1350 - HISTORY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY land in Virginia. A wealthy neighbor of her father's by the name of Jim Stark offered to pay his expenses to England to lay claim to a large fortune said to be awaiting the rightful Jennings' heirs of which he was one, but he replied that he would not cross the ocean for a fortune. Many Jennings are still trying to claim part of this fortune which is said to now be estimated at from millions to billions. The first or perhaps the oldest known mention of the effort to claim this fortune was in, it is thought, Charles Dicken's "Bleak House," as "Jarndyce v. Jarndyce." Clarence E. Shriner is an active, enterprising and well known citizen of Columbus, where he is scout executive of the Central Ohio Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America. He was born at Baltimore, Maryland, December 28, 1896, the son of Edward C. and Emily A. (Brown) Shriner. Edward C. Shriner was born in Baltimore and his wife was a native of New York. He spent his entire life in Baltimore, where he was identified with the Charles M. Ness Company as a member of the firm. They were wholesale and retail hardware dealers. Mr. Shriner spent ten years as a member of the Fifth Regiment, Maryland National Guard. He died in December, 1919, and is buried in Greenmont Cemetery, Baltimore. His widow lives at Norwood, Pennsylvania. Mr. Shriner was a Republican and a member of the Methodist Church. Clarence E. Shriner received his education in the public schools of Baltimore. He was graduated from Baltimore Polytechnic Institute in 1912 and four years later received the degree of Civil Engineer from Johns Hopkins University, School of Engineering. He enlisted for service in the World War in December, 1917, and served with the Ordnance Department. He was sent to Washington, District of Columbia, where he was attached to the purchasing department of the Nitrate Division, and in April, 1918, was transferred to Muscle Shoals, Alabama, where he was inspector of construction on a large nitrate plant. He was discharged from service in February, HISTORY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY - 1351 1919, and returned to Baltimore, where he was associated with the paving commission as an engineer in the office of street construction. In February, 1920, Mr. Shriner went to Baden, North Carolina, as assistant property superintendent of the Tallahassa Power Company, his activities being confined to water and sewer supervision. He went to Frankfort, Kentucky, in 1921, as engineer for the state highway department and in December, 1921, became assistant chief draftsman of the City Planning Commission, at Memphis, Tennessee. Mr. Shriner became interested in Boy Scout work in March, 1913, and has served continuously since that time in a voluntary and professional capacity. He was assistant Scout Master in Troop 61, Baltimore, before the World War. He also organized troops at Baden, North Carolina ; Muscle Shoals, Alabama, and Memphis, Tennessee. In September, 1923, he became a member of the Regional Staff of Region No. 5 of the National Council of the Boy Scouts of America, with headquarters at Chattanooga, Tennessee. While engaged in that work he traveled and organized councils throughout Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, and Florida. In March, 1925, he became Scout Executive of the Norwella Council, with headquarters at Shreveport, Alabama. This work covered territory in ten counties of Northwestern Louisiana, and was developed from 25 to 110 troops, making it the largest in the South. In April, 1929, Mr. Shriner came to Columbus as Scout Executive of the Columbus Council. He has served as Scout Executive of the Central Ohio Area Council since November, 1925. On November 28, 1921, Mr. Shriner was united in marriage with Miss Vella Scotto, the daughter of Walter James and Mary Scotto, the former a native of England and the latter of Kentucky. They are residents of Frankfort, Kentucky, where Mr. Scotto engaged in the grocery business for many years. He is a veteran of the Civil War. Mr. and Mrs. Shriner have a son, James Edward, born January 3, 1925. Mr. Shriner is a Republican, a member of the Baptist Church, and belongs to the Lowe McFarlan Post No. 14, American Legion, past adjutant ; American Association of Engineers, Rotary Club of Memphis, and Johns Hopkins University Alumni Association. 1352 - HISTORY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY Clayton McPeek, M. D.—A physician and surgeon of exceptional qualifications, Doctor McPeek is widely known in Columbus and throughout Franklin County, where he has engaged in the successful practice of his profession for the past twenty-five years. He is also identified with the College of Medicine, Ohio State University, as an assistant professor in physiology, and has been connected with the University since 1910. Doctor McPeek was born on a farm in Van Wert County, Ohio, June 25, 1888, the son of Washington Allen and Irene (Haynes) McPeek. Washington Allen McPeek was born on a farm in Wyandotte County, Ohio, and now lives retired at Van Wert. He followed general farming for many years and was also a carpenter by trade. He is a Democrat and a member of the Methodist Church. His wife, born in Hardin County, Ohio, died in 1928, and is buried at Van Wert. Only one child was born to Mr. and Mrs. McPeek, Clayton, the subject of this sketch. The boyhood of Clayton McPeek was spent on his father's farm, and he attended the public schools of Van Wert, Ohio, from which he was graduated in 1906. He then entered Ohio Medical University, which later became Starling Medical College, Ohio State University, and was graduated with the degree of Doctor of Medicine in 1910. From 1907 he had served as an assistant in the College of Medicine, and has continued in the services of the university since that date. In 1910 Doctor McPeek established a private practice at 1144 Hunter Avenue, but the following year removed to 715 North High Street, where he was associated with Dr. W. J. Means until the latter's retirement ten years later. Doctor McPeek then became associated with his former partner's son, Dr. J. W. Means, and this partnership continued until 1925, at which time Doctor McPeek removed his offices to his present location, 19 West 5th Avenue. He is identified with the Columbus Academy of Medicine, Ohio State Medical Society, American Medical Association, American Association for the Advancement of Science, and the Association for the Study of Internal Secretions. Doctor McPeek is a member of the staff of University Hospital, and is visiting physician for Radium Hospital and St. Ann's Hospital. On January 30, 1911, Doctor McPeek was united in marriage with Miss Mary Alice Biddle, of Columbus, the daughter of Henry Clay HISTORY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY - 1353 and Mary (Evans) Biddle, the former a native of Columbus and the latter of Wales. Mr. Biddle died in 1919 and is buried in Green-lawn Cemetery, Columbus. His wife died in 1923. To Doctor and Mrs. McPeek were born three children: Henry Allen, born June 21, 1913, a graduate of North High School, class of 