HISTORY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY - 1025 University. Mrs. McConagha died February 14, 1930, and is buried in Amaranth Abbey, Union Cemetery. Doctor McConagha is a Republican, a member of Indianola Pres. byterian Church, and is affiliated with New England Lodge No. 4, Free and Accepted Masons, Temple Chapter, R. A. M., York Council, Mt. Vernon Commandery, K. T., and Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He also belongs to the University Club and Mercatur Luncheon Club and the Brookside Country Club. Doctor McConagha is identified with the Columbus Academy of Medicine, Ohio State Medical Society, and American Medical Association. He is also a member of the staffs of White Cross and Children's Hospitals. From 1920 until 1924 Doctor McConagha was oculist for the Ohio State School for the Blind. He is also a member of the American College of Surgeons. The McConagha residence is at 39 Thirteenth Avenue, Columbus. Scott Wehe, who is one of the substantial citizens of Columbus, was born at Commercial Point, Ohio, January 14, 1878, a son of Charles and Emma (Scott) Wehe. Charles Wehe was born at Circleville, Ohio, and in early life engaged in general farming. At present he is serving as marshal at Commercial Point, Ohio. He is a Republican, a member of the Methodist Church and Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Mr. and Mrs. Wehe are the parents of the following children: John, who died in 1913 ; Scott, the subject of this sketch ; Elizabeth, married Leonard Durett, lives in Columbus ; Alice, deceased; Blanche, married E. T. Fuller, lives in Columbus ; Emerson, deceased; Charles, lives in Illinois ; and Ida, married Homer Gardner, lives in Columbus. Scott Wehe attended the public schools of Commercial Point and remained on his father's farm until he was twenty years of age. He then enlisted in the United States Army and served in the Philippines with Company K, Seventeenth Regiment. He was discharged in 1902 and came to Columbus, where he entered the employ of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. He remained in the company's employ until 1924 and has since been interested in the general insurance 1026 - HISTORY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY business, being associated with Kinnear & Clark. Mr. Wehe was elected a member of the city council in 1921 and four years later was elected president of the council and served in that capacity until January, 1930. Since that time he has devoted his entire time to the insurance business. He has also served as a member of the executive board of the Pennsylvania Railway Labor Craft, which represents 32,000 employes, and has been state representative of all craft in Columbus. In September, 1902, Mr. Wehe married Miss Sylvia Leach, of Mattsville, Ohio, the daughter of Henry and Martha Leach. Both Mr. and Mrs. Leach, natives of Virginia, died in 1926, and are buried at Grove City, Ohio. To Mr. and Mrs. Wehe the following children have been born : Marie, married Freeman Smith, and they have two sons, Charles and Harold ; Everett, died in infancy ; Harold, lives at home ; Evelyn, lives at home ; Dora, Margaret, Jeanette, Edward, and James Thomas, all students. Mr. Wehe is a Republican, a member of the Methodist Church and belongs to the Loyal Order of Moose, Knights of Pythias, Eagles Club, and Red Men. Fritz A. Lichtenberg, who is general agent for the Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company, with headquarters at 42 East Gay Street, is numbered among the representative and highly successful business men of Columbus. He was born in London, England, February 10, 1876, the son of Dr. George and Ellen (Wyatt) Lichtenberg. Dr. George Lichtenberg was born in Hanover, Germany, and his wife was a native of England. He spent his early life in Germany and was a graduate of Goettingen University, from which he received the degree of Doctor of Medicine. He became a successful and prominent physician and surgeon of London, England, and spent the remainder of his life in that city. Doctor Lichtenberg died in 1910. His wife died in Columbus in 1925 and is buried in Greenlawn Cemetery. The following children were born to Dr. and Mrs. Lichtenberg: William, who died in 1879 ; Marie L., the widow of Fritz Rubensdorfer, lives in England ; Ida A., the widow of Ernest Vander- HISTORY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY - 1027 beck, lives in England ; Else, who died in 1897, was the wife of Eric Williams, who died in 1909 ; Carl, lives in England ; and Fritz A., the subject of this sketch. Fritz A. Lichtenberg grew up in London, England, and attended Queen Elizabeth Grammar School at Cranbrook, Kent. He also was a student at Heidelberg College in Germany, and from 1892 until 1899 was associated with the wholesale Japanese import business in London. He came to America in 1899 and was connected with Arnold Karberg & Company, oriental importers and exporters, New York City, until 1900. He then went with the U. S. Metal Selling Company for two years and from 1902 until 1904 was connected with Price, Waterhouse & Company. In 1904 Mr. Lichtenberg became interested in the insurance business with the Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company, and from 1904 until 1909 was general agent for five counties in Ohio with headquarters in Springfield. Since 1909 he has been general agent in central Ohio for nineteen counties. On October 24, 1911, Mr. Lichtenberg was united in marriage with Miss Margaret Wilcox, of Columbus, the daughter of Charles E. Wilcox, who lives retired at Bradenton, Florida. His wife is deceased. To Mr. and Mrs. Lichtenberg have been born two children: Fritz A., Jr., born October 13, 1916 ; and Ellen W., born February 2, 1920. Mr. Lichtenberg is a member of the Episcopal Church, Faculty Club, Young Business Men's Club, Athletic Club, Columbus Country Club, Player's Club, and Y. M. C. A. He is secretary and treasurer of the Ohio Association of Life Underwriters and a member of the Columbus Life Underwriters Association. He is also a member of the Chamber of Commerce, and a director of the Columbus Community Chest. "Ray" H. Geddes is prominent in legal circles in Franklin County, engaged in the practice of his profession at Columbus, with offices at 5 West Broad Street. He was born at Hooksburg, Ohio, the son of Joseph Shannon and Charlotte (Barnhart) Geddes. Joseph Shannon Geddes was born at Stockport, Ohio, and spent his entire life in that section. He was recognized during his early 1028 - HISTORY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY life as one of the leading athletes of the Ohio Valley, and was popular as a "steamboater." Later, he was a farmer and served as justice of the peace in Morgan County. He is deceased. His widow, born at Hooksburg, lives at Malta, Ohio. To Mr. and Mrs. Geddes were born the following children : Charles L., lives at 307 High Street, Canton, Ohio ; Guy H., lives in Columbus ; Pearl J., deceased ; Celia May Huskins, lives at 172 Haynes Avenue, Dayton, Ohio ; Rosalie Lamp, lives at 22 Hawkes Avenue, Columbus ; Lawrence, lives at 1448 Lane Avenue, Columbus ; and Ray H., the subject of this sketch. "Ray" H. Geddes attended the public schools and spent one year at Springfield Art School before taking up the study of law. He received his L. L. B. degree from Baldwin University and was admitted to the Ohio bar in 1913. He then established his practice in Cleveland, with offices at 929 Rockefeller Building. He enlisted for service during the World War on August 27, 1917, and after the close of the war engaged in business for two years at Chillicothe, Ohio. He resumed his law practice in Cleveland in 1922, and came to Columbus in 1927, where he already has a well established practice. During the Spanish American War Mr. Geddes served as a member of Battery C, 1st 0. V. L. A. He spent three years in the Philippines, 1899-1902, as a member of Troop E, 4th U. S. Cavalry, and during the World War attended the Officers Training School at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indianapolis, Ind. He also was located at Camp Sherman, School of the Line Training Troops, and served in France with the 33rd Division, as a lieutenant in the 813th Pioneer Infantry, being in command at Vaux de La Palmas near Troyone. Politically, Mr. Geddes is a Republican. He is a member of the Church of Christ, and takes a very active part in the military organizations of Columbus. He is a member of the Spanish American War Veterans, Veterans of Foreign Wars, and American Legion, Victor Post, Cleveland. Mr. Geddes was a member of the army baseball teams while in the service and also played on amateur teams in Cleveland. He also became a boxer while serving in the Philippines and fought in many amateur ring bouts, and later became instructor in boxing at Ft. Benjamin Harrison, U. S. Army Camp. His particular hobby is oil HISTORY FRANKLIN OF COUNTY - 1029 paintings, especially those which depict steamboat life on the Ohio and Muskingum Rivers. Fred P. Zimpfer, treasurer and manager of the Arra Mortgage Loan and Abstract Company, is among the substantial and well known business men of Columbus. He was born in this city, August 2, 1876, the son of Jacob and Dora (Grauman) Zimpfer. Jacob Zimpfer, a native of Germany, died in Columbus in 1893 and is buried in Greenlawn Cemetery. He was twelve years of age when his parents came to the United States and settled in Columbus, where he later followed his trade as a blacksmith. He met with an accidental death while visiting the World's Fair in Chicago in 1893. His widow lives in Columbus, where she was born. She is a member of the independent Protestant Church. Mr. and Mrs. Zimpfer were the parents of nine children, as follows : Fred P., the subject of this sketch ; Jacob H., lives at Lancaster, Ohio Edward W., lives in Columbus ; Otto C., lives in Columbus ; Clara, married William A. Schneider, lives in Columbus ; Flora, married J. Frank Stehle, lives in Columbus ; Mary J., married Arthur Journey, lives at Lakewood, Ohio ; Minnie, married Frank Brown, lives at Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio ; and Dora, who died in 1909, at the age of eighteen years. Fred P. Zimpfer obtained his education in the public schools of Columbus. At an early age he became interested in music and engaged in that profession for approximately thirty years. In 1898 he enlisted for service in the Spanish-American War and served with the Navy. He was discharged November 2, 1903, and upon his return to Columbus resumed his interest in music. He has been interested in the real estate and mortgage business since 1922, and in that year was one of the organizers of the Arra Mortgage Loan & Abstract Company. The company has offices in the Columbian Building, 35 East Gay Street. On February 14, 1899, Mr. Zimpfer was united in marriage with Mrs. Elizabeth A. Foster, the daughter of Thomas and Sarah Weatherhead. Mr. Weatherhead died in 1890 and his wife died in 1913. The former is buried at St. Joseph, Missouri, and the latter in 1030 - HISTORY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY Greenlawn Cemetery, Columbus. Mr. and Mrs. Zimpfer have two adopted children : Emily, married December 1, 1926, to Rev. Milton B. Sackett, lives in Columbus ; and Raymond F., married Miss Sarah Edberg, of Columbus. Mr. Zimpfer is a Republican and has served almost continuously as a member of the city council of Columbus since 1912. He holds membership in St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, and is affiliated with the Masonic Lodge, Scottish Rite, Aladdin Temple, United Spanish War Veterans, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Woodmen of the World, Modern Woodmen of America, and Buckeye Republican Club. He is a member of the board of directors of the Family and Children's Bureau, Columbus. W. U. Cole, M. D.—One of the well known professional men of Columbus is W. U. Cole, who is successfully engaged in the practice of medicine, with offices at 529 East Broad Street. He was born in Knox County, Ohio, April 13, 1862, the son of Thomas F. and Charity (Phillips) Cole. Thomas F. Cole, deceased, was a native of Pennsylvania. He was a graduate of Brownsville Academy, near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and was a well known school teacher of Knox County, Ohio, for many years. He was also a farmer, and for a time engaged in business at Mt. Vernon, Ohio, where he died in 1918. His wife, born in Knox County, died in 1925. Both are buried at Mt. Vernon. He was a Republican and a member of the Methodist Church. To Mr. and Mrs. Cole were born six children, as follows : Dr. NI. F., who died in 1919 ; Chase, retired capitalist, lives in Kansas City, Missouri ; W. U., the subject of this sketch ; Robert, lives retired at Mt. Vernon, Ohio ; Mary, married Garfield W. Schallenberger, lives in Columbus ; and Alice, married Charles King, lives at Mt. Vernon, Ohio. W. U. Cole grew up in Knox County, Ohio, and attended the district schools. He attended the National Normal University, of Lebanon, Ohio, and taught school for several terms before taking up his professional study. He received the degree of Doctor of Medicine from Starling Medical College in 1890, and since that date has been HISTORY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY - 1031 in continuous practice in the city of Columbus with the exception of time spent in post graduate study. He has taken work at Murphy's Clinic, Chicago, Illinois ; Bellevue Hospital, New York City ; Kings College Hospital, London, England ; and Hospital Dieu, Paris, France. Doctor Cole has had a most extensive practice. He was one of the founders of Ohio Medical University, and for a number of years was a member of its faculty as a professor of bacteriology and surgery. He has also been surgeon for the Protestant Hospital and represents numerous railroad companies as surgeon, including