miles south of Mount Vernon, Ohio, at what was called Hunt's station, on the Baltimore & Ohio railroad.. His son, Richard Hunt, had a sawmill there in an early day and when the railroad was built furnished the ties and bridge material for its construction. Thomas Hunt, the father of our subject, learned the carpenter's trade with his father with whom he worked until the latter's death. He and his wife now reside in Mount Vernon, Ohio. Their eldest son, John C., when eighteen years of age became an employe of the Cleveland, Akron & Columbus Railroad Company and served as one of . its conductors for many years, resigning that position in 1896, since which time he has been engaged in the undertaking business in Mount Vernon. Charles R. Hunt, the second son of the family, is now twenty-eight years of age and is' serving as night yardmaster of the Grand Rapids & Indiana' railroad at Petosky. Clinton Hunt, who is now twenty-two years of age, is in the dry-goods business in Mount Vernon. Everett, another brother, died in 187o, when five years of age. In the family were two sisters, but both are now deceased, Belle having died in 1888 when twenty-four years of age; while Kith died in 1889 at the age of eighteen years. after an illness of only twenty-four hour's, her demise being caused by spinal meningitis. Franklin G. Hunt acquired his early education in the country schools which he attended during the winter seasons. Through the remainder of the year he worked with his father until twenty years of age when he determined to enter the railroad service and secured a position as brakeman on the Baltimore & Ohio, running out of Newark the most of the time on the Sandusky. He was thus employed for a year after which he accepted a position on the Cleveland, Akron & Columbus railroad. He. was for some years a brakeman on a freight train and was afterward brakeman, express messenger and baggage master on a passenger train, being thus employed for seven years. While acting as yardmaster at Mount Vernon, he lost one of the fingers on his left hand but this is the only personal injury he has ever sustained in the railway service. For some years he has been a passenger conductor and is one of the popular employes of the road. He is a member of Division No. 100 of the Order of Railway Conductors, of Columbus, and also belongs to the Catholic Order of Foresters. CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY - 997 On the 4th of July, 1883, in Wooster, Ohio, Mr. Hunt was united in marriage to Miss Mary Crehain. Her parents are both deceased. Her father, Eugene Crehain, was a foreman on a section of the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne & Chicago railroad for many years, residing at Orrville, Ohio. Later he removed to Wooster, Ohio, and one day while at his post of duty he was struck by a passing train and killed, this occurring in 1882 when he was fifty-five years of age. He was a native of Ireland and had come to America with his parents, residing in New York until after his marriage, when with his wife he came west. She too was a native of Ireland and had been brought to the United. States in her girlhood. Her death occurred in 1897, when 'she was sixty-two years of age. They had three children, namely : Mrs. Hunt ; Richard, who. is in the boot and shoe business in Wooster, Ohio ; and Anna, who resides with. her brother in that city. The marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Hunt has been.. blessed with one son, Eugene, who was born April 3, 1884. He acquired his education in St. Patrick's school, Columbus, and in Parson's Business College, where he was graduated. In the spring of 190o he was. offered and accepted a position as assistant bookkeeper and cashier with the firm of Kingan & Coof, of this city. The families are members of the Catholic church and both Mr.. and Mrs. Hunt are widely known in Columbus. DR. CHARLES HENRY WETMORE. The subject of this sketch was the son of the Rev. Izrahiah Wetmore, the youngest of a family of twelve children. His mother died a few months. after his birth, and while he was yet in his boyhood . his father also died... Notwithstanding the loss of his parents at so early an age, he was enabled by the practice of industry and economy to acquire a thorough ;education. Entering Yale College in i800, he completed the required course and was graduated. in 1804. There he was associated with many who in after life were distinguished for excellence in their respective public relations. On the roll of his classmates we find the honored names of Ezra S. Ely, Christopher E.. Gadsden, Richard C. Lansing, John Pierpont, Henry R.. Stone and John C. Calhoun. Having completed his preparations for the practical duties of life, Dr.. Wetmore entered upon the study of law, which, however, he did not long. pursue, abandoning it for a profession more in consonance with the kindly and generous qualities of his heart and mind. In 1805 he commenced the study of medicine under the direction of Dr. Henry, of Lansingburg, New York, and at the same time taught in the academy at that. place, under the charge of Rev. Samuel Blatohford. He continued his medical studies with Dr. Eli Bunet, of Troy, and, having attended medical lectures at the College of Physicians and Surgeons of the University of New York, he received. from the censors of the Rensselaer County Medical Society a license to practice medicine and surgery, March 15, 1808. After practicing his profession for some months in Troy he removed 998 - CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY. to Waterford, in 181o, and there he was early admitted to the confidence of leading families and received the warm support of many friends. During the war of 1812 he was commissioned by Governor Tompkins, surgeon of the One Hundred and Forty-fourth Regiment, New York Infantry, but was only a short time in active service, peace having been declared soon after the regiment was ordered to the field. In the year 1814 he married Eliza, a daughter of John Rathbone, of New York city. Mr. Rathbone' was a wealthy retired merchant, being the owner of large and valuable tracts of land in Ohio and his name is even yet familiar to many persons in the state. In 1816 Dr. Wetmore removed to New York city, where he at once formed new acquaintances and made new friends and was soon established in a lucrative practice. His father-in-law, having, as has been stated, extensive land interests in Ohio, he was induced to remove to this state in 1819. On