1930, now attends Ohio State University, where he will take up the study of medicine ; a daughter, born May 16, 1921, died in infancy ; and Donald Clayton, born December 16, 1925. Henry Allen McPeek has shown a decided inclination and talent toward mechanical and electrical construction work, and is especially interested in airplane construction. While a student at North High School he was an officer and active member of the Aero Club. Doctor McPeek is a Republican, a member of the Third Avenue Methodist Church, and is affiliated with York Lodge, Free & Accepted Masons, York Council, Temple Chapter, Columbus Commandery, Scioto Consistory, and Aladdin Temple. He is also a member of the Scioto Country Club. The family residence is located at 110 West First Avenue, and Doctor McPeek also owns a lovely estate on the west River Road, near Dublin, where his family spends much of the summer season. During the World War Doctor McPeek was enrolled in the Volunteer Medical Service Corps, and specialized in experimental work with gas. Henry Clay Biddle, father of Mrs. McPeek, was born in Columbus, May 13, 1843, the son of Thomas Biddle, who was one of the first settlers of the city, having come here from Wales in 1830. He erected a planing mill on Spring Street, near the Ohio Penitentiary, which was the first mill of its kind in Columbus. He followed this business until the time of his death. His son, Henry Clay Biddle, continued to operate the mill for several years, but finally abandoned the project. He later operated another mill on Armstrong Street, which was known as the Columbus Sash Door & Lumber Company. After a period of fifteen years he engaged in the contracting and building business. He died at the age of seventy-six years. Mr. Biddle was the builder of the Ohio State Capital Building in Columbus, as well as numerous other early business houses and office buildings of those early days. The original Thomas Biddle home was located at Naugh- 1354 - HISTORY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY ton and High Streets. Mary (Evans) Biddle, mother of Mrs. McPeek, was the daughter of Richard R. Evans. She was only two years old when she came to this country from Wales with her parents. Their farm was located on land between East Main Street and Broad Street, between Ohio and Wilson avenues. A brother, Morris Evans, also owned a great deal of land adjoining this section. In 1867 he went to Putnam County, Ohio, where he spent the remainder of his life. It may also be mentioned concerning the life of Henry Clay Biddle that he served throughout the Civil War. Three of his sons later served in the Spanish-American War, and another, Thomas Evans Biddle, served throughout the World War. R. E. Dawson.—As cashier of the Gahanna Banking Company, R. E. Dawson ranks among the prominent and successful business men of Franklin County. He was born in Mifflin Township, Franklin County, December 9, 1881, the son of William P. and Mary (Price) Dawson. William P. Dawson was born at Mt. Jackson, Virginia, March 5, 1847. He became a prominent citizen of Gahanna, where he was successful in the promotion of a temperance program. He was a farmer in early life, but after locating at Gahanna he became interested in the livery and feed business. He also held the office of mayor of Gahanna for three terms, and was an ardent Republican in politics. He was a charter member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and also belonged to the Masonic Lodge. Mr. Dawson died August 9, 1912. He was married in 1873 to Miss Mary Price, who was born in Franklin County in 1849, the daughter of Hugh Price, a prominent pioneer of this section. She died in 1899. To Mr. and Mrs. Dawson were born ten children, of whom R. E., the subject of this sketch, was the fourth in order of birth. R. E. Dawson attended the public schools of Gahanna and spent his boyhood on his father's farm. He clerked in a local store and in 1904 became associated in business with A. C. Dickerson. They conducted a general mercantile business until 1913, at which time they disposed of the store. Mr. Dawson served in the capacity of HISTORY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY - 1355 postmaster for a period of eight years. He then became manager of the shipping department of the Reynoldsburg Baking Company, in Columbus. In 1919, however, he returned to Gahanna as a clerk in the employ of the Gahanna Banking Company. He later became assistant cashier and in 1921 was promoted to the office of cashier. On June 21, 1911, Mr. Dawson married Miss Grace Wheaton, of South Bend, Indiana. They have no children. Politically, Mr. Dawson is a Republican. He holds membership in the Presbyterian Church, and is affiliated with New Albany Lodge No. 196, Free & Accepted Masons. He has also been a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows for twenty-five years. Mr. Dawson has always been an ardent sportsman. He has spent several summers hunting in the wilds of Canada and devotes much of his leisure time to that particular sport. He is also a follower of baseball and during his youth was recognized as a pitcher of great ability. In 1906, while playing baseball, he pitched a no hit, no run game, with no player even reaching first base. Myers Young Cooper, fifty-first governor of Ohio, was born in Newton Township, Licking County, Ohio, on November 25, 1873, one of the eleven children of Lemuel Young and Ann (Greenlee) Cooper. Lemuel Young Cooper was a school teacher and impressed upon his boys and girls the need for education. Books and lively discussion were abundant in the Cooper household, and as a boy Myers Cooper conceived the ambition to follow the career of his father as an educator. Fate has a way of changing plans outlined in youth, and after entering National Normal University at Lebanon, Myers Cooper found fate taking a guiding hand in his affairs. Fate, in the guise of necessity for earning a part of his way at the university, turned the embryo educator into a finished salesman. The young man found salesmanship just as interesting as he had expected classrooms to be, and following his graduation in 1893, at the age of twenty, he joined the firm of Cooper Brothers in Cincinnati as a salesman. In 1896 he was admitted by his brothers, James G. and Sanson M. Cooper, to the firm, and the three brothers continued the 1356 - HISTORY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY business with marked success for a number of years. When the partnership was dissolved, Myers Y. Cooper, as president of the Myers Y. Cooper Company, kept the original suite of offices in the Union Trust Building, Cincinnati. By this time Mr. Cooper was a well established business man of Cincinnati. He had built his home in beautiful Hyde Park and had married Miss Martha Kinney, a lovely Cincinnati girl. He and his wife were leaders in the civic and social affairs of the community and as their two children, Raymond and Martha Ann (now Mrs. Ferris Mills Judy), grew older, the couple took an increasing interest in the progress of Hyde Park. His years in the real estate business had given Mr. Cooper an exceptionally clear vision of the sacrifices necessary