the Toledo & Ohio Central, Hocking Valley, and Zanesville & Western Railway. He has maintained offices at 529 East Broad Street for the past twenty-five years, and is recognized as a leading surgeon of Franklin County. Doctor Cole is a Republican, a member of the Episcopal Church, and belongs to the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and Loyal Order of Moose. He has served as a member of the Columbus Board of Education, and as a member of the Board of Public Works. F. M. Brooks is recognized as a representative business man of Columbus, where he is identified with the H. C. Godman Company, shoe manufacturers. He was born in Columbus, November 1, 1894, the son of Harry F. and Lila (Lerch) Brooks. Harry F. Brooks, who lives retired at Dayton, Ohio, is a native of New Jersey. He spent more than half a century in the employ of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, and retired as an engineer in 1925. He had been a resident of Columbus since 1880, but since his retirement has lived at Dayton. Mr. Brooks is a Republican, a member of the Methodist Church, and belongs to the Masonic Lodge. His wife is a native of Circleville, Ohio. Five children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Brooks, as follows : William R., lives at Akron, Ohio; Lettie, who died in 1912 ; Merle, married H. P. Hood, lives at Boston, Massachusetts ; F. M., the subject of this sketch ; and Audley, married Dr. Wilson Lightner, lives at Dayton, Ohio. F. M. Brooks received his education in the public schools of Columbus and attended Central High School. In 1910 he entered the employ of the H. C. Godman Company as a shipping clerk. He ad- 1032 - HISTORY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY vanced steadily through the various departments of the company and for eight years was superintendent of the Thurman Avenue factory. In 1922 he introduced the Goodyear welt shoe as one of the products to be used by the H. C. Godman Company. Since 1926 Mr. Brooks has been buyer of the entire stock of upper leathers used by his company. In 1917 Mr. Brooks married Miss Leola Smith, of Columbus, the daughter of George and Gertrude (Wilkins) Smith. Mr. Smith died in 1927 and his widow, a native of Urbana, Ohio, lives in Columbus. To Mr. and Mrs. Brooks have been born two children : Virginia C., born in October, 1918; and John W., born in June, 1921. Politically Mr. Brooks is a Republican. He holds membership in the Methodist Church and is affiliated with the Masonic Lodge. Clarence E. Palmer.—As secretary-treasurer of the Robert H. Evans & Company and president of the Branch Construction Company, Clarence E. Palmer is numbered among the representative business men and substantial citizens of Columbus. He was born at Zanesville, Ohio, December 27, 1885, the son of John Nelson and Martha Josselyn Palmer. John Nelson Palmer III, a prominent citizen of Zanesville, was of English descent, his ancestors dating back to Robert Palmer, A. D. 1195, one of the principal counsellors of William the Bad; and his great-grandfather served in the War of 1812 and was captured and imprisoned in England. John Nelson Palmer, father of the subject of this sketch, was a leader in business circles in Zanesville, and in partnership with his brother, Eli Palmer, formed the Palmer Shoe Company, a wholesale shoe house, which operated for a period of thirty years and finally disbanded with the advent of the chain store. Mr. Palmer then devoted himself to the Home Muskingum Bank, of which he was an officer and director, and with the insurance business. His wife was of French descent, and a Daughter of the American Revolution. She was a direct descendant of the Josselyn family, whose record dates back to the time of Charlemagne. HISTORY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY - 1033 To John Nelson and Martha (Josselyn) Palmer were born the following children: Clarence E., the subject of this sketch ; Warren Nelson, who served as a lieutenant in the World War in France ; Joseph Andrew, who was one of the first officers to go to France where he took aerial training and was on the American front during the entire war, being a member of the Eighty-eighth Aerial Squadron, being decorated with the Distinguished Service Cross for gallantry in action over the Aisne River : John Josselyn, engaged in the retail shoe business at Zanesville, Ohio ; and Laura F., married Gilbert Alexander. She served as a Red Cross nurse during the World War. Clarence E. Palmer was educated in Zanesville and attended Ohio Wesleyan University, where he was a member of Beta Theta Pi fraternity. After leaving college he became associated with the interests of the Robert H. Evans & Company, one of the oldest and most prominent building contracting firms in Ohio. During his association with the company over a twenty-two year period numerous large contracts have been completed by the firm, among them being the Elks Club, Y. M. C. A., Central High School, North High School, Buckeye State Building & Loan Building, Beggs Building, Lazarus Store, and several buildings on the Ohio State University campus. The company has also completed contracts for a number of large state institutions throughout Ohio, including the State Hospital at Cleveland, the Tubercular Hospital at Mt. Vernon, and the State Hospitals at Massillon and Orient. Offices of the company are also maintained at Canton, Ohio, where Mercy hospital is now in the process of construction. Mr. Palmer is a director of the Standard Savings & Loan Company and the Tiffin Ohio Gas & Oil Company. On July 20, 1910, Mr. Palmer was united in marriage with Miss Mary Elizabeth Evans, the daughter of Robert H. Evans. They have two children : Robert Nelson, who attends Cornell University ; and Ruth Evans Palmer. Mr. Palmer is a member of the Bexley Methodist Church, and belongs to the Columbus Athletic Club, Columbus Country Club, University Club, Kiwanis Club, Aero Club of Columbus, and Young Business Men's Club. He is a charter member of Bexley Lodge, No. 704, 1034 - HISTORY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY Free and Accepted Masons, and belongs to Scioto Consistory, Thirty-second degree. Since coming to the city of Columbus eighteen years ago, Mrs. Palmer has been an ardent supporter of the Children's Hospital, and is active in the club life of the city, being a member of the Women's Club and president of the Plant, Fruit and Flower Guild of Columbus. George Everett Dum, of Columbus, is one of the representative business men of the city, where he is president and general manager of the George E. Dum Company, publishers. He was born at Amanda, Fairfield County, Ohio, October 16, 1878, the son of Israel and Maria (Whitesel) Dum. Israel Dum was a native of Greencastle, Ohio, and his wife was born at Tarlton, Ohio. He engaged in the mercantile business until 1888 at Amanda, Ohio, and at that time removed to Tennessee, where he became interested in agriculture. Mr. Dum