the 7th of November of that year he started in a two-horse wagon from New York city on his journey to Ohio with his wife and three young children, and a man and a maid servant, arriving in Zanesville on the 1st of December. There he tarried a few days with his brother-in-law, Dr. D. W. Rhodes, and then proceeded to Worthington, arriving at Demas Adams' Hotel on the 18th of December. His first professional call in Worthington was on January 4, 1820, to the house of Jonathan Parks, an obstetrical case; and his second case was on the 6th of January, to attend the Rt. Rev. Philander Chase, the first bishop of the diocese of Ohio. On the 31st of December, 1820, the following entry appears upon his books : "This ends the year 1820, being one year and two weeks residence in Ohio. On the 13th of November, removed from the village and commenced housekeeping on Rathbone; section No. 1, in my own house, having a log house and stable not furnished, although comfortable. Family all well. Charged last year, or rather this year, $637.81." It will be remembered that this was the day of low prices in all the various callings of life, professional and otherwise. During this year the following entries, among others, appeared on the books, namely : "Demas Adams, to visit for wife, twenty-five cents. Ezra Ginnall, visit for son, twenty-five cents. Bishop Chase, to visit, emetic tartar for son and extracting tooth for wife, fifty cents." The Bishop's residence was one mile south of Kilborne Hotel. Other charges ranging from twenty-five to seventy-five cents for visits and medicine are found running through the year. In those days there were no prescription druggists and every physician was obliged of necessity to furnish the medicines prescribed. On removing to his farm Dr. Wetmore continued his profession, combining with it agricultural pursuits, and soon became widely known as a skillful and successful physician. At an early date sickness pevailed to an alarming with it agricultural pursuits, and soon became widely known as a skill of time for the Doctor to start from home on a circuit of many miles, from Alum creek to the Scioto, from the southern part of Delaware county to the Darby plains, returning after an absence of two days or more. The road in CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY - 999 many places was a mere track through the woods, admitting of travel on horseback only. The hardships and exposure incident to the profession had its effect upon a constitution never robust and his infirm health compelled him to withdraw from the active discharge of his professional duties, after an arduous and laborious practice of more than a quarter of a century in that locality. Dr. Wetmore's genial, cordial, social disposition and hospitable nature made his house—Locust Grove—widely known and it was a favorite resort of the educated and refined. Here he lived through many ensuing years, in possession of the richer sources of enjoyment. On the 24th of February, 1853, Eliza Wetmore, the wife of the Doctor,' died at Columbus. She was loved and revered by all who knew her. She animated her family circle by her cheerful and affectionate disposition. Her conversation was intelligent and instructive and her life was guided by strict religious principles: She was the idol of the household, and the sweet remembrance of her many virtues will be cherished for .a long time. In his declining years Dr. Wetmore was active and vigorous to an unusual degree and retained his faculties unimpaired to the last. He died at the family homestead, where he was temporarily sojourning, on the loth of October, 1868, in the eigthy-sixth year of his age. WILLIAM C. WILLIAMS. William C. Williams was born in Licking county, Ohio, on the 26th of December, 1858, his parents being William and Jane Williams. The father was a native of Guernsey county, Ohio, and in an early day learned and followed the carpenter's trade, but afterward purchased a tract of land and gave his attention to agricultural pursuits. He died at the old home in Summit, Licking county, Ohio, in April, 1895, and his wife, who w'as a native of Wales, passed away at the same place in 1882. The subject of this review is the youngest of their three children, his brothers being Elijah and Julien. William C. Williams acquired his early education in the public schools near his home, and during his youth assisted in the work of the farm, but, not desiring to follow the plow throughout his active career, he left home and in August, 1881, began railroading on the Pacific line, his run being from Columbus to Dennison,. Ohio. He was a brakeman for two years and was then made conductor, in which capacity he has served for seventeen years. He is on the preferred run and is one of the most trustworthy and efficient conductors on the line, neglecting no duty and at the same time winning the regard, gratitude and friendship of many patrons of the road by his obliging manner and considerate treatment. Mr. Williams was married in 188o, to Miss Mary Hummel, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Hummel, who are residents of Licking county, Ohio. Our subject and his wife have one child, Pearl, who is a graduate of the high school of Columbus and is now a student in the normal school. Mr. Williams 1000 - CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY. became a member of the Order of Railway Conductors, Division No. 100, in Columbus, but since transferred his membership to Division No. 278, at Dennison, Ohio. He is also a member of Excelsior Lodge, I. O. O. F., of this city, and belongs to the .encampment. He and his wife have resided in the capital city since 1882, and on the 18th of August, 1899, they moved into their elegant new home at No. 187 North Eighteenth street, where they are surrounded by many of the comforts and luxuries of life that have been secured through the industry and energy of our subject. RICHARD EDIE HULL. The citizens of Columbus are justly proud of the records of their military men. One of the most popular of these is Captain Richard Edie Hull, adjutant of the Fourth Regiment, Ohio, National Guard. Captain Hull was born in Columbus, in 1866, a son of Robert C. Hull, who came to Columbus in 1850, from Steubenville, Ohio, and: saw one hundred days' service in the federal army during the Rebellion. captain Hull is a great-grandson of General William Hull, who fought for the independence of the colonies in the Revolutionary war and performed distinguished services