HISTORY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY - 675 large hall, and a residence adjoining for the teachers, was begun in June, 1905, and completed in January, 1906. The classes were opened in the new school February 6, 1906. In September, 1909, a building was rented at 602 Rich Street to serve as a dormitory for out-of-town students. The attendance at the school had increased to 115 enrolled for the year. As the first classroom building had a capacity of 150 only, an addition was planned in the fall of 1911 at a cost of $30,000. Ground was broken for this addition March 25, 1912, and the building was ready for occupancy in September, 1912. The addition includes four classrooms, a laboratory of fire-proof construction, and a dormitory with domestic building for boarding students. In order to meet the demands for more school rooms necessitated by increased enrollment, in March, 1925, ground was broken for the new Aquinas School and gymnasium. At a cost of $250,000 a plain but beautiful Gothic building was erected on the campus. It is of fireproof construction throughout. The structure contains thirteen large classrooms, a physics laboratory, and a splendid gymnasium, with showers, lockers and team rooms. On November 1, 1925, with befitting ceremonies the building was dedicated by the Right Rev. James J. Hartley, D. D., Bishop of Columbus. Chester C. Darby, who is executive secretary of the Children's Home Society, is one of the public spirited and highly esteemed young men of Columbus. He is also a veteran of the World War. Mr. Darby was born at Loveland, Clermont County, Ohio, November 30, 1894, the son of Humphrey A. and Elsie (Hatfield) Darby. Humphrey A. Darbey, retired, is a native of Warren County, Ohio. He spent his boyhood on a farm and early in life went to Cincinnati, Ohio, where he became sales manager for Powell & Clement Company. He came to Columbus in 1903 as assistant superintendent of the Children's Home Society of Ohio, and later was made superintendent, in which capacity he served until November, 1926. He has since lived retired in Columbus. Mr. Darby is a Democrat, a member of the Methodist Church, and is affiliated with Lebanon Lodge No. 26, Free & Accepted Masons, Scioto Consistory, and Aladdin Temple. 676 - HISTORY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY Chester C., the subject of this sketch, was the only child born to Mr. and Mrs. Darby. Elsie (Hatfield) Darby died July 29, 1913, and is buried in Bethany Church Cemetery, Lebanon, Ohio. Chester C. Darby received his early education in the public schools of Warren County and is a graduate of North High School, Columbus, in the class of 1915. He attended Ohio State University, and in June, 1917, enlisted for service in the World War. He became a member of the 37th Division and served in France from June 27, 1918, until April 2, 1919. He participated in a number of important engagements during the war and was discharged with the rank of sergeant on April 18, 1919. In the spring of 1919 Mr. Darby became interested in the greenhouse business at Canal Winchester, Ohio, as a member of the firm of Tussing & Darby. The partnership continued until 1921, when Mr. Darby sold his interests and returned to Ohio State University to resume his college work. He became identified with the Children's Home Society of Ohio in 1921 in a minor capacity, until 1924 when he went to West Palm Beach, Florida, where he engaged in the real estate business. In July, 1926, he became acting superintendent of the Children's Home Society and on December 1st of that year became superintendent. Since December 11, 1929, Mr. Darby has held the office of executive secretary. On August 3, 1929, Mr. Darby married Miss Beatrice Minnich, the daughter of W. P. and Jennie (Reichman) Minnich, of Urichsville, Ohio. Mr. Darby is independent in politics. He holds membership in the Methodist Church, and belongs to the University Club, Sigma Nu fraternity, York Lodge No. 563 F. & A. M., Scioto Consistory 32nd degree ; Aladdin Shrine ; Columbus Chamber of Commerce ; Retail Merchants Association and Columbus Auto Club ; a member of 37th Division Veterans Association ; Council of Associated Agencies ; Ohio Welfare Conference, and National Welfare Conference. He is a member of the executive committee of Franklin Post No. 1, American Legion, of which he served as first vice commander in 1924, and as commander in 1929. He has also served as chairman of the Children's Welfare Committee of the American Legion of Ohio, and as treasurer of the Franklin County Council of the American Legion. He also belongs to the "40 and 8" Society. HISTORY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY - 677 Fred T. Babbitt, who is superintendent of the Franklin County Home, is recognized as a thoroughly capable and efficient administrator, and is numbered among the prominent citizens of Columbus. He was born at New Albany, Franklin County, November 26, 1887, the son of Edward C. and Martha E. (Taylor) Babbitt. Edward C. Babbitt was born at New Albany, Ohio, December 30, 1858, the son of Lovell W. and Lydia (Hackman) Babbitt. Edward C. Babbitt spent all his life in New Albany. He served as deputy county recorder under J. W. Peters, and has been very active in the supervision of road construction in that section of the county. He married Martha E. Taylor, the daughter of Rev. Pike Taylor, a prominent Baptist minister. To Mr. and Mrs. Babbitt were born three children: Fred T., the subject of this sketch ; Edward B., lives at Alexandria, Ohio ; and Mildred, a graduate of Ohio State University, married Howard Underwood, lives at New Albany, Ohio. Lovell W. Babbitt was reared in Fairview County, and in 1859 settled on the old Babbitt homestead in Franklin County. He was a successful farmer and in later life served as a director of Ohio State Penitentiary. His wife was born in Fairfield County, Ohio. Both are deceased and are buried at New Albany. Their children were: Catherine, married James Campbell, lives at Santa Monica, California; Samuel B., a