to the purchase of a home. The enormous cash payments, the mortgage arrangements and the general system of purchase made it impossible for any but the well-to-do to own their own homes. Memories of his own happy home life as a boy and the thought of his own interest in the community in which he himself was a property owner, probably prompted the young real estate man to work out the now nationally copied Cooper plan of home ownership. To Mr. Cooper must go the credit for originating the plan which has made home-owners of thousands who, under the old system, would have been renters with no "roots" in their own communities. For Mr. Cooper originated the plan whereby homes may be purchased with a small down payment, and a monthly payment schedule, that is comparable to the average rental on similar property. Under his plan, Mr. Cooper built in Cincinnati more than two thousand homes. He has never had a foreclosure. But the real estate business alone could not absorb all the energies of Mr. Cooper. He aided in the organization and headed such enterprises as the Hyde Park Lumber Company, the Norwood National Bank, now merged with the Hyde Park Savings Bank under the name of the Norwood Hyde Park Bank & Trust Company, of which he is president, the Hyde Park Supply Company, the Midland Lumber Company, and the Raymond Realty Company. In addition to his business activities, Governor Cooper aided in the organization of the Hyde Park Business Club, the East High Community Center, both of which he served as president. HISTORY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY - 1357 During the trying years of the World War, Mr. Cooper devoted much of his time to the sale of Liberty Bonds, his sales alone amounting to more than $500,000. He raised more than $600,000 for Cincinnati's war chest during this same period. His interest in education has never flagged, and it is evident in his work as president of the Ohio Fair Managers Association, which, under his leadership, has made the fairs of the state exhibitions of the best products of the state. The governor served for ten years at the head of this body and now holds the office of honorary president. Governor Cooper headed the Ohio Council of Churches for three years and is now honorary president of that organization of the churches of the state. He is a member of the Christian (Disciples) Church. The public career of Governor Cooper, like his private business life, has been devoted to the interests of the great mass of Ohioans. Under his guidance in the first year of his administration, the state legislature repealed the Pence Law, under which utilities had been permitted to collect rate increases under bond before final disposition of their pleas by the state utilities commission. A new law was passed, setting up machinery for speeding up the final determination of rate cases by the commission. Rapid culmination of plans for a comprehensive state and county building program was accomplished under the guidance of the governor. Governor Cooper possesses a talent for getting things done and his administration has proved this talent beyond question. William W. Wheaton, who is popular in Columbus as the efficient secretary of the Columbus Real Estate Board, is a veteran of the World War. He was born at Gallopolis, Ohio, April 28, 1894, the son of Walter G. and Alice (Hutchinson) Wheaton. Walter G. Wheaton, retired, is a highly esteemed citizen of Columbus. He lives at 311 West 10th Street. Two children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Wheaton : William W., the subject of this sketch ; and Laura Hull, who lives at Dayton, Ohio. 1358 - HISTORY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY The boyhood of William W. Wheaton was spent at Gallopolis, where he attended the public schools. After his graduation from high school in 1911 he entered Ohio State University, from which he received a degree in 1915. He began his business career with the Buckeye State Building & Loan Company as a bookkeeper and later became interested in the real estate business with the firm of Martin & Cooks. At the outbreak of the World War, Mr. Wheaton enlisted for service, May 15, 1917, and was stationed at Fort Benjamin Harrison until August 15th, when he was commissioned as second lieutenant and transferred to Camp Sherman, Ohio. On December 31, 1917, he was promoted to first lieutenant and went to France in June, 1918, with the 329th Infantry, 83rd Division. He saw active service at the front until the close of the war and was discharged June 4, 1919. Upon his return to Columbus Mr. Wheaton became identified with the Timken Roller Bearing Company as assistant purchasing agent, and served in that capacity until 1921, at which time he accepted his present responsible position with the Columbus Real Estate Board. On August 10, 1921, Mr. Wheaton was united in marriage with Miss Sarah Elizabeth Stuber, of Columbus, the daughter of Charles W. and Mary E. (Day) Stuber, natives of Holmes County, Ohio. Mr. Stuber lives at Columbia, South Carolina. His wife died in 1926 and is buried at Millersburg, Ohio. To Mr. and Mrs. Wheaton have been born two daughters : Mary Ellen, born December 2, 1922 ; and Alice Wheaton, born May 10, 1928. Mr. Wheaton holds membership in the Episcopal Church, and belongs to the Rotary Club and Columbus Athletic Club. He and his family live at 2463 Dale Avenue, Columbus. Ralph W. Hoyer.—One of the most successful life insurance agencies in Ohio is that of Ralph W. Hoyer, general agent for the John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company. His father started in the life insurance business forty-five years ago and his son, Ralph W. Hoyer, since graduating from Ohio State University, where he achieved special distinction in athletics, has taken up the same line of work and has done much to extend the connections and splendid reputation of this Columbus agency. HISTORY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY - 1359 William E. Hoyer, the senior member of the firm, was born in Holmes County, Ohio, of Pennsylvania Dutch ancestry. His father was born near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and became a pioneer of Holmes County, Ohio. W. E. Hoyer for a number of years was interested in education. For fourteen years he was a teacher in Holmes County, most of the time being principal of the high school at Millersburg. He entered the life insurance business in Mt. Vernon, Ohio, and in 1885 he removed with his family to Columbus. From the standpoint of the number of years of active service he became one of the oldest in this profession in Columbus. He married Amanda F. Harris on July 1, 1873, and his death occurred at Columbus, September 12, 1923. Ralph W. Hoyer was born at Mt. Vernon, Ohio, February 1, 1883, but has lived practically all his life in the city of Columbus. He is a graduate of North High School, and in 1902 entered Ohio State University. He was graduated with the Bachelor of Arts degree in the class of 1906. During his college career Ohio State was just rising to its appropriate rank as one of the leading universities of the Middle West in athletics. He was one of the players who