1050 - HISTORY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY as Hall's Mills and were operated by Anthony Hall, Sr., until his death, which occurred May 30, 1825, in his eighty-fourth year. Anthony Hall, Sr.'s wife was Rachel Simpson, a relative of the maternal grandfather of General U. S. Grant. She died in 1823. They were the parents of eleven children, all born in Virginia. Three of the sons were soldiers in the War of 1812 ; and a descendant of James, one of these soldier sons, is the wife of Charles H. Lewis, lieutenant-governor of Ohio, 1925-1926. Both Anthony Hall, Sr. and his wife are buried in Hall's Burying Ground, one-quarter mile west of Fox, and near the mills he operated. Anthony Hall, Jr., fifth child of Anthony Hall, Sr., was born on the old William Hall estate in Virginia and came to Pickaway County, Ohio, with his parents about the close of the eighteenth century. Subsequently he became a pioneer in Allen County, Ohio, where he entered land in 1830. He died about 1873 at a very advanced age. On April 29, 1806, he married Mary Ward, daughter of Joseph Ward, a soldier of the Revolutionary War and another pioneer in Allen County. Anthony Hall, Jr., and wife were the parents of eleven children. The only one of these children to remain in Pickaway County was Henry Vanmeter Hall. He was born February 12, 1809, the same day as Abraham Lincoln, and died April 28, 1886. He married Rebecca Ward, born November 13, 1808, and died June 12, 1875. They were the parents of three children, the two daughters, Sara Jane and Nancy A., both dying in early girlhood. The son of Henry Vanmeter Hall was Joseph Hall. He was born at the Hall homestead in Jackson Township, Pickaway County, February 12, 1847, and was educated in local schools and the Blooming-burg Academy at Bloomingburg, Fayette County. He was a fine penman, an art much admired in those days, until he suffered an accidental injury to his wrist. He served as trustee of Jackson Township for a number of years, and at one time was candidate for the office of county clerk. Joseph Hall married Mary Elizabeth McCollister, born August 27, 1853, youngest child of Nelson and Elizabeth S. (Thompson) McCollister. They were married at the McCollister home farm in Wayne Township, March 17, 1880. After their marriage, Joseph HISTORY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY - 1051 Hall and his bride established themselves at "Maplewood Farm" nearby. They lived there twenty-two years. Their two children were born at Maplewood, the older, a daughter, dying at the age of a little more than four months. Joseph Hall in 1902 acquired the old Virginia colonial estate, "Terrace View," in Bedford County, Virginia, near Bellevue. There with his son, Major Hall, under the firm name of Joseph Hall & Son, he engaged in the business of breeding pure bred live stock, Shorthorn cattle, Poland China swine, and horses. For several years, the show stable of this firm was well known, and included several noted blue ribbon winners and champions, including the champion pair of roadsters, Witch Hazel and Queenie K., Champion Gay Girl, Lady Madison, Virginia Maid, Besse Burns, Bobby Burns, Jr., and others. Joseph Hall is remembered as a quiet, soft spoken, retiring gentleman of the old school, a model of kindly patience, considerate character and of unflinching honor and integrity. Aside from the constant inspiration of his daily life, and the example of worthy manhood he set before the world, the precept which has meant most to his son was the advice once given Major Hall, "Do your duty, as you see it and understand it, without fear of the opinion of others." In November, 1910, Joseph Hall and his wife moved from "Terrace View," to Lynchburg, Virginia, and early in 1911 to Roanoke, Virginia, where his death occurred March 30, 1916. He is buried in Fairview Cemetery, near Roanoke, Virginia. Mrs. Joseph Hall died at the home of her son in Columbus, Ohio, May 26, 1926, and is buried in the McCollister-Hall lot in Forest Cemetery, Circleville, Ohio. Major James Elliott Hall, only son of Joseph and Mary Elizabeth (McCollister) Hall, was born at "Maplewood," in Wayne Township, Pickaway County, about five miles west of Circleville, May 28, 1883. He entered district school a few months before he was six years of age, already knowing how to read and write. Later he attended the grammar schools of Circleville and the Everts High School, now the Circleville High School. During 1897 and 1898 he was a cadet at the New York Military Academy, Cornwall-on-Hudson, New York. After his return to Circleville, he reorganized the Everts High School Cadet Corps and was its commandant. He also took a special course in the 1052 - HISTORY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY Ohio Northern University at Ada, and throughout his mature career, Major Hall has been a diligent student, especially along scientific lines. Besides the opportunities offered him by his business interests he has read and studied widely in agriculture and animal husbandry and in geology, the latter with particular reference to coal and petroleum. His library on geology and coal is said to be one of the best in the country, including many rare volumes, several being the only copies known in the United States. Major Hall was actively associated for about eight years with the live stock breeding establishment of his father at Bellevue, Virginia. During this period he contributed a series of sixteen articles to "Sports of the Times," one of which ten years later influenced the founding of the American Horse Show Association. In 1908, though only twenty-five years of age, Governor Claude A. Swanson appointed him a delegate to represent Virginia at the Farmers National Congress. In 1910 Major Hall went to Bluefield, West Virginia, where he promoted an artificial gas plant, a half million dollar project, which he carried out successfully and which is still in operation, a subsidiary of the Southern Gas & Electric Corporation of Baltimore. Then, in partnership with his lifelong friend, Thomas M. Morrison, a mining engineer, he organized the Appalachian Coal Land Company, dealing in coal lands and coal mines in West Virginia, Virginia and Kentucky. He was general manager and, after the retirement of Robert S. Ord, became president of the company. On July 31, 1914, just at the outbreak of the World War, Mr. Hall purchased the coal mines, and leases of the Raven Fuel Company in Tazewell County, Virginia, and succeeded in financing the Raven Collieries Company in spite of the near panic condition caused by the closing of the New York Stock Exchange during the first months of the World War. He became vice president and subsequently was elected president of this company. He also acted as sales manager, handling the business under a policy of selling largely on "spot" orders rather than tying up the output under a long time contract. A majority of the directors of the company became opposed to this policy, and in February, 1917, the directors failed to reelect Mr. Hall as president and entered HISTORY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY - 1053 into a contract which for a period of two years sold the