650 - HISTORY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY Marshall A. Smith, in both maternal and paternal lines. Among them were John Howland, a Mayflower pilgrim ; Peter Brown, a signer of the Mayflower compact ; Richard Mather, ancestor of Cotton Mather; Thomas Chase, founder of a distinguished line which included Salmon P. Chase ; Obediah Gore, whose descendant, Captain Obediah Gore of Norwich, Connecticut, was one of the Revolutionary leaders ; Samuel Sherman, ancestor of many American leaders throughout the generations ; Robert Holmes, ancestor of the Stoning-ton Holmes family for whom was named the town of Stonington, Connecticut. Mr. Smith's mother, Elvira Abbie Thrall, is descended from William Thrall, who came from England to Dorchester, Massachusetts, in 1630. His paternal grandmother, Melissa Black, was also of ancient New England ancestry. On October 16, 1893, Marshall A. Smith was married in Columbus, to Miss Cora M. Smith, also a native of Delaware County, Ohio, but unrelated. They have four children : H. Albert, now associated with his father as vice president of the Smith Agricultural Chemical Company ; he served eleven months in the World War, with the U. S. Naval Aviation ; Hurtha M. (Mrs. Frank Rankin Schwartz) ; Marjorie E. (Mrs. Clarence Peters Wilcox) ; and Adrienne L. (Mrs. Joseph McCord Vercoe). Mr. Smith is a member of the Scioto Country Club, Columbus Country Club, Columbus Club, and the Athletic Club of Columbus. He is affiliated with the Masonic Orders (Scottish Rite and Shrine), the Knights of Pythias, and the Elks. In his youth Mr. Smith served with the Ohio National Guard, Company C, Fourteenth Regiment, from 1886 to 1889. During the World War he contributed valuable services to the important work of wartime manufacture in support of military activities by his service on the Columbus War Industries Board. Mr. Smith's career as a manufacturer is testimony to the sort of stuff he is made of, the brand of energy, talent and close application which, as an American phenomenon, raised up in the young Middle West one of the most powerful civilizing agents in the history of man, the American industrial system. In this process Mr. Smith's work has been important inasmuch as his enterprise has been notably HISTORY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY - 651 successful. His industry and persistence has formed one of the strong links in the chain now holding prosperity and contentment in the grasp of the American people. Stuart Robinson Bolin.—To date the services that has made Stuart Robinson Bolin one of the distinguished lawyers and public leaders of Ohio was his work during the period of the World War as United States District Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio. That service was an important contribution to the winning of the war. Mr. Bolin has been a member of the Ohio bar for over thirty years, and in his early years he was associated with his father, who became a member of the Ohio bar in 1873. His father, the late Andrew Robinson Bolin, was born in Circleville, Ohio, in 1849, a grandson of John Bolin, a native of Ireland. John Bolin, father of Andrew R. Bolin, was born in Virginia. He married Mary A. Brannon, also of Irish ancestry. The Bolin family settled in Pickaway County, Ohio, in 1839. Andrew Robinson Bolin graduated from Miami University in 1871, finished his law course at the Cincinnati Law School in 1873, and for forty years engaged in a wide and successful practice, first at Circleville, and finally at Columbus. On the Democratic ticket he was elected and served as a member of the Ohio Assembly from 1895 to 1898. He married Sophronia Isabelle Rector, a daughter of Edward Rector, who was a nephew of Governor Tiffin, of Ohio, and one of the early settlers of Pickaway County. Stuart Robinson Bolin, only son of his parents, was born in Circleville, Ohio, June 20, 1878. He was graduated from high school in 1895. He attended the Liberal Arts College at Ohio State University, and in 1899 was graduated with the Bachelor of Laws degree from Yale University College of Law, where he completed the three years course in two years. He was admitted to the bar June 20, 1900, on his twenty-second birthday, and soon after became junior partner of his father in the firm of Bolin and Bolin, Circleville. In 1909 the firm moved to Columbus where the partnership continued until the death of Andrew R. Bolin in 1913. Since then Stuart R. Bolin has practiced his profession alone. 652 - HISTORY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY Mr. Bolin was elected city solicitor of Columbus serving in 1912, 1913 and in 1914 was appointed director of the Ohio Legislative Reference Bureau, at the invitation of the Governor. In 1915, on the unsolicited recommendation of Senator Pomerene, President Wilson appointed him United States Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio, with headquarters at Columbus, and offices in Cincinnati and Dayton. His service covered all the period while America was in the war against the central powers. As United States attorney he initiated the first cases under a number of war time laws. His activities during the war period made him a target for the radical element, his activities being noted in resolutions adopted in various states of the Northwest, and finally he was placed on the so called "Guillotine List" of those marked for assassination. Mr. Bolin also successfully prosecuted the most important mail fraud cases up to that time prosecuted by the government. In accepting his resignation Attorney General Palmer in a letter said : "You have done splendid service as United States Attorney for your district, a service which reflects great credit upon yourself and honor upon your country. It is one of which you may be proud through all your life. Your record entitles you to reappointment, which would surely have come if you had not seen fit to prefer private practice." At the time of his resignation Mr. Bolin declined appointment as a regular assistant attorney general with headquarters at the department of Justice, Washington, but consented to remain as a special assistant to Attorney General Palmer to close important cases started during his time. In March, 1921, at the request of the Attorney General, Mr. Bolin again accepted appointment as special assistant to the attorney general to conduct litigation growing out of the million dollar post office robbery in Toledo, Ohio. Through prosecutions which he conducted thirty-nine persons were given sentences ranging from one hour to sixty-seven years. In his official duties and in his private practice Mr. Bolin's duties have required his personal appearance in the state and the United HISTORY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY - 653 States courts of New York, California, Illinois, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and other states, and also in the