600 - HISTORY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY petitors, in the sense that today his restaurants are conceded on all sides to occupy a class apart. Mr. Mills is recognized as a leader within the ranks of his profession in America, being a former president of the National Restaurant Association. He is also a past president of the Ohio State Restaurant Association. Mr. Mills was married on December 15, 1920, to Mrs. Mae Kiger Tarry, in New York City. Mr. Mills is a member of the Buckeye Republican Club, the Blaine Club of Cincinnati and the Rotary Club of Columbus. He is also a member of the Masonic Lodge, Scottish Rite and Shrine, and is affiliated with the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. He holds membership in the Columbus Athletic Club, and Cleveland, Cincinnati and Columbus Chambers of Commerce. William David Brickell, prime mover in many of the business enterprises of Columbus, and until his death in 1923 a director of the Central National Bank, was a man of public spirit as well as great business acumen. He was born at Steubenville, Ohio, November 19, 1852, the son of Capt. David Zillhart and Mary (McCarty) Brickell. Capt. David Z. Brickell, like his father, John Brickell, was an Ohio River steamboat captain and commanded a hospital boat during the Civil War. After the war, in 1866, he engaged in the iron and steel business and amassed a large fortune. His partners were Henry W. Oliver and W. W. Martin, forming the firm of Martin, Oliver & Brick-ell, owners of the Kittaning, Pennsylvania, Steel & Iron Plants. They lived at Kittaning. William David Brickell was educated in the public schools of Steubenville, Ohio, and attended Western University, which is now the University of Pennsylvania. He left school and went into the newspaper business as an apprentice in the printing shop of the Pittsburgh Post. He then worked in the composing and press rooms and finally became a member of the editorial staff of the Post. He went to St. Louis, Missouri, as a part owner of the St. Louis Democrat, now the HISTORY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY - 601 Globe Democrat, and later was night editor. His next newspaper connection was with the Indianapolis Sentinel. In 1876 Mr. Brickell returned to Pittsburgh to accept the position as assistant managing editor of the Pittsburgh Leader. At that time the Columbus Evening Dispatch was on the market, and Mr. Brickell decided to investigate both the property and the city of Columbus as a newspaper field. He took an option on the property and contents and with Edward Myers of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, purchased it outright. Five years later Mr. Brickell took over Mr. Myers interests. At that time the Dispatch was a daily and weekly, with no Sunday edition, and without a great amount of prosperity or prestige. Mr. Brickell as sole owner and publisher added a Sunday edition, and practically revolutionized the paper and plant, and when he sold it in 1910 it was not only the leading newspaper in Columbus but in central Ohio, and Mr. Brickell was recognized as one of the best known newspaper men in the country. For ten years Mr. Brickell was a director of the Associated Press, and during that period Columbus enjoyed the honor and benefit of having a resident director of that great news-gathering organization, he being one of the nineteen directors throughout the United States. Upon retiring from the newspaper field in 1910, Mr. Brickell devoted himself to his financial and industrial interests, which by that time had become important. He was president and treasurer of the Iron Clay Brick Company, of Columbus, and was a director of the Central National Bank. He had extensive business interests in Columbus and throughout the country. Mr. Brickell died August 7, 1923. He was one of the incorporators of the original Columbus Electric Light Company in 1887 ; an incorporator of the Columbus, Albany & Johnstown Interurban Company in 1891; and an incorporator of the first local telephone company in 1879. Mr. Brickell was one of a group of prominent Columbus citizens who purchased the B. E. Smith residence at Fourth and East Broad Streets in 1886, which became the home of the Columbus Club. He also founded the Brickell Alcove in the Columbus Public Library, which was maintained by him through annual donations of money and books. On July 15, 1885, Mr. Brickell was united in marriage with Miss Cora M. Ross, the daughter of the late Samuel Ross, a pioneer rail- 602 - HISTORY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY road builder. He was in charge of the building of the Pennsylvania Railroad between Columbus and Richmond, Indiana. Mr. Brickell was a Republican, a member of the Broad Street Presbyterian Church, and belonged to the Columbus Club, Columbus Athletic Club, Scioto Country Club, and Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks. Adjutant General A. W. Reynolds, a veteran of two wars, is past camp commander of Camp No. 49, United Spanish War Veterans, a member of Franklin Post No. 1 and ex-chairman Franklin County Council of the American Legion, and has been a resident of Columbus for forty years, and is head of a large plumbing establishment, a business with which he has been practically identified ever since he located in this city. General Reynolds was born in Birmingham, England, in 1870. However, members of the Reynolds family have been in Ohio for nearly a century, and General Reynolds had many relatives in the state of Ohio when he came here. He was reared and received his early education in England, and in 1887, at the age of 16 years, came to Columbus, where he learned the plumber's trade. He has been in the plumbing business on his own account since 1896. For twenty-one years his business headquarters were on Parsons Avenue near Oak Street. In 1922 he moved to a commodious new plant which was erected for his business, a substantial two story brick structure at 684 Oak Street. As a dealer in plumbers' supplies and as a contractor, General Reynolds has handled a large share of business in that line in Columbus and vicinity. His business has been built up on principles of strictly honorable dealing and satisfactory service. He is also president of the Grand View Lumber Company. Mr. Reynolds had not been a resident of the city of Columbus long when in 1888 he enlisted as a private in the old Fourteenth Ohio Regiment of the National Guard. When the Spanish-American War came on ten years later he went into active service as a first lieutenant of the Fourth Ohio Volunteer Infantry and was promoted to captain while his regiment was in Porto Rico. In the National Guard HISTORY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY - 603 he rose to the rank of major. Early in 1917 he was called into federal service individually in advance of the National Guard and was assigned to duty as construction quartermaster at Camp Sheridan, Montgomery, Alabama. In the same capacity and with the rank of major he went overseas in June, 1918, with the Thirty-seventh Division. His command while in France was with this division, and he was in service there until the spring of 1919. He received his honorable discharge May 9, 1919 ( and immediately resumed his connections with the Ohio National Guard with the rank of major. When Gov. Myers T. Cooper took his office in 1929 Mr. Reynolds was made adjutant general, which office he still holds. General Reynolds is well known socially and in civic affairs. He is a member of the Chamber of Commerce, Kiwanis Club, Spanish War Veterans, American Legion, Masons, Chapter R. A. M., Cornmandery K. T., Scioto Consistory, Thirty-second degree, and Aladdin Temple. He also belongs to the Knights of Pythias, Independent Order of Odd Fellows and Columbus Country Club. George C. Beery.