output of the mines at a price of $1.12 1/2 net per ton. Within a few months the United States entered the war, and coal of the same grade sold for $8.50 and more per ton on the open market. During the period 1910 to 1918, inclusive, Major Hall had extensive dealings in coal lands in Kentucky and West Virginia, and still retains holdings in both states. Early in 1918, at the suggestion of his friend, Frederick W. Braggins, he located at Columbus, Ohio, and upon being offered a commission as captain in the Quartermaster Corps, immediately volunteered his services to the Government. On September 30, 1918, he entered upon his duties in the Fuel and Forage Division, Office of the Quartermaster General, Munitions Building, Washington, District of Columbia, under Major George Paul, later being transferred to the Raw Materials Division, Purchase, Storage and Traffic Division, The General Staff, continuing until May 15, 1919. On March 27, 1919, he was commissioned a major, Quartermasters Reserve Corps, in recognition of the able and efficient manner in which he accomplished the discharge of the duties assigned him ; and on October 2, 1929, was commissioned a major, Specialist Section, The Army of the United States. His duties consisted of procuring the fuel, including anthracite and bituminous coal, coke and wood for all the army camps, posts, stations and hospitals in the Northeastern, Eastern and Central Army Departments, covering some thirty-eight states and involving about ninety per cent of the fuel required by the army and for the army transport service. His fuel authorizations for the winter 1918-1919 amounted to nearly twenty-two million dollars. In addition he was acting personnel officer for his division for several months. He also assisted Hon. Benedict Crowell, the assistant secretary of war, in writing his famous book, "America's Munitions, 1917-1918," preparing the chapters on fuel, oils and paints. He also prepared a considerable portion of the material for the Army War College, relating to the history of the Fuel and Forage Division and its successors, the Raw Material Division—Purchase, Storage and Traffic Division, The General Staff. On retiring from active government service, May 15, 1919, Major Hall engaged in the oil business in Texas during the great oil boom in that state. 1054 - HISTORY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY On March 1, 1928, J. Elliott Hall, Allen B. Whitney and James A. Grierson organized the American Utilities Company, Inc., and established offices in the Huntington Bank Building, 17 South High Street, Columbus, Ohio. Major Hall was elected president of the company, Mr. Grierson, secretary, and Mr. Whitney, treasurer. Mr. Grierson is a resident of Columbus, Ohio, while Mr. Whitney is a resident of Upper Sandusky, Wyandotte County, Ohio, and is president of The Citizens Savings Bank of Upper Sandusky, and is also president of the Ohio Bankers Association. American Utilities Company, Inc., operates chiefly in the purchase and development of electric light and power transmission and distribution lines. Among the properties that have been owned and operated by American Utilities Company, Inc., are The Paint Township Light and Power Company, The New Washington Electric Company, The Dundee Light & Power Company, and The Geauga Lake Electric Service Company, all located in Ohio ; and the Lynnville Light & Power Company, The Peoples Light & Power Company and Giles Construction Company, located in Giles County, Tennessee ; The Maury City Electric Company, Crockett Mills Light Company, Alamo Power & Light Company, located in Crockett County, Tennessee; and The Gibson Light & Power Company, located in Gibson County, Tennessee, all being owned by Tennessee Electric Company, the Tennessee subsidiary of American Utilities Company, Inc. Major Hall is a member of the Reserve Officers Association of the United States, the Military Order of the World War, a member of Franklin Post No. 1, American Legion, and a life member of The Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society, and a senior member of the American Association of Engineers. On November 17, 1920, Major Hall married Miss Norma Louise Reif. She was born at Hyde Park, Cincinnati, Ohio, July 6, 1896, only daughter of Frederick Ulmer Reif and Katherine (Kevill) Reif, and a descendant of the Reifs, Flemings, Kleinmans, Flinchbaughs, and Schmidlaps of Cincinnati and Pennsylvania. Major and Mrs. Hall were blessed with one child, Gloria Anne Hall, born on April 3, 1922, died February 8, 1924. She is buried in the McCollister-Hall family lot in Forest Cemetery, Circleville, Ohio. Major Hall and his wife reside at 1160 East Broad Street, Columbus, Ohio. HISTORY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY - 1055 F. K. Young.—One of the progressive business men of Columbus is F. K. Young, who is secretary and treasurer of the Scioto Valley Railway & Power Company. He was born at Nevada, Wyandotte County, Ohio, October 27, 1869, the son of Charles and Mary (Kennedy) Young. Charles Young, deceased, was a native of Hagerstown, Maryland. He was a small child when his parents came to Ohio and settled in Marion County. Mr. Young became widely known as a manufacturer of pumps, but in later life was interested in the shipping of poultry. He spent the latter years of his life at Nevada, Ohio, where he is buried. His wife was born in Marion County and is also deceased. Mr. Young was a Democrat and took an active part in local politics. To Mr. and Mrs. Young were born four children : Harry, who died in 1890 ; Helen, deceased, was the wife of W. W. Hobbs, of Minneapolis, Minnesota ; Gertrude, married Orville McDowell, druggist, lives at Continental, Ohio, and F. K., the subject of this sketch. F. K. Young attended the public schools of Nevada, Ohio, and as a young man took up the study of telegraphy. In 1886 he was employed by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company as an operator at Van Wert, Ohio, and the next year went with the Cincinnati & Northern Railroad as operator at Tecumseh, Ohio. He was later transferred to Waldron, Michigan, as station agent and operator, but in 1890 entered the employ of the Wabash Railroad. He went with the Northern Pacific Railroad in 1895 but the following year returned to the Wabash Railroad, and later with the Cincinnati-Northern Railroad Company. In 1903 Mr. Young came to Columbus to accept a position with Patterson, Telle & Dennis, public accountants, and was placed by them with the Scioto Valley Traction Company in 1904. He served as auditor of the company, now known as the Scioto Valley Railway & Power Company, and later became secretary of the company. Since March, 1929, Mr. Young has also served in the capacity of treasurer. He is also secretary and treasurer of the Valley Public Service Company, which was organized in 1928. In 1889 Mr. Young was married to Miss Nellie E. Wilson, of Waldron, Michigan, the daughter of R. F. and Helen (Voglesong) Wilson. The former died in 1905 and the latter in 1884. To Mr. and Mrs. Young were born two children : Helen, born in 1902, died in 1903 ; and 1056 - HISTORY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY Waldo G., born August 1, 1895, died October 14, 1905. The paternal grandfather of Mrs. Young served as a captain throughout the Civil War, and the sword which was carried by him in the service is greatly treasured by Mrs. Young. Mr. and Mrs. Young are members of the Advent Christian Church and he is affiliated with the Masonic Lodge and Shrine. Oscar Leonard Barnebey.