in the war of 1812. His life covered the period' from 1753 to 1825. His son, Marmaduke Hull, was a pioneer settler in Stark county, Ohio, and removed from there to Cincinnati, where he died. Robert C. Hull, son of Marmaduke Hull, was born in Stark county, in 1809, and died at Columbus in 1878. He was proprietor of a wholesale bookstore which stood on the site ofthe present Smythe store, was secretary of the State Bank of Ohio and was identified with other prominent interests, and was well known as an Odd Fellow. He was for several terms president and was long a member of the city council. He married Anna Edie, a granddaughter of Jacob Nessley a hero of the Revolution, who in 1770 made the first, settlement. on the site of Steubenville, Ohio., and at one time owned -nearly all the land. along the river between Steubenville and Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. Captain Hull received his primary education in the Columbus high school: and took a two-years course In mining and engineering at the Ohio State University. In a business way he has become prominent as a dealer in electrical supplies and. as a contractor of electrical construction. He married Miss Beatrice Eams, of Louisville, Kentucky, daughter of William Earns, who fills a responsible position in the service of the Pullman Palace Car Company, and she has borne .him two children, named Catharine and William. Captain Hull enlisted in Company A, of the Fourteenth Regiment, Ohio, National Guard, in 1883, and' Was made sergeant in 1884. For four years he was absent from the state with leave and was then honorably discharged re-enlisting in 1889. He was commissioned second lieutenant of Company A, in November, 1889, and first lieutenant in January, 189o, and. resigned in July, 1891. May 3, 1898, he enlisted in Company F, Fourteenth Ohio Regiment, for service in the Spanish-American war, and was sergeant and first sergeant. He was mustered into the-United States service May 9, 1898, and hon- CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY - 1001 orably discharged January 20, 1899. His regiment served in Porto Rico and he participated in the battle at Guyama. In June, 1899, he enlisted in the Fourteenth Regiment, Ohio National Guard, and in August following was. appointed first sergeant. He was appointed second lieutenant and battalion. adjutant September 2, 1899, and captain and regimental adjutant May 30,. 1900. ROBERT WILSON MOORE. America owes a debt of gratitude to Scotland for the valuable quality which has been contributed by the land of the thistle to her citizenship. The Scotch character is hardy, honest, industrious and persevering and has done much to advance many of her important interests, and everywhere our citizens of Scotch birth or descent are leaders among their fellow men and worthy examples to those who would succeed in life by praiseworthy methods. The subject of this sketch is of Scotch descent, his grandfather, Moore, having been born in Scotland. Mr. Moore's grandfather was brought to this country when a mere lad and died before Mr. Moore was born, but Mr. Moore was about seventeen years old at the time of the death of his grandmother, Moore, who was born in the United States, in the latter part of the eighteenth century. His great-grandfather, Abner Barton, was born the 5th day of April, 1757, on his father's farm, which is now the site of the city of Chester, Pennsylvania, near Philadelphia. He died in Belmont county, Ohio, December 26, 1827. His great-grandmother, Sarah (Pyle) Barton, was born the 5th day of May, 1766, near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and died in Belmont county,. April 27, 1865. His grandfather, Jesse Barton, was born in the city of Chester, Pennsylvania, on the 25th day of December, 1804, and died in Belmont county, Ohio, August 23, 1887. He was a judge of the courts for a number of years in Belmont county. His grandmother, Catharine Ann. (Mulvaney) Barton, was born March 3, 1804, in Pennsylvania, near the city of Chester, and died in Belmont county, Ohio, February 27, 1846. Abner Barton and family came to Ohio in 1814, where he purchased a farm of nearly a thousand acres in Colerain township, Belmont county, which, the greater part of the farm, with the old homestead, is still in possession of the heirs of the late Judge Jesse Barton. John Wilson Moore, father of Robert Wilson Moore, was born at Zanesville, Ohio, September 23, 1823, and when about fourteen years old was apprenticed to learn the carpenter's trade. In 1846 he assumed charge of a river barge and made several trips to New Orleans, Louisiana, by Way of the Muskingum, Ohio and Mississippi rivers. He entered upon a career as a railroad man in 1850, his first position having been as baggagemaster on the old Central Ohio Railway. In 1851 he became a conductor on a passenger train which ran between Zanesville and Newark, Ohio, and after the line was completed his run was between Columbus and Bellaire, Ohio. The Central Ohio Railway became a part of the Baltimore & Ohio system about 1865, and Mr. 63 1002 - CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY. Moore continued in the employ of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company, his service as a conductor covering the long period of thirty-one years. John Wilson Moore was married in Belmont county, Ohio, in 1857, to Miss Elizabeth H. Barton, a daughter of Judge Jesse Barton, of that county, who was born in Belmont county, Ohio, January 24, 1836. In 1862 they came to Columbus, Ohio, and made this city their home, buying a lot at the northeast corner of Chestnut and Front streets, on which he built a residence in 1867, where his wife died September 3, 1888. She was laid to rest in Greenlawn cemetery, Columbus, and Mr. Moore, still hale and hearty, is now living with his son Jesse T. Moore, at Carnegie, near Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. John Wilson and Elizabeth H. (Barton) Moore had three sons, who will be here mentioned in the order of their nativity : Jesse. Thomas Moore was born March 2, 186o, and has for eighteen years been a freight and passenger conductor on the Pennsylvania Railroad west of Pittsburg. He is married and lives at Carnegie, Pennsylvania. Robert Wilson Moore, of Columbus, one of the most popular conductors on the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, was born at Bellaire, Belmont county, Ohio, March 29, 1862. Edward: Barton Moore died in infancy in 1863. Robert Wilson Moore was brought