Civil War veteran, lives at New Albany, Ohio ; Byron, a Civil War veteran, lives at Valparaiso, Florida ; William, a Civil War veteran, lives at Miltonvale, Kansas ; Arinda, married Wesley Goodrich ; Eleanor, deceased ; Charles A., deceased ; and Edward C., father of the subject of this sketch. Lovell W. Babbitt was the son of John Babbitt, who was the founder of the branch of the Babbitt family in Ohio. He was a soldier in the War of 1812, and was a native of Connecticut, where the Babbitt family has been established for more than two centuries, being originally from England. Fred T. Babbitt spent his boyhood at New Albany, Ohio, where he was educated. He was graduated from New Albany High School in 1905, attended Otterbein College and Ohio State University, and for a period of ten years was a teacher in the New Albany schools. Early in life he became interested in agriculture and was one of the founders of the Franklin County Farm Bureau. On December 1, 1919, he was 678 - HISTORY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY appointed superintendent of Franklin County Home, and in this office has found abundant opportunity for constructive work and also farm management. He established a dairy of over sixty head of fine Holstein cows, and produces accredited milk for that institution, as well as for the Franklin County Children's Home and the Tuberculosis Hospital. A large staff of employees is under the direction of Mr. Babbitt in the management of the 265 acre farm. Franklin County Home has approximately 380 inmates, with accommodations for 500 people. A bond issue for $235,000 was recently voted by the citizens of Franklin County for the building of a hospital in connection with the county home. Of this fund, Mr. Babbitt used only $197, 850 in the erection of the hospital, thus saving the county the sum of $38,000. This modern hospital is well equipped and has a capacity of 125 beds. Its staff numbers some of the finest physicians and surgeons in Franklin County. In 1907 Mr. Babbitt married Miss Emma Noe, the daughter of J. J. and Lavina (Clouse) Noe, of New Albany. Mr. Noe lives in Franklin County. His wife is deceased. To Mr. and Mrs. Babbitt have been born three children: Doris, Belva, and Orin, all students. Mr. Babbitt is a Republican in politics. He is a member of Caledonia Lodge No. 416, Free & Accepted Masons ; Scioto Consistory, 32nd degree ; Aladdin Temple ; Independent Order of Odd Fellows ; Franklin County Grange ; Ohio State Grange ; National Grange and the MacCabees. He is a member of Division No. 2, Adult Dependence of the Ohio Welfare Conference. B. B. Bridge is one of the prominent members of the Franklin County bar, engaged in practice at Columbus, where he is identified with the legal department of the State Automobile Mutual Insurance Association. He was born in Columbus, June 3, 1889, the son of Marion A. and Corilla (Hedges) Bridge. A complete sketch of Marion A. Bridge is found elsewhere in this history. B. B. Bridge was educated in the public schols of Columbus and attended Ohio State University after his graduation from North HISTORY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY - 679 High School in 1909. He reecived the degree of LL. B. in 1914 and in that year was admitted to the bar. Mr. Bridge engaged in general practice at Newcomerstown, Ohio, from 1915 until 1919; at Dennison, Ohio, from 1919 until 1927, and in 1927 located in Columbus. He has been identified with the legal department of the State Automobile Mutual Insurance Association since 1930. On November 5, 1927, Mr. Bridge married (second) Miss Nora J. English, at Moundsville, West Virginia. She is the daughter of Robert B. and Anna A. (Edie) English, the former a native of Ireland and the latter of Ohio. Mr. English died June 19, 1920, and his wife died March 27, 1912. By a former marriage Mr. Bridge has two children: Edna Marie, who lives at 2455 Cassel Avenue, Cleveland ; and Raymond W., who lives at 1337 Mulford Road, Grand View, Columbus. Both are students. Mr. Bridge is a Republican and is a member of the Columbus Bar Association and Ohio State Bar Association. Louis McCallister, who is law librarian in the Supreme Court of Ohio, is one of the best known citizens of Columbus. He is a native of Marietta, Ohio, born March 24, 1858, the son of James and Margaret (Evans) McCallister. James McCallister was born at Marietta, Ohio, and his wife was a native of Maysville, Kentucky. He spent practically his entire life at Marietta, where he engaged in the manufacture of rope and cables. He died in 1862. His wife is also deceased. Mr. and Mrs. McCallister were the parents of the following children: John S., who lives retired at Marietta, is a veteran of the Civil War, served as sheriff of Washington County, Ohio, deputy United States marshal and deputy state fire marshal ; Jennie, married James Wright, both deceased ; Frank, retired, lives at Marietta ; Charles D., lives at Havana, Arkansas ; and Louis, the subject of this sketch. Louis McCallister obtained his education in the public schools of Marietta. He came to Columbus January 14, 1880, as deputy oil inspector under Gov. Charles Foster. He later was employed in the secretary of state's office under Gen. James S. Robinson, and served 680 - HISTORY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY under Governor Foraker in the insurance department. Mr. McCallister has held many political positions of trust under Governors McKinley, Bushnell, Nash, Herrick, Harris, Willis, Davis, Cox, Donahey and Cooper. He was appointed to the Supreme Court of Ohio as marshal and law librarian in May, 1923. Mr. McCallister married Miss Bessie Beck, the daughter of Charles and Sophia Beck, of Marietta, Ohio. She is deceased. Mr. and Mrs. McCallister were the parents of three children : Charles, married, lives at Akron, Ohio, and has two children, Mary Jane and Edna May; Jack, married Jane Jones, lives at Columbus. He is assistant manager of the Boston Red Sox baseball team ; Hal, married, lives at Dayton, Ohio. Mr. McCallister was