—The career of O. L. Barnebey has been identified with chemical engineering for many years and he has served as president of the Barnebey-Cheney Engineering Company, 83 South High Street, since 1919. He was born at Hughesville, Missouri, February 23, 1886, the son of A. L. and Frances Ann (Walker) Barnebey. A. L. Barnebey is a native of Evansville, Indiana. He was a teacher in the public schools for twenty-one years and is now an auditor and public accountant. He lives at Cairo, Nebraska. His wife is a native of Clarence, Missouri. To Mr. and Mrs. Barnebey were born the following children: Oscar Leonard, the subject of this sketch; Ruby, high school teacher, lives at Lodi, California; Lela, married Lloyd McAllister, lives at Hardin, Montana; Ethel, lives at San Francisco, California ; Walker, lives at Omaha, Nebraska; Hoyt, lives at Fremont, Nebraska; Zella Richard, lives at Cairo, Nebraska ; and Pauline, lives at Columbus. Oscar Leonard Barnebey attended the public schools of Cairo, Nebraska. He received the degree of Bachelor of Science at the University of Nebraska in 1908, the degree of Master of Science in 1909 from the same institution, and in 1912 was awarded the degree of Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Wisconsin. Mr. Barnebey was an instructor at the University of Nebraska during 1909-10, an instructor at the University of Wisconsin during 1910-17, and associate professor at Rutgers College in 1917. He served as chief chemist for the Air Reduction Company during 1917-18, and was superintendent of the Defense Section, Chemical Warfare Service (U. S. Army) during 1918-19. He has held his present responsible position with the Barnebey-Cheney Engineering Company since HISTORY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY - 1057 1919, and has also been president of the American Solvent Recovery Corporation since 1924. Mr. Barnebey was married on June 9, 1910, to Miss Amy Barrows Hallowell, of Kearney, Nebraska, the daughter of Judge F. M. and Marietta (Kilbreth) Hallowell, natives of Maine. Judge Hallowell lives at Augusta, Maine. His wife died in 1918. To Mr. and Mrs. Barnebey have been born six children, as follows : Herbert Leonard, a sophomore, Ohio State University ; Marion Amy, a freshman, Western College for Women ; Merrill Hallowell, a junior, North High School ; Ruth Eloise, a junior, Indianola Junior High School ; Theodore and Beverly, who attend Indianola School. Politically, Mr. Barnebey is a Republican. He holds membership in the Methodist Church, and belongs to the Athletic Club, University Club, Faculty Club of Ohio State University, American Chemical Society, American Electro Chemical Society, and has been elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He also belongs to Alpha Chi Sigma and Sigma Xi fraternities. Mr. Barnebey was the sponsor and builder of Camp Indianola, which is used as a church camp by the Indianola Methodist Episcopal Church. It was built to accommodate 150 youths and is occupied throughout the summer months. It is located just eleven miles south of Lancaster, Ohio, and contains 600 acres of ground in the hills of Fairfield County. The camp is used by the Ohio Council of Religious Education for its state program during the month of August. Mr. Barnebey is also vice president of the Franklin Council of Churches, and a member of the executive committee of the Ohio Council of Churches and the Ohio Council of Religious Education. Bert W. Gearheart, who is engaged in the practice of law in Columbus, has offices in the American Insurance Union Building. He was born in Elizabeth Township, Miami County, Ohio, February 14, 1877, the son of J. Hayes and Catherine (Hall) Gearheart. J. Hayes Gearheart has spent his entire life in Elizabeth Township, Miami County, where he now lives retired. During his active career he was a successful farmer. He is a Republican and has held 1058 - HISTORY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY numerous township offices, and has also served as a member of the local school board. He is a member of the Presbyterian Church. Catherine (Hall) Gearheart, a native of Champaign County, Ohio, died in 1892, and is buried at Casstown, Ohio. Bert W., the subject of this sketch, was the only child born to Mr. and Mrs. Gearheart. Bert W. Gearheart received his early education in the public schools of Elizabeth Township and was valedictorian of the Troy High School class of 1894. He then spent three years as a school teacher and four years as superintendent of schools at Christiansburg, Ohio. He was graduated from Miami Commercial College at Dayton in 1899 and in 1905 received a degree in law from Ohio State University. Mr. Gearheart had the honor of being at the head of his group to pass the Ohio state bar examination in 1905. He engaged in practice in Columbus immediately and served as an instructor in bankruptcy at the Law College of Ohio State University during 1908 and 1909. He also served for two years as assistant city attorney and resumed a general practice until 1919, at which time he became special counsel in the offices of the Attorney General of Ohio, being assigned to litigation work. In January, 1921, Mr. Gearheart was appointed superintendent of insurance of Ohio and held that office for two years. He has maintained offices in the American Insurance Union Building since February, 1930, and is recognized as one of the able and resourceful attorneys of the city. Mr. Gearheart served as dean of the Columbus College of Law for a period of eight years and has continued as an instructor in the college to the present time. During his administration as superintendent of insurance of Ohio he advocated further uniformity in the insurance laws of the various states, more stringent regulations against misrepresentation and misinterpretation by agents, and further restrictions upon unlicensed insurance. He also gave a great deal of study to the conditions of the American Marine Insurance, and the preparation of a uniform bill to regulate it, to be read at the National Convention of Insurance Commissioners in 1922. This paper endeavored to establish a uniform law to regulate a tax marine transportation insurance. On November 25, 1897, Mr. Gearheart was united in marriage with Miss Rena Lamme, of Elizabeth Township, Miami County, Ohio, HISTORY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY - 1059 the daughter of Oswell D. and Mary (Drake) Lamme. Mr. Lamme, a native of Ohio, is a veteran of the Civil War. He now lives retired at Christiansburg, Ohio. His wife is a native of Elizabeth Township, Miami County. Five children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Gearheart, as follows : Lucretia G., born January 23, 1899, died July 22, 1899 ; Bernice I., born June 6, 1900, died February 12, 1920 ; Blaine E., born October 4, 1902, died May 25, 1925 ; Roxanna A., born July 16, 1906, died November 30, 1926 ; and Emerson W., born February 29, 1916. He attends Crestview School. Mr. Gearheart is a Republican, a member of the Presbyterian Church, and he belongs to Columbus Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, Knights of Pythias, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and Buckeye Republican Club. He is identified with the Franklin County, Ohio State and American Bar Associations. L. R. Burris.