—One of the representative citizens and well known educators of Franklin County is George C. Beery, who is county superintendent of schools. He was born at Brice, Ohio, September 2, 1889, the son of Daniel and Josephine Ida (Peters) Beery. Daniel Beery was born near Logan, Hocking County, Ohio, and his wife was a native of Pickaway County, Ohio. He was a carpenter and farmer and spent his entire life in Hocking and Franklin Counties with the exception of a few years, which were spent in Nebraska, Minnesota, and South Dakota. He died in 1895 and his wife died in 1904. Both are buried in Union Grove Cemetery, Canal Winchester, Ohio. Their children were: Fred A., lives at Brice, Ohio ; Minnie B., deceased ; and George C., the subject of this sketch. George C. Beery spent his boyhood at Brice, Ohio, and received his early schooling in a one room school house there. He is a graduate of Canal Winchester High School and received the degrees of Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts from Ohio State University. While a student at the university Mr. Beery worked nights in order 604 - HISTORY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY to pay his expenses through college. He began his teaching career at Groveport High School, where he was located from 1916 until 1920. He then spent four years as a member of the faculties of Douglas Junior High School and South High School, Columbus, and on August 1, 1924, Mr. Beery assumed his present duties as superintendent of Franklin County schools. On May 29, 1913, Mr. Beery married Miss Clarabelle Hanners, of Canal Winchester, Ohio, the daughter of William S. and Ida B. (Friend) Hanners, natives of Ohio. They are residents of Canal Winchester. To Mr. and Mrs. Beery have been born two children : Evalyn Cly, born March 22, 1916 ; and William Robert, born October 29, 1917. In politics Mr. Beery is identified with the Republican party. He and his family hold membership in the Morgan Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church, Columbus, and he belongs to the Masons, Patrons of Husbandry, and Phi Delta Kappa fraternity. The family residence is at 595 Bulen Avenue, Columbus. Harry Randall Allensworth.—A brilliant record of achievement and attainment is contained in the life story of Harry R. Allensworth, consulting engineer, who is a member of one of the oldest and most highly esteemed families of Columbus. He was born in this city, January 21, 1880, the son of William and Josephine Helen (Van Zandt) Allensworth. William Allensworth, deceased, was a representative citizen of Franklin County. He was born in Jefferson County, Ohio, August 8, 1838, and spent his early life in that county. He enlisted for service in the Civil War, January 4, 1862, in Captain Weaver's Company G, Eighty-eighth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, but was discharged with a surgeon's certificate of disability. He then followed his profession as a mechanical engineer, and operated a large woolen mill at Chillicothe, Ohio, in which was manufactured woolen shirts for the Union soldiers. He also built and operated steam power plants in different sections of the United States. He built numerous plants HISTORY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY - 605 in the South after the war, which were used for cotton ginning. Mr. Allensworth retained his residence in Columbus from 1864 until his death, April 5, 1930. He was a staunch Democrat. Josephine Helen (Van Zandt) Allensworth was born in Columbus. She is also deceased and is buried in Greenlawn Cemetery, Columbus. Her father, Joseph Randall Van Zandt, was born and reared at Germantown, Pennsylvania. He married Caroline Freed, also of Germantown, and they removed to Columbus in 1845. He was a wood turner by trade and turned all the pins that were used in the building of the old covered bridge over the Scioto River on Broad Street. To Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Randall Van Zandt were born three children: Adeline, Marion P., and Josephine Helen. To William and Josephine Helen (Van Zandt) Allensworth were born four children : Walter Harvey, deceased ; Adeline Rebecca, married William J. Larmour, lives at Maplewood, New Jersey; Harry Randall, the subject of this sketch ; and Marion Eva, lives in Columbus. Harry Randall Allensworth attended the public schools of Columbus and the old Central High School. He studied telegraphy when he was fourteen years of age and at fifteen years was employed as an operator by the Postal Telegraph Company. In 1899 he became foreman of a construction gang in Cleveland, in the employ of the Cuyahoga Telephone Company. He then served as superintendent of the Fire & Police Telegraph for the city of Columbus from September, 1902, until September, 1914, when he resigned in order to accept the office of valuation engineer for the Ohio State Telephone Company. He served in that capacity until September, 1917, and then went to Minneapolis, Minnesota, as valuation engineer for the Tri-State Telephone Company, in charge of the appraisal work for this company in Minnesota, northwestern Wisconsin, and eastern North Dakota and South Dakota. Mr. Allensworth has also been identified with the Ohio State Civil Service Commission as an expert examiner. During 1924-27 he was consulting engineer for the city of Columbus, in charge of fixing rates to be charged for natural gas. He served in 1927 as consulting engineer for the attorney general, state of Ohio, and in 1930 was appointed 606 - HISTORY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY consulting engineer for the city of Cleveland and city of Columbus. He is also identified with numerous other cities and towns in this capacity. On December 31, 1919, Mr. Allensworth was united in marriage with Miss Kathryn Beatrice Senter, of Columbus, the daughter of Fernando M. and Zue (Campbell) Senter, natives of Franklin County. Mr. Senter served as postmaster of Columbus under Grover Cleveland, and also as county recorder. He engaged in the abstract business for many years and now lives retired. He is also a Civil War veteran. Mr. and