Dominion of Canada. Mr. Bolin is a member of the Franklin County and Ohio State Bar Associations, and belongs to tile Yale-Kent Club, the Faculty Club of Ohio State University, the Phi Delta Theta fraternity, and is president of the Yale Alumni Association of Columbus. He is affiliated with Pickaway Lodge No. 23 Free and Accepted Masons, Royal Arch Masons, is a past commander of Knights Templar, and of Scioto Consistory, A. A. S. R. thirty-second degree and Aladdin Temple, Mystic Shrine. He is a communicant of the Episcopal Church. In politics he is a Democrat. On November 9, 1904, Mr. Bolin was married to Miss Ada Rebecca Brown of Circleville. Her grandfather, Thomas W. Brown, was one of the pioneer farmers and landowners of Pickaway County. To Mr. and Mrs. Bolin five children have been born : Flora-Belle, Ethel Virginia, Ada Elizabeth, Roberta Brown, and Stuart Robinson Bolin, Jr. Lee H. Kramer is one of the younger men who have achieved prominence in legal circles in Columbus, as a member of the firm of Hamilton & Kramer, with offices in the Huntington National Bank Building. He was born in Perry County, Ohio, August 20, 1903, the son of John P. and Margaret (White) Kramer. Both John P. Kramer and his wife were born in Perry County, Ohio, where he spent many years as a coal operator, being the owner of mines in Ohio and West Virginia. Although living practically retired in Columbus, Mr. Kramer still maintains his interests in West Virginia. He has lived in Columbus since 1918. Mr. Kramer is a Republican and a member of the Methodist Church. There are six children in the Kramer family : Lee Hamilton, the subject of this sketch ; Agnes, a graduate of Ohio State University, married David Prosser, lives in Columbus ; Louise, and John O., who attend Ohio State University ; Evelyn and William, students. Lee H. Kramer received his early education in the public schools of Perry County and in 1920 was graduated from North High School, 654 - HISTORY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY Columbus. He received the degree of Bachelor of Arts from Ohio State University in 1924, and the degree of L. L. B. from the same institution in 1927. He has since been a member of the firm of Hamilton & Kramer. Mr. Kramer is serving as solicitor of the Village of East Columbus. Politically Mr. Kramer is a Republican. He served as a delegate to the Ohio State Republican Convention in 1928. He holds membership in the Methodist Church, Delta Theta Pi, and Theta Nu Upsilon fraternities, and belongs to York Lodge, No. 563, Free and Accepted Masons, Buckeye Republican Club, and Ohio State Alumni Association, the Lawyers Club of Columbus, the Columbus Bar Association, the Ohio State Bar Association, a 32nd Degree Scottish Rite Mason, member of Aladdin Temple of Mystic Shrine. During the World War Mr. Kramer spent two years as a member of the Student Army Training Corps. Captain Eddie Gettrost, deceased, was an exceedingly popular citizen of Columbus. Mr. Gettrost was a veteran of the Spanish-American War, was a captain in the World War, and the quality of the good soldier was evidenced throughout the strenuous efforts he put forth to achieve success as a business man. He was born in Bellaire, Ohio, in 1877, and came to Columbus in 1893, when a boy of sixteen. For a time he worked during the day in a restaurant and attended night school. He followed a similar program in Cincinnati for a time, where he attended a business college at night. In that way he managed to acquire a good common school and business education, the equivalent of six years in a day school. When the Spanish-American War broke out in the spring of 1898, Captain Gettrost, who had recently returned to Columbus, enlisted in the regular United Skates army, joining Company B of the 17th United States Infantry as a private. He went with the regiment to Cuba and from there accompanied General Miles' expedition to Porto Rico, landing at Guanica, July 25, 1898. He was in the service until HISTORY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY - 655 June 1899, when, returning to Columbus, he was honorably discharged. In 1902 Mr. Gettrost bought out the old Swift bowling alleys on East Gay Street, and continued the operation of the property as bowling alleys and restaurant. In 1913 he opened his South High Street billiard hall and bowling alleys. In 1916 his third place was opened at 592 North High Street. These have been three popular resorts for men in the city. In November, 1922, he opened a fourth and the most pretentious of them all, the Gettrost Recreation Hall on 44 North Front Street. This hall comprises the second, third, fourth and fifth floors of the building, each of which is equipped with magnificent bowling alleys, twenty eight in all, comprising unsurpassed facilities for that justly popular sport. He is and has been for eleven years president of the Ohio State Bowling Association. He disposed of his other interests except the one on 44 North Front Street and 592 North High Street. Mr. Gettrost's services during the World War began in June, 1918, when he enlisted as a private in the artillery. He was commissioned a first lieutenant on July 1st, and was sent to Fortress Monroe, Va., where he organized and trained a company of colored soldiers. He went to France as their commander in August, 1918, and was assigned to duty in the Quartermaster's Department. He was located at Gievres, France, and was on duty there until July 20, 1919. While overseas he was promoted to captain and was honorably discharged with that rank at Camp Sherman, August 22, 1919. Captain Gettrost was a member of Franklin Post of the American Legion at Columbus, and past president of the Franklin County Council of the American Legion. He was also a member of Camp No. 49 of the Spanish-American War Veterans and belonged to the Automobile Club, Athletic Club of Columbus and the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, No. 37, and the Columbus Country Club. His fraternal affiliations were the Free and Accepted Masons, and Scioto Consistory, A. A. S. R. Thirty-second degree. In 1900 Mr. Gettrost was married to Miss Berta Long of Bellaire, Ohio. They have one daughter, Dorothy. Mrs. Gettrost is a daughter of Louis and Elizabeth (Clouse) Long. Mr. Long was a 656 - HISTORY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY miller by occupation. He is deceased and his widow resides in Columbus with her daughter, Mrs. Gettrost. Mr. Gettrost died November 19, 1929, and is buried in Union Cemetery, Columbus. Russell M. Knepper.