—Prominent among the representative young business men of Columbus is L. R. Burris, who is general agent for the State Mutual Life Assurance Company. He was born at Maryville, Missouri, October 18, 1897, the son of William A. and Anna D. (Holmes) Burris. William A. Burris was born at Graham, Nodaway County, Missouri, and his wife was a native of Liberty, Missouri. He was reared and educated at Maryville and followed farming practically his entire life. He was a Democrat, a member of the Baptist Church, and belonged to the Masonic Lodge. Mr. Burris died August 29, 1928, and his wife died September 19, 1922. Both are buried at Maryville, Missouri. Their children were : Helen H. Heltzel, lives at Graham, Missouri ; William Robert, lives at Tulsa, Oklahoma ; L. R., the subject of this sketch ; Joseph, attorney, lives in Kansas City, Missouri ; and Virginia, lives in Kansas City, Missouri. L. R. Burris attended the public schools of Maryville, Missouri, and after his graduation from high school in 1916 attended the Missouri State Teachers College. Later, he became interested in the drug business at Maryville and conducted a business there for eight 1060 - HISTORY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY years. He then went to Fort Morgan, Colorado, and in 1922 became interested in the life insurance business at Omaha, Nebraska, with the Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance Company. He was thus engaged until June, 1929, when he accepted the general agency in Columbus for the State Mutual Life Assurance Company. Mr. Burris has offices at 16 East Broad Street. In 1924 Mr. Burris was united in marriage with Miss Ethel June Campbell, of Boulder, Colorado, the daughter of Dr. Jacob and Anna S. (Clausen) Campbell. Dr. Campbell died June 11, 1928, and his widow lives at Boulder. To Mr. and Mrs. Burris has been born a son, Jack C., born June 2, 1929. Mr. Burris is identified with the Democratic party in politics, and is a member of the Baptist Church. He is affiliated with Nodaway Lodge No. 470, Free and Accepted Masons, and Bellview Chapter, R. A. M., Omaha, Nebraska. He also belongs to the Columbus Athletic Club. The maternal grandfather of Mr. Burris was Samuel H. Holmes, who had the distinction of being the first citizen of Liberty, Missouri, to cast a vote for Abraham Lincoln for president. Mr. Holmes died at the age of ninety-seven years. Parker S. Saunders is well and favorably known in Columbus, where he is identified with Charles F. Johnson, Inc., realtors, with offices at 8 East Long Street. He was born in Adams County, Ohio, August 26, 1876, the son of William N. and Emma (Wolf) Saunders. William N. Saunders, who lives retired in Columbus, has been a resident of this city since 1888. He was born at Portsmouth, Ohio, where he spent his early life. Until his retirement in 1925 he was well known in the city as a painting contractor. His wife, born in Adams County, Ohio, died in 1910 and is buried in Union Cemetery, Columbus. Mr. Saunders is a member of the Methodist Church and is affiliated with Humboldt Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons. Parker S., the subject of this sketch, was the only child born to Mr. and Mrs. Saunders. HISTORY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY - 1061 The boyhood of Parker S. Saunders was spent on his father's farm in Adams County and he was fifteen years of age when his family removed to Columbus. He was associated in business with his father until 1910, and has since been identified with Charles F. Johnson, Inc., being a stockholder and a member of the board of directors. In 1903 Mr. Saunders was married to Miss Laura Gilmore, of Columbus, the daughter of Edward G. and Addie C. (Hood) Gilmore. Mr. Gilmore, born in Pennsylvania, died in 1915 and is buried in Greenlawn Cemetery, Columbus. His wife, a native of Newark, Ohio, died in 1903. Mr. and Mrs. Saunders have no children. Politically Mr. Saunders is a Republican. He holds membership in the Presbyterian Church and belongs to Humboldt Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons ; Zabud Council, No. 97 ; Horeb Chapter, R. A. M. No. 3, Westerville ; Mt. Vernon Commandery, No. 1, Columbus ; and Aladdin Temple, Columbus. He also belongs to the Adams County Society. J. Bruce Blanchard.—Prominent among the representative young professional men of Columbus is J. Bruce Blanchard, who is associated with the law firm of Morton, Irvine, Blanchard & Touville, with offices at 42 East Gay Street. He was born at Ann Arbor, Michigan, August 15, 1905, the son of Charles Edward and Kathrine (Resh) Blanchard. Charles Edward Blanchard is a leading lawyer of Columbus and a prominent citizen of Franklin County. He was graduated from the University of Michigan and for a time served as principal of schools at Wauseon, Ohio, before taking up the study of law. While enrolled in the Law School at the University of Michigan he was a member of the debating team which won the middle western championship in 1906. After completing the law course Mr. Blanchard immediately came to Columbus where he became associated with the firm of Arnold, Morton & Irvine and he also became an instructor in the Law School of Ohio State University. It was Mr. Blanchard also who founded the department of public speaking at the university and he was active in the coaching of debating teams until 1913. He has since devoted his entire time to the practice of law, and is an active member 1062 - HISTORY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY of the firm of Morton, Irvine, Blanchard & Touvelle. Mr. Blanchard is a Republican, a member of the Methodist Church, and Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, of which he served as exalted ruler in 1920. He is also a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Columbus Athletic Club and the University Club. He was married June 28, 1899. Mr. and Mrs. Blanchard are the parents of the following children : Curtis R., chemist, associated with the United States Gypsum Company, Genoa, Ohio ; Charles Clifford, carpenter, lives in Columbus ; J. Bruce, the subject of this sketch ; Jeanette J., and Louis J., who attend Ohio State University ; and Rosemary, attends Indianola School. J. Bruce Blanchard obtained his early education in the public schools of Ann Arbor, Michigan, and Columbus. In 1923 he was graduated from North High School and he then entered Ohio State University, from which he received the degrees of B. A. and LL. B. in 1929. Since his graduation Mr. Blanchard has been associated with the firm of which his father is a member, Morton, Irvine, Blanchard & Touville. On July 4, 1929, Mr. Blanchard was united in marriage with Miss Alice Louise