to Columbus, Ohio, by his parents when he was only six months old, in the fall of 1862, and has lived there continuously from that time to this. He was educated in the public schools of the city and when a mere boy was employed for one year in the office of the Conductor's Life Insurance Company, of Columbus. After that he busied himself in different ways until October, 1879, when he became a brakeman on a passenger train of which his father had charge as conductor. He remained in that position only two years and a half, however, before he was promoted to be baggagemaster and after six months' service in the last mentioned capacity he was, in 1882, advanced to the responsible position of freight and passenger conductor. For a time he ran as an "extra" on passenger trains, and then after six months' service as a freight conductor, he was given a regular run on a Baltimore & Ohio passenger train from Chicago, Illinois, to Wheeling, West Virginia, and had charge of a limited train for six years. In October, 1888, at his own request, he was transferred to the Columbus, Cincinnati & Midland branch of the Baltimore & Ohio system and 'he has run over that line ever since. He was married in Columbus, Ohio, April 15, 1890, to Miss Cora McGhee, who was born June 3, 1868, in Hamden, Vinton county, Ohio, of Scotch-Irish descent. Mr. Moore is a member of Division No. 166, Order of Railway Conductors. After having taken subordinate degrees he took the degrees of chivalric Masonry in Mount Vernon Commandery, No. 1, Knight Templar, of Columbus, Ohio, March 29, 1888, and was constituted, created and dubbed a Knight Templar, and. he was. one of the charter members of Aladdin Temple, of Columbus, Ohio, of the Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. His father and brother are also members of Mount Vernon Com- CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY - 1003 mandery. His mother was a devoted member of the Rev. Dr. Washington Gladden's Congregational church, of Columbus. Mr. Moore is a strong and unswerving Republican and, as he claims, "a Jacksonian Democrat." While not a practical politician, he takes an intelligent and helpful interest in political work and has in many ways demonstrated that he is a citizen of much public spirit. CHARLES H. ARMSTRONG. Charles H. Armstrong is one of the native sons of Columbus and is a worthy representative of an honored pioneer family. His grandfather, Jeremiah Armstrong, was, one of the first settlers in this portion of the state. The specific history of the west was made by the pioneers ; it was emblazoned on the forest trees by the strength of sturdy arms and gleaming ax, and written on the surface of the earth by the track of the primitive plow. These were strong men and true that came to found the empire of the West,—these hardy settlers who, building their rude domiciles, grappled with the giants of the forests, and' from the sylvan wilds evolved the fertile and productive fields which have these many years been furrowed by the plowshare. The red man in his motley garb stalked through the dim, woody avenues, and the wild beasts disputed his dominion. The trackless prairie was made to yield its tribute under the effective endeavors of the pioneer and slowly but surely were laid the steadfast foundations upon which has been builded the magnificent structures of an opulent and enlightened commonwealth. To establish a home amid such surroundings and to cope with the many privations and hardships which were the inevitable concomitants, demanded an invincible courage and fortitude, strong heart and willing hands. All these were characteristics of the pioneers, whose names and deeds should be held in perpetual reverence by those who enjoy the fruits of their toil. During his boyhood Jeremiah Armstrong was captured by the Indians and remained with them for many weeks. He became an active factor in the development and upbuilding of Franklin county and was a member of the first village council of Columbus. He owned the Logan Tavern on High street, one of the first houses of public entertainment in the city. It was located just south of the Lazarus store and a part of the building is still standing. As its proprietor he became well known among the pioneer settlers of the state and in the community where he resided he was recognized as a man of sterling worth. Harrison Armstrong, the father of our subject, was born in Columbus, in 1821, and for many years was engaged in the conduct of a harness shop and livery stable. He married Miss Charlotta Manger, who was born in Berks county, Pennsylvania, and came to Ohio during her girlhood, where her father located on a farm in Licking county. The father of our subject died April 13, 1896, at the age of seventy-five years, and thus passed away one of the oldest of the native sons of Franklin county. Charles H. Armstrong is indebted to the public school system of Colum- 1004 - CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY. bus for the educational privileges which he enjoyed, and since entering upon an independent business career he has been for some years in the railway service, connected with the Big Four, the Baltimore & Ohio and the Hocking Valley Railroads. In his political views he is a Democrat. He does not follow: in the footsteps of the other members of the family in this direction, for all are Republicans. Mature consideration of the questions of the day, however, have led him to endorse the Democratic principles and he is an active worker in his party. He has served in the council and the city committees and has been honored with a number of positions of public trust. He served on the city board of equalization, has occupied a position in the county auditor's office, and in the year 1900 is serving as a land appraiser in his ward. He has always retired from office as he entered it,—with the confidence and good will of the public. His entire life has been passed in Columbus, and the fact that his record has ever been an honorable one is indicated by the other fact that among his stanchest friends are many who have known him from boyhood. JAMES J. THOMAS. In the city of Columbus, James J. Thomas is a well known figure, and his devoted to the public good and his reliability in matters affecting the welfare of the city is above question. He is now president of the city council and as such is manifesting marked loyalty to the public good, laboring earnestly for the progress of Ohio's capital along those lines which contribute