Mrs. Allensworth have no children. Politically, Mr. Allensworth is a Republican. He holds membership in the Methodist Church, and belongs to Humboldt Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, Ohio Chapter R. A. M., Columbus Council, Mt. Vernon Commandery, K. T. No. 1, Scioto Consistory, Thirty-second degree and Aladdin Temple and the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. He also is a member of the Rotary Club, Columbus Athletic Club and Chamber of Commerce and is president of The Columbus Symphony Orchestra Association. Mr. Allensworth is an active member of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers, and Western Society of Engineers. Dr. John W. Jones, superintendent of the Ohio State School for the Deaf since 1895, is a nationally known figure by reason of his brilliant work, not primarily as an institution executive, but notably through the far reaching influence he has exerted on the methods of treatment in a special department of sociological development presenting peculiar problems to the educator. Dr. Jones has been a pioneer in many practices now accepted as standard, and his skillful administration has elevated the Ohio State School for the Deaf to a place of distinction among such institutions in America. Dr. Jones was president of the Convention of American Instructors of the Deaf from 1925 to 1927, and has for many years contributed valuable service to this association, as well as to the Conference of Superintendents and Principals for the Deaf, of which he was also president. He is a recognized authority in the field of eugenics, being the author HISTORY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY - 607 of : "The Greatest Problem of the Race—Its Own Conservation," a book which discusses intelligently and constructively the problem of hereditary defects, adducing pertinent observation from state institutions. He is also the author of a set of English text books (4 volumes) for use in schools for the deaf. In 1926 a story book, "The Story of Robert, a Deaf Boy" was published and has had a wide circulation. In 1930 he wrote a book called "Family Team Work," a story of agricultural life but applicable to all life. In recognition of his achievements Dr. Jones was accorded the honorary degree of LL. D. by Wilmington College and Doctor of Humane Letters by Gallaudet College, Washington, District of Columbia. He is also an honorary life member of the Ohio State Teachers' Association. Dr. Jones is a native of Adams County, Ohio, born January 25, 1860. As a youth he worked his way through the advanced schools, graduating in 1885 from the National Normal University at Lebanon, Ohio. His ability was early recognized and shortly after graduation he was appointed superintendent of public schools in Manchester, Ohio, a post he filled capably for ten years, resigning in 1895 to assume the greater responsibilities of his present office. Under his incumbency the scope of the school's work has been broadened immensely ; its efficiency has increased as the methods have been characterized by a greater certainty and fitness for their purpose and in general its service to the community has been enlarged and improved. Within the institution itself, great developments have gone forward; more modern facilities have been installed, three new buildings have been erected and the departments of instruction have been increased and bettered, with a resulting increase in attendance figures. In 1926 Dr. Jones undertook the development of a residential subdivision on property owned by him in the north end of Columbus, Rosemary No. 4, as the development is known, comprises some fifty residence and building lots, and promises to take its place with the most distinctive sections of Columbus. Doctor and Mrs. Jones, who was formerly Miss Cora A. McPherson of Adams County, have three daughters: Marjorie M. (Mrs. E. E. Spencer) ; Carrie L., an instructor of the deaf in Columbus; and Pauline (Mrs. E. G. Marquis). 608 - HISTORY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY Lloyd E. Sturm.—An important factor in the business life of Columbus is Lloyd E. Sturm, who is president of the Sturm & Dillard Company, with offices in the Huntington National Bank Building. Sturm & Dillard Company are railroad contractors whose work has formed an important part of the great system of rail transportation lines as they now cross and re-cross the midwest and southerly states of the country. This organization is one of the noted railroad building firms of the middle west. Its president, Mr. Sturm, has seen the science of railroad construction advance from the methods of pioneer railroad builders and has himself taken a part in that change, contributing at times new methods and materials to this important American enterprise. Mr. Sturm has for half a century been a builder of railroads and the firm of Sturm & Dillard has for years executed contracts of genuine importance to the industrial and commercial interests of the rich middle west. Mr. Sturm made his first connection with railroad construction in 1880 in Washington County, Ohio, where the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad had an extensive program under way. He engaged in this type of work continuously for four years and in 1884 established his own organization as a railroad contractor. Among his first contracts were included construction for the Fairmont, Morgantown & Pittsburgh Railroad from Fairmont, West Virginia, to Uniontown, Pennsylvania, which is now part of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad System the Ohio River Railroad, of Wheeling, West Virginia, to Kenova, now a part of the Baltimore & Ohio System. His services and his organization were retained exclusively by the Norfolk & Western Railroad in 1898 and for a number of years under that contract he laid railroads through West Virginia and Ohio. From 1902 until 1904 he vas continuously at work on the construction of the Norfolk & Western's Big Sandy Line in West Virginia. In 1905 he established his offices in Columbus. Among the larger contracts executed by Mr. Sturm's organization from Columbus headquarters have been the construction work for the Southern Railway, the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad, the Louisville & Nashville, and the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. Mr. Sturm was born at Enterprise, Harrison County, Virginia, now West Virginia, in 1860, the son of John F. and Harriet Virginia HISTORY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY - 609 (Harrison) Sturm. He is descended in direct line from pioneer American stock. His paternal great grandfather fought in the Revolutionary War, and was among a band of trailbreakers who went from Maryland to open up land and establish homesteads in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, but they continued westward in 1796 and crossed the mountains into Harrison County, now West Virginia. In that