Ousler, of Columbus, the daughter of John R. Ousler. Mr. Blanchard is a member of the North End Methodist Church, and belongs to Delta Sigma Rho fraternity. He is a Republican. Mr. Blanchard took an active part in college athletics while a student at Ohio State University and won letters for baseball, basketball, and football. At the present time he is a member of the coaching staff of Ohio State University's baseball team. William C. Dunn is a well known figure in the business life of Columbus, where he is the proprietor of the Waldo Hotel, located at 322 North High Street. He was born at Roseville, Ohio, in May, 1866, the son of William and Grace (Crooks) Dunn. William Dunn spent his life in Roseville and practiced law there for many years. He also served as mayor, justice of the peace, and as a member of the school board. Mr. Dunn was a Democrat and a member of the Methodist Church. He died in 1910 and is buried at HISTORY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY - 1063 Roseville. His wife is also deceased. To Mr. and Mrs. Dunn were born six children, as follows : Dr. Charles A., physician, lived at Connersville, Ohio, until his death in 1912 ; Regina, the widow of John A. Williams, attorney, who died in 1912, and she lives at Circleville, Ohio ; James, who died in 1904 ; Kate, who died in 1905, was the wife of James Stonewinner, who died in 1920; Tune, married Lewis Culp, lives at Roseville ; and William C., the subject of this sketch. William C. Dunn attended the public schools of Roseville. When a very young man he entered the employ of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company as a brakeman and after a period of three years was made a freight conductor. He then went with the C. S. & H. R. R. as passenger conductor for five years and in 1898 was transferred to Sandusky, Ohio, as yardmaster. After two years he retired from railroad work and purchased the Coulton House in Sandusky, which he successfully operated for three years. In 1907 he also owned three theatres in Sandusky. He then bought the Kline Hotel, which he named the Wayne Hotel and operated that until 1912, when he sold his interests and became deputy organizer for the Loyal Order of Moose. In 1918 Mr. Dunn entered the employ of the Lentz Traffic Engineers, of Pittsburgh, as a tracer of freight, and traveled extensively for that concern throughout the United States and Canada. He came to Columbus in 1919 as a clerk in the Waldo Hotel and in 1928 purchased the hostelry. In 1885 Mr. Dunn was united in marriage with Miss Sarah Sagle, of Roseville, Ohio, the daughter of William and Ellen (Bash) Sagle. The former died in 1898 and the latter in 1915. Both are buried at Roseville. To Mr. and Mrs. Dunn were born three children : Harry A., mention of whom is made below ; Vivian, born January 6, 1890, a graduate of Sandusky High School, married Roy E. Campbell, and she died in November, 1918 ; and Charles 0., born in 1893, a graduate of Sandusky High School and Kenyon College. He is secretary and treasurer of the Fashion, women's dress shop, Columbus. He married Miss Ada Levan, of Lancaster, Ohio. Harry A. Dunn was born at Roseville, Ohio, in February, 1887, and is a graduate of Sandusky High School and Kenyon College. He studied law in Columbus and was associated with the law firm of King & Ramsey in Sandusky until 1917, when he enlisted for service 1064 - HISTORY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY in the World War. He served in France with the rank of captain and after the close of the war went to Toledo, Ohio, as assistant trust officer of the Ohio Bank. Later, in partnership with Sidney Spitzer, he organized the Bankers Trust Company, Toledo, with which he is now identified. He married Miss Charlotte Montgomery, the daughter of the late Doctor Montgomery, of Columbus. William C. Dunn is a member of the Methodist Church, and is affiliated with Perseverance Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, Sandusky Chapter, Council and Commandery, and belongs to the Loyal Order of Moose, and Fraternal Order of Eagles. Politically, he is independent. John G. Emrich.—One of the notable business organizations of Franklin County has for many years been conducted under the title of the C. Emrich Company, foundry-men and stove manufacturers, of Columbus. A brief history of the business appears elsewhere in this history. John G. Emrich, retired, is recognized as one of the highly successful business executives of Columbus. He was born in this city, September 23, 1851, the son of Christopher and Christiana (Nodel) Emrich. Christopher Emrich was born in the Rhine province of Bavaria, Germany, in 1828, and died January 18, 1902. He is buried in Greenlawn Cemetery, Columbus. Christopher Emrich was twelve years of age when he came to this country and settled in Columbus. He served an apprenticeship as a molder with J. L. and William Gill, and Mr. McCune, and was associated with them for a period of twenty years. In 1861 Mr. Emrich began the manufacturer of stoves in a plant at the corner of Fulton and West Second streets. He became a leader in the business life of the city and was highly esteemed. To Christopher and Christiana (Nodel) Emrich were born four children : John G., the subject of this sketch ; Elizabeth, married C. F. Zollinger, lives in Columbus ; Catherine, married C. F. Myers, lives in Columbus ; and Mary A., deceased was the wife of H. M. Munk, Columbus. John G. Emrich grew up in Columbus and attended the public schools. At the age of fourteen years he entered his father's foun- HISTORY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY - 1065 dry and in the years of his association with the business was responsible for the successful development of the famous Florence Hot Blast principle of combustion. He assumed full charge of the C. Emrich Company at the time of his father's death and continued as the dominant figure in the organization until his retirement in 1923. Mr. Emrich lives with his family at 1116 South High Street. Mr. Emrich was married on May 14, 1872, to Miss Fietta Click, of Columbus, the daughter of Jonas and Mary (Staufer) Click, natives of Germany, both now deceased. To Mr. and Mrs. Emrich were born five children: (1) Laura, unmarried, lives at home. (2) George C., born in 1879, is general manager and superintendent of C. Emrich Company. He married in 1901 Miss Lilly Hanewell, of Columbus, and they have four children: (a) George J., born September 10, 1902, is director of advertising for the C. Emrich Company. He was married in 1924 to Miss Edith Thompson, of Columbus, and they have a son, Allen Howard, born December 13, 1927. (b) Harold H., born in 1905, is traffic manager for the C. Emrich Company. He was married October 6, 1925, to Miss Esther McMaster, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and they have a son, Harold William, born July 31, 1927. (c) Emerson William, born in 1908, is a graduate of Ohio State Unlversity, where he specialized in the study of ceramics,' and he is now associated with the A. E. Tile Company, of Zanesville, Ohio. (d) Bernadine Ida, born in 1910, a graduate of South High School, Columbus, lives at home. -(3) Vena, unmarried, lives with her parents at 1116 South High Street. (4) Elsie, married Ernest Holderle, lives in Columbus. (5) Ida, attends Ohio State University. Mr. Emrich is a Republican and a member of the Evangelical Church. He and the members of his family are widely known throughout this section of Ohio and are well liked in the community in which they live. The C. Emrich Company.