to the advancement, prosperity and happiness. of his fellow men. Mr. Thomas was born in 1867 in the state which is now his home and the following year 'he was brought to Columbus by his parents, David and Jane (Jones) Thomas, both of whom were natives of Wales and in early life crossed the Atlantic to the United States, taking up their abode in Columbus, where they still reside. Mr. Thomas, of this review, is indebted to the public school system of that city for the preliminary educational privileges which he enjoyed. Subsequently he pursued a commercial course in what was at that time the Columbus Business College., He began his career as a newsboy, selling papers on the street for Sheer & Reed. Later he entered the employ of the United States Express Company as a messenger boy. There his fidelity to duty, his earnest desire to please and the business ability which he manifested led, to his advancement step by step through all the departments until he was promoted to his present responsible position as cashier of what is now one of the leading corporation's of the country. His connection with this company covers a period of over sixteen years. He has mastered every detail of the business and has thus been promoted and at all times has been found most loyal to the trust reposed in him. Mr. Thomas is a Republican in his political affiliations and has studied closely the questions and issues of the day so that he is able to uphold his position by intelligent argument. In the spring of 1891 he was elected a member CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY - 1005 of the city council and was re-elected in 1900. Soon afterward he was chosen president and is now the incumbent in that position. He has made a close study of the need's of the city and has exercised his official prerogatives in support of the needed reforms and improvements. Socially he is connected with the National Registrar, Magnolia Lodge, F.' & A. M., and Temple Chapter, R. A. M. He is also prominent in the Knights of Pythias fraternity and has been in all of its various offices. Mr. Thomas is a young man of genial manner, courteous and obliging disposition, of excellent executive ability, keen discrimination and sterling worth, and these qualities have won him the high regard of a host of warm friends among whom he is very popular. ISAAC NEWTON JENKINS. Among the sturdy, successful, self-made railroad men of Columbus, Ohio, none has gained his present prominence more creditably or is more popular in railway circles and with the traveling public than is Isaac Newton Jenkins, widely known as a passenger conductor on the Norfolk & Western Railway and prominent in connection with the Order of Railroad Conductors. Isaac Newton Jenkins was born at Furnace, Jackson county, Ohio, March 12, 1857, a son of Isaac Jenkins, who died in 1871, at the age of seventy-one years. His mother died near Louisville, Kentucky, in 1864. He had brothers named Joseph, Archibald and Benjamin, and sisters named Mary, who Married John Graham, and died in. Jackson county, Ohio, four years ago. His brothers, Joseph and Archibald, served their country in the federal army during the Civil war and died in Tennessee more than twenty years ago. His other brother is now a resident of Alabama. By the death of his parents he was thrown wholly upon his own resources when but a mere boy. His experience was a hard one and such education as he obtained was gained at odd times and by reading and study after long days spent in wearisome work, still he obtained a foothold in the world and was happily married February 3, 1881, to Miss Minnie Vogelsang, at Mount Vernon Furnace, Lawrence county, Ohio, and they have three children, all born in Lawrence county, Ohio, namely : Charles L., born October 2, 1882 ; Emerson M., October 23, 1886; Luella May, September 19, 1888. Mrs. Jenkins is a sister of Harmon Vogelsang, who fills the office of street commissioner at Ironton, Ohio, also of Henry Vogelsang, and of L. C. Vogelsang, .a wealthy iron operator now living in retirement at Wellston, Ohio. Mr. Jenkins and his family are members of the Neil Avenue Methodist Episcopal church, of Columbus, and are helpful to all its various important interests. Mr. Jenkins's first regular employment was in a furnace when he was a mere boy. He was employed thus and otherwise until 1885, on the 4th day of March of which year he removed to Ironton, Ohio. June 17 following he became a section hand on the old Valley road which afterward became known as the Norfolk & Western Railway, and. that was his introduction to railroading. A year later he was made foreman of a section and after service in 1006 - CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY. that capacity for one year was given the position of brakeman in the yard, and in 1887 he became brakeman on a local freight train. He recalls with feelings of gratitude the kindness of Superintendent J. W. Campbell, shown him in many ways while he was endeavoring to make a beginning as a railroad man. While he was employed as a freight brakeman he lost the forefinger of his right hand while coupling cars, but the accident kept him from work only twenty-five days. In time he was appointed baggage master and from that position was promoted to that of freight conductor, in which he served until he was given charge of a passenger train. As a freight conductor, by reason of being the oldest conductpr in the service, he was given a preferred run, which he retained until June 14, 1899, when his promotion came. He was in about every imaginable kind of railroad wreck that a train man could experience short of running into a river or plunging off from a high bridge'. His accidents involved head-end, rear and side wrecks and the breaking of trains on steep grades, yet aside from the loss of the finger referred to he never received a personal injury worth mentioning and no member of his crew was ever seriously hurt. Mr. Jenkins's first passenger run was between Columbus and Kenova, Wayne county, West Virginia, July 4, 1899. The day was very warm and he carried eleven hundred passengers, but was able to avoid accident of any kind. He recalls the fact that he had the honor of running the first train over the bridge across the Ohio river at Kenova. It was drawn by engine No. 43, with engineer Fred Hart at the throttle, and the cabin was filled with men and boys. Mr. Jenkins enjoys the distinction also of never having been called as, a witness in a personal injury or