retired in 1906 and spent the remainder of his life at Fulton, Kentucky, where he died in April, 1926. His wife died in April, 1919. Both are buried at Fulton. Mr. Dum was an accomplished violinist. Three children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Dum : Homer Samuel, born January 21, 1876, lives at Downers Grove, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago, is president of the Musical Art Society of America ; George Everett, the subject of this sketch ; and Louise Whitesel, born in June, 1885, married R. S. Matthews, and lives at Fulton, Kentucky. The boyhood of George Everett Dum was spent at Fulton, Kentucky, where he was educated. He farmed in his early youth, but in 1903 became interested in the book business as a traveling representative for a St. Louis firm, and spent most of his time in Illinois. In June, 1903, he was transferred to Chicago, and then spent the following three years traveling in the middle west, Rocky Mountain, and Pacific coast states with a fine list of subscription books. In February, 1907, Mr. Dum engaged in business for himself in Columbus, in partnership with his brother, the company being known as Dum Brothers. In 1912 Mr. Dum took over the business and incorporated it as the George E. Dum Company in 1916. Since 1928 a HISTORY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY - 1035 subsidiary interest of the business has taken much of Mr. Dum's time and energy. This is the American Institute of Practical Mechanics, which deals with mechanics generally along electrical, plumbing and aeronautical lines. The offices of the company are located at 36 East 5th Avenue. On May 18, 1904, Mr. Dum was united in marriage with Miss Allie May Beasley, of Fulton, Kentucky, the daughter of Elvas and Maria (Pewett) Beasley, natives of Kentucky, both deceased. To Mr. and Mrs. Dum have been born three daughters : Lucile Marie, born October 3, 1908, a graduate of Ohio State University, class of June, 1929 ; married Dr. Robert George Stayman, June 30, 1930, resides at Ashtabula, Ohio ; Marjorie Charlotte, born February 10, 1909, a graduate of Ohio State University, class of June, 1930 ; and Frances Allance, born in March, 1911, a sophomore in the college of Education, Ohio State University. Mr. Dum and his family hold membership in the Indianola Methodist Episcopal Church, and he is affiliated with Columbus Lodge, Free & Accepted Masons, Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks, No. 37, Faculty Club, and Rotary Club. Politically, Mr. Dum has always been a Democrat. Robert B. Drury, M. D., who is a member of the staffs of Grant Hospital, Mt. Carmel Hospital, and Mercy Hospital, is president of the Columbus Academy of Medicine, and is recognized as one of the prominent surgeons of Franklin County. He has practiced general surgery in Columbus since his graduation from Starling Medical College in 1906, and by taking up the study of medicine followed the profession of his father, the late Dr. William H. Drury. Dr. William H. Drury was a native of Pennsylvania, where he spent his early life. He was a graduate of the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Bellevue College, and spent forty years as a leading physician and surgeon of Columbus, being widely known as a surgeon for numerous railroads entering Columbus. He also served as a surgeon during the Civil War. Doctor Drury died in 1898 and his wife, Eliza (Herbert) Drury, a native of Ohio, died in 1900. Both are buried in Greenlawn Cemetery, Columbus. They were members 1036 - HISTORY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY of St. Joseph's Cathedral. Their children were: Grace, who died in 1920, was the wife of Allason P. Scofield, who died in 1915 ; Herbert, who died in 1910; and Robert B., the subject of this sketch. Robert B. Drury was born in Columbus, January 27, 1878. He attended the parochial schools and earned his way through college by playing professional baseball. He was a member of the class of 1906 at Starling (Ohio) Medical School, and has studied at numerous clinics throughout the United States and in Europe. Doctor Drury is chief of staff of St. Ann's Maternity Hospital, and for a period of fifteen years was chief of staff and consulting surgeon of the Franklin County Tuberculosis Hospital. In 1930 he was elected president of the Columbus Academy of Medicine. He is also identified with the Ohio State Medical Association and American Medical Association. He has offices at 283 East State Street. In 1908 Doctor Drury was united in marriage at Wilkesbarre, Pennsylvania, with Miss Eleanor Wescott, of Philadelphia, the daughter of Allan and Anna (Cliff) Wescott. Mr. Wescott, who was born at Bridgeton, New Jersey, died in 1926, and is buried in Columbus. His widow resides with Doctor and Mrs. Drury. No children were born to Doctor and Mrs. Drury. Doctor Drury is a director of the Columbus Morris Plan Bank. He is a member of the Columbus Club, Athletic Club, Columbus Country Club, and Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. Doctor Drury particularly enjoys fishing and spends his vacation periods in Canada following that sport. Charles B. Cranston is engaged in the general practice of law in Columbus, with offices at 5 West Broad Street. He was born in Ripley County, Indiana, July 17, 1871, the son of Joseph Warren and Mary Jane (Young) Andrews Cranston. Joseph Warren Cranston was born in Rhode Island, December 12, 1825. He spent a good many years of his life on the seas. Mr. Cranston sailed the seas under Captain Cicero Price on the whaler "Lady Franklin," and visited practically every world port. He later served during the Civil War on the sloop "Jamestown," and continued HISTORY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY - 1037 as a sailor until the close of the war. He returned to Cincinnati and was married there and moved to Dallas County, Missouri, where he died July 22, 1897. His wife, a native of Cincinnati, Ohio, died January 29, 1902. By her first marriage she had the following children: Cyrus J. Andrews, lives at Green Ridge, Missouri ; Clara, married Lewis F. Hoog, who died in 1929, and she lives at Xenia, Ohio ; Phillip, who died in 1886; and Thomas, who died in 1893. Three sons were born to Joseph Warren and Mary Jane (Young) Cranston : Joseph P., lives at Ft. Atchison, Wisconsin ; Charles B., the subject of this sketch ; and Albert B., who died in Florida, September 1, 1929. The education of Charles B. Cranston was received in the public schools of Cincinnati and in 1894 he was graduated from the Law School of the University of Cincinnati. He then engaged in practice in Cincinnati until 1902, at which time he went west for a time. Mr. Cranston came to Columbus in 1904 and after a year in private practice he became credit manager for the Livingston Seed Company, in which capacity he served until October, 1918. He then organized a credit interchange bureau for the Columbus association of credit men, and