—The business history of the C. Emrich Company, an old established Columbus firm, located at Fulton and Second Streets, dates back to 1861. At that time Christopher Emrich, now deceased, conducted a foundry for the C. Emrich Company. Shortly thereafter he started manufacturing coal stoves and in due 1066 - HISTORY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY time confined his business entirely to this line of endeavor. Thus did the widely known Florence Heaters and Stoves come into being and were perpetuated by his son, John G. Emrich, now retired. Under the latter's careful and skillful supervision, the principle of heat control and economic fuel consumption was developed and continued successfully to this day, under the name of the Florence Hot Blast. The line of Florence Hot Blast Heaters and Stoves, famous for almost three quarters of a century, has been supplemented by a new member of the Florence family of warm air heating units, the Florence Furnace. In turn, George C. Emrich, after the retirement of his father, John G. Emrich, assumed executive control and later added the assistance of his two sons, George J. and Harold H. After sixty-eight years of successfully manufacturing Hot Blast Heaters and Stoves, the C. Emrich Company now includes a line of Hot Blast furnaces. While actual production started the first of the year, about a year and a half was spent in perfecting the design and incorporating more improvements to make the Florence Furnace the most efficient and economical warm air heating unit ever devised for domestic heating. A demonstration of this remarkable furnace under full operation shows practically no trace of smoke or soot—a significant feature these days of smoke nuisance and abatement leagues. The fact that the Florence will burn cheap slack with as much efficiency as it does high grade coal strikes an economy note, most welcome to the coal buying public. The Florence consumes the gases and smoke, eliminates soot and is under perfect control all the time. An ingenious arrangement of the hot blast damper makes it possible to transform a smoldering bed of coals into a blazing hot fire in a very few seconds. The Emrich Company has always prided itself on uniform, smooth, clean castings, free from any imperfections and high quality of the materials they use. Emrich foundrymen are long experienced craftsmen who have specialized on high grade stove and furnace castings. This fact makes it possible for the Emrich Company to give a very liberal guarantee with each furnace. Two types of furnaces are made, the open dome and the radiator type. They are very attractively finished and conservatively priced within reach of thrifty buyers. HISTORY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY - 1067 Kenner McConnell, a well known and successful attorney of Columbus, was born at Macksburg, Washington County, Ohio, February 23, 1889, the son of Andrew Clark and Margaret (Harris) McConnell. Andrew Clark McConnell was born at Parkersburg, West Virginia, August 30, 1846, and his wife was born near Reinersville, Morgan County, Ohio. He was reared in Parkersburg where he received a common school education. In early life he engaged in the oil and gas business, which he followed throughout his life except for five winters spent in the lumber business in Michigan. He was a pioneer in the oil and gas business. He saw this great business develop in this country from its infancy and was instrumental in developing some of the first machinery used in the industry. He gave early assistance to Doctor Minchell, who was one of the first successful geological determinators of oil and gas deposits in the state of Ohio, and probably in the United States. Mr. McConnell was active in the oil and gas business until his death, January 17, 1929. He was an active member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and served as trustee for a number of years. He was a member of Aurelius Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, at Macksburg. His widow resides at Macksburg, Ohio. They were the parents of two children : Kenner and Glenver, twins. Glenver is chief mechanical engineer for the Shell Petroleum Corporation at St. Louis. He was graduated from Marietta College in 1911, later taking graduate work at Columbia University, New York City, and is a veteran of the World War. Kenner McConnell was reared at Macksburg, Ohio, and attended the public schools of that place. He then was a student at Marietta Academy, where he was graduated in 1907, after which he took a course in Marietta College and was graduated in the class of 1911. He then spent a year in the Cincinnati Law College, after which he returned to Macksburg, where he engaged in the oil and gas business with his father. In the fall of 1914 he came to Columbus and accepted a position as chief inspector of oil and gas wells in the State Bureau of Mines and served in that capacity until July, 1917. In the meantime he had taken a law course in the Ohio State University Law School, and on May 8, 1917, was admitted to the bar of Ohio. He began the practice of his profession in the offices of Miller & Miller, 1068 - HISTORY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY in the Hartman Building, although he was not a member of the firm. In addition to his law practice he continued his interest in the oil and gas business, and was also a member of the firm of McConnell Brothers, contractors and oil and gas operators. This firm was organized in 1912 and they gave considerable attention to building plants for extracting gasoline from natural gas. They built plants under contract in various parts of the United States. The firm was dissolved in 1922 and Mr. McConnell went to Cleveland and later to Dover, and while engaged in legal work, retained his connection with the oil and gas business. On September 1, 1925, he returned to Columbus, where he has since been engaged in the practice of law with special reference to the oil and gas business. On June 16, 1915, Mr. McConnell was married at McConnelsville, Ohio, to Miss Angie Archer, of that town. She is a daughter of George W. and Addie (Glidden) Archer, the former a native of West Virginia and the latter of Dexter City, Ohio, now residents of Mc-Connelsville. To Mr. and Mrs. McConnell have been born the following children : George Archer, born July 30, 1918 ; Richard Clark, born September 1, 1919 ; and John Kenner, born May 8, 1921. All the children were born in Columbus, and are attending the public schools. Mr. McConnell is the attorney and official representative of the American Commonwealth Power Corporation in Ohio, and assistant secretary of the Natural Gas and Electrical Corporation. being vice president and general counsel of the Industrial Gas Company, The Hopewell Fuel & Gas Company, Gas Producing Company