damage case. He is one of the most popular passenger conductors on the road, and his efficient and courteous service is highly appreciated by the traveling public. In 1888, at the time of the national convention of the Brotherhood of Railroad Yardmen at Columbus, Mr. Jennings was initiated' into that order. The lodge offices at the time were filled by officers of the national body, Grand Master Wilkinson presiding. After the initiation ceremonies, Columbus. Lodge, No. 175, of which Mr. Jenkins had become a member, adjourned and attended the meeting of the grand lodge at the State Street Presbyterian church. Mr. Jenkins was a member of this order until 1897, when, at Kenova, West Virginia, 'he united with Lodge No. 3, State Division Order of Railroad. Conductors, as a charter member. He is identified with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and has recently joined Capital City Lodge, I. O. O. F., of Columbus, by card. He is also a member of the Knights and Ladies of Honor of Columbus. ELMER E. THOMPSON. Elmer E. Thompson, who is in the employ of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company in the capacity of an engineer, was born August 8, 1859, in Union county, Pennsylvania. He is a brother of W. H. Thompson, of this county, and CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY - 1007 for sixteen years he has been a resident of Columbus. The days of his childhood and youth were quietly passed, unmarked by any event of special importance, but in 1879 he entered the railroad service as fireman on the Panhandle road, being assigned to the Indianapolis division. By close application to his work and faithfulness to the performance of duty he secured promotion on the 13th of September, 1885, and has since been continuously in the service of the road as engineer. On the 15th of November, 1883, Mr. Thompson was united in marriage to Miss Annie Clarissa Reinier, the wedding being celebrated at. Ansonia, Darke county, Ohio. Four children graced their union, of whom two are yet living, namely : Virginia May, born October 9, 1887; and Wilbur, born July 1, 1890. Elmer E. died at the age of thirteen months ; and Edna Pearl, who was born March 25, 1889, died on the 8th of July, of that year. Mr. Thompson is a genial man, pleasant, accommodating and obliging, and is a very efficient engineer, his long continuation with the company indicating his marked fidelity. JAMES T. LINDSAY. James T. Lindsay was born in Washington, Pennsylvania, April 18, 1847, his parents being Oliver and Jane (Taylor) Lindsay. On the maternal side he is of English lineage and tradition says that the ancestors of the family came to America from the merrie isle at a very early period in the development of New England. On the paternal side Mr. Lindsay is of Scotch descent. His grandfather, Ninon Lindsay, was a native of the land of hills and heather and when a young than became a resident of the new world. His wife was Kate Lindsay. Oliver Lindsay, the father of our subject, was born in Reading, Berks county, Pennsylvania, in August, 1808, and. became a skilled machinist, working in different shops and factories during his early manhood. Subsequently he began the manufacture of agricultural implements in Washington, Pennsylvania, and there continued actively engaged in business for a number of years. He wedded Miss Jane Taylor, who was born in. Washington county, in the Keystone state, in 1809. Her death occurred in 1892 and the husband passed away in 1894. James T. Lindsay spent his early boyhood in the city of his birth and attended the public schools where he mastered the common branches of English learning. No event of special importance occurred to vary the routine of his life. He enjoyed the sports in which the boys of that period indulged and as he grew older he prepared for Washington College, where he pursued a full scientific course. On its completion he entered the employ of the Adams Express Company and at the same time secured a situation in the service of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, filling both positions for nine years. On leaving the employ of the railroad he went to Cameron, West Virginia, where he embarked in merchandising, conducting a general store. He disposed of that at the time of his removal to Ohio, taking up his abode in Guernsey 1008 - CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY. county, where he again opened a general mercantile establishment in Cambridge. His connection with mercantile interests in that place continued for four years. In 1884 he came to Columbus, Ohio, and purchased the grocery stock of the firm of Sargent & Wingate, the store being located at No, 610 North High street, where Mr. Lindsay has since continued in. business, carrying a large line of staple and fancy groceries', produce and fruit. As the result of his long acquaintance, affable manner and genial treatment of his patrons, he has established a good business. On the 16th of June, 1873, occurred the marriage of Mr. Lindsay and Miss Jennie Wallace, of Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, a daughter of Thomas and Nancy Arnold Wallace. They now' have four children.: Oliver, Who is a graduate of the Ohio Medical College and. is now the secretary of the city board of health, and is a prominent candidate on the Republican ticket for the office of coroner; Daisy D., who is a young lady of superior education and pleasing characteristics ; Carl W., a graduate in pharmacy and also of the Ohio Medical University, of Columbus ; and Violet Mary, now a student in the high school. Mr. Lindsay is a conservative Republican and on his party's ticket was elected, in 1888, to a position in the city council, representing the fourteenth ward. He served for two years, in a manner creditable to himself and satisfactory to his constituents, and was then elected for the second term. On the expiration of four years he retired from office as he had entered it, with the confidence and good will of all concerned. In 1898 he was again elected, and in 1900 was chosen to represent the sixteenth ward in the city council and is now filling that office. He is a man independent in thought and action, fearless in the support of his honest convictions and honorable in all life's relations. FRANCIS M. LEONARD. Francis M. Leonard, the postmaster at. Station A in Columbus, was born upon a farm in Franklin county, in 1873, and is a son of Edward B. and Lena (Martin) Leonard, both of whom were. born and reared in