brought early fame to the university teams. He played football in 1903-04-05, being captain of the varsity in the latter year. He then remained as coach during 1906 and 1907. His record of achievement and service is one of the highest in the athletic annals of the university. He has served a number of years as athletic member of the Board of Directors of Ohio State University Alumni Association. Prior to his graduation from College, Mr. Hoyer had definitely chosen his father's as his own vocation. He joined the business at junior member of the firm of W. E. & R. W. Hoyer, and individually is one of the best known insurance men in the state. The company maintains offices at 42 East Gay Street. On June 2, 1909, Mr. Hoyer was united in marriage with Miss Eva Barnhill, of Columbus. Her father, the late Dr. James U. Barnhill was distinguished both as a physician and scholar. At one time he was chancellor of Ohio Medical College and Wooster College conferred upon him the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. He was greatly interested in educational affairs, and was author of a history of the 1360 - HISTORY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY public school system of Columbus. Mr. and Mrs. Hoyer have two children, William Barnhill and Elizabeth Jane Hoyer. Mr. Hoyer is a member of the First Congregational Church, Free and Accepted Masons, Scioto Consistory, Thirty-second degree, Aladdin Temple, Columbus Athletic Club, and Kappa Sigma fraternity. Charles F. Frosh, M. D., who is a veteran of the World War, is one of the most successful physicians and surgeons of Columbus, with offices at 494 St. Clair Avenue. He was born at Zanesville, Ohio, July 12, 1884, the son of Bennett and Kathryn (Fryer) Frosh. Bennett Frosh was a native of Germany. He came to this country in 1866, after having spent about twelve years in England. He located at Newark, Ohio, and from there went to Black Hills, South Da-where he was interested in gold prospecting. Later, he returned to Newark, and subsequently went to Zanesville, Ohio, where he followed his trade as a tailor. Mr. Frosh came to Columbus in 1895 and died here in 1911. He was a staunch Democrat and a leader of his party. He was of the Jewish faith and belonged to the Masonic Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and Knights of Pythias. Mr. Frosh died in 1926 and his wife, also a native of Germany, died in 1911. Both are buried in Greenlawn Cemetery, Columbus. Their children were : Louis, lives in California ; Etta, the widow of Emil Kohns, lives at 1053 Bryden Road, Columbus ; Bertha, Helen, and Flora, all unmarried, live in Columbus ; Charles F., the subject of this sketch ; Harry, lives at 1867 Franklin Avenue, Columbus ; Eva, married Bernard Lehman, lives at 1867 Bryden Road, Columbus ; Roy, lives in Columbus ; and Sarah, who died in 1905. The boyhood of Charles F. Frosh was spent at Johnstown, Ohio, and he was eleven years old when his parents settled in Columbus. He was graduated from North High School in 1902, and received the degree of Bachelor of Arts from Ohio State University in 1905. He then entered Ohio Medical College, from which he received the degree of Doctor of Medicine in 1909. He served as an interne at St. Joseph's Hospital, Lorain, Ohio, and was then assistant to Doctor Wheatley in the Lorain steel plants for one year. Doctor Frosh was then HISTORY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY - 1361 identified with the Polyclinic Hospital, Chicago, for three months, and with Maternity Hospital, New York City, for one year. He has since engaged in general practice in Columbus, where he has met with marked success. Doctor Frosh is identified with the Columbus Academy of Medicine, Ohio State Medical Society, and American Medical Association. He is medical examiner for the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company in Columbus and physician for the Columbus Malleable Iron Company. He is also a member of the staff of Mt. Carmel Hospital. In 1911 Doctor Frosh was united in marriage with Miss Eleanor Buckley, of Lorain, Ohio, the daughter of Gene and Dora (Minkler) Buckley. The former died in 1910 and the latter lives at Brownhelm, Ohio. Doctor and Mrs. Frosh have three daughters : Kathryn Alice, born October 14, 1915 ; Marjorie Louise, born February 18, 1918 ; and Ruth Eleanor, born January 15, 1922. Politically, Doctor Frosh is a Republican. He is affiliated with Columbus Lodge, Free & Accepted Masons, 32nd degree, Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks, and Knights of Pythias. He was a member of the Ohio Medical football team in 1905, 1906 and 1907. Hon. Charles A. Leach.—As judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Franklin County, Judge Leach is a representative citizen of Ohio. He was born on a farm in Porter Township, Delaware County, Ohio, April 9, 1881, the son of Watson and Kate (Kenney) Leach. Watson Leach was born and reared in Delaware County where his father established the home in pioneer days, upon coming to Ohio from Westchester County, New York. The Leach family was founded in America in the Colonial period of our national history, and the Kenney family has been established here for generations. Judge Leach has never regretted the early discipline that was his in connection with the activities of the home farm and the intervals of his attendance at the district schools, and as a youth he taught in the rural schools at a salary of $25 a month in order to provide means for advancing his own education. After his graduation from high school at Marengo, he entered Ohio State University, where 1362 - HISTORY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY he pursued a course leading to the degree of Bachelor of Arts, and also completed the curriculum of the law department, from which he received the degree of Bachelor of Laws in 1906. During the following year he was first assistant editor of the Ohio Cyclopedic Digest, at Norwalk. In 1907 he established himself in the practice of law at Columbus, and in 1910 was appointed third assistant city solicitor, under Edgar L. Wyman, and he retained this position two years. In 1912 he was the Republican candidate for the office of state senator from Franklin County, but an attack of typhoid fever prevented him from making a campaign and he was defeated by his Democratic opponent. In January, in the capacity of special council, he resumed his connection with the office of city solicitor, and after thus serving effectively for two years he was appointed first assistant city solicitor. In this position he continued his characteristically loyal and efficient service until January 1, 1921, when he was elected by the city council to fill out the unexpired term of Henry L. Scarlett as city attorney, an office to which he was returned by popular vote in the election of 1921 for a term of four years. He was a candidate on the Republican ticket but was elected without opposition from the Democratic party or others. He was again reelected to this office in 1925 and again in 1929. Judge Leach served the city in many matters of litigation, including the telephone case and the gas case. Among some of