of Ohio, The Swingle Oil & Gas Company, he Newark Consumers Gas Company. He is a member of Aurelius Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, and the Columbus Athletic Club. He is a member of Zeta Chapter of Alpha Sigma Phi fraternity at Ohio State University, and the Delta Chapter at Marietta College, having been president of that chapter in 1910. He is also a member of the Chase Chapter of the Phi Alpha Delta Legal Fraternity at the Cincinnati Law School. He and Mrs. McConnell are members of the North Broadway M. E. Church of which he is a member of the official board. Mrs. McConnell is very active in church work and also is president of the Clinton School Par-Teachers Association. She is a member of Dover Lodge, Eastern Star. HISTORY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY - 1069 Mrs. McConnell's great-great-grandfather, Captain James Archer, was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. He moved from the block house where Wheeling, West Virginia, is now located, to Belmont County, Ohio, about 1803, and was among the first settlers of that locality. Mr. McConnell's maternal great-grandmother, Mary (Lee) Petty, a cousin of Robert E. Lee, came to Ohio in 1809, and settled in what is now Belmont County. George R. Shoemaker.—One of the substantial business men and leading citizens of Columbus is George R. Shoemaker, who is proprietor of the George R. Shoemaker Company, manufacturers of surgical appliances, 169 East State Street. He was born in Vinton County, Ohio, June 21, 1877, the son of Samuel and Martha (Boothe) Shoemaker. Samuel Shoemaker, who died in 1910, was a native of Ohio. He was reared and educated in Vinton County and throughout his life was interested in the lumber business, at one time being the owner of the largest lumber mill on the Ohio River, located at Sciotoville, Ohio. His business was ruined in the flood of 1874 but he resumed operations soon after. Mr. Shoemaker was a Republican and a member of the Methodist Church. His wife, a native of Ohio, died in 1927. To Mr. and Mrs. Shoemaker the following children were born : Mollie, married John Ireland, lives at Byers, Ohio ; Margaret, married Pearle Pletcher, lives at Byers, Ohio ; David, lives at Portsmouth, Ohio ; Belle, married William Shump, lives at Portsmouth, Ohio ; George R., the subject of this sketch ; and Elizabeth, died in 1921, was the wife of D. W. Curtis, of Columbus. George R. Shoemaker attended the public and high schools of Portsmouth and took a special course at Ohio State University in orthopedics. He then became associated with the Columbus Pharmacal Company and after ten years in their employ he engaged in businss for himself in 1910. His first store was located at 37 North Third Street, and in 1918 the business was removed to 81 North Third Street. The store was destroyed by fire in 1927 and the business was re-established at the present location, 169 East State Street. 1070 - HISTORY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY Mr. Shoemaker carries a complete line of surgical appliances and has an extensive clientele throughout the state. During the Spanish-American War Mr. Shoemaker enlisted for service as a member of Company G, Seventeenth United States Infantry. He saw active service in Cuba and the Philippines and was discharged in Manila in 1899. Before his return to the United States he traveled extensively throughout China and Japan. He is a memLer of Camp No. 49, Spanish-American War Veterans. In 1914 Mr. Shoemaker married Edith Kincade. By a former marriage he had two sons : Russell, lives at home ; and Cecil, who died in 1922. Mr. Shoemaker is a Republican, a member of the Methodist Church, Humboldt Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, and Dublin Road Golf Club. He is an ardent golfer and is particularly fond of outdoor life. The new Shoemaker resAvenue is located at 1147 Glenn Avcnue, Grandview. Elmer Ward Bloser, deceased, was highly esteemed as a represontative citizen of Columbus and Franklin County. He was born on a farm in the Cumberland Valley, near Plainfield, Bloserville, and the city of Carlisle, Pennsylvania, November 6, 1865, the son of S. D. and Mary Bloser. He was born July 30, 1824, and his wife was born June 11, 1837. As a boy Elmer Ward Bloser worked on the farm and in his spare time made up inks and sold writing supplies to the neighboring boys and girls. In his teens he sold the "Real Penmanship Instructor," by Daniel T. Ames. On March 27, 1882, he entered the Shippensburg State Normal School at Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, and on June 29, 1882, he completed the normal school requirements for graduation. E. W., as he was known by most of his friends, left home at the age of seventeen years and entered the Sherman Telegraph School in Oberlin, Ohio, on April 20, 1883, and mastered thoroughly all the details pertaining to that of telegraph operator, both practically and theoretically, including the commercial and railway telegraph business of the various systems in use in the United States. While he was studying telegraphy in Oberlin he became acquainted with G. W. HISTORY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY - 1071 Michael's Pen Art Hall, and in August, 1883, entered that institution for part time study. Later, he became a penmanship instructor in that school, and when the school moved to Delaware, Ohio, he was taken along in the same capacity as a teacher.   Platt R. Spencer, Jr., of the Spencerian Business College, of Cleveland, recognized Mr. Bloser's talent and persuaded him to become one of the instructors in the Spencerian Business College. This college is still in existence, although it is now primarily a business college. After working in Cleveland for a number of years, Mr. Bloser made another advance by going to Detroit and taking complete charge of M. G. Caton's School in that city. On August 1, 1891, he purchased a one-third interest in the Zanerian College, Columbus, Ohio, which was then owned by C. P. Zaner and L. M. Keleher. On December 1, 1891, he purchased Mr. Kelcher's share of the college, and at that time C. P. Zaner purchased from Mr. Bloser enough stock to make them equal partners. This partnership continued for twenty-seven years, until the accidental death of Mr. Zaner in 1918, after which Mr. Bloser continued as sole owner of the business, having purchased the interest of Mr. Zaner's widow. Mr. Bloser remained as head of the institution until his death, which occurred May 12, 1929. On December 15, 1891, Mr. Bloser was married to Miss Rebecca Sayers, by Rev. J. L. Goodknight, D. D., at Waynesburg, Pennsylvania. To them were born four children: Robert Elmer, born September 15, 1892 ; Helen Rebecca, married D. F. Bailey, of Madison, Ohio, born April 5, 1895 ; Parker Zaner, born August 6, 1903 ; and Mary Matilda, born March 23, 1909. After the death of his father, Robert Elmer Bloser was elected president and Parker Zaner Bloser, treasurer, of the Zaner-Bloser Company, which was incorporated in 1919. The company furnishes handwriting books and handwriting supplies for the private and public schools and their territory includes the entire United States, as well