district he established his home and five generations of his descendants have been constructive citizens and community leaders. Lloyd E. Sturm studied in the public schools and at the age of seventeen began to teach school, which he continued for several years. He undertook further studies at the same time and at the age of twenty years embarked on his career as a railroad builder, beginning as stated above. The Sturm & Dillard Company also maintains offices at Syracuse, Indiana. Mr. Sturm was married on February 12, 1890, to Miss Nellie F. O'Connor, of Portsmouth, Ohio. They have three daughters : Margaret H., lives at home ; Harriet, married W. L. Avery at Caldwell, New Jersey ; and Janet Eleanor, married Louis E. Madden of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Mr. and Mrs. Sturm have two grandchildren, Billy and Betty Avery. Mr. Sturm is a member of the Athletic Club of Columbus, and a charter member of the Scioto Country Club. Fred Lazarus, Sr. —One of the oldest and most honored names in the mercantile history of Columbus is that of Lazarus. A great store, with nearly 1,500 employes, and patronized in the course of a year by nearly every family in Columbus and Central Ohio, is the visible commercial monument of the Lazarus family, notably the result of the ambitious idealism of Fred Lazarus, Sr. This business, known as the F. & R. Lazarus Company, has been in existence for more than seventy-five years. Its founder was Simon Lazarus, and the active men in the business at the present time are his grandsons. Simon Lazarus came from Wuertemberg, Germany, and started a modest mercantile enterprise in Columbus in 1851. He and his 610 - HISTORY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY wife possessed $3,000 capital, the basis of their early operations. The only line carried at first was clothing, but after the Civil War the business gradually expanded. In 1877 it became S. Lazarus & Sons. Upon the death of Simon Lazarus, his widow retained an interest until her death. The sons were Fred and Ralph Lazarus, both of whom grew up in the store as lads, sweeping out and carrying water from the river until a more convenient town pump was accessible, and learning the business from the ground up. It was the ambition of the founder as also of his sons to keep the business apace with the growth of Columbus, the establishment ever leading in the retail shopping districts of the city. The first store was in a single room, 16 by 80 feet. The central part of the present handsome store building was erected in 1909, and by subsequent enlargements the store now occupies all of a four story and basement structure with a frontage of 125 feet on High Street and 187 feet in depth. A great merchant, one who realized his own and his father's exalted ideals, was the late Fred Lazarus, who was born in Wuertemburg, Germany, May 5, 1850. He died March 23, 1917, just a week after the business had celebrated is sixty-fifth anniversary. He was educated in the public schools, the old Lutheran College and Bush & Marshall's Business College. Fred Lazarus gave more than half a century of service to merchandising. At the death of his father in 1877 he and his brother, Ralph, continued the business as partners until the death of the latter in 1903. In 1906 the F. & R. Lazarus Company was incorporated. For a number of years the four sons of Fred Lazarus, Fred, Jr., Simon, Robert, and Jeffrey, had been active in business. Fred Lazarus was not only president of this company, but was a director and a member of the executive committee, and one of the founders of the Ohio National Bank. He was also a director of the Central National Bank, the Ohio Trust Company, and the Lincoln Savings Bank. He was active in work for the Montefiore Home for Aged and Infirm Israelites, was a trustee and treasurer of the Jewish Orphan Asylum, and for many years a trustee and treasurer of Temple Israel. He was former president of the Columbus Children's Hospital, and was past vice president of the Chamber of Commerce. He held membership in the Automobile Club, Athletic Club of Colum- HISTORY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY - 611 bus, Young Men's Christian Association, Business Men's Club, Progress Club, and was an honorary life member of the Columbus Lodge of Elks and a 32nd Degree Mason. Partly from his father and partly out of his own experience Fred Lazarus derived a standard of ideal perfection for his mercantile business and that ideal he kept before him from the time he was affiliated with his father's store as a utility worker until at the end of life he was head of a great establishment which employed hundreds, and which dealt in merchandise brought from all over the world. It is given to few men to succeed in realizing an ideal so perfectly as was true of the career of Fred Lazarus. The success of the business was not only a personal ambition, but was a measure of his public spirit, since he regarded the store as an essential part of the commercial life of Columbus, and desired that its progress should always be consistent with the growth and development of the capital city. He was a fine type of American citizen, democratic, and intensely patriotic. Democracy was one of his striking attributes and workers in his store were and are always known as "associates" and not as "employes." His charity proceeded not from impulse and was not an incidental attribute of his character, but came as a constant expression of something deep within him and largely for that reason it yielded help and encouragement to hundreds who came to him or whom in an unobtrusive manner he assisted without their knowing the benefactor. Mr. Lazarus married Miss Rose Eichberg, who was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1859. She died in 1923. She had been a resident of Columbus for a period of forty-two years and was widely known for her social and religious activities. For more than twenty-five years she was president of the Temple Israel Sisterhood, and took a leading part in all the activities of the Temple on Bryden Road. She was a director of the District Nursing Association, and was interested in the work of the Children's Hospital and the Baby Camp. To Mr. and Mrs. Fred Lazarus, Sr., the following children were born—one died in infancy— Simon, Fred, Jr., and Robert connected with the Lazarus store in Columbus, and Jeffrey L., who is in charge of the Shillito store of Cincinnati which the Lazarus Company recently acquired. 612 - HISTORY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY Fred Davis Connolley.—Fred Davis Connolley, Executive Director, Columbus Chamber of Commerce, was born July 1, 1877, at Portsmouth, Ohio, son of Francis Simmons and Emma (Davis) Connolley. Member of Athletic Club of Columbus, Rotary Club, Columbus Country Club, University Club, Faculty Club of Ohio State University, Masonic Fraternity, B. P. 0. Elks, Young Business Men's Club and Ohio Society of New York. Member Columbus City Council 1912-1915, and Columbus Board of Education. Mr. Connolley married Blanche Mosser, June 10, 1903. Their children are Elizabeth Mosser (Rosser), Roberta Davis and William Armstrong Connolley. Edwin J. Schanfarber, an attorney, located at 150 East Broad Street, Columbus, has practiced law in this city since 1907. He has achieved the reputation of a well-trained, scholarly and resourceful attorney, and has been especially successful in handling corporation matters. Mr. Schanfarber was born at Coshocton, Ohio, June 1, 1886, the son of Jacob and Carrie (Weil) Schanfarber. Edwin J. Schanfarber came to Columbus in 1899, where he attended the public schools. He completed his law course in 1907 and was graduated from the Law School of Ohio State University. He was admitted to the bar and to practice in that year, and since that time has conducted a general law practice at Columbus. Mr. Schanfarber's service as a citizen has been notable. Many important projects contributing to the community advancement have for years received, and continue to receive, valuable leadership in his activities. He has spent his energies freely and altruistically, with results in proportion. Mr. Schanfarber is a member of the Board of Directors of the Jewish Welfare Federation of Columbus ; a director of the Columbus Council of Social Agencies ; a director of the Ohio Jewish Orphans' Home, Columbus ; a director of the Jewish Orphans' Home, Cleveland, Ohio ; a director of the National Jewish Hospital for Consumptives, Denver, Colorado; and a trustee of the Bryden Road Temple, Columbus. In 1923 he served as president of the B'nai HISTORY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY - 613 Brith District No. 2, and in 1926 was president of the United Jewish Fund of Columbus. On April 17, 1917, Mr. Schanfarber was united in marriage with Miss Tessie B. Hirsch, of Louisville, Kentucky. They have three daughters : Jane, Ann, and Betty. Mr. Schanfarber is a member of the Winding Hollow Country Club, the University Club, Franklin County Bar Association, and the Ohio State Bar Association. William Bundy Bartels, who is assistant United States District Attorney of Ohio, is numbered among the representative citizens of Columbus and Franklin County. He was born in Lick Township, Jackson County, Ohio, in 1889, the son of Joseph C. and Flora (Williams) Bartels. His mother's father was a native of Wales and her mother was of Scotch-Irish ancestry. Joseph C. Bartels was born at Bartels Station, in Lawrence County, Ohio, a community that had been originally settled by and named for the Bartels family. In early years he was in the charcoal furnace industry and later had varied business interests in road building and coal mining. In 1909 Joseph C. Bartels removed to Dayton, Ohio, where he now lives. William Bundy Bartels was about twenty years old when his family went to Dayton, Ohio. He had attended the public schools of Jackson and as a youth entered the employ of the National Cash Register Company, where he spent a year in order to earn sufficient money to complete his education. His enterprise and resourcefulness as an employe of the National Cash Register Company were written of in a highly commendatory manner in the book, "Selling Yourself," by J. J. Munsell, who at that time was employment manager for the company. Mr. Bartels worked his way through college and his initiative and industry have been largely responsible for the abundant success he has achieved in the early years of his professional career. Mr. Bartels is a graduate of the Law School of Ohio State University in the class of 1914. He engaged in practice at Athens, Ohio, until he came to Columbus to take up his official duties as assistant 614 - HISTORY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY United States district attorney of Ohio. In November, 1918, he was elected prosecuting attorney of Athens County. He had, in the meantime on the first of November been appointed to fill out an unexpired term and he began his first regular term on January 1, 1919. In November, 1920, he was reelected and completed his second term on December 31, 1922. Mr. Bartels then resumed private practice at Athens, but in April, 1923, was appointed assistant United States district attorney for the Southern District of Ohio under Judge B. W. Hough, district attorney, with offices in Columbus. On March 29, 1917, Mr. Bartels married Miss Helen Amrine, of Columbus. They have a son, William Bundy Bartels, Jr. Mr. Bartels is identified with the Franklin County Bar Association and Ohio State Bar Association. He is affiliated with the Masonic Lodge, Commandery, Shrine, Knights of Pythias, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. Hon. Calvin V. Trott.—One of the prominent citizens and able attorneys of Columbus, Calvin V. Trott, has achieved his present position in the community by his active service in various fields of progress. Mr. Trott is a native Ohioan, born and reared on a farm in Coshocton County, where he received his early education. He taught eleven years in the public schools prior to and after he entered Hiram College, from which he graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1895. Having read law in the office of Greer & Greer, Mount Vernon, Ohio, while teaching, he was admitted to the bar and began the practice of law in Mount Vernon in 1901. Mr. Trott was a member of the Seventy-seventh General Assembly of Ohio, having been elected from Knox County, where he was a practicing attorney from 1901 until 1910. He served in the Legislature for three years, and since 1910 has engaged in practice in Columbus, with offices at 33 North High Street. He specializes in corporation law. Mr. Trott married Miss Alice L. Dixon, of Mount Vernon. Their son, Dean W. Trott, known as a football star while a student at Ohio HISTORY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY - 615 State University, is now engaged in the practice of law with his father. Mr. Trott is a member of Mt. Zion Lodge, No. 9, Free and Accepted Masons, Scioto Consistory, Thirty-second degree, and Aladdin Temple. He also belongs to the Columbus Athletic Club and Buckeye Republican Club. The family residence is at 41 Twelfth Avenue, Columbus. Charles A. Whipple is among the highly esteemed and well known men of Columbus, where he is connected with the Hocking Valley Railway Company as district engineer. He was born at Athens, Ohio, January 3, 1888, the son of George E. and Mary J. (Batchelder) Whipple. George E. Whipple was born in Athens County, Ohio, in 1852. He attended Ohio University and early in life entered the employ of the Hocking Valley Railway service, with whom he was identified as a locomotive engineer for a period of forty-two years. He retired in 1916 and died in February, 1922. He is buried in Greenlawn Cemetery, Columbus. Mr. Whipple was a Republican, a member of the Methodist Church, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. His widow, born in Columbus, is still a resident of this city. Two children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Whipple: Charles A., the subject of this sketch ; and Hazel, married A. Earl Butin, division passenger agent, Pennsylvania Railroad Company, lives at Grand Rapids, Michigan. Charles A. Whipple received his education in the public schools of Athens, Ohio, and in 1910 was graduated from Ohio State University as a civil engineer. He immediately entered the service of the Hocking Valley Railway Company as an assistant engineer in charge of construction work. He was promoted to his present position as district engineer in 1928, after having served in that capacity on the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad Company from 1926 until 1928. On March 8, 1913, Mr. Whipple was united in marriage with Miss Elizabeth Cochran, the daughter of A. L. and Jessie (Terry) Cochran, 616 - HISTORY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY natives of Hocking County, Ohio, both now deceased. They are buried at New Plymouth, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Whipple have two sons, Robert Q. and Charles A., Jr. Politically, Mr. Whipple is a Republican. He is a member of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, York Lodge No. 563 ; Scioto Consistory, Thirty-second degree; Aladdin Temple; Varsity "0" Association ; and American Railway Engineering Association. Harry C. Arnold.—Both capable and popular in public office, Harry C. Arnold is esteemed for his high standard of citizenship and his comprehension of all matters affecting the public welfare. His personality has expressed itself in outstanding fashion on the workings of the Republican party in Franklin County, Ohio. His exertions in behalf of harmony and organization efficiency have advanced the cause of the Republican candidates in measurable degree and, in more than one instance his work as chairman of the Franklin County Executive Committee has produced phenomenal results in the preparation and administration of campaign procedure. Mr. Arnold has been the leader of the County Republican organization since 1922. He is also a member of the Franklin County Board of Elections since 1914, and deputy state supervisor and inspector of elections. Since early youth Mr. Arnold has been a resident of Columbus. He was born at Basil, Fairfield County, Ohio, October 1, 1875, a son of Theodore J. and Martha L. (Crumley) Arnold. Theodore J. Arnold enlisted in the 55th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry and served during the Civil War and was honorably discharged. He was a native of Pennsylvania. Mrs. Arnold was born in Ohio. After the Civil War Mr. Arnold removed to Fairfield County, Ohio, and later to Columbus, Ohio. Harry C. Arnold came to Columbus with his parents while a high school student and graduated from Central High School. He was a student of journalism at Ohio State University, and in 1900 was graduated from that institution with the degree of Bachelor of Law. His connection with the county offices dates back many years. He began as deputy county clerk, and after several years service in that HISTORY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY - 617 office became chief clerk in the office of the County Recorder. In 1914 he assumed the duties of the Board of Elections membership, of which board he is now chairman. In 1922 following his appointment to the chairmanship of the County Republican Executive Committee, he effected important reorganization measures within the party, harmonizing discordant elements and bringing about a cooperative spirit which carried the party to unprecedented success in the subsequent election. Since that time, moreover, the Republican organization has functioned with fine regularity and efficiency. Mr. Arnold belongs to the Free and Accepted Masons, Scioto Consistory, Thirty-second degree, and Aladdin Temple. Other affiliations include the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, No. 37, Knights of Pythias, Sons of Veterans, and other organizations. He married Miss Cornelia C. Allonas, of Canton, Ohio, and they have a son, Harold C. Arnold. John H. Summers, who is a member of the firm of Turner, Calland & Summers, is one of the best known lawyers in Franklin County, engaged in practice at Columbus. He was born at Gallipolis, Ohio, June 21, 1886, the son of Charles H. D. and Jennie (Selfridge) Summers. Charles H. D. Summers was reared and educated at Gallipolis, where he was born. He was graduated from the Cincinnati Law School in 1884 and throughout his professional career was located at Gallipolis, where he established an extensive law practice. Mr. Summers died in 1919 and is buried at Gallipolis. He was a member of the Methodist Church, Morning Dawn Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, Gallipolis Chapter, R. A. M., and Moriah Council, R. and S. M. His widow lives in Columbus. To Mr. and Mrs. Summers were born three children: John H., the subject of this sketch ; Annette, lives in Wheeling, West Virginia ; and Ruth, married Robert J. Odell, a sketch of whom appears elsewhere in this volume. John H. Summers was educated in the public schools of Gallipolis and in 1903 was graduated from Academy High School. He spent 618 - HISTORY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY four years at Ohio Wesleyan University and in 1907 entered Cincinnati Law School, from which he received the degree of LL. B. in 1910. He then engaged in the coal mining business for one year in Gallia County, Ohio, and in May, 1911, came to Columbus where he entered the law office of Huggins, Huggins & Hoover. On January 13, 1913, he formed a partnership with Daniel H. Sowers and Frederick N. Sinks. Mr. Summers was appointed assistant prosecuting attorney of Franklin County in January, 1915, under Judge Robert P. Duncan, and spent the first two years of his term in the criminal division of that office. At the reelection of Judge Duncan Mr. Summers was reappointed and the following two years was in charge of civil work. In January, 1919, he was again appointed assistant prosecuting attorney in charge of the civil work of that office under the late Hugo N. Schlesinger. In 1921 he became associated with Hon. Edward C. Turner and Albert M. Calland as a member of the firm of Turner, Calland & Summers. Mr. Turner retired from the firm in 1926 to take up his duties as attorney general of Ohio, the firm then being known as Calland & Summers. In January, 1927, Mr. Calland became special counsel for the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio and Mr. Summers continued alone in private practice during 1927 and 1928. In January, 1929, the former partnership of Turner, Calland & Summers was resumed. On October 6, 1915, Mr. Summers was united in marriage with Miss Louise Sanns, daughter- of James H. and Margaret (Martin) Sanns, of Gallipolis. Mr. Sanns is deceased and his widow lives at Gallipolis. To Mr. and Mrs. Summers have been born two sons : James Sanns, born December 18, 1916 ; and Thomas Sowers, born December 1, 1921. Mr. Summers is a member of St. Paul's Episcopal Church and is a member of the vestry and church treasurer. He is identified with the Franklin County, Ohio State, and American Bar Associations, and is affiliated with David N. Kinsman Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons ; Scioto Consistory, Scottish Rite Masons ; Independent Order of Odd Fellows ; Beta Theta Pi and Phi Delta Phi fraternities ; Columbus Athletic Club ; University Club ; and Columbus Country Club. Politically Mr. Summers is a Democrat. HISTORY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY - 619 Lyle Marshal Sandles, attorney and counsellor at law, has been engaged in the practice of his profession in Columbus since 1912. At present he is senior member of the firm of Sandles & Ulrey. Although giving special attention to corporation law and trust matters, this firm has an extensive general practice, including practice before the state and federal courts. Mr. Sandles is known to his friends in the legal profession as a quiet mannered, capable and energetic attorney, thoroughly versed in the law, especially as affecting commercial and industrial conditions in Ohio. Mr. Sandles is a native of Saltsburg, Pennsylvania. He was born October 10, 1884, the son of H. P. and Jennie (Kier) Sandles. Mr. Sandles attended the public and high schools of Saltsburg and was graduated at Grove City College, Grove City, Pennsylvania, in 1906 with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. He studied law in the department of Ohio State University, being graduated in 1912 with the degree of LL. B. He was admitted to the Ohio State Bar in 1912, and established practice immediately in Columbus. The firm of Sandles & Ulrey has the following associates in practice : P. M. Ashbaugh, R. J. Bartlett and D. O. Reed. They have offices at 44 East Broad Street. Mr. Sandles is a member of the Franklin County Bar Association and Ohio State Bar Association and the American Bar Association. Dean W. Trott is numbered among the successful young attorneys and representative citizens of Columbus. He was born in Knox County, Ohio, in 1899, the son of Calvin V. and Alice L. (Dixon) Trott. A sketch of Calvin V. Trott appears elsewhere in this history. Dean W. Trott obtained his early education in the public schools of Columbus, and attended Columbia University for a time after his graduation from North High School. He received the degree of Bachelor of Arts from Ohio State University in 1923, and was graduated from the Law School of the same institution in 1925. His university activities are given the following mention in "The Makio," the Ohio State University publication for 1925. "College of Arts, A. B.; College of Law, LL. B.; Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity ; football, 620 - HISTORY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY 1919-20-21; Boost Ohio Committee; president Athletic Association ; secretary Athletic Board; Varsity "0" Association; Strollers Dramatic Society, 1923-24 ; Scarlet Mask Musical Society ; Bucket and Dipper, Junior Honorary Society ; Sphinx, Senior Honorary Society." Mr. Trott was a member of the Varsity football team during 192122-23, and was a recognized star. Mr. Trott was admitted to the Ohio bar in January, 1925, and has since engaged in the successful practice of law with his father. He is also interested in special work for the Department of Insurance for the state of Ohio. During the World War Mr. Trott served in the Student Army Training Corps, and now holds a commission of second lieutenant, Headquarters Company, Ohio National Guard. On May 3, 1930, Mr. Trott was married to Miss Marjorie Bass, daughter of Donald T. Bass. Mr. Trott is affiliated with Kinsman Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, Scioto Consistory, Thirty-second degree, and Aladdin Temple. Myron B. Gessaman, who is assistant prosecuting attorney of Franklin County, is a veteran of the World War, and one of the young men of Columbus who has already achieved marked success in his chosen profession. He was born at Youngstown, Ohio, October 15, 1894, the son of George D. and Frances L. (Bierdeman) Gessaman. George D. Gessaman was born at Lebanon, Pennsylvania, in 1860. He spent his boyhood there and also lived in Mahoning County, Ohio, where he was educated. He was an iron and steel worker, later became a coal merchant in Youngstown, and in 1921 came to Columbus, where he became assistant state purchasing agent. He died January 30, 1926, and is buried in Greenlawn Cemetery, Columbus. His widow, born at Saegertown, Pennsylvania, lives at 86 Chittenden Avenue, Columbus. To Mr. and Mrs. Gessaman were born two sons : Myron B., the subject of this sketch ; and Walter F., lives at Monroe, Michigan. Myron B. Gessaman attended the public schools of Youngstown, Ohio, and in 1912 was graduated from Rayen High School. He HISTORY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY - 621 received the degree of Bachelor of Arts from Western Reserve University, Cleveland, in 1916 and was graduated from the Law School of the same university in 1920. After being admitted to the Ohio State bar, Mr. Gessaman came to Columbus, where he was associated in the practice of law with F. Stanley Crooks, with offices at 8 East Broad Street. Mr. Gessaman was appointed assistant city attorney of Columbus on January 15, 1923, and assumed his present duties as assistant county prosecutor on February 1, 1928. Mr. Gessaman enlisted for service during the World War in June, 1917, and was sent to Allentown, Pennsylvania, with the Ambulance Service. He sailed on June 13, 1918, with Section No. 542, U. S. A. A. S., and landed at Genoa, Italy, on June 27th. He went to France in August, 1918, and participated in the St. Mihiel offensive and the Argonne drive. He was later with the Army of Occupation in Germany, and was discharged in May, 1919. On August 22, 1922, Mr. Gessaman was united in marriage with Miss Marie C. Sommer, of Canton, Ohio, the daughter of David S. and Anna Sommer, natives of Ohio, both now deceased. To Mr. and Mrs. Gessaman have been born two children: Ann Catherine, born in 1925 ; and David George, born in 1928. Politically Mr. Gessaman is a Republican, and in 1926 he served as president of the Buckeye Republican Club. He is a member of the Indianola Presbyterian Church, and belongs to the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, No. 37, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Franklin Post No. 1, American Legion, Alpha Tau Omega and Phi Delta Phi fraternities. He is also identified with the Franklin County Bar Association. William Michel.—A substantial citizen of Columbus is found in William Michel, who is identified with the Hocking Valley Railroad as chief engineer. He is a native of this city, born March 18, 1866, the son of Col. Frederick and Catherine (Glass) Michel. Col. Frederick Michel was a native of Alsace-Lorraine and his wife was born in Berlin, Germany. Their marriage took place in the United States, their respective families having come here at an early 622 - HISTORY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY date and settled in Pennsylvania. Later the Michels came to Ohio and finally went to Iowa. The family was among the earliest families to settle in Columbus, where they became influential and well known citizens. It was Colonel Michel who donated a tract of fifteen acres to Capitol University in Columbus. This land was part of his original farm. He also was the organizer of a church in Bexley and was the owner and proprietor of the Park Hotel. Colonel Michel also had silver mining interests in Colorado, but maintained his residence in Columbus. He retired from business in 1916 and died in 1923. His wife died in 1889. Both are buried in Greenlawn Cemetery, Columbus. Colonel Michel was a Republican and took an active part in the political campaign of President Hayes. He was offered a foreign post during that administration but declined to accept it. He was colonel of the Hayes Escorts. He was also one of the original organizers and trustees of Greenlawn Cemetery Association. He held membership in the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. To Col. Frederick and Catherine (Glass) Michel were born four children: Frederick J., deceased; Charles W., deceased ; Clara, lives at Columbus, Ohio ; and William, the subject of this sketch. William Michel obtained his education in the public schools of Columbus and is a graduate of Ohio University. He has been identified with the interests of the Hocking Valley Railroad Company continuously since 1884, when he entered the company's employ as a rod-man. His next position was as road leveler during 1885-86 ; as transitman and assistant engineer during 1886-87 ; assistant engineer during 1887-89 ; as assistant chief engineer during 1889-92 ; as engineer of maintenance-of-way during 1892-1910 ; and on November 8, 1910, he was appointed chief engineer. In 1893 Mr. Michel was united in marriage with Miss Virginia M. Prichard, the daughter of Thomas F. and Helen (Ramage) Prichard, of Virginia, both now deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Michel are the parents of the following children: Helen, married Rev. R. B. Hindman, lives at Danville, Illinois ; Virginia, married John Scatterday, lives at Columbus ; Phoebe, married Allen S. Rinker, lives at Columbus, and they have a daughter, Joan; and Thomas F., who attends Ohio University. HISTORY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY - 623 Mr. Michel is a Republican, a member of the Northminster Presbyterian Church, and is affiliated with Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, Goodell Lodge No. 372 ; Columbus Council, R. & S. M. No. 8 ; Mt. Vernon Commandery, K. T. No. 1; Scioto Consistory, Thirty-second degree ; Aladdin Temple ; Achbar Grotto, M. 0. V. P. E. R.; and Athletic Club of Columbus. He is also identified with the American Society of Civil Engineers. Willard L. Roller is a leading citizen of Columbus, where he is maintenance-of-way engineer for the Hocking Valley Railway Company. He was born at Elgin, Van Wert County, Ohio, February 22, 1881, the son of Urban C. and Nancy E. (Smith) Roller. Urban C. Roller, deceased, was a well known farmer of Van Wert County. He was born in Mahoning County, Ohio, in 1849, and died in 1882. He is buried in Tomlinson Cemetery, Mercer County, Ohio. His wife died in 1898. Mr. Roller was a Democrat and a member of the United Brethren Church. To Mr. and Mrs. Roller were born six children, as follows : Cora, married Walter A. Brown, lives at Ohio City, Ohio ; John C., lives at Elgin, Ohio ; Adah, married William C. Prichard, lives at Lima, Ohio ; Goldie, married Elden Schindledecker, lives at Fort Wayne, Indiana ; Willard L., the subject of this sketch ; and Urban Curtis, deceased. Willard L. Roller was reared and educated at Mendon, Ohio, and was a teacher in the schools of Mercer County after his graduation from Mendon High School in 1899. He spent three years at Ohio State University and subsequently entered the employ of the Jeffrey Manufacturing Company as a draftsman. In November, 1907, he became identified with the Hocking Valley Railway Company as a time-keeper and two years later was appointed assistant division engineer. In June, 1910, he became assistant engineer in charge of construction, but in May, 1915, left the company's employ to become resident engineer in charge of construction on the Chesapeake and Ohio Northern Railroad. In October, 1917, Mr. Roller returned to the Hocking Valley Railroad Company as assistant engineer in charge 624 - HISTORY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY of construction and in October, 1925, was made maintenance-of-way engineer. He is a member of the Columbus Engineers Club, American Association of Engineers, and American Railway Engineering Association. In 1905 Mr. Roller married Miss Laura Willcutt, the daughter of George and Belle (Severns) Willcutt, natives of Mercer County, Ohio. Mr. Willcutt is deceased and his widow lives at Mendon. Mrs. Roller died in 1919, being survived by four children: Ruth N., graduate nurse in Columbus ; Robert S., employed by the Hocking Valley Railway Company ; George Urban, and Jane Elizabeth, both students. On August 26, 1920, Mr. Roller married Miss Ethel Bryers, the daughter of Robert and Sarah Bryers, of McMillan, Michigan. They have two children, Winifred S. and Mary Alice Roller. Mr. Roller is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and belongs to Mingo Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, Scioto Consistory, Thirty-second degree, Knights of Pythias, and Varsity "O" Association. He is a Democrat. Franklin Oscar Schoedinger.—The office of biography is not to give voice to a man's modest estimate of himself and his accomplishments, but rather to leave upon the record a verdict establishing his character by the consensus of opinion on the part of his neighbors and fellow citizens. The life of Franklin Oscar Schoedinger, manufacturer, business man, and representative citizen of Columbus, has been such as to elicit just praise from those who know him best. He has been faithful in the discharge of his duties in all relations of life. Mr. Schoedinger was born in Columbus, September 7, 1872, a son of Philip J. and Caroline (Heverly) Schoedinger. The father was born in Germany in 1825, and the mother in Pennsylvania in 1833. Philip Schoedinger was five years old when his parents brought him to the United States in 1830. The family located in Columbus where he grew to manhood, attended the early schools and learned the cabinet maker's trade. He later engaged in the manufacture of furniture, finally adding undertaking to his business. Later he gave all of his attention to the undertaking business. He was one of the