was identified with that until 1921. Mr. Cranston's next business connection was as auditor for a Cleveland life insurance company, and he later was associated with the Peoples State Co-operative Bank at Hammond, Indiana. He returned to Columbus, however, in 1924, and engaged in private practice in the Clinton Building until March, 1928, when he removed to his present location and formed a partnership with Ray H. Geddes. Mr. Cranston has been actively identified with fire prevention work in Columbus for the past ten years. On July 12, 1905, Mr. Cranston was united in marriage with Miss Elizabeth Jones, of Columbus, the daughter of Dennis and Mary (Evans) Jones. Mr. Jones was a native of Wales. He died in 1903 and his widow lives at 58 Clarendon Avenue, Columbus. He was born in Gallia County, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Cranston are the parents of three children: Elizabeth, born in 1907, lives at home ; Paul W., born May 20, 1910, attends Central High School ; and Annabel June, born June 23, 1912, attends Central High School. Mr. Cranston is a staunch Republican, a member of the Methodist Church, and belongs to Westgate Lodge, Free and Accepted 1038 - HISTORY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY Masons, and Westwood Lodge, Knights of Pythias. He is also a member of the Central Ohio Anglers and Hunters Club, and League of Ohio Sportsmen and initiated the movement for the establishment of Ohio's Department of Conservation. Dr. Howard W. Miller is a prominent and worthy citizen of Columbus, where he is engaged in the practice of veterinary medicine. He was born at Alexandria, Licking County, Ohio, July 10, 1875, the son of Aaron Wesley and Susan E. (Merchant) Miller. Aaron Wesley Miller, a native of Licking County, Ohio, died in 1916, and is buried at Alexandria. His wife died in 1901. He was a farmer and for many years operated a fine farm on the Worthington and Granville roads, just eighteen miles east of Worthington. He was a Republican and a member of the Methodist Episcnpal Church. To Mr. and Mrs. Miller were born four children : Howard W., the subject of this sketch ; Daisy E., married Harry Carlock, lives on the old homestead near Worthington ; Hazel E., married Lloyd B. Edgerton, mechanical engineer, lives at Narberth, Pennsylvania ; and Dr. A. D., veterinarian, lives at 1066 East Hudson Street, Columbus. Howard W. Miller attended the public schools of Alexandria, Ohio, and after his graduation from high school in 1894 he entered Dennison College, after which he taught in the schools of Licking County for a period of nine years. In 1904 he became interested in veterinary medicine and entered the College of Veterinary Medicine, Ohio State University, from which he received his degree in 1908. Doctor Miller has maintained his office at 94 West Lane Avenue throughout his practice and is recognized as one of the capable and experienced veterinarians of the city. He also has a hospital in connection with his office and is said to have the largest Persian cat clinic and hospital in the country. His wife raises Persian cats and it is not unusual for the Miller Hospital to have as large a number of fine pedigreed cats as sixty. At present they are the owners of seven champions. On July 12, 1899, Doctor Miller was united in marriage with Miss Cora A. Thornberry, of Alexandria, Ohio, the daughter of Samuel W. HISTORY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY - 1039 and Harriet E. (Van Ness) Thornberry. Mr. Thornberry died in 1899 and his wife died in 1919. They were natives of Ohio and New Jersey, respectively. Doctor and Mrs. Miller had an only son, George Raymond, who was born August 16, 1901. He was a graduate of North High School, Columbus, being president of the class of 1920, and attended Ohio State University, from which he was graduated in the College of Engineering in 1925. He served as manager of the varsity football team. His death occurred on May 11, 1926, and he is buried at Alexandria, Ohio. Doctor Miller is a Republican and is serving as a member of the city council. He and his wife hold membership in the Methodist Episcopal Church, and he belongs to the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Fraternal Order of Eagles, Metropolitan Columbus Club, Knights of Pythias, at Alexandria, Ohio, and the Fraternal Order of Oaks, Columbus. He is president of the Eighteenth Ward Republican Club. Both he and his wife have a wide acquaintance in the city and are well liked. Raymond S. Winnard, who is state agent for the Fire Association of Philadelphia, is a representative young business man of Columbus and a veteran of the World War. He was born in Columbus, November 26, 1893, the son of William S. and Artie F. (Hughey) Winnard. William S. Winnard served as a member of the Columbus Fire Department for over thirty years and was retired in 1919 as assistant chief of the department. He is now fire prevention engineer for the Ohio Inspection Bureau in Columbus. Mr. Winnard was born in Wales and his wife is a native of Sabina, Clinton, County, Ohio. Their children are: Raymond S., the subject of this sketch ; Norman S., and Mrs. Frank G. Wonderly, who lives in Columbus. Raymond S. Winnard obtained his education in the public schools of Columbus and from 1911 until 1919 was identified with the Ohio Inspection Bureau, with the exception of the period of the World War, when he served with the Signal Corns. Later he became a special agent for the Springfield Fire & Mar Insurance Company, of Springfield, Massachusetts, in western shin and served in that 1040 - HISTORY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY capacity from October 1, 1920, until November, 1922. He then accepted the position as manager of the fire insurance department of the Wikoff Insurance Agency, of Columbus. Since October 1, 1924, Mr. Winnard has served as state agent for the Fire Association of Philadelphia, with offices in the American Insurance Union Building. On August 17, 1918, Mr. Winnard was united in marriage with Miss Edna C. Trapp, of Columbus, the daughter of Henry and Emma (Altman) Trapp, both deceased. Mr. Winnard is affiliated with York Lodge No. 563, Free and Accepted Masons, Scioto Consistory, Aladdin Temple, A. A. 0. N. M. S., Achbar Grotto, and Honorable Order Blue Goose International. Robert W. Schiff is a representative and highly successful business man of Columbus, where he is identified with The Schiff Company as president. He was born in Lithuania, July 4, 1886, the son of Chain Hirsch and Ethel (Schlessinger) Schiff. Chain Hirsch Schiff and his wife were born in Lithuania. He was born in 1850. Throughout his life he has been interested in the general mercantile business. There are nine children in the Schiff family, as follows: Ephraim, merchant, lives in Cincinnati, Ohio ; Marcus, a rabbi, lives in Cincinnati ; Samuel, lives in Lithuania ; Morris, identified with the Schiff Company, lives in Milwaukee, Wisconsin ; Albert, vice president of the Schiff Company, lives in Columbus ; Ziro Light, married David Light, a rabbi, lives at Providence, Rhode Island ; Gertrude, married Harry Greenburg, identified with the Schiff Company, lives in Chicago ; Rebecca Rubinstein, lives in Latvia ; and Robert W., the subject of this sketch. Robert W. Schiff attended the common schools of his native land and is a graduate of Telsia Seminary, a Hebrew college in Lithuania. He came to this country in 1905, when nineteen years of age, and settled in Cincinnati, where he was employed as a clerk in a men's clothing store for eight years. In 1913 he formed partnership with Samuel Bruson and organized a chain of small shoe stores in Ohio, Indiana and Illinois. The partnership continued for a period of seven years and in 1920 Mr. Schiff, in association with Leo G. Federman, of HISTORY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY - 1041 Peoria, Illinois, now of New York City, his brothers, Morris and Albert, and a nephew, William Schiff, organized the Schiff Company, with Robert W. Schiff as president. The company headquarters are in Columbus and at the present time 170 stores are in successful operation throughout the United States. They are wholesale dealers in shoes and rubbers and are recognized as responsible dealers in their particular field. Offices are maintained at 32 West Chestnut Street, Columbus. In 1912 Mr. Schiff was married to Miss Rebecca Lurie, the daughter of Hirsh and Celia Lurie, of Cincinnati, Ohio. She died in August, 1928, and is buried in Tiferth Israel Cemetery, Columbus. To Mr. and Mrs. Schiff were born four children: Saralyn, Florence, Herbert H. and Mildred. The family resides at The Deshler-Wallack Hotel. Mr. Schiff became a naturalized citizen of the United States in 1917 and is a Republican in politics. He is a member of Tiferth Israel and Agudath Temple and B'nai B'rith. He is also affiliated with York Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons. He is a member of Progress Club of Columbus. William Alexander Bargar.—Among the leading citizens and substantial business men of Columbus may be mentioned William Alexander Bargar, who is agency director for the New York Life Insurance Company in central, eastern and southern Ohio. He was born August 4, 1873 at Coshocton, Ohio, the son of Gilbert Hare and Sophia Jane (Lakin) Bargar. Gilbert H. Bargar was a native of Buffalo, New York, and was two years of age when his parents came to Ohio. He was the son of Dr. Valentine Bargar, a prominent physician. The marriage of Gilbert H. and Sophia Jane Lakin Bargar took place on a battlefield during the Civil War. He had enlisted for service as a first lieutenant in the One Hundred Twenty-second Ohio Volunteer Regiment, which fought throughout the entire war period. He was promoted to captain, and later to staff officer, and acted as judge advocate in military trials. Captain Bargar became interested in politics in 1882. He 1042 - HISTORY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY was chairman of the Democratic State Committee which elected Governor Hoadley, and he was also a member of the Legislature from Coshocton County. Captain Bargar was appointed to the position as United States pension agent in 1885, and was the first director of law under the federal plan of government in the city of Columbus, serving from 1893 until 1897. He held many high honors and was a thirty-second degree Mason, and a member of the Mystic Shrine. For a number of years he was counsel for the Ohio Central Railway Lines and was identified with many of the most important legal cases before the Columbus courts. Mr. Bargar died August 5, 1904, at his summer home at Columbus Beach, Indian River, Michigan, and is buried in Greenlawn Cemetery, Columbus. His widow, a native of Newcastle, Ohio, lives at 59 Wilson Avenue, Columbus. The following children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Bargar : Mrs. F. A. Sells, lives in Columbus ; Col. Byron L., attorney, lives at Houston, Texas ; Dr. Gilbert M., physician, lives at Bridgeport, Ohio ; Frances A., deceased, was a librarian ; F. C., real estate operator, lives in Columbus ; Mrs. John Stoddart, lives in Columbus ; and William Alexander, the subject of this sketch. William Alexander Bargar was reared and educated in Columbus and also attended school at Poughkeepsie, New York. He began his business career with the wholesale house of Tracy-Wells Company, Columbus, and also spent four years in the service of the United States Government pension department. Mr. Bargar also served as vice president of the Hasbrook-Bargar Company, 89 North High Street, retail and wholesale china and glass dealers, and later became associated with the New York Life Insurance Company. After a period of three years with the company he succeeded to the position of agency director, in charge of the company's business in thirty-three counties in central, eastern and southern Ohio. Offices are in the Atlas Building. On October 16, 1902, Mr. Bargar married Miss Helen Hardesty, of Dover, Ohio, the daughter of Alonzo H. and Mary Catherine (Baker) Hardesty, natives of Tuscarawas County, Ohio. Mr. Hardesty died February 5, 1892, and his wife died February 13, 1913. Their children were : Harry C., lives in Philadelphia and Seabreeze, Florida ; Mrs. George Hanson, lives at Dover, Ohio ; Walter C., lives at Day- HISTORY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY - 1043 tona, Florida ; J. D., vice president of the Hardesty Milling Company, Dover, Ohio ; E. A., president of the Hardesty Milling Company, Dover ; and Helen Bargar. To Mr. and Mrs. Bargar have been born two sons : H. Hardesty, who attended Amherst College and Lehigh University and William Alexander, Jr., attended Columbus Academy and New Mexico Military Institute. Politically, Mr. Bargar is a Democrat. Both he and his wife are members of the Broad Street Presbyterian Church, and he belongs to the Columbus Country Club, Columbus Athletic Club, Creighton Club, Players Club, and Chamber of Commerce. J. M. Vercoe.