—Mr. Knepper is senior member of the law firm of Knepper & Wilcox, with offices at 44 East Broad Street, Columbus. He is known for his talented work in various public offices and in his profession and is especially commended for the energetic manner in which he works. He is recognized particularly as an expert on legislation affecting state and public schools and insurance matters, subjects which he has given broad and careful study, and to which he has contributed advances of much significance to the educational structure and insurance interests of the state. Mr. Knepper was born at Hopewell Township, Seneca County, Ohio, February 11, 1878, the son of Benjamin F. and Mary (Reeme) Knepper. After finishing the high school course he began to teach school at the age of seventeen years. Later, he entered Ohio Northern University and graduated in the class of 1901 with the degree of Bachelor of Science. For three years thereafter he studied law in the office of Judge George M. Hoke, of Tiffin, Ohio, and finished his legal studies at Ohio Northern University, graduating in 1905 with the degree of LL. B. He was admitted to the bar of Ohio in the same year and practiced in Tiffin as a partner with Judge W. Scott Wagner, in the firm of Wagner & Knepper. During the early years of his practice in Tiffin, Mr. Knepper came frequently before the public attention as a talented barrister, and was also an active worker in the Democratic party organization. In 1912 he received the Democratic nomination for the office of prosecuting attorney of Seneca County, and was elected to that office in November, 1912. In 1914 he was returned to that office in the fall elections. At the close of his second term Mr. Knepper had attained to a considerable prominence throughout the state as a vigorous prosecutor and as an astute legal mind. During the administration of Governor James M. Cox, in the early part of 1917, he was appointed HISTORY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY - 657 special counsel under Attorney General Joseph McGhee, and filled that office with distinction during the years of 1917 and 1918. In 1919 he established his legal practice in Columbus. The firm of Knepper & Wilcox was founded in 1923 in association with the late Alfred N. Wilcox. Mr. Knepper was married on December 12, 1907, to Miss Mamie A. Corn, of Ironton, Ohio. They have one son, William Edward, and one daughter, Alice Margaret, both of whom are students at Ohio State University. Mr. Knepper is a foremost figure in the activities of fraternal and civic organizations, being affiliated with the Masonic Lodge, Columbus Consistory, Thirty-second degree, Aladdin Temple, Knights of Pythias and Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. He is judge advocate of the Ohio Brigade, Uniform Rank, Knights of Pythias, with the rank of colonel. He is past president of the Exchange Club of Columbus, and is a member of Franklin County Bar Association, Ohio State Bar Association, and American Bar Association, as well as various other societies and organizations. Fred J. Heer.—In point of substantial accomplishment and shrewd business acumen, the career of Fred J. Heer must stand as one of the most remarkable in the annals of Columbus commercial history. The F. J. Heer Printing Company, founded by him after years of strenuous labor and sacrifice since he was. twelve years old, is today the largest of its kind in central Ohio. Furthermore, Mr. Heer has contrived to be a leader in many fields of public activity. He is recognized as an important influence in Democratic party affairs, has served for a quarter of a century as a member of the state and county Democratic central committees and several years as chairman of the latter body. He was for more than twenty-five years treasurer of the Democratic State Executive Committee and for twenty-five years treasurer of the Democratic County Central Committee. For eighteen years he served on the board of education, and was twice president of that body. He is a trustee of the Columbus Public Library and has been president of the board for many years. He was 658 - HISTORY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY formerly president of the Columbus city council and has been a leader in many educational movements to be discussed at length later in this biography. Fred J. Heer was born in Columbus, the son of Jacob Heer, who was a native of Bavaria. He left school at the age of twelve and went to work as office boy and printer's devil in Glenn & Hyde's printing office, working thirteen hours a day from the outset. He was quick to observe and consistently industrious, so at the age of nineteen he was admitted as a printer with others of that craft. That same year he was made foreman of the Lutheran Book Concern, competing for the place with nine men of advanced years and broad experience. In 1892 he had been made assistant manager of that concern, with twelve subordinate employes. In 1897 he was given added responsibility and promoted to manager. About this time he succeeded in introducing one of the first linotype machines ever to be used in this part of the country. In 1897 he established his own business in a modest way and set about building it up. Despite infinite obstacles of capital and of the panicky nineties he advanced steadily, gaining momentum with the years until in 1924 he erected his present building at 372386 South Fourth Street. It is completely equipped with the ultimate in modern printing machinery and accessories, a plant not surpassed for efficient construction and fittings anywhere in America. Together with his business, Mr. Heer from early youth took an active part both in church works and civic movements. From the year 1880 and for twenty-three years he was a member and treasurer of St. Paul's Church. In 1886 he was elected general treasurer of the Lutheran Joint Synod and served for thirty years as such. For ten years he was president of the Ohio Medical University until its consolidation with the Starling Medical College, all of which is now under the direction of Ohio State University. He was an organizer of Ohio Medical University and served as a trustee for twenty-one years. In 1924 he was elected a director of Capital University board of directors at the Pittsburgh convention of the Joint Synod of Ohio. He was elected to the board of education first in 1886; trustee of the Columbus Public Library in 1902; member of the Columbus city council 1914. HISTORY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY - 659 Mr. Heer is also president of the Central Building Loan and Savings Association, and a director of the Citizens Trust and Savings Bank. He is a member and past director of the Columbus Chamber of Commerce, member of the Columbus Athletic Club, the Olentangy Club, the Ohio Sportsman's League, and has since 1892 been a member of the Ohio Archaeological and Historical Society. Walter F. Heer is secretary of the F. J. Heer Printing Company, general manager of the Central Building Loan and Savings Company, and publisher of "Hunter-Trader-Trapper," an outdoor magazine of national and international circulation, and is associated with the Heer Advertising Agency. The F. J. Heer Printing Company is one of the largest organizations of its kind in central Ohio. Mr. Heer is also