this county. The grandfather of our subject, Chauncey B. Leonard, was one of the early settlers of the capital city. He came to Ohio from the Empire state and cast in his lot with the pioneers, settling near Marble Cliff, not far from the banks of the. Scioto river. There he operated a sawmill, engaging in the manufacture of native lumber. He was also for many years connected with the Columbus Paper Mill and was widely and favorably known. He married Miss Mary A. Beach, a daughter of Ralph Beach, and among their children was Edward B. Leonard, who has spent his entire life in Franklin county, where for the past twelve or fifteen years he has been connected with the mail service in the capacity of a carrier. Francis M. Leonard, whose name forms the caption of this article, was educated in the schools of Columbus, completing his studies by a high-school course. On entering upon his business career he became employed by the Potter Manufacturing Company, manufacturers of hollow ware. In 1890 he CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY - 1009 entered the post office, in the capacity of a delivery boy, and was advanced step by step, continuing there through three administrations. In 1898 he was appointed postmaster at Station A, in Columbus, and has since occupied that position in a very commendable manner. He belongs to Humboldt Lodge, No. 476, F. & A. M., also to Ohio Chapter, R. A. M. . He has taken the Scottish Rite degrees up to and including .the Thirty-second, so that he is now identified with the consistory, and is a noble of Aladdin Temple of the Mystic Shrine. JOHN A. KELLER. John A. Keller was born November 30, 1808, in Frederick county, Maryland, his home being at the foot of Green mountain. In the year 1826, with his stepfather, his mother and his two sisters, Mary and Susan, he left his Maryland home and walked' all the distance to Royalton, Ohio, near Lancaster. For a time he was employed by a Mr. Kolb, and subsequently he went to Licking county, Ohio. On the 12th of June, 1835, he was united in marriage to Miss Prudence Talbot, in Granville, Licking county. The lady was born in Lynchburg, Virginia, May 1o, 1814, and came to Ohio about the year 1834. She did not long survive her marriage, passing away in early womanhood. In the pursuit of a livelihood Mr. Keller worked on the Ohio state capitol building. He came to Franklin county in the year 1840, taking up his abode in Franklinton. He was quite well known in public affairs in an early day, holding the office of justice of the peace and township treasurer. He took a deep and commendable interest in everything pertaining to the general good and was an honorable, influential and popular citizen. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Keller were born the following named : William, the eldest, born August 3, 1835, was married November 7, 1865, in Columbus, to Mrs.. Maggie Hunter, and they resided in the old Deardurff residence. He died January 23, 1881; and his wife died March 20, 1886, leaving, one son, John F. Keller, who was born in 1867. Nancy Keller, the second of the family, was born February 28, 1839, and on the '7th of December, 1865, gave her hand in marriage to James A. Goss, who is one of the popular and well known music teachers of Columbus. They reside at No. 29 Clark Place, and have one child, Harry, an intelligent young man. John H. Keller, the third of the family, was born December 7, 1840, and died September 10, 1866. Martha Keller was born December 11, 1843, near the state house in Columbus, and died August 15, 1844. James A., born at the same place March 1, 1845, died November 28, 1865. Mary, born June 27, 1848, was married May 2, 1872, toCharles H. Peake, and they have resided at their present residence since 1867. Mr. Peake's father, John Peake, was born in England, in 1818, and came 'to this country when eighteen years of age, locating in Maryland. He afterward removed to Little Falls, New York, and with Mr. Hamlin came to Ohio, locating first at Groveport, where he followed the butchering business. Subsequently he came to Columbus, Ohio, and here wedded Mrs. Mary Ann Shoysgood. They had four children : John W., born February 9, 1846; 1010 - CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY. Charles H., who was born September 11, 1850, and became the husband of Mary Keller ; Norman, who was born April 16, 1855, and died in 1894 ; and Emma, who was born October 20, 1857. She was married June 1, 1882, to Frank Kuhn and died April 24, 1892. Her children were Marion, Harold and Emma Kuhn. Mrs. Mary Ann Peake died February 22, 1882. Charles H. Peake had the following children : .Charles M., born August 27, 1873, died when only seven months old; Albert, born March 25, 1875, is at home; Frank, born December 4, 1877, is now deceased; and John, born January 27, 1886, is still under the parental roof. Frank enlisted in Battery H, of the light artillery in the Spanish-American war. He was taken ill when in camp at Chickamauga and was permitted to return home, but died ten days after reaching Columbus. He was a bright and promising young man and his death was a great blow to his parents. Francis M. Keller, born July 21, 1851, died May 24, 1852. Lewis Keller, born February 14, 1854, is living in Columbus. The last three members of the Keller family were born in Franklinton. The mother of this family, Mrs. Prudence Keller, died at the old home at the corner of Scott and Sandusky streets, Columbus, April 12, 1887. Mr. Keller passed away in 1900. He had come to Franklin county at an early in its development and was active in promoting its growth and improvement.. JOHN HENRY HEITMANN. Among those formerly prominent in public affairs in Columbus who have passed from the stage of life none is more deserving of honor than John Henry Heitmann, who was born near Hanover, Germany, in 1841, and died March 26, 1894. His parents, Gerhardt and Adaline Heitmann, gave him the advantage of a good education and he was graduated at a college in Hanover. His mother's father was a Frenchman and from him Mr. Heitmann probably inherited the ready wit and capacity for quick and telling repartee for which he was known. In 1865 Mr. Heitmann came to the United States and locating at Cincinnati became a teacher of German in the public schools of that city, a position which he filled until 1868, when he came to Columbus, where he was the superintendent of German' schools for four years. Meantime he studied law under the direction of Colonel