his achievements may be mentioned the acquisition of land for the new municipal airport, acquisition of land on which the new city hall is located, and also land for the location of the new police and fire headquarters. He successfully concluded negotiations for the acquisition of the land north of Columbus which is located in the O'Shaughnessy dam project. Other litigation in which he was involved, as a representative of the city, was that of obtaining land for the city's chain of playgrounds and widening of streets. Both the subject and the city of Columbus that he so faithfully served are to be congratulated on the fact that he was always elected to the office of city attorney without opposition. A less conspicuous side of the work of Judge Leach while in that office was the direction of the work of the police court, in which a prosecutor of his selection had charge of the enforcement of regulations for the protection of person and property. The work HISTORY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY - 1363 was done carefully and well. It is a matter of which the people of Columbus may be proud that the administration of a public office efficiently and honestly is so unanimously approved. On November 16, 1929, Judge Leach was elected judge of the Court of Common Pleas. Judge Leach married Miss Hazel Thatcher of Circleville, Ohio. They have four children : Dorothy, Robert, Jane, and Russell. Judge Leach is an active member of the Buckeye Republican Club, is affiliated with the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and the Knights of Pythias, and is a member of various representative social organizations in Columbus. Charles F. Fischer, who is president of the Citizen Publishing Company, of Columbus, is esteemed as a progressive and enterprising business man of Franklin County, where he is prominent and well liked. He is a native of Cincinnati, Ohio, born October 10, 1866, the son of Frederick A. and Louise (Barton) Fischer. Both Frederick A. Fischer and his wife were born in Germany. Their marriage took place in Cincinnati, Ohio. As a young man Mr. Fischer enlisted for service in the Civil War and was wounded during the battle of Vicksburg, where he suffered the loss of a leg. He was discharged in 1863 with the rank of lieutenant of the Forty-seventh Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Mr. Fischer returned to Cincinnati, where he spent forty years as official weigher for the city. He retired in 1906 and died in 1910. His wife died in 1876. Both are buried in Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio. Mr. Fischer was a Republican, a member of the Lutheran Church, Grand Army of the Republic, and Loyal Legion of the Civil War. Two sons were born to Mr. and Mrs. Fischer: Charles F., the subject of this sketch ; and Frank A., who lives in Cincinnati. Charles F. Fischer grew up in Cincinnati, attended Woodward High School, and in 1882 was graduated from Nelson Business College. He was associated with an advertising agency in Cincinnati for a time and in 1889 came to Columbus to become associated with the Columbus Press as advertising manager. He resigned from that 1364 - HISTORY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY position in 1895 to accept the position as advertising manager of the Columbus Dispatch, and nine years later was appointed business manager of the Columbus Citizen. Mr. Fischer was elected president of the Citizens Publishing Company in October, 1928. In 1889 Mr. Fischer married Miss Anna Robertson Blair, the daughter of James Blair, of Steubenville, Ohio. Mr. Blair was a Civil War veteran. Mrs. Fischer died in January, 1916, and is buried in Greenlawn Cemetery, Columbus. Mr. Fischer was married the second time in June, 1918, to Miss Mabel Barron. Her parents were natives of Michigan City, Indiana, and both are now deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Fischer have no children. Mr. Fischer is a member of Kinsman Lodge No. 617, Free and Accepted Masons, Scioto Consistory, Thirty-second degree, Aladdin Temple, Rotary Club, Columbus Country Club, Columbus Athletic Club, Faculty Club, Advertising Club, and Chamber of Commerce. He is a Republican and holds membership in the Broad Street Methodist Episcopal Church. Campbell M. Voorhees.—Closely allied with the civic, fraternal and legal activities of Columbus, Campbell M. Voorhees is one of the prominent attorneys of Franklin Couhty. He was born at Coshocton, Ohio, December 23, 1866, the son of Richard M. and Georgiana (Burt) Voorhees. Richard M. Voorhees, deceased, was a veteran of the Civil War and for many years a leading attorney of Coshocton, also having served as judge of the Fifth Judicial Circuit for a period of sixteen years. He was born in Harrison County, Ohio, October 6, 1838, and died in Coshocton, July 15, 1915. His wife, born at Coshocton, June 27, 1843, died in June, 1917. Both are buried at Coshocton. Mr. Voorhees was educated in the district schools of Harrison County and was a graduate of Hopedale Academy and Hiram College. He was a school chum of Gen. George A. Custer. Mr. Voorhees taught school and read law at Millersburg, Ohio, in the office of his brother, Carolus F. Voorhees, who for a time was associated in practice with Edwin F. Stanton, former secretary of war under President Lincoln. HISTORY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY - 1365 Richard M. Voorhees was admitted to the Ohio bar in July, 1860, and was associated in practice with the late Judge Thomas Campbell. At the outbreak of the Civil War he was the presiding officer at a meeting held at Coshocton, which was called by President Lincoln. He was the first to enlist from that city and became a member of the Sixteenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry. After three months in the service he reenlisted in Company F, Sixty-fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, which was part of the Sherman brigade, named after Senator John Sherman, stationed at Camp Buckingham, near Mansfield, Ohio. Mr. Voorhees was commissioned a captain in November, 1861, and served with his company until December 31, 1862, when he was severely wounded at Stone River, or Murfeysboro, near Nashville, Tennessee. Throughout the remainder of the war he was assigned to special work. While on a furlough in November, 1862, Captain Voorhees married Miss Georgiana Burt. After the termination of his service he went to Kansas City, Missouri, where he practiced law with his brother, who had removed there. He later established his practice at Coshocton, Ohio, in partnership with Judge Campbell, until the latter's death, July 5, 1881. Mr. Voorhees was later associated with the late Charles B. Hunt, until the latter was elected Probate Judge. In 1894, after his graduation from the Law School of Ohio State University, Burt F. Voorhees became a member of his father's firm. In February, 1899, the father, Richard M. Voorhees, was elected judge of the Fifth Judicial District, which consisted of fifteen counties. He was reelected to this office in 1908 and served in that capacity until the time of his retirement in February, 1915. Mr. Voorhees was a Democrat, a member of