the publisher of numerous periodicals and publications of local and state interest. Walter F. Heer was born in Columbus, September 11, 1893, the son of Fred J. and Pauline K. Heer. He is past president of the Columbus Automobile Club, is a member of the Athletic Club of Columbus, of the Masonic Orders, Scioto Consistory, Scottish Rite Thirty-second degree, and Aladdin Temple. Mr. Heer married Miss Dora Lantz, and they have two sons : Walter F., Jr., and Richard J. Hon. James Franklin Atwood is numbered among the able and highly successful attorneys of Franklin County, engaged in practice at Columbus. He was born on a farm in Preston County, W. Va., May 8, 1883, the son of J. C. Atwood, a native of Maryland. James Franklin Atwood received his education in the public schools of Zanesville, Ohio, and in 1902 entered Ohio State University, from which he received the degree of L. L. B. in 1907. He was admitted to the bar during that year and successfully engaged in private practice in Columbus until 1918, at which time he was nominated as the 660 - HISTORY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY Republican candidate for state senator. He was defeated at that election but two years later was again nominated and elected as state senator to represent the Tenth senatorial district in the 84th General Assembly. The following bills were introduced by Senator Atwood : No. 3, which prevented traffic in stolen cars and required registration and bill of sale to be given in event of sale or exchange in ownership of motor vehicles ; No. 61, which authorized W. H. Mathews, as trustee, to dispose of property ; No. 66, which authorized the Secretary of Agriculture to acquire lands for the purpose of game propagation and for public hunting grounds, also to acquire fish hatchery sites and to make the necessary regulations governing such territory ; No. 104, to supplement Section of the General Code by the enactment of a section to provide for the expense of extradition under the existing Juvenile Court Act; No. 203, to amend sections of the General Code relating to powers of county commissioners concerning the treatment of indigent persons afflicted with diphtheria; No. 212, to amend section and to supplement section of the General Code by enactment of supplemental section and to repeal sections of the General Code, relative to the appointment and compensation of the officers and employes of the Supreme Court ; No. 265, which authorized the Adjutant General to purchase the lease of the Hartman Hotel Building, located on the northwest corner of Main and Fourth Streets for state office purposes and declaring an emergency. All of these bills became laws. - Mr. Atwood served as chairman of the committee of Fish Culture and Game, and as a member of the following committees : Colleges and Universities, Finance, Insurance, Judiciary, Military Affairs, Public Works, and State Buildings. In the year 1922 Mr. Atwood was again elected state senator and served in the Eighty-fifth General Assembly. He introduced Senate Bill No. 27, to amend the General Code, relatives to salaries of elected state officers ; No. 93, to provide for the proper maintenance, operation, and control of sewerage systems and sewage disposal works ; No. 112, to supplement the General Code by the enactment of sections relative to the custody and support of minor children ; No. 169, to change the manner in which the title of automobiles shall HISTORY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY - 661 be registered, by amending certain sections of the General Code ; No. 175, to amend the General Code relative to giving false or short weight measure by increasing the penalty of such offenses. All these bills became laws. Mr. Atwood served as chairman of the Finance Committee. Mr. Atwood is now engaged in private practice at 33 North High Street. On November 12, 1904, Mr. Atwood married Miss Mary C. Hilt-burner, the daughter of Ezra Hiltburner, of Huntington, W. Va. They have three children : James Franklin, Jr., attended Ohio State University ; Mary Catherine, a graduate of Ohio State University, class of 1930 ; and Clara Jeanette, who attends North High School. Mr. Atwood is an active member of the Columbus Bar and Ohio State Bar Associations. He holds membership in the North Methodist Episcopal Church ; Modern Woodmen of America ; Knights of Pythias ; and Dramatic Order Knights of Krassin. Mary C. Atwood, who is chairwoman of the Franklin County Republican Women's Association, is prominent in the social and civic life of Columbus. She is a native of Huntington, W. Va., the daughter of Ezra and Mary (Riffle) Hiltburner. Ezra Hiltburner was born in West Virginia and spent many years in the employ of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad. He died in 1890 and is buried at Huntington, W. Va. His wife, born at Ripley, Ohio, died February 1, 1906, and is buried in Columbus. To Mr. and Mrs. Hiltburner were born three children : Mary C., the subject of this sketch ; Lou, married John W. Reed, deceased, and she lives in Columbus ; and John, who lives in Columbus. Mary C. (Hiltburner) Atwood was educated in the public schools of Columbus and is a graduate of Central High School. In 1920 she became chairwoman of the Sixteenth Ward in Columbus, which was the largest ward in Ohio with a total of forty-five precincts. The following year she was appointed chairwoman of the Republican Women's Association of Franklin County, and has since served in that capacity. 662 - HISTORY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY Mrs. Atwood is also vice president of the 19th Ward Republican Club, and holds membership in the Buckeye Republican Club and Ohio Council of Republican Women. She is a member of the North Methodist Episcopal Church, and belongs to the Corinthian Chapter, Order of Eastern Star, Dames of Malta, Lucy Webb Hayes Daughters of Veterans and Crest View Pythian Sisters. Edward Dwight Coberly is a substantial and well known citizen of Columbus, where he is identified with the Hocking Valley Railway as chief clerk of valuation. He was born at Georgesville, Franklin County, January 4, 1879, the son of Edward Newton and Melissa (Scott) Coberly. Edward Newton Coberly was born at Newport, Madison County, Ohio, August 7, 1853, the son of William and Margaret (Gardner) Coberly. His wife, born at Georgesville, Franklin County, January 19, 1853, was the daughter of William and Martha (Upp) Scott. Edward Newton Coberly taught school in the common schools of Franklin County for a period of ten years when a young man. On April 15, 1882, he entered the mercantile business at Georgesville, Ohio, and still conducts his business on the same site where he started nearly fifty years ago. He is also largely interested in agriculture and stock raising. He has always been a leading Republican, although he has never sought office at the hands of the party. His wife died June 8, 1917, and