J. T. Holmes, and was admitted to the bar in 1870, after which date he practiced law until his death, latterly as a member of the' firm of Randall & Heitmann, and achieved a high standing in local courts. With the Hon. George L. Converse as his colleague, Mr. Heitmann served in the sixty-first general assembly of the state of Ohio in 1874-6. In the year last mentioned he was elected mayor of Columbus, and he was re-elected for a second term, and filled the office with great ability and credit. During his administration the city passed safely through its most exciting experience of forcible violation of law, in a great strike of railway employes. The strikers limited their operations to plans to prevent the running of trains, but another element, disorderly, disreputable and dangerous, precipitated riotous acts which were condemned by the railroad men. The rioters went to some of the local CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY - 1011 manufacturing establishments and ordered men to stop work who had not thought of being dissatisfied, and in making such visits to factories went through the streets in moblike form. At this juncture Mayor Heitmann, at the head of the police, made efforts to bring the rioters within the pale of the law. A few of the leaders were arrested and in a few days others had disappeared, and the railway men arranged to go back to work and the great strike and the riots in which the strikers had taken no part ended. Mr. Heitmann's firmness as executive officer of the city had much to do with the preservation of the public safety. Had he underrated the gravity of the situation or faltered in the performance of his duty, the result might have been serious, as habitual law-breakers with anarchistic tendencies were among the leaders of the riots, and in this emergency Mr. Heitmann gave an object lesson of faithfulness to the law, of regard for public order and of consideration for the first great principles of civilization which was appreciated by his fellow citizens and won him a reputation as a model official. Mr. Heitmann was very active and prominent in Democratic politics and was for many years a member of the local election board and of the Democratic city and county committees, serving as the chairman of the Democratic county committee. He was a man of striking personal appearance, six feet and two inches in height and splendidly proportioned, and was of such a genial nature and of such upright character that he had no difficulty in making and retaining friends. He was a Mason, an Odd Fellow and a member of many German societies. In religious affiliation he was a Lutheran. He married Miss Ottilie Petterly, of Columbus, who was born and educated in Bohemia, Austria, and left one son, Albert H. now a student at the high school, who intends to became a lawyer. Soon after the Civil war, Mr. Heitmann made a visit to his' birth place in Europe. When he died he was regretted by hundreds who had come to depend upon him as a personal friend, and by thousands who knew him as a citizen and official of unassailable reputation, whose life had. been a useful one devoted largely to the interests of his fellow men. JOHN E. CHAMBERS. A well known resident of Franklin township who has been actively engaged in business and prominent in public affairs, is John E. Chambers, who was born in Franklin township, Franklin county, Ohio, August I, 1842, and was a son of William and Elizabeth (Haughn) Chambers, the former a native of Zanesville, Ohio, the latter born of a pioneer family in Franklin county. William Chambers was brought to the county when a babe of one year, he and Mrs. Martha Briggs being the only children by that marriage. The grandparents of our subject settled upon a. farm of one hundred acres on the Jackson Pike road, for which partial payment was made, but the grandfather died and the land reverted to its original owner. William. Chambers engaged in farming and became a prominent man, and he has left a personal record behind him that tells much to the credit of his liberality and kindness of 1012 - CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY, heart. His death occurred when he was about seventy years' of age, Mrs. Chambers still surviving and residing upon the old homestead of her father. Nine children were born to William and Elizabeth Chambers, as follows : Ellen, the wife of . J. J. Eakin; Martha, the wife of Albert Watts; Mary, the wife of George Gantz; Elizabeth, the wife of David Eakin, residing on the old Eakin homestead in Venango county, Pennsylvania; Henrietta, the wife of Lewis Hart; Charlotte, the wife of George Cathers, of Mercer county, Pennsylvania, and William J., who resides in Franklin county, engaged in the dairy business, and is a well known politician. Mr. Chambers of our sketch was reared on the old homestead and enjoyed the school privileges of Briggsdale, going in 1865-6 to the Delaware school. In 1867, after his return home, he was married on the 24th of October, to Miss Louisa Hart, a daughter of Theodore and Catherine (Walton) Hart, and has reared three children : Warren, who married Frances Conard; and Jennie and Melvin. After marriage Mr. Chambers located upon the old home farm, where he engaged in general business, also in the raising of fruit, paying especial attention to strawberries:. He has been very successful in the dairy business also, the product of his farm bringing much custom, which he has had no difficulty in retaining, in one case having supplied milk and cream for nineteen years. Mr. Chambers is most comfortably located upon a fine farm of forty-six acres, upon which he has spent large sums of money in improvements. His beautiful brick residence was erected at 'a cost of twenty-five hundred dollars, and the other attractive surroundings amounted to more than five hundred more. All of his life our subject has been a Republican in his political faith, and has served his party as supervisor of elections, for one year, and for six years he was a Republican central committeeman. Since 1864 he has been a member of the Methodist church, where his worth is known and appreciated. His position would be difficult to fill, being always held available for any of the church offices, and has been a class-leader and Sunday-school superintendent for many years. Mr. Chambers is one of those citizens who cheerfully acts for .the best interests' of his country, his church and his family, and possesses the esteem of all with whom he is in any way connected.