married the second time to Miss Winifred Blair, of Lexington, Ohio, the daughter of James Blair. Politically Mr. McCallister is a Republican. He is a member of the Woodmen of the World. Charles Burleigh Galbreath, secretary of the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society, is a resident of Columbus and a representative citizen of Franklin County. He was born on a farm near Leetonia, Ohio, February 25, 1858, the son of Edward Paxson and Jane Minerva (Shaw) Galbreath. Charles Burleigh Galbreath was educated in the rural schools and the high school of Lisbon, Ohio. After his graduation from high school in 1879 he entered Mt. Union College, from which he received the following degrees : Bachelor of Philosophy in 1882 ; Bachelor of Arts in 1883 ; and Master of Arts in 1894. His career as an educator began in 1884, when he became superintendent of schools at Wilmot, Ohio. In 1886 he was appointed superintendent of schools at East Palestine, Ohio, and from 1886 until 1893 he also held the office of county school examiner. Mr. Galbreath taught in the Ohio Normal University at Ada, Ohio, during the summers of 1891 and 1892, and then became vice president of Mt. Hope College, a school of academy grade, at Rogers, Ohio. He was elected president of that institution in 1896, and from May 25, 1896, until July 1, 1911, served as State HISTORY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY - 681 Librarian of Ohio, being again elected in 1915-1918, and 1927 to February 1929. Mr. Galbreath was special research assistant of the joint legislative committee on administrative re-organization of Ohio during 1919 and 1920. He was secretary of the Fourth Constitutional Convention of Ohio during 1912-13. He is a member of the American Historical Association, the American Library Association, National Association of State Librarians, Ohio Library Association, and Ohio State Teachers Association. He organized a system of traveling libraries in the State in 1911, which included about 1200 libraries, which handled over 56,000 volumes. Mr. Galbreath has been secretary of the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society since 1920. Mr. Galbreath is a writer of considerable renown and importance, having written extensively on the following men and subjects : "Daniel Decatur Emmett," the author of "Dixie ;" "Benjamin Russell Hanby," author of "Darling Nellie Gray" in 1905 ; "Will L. Thompson," author of "Gathering Shells from the Seashore" in 1905; "Alexander Coffman Ross," author of "Tippecanoe and Tyler Too" in 1905 ; "Initiative and Referendum" in 1911; "Constitutional Conventions," in 1911; "Battle of Lake Erie in Ballad and History" in 1911; `Story of Ohio" in 1913 ; "Story of the Aeroplane" in 1915 ; "This Crimson Flower, an answer to In Flanders Fields, and other verse," in 1919; "Visit of Lafayette to the Ohio Valley" in 1920; "Expedition of Celoron to the Ohio Country" in 1921; "History of Ohio" in 1925; and numerous other articles. Mr. Galbreath is a member of the Society of Friends Church, and belongs to the Kit Kat Club. The family residence is located at 157 Erie Road, Columbus. On July 29, 1882, Mr. Galbreath married Miss Ida Kelly. They have a son, Albert W. Galbreath, "born October 29, 1893. He was educated at Otterbein (Ohio) College and Ohio State University, was a volunteer in the World War, Twelfth Regiment of Engineers, saw twenty-one months active service over seas, eleven with the British and ten with the American army, and attained the rank of captain. His regiment on August 15, 1917, led the march through London. They were the first foreign armed troops to march through that city 682 - HISTORY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY since the days of William the Conqueror (1066). He is at present chief valuation engineer of the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railroad." The biography of Charles Burleigh Galbreath, as given above, may be found in the 1928-1929 edition of "Who's Who in America." Charles Augustus Ward is one of the representative business men of Columbus, where he is identified with the Pure Oil Company, in charge of the Industrial Relations Department. Mr. Ward is a native of Marietta, Ohio, born July 27, 1870, the son of Captain Augustus T. and Catherine Louise (Wakefield) Ward. Capt. August T. Ward was born near Marietta, Washington County, Ohio. His wife was born in Lawrence County, Ohio, of English ancestry. The Wakefield family came to Massachusetts from England in 1632. Captain Ward served throughout the Civil War as a member of the Thirty-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Both he and his wife are deceased. Charles Augustus Ward attended the public schools of Marietta and in 1890 received the degree of Bachelor of Arts from Marietta College. He became interested in the real estate and insurance busi-- ness at Superior, Wisconsin, where he lived until 1900. From 1892 until 1900 he was also editor of the Inland Ocean, a Superior (Wisconsin) newspaper. Mr. Ward returned to Marietta in 1900 and was identified with hotel and mercantile interests in that city until 1916. He was president of the Washington County Savings Loan & Building Company from 1906 until 1916 and president of the Dayton Gas Company from 1916 until 1924. He also was postmaster of Marietta during the administration of President Taft, 1912-16. Since 1919 Mr. Ward has been associated with the Pure Oil Company in charge of the Industrial Relations Department. He is a director and treasurer of the Stacey Engineering Company of Cincinnati, Ohio, a director of the Lynnbrook Realty Company, a director of the Frank W. Lawwell Company, a director of the Seven Hills Land Company, of Cleveland, Ohio, a director of the Marietta Wharf Boat Company, of Marietta, and president of the Beagle Drug Company of Marietta. He is also a director of the Moore Oil Refining Company, and director HISTORY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY - 683 and treasurer of the Stacey Engineering Company. Mr. Ward has been a resident