is buried in Oak Grove Cemetery, Georgesville, Ohio. Two children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Coberly: Edward Dwight, the subject of this sketch ; and Hazel Marie, born May 21, 1886. She married Stanton Youngberg, of Minnesota, and he is at present director of the Bureau of Agriculture for the Philippine Islands. They live in Manila. Edward Dwight Coberly attended the district schools of Franklin County and at the age of sixteen years was a teacher. He received the degree of Bachelor of Science at Ohio State University in 1905 and later completed courses in civil engineering and law. He spent thirteen years with the United States Department of Agriculture, and since March 1, 1917, has been with the Hocking Valley Railway in HISTORY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY - 663 real estate, tax, and valuation work. At present he is vice-chairman of an association of sixty-three railroads in the Chicago district formed of their employees having responsible charge of various phases of the federal valuation work. On March 6, 1907, Mr. Coberly was united in marriage with Miss Flora Amanda Weisheimer, who was born in Columbus, June 13, 1883, the daughter of Jacob and Catherine (Correll) Weisheimer. Mr. Weisheimer was born in Freimersheim by Wurms, July 11, 1833, and his wife was born in Wahlheim by Alzye, February 2, 1845. Both were natives of the Grand Duchy of Hesse. He was accidentally killed on September 26, 1913. His wife died October 30, 1906. Mr. and Mrs. Coberly have a son, Edward William, born January 13, 1908, at 554 Hillsdale Street, Helena, Montana. He is a graduate of North High School, Columbus, and attended Ohio State University. At present he is employed in the office of the auditor of receipts of the Hocking Valley Railway. Mr. Coberly is a Republican, a member of the North Congregational Church, Columbus, and belongs to the Masonic Lodge, Buckeye Republican Club, and Acacia fraternity. While attending Ohio State University Mr. Coberly was active in campus affairs. He was a member of the McKinley Republican Club, Townshend Literary Society, Columbus Horticultural Society, Ohio Forestry Association, associate editor of the "Agricultural Student," secretary of the Biological. Club, a captain of the Cadet Batallion, a member of the Ohio Academy of Science, and was one of the organizers and first treasurer of the University Grange. On the paternal side Mr. Coberly is a descendant of Francis Coverly and Jane Luxf ell, who were married at St. James, Clerkenwell, London, England, in 1669, and shortly after emigrated to Staten Island, N. Y. The Coberly family in America is not a numerous one, there being less than 200 living in cities large enough to have a directory. Mr. Coberly is a great great grandson of Margaret Tiffin, sister of Ohio's first governor, and Judge John Gardner for many years on the Common Pleas Bench in Ross County, Ohio. Mr. Gardner was a lineal descendant of Thomas Gardner who was the first surveyor general of the province of New Jersey in the year 1686. Mr. Coberly's great grandmother Coberly was Amelia Green, a lineal descendant of 664 - HISTORY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY Surgeon John Green of Warwick, Rhode Island, and of Roger Williams, the founder of Rhode Island. This is the same Green family which produced General Green of the Revolutionary War. In the veins of this Green family runs the blood of every royal house of Europe. Mr. Coberly traces this ancestry direct to William the Conqueror, Charlemaigne, Alfred the Great, and Constantine the Roman Emperor. On the maternal side Mr. Coberly is a direct descendant of John Scott, third son of First Baronet of Ancrum, Roxburgshire, Scotland, who settled in New York about 1730, where he and his sons engaged in the fur trade. Mr. Coberly's grandmother Scott, Martha Upp, is a direct descendant of the Annandale Johnstones of Scotland, and from the First Earl of Shaftesbury, who was Prime Minister of England during the reign of Charles the First. John E. Samuel.—A substantial citizen and dependable business man is found in John E. Samuel, who is associated with Claude Meeker, Investment Securities, of Columbus. He was born at Thurman, Ohio, in the Cora neighborhood, May 29, 1886, the son of Daniel and Ann (Rees) Samuel. Both Daniel Samuel and his wife were born at Thurman. Mr. Samuel, who was engaged in agriculture, died June 5, 1920, and is buried in Tyn ‘Rhoe Cemetery. He was one of Thurman's respected and esteemed citizens. His widow resides at Jackson, Ohio. To Daniel and Ann (Rees) Samuel four children were born : Mrs. Mary Jane Davis, lives at Jackson ; Daniel Reese Samuel, died February 19, 1929, from injuries received in an automobile accident ; Mrs. Ina Woods, lives at Jackson ; and John E., the subject of this sketch. John E. Samuel attended the public schools in Thurman, and assisted his father on the farm. He took a business course at Columbus Business College, and from 1909 until 1915 was employed as cashier and bookkeeper with the American Cash Register Manufacturing Company. In May, 1915, Mr. Samuel became associated with Claude Meeker, at 8 East Broad Street, Columbus and until the death of Mr. Meeker was his close personal and business advisor. Mr. Samuel HISTORY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY - 665 became a partner in the firm and is now general manager of this old established brokerage house which is operated under the name of Claude Meeker, located at 8 East Broad Street. Mr. Samuel is recognized as a financier of high standing. On October 21, 1914, Mr. Samuel was married at New York City, to Miss Edna McLaughlin, who was born at Edinburg, Indiana, the daughter of Joseph and Margaret (Kennedy) McLaughlin. Mr. McLaughlin died in September, 1885. To Mr. and Mrs. Samuel three children have been born : a son, died in infancy ; John Emlyn Samuel, Jr.; and Howard Eugene Samuel. The family are members of Miami Avenue Presbyterian Church. Mr. Samuel is a Republican. He belongs to the Civitan and Columbus Automobile clubs. He resides at 2270 Bryden Road, Bexley. W. Lyman Case is a member of the real estate firm of Ross & Case, with offices at 12 North Third Street, Columbus. Mr. Case was born, reared and educated and had his early business training in St. Louis, Mo., and after some years was the senior partner in the real estate firm of the Case-Heath Realty Company. His home has been in Columbus since 1916. His early operations in the real estate field brought him in association with Calvin B. Ross, which resulted in the present firm of Ross & Case. Both are young men and have a remarkable individual record of successful transactions in and the management of central business property. Such property represents the full scope of their exclusive business. Ross & Case have been the intermediaries in promoting the financial organization, the administrative detail, and