the Presbyterian Church, and was first commander of Richard Laning Post, Grand Army of the Republic. He also belonged to the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. To Richard M. and Georgiana (Burt) Voorhees were born three children : Campbell M., the subject of this sketch ; Burt F., attorney, Columbus ; and Georgiana, married Arthur Woelfle, artist, Flushing, Long Island. The Voorhees family originally came from New Jersey where the great-grandfather of Campbell M. Voorhees settled at an early date. He fought throughout the Revolutionary War and later re- 1366 - HISTORY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY moved to Fayette County, Pennsylvania, where he died in 1809. His son located in Jefferson County, Ohio, and later removed to Harrison County, where he died. Campbell M. Voorhees acquired a city school education and after his graduation from Coshocton High School in 1885 entered the Pension Department of the United States government at Columbus. He entered the University of Wooster in 1887 and three years later became a student at the University of Michigan, where he received the degree of LL. B. in 1893. He was admitted to the Ohio bar in December, 1892. After his graduation he came to Columbus, where he formed a partnership with his cousin, Charles W. Voorhees, under the firm name of Voorhees & Voorhees. At the death of Charles W. Voorhees, December 19, 1898, Campbell M. Voorhees became associated with George W. Carpenter. This firm was dissolved in 1919 and Mr. Voorhees has since practiced alone. He has offices at 51 North High Street. In 1900 Mr. Voorhees was united in marriage with Miss Mary Alberta Robinson, the daughter of George and Mary Jane (Pennington) Robinson. Mr. Robinson, a native of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, was a veteran of the Civil War. He served as county treasurer of Belmont County and came to Columbus in 1895, where he was identified with the Columbus Bolt Works until his retirement in 1925. Both he and his wife are deceased and are buried in Columbus. Mr. and Mrs. Voorhees have a daughter, Jane, who lives at home. She is a graduate of the Columbus School for Girls and at the present time is an instructor in the Art Department of that institution. Mr. Voorhees is a member of the Franklin Park Methodist Episcopal Church, and has the following lodge affiliations : Magnolia Lodge, No. 20, Free and Accepted Masons, past master; past grand master of the Grand Lodge of Ohio ; Ohio Chapter Royal Arch Masons No. 12 ; Mount Vernon Commandery, K. T. No. 1, past commander ; past grand commander of the Knights Templar of Ohio ; Scioto Consistory, Thirty-second degree, and crowned at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in September, 1916, as a Thirty-third degree Mason in the Northern Masonic Jurisdiction of America : Ach-Bar Grotto, M. O. V. P. E. R.; Aladdin Temple, past potentate in 1919 ; Benevolent and HISTORY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY - 1367 Protective Order of Elks, No. 37 ; and Junior Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, No. 474, past noble grand. Politically Mr. Voorhees is a Democrat. He is former secretary of the Franklin County Bar Association and is a member of the Ohio State Bar Association. Nate C. Hirsch, secretary and treasurer of the Shepard-Paint Manufacturing Company, is a progressive and well known business man of Columbus. He is a native of Roumania, born May 23, 1885, the son of Samuel and Bella Hirsch. Samuel Hirsch spent his entire life in Roumania. He engaged in the mercantile business and is now deceased. There were five children in the Hirsch family : Leah, married Joseph Lazarus, lives in Roumania ; Peter, who died in 1913 ; Anna, married Leon Mitchell, lives at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ; Nate C., the subject of this sketch ; and Harry S., who lives in Columbus. Nate C. Hirsch was reared and educated in his native land, and came to America in 1901. He settled in Pittsburgh, where he was employed as a cigar maker. He later lived in Cleveland, Ohio, being employed by the Bailey Company as a furniture salesman. He returned to Pittsburgh in 1904 and engaged in the furniture business in that city for eight years. He then located in Columbus in 1912 as the proprietor of a furniture store at 833 North High Street. In 1914 Mr. Hirsch purchased the interests of the Hamburger Furniture Company and removed the business to Livingston and High Streets. The store was destroyed by fire in 1916 and later was reestablished on East Main Street and subsequently organized as the Star Furniture Company. During the World War Mr. Hirsch was inducted into service and after his discharge he resumed his business interests in Columbus, as the proprietor of a clothing store at 1038 Mt. Vernon Street. He disposed of this business in 1928, and the following year became identified with the Shepard Paint Manufacturing Company as secretary and treasurer. They are manufacturers of high grade paints and sell direct to the consumer. During 1929 the State of Ohio purchased more than 30,000 gallons of paint from this concern. 1368 - HISTORY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY On January 10, 1909, Mr. Hirsch married Miss Bessie Friedman, of Cleveland, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. Friedman. Mr. Friedman, native of Russia, died in 1926, and his wife died in 19'24. To Mr. and Mrs. Hirsch were born three children: Frances, a graduate of East High School, Columbus, now associated with the Lazarus Company ; Harold S., a member of the class of 1930, East High School ; and Paul E., attends Franklin Jr. High School. Politically Mr. Hirsch is a Republican. He is a member of the Temple of Israel and belongs to the Eagles Club, Loyal Order of Moose and Excelsior Club. He is a Past Dictator of the Loyal Order of Moose, and in 1928 was sent to Cardiff, Wales, as the delegate from the Columbus lodge to attend the Fraternal Conference. He also served as a delegate to the Conference in London, England. Kenneth Little, attorney, practicing in Columbus, is an able representative of this profession in Franklin County, and is a veteran of the World War. He was born at Bradford, Ohio, August 1, 1887, the son of A. F. and Rebecca (Haley) Little. A. F. Little has spent practically his entire life at Bradford, Ohio. He was a member of the first graduating class of Bradford High School, and early in life became identified with the printing and publishing business in which he is now engaged. He is a Republican, a member of the Presbyterian Church, Masons, Knights of Pythias, and Order of Red Men. Rebecca (Haley) Little was born at Portland, Indiana. She was also reared and educated at Bradford, Ohio. To Mr. and Mrs. Little were born five children : Faith, married H. B. Eller, lives at Bradford ; Kenneth, the subject of this sketch ; Carroll F., a graduate of Wittenberg College, professor of mathematics, Emporia College, Emporia, Kansas ; Russell K., lives at Bradford ; and Edna, married Harold Fross, lives at Springfield, Ohio. Kenneth Little completed the high school course at Bradford, Ohio, in 1905, and three years later received the degree of L. L. B. from the Law School of Ohio State University. He was associated in practice with Arnold, Morton & Irvine until October 1, 1909, at which time he went to Bradford and served as city attorney until February HISTORY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY - 1369 9, 1913. He then went to Troy, Ohio, as chief deputy of the Probate Court and in the election of 1915 was elected city solicitor of Troy. He enlisted in the National Guard of Ohio, July 1, 1905, and reported for active duty in the Federal service, June 19, 1916, having held the rank of second lieutenant in the Ohio National Guard since 1912. He received the same commission in the U. S. Army and was in active service on the Mexican border. On January 21, 1917, he received the commission of first lieutenant. He sailed for France June 20, 1918, landed at Brest on July 5, and immediately was sent to the Lorraine front. He participated in the initial phase of the Argonne offensive, where his company had a casualty and wounded list of fifty percent. From there the company was sent to Saint Mihiel and later to Flanders to take part in the first phase of the Ypres-Lys offensive, at which time his regiment forced the first crossing of the Escaut River. On October 31, when daylight dawned, he was the only remaining officer in his regiment. Lieutenant Little participated in the following engagements of the World War : Baccarat sector, August 4 to September 5, 1918 ; Meuse-Argonne offensive, September 26 to October 1, 1918 ; Pannes sector, October 4 to October 16, 1918 ; Ypres-Lys offensive, October 31 to November 4, 1918 ; Ypres-Lys offensive, November 9 to November 11, 1918. He was promoted to the rank of captain February 21, 1919, and sailed for the United States in March. He was discharged from Camp Sherman, Ohio, May 26, 1919. During his service in France he was detailed as assistant division judge advocate and later was made acting division judge advocate, in charge of all legal affairs of his division. Upon his return to Troy Mr. Little engaged in private practice until 1920, and in that year was elected prosecuting attorney of Miami County. He held that office for two terms and in 1925 came to Columbus to engage in the private practice of law. He has offices at 12 North Third Street. On June 5, 1905, Mr. Little married Miss Cora McCune, of Bradford, Ohio, the daughter of A. W. and Ella (Westfall) McCune. They have three sons : Delmas C., born March 16, 1907, a graduate of Troy High School, class of 1925 ; Bernard, born January 24, 1909, a graduate of North High School, Columbus, class of 1927 ; and Don M., 1370 - HISTORY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY born December 4, 1910, a graduate of North High School, Columbus, class of 1927. All are students at Ohio State University. Mr. Little is a Republican, a member of the Presbyterian Church, Masonic Lodge, Elks, Eagles and American Legion. Mr. Little holds the rank of major in the Officers Reserve Corps, and since the close of the World War has had two army school assignments. He was a student in the school at Fort Benning, Georgia, and also attended the General Staff School, at Leavenworth, Kansas. Mr. Little's present army assignment is Assistant Chief of Staff 83rd Division. Paul R. Gingher.—Among the younger men prominent in the professional and social life of Columbus, one of the most noteworthy is Paul R. Gingher, attorney. He was born at Lancaster, Ohio, October 18, 1899, the son of Cassius M. and Irene (Rutter) Gingher. Cassius Gingher, deceased, was a substantial citizen of Columbus. He was born in Fairfield County, Ohio, and spent his early life on a farm. He was a carpenter by trade and became a successful building contractor. Mr. Gingher came to Columbus in 1902 and six years later was appointed deputy building inspector of Columbus under Mayor C. A. Bond. Later, he was made engineer of construction, and held that office until the time of his death, September 15, 1928. His wife died May 23, 1923. Both are buried at Lancaster, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Gingher were the parents of the following children: Gladys, who died at the age of three years ; Dwight L., treasurer of the International Brick & Tile Company, New Lexington, Ohio, lives in Columbus ; Harold E., who is associated in the practice of law with his brother, Paul R.; and Paul R., the subject of this sketch. Mr. Gingher was an active member of the Miller Avenue Evangelical Church, of which he served as Sunday school superintendent for twenty years. Paul R. Gingher obtained his education in the public schools of Columbus. After his graduation from East High School in 1917 he entered Ohio State University, and while a student there was a member of the Student Army Training Corps. He later entered the College of Law, University of Cincinnati, from which he received his degree in June, 1922. After his admission to the Ohio bar, Mr. Ging- HISTORY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY - 1371 her immediately engaged in practice in Columbus and in March, 1923, became associated with Charles S. Druggan. Since 1928 Harold E. Gingher has been a member of the firm. They have offices in the Atlas Building, 8 East Long Street. Mr. Gingher is active in local politics, being a Republican. He managed the campaign of John J. Chester, Jr., in his first election as county prosecutor in 1926, and also was in charge of the campaign of T. B. Mahaffey in his election as judge of Domestic Relations Court. On October 1, 1929, Judge Mahaffey named Mr. Gingher as referee to hear juvenile cases. On October 18, 1924, Mr. Gingher was united in marriage with Miss Elizabeth Hammond, of Columbus, the daughter of Todd H. and Agnes M. (Albin) Hammond, the former a native of West Virginia and the latter of Steubenville, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Gingher had a daughter, Virginia Druggan. She was born March 4, 1926, and died August 22, 1929. She is buried in Eastlawn Cemetery, Columbus. Mr. Gingher is a member of the Evangelical Church, and belongs to the Masonic Lodge, Aladdin Temple and Shrine, Phi Gamma Delta fraternity, Order of the Coif, and Columbus Junior Chamber of Commerce. He is a member of the Columbus Traffic Commission, and chief counsel for the Columbus Automobile Club. George Tallman Spahr. —Practical industry, wisely and vigorously applied never fails of success. It carries a man onward and upward, brings out his individual character and acts as a powerful stimulus to the efforts of others. It is the motive force back of all legitimate action that makes for higher levels in the industrial world and those who do not recognize its importance in the general scheme of things must not expect to get very far up the heights. Recognizing this fact at the outset of his career, George Tallman Spahr has governed his life accordingly and the biographer is not to give voice to a man's modest estimate and his accomplishments, but rather to leave upon the record the verdict establishing his character. George Tallman Spahr was born in Ironton, Ohio, November 6, 1856, and is descended from two sterling old Ohio families. His paternal grandfather was of Swiss extraction and was a native of 1372 - HISTORY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY Virginia, from which state he removed to Ohio in the early part of the nineteenth century, settling near Xenia. The maternal grandfather was a pioneer of Ross County, Ohio. For a number of years he served as probate judge of Pickaway County, Ohio. Rev. Barzillai Nelson Spahr, father of our subject, was for many years a distinguished minister of the Methodist Church of Ohio and one of the leading men of that denomination, occupying many important pulpits throughout the state. He was born and grew up on his father's farm near Xenia, attended the district schools and Miami University and entered the ministry when a young man. He served as presiding elder of the Marietta, Lancaster, Columbus and London districts of the Ohio Conference. In 1858 he was appointed to the pulpit of "Old Town Street Church," Columbus, and occupied the pulpit two years. In 1870 he was again appointed to that charge, serving one year, then became presiding elder of the Columbus district. He was profoundly versed in the Bible and was a forceful, earnest, logical and eloquent pulpit orator. He retired from the ministry in 1880, and spent his last years in Columbus, where his death occurred June 4, 1890. His wife, Elizabeth Tallman, was born in Pickaway County, Ohio, the daughter of Judge Tallman. She died in Columbus, June 28, 1900. George Tallman Spahr was graduated from the Columbus High School in 1874, then entered Amherst College, from which he was graduated with the B. A. degree in 1878. He read law in Columbus and was admitted to the bar in 1881. However, soon thereafter and before he entered the practice, he became manager of the Gazette Printing House, and later secured an interest in that business which was destroyed by fire on January 26, 1892. Following this the firm of Spahr and Glenn was organized and the entire job printing business of the Ohio State Journal was taken over by them. This firm has continued to the present time, growing with advancing years. Mr. Spahr may well be classed as one of the builders of Columbus of the present generation, for he has long been active in promoting the growth and development of the city in a very substantial way. In 1897 he built the Spahr Building and in 1901 erected the Outlook Building, both on Broad Street, in the heart of the business section, and both notable office buildings. He has also figured prominently HISTORY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY - 1373 in the financial history of Columbus. He was one of the original directors of the Mutual Savings Association, over forty years ago, and has ever since been a member of the board until its liquidation. He was a director of the National Bank of Commerce from its organization thirty years ago. He was a director of the Chamber of Commerce from 1897 to 1903 and president in 1903 and 1904. He has been a member of the board of trustees of Broad Street Methodist Episcopal Church since 1885. Personally, Mr. Spahr is a man of many commendable qualities of head and heart which have made him popular with a wide circle of friends and acquaintances and he has long been regarded as one of the foremost citizens of Columbus. In politics, Mr. Spahr is a stanch Republican. In Masonry he is a member of Magnolia Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, a life member ; and of Ohio Chapter Royal Arch Masons ; Capital Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, No. 334; the Encampment ; Chamber of Commerce ; Columbus Country Club ; Columbus Club ; Kit Kat Club ; Athletic Club ; Ohio State Historical and Archaeological Society. He is also trustee of the Young Women's Christian Association, and the Home for the Aged. On October 28, 1886, Mr. Spahr was married to Miss Harriet C. Marple, daughter of Nathan B. and Harriet (Clark) Marple. Mrs. Spahr died November 23, 1919. To Mr. and Mrs. Spahr five children were born : 1. Marie, a graduate of Columbus High School in 1904, and Wellesley College in 1909. She served as field secretary of the College Settlement Association for two years. She was married on June 15, 1915, to Stanley C. Colburn, of Duluth, Minnesota. They have four children : Harriet, John, Jean and George. 2. Elizabeth, a graduate of Walnut Hills School, Natick, Massachusetts, in 1908 ; studied music at Dresden, Germany. She was married on November 3, 1910, to Frank A. McElroy, of Columbus. They have three children: Marie Elizabeth, George and Ann. 3. Dorothy Spahr, deceased. 4. Eleanor, a graduate of Walnut Hills School, Natick, Massachusetts, in 1915, married Rutherford H. Platt, Jr., of Columbus, on August 18, 1917. They have two children: Kathryn and Barbara. 5. Katherine, a graduate of the Columbus School for Girls, married Gerald B. Fenton, of Columbus. They have a daughter, Eleanor. 1374 - HISTORY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY F. W. Schumacher.—A citizen of Columbus who is proud to claim this city as his home, is one whose birthplace is thousands of miles from Ohio's capital, and the numerous activities which made it so prominent in the industrial campaign of the war—Mr. F. W. Schumacher. He was born in Schleswig-Holstein, on the island of Fehmarn, one of the picturesque flat and sparsely wooded islands of the Baltic Sea, subject to the King of Denmark then—now it is a part of Germany. While yet a very young boy, he came with his parents to the United States and became a resident of Waco, Texas. With other Waco youngsters, he attended the public schools there and, after an academic course, went to Europe again to complete his education in historic and beautiful Lubeck. The main section of this old city with its gates, towers and gabled houses, is still mediaeval in appearance. Numerous educational institutions there have made the city famous all over the world. The old Katharineum, now a preparatory school, or "gymnasium," as they term it there, another similar school in the Minorite cloister, many private schools, schools of navigation, a seminary for teachers, municipal theatres, libraries, etc., all lend their dignity to the city's reputation as an educational center. After completion of his schooling there, Mr. Schumacher returned to the United States and attended the St. Louis College of Pharmacy and Chemistry, from which he was graduated with honors. After completion of his schooling there, Mr. Schumacher returned to the United States and attended the St. Louis College of Pharmacy and Chemistry, from which he was graduated with first honors and received the gold medal for highest percentages in all branches which he studied. For some years, as a young business man, he pursued his profession as a pharmacist, later entering the wholesale drug business, where subsequent connections brought him an individual place as a national advertiser known from coast to coast as a big business man and an organizer of big business interests. At present, and for the past fifteen years, his principal activities have been concerned with his various personal investments, including important mineral areas in Northwestern Ontario, centering