of Columbus since 1922. He lives at 1412 Bryden Road. On April 16, 1901, Mr. Ward married Miss Annie Reppert. They have a son, Kenneth. Mr. Ward is a Republican, a member of the Masonic Lodge, Thirty-second degree, and Shrine, Elks Club, Kiwanis Club, Delta Upsilon fraternity, Scioto Country Club, Brookside Country Club, Mariettta College Club, of Columbus, and Union League of Chicago. He has been a trustee of Marietta College for many years. The Pure Oil Company is generally regarded as a comparatively young company, which has had a phenomenal growth. As a matter of fact, considering the constituent companies from which it is made up, it is one of the oldest so called independent oil organizations in the United States, and it has a longer record of continuous service than any other oil organization except a few of the Standard Oil companies. The Cornplanter Refinery at Warren, Pennsylvania, was built in 1888, and was operated continuously until 1927, it having been acquired by this company in 1917, and here it was that the company's trade-marked "Tiolene" motor oils were first made. The Producers Oil Company was -organized in Pennsylvania in 1891 by a number of independent producers, whose operations date back many years previous to that time, and who were thus banded together to fight the "common enemy" which they felt was menacing the prosperity of the independent producer and refiner. In 1892 The Producers and Refiners Oil Company and the United States Pipe Line Company came into corporate existence, the latter to carry refined oils to the coast from the smaller refineries. The Pure Oil Company of New Jersey dates its corporate existence from 1895, when it was organized as a holding company for the Producers Oil Company and the Producers and Refiners Oil Company, as well as of a controlling interest in the United States Pipe Line Company. Pure Oil of New Jersey maintained its corporate existence until July, 1917, when it was purchased by the Ohio Cities 684 - HISTORY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY Gas Company, and during all those years had a prosperous business and steady growth, paying the old stockholders large dividend returns. Through its purchase of the Moore Oil Refining Company of Cincinnati, the company has had a continuous marketing service in that locality since the day that company was organized in 1883, and through the purchase of the Pure Oil Company of Minnesota in 1921, the company has had a continuous marketing service in the Northwest since 1904. Several of the other units, which go to make up the Pure Oil Company, antedate the present company by a number of years, so instead of being a lusty youth the company should rather be looked upon as one of ripe age, and mature experience. The present regime took official charge of the old Columbus Gas & Fuel Company in the fall of 1913. This company then had an oil production in Ohio of 350 barrels daily and a large acreage with considerable gas production. A drilling campaign was at once started in Ohio and 250,000 acres of leases were taken in West Virginia, where a number of wells were also started. In the meantime the Springfield Gas Company had been acquired by purchase, as well as the Federal Gas & Fuel Company of Columbus, to which two years later the Dayton Gas Company was added. As the company's principal business at the time was furnishing gas to these cities and Oil was rather secondary, on April 21, 1914, the Ohio Cities Gas Company was incorporated as a holding company for these various oil and gas companies with a capital stock of $20,000,000. At that time the company had about $14,000,000 in assets. In December, 1916, the Ohio Cities Gas Company entered the mid-continent field, when production of 5,500 barrels daily with 26,000 acres of leaseholds in the Cushing and other Oklahoma pools were purchased from Gunsburg & Forman. At the same time the company purchased the Ardmore and international Refineries from the same interests. Ever since that time the company has been continuously adding to its southwestern holdings both by purchase and by development until today it has become one of the largest producers in that section of the country. The course of development of the Ohio Cities Gas Company crossed the path of the Pure Oil Company of New Jersey, an organization whose struggle for independence had become history in the HISTORY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY - 685 oil industry. The old Pure Oil Company had been in business for a great many years and in July, 1917, it was acquired by this company. Properties of the old company secured in the deal included a complete refinery at Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania ; a large tank farm near Marcus Hook ; over 2,200 miles of pipe lines, with pumping stations and storage facilities in Ohio, West Virginia and Pennsylvania ; distributing stations in New York, New Jersey, Delaware and Eastern Pennsylvania. In addition the purchase included 50,000 acres of leases and 1,200 producing wells in Ohio, West Virginia and Pennsylvania', 40,000 acres with 400 wells in Illinois and Louisiana ; and through its subsidiary, the Quaker Oil & Gas Company, 84,000 acres with a large production in Oklahoma and Kansas. All this time the company was continuing an intensive drilling campaign wherever it had properties, and its production was thus being constantly augmented. With these developments the business of the company had now come to be largely from the oil industry, and because of this fact it was decided at the annual meeting of 1920 to change the company's name, which had become in a way misleading, and to assume the name of the Pure Oil Company, an Ohio corporation, thus becoming in name, as well as in fact, the successor of the Pure Oil Company, with its many years of successful activity. During 1920 dominating interest was acquired in the Oklahoma Producing and Refining Corporation of America, which in itself had been made up of several of the oldest operating companies in the southwestern