the management in the construction of a number of modern office and business buildings in Columbus. Their work constitutes city building and modern methods of property improvement. Their advice and counsel in all matters pertaining to central business property, as to present and future valuation, commercial possibilities, etc., are considered invaluable. Among the buildings, the sale or building of which they have brought about and of which they are managers are the Rowlands Building, the Yuster Building, the High-Long Building, the 666 - HISTORY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY Peters Building, the Physicians and Surgeons Building, the structure at 74 North Third Street and a number of others. Mr. Case is a director of the City National Bank and the Peoples Building and Loan Company. In Columbus only thirteen years, Mr. Case has from the first manifested a keen judgment in matters affecting the local welfare and progress of the city. He has put his energy and public spirit behind a number of movements in civic affairs. He is also prominent in the Community Fund. Mr. Case is a member of the Chamber of Commerce, the Columbus Real Estate Board, the Athletic Club, Columbus Country Club, the Columbus Club, and the Automobile Club. His fraternal affiliations are those of the Free and Accepted Masons, Chapter Royal Arch Masons, Commandery Knights Templar, Scioto Consistory, A. A. S. R. 32nd degree, and Aladdin Temple A. A. O. N. M. S. Mr. Case married Miss Margaret Brown, and they have three sons : William Lyman Case, Jr., Robert Brown Case, and Ward Calvin Case. Oscar Ellis Everett.—Perhaps one of the best known young men of Columbus is Oscar Ellis Everett, who is assistant librarian of the Supreme Court Law Library. He is a native of North Carolina, born July 2, 1901, the son of William Clayburn and Doshia (Bruce) Everett. Oscar Ellis Everett received his education in the public schools of Andrews, N. C. He enlisted in the U. S. Army in 1920. He was assigned to the 6th Field Signal Battalion at Camp Grant, Ill., and was later transferred to the 13th Service Company at Camp Alfred Vail, N. J., where he attended a signal school as a student in radio engineering. He was later sent as a radio specialist to the 18th Service Company, Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana, and subsequently was transferred to Fort Hayes at Columbus where he was discharged August 30, 1923. Mr. Everett then became identified with the Columbus Railway Power & Light Company as an illuminating engineer, and served in that capacity until 1925, at which time he entered the sales department of the Western Auto Supply Company. Mr. Everett later was with the engineering department of the Ohio Bell Telephone HISTORY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY - 667 Company, and in 1927 was appointed assistant librarian of the Supreme Court Library. He enrolled in the Columbus College of Law during that year, and is still a student at that institution. In 1927 Mr. Everett took the examination for a commission in the Officers Reserve Corps and received the rank of second lieutenant in the Signal Corps, attached to the 5th Corps Area Headquarters. In 1925 Mr. Everett married Miss Helen B. Taylor, the daughter of E. Bert and Reta M. (Allen) Taylor. A sketch of Mr. Taylor appears elsewhere in this history. Politically, Mr. Everett has always been a Republican. He is a member of Columbus Lodge No. 30, Free and Accepted Masons, and Iota Lambda Pi legal fraternity. He also belongs to the Franklin County Reserve Officers Association, Ohio State Reserve Officers Association, and Officers Reserve Association of the United States. Charles A. Jones who is private secretary to Governor Myers Y. Cooper, is esteemed as a progressive citizen in Columbus and in all of Franklin County, where he is prominent and well liked. He was born at Deer Park, Maryland, February 25, 1885, the son of Wilbur C. and Olive (Forman) Jones. Wilbur C. Jones was born in Springhill Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, the son of Hiram and Nancy (Holt) Jones. His mother's father was a native of York County, Virginia, who emigrated to Pennsylvania as a soldier in the "Whiskey Rebellion." Olive (Forman) Jones was the daughter of Calvin and Clarissa (Cress) Forman, and was born in a settlement known as "The Crab Orchard" in Preston County, West Virginia. In early life, Mr. Jones was a stock buyer and school teacher. In 1884, he purchased a mercantile business at Deer Park, Maryland, and was engaged in this and the lumber business there until 1925, when he retired and moved to Columbus, where he has since resided. Mr. Jones took a prominent part in political and religious work in his community and held a number of local offices. His wife died in December, 1924, and is buried at Deer Park, Maryland. To Mr. and Mrs. Jones were born five children : Charles A., the subject of this sketch ; E. Ray, attorney, lives at Oakland, Mary- 668 - HISTORY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY land ; Mae, Pauline, and Winona, who are high school teachers in Columbus. Charles A. Jones attended the grammar and high schools of Deer Park and Oakland, and in 1904 was graduated from the West Virginia Conference Seminary (now Wesleyan College of West Virginia). Coming to Ohio, he was graduated from Ohio Wesleyan University, 1907, being honored by Cum Laude in scholarship and Magna Cum Laude in Economics and Government. He also received the special journalistic pin as a reward for his work on the Transcript, of which he was assistant editor, the editor being the present United States Senator from Washington, Clarence C. Dill. From 1907 until 1915, Mr. Jones was identified with the Delaware (Ohio) Gazette, and during this period was actively connected in a prominent way with many activities of the city, being president fo the Board of Trustees of the City Y. M. C. A., Director of Public Safety, 1913-14, and Publicity Director of Ohio Wesleyan University. Always a Republican, he early engaged in active political work. When the campaign for the nomination as Governor of Frank B. Willis was launched in his home counties of Delaware and Hardin in the early part of 1914, for the first state-wide primary ever held in Ohio, Mr. Jones was elected secretary of the committee for southern Ohio. He has been an officer of every Republican State Campaign Committee since that time. Serving as private secretary to United States Senator Frank B. Willis from 1921 until the date of his death, March 28, 1928, Mr. Jones had the utmost confidence of the Senator and was entrusted with the management of his campaign for re-election in 1926, the senator having almost a 90,000 majority. Since December, 1928, he has been private secretary to Gov. Myers Y. Cooper. In 1915 and 1916 Mr. Jones served as secretary to the Tax Commission of Ohio ; the following year he won success in the management of campaigns in Ohio and New York. During 1919, he was publicity director for the Methodist Centenary Movement for Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky, and as a result was chosen for a special 7,000 mile publicity mission in China. In May, 1920, Mr. Jones was a member of the staff of the Methodist General Conference at Des Moines, HISTORY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY - 669 Iowa. He has represented The Cincinnati Times-Star, The Toledo Blade, and other papers in Columbus. On August 20, 1907, Mr. Jones was united in marriage with Miss Ireta Eleanore Lowe, of Buckhannon, West Virginia, the daughter of Lewis N. and Elizabeth (Caplinger) Lowe, residents for several years past of 80 Linden Avenue, Newark, Ohio, where Mr. Lowe died in the spring of 1930. The great-grandfather of Mrs. Jones was a soldier in the War of 1812 and was wounded at the Battle of Lundy's Lane. Mr. and Mrs. Jones are the parents of three children: Robert Gordon, born July 30, 1912; Elizabeth Eleanore (Betty), born September 28, 1916 ; and Virginia Lee, born May 19, 1919. Mr. Jones is a member and officer of the North Broadway Methodist Episcopal Church, Columbus; and is affiliated with Hiram Lodge, No. 16, Free and Accepted Masons, Delaware ; Scioto Consistory, 32d degree ; Sigma Chi fraternity ; Columbus Kiwanis Club, and Columbus Chamber of Commerce. He is a life member of the Ohio Archaeological and Historical Society, this membership having been awarded him for special services to the society. Mr. Jones is well known throughout Ohio as a speaker, especially to service clubs. His address on China, in which he uses exhibits personally gathered in that country, has been popular throughout the state. A special student of Abraham Lincoln, Mr. Jones has, on numerous occasions, been the Lincoln Day speaker in many cities. Another address, under the title, "Accidents That Have Made Presidents," specializing in unique incidents leading to nominations for this great office, has also been much in demand especially in presidential campaign years. Mr. Jones has been a special student of historical and political affairs and has a large library dealing with these and many other subjects. While secretary to the late United States Senator Frank B. Willis, he was associated with the Senator in preparing the legislation enacted through the Senator's influence that resulted in the purchase by the government of the famous collection of Lincoln relics gathered through a half century by Col. O. H. Oldroyd, a native of Mt. Vernon, Ohio, and preserved in the house in Washington, D. C., where the martyred president died. 670 - HISTORY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY E. Bert Taylor is a leading citizen and a foremost business man of Columbus, where he is identified with the real estate firm of J. E. Troutman, Inc. He was born in Guernsey County, Ohio, January 17, 1874, the son of Daniel and Mary Olive (Hogle) Taylor. Daniel Taylor, deceased, was a veteran of the Civil War. He was born in Coshocton County, Ohio, October 14, 1832, and spent his early life as a farmer and carpenter. As a young man he enlisted for service in the Civil War and saw active service with the First Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, being honorably discharged with the rank of lieutenant. After the close of the war Mr. Taylor returned to Ohio and followed his trade as a carpenter until the time of his retirement. He died October 1, 1926, and his wife, born March 5, 1834, died March 2, 1913. Both are buried at Bloomingburg, Fayette County, Ohio. Mr. Taylor was a Republican, a member of the Baptist Church, and belonged to the Masonic Lodge. He was past commander of Judy Post, Grand Army of the Republic, and belonged to the First Ohio Volunteer Cavalry Association. Five children were born to Mr. and Mrs Taylor: Samuel J., lives at Bloomingburg, Ohio; John H., lives at Columbus, Ohio; Edward L., a Spanish-American War veteran, lives at Carmel, California ; Hattie E., who died in 1922 ; and -E. Bert, the subject of this sketch. The boyhood of E. Bert Taylor was spent in Coshocton County, Ohio, and he is a graduate of Bloomingburg High School. He taught in the schools of Fayette County, Ohio, for a period of eleven years and in 1905 became associated with his brother, J. H. Taylor, in the mercantile business. Later, E. L. Taylor, became a partner in the business, which was thereafter known as Taylor Brothers. In 1914 E. Bert Taylor sold his interest and in January, 1916, came to Columbus, where he became interested in the real estate business. He has been identified with the real estate firm of J. E. Troutman, Inc., since 1922 and is numbered among the dependable realtors of the city. On December 27, 1891, Mr. Taylor was united in marriage with Miss Reta M. Allen, the daughter of Theodore and Mary (Patten) Allen, of Washington Court House, Ohio. Mr. Allen died February 14, 1929, and his widow lives at Bloomingburg, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Taylor are the parents of a daughter, Helen, who is the wife of Oscar Ellis Everett, of Columbus. HISTORY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY - 671 Mr. Taylor is active in politics and is a staunch Republican. He holds membership in the First Baptist Church, and has the following lodge affiliations : Bloomingburg Lodge No. 449, Free & Accepted Masons ; Temple Chapter, R. A. M. ; Mt. Vernon Commandery, K. T.; Scioto Consistory, 32nd degree ; Aladdin Temple ; Columbus Chapter, Order of the Eastern Star ; Knights of Pythias ; Eagles Club ; and Demonia Chapter. Mr. Taylor is president of the Buckeye Republican Club. Dean C. Throckmorton is one of the active, younger members of the Columbus bar, who has filled with distinction one of the important official positions in the state government, as assistant chief of the Division of Securities. The Division of Securities is a bureau of the State Department of Commerce, and is commonly known as the "blue sky" department of the state government. The Division of Securities passes judgment upon the validity or legality of stock issues offered to the public by stock companies and corporations, and has jurisdiction in the matter of deciding whether such issues are allowed to be sold. Investigations are made of all stock promoting or stock selling enterprises, and as a result a high standard has been set for such securities. It may well be estimated that through the elimination of worthless stock millions of dollars have been saved to the citizens, a saving that is the direct work of the Division of Securities. Mr. Throckmorton was born at Chillicothe, Ohio, in 1890, the son of Harley B. and Elizabeth (Dines) Throckmorton. The Throckmorton family is one of the oldest in America, having come from England in 1630 and settled in Virginia. From Virginia they came into the northwest territory in 1801, and have been identified with