—One of the progressive young business men of Columbus is found in J. M. Vercoe, who is identified with the brokerage firm of Vercoe & Company, with offices in the Huntington Bank Building. He was born in Columbus, July 9, 1900, the son of Fred and Josephine (McCord) Vercoe. Fred Vercoe, a leading citizen of Columbus, is a native of this city. He was educated in the public schools and as a boy was employed by the Deshler Bank as a messenger. Later, he became a teller, but in 1905 left that institution and in partnership with a Mr. Stevenson formed the brokerage firm of Stevenson & Vercoe. Subsequently, the firm name was changed to Stevenson, Vercoe, Fuller & Lorenz. Mr. Vercoe has extensive business interests in Columbus, and is president of the Capital City Troy Laundry Company, and a director of the Midland Mutual Life Insurance Company. Politically he is a Republican. Mr. and Mrs. Vercoe have three sons : J. M., the subject ; Fred, Jr., born June 12, 1902, is a graduate of Columbus Academy, Asheville School for Boys, and Williams College, now a member of the firm of Vercoe & Company. He was married August 14, 1929, to Miss Olga Wasen, of Columbus ; and Richard, who lives at home. J. M. Vercoe received his early education in the Columbus Academy. He attended the Asheville School for Boys, Asheville, North Carolina, and spent two years at Williams College. He then accepted a position as clerk at the Ohio National Bank, Columbus, and in Feb- 1044 - HISTORY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY ruary, 1922, became associated with Meeker & Company. In August, 1922, he was active in the organization of Landen, Vercoe & Company, and that partnership continued until January 1, 1924, at which time Mr. Landen resigned from the firm, which was thereafter known as Vercoe & Company. On January 1, 1929, Fred Vercoe, Jr., and S. W. Quinn became partners in the business. At the present time the company has the following associates : Eli S. Newburger, who is a member of the New York Stock Exchange ; J. M. Vercoe, who is a member of the Pittsburgh Stock Exchange, and the Columbus Stock & Bond Exchange ; Fred Vercoe, Jr., and S. W. Quinn, who are general partners ; and J. W. Champion, special partner. Mr. Vercoe was married in 1925 to Miss Adrienne Smith, of Columbus, the daughter of Marshall A. and Cora M. (Smith) Smith, natives of Ohio and residents of Columbus. They have two children : Joanne Thrall, born December 26, 1926 ; and Fred McCord, born October 15, 1928. Mr. Vercoe is a member of the Methodist Church, City Club, Sigma Phi fraternity, Columbus Athletic Club, Columbus Country Club, and Williams Club of New York City. Politically he is a Republican. Frank Griffin, Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, is recognized as one of the able professional men of Columbus, where he has also served as city meat inspector since 1913. He was born in Franklin County, February 12, 1877, the son of Dr. Albert E. and Catherine (Woodruff) Griffin. Dr. Albert E. Griffin, deceased, was a prominent physician and surgeon of Columbus for many years. He was a native of Iowa and his wife was born in Franklin County. Doctor Griffin came to Columbus when he was a young man and for several years was employed as a telegraph operator by the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. In 1882 he graduated in medicine from what was then known as Columbus Medical College. His entire professional life was spent in Reynolds-burg and Columbus. He died in Columbus in 1925. Doctor Griffin was a Republican, a member of the Methodist Church, Masonic Lodge, HISTORY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY - 1045 Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He served as a member of the city council for many years. His wife died in June, 1928. Both are buried in Greenlawn Cemetery, Columbus. Their children were: Frank, the subject of this sketch and Beulah, the widow of Morton Hayes, who died in 1928, and she lives in Bexley. Frank Griffin attended the public schools of Columbus and is a graduate of Central High School. In 1900 he received a degree from the College of Veterinary Medicine, Ohio State University. He has an extensive practice in the city and is thoroughly capable and efficient in the administrations of his duties as meat inspector. In 1906 Doctor Griffin was married to Miss Mabel Harlow, of Columbus, the daughter of Allen and Margaret (Schwartz) Harlow, the former a native of Virginia and the latter of Columbus. Both are deceased and buried in Greenlawn Cemetery, Columbus. Doctor and Mrs. Griffin have a daughter, Margaret Catherine, born in November, 1912. Doctor Griffin is a Republican in politics, and is a member of East Gate Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons. He resides at 127 North Warren Avenue. Theodore F. Griffin, paternal grandfather of Doctor Griffin, was a Civil War veteran. His maternal grandfather, Theodore Woodruff, also enlisted for service in the Civil War and was killed in action during a skirmish at Pittsburgh Landing. Rodney B. Baldwin, who is one of the most successful of the younger attorneys of Columbus, is a veteran of the World War. He was born in Norwich Township, Franklin County, December 26, 1896, the son of John Edward and Emma M. (Brown) Baldwin. John Edward Baldwin is a native of Norwich Township, Franklin County, where he has spent most of his life. He attended the district schools and also was a student at Ada College. For several years Mr. Baldwin lived in Washington, where he engaged in the restaurant business. He returned to Franklin County, however, in 1890 and resumed his farming interests. He is still a resident of Norwich 1046 - HISTORY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY Township. Mr. Baldwin is a Republican, a member of the Methodist Church and Masonic Lodge. His wife was also born in Norwich Township. Mr. and Mrs. Baldwin have the following children : Ethel, married Otto F. Wilkinson, lives at Lakewood, Ohio ; Urton D., lives at Amlin, Ohio ; Rodney B., the subject of this sketch ; John Edwin, lives at Springfield, Ohio ; Hubert A., lives in Columbus ; and Tread-well M., lives in Norwich Township. The early education of Rodney B. Baldwin was obtained in the public schools of Norwich Township and Hilliard. After his graduation from high school in 1916 he entered Wisconsin University, but after one year became a student at Ohio State University. In June, 1918, Mr. Baldwin enlisted for service in the World War and was sent to the Officers Training School at Fort Sheridan, where he received the commission of second lieutenant. He was then sent to Camp Grant, Illinois, as commanding officer of Company No. 11, Infantry Replacement Training Troop. He was discharged from the service on December 3, 1918, and re-entered Ohio State University. Mr. Baldwin received his degree in law from that institution in 1922 and immediately engaged in practice in Columbus with offices at 44 East Broad Street. Two years later he removed to the First National Bank Building, where he was associated with the firm of Watson, Davis & Joseph until November 1, 1929. He has since been identified with Stephen A. Sharp and Charles Bests, with offices at 33 North High Street. On July 30, 1923, Mr. Baldwin was united in marriage with Miss Ruth Henry, of Columbus, the daughter of Vern and Mary C. (Jeffrey) Henry, of Franklin County. Mr. Henry died in 1923 and his wife died in 1927. By a former marriage Mrs. Baldwin has a son, Forrest F. Smith, born in 1918. Mr. Baldwin is a member of the Methodist Church and his wife belongs to the Presbyterian Church. He is also affiliated with Avery Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, Delta Theta Phi fraternity, and American Legion, Franklin Post No. 1. He is a Republican. Ann Simpson, great-great-grandmother of Mr. Baldwin, served as post-boy during the American Revolution, and carried numerous messages to General George Washington. She was a first cousin to Ulysses S. Grant's mother. HISTORY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY - 1047 Mary (Dyer) Beatty, Doctor of Osteopathy, is among the well known professional women of Columbus, where she has engaged in the practice of her profession for twenty-eight years. She was born in Vernon County, Missouri, January 3, 1870, the daughter of Lewis and Susan E. (Lynn) Dyer. Lewis Dyer was born in Louden County, Virginia, in 1827, and his wife was born in Barren County, Kentucky. When he was a young man he came to Ohio with his father who built the first grist mill on the old canal at Circleville, which is still standing. Later the Dyers removed to Sangamon County, Illinois, where they became successful farmers. He was a personal friend of Abraham Lincoln and he frequently sat on the jury when Abraham Lincoln was an attorney in the ease. They also spent a number of years in Kansas, but returned to Ohio, where Lewis Dyer died in 1918 at the age of ninety-one. He is buried at Lucasville, near Portsmouth. His wife died in Missouri in 1881. Mary, the subject of this sketch, was the youngest daughter of nine children, four of whom survive, as follows : John Perry, lives in Montana ; Hattie E., lives at Duluth, Minnesota ; Mattie D., the widow of Walter D. Konantz, who died in 1928, and she lives at Arcadia, Kansas ; and Mary, the subject of this sketch. Mary Dyer received her early education in the schools of Missouri and Kansas, and in 1902 was graduated from a college of Osteopathy at Kirksville, Missouri. She has since been located in Columbus, having come to this city through the influence of ex-Governor and Mrs. Foraker. For the past twenty-eight years she has been located in the vicinity of Broad and State streets, and since 1920 has maintained the same office at 20 South Third Street. She has an excellent practice and is highly esteemed by members of the older families of Columbus for her professional ability. In 1917 Mary Dyer was married in Columbus to Alvin W. Beatty, who was born on a farm in Belmont County, Ohio, June 16, 1866. He was the son of William Henry Beatty, a native of Pennsylvania, who settled in Ohio in 1850. Alvin W. Beatty attended the district schools and Scio College. For a time he taught mathematics in Lesh College, New Orleans, Louisiana. He then engaged in the mercantile business at Flushing, Ohio. Mr. Beatty served as deputy county auditor for six years and then was elected auditor for two terms. He re- 1048 - HISTORY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY signed to accept the appointment as deputy auditor of state, and proved to be a most competent and popular state official. He had also served as auditor of Belmont County for thirteen years. He was a thirty-second degree Mason. Mr. Beatty died in 1926 and is buried at St. Clairsville, Ohio. Doctor Beatty is a Republican. She lives at 2680 North Fourth Street, and also owns a summer home at 151 Maplewood Avenue, Cedar Hurst, where she spends much of her leisure time. She is especially interested in the raising of chickens and owns high grade stock exclusively. In the near future Doctor Beatty hopes to further increase her flocks and handle many thousands annually. Joseph C. Campbell is a Virginian by birth, having been born in the Blue Ridge and North mountain section of that state near the little village of Edinburg, on October 26th, 1852, coming direct to Columbus, in 1870, a total stranger without even means for his first night lodging, where he remained and made his home and friends, covering a period of over a half century. His first employment was as a clerk in a dry goods store from which he advanced himself to position of honor, trust and influence in the city of his adoption. A short time after his first employment, he obtained a minor clerkship in a life insurance office, and in 1877 became associated with the John Hancock Life of Boston, Massachusetts, and soon thereafter was appointed its State Agent for Ohio and West Virginia, which was then a territory without any business or agency organization, which from his active employ was brought to the largest business producing agency the company had in the United States. While so employed Mr. Campbell became one of the organizers of what became the National Bank of Commerce, and became its first president, which position in addition to the management of his then large life agency, he continued to occupy for twenty-five years, when he retired at his own request, occupying chairmanship of its Board of Directors, and is still an official of what is now by change of name, The City National Bank & Trust Company. HISTORY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY - 1049 Mr. Campbell served as member of the Board of Trustees of the Toledo State Hospital through practically four governor's administrations, that of Governor Nash, Herrick and Harris, resigning after serving a greater part of Governor Harmon's term. He also served as Director of Chamber of Commerce, and as member of the City. Council, and is now President of the Board of Trustees of the City Sinking Fund, which he has held for fifteen or more years. He is a Scottish Rite and Knight Templar Mason, Odd Fellow, member of Columbus Athletic, Elks, Exchange, Auto and Columbus Country Clubs. He is a citizen of liberal interests, particularly in education which led him to finance special lecture courses in the Ohio State University, and financing students tuition and aid in a number of colleges, and much to improve opportunities in music. He was married in 1883 to Emma A. White, having two children, Edna C. and Samuel Howard Campbell. Mr. Campbell has always guarded well his personal conduct in all of his relations, and while not neglecting his individual interests, he may be classed as one while living in a house by the side of the road, has been a friend to all mankind. Major James Elliott Hall, now a resident of Columbus, is a native of Pickaway County, where his great-great-grandfather, Anthony Hall, Sr., was the third permanent white settler. The branch of the Hall family from which Major Hall descended was established in the Colony of Virginia about 1720, by William Hall, an English gentleman of Saxon descent. The estate of William Hall was located in Frederick County, Virginia, now Jefferson County, West Virginia, near Hall Town. Anthony. Hall, Sr., the Ohio pioneer, was a son of William Hall, of Virginia. The first two white settlers in Jackson Township, Pick-away County, Ohio, were Jonathan Renick and William Marquis, both of whom came from the western part of old Virginia. Anthony Hall, Sr., arrived in 1798, soon after the first two, and settled on the north bank of Darby Creek, about three miles from its mouth, on the land now owned by Major General George R. Florence. Later he bought, from Marquis, a log gristmill and sawmill. These mills were known