fields. In October, 1922, the Pure Oil Steamship Company was incorporated and three modern ocean tankers were purchased and put into service between California and gulf ports and the east. In addition to those the company has ten ocean barges. Through an ownership of forty-nine per cent in the Julius Schlinder Oil Works of Germany, the company is doing a large lubricating business in that country. Anticipating its future crude requirements the Pure Oil Company has not limited its producing operations to domestic fields. Observations of foreign development have been constant and wherever possibilities seemed to warrant, very thorough investigations have been made. The company has obtained large concessions in Venezuela. The Orinoco Oil Company was organized in 1922 to hold and develop 686 - HISTORY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY these concessions and a corps of men are now on the ground with a view of shortly commencing drilling operations. Early in 1924 the Pure Oil Company decided to limit the company's business exclusively to oil and to that end the company's gas utilities were sold at a good profit. The Pure Oil Company is today one of the country's largest all around petroleum companies with well balanced operations in every branch of the business, operating in twenty-six states. H. M. Dawes was elected president of the Pure Oil Company on December 24, 1925, and at that time resigned as comptroller of currency. B. G. Dawes became chairman of the board, and went to Chicago, October 26, 1929. The Pure Oil Company has a number of subsidiaries which cover the following states : Alabama, Georgia, Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, Mississippi and Virginia. They have ocean terminal at Norfolk, Savannah, Jackson, Miami, Tampa, Mobile, Philadelphia and New York. Thirty-five hundred miles of telegraph lines owned by the company connect all offices. Six refineries produce 60,000 barrels of oil daily. Recently a new vapor phase gyro high compression gasoline was perfected. George Elliott Landis, one of the younger attorneys of Columbus, is a veteran of the World War. He was born at Marion, Virginia, October 22, 1894, the son of George Christian and May Carlisle (Arnold) Landis. George Christian Landis was born at Middletown, Pennsylvania, May 6, 1867. He was educated in the public schools of that place and was a graduate of Bethlehem Preparatory School, Lehigh University, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He spent several years as a chemist with an American manufacturing company in Havana, Cuba, and upon his return to the United States settled at Marion, Virginia, where he was interested in the building of the Marion and Bristol Railroad. He was later identified with the American Rolling Mill Company at Columbia, Pennsylvania, and also had charge of ore mines at Center Mills, Pennsylvania. Mr. Landis was HISTORY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY - 687 also identified with the W. J. Rainey Coke & Coal Company of New York, as superintendent of a number of plants with headquarters at Connellsville, Pennsylvania. During this time he was one of the inventors of the rectangular type of coke oven which replaced the old beehive type, and which entirely revolutionized the coke industry. Mr. Landis later became associated with the W. C. Fownes Company, of Pittsburgh, in charge of mines at Brownsville, Pennsylvania. In 1915 he organized the New Cumberland Brick Company, of which he served as president and general manager until the time of his death, November 19, 1923. He is buried at New Cumberland, Pennsylvania. May Carlisle (Arnold) Landis, a native of Curwensville, Pennsylvania, lives at New Cumberland. Mr. Landis was a Republican, a member of the Methodist Church, and Robert Burns Lodge No. 464, Free and Accepted Masons, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. To Mr. and Mrs. Landis were born four children : Marie, married Harry P. Mason, lives at New Cumberland, Pennsylvania ; George Elliott, the subject of this sketch ; Matilda C., and Joseph A., who lives at New Cumberland. George Elliott Landis was educated in the public schools of Gettysburg and Connellsville, Pennsylvania. He attended Philippi (West Virginia) High School and is a graduate of Brownsville (Pennsylvania) High School. He also attended the University of Michigan for three years and in May, 1917, enlisted for service in the World War as a member of the First Officers' Training School at Fort Niagara, New York. He was later transferred to Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia, with the commission of first lieutenant, and subsequently was stationed at El Paso, Texas, with the rank of captain, attached to the Eighty-second Field Artillery. He was then sent east for overseas duty but was transferred to the Sixth Regiment as an instructor. He was captain of Headquarters Company, Fifty-second Field Artillery, and later was in command of the Ordnance and Motor Transport Corps, at Camp Jackson, South Carolina. In June, 1919, he came to Ohio State University as assistant professor of military science and tactics and at that time organized the field artillery unit of the military department at the university. He continued in that capacity until September, 1919, at which time he obtained his discharge. He then continued the study of law at Ohio 688 - HISTORY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY State University and received the degree of LL. B. in June, 1921. He has since engaged in practice in this city with offices now in the Beggs Building. On June 24, 1922, Mr. Landis married Miss Martha Grant Lord, the daughter of Henry C. and Edith (Hudson) Lord, of Columbus. Mr. Lord, who died in 1925, was in charge of the department of astronomy at Ohio State University. His widow lives in Columbus. Mr. and Mrs. Landis have two sons: George Elliott, Jr., born June 22, 1924 and Henry Lord, born September 9, 1927. - Mr. Landis is a member of Trinity Episcopal Church and has the following club and lodge affiliations : Faculty Club, Rotary Club, Crichton Club, Arlington Country Club, Columbus Athletic Club, Delta Chi fraternity, Kinsman Lodge, No. 614, Free and Accepted Masons, Scioto Consistory, Thirty-second degree, and Aladdin Temple. He is a Republican. William R. Pomerene.