Ohio throughout the statehood period. The grandfather of the Columbus attorney was Judge Jonathan L. Throckmorton, one of the leading lawyers of his day, and for a number of years a judge of Ross County. Dean C. Throckmorton has been a resident of Columbus since 1909. He studied law in the Ohio State University, receiving the degree 672 - HISTORY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY of L. L. B. in 1916. He then took up a general practice and made a successful record as a trial attorney and counselor. On the basis of this record he was appointed assistant chief of the Division of Securities in February, 1923. In 1924 Governor Donahey appointed him to fill a vacancy as presiding judge of the municipal court. Mr. Throckmorton married Miss Elizabeth Jones, of Ross County, Ohio. Mr. Throckmorton is a Democrat in politics, and has been interested in the local organizations of his party. He is past president of the Franklin County Democratic Club, and a member of the Franklin County and Ohio State Bar Associations. Fraternally, he is affiliated with the Masonic Club, Loyal Order of Moose, Eagles Club, and Phi Delta Phi fraternity. Karl H. Hoenig.—Deeply imbued with the great spirit of music, master of the technique of its translation and interpretation, for years a successful teacher, and a resident of Columbus since 1897, Karl H. Hoenig has accomplished a monumental work in creating and inspiring new standards in musical appreciation, and as a musical director and conductor has helped to make good music a part of the daily life of the citizens of the capital. Mr. Hoenig was born in New York City, studied there under famous musicians, and for a number of years was a teacher both of voice and instrumental music. In 1897 he came to Columbus primarily to take charge of the choir of Trinity Episcopal Church. He has been its director ever since and has made it one of the noted choirs in the West. For several years he was head of the Department of Music of Ohio State University and for a number of years has had charge of the music department of the Columbus School for Girls. He was also for many years leader of and composer for the Republican Glee Club of Columbus, one of the most historic organizations of its kind in America, a club that has sung in every presidential campaign since that of 1872. Mr. Hoenig had charge of the club on many notable occasions, including national Republican con- HISTORY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY - 673 ventions and presidential inaugurations at Washington, District of Columbia. For years past he has been called upon to compose and arrange music for local celebrations and civic events. A chapter of his service that should not go unrecorded in the history of Columbus was his part in organizing and conducting choirs, bands and orchestras whose music lent inspiration in many of the campaigns for raising money for the Community, War Chest, and other drives during the World War. As an effective measure and tribute to the distinctive service that Mr. Hoenig has rendered, there should be quoted in full an editorial that appeared in one of the Columbus papers recently. It reads as follows : "For over a quarter of a century Karl H. Hoenig has been active and prominent in the musical life of Columbus. In a large way he has helped make music popular in the city. By doing work that was educational and worthwhile he has won a place of prominence in the community. More than that, he has won the affection of the city in an unusual way. To the people here he is known as "Pop" Hoenig, welcome at all times and places, always willing to contribute his talent in promoting public interest. Music is culture, familiarity with it is uplifting, and his work has helped carry the noble influence of music to all parts of the city. Columbus is a better city because of the good influences his work has developed. He has helped develop an abundance of musical talent. In his work as director of Trinity Choir he has taught many boys to sing and they have continued to sing and love music as men. He has helped make his choir a musical force in the community. His work as director of the Republican Glee Club helped make that organization famous all over the country. He has developed it into an unusually strong choral organization. The chimes of Trinity have warmed and thrilled the hearts of Columbus people for years, and the Trinity Chimes programs are welcomed at all times. Who does not welcome the concert he gives as the old year draws to a close and the new year is welcomed ? Under the direction of a master's hand the Trinity chimes have become a real institution in the city. Legally, they are the property of Trinity Church, but in a larger way they belong to the good people of Columbus. Columbus knows, loves and appreciates "Pop" Hoenig for the work he has done 674 - HISTORY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY and is doing. May he have many years to carry that good work forward." In recognition of the appreciation of "Pop" Hoenig the citizens of Franklin County elected him in 1928 to the office of county treasurer and he assumed office in September, 1929. Very Rev. Justin McManus, O. P.—As president of Aquinas College, Reverend McManus is numbered among the most prominent and influential citizens of the city of Columbus. He was born in New York City, April 29, 1891, the son of Charles J. and Anna G. (Dunn) McManus. Both Charles J. McManus and his wife are natives of New York City. They are now residents of Ridgefield Park, N. J. Justin McManus received his early education in New York City and is a graduate of St. Peter's College, Jersey City, N. J. He was ordained to the priesthood on May 10, 1918, after having obtained his Master of Arts degree from the Catholic University, Washington, D. C., in 1917. He also obtained the degree of Lector of Sacred Theology, Dominican House of Studies, Washington, D. C., in 1920, and was professor of philosophy at Providence College from 1920 until 1927. Reverend McManus has filled the chair as president of Aquinas College since March 28, 1927. In January, 1905, the Right Reverend James J. Hartley, Bishop of Columbus, requested the Dominican Fathers of the Province of St. Joseph to take charge of the new high school and college, which he wished to have established in the capital city. The offer was accepted by the Very Reverend Father Kearney, 0. P., Provincial, and arrangements were made to secure the present location and to erect a suitable building during the same year. The first classes were opened with sixty-two students enrolled on September 12, 1905, occupying three rooms in St. Patrick's Parochial School Building, corner of Grant and Mt. Vernon Avenues. The site selected for the new building was the one at present occupied, a block of ground containing four acres fronting on Mt. Vernon and Washington Avenues. The building, providing six classrooms with