as foreign countries. In addition, the company has a department in which they engross resolutions, testimonials, certificates and awards. They also maintain a school for handwriting which is attended by teachers from all sections of the country. Many of them are graduates occupying positions as directors of handwriting in the 1072 - HISTORY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY public schools in many of the larger cities. Both of the sons of Mr. Bloser received their education in the Columbus public schools and are graduates of Ohio State University. Both are also members of Alpha Sigma Phi fraternity, and were interested in numerous campus activities. Robert Elmer Bloser is also a member of Alpha Kappa Psi, honorary accounting fraternity. Robert Elmer Bloser is at the present time a member of the Columbus Rotary Club, Humboldt Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, Aladdin Temple, Chamber of Commerce, and Arlington Country Club. On December 15, 1919, he married Henrietta Assion, and two daughters have been born to them, Shirley Ann, deceased; and Mary Louise Bloser, now a student at Columbus School for Girls. Oliver Moore Tucker.—The name of Tucker and orchids has become almost synonymous not only in Ohio but throughout the entire United States. As a grower of this rare and most expensive flower, Mr. Tucker has few peers in the country. Mr. Tucker was born at Newark, Ohio, September 20, 1873, the son of John and Ida Irene (Moore) Tucker. John Tucker was a native of Beverly, Washington County, Ohio, born March 25, 1846. Throughout his business career he was a roofing and sheet metal manufacturer and spent many years at Newark, Ohio, where he died May 10, 1916. His wife is the daughter of Major David A. B. and Elizabeth (Cross) Moore. Three children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Tucker : Oliver Moore, the subject of this sketch ; John Ralph, who operated a trading post in New Mexico for many years and died March 4, 1920 ; and Helen Elizabeth, unmarried, who holds a position in the Treasury Department, Washington, District of Columbia. Oliver Moore Tucker grew up at Newark, Ohio, and received his education in the public schools there. At an early age he became associated with his father's roofing business, and was identified with it until 1896, at which time he made a trip to South America and spent four years in Colombia, where he engaged for a time in the general mercantile business at Vogota, the capital of Colombia. At HISTORY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY - 1073 this time he became acquainted with several orchid collectors and made a number of trips into the interior of South America to study the orchid in its native setting. It was thus that Mr. Tucker became interested in orchid culture. In 1900 he returned to the United States and reentered the roofing business at Newark, Ohio. However, the orchid again absorbed his attention, and Mr. Tucker made a trip to Brazil in 1907 to collect this rare flower. Three other trips were made to South America by him between 1907 and 1911. Upon his return to this country in 1911 Mr. Tucker came to Columbus and became associated with the Federal Glass Company, 510 East Innis Avenue, and with W. A. Reeves was the inventor of a process and machinery for the feeding of molten glass in the manufacture of glass containers, Mr. Beatty, president of the Federal Glass Company, being associated with them. This firm, Tucker, Reeves & Beatty, continued in business until 1925, at which time they disposed of their interests in the United States. In 1926 Mr. Tucker determined to devote his entire time to the culture of orchids and purchased a tract of forty-two acres of land overlooking the Scioto River, ten miles north of Columbus, on Riverside Drive. Greenhouses were built for the purpose and since that time Mr. Tucker has raised orchids under his direct supervision. The varieties of this flower, raised by Mr. Tucker, are almost too numerous to mention, and he has met with almost phenomenal success in this unusual undertaking. Orchids are shipped by him daily to Chicago, New York and other eastern points. On August 24, 1918, Mr. Tucker was united in marriage with Miss Ethel L. Finley, the daughter of Herman and Catherine Finley, of Xenia, Ohio. They have three children: Oliver M., Jr., born September 23, 1919 ; Roger Finley, born October 17, 1920 ; and Dorothy Elizabeth. Mr. Tucker is a member of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, and is affiliated with Acme Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, Warren Chapter, Bigelow Council, and St. Luke's Commandery, all of Newark, Ohio. He also belongs to the Columbus Athletic Club, Columbus Country Club, and is a trustee of the American Orchid Society. Politically, Mr. Tucker is independent. 1074 - HISTORY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY Foster Mendenhall Yoakem.—Among the successful and representative business men of Columbus may be mentioned Foster M. Yoakem, who is president and general manager of the Columbus Fixture Company, manufacturers and jobbers of restaurant equipment and supplies. He was born at Summit Hill, Ross County, Ohio, October 6, 1891, the son of Allen C. and Ida May (Mendenhall) Yoakem. Allen C. Yoakem, deceased, was prominent among the leading business men of Columbus for many years. He was born at Summit Hill, Ross County, December 1, 1860. He was educated in the district schools and attended Salem Academy for one year, after which he taught school for four years. One year was spent as a teacher at York, Nebraska. After his marriage Mr. Yoakem engaged in the general mercantile business and also operated a sawmill and lumber business. He was interested in the organization of the Columbus Fixture Company in 1919 and served as its first president. Mr. Yoakem died February 22, 1925, and is buried in Union Cemetery, Columbus. His widow, born at Denver, Ross County, January 28, 1367, lives at 34 King Avenue, Columbus. To Mr. and Mrs. Yoakem were born three sons : (1) Thomas Douglas, born August 2, 1889, died January 20, 1915, at Chattanooga, Tennessee. He was a graduate of Ohio University, class of 1911, as Civil Engineer. (2) Foster Mendenhall, the subject of this sketch. (3) Howard Haynes, born September 26, 1893, lives in Columbus. He is a graduate of Chillicothe High School, 1913 ; Ohio .State University, Bachelor of Arts, 1917 ; and Ohio State University, College of Medicine, 1921. He has spent three years in the Mayo Brothers Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, and is recognized as a specialist in regional anasthesia and goitre surgery, with offices in the Rector Building, State and Sixth Street, Columbus. Foster Mendenhall Yoakem spent the first four years of his life at Summit Hill, Ohio. His parents then removed to Vigo, Ohio, where he attended the public schools. He studied civil engineering subsequently at Ohio University, from which he received a degree in 1912. His first professionl work after leaving college came when he and his brother, Douglas, joined an engineering party engaged in the location and construction of a railroad called "The Montour Railroad,"