—In Franklin County the name of William R. Pomerene has come to epitomize all that is capable, upright, estimable and affable, for he has established an unimpeachable reputation in the county and its capital, Columbus, as well as having won a broad acquaintance throughout the country. Mr. Pomerene is a member of the law firm of Booth, Keating, .Pomerene & Boulger, with offices at 17 South High Street, Columbus. He is a cousin of former United States Senator Atlee Pomerene and a brother of the late Frank E. Pomerene, of Coshocton, also in his lifetime a noted corporation lawyer, for whom Pomerene Hall at Ohio State University was named. Members of the Pomerene family have practiced law in Coshocton, Ohio, for three generations. Julius C. Pomerene, Mr. Pomerene's father, was a lawyer there and was at the time of his death, December 23, 1897, a judge of the circuit court. He himself practiced there seventeen years and his son, Warner M. Pomerene, is now a lawyer there. William R. Pomerene was born at Coshocton, Ohio, March 19, 1864, the son of Hon. Julius C. and Irene (Perky) Pomerene. He HISTORY OF F RANKLIN COUNTY - 689 studied at the University of Wooster and Ohio State University and pursued his legal studies at Cincinnati Law School, now the University of Cincinnati, graduating in 1886 as a Bachelor of Law. He was admitted to practice law in Coshocton in association first with his father and later with his brother. The firm of Pomerene & Pomerene attained a statewide renown for their superior handling of corporation matters, enjoying a practice which embraced a majority of the corporation work in Coshocton and much similar work elsewhere in the state. Frank E. Pomerene died June 1, 1919. In 1903 Mr. Pomerene came to Columbus as general counsel for a group of interurban traction lines. In 1908 he became a member of the firm of Booth, Keating, Peters & Pomerene. Although he was formerly active as a director in numerous corporations, he has retired from those connections and gives his time solely to his practice. In politics Mr. Pomerene is a Democrat, but has not been active in public or organization affairs for twenty-five years. From 1893 until 1897 he served as prosecuting attorney of Coshocton County and in 1904 went as a delegate to the Democratic National Convention at St. Louis, Missouri. Although he has largely represented corporations, Mr. Pomerene is of the liberal or progressive turn of mind. As an example of this, he has been deeply interested in legal questions which involve violation of human rights. One would not be mistaken in classing him as a type of conservative liberal, the sort of man of whom the late Governor Judson Harmon was a conspicuous example. Mr. Pomerene for many years resided on his farm immediately north of Columbus, coming every day to his office in the city, and now resides in the residential suburb of Worthington. He is a member of the Columbus Club, the Kit Kat Club, the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and the Faculty Club of Ohio State University. He is also identified with the Franklin County Bar Association and the Ohio State Bar Association, and the American Bar Association. Mr. Pomerene married December 23, 1887, Miss Annie L. Warner, daughter of Gen. A. J. Warner, of Marietta, Ohio. They have two sons, Warner M. of Coshocton and Walter H. Pomerene, residing on a farm near Delaware, Ohio. 690 - HISTORY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY Cary W. Bowers, who is a leading figure in the younger group of professional men in Columbus, is also recognized for his outstanding work in professional advance. He was born at Rosewood, Adams Township, Champaign County, Ohio, January 6, 1894, the son of Stephen D. and Della I. (Maurice) Bowers. Stephen D. Bowers was born on a farm in Adams Township, Champaign County, Ohio, the son of John and Mary Ann (Evans) Bowers, natives of Ohio. John Bowers, who died in 1900, was a Civil War veteran. He is buried in Halterman's Cemetery, Adams Township, Champaign County. His widow lives at Sidney, Ohio. Stephen D. Bowers engaged in general farming throughout his life and was a leading citizen of the community in which he lived. He held membership in the Christian Church. Mr. Bowers died January 31, 1922, and is buried in Rosedale Cemetery, Adams Township, Champaign County, Ohio. His widow, born in Clark County, Ohio, resides at St. Paris, Ohio. Four children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Bowers : Cary W., the subject of this sketch ; Alma, married Soren Jorgenson, lives in Champaign County, Ohio ; Lela, married Ray Gold, lives at Evansville, Indiana ; and Wreatha, deceased. Cary W. Bowers received his education in the public schools. He is a graduate of Rosewood and St. Paris (Ohio) High Schools and Ohio State University, having received the degrees of Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Laws from the latter institution. During the World War Mr. Bowers enlisted in the Reserve Officers Training Corps at Fort Sheridan and received the commission of second lieutenant of field artillery. He was discharged from the service in December, 1918, and in June, 1921, completed his law course at Ohio State University. However, he had been admitted to the Ohio bar in June, 1918, and from January, 1919, until January, 1922, was associated with the law firm of Weber, McCoy & Jones. Mr. Bowers is now engaged in private practice with offices at 16 East Broad Street. From 1922 until 1929 he served as assistant instructor in the School of Commerce and Journalism, now known as the School of Commerce and Administration of Ohio State University, being identified with the department of business law . He became a lecturer in that department in 1929. HISTORY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY - 691 Mr. Bowers was married on September 21, 1918, to Miss Sara Anna Reese, the daughter of John David and Laura (Jones) Reese, the former a native of Wales and the latter of Ohio. Mrs. Reese died July 16, 1920, and her husband died May 31, 1927. Both are buried in Cedar Hill Cemetery, Newark, Ohio. Mr. Reese settled in Newark, Ohio, in 1881 and later came to Columbus with the Newark Machine Company. To Mr. and Mrs. Bowers have been born two children: John Stephen, born October 8, 1922 ; and Laura Irene, born November 23, 1926. Mr. Bowers is a Republican, a member of the Congregational Christian Federated Church, York Lodge No. 563, Free and Accepted Masons, Lions Club, Faculty Club, University Club, Phi Delta Phi, Kappa Delta Rho, and Phi Beta Kappa fraternities, the latter of which is an honorary society. He is also identified with the Franklin County Bar Association and Ohio Bar Association. Martin Henry DeChant, who is superintendent of the Trades Department, Commission for the Blind, is a widely known citizen of Columbus. He was born at East Liverpool, Columbiana County, Ohio, December 14, 1890, the son of William A. and Bridget (McKeon) DeChant. William A. DeChant was born in New Jersey and was of French parentage. His wife was a native of Ireland. Mr. DeChant learned the potter's trade at Trenton, New Jersey, and settled at East Liverpool, Ohio, in 1885. He was identified with the pottery industry there until his retirement in 1916 and was the inventor of some of the late type molds, which are in use today. In 1916 Mr. DeChant removed to Toledo, Ohio, where he died in 1921. His wife died in 1904. Mr. DeChant was a Republican and a member of the Catholic Church. To Mr. and Mrs. DeChant were born eight children, as follows : Catherine, married Dr. Clarence Barrett, health commissioner, Oberlin, Ohio ; Martin Henry, the subject of this sketch ; William, lives at Toledo, Ohio ; Thomas, lives at Cleveland, Ohio, where he is superintendent of the Trades Department of the Cleve- 692 - HISTORY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY land Society for the Blind ; George, lives at Toledo ; Agnes, married Richard Lang, lives at Randolph, Ohio ; Eva and Coletta, both deceased. Martin Henry DeChant came to Columbus at the age of six years and entered the Ohio State School for the Blind, where he was educated. Although not blind, Mr. DeChant studied at this institution on account of poor eyesight. After completing his schooling he was identified with the Columbus Basket Company for three years and in 1912 became assistant superintendent of the trades department. He took the state civil service examination in 1916 and at that time was appointed superintendent. Prior to this time he took up special training in Pittsburgh, New York, Chicago, and Boston. He devotes his time to the training of the blind in the various trades and his work extends throughout Ohio. Mr. DeChant is a member of the Holy Cross Catholic Church, Knights of Columbus, East Liverpool Council No. 509, Holy Name Society, Third Order of St. Francis. He also belongs to the American Association for the Workers of the Blind, and Welfare Association for the Sightless No. 10, of which he served as treasurer. Nathan A. McCoy, Sr. —A business man who has lived all his life in Columbus, Nathan A. McCoy is a typical American—a safe and conservative citizen, and an adherent of the Democratic party. He was born in Columbus, October 22, 1871, the son of Alfred McCoy, a contracting decorator, who located in Columbus in 1864 after a service as a Union soldier with an Illinois regiment in the Civil War. He died in 1923. His wife was Elizabeth J. Rhoades, a daughter of Henry M. Rhoades, who was a farmer and mill worker. Nathan A. McCoy was reared and educated in Columbus. During 1905-06 he served as an inspector of the water works department. On January 15, 1912, he was made superintendent of the street cleaning department under Mayor George Karb, and continued to serve in that capacity under Mayor Thomas until June 11, 1926. He had charge of the department until the departments of street cleaning and refuse garbage collections were consolidated. He had a force HISTORY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY - 693 of 300 men and during his incumbency a complete revolution of methods were established by him. He resigned in 1926 to become a candidate for sheriff. He was defeated by the small margin of about 1,400 votes. He then became secretary and general manager of the Buckeye Auto Club, which position he still holds. He has been very prominent in the Democratic party, being a member of the Democratic Central Committee for seventeen years and its chairman during several campaigns. He is now serving as chairman of the Central Ohio Democratic Committee and is trustee of tie Franklin County Democratic Club. During the Spanish-American War he was a lieutenant in Company F. Fourth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, being subsequently promoted to captain. Prior to the promotion he served as active quartermaster and commissary officer in the District of Cayey, Porto Rico, under command of General Fred D. Grant. During the World War he sold $35,000 worth of Liberty Bonds to his force in the street cleaning department. Mr. McCoy married Miss Mary Grace Abblichon of Columbus. Four children were born to them as follows : Nathan A., Jr., with the valuation department of the Hocking Valley Railroad, Columbus ; Elizabeth Jane, died in 1926 Walter C., in charge of the gas office of the service department, Ohio Gas & Fuel Company, Columbus, and Robert W., a student. Mr. McCoy is a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, No. 37 ; National Association of Sanitation, the Hound Club, United Spanish War Veterans, the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick and the Irish Fellowship Club. George Washington Rightmire, who is president of Ohio State University, is a native of Ohio. He was born at Centre Furnace, Lawrence County, November 15, 1868, the son of William Henry and Louisa (Miller) Rightmire.  After his graduation from Wheelersburg (Ohio) High School in 1885, he taught in the district schools of Scioto County, for four years. George Washington Rightmire entered Ohio State University,  694 - HISTORY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY from which he received the degrees of Ph. B. in 1895 and M. A. in 1895. He was a student in the Law School of Ohio State University from 1898 until 1902, being a part-time student, and at the same time he was a member of the faculty of North High School, Columbus. From 1904 until 1919 Mr. Rightmire practiced law in this city and specialized in patent, trademark and copyright law. He also served as an instructor at Ohio State University during the period of 1902-06 and became a professor in 1906. He held the office of acting dean during 1908-09, and became acting president of the University during 1925. On March 1, 1926, Mr. Rightmire assumed the official duties as president. Mr. Rightmire was married on September 10, 1902, to Miss Edna Garner, of Columbus. They have a son, Brandon Garner Rightmire. Mr. Rightmire is identified with the Columbus Bar Association, Ohio State Bar Association, American Bar Association, American Association of University Professors, and also holds membership in the Faculty Club, Order of the Coif, Delta Chi, Alpha Tau Omega, and Phi Beta Kappa fraternities. He and his family are members of the Episcopal Church. Mr. Rightmire is the author of Case Book—Jurisdiction and Procedure in Federal Courts, 1917, compiler and editor of the second edition of Loveland's Forms of Federal Practice (3 vols.) 1920; and is a frequent contributor to legal periodicals as well as to publications which deal with preliminary education for admission to the bar. The biography of Mr. Rightmire is taken from "Who's Who in America," 1929 edition. Will J. Thompson, Jr. —Numbered among the able and successful young business men of Columbus is Will J. Thompson, Jr., who is executive vice president of the BancOhio Securities Company. He was born at Dayton, Ohio, March 8, 1891, the son of Will J. and Mary (Wey) Thompson. Will J. Thompson, Sr., was born at Covington, Ohio, September 29, 1859. He was educated in the public schools and for a number HISTORY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY - 695 of years was a traveling salesman. He came to Columbus in 1892 and established the Commercial Photograph Studio, which he successfully conducted until his retirement in 1917. He lives in Columbus. Mr. Thompson is a Democrat, a member of Franklin Park Methodist Episcopal Church and belongs to the Woodmen of the World. His wife is a native of Burlington, Iowa, born January 10, 1863. Mr. and Mrs. Thompson are the parents of five children: Anna, married Dr. R. R. Harris, lives in Columbus ; Will J., Jr., the subject of this sketch ; Harry Wey, deceased ; Mary Belle, married Harry W. Myers, lives in Columbus ; and Eleanor, married Don C. Wendell, lives at Lancaster, Ohio. Will J. Thompson, Jr., was educated in the public schools of Columbus and is a graduate of Dayton High School. He also attended Bliss Business College, Columbus, and in 1910 was employed by the postoffice department in Chicago. Five years later he became a traveling representative for the Field Richards Investment Bankers, of Cincinnati, Ohio, with headquarters at Lancaster. Two years later he was appointed field representative for the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland and served in that capacity for three years. He then returned to the Field Richards Investment Bankers in 1920 and later in that year was one of the organizers of the L. R. Ballinger Company, investment securities, with offices in Cincinnati. He became senior vice president of the organization, with which he was identified until December, 1927. In January, 1928, he came to Columbus, where he organized the Will J. Thompson Company, of which he became president. In January, 1930, this investment company was merged with the BancOhio Securities Company and Mr. Thompson became executive vice president. The company has offices at 51 North High Street. In 1916 Mr. Thompson was married to Miss Florence Long Eyman, the daughter of L. E. and Elizabeth (Long) Eyman, of Lancaster, Ohio. Mr. Eyman is a retired druggist. To Mr. and Mrs. Thompson was born a daughter, Elizabeth Mary, born in 1917. Mr. Thompson is a member of the Community Church and belongs to the Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks, No. 37, and Scioto Country Club. He has extensive business interests in the city 696 - HISTORY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY of Columbus, being a director of the Ohio Wax Paper Company, Ohio National Bank, the Fashion Company, president and director of the Normandie Realty Company, and secretary-treasurer of the Columbus Merchants Garage. John Franklin Carlisle, one of the leading members of the Franklin County bar, was born in Crestline, Crawford County, Ohio, September 4, 1875, the son of James M. and Lillie Jane (Frey) Carlisle. The Carlisle family came to America from Scotland in about 1751. William Carlisle I was born on the Atlantic Ocean while his parents were making the voyage. His three sons became the founders of Carlisle, Pennsylvania. One of these sons, William Carlisle II, was the grand ancestor of the Columbus attorney. From Pennsylvania representatives of the family came to Ohio between 1820 and 1830 and settled near New Philadelphia, Tuscarawas County. The name has been prominent in that section of the state ever since. James Milton Carlisle came to Columbus in 1872 and for a time was in the wholesale and retail grocery business. He then established his home in Crestline, where he was a retail grocer until 1894. He subsequently was connected with the Burch Plow Works at Crestline for a number of years. He is deceased and his widow resides at Bucyrus, Ohio. John Franklin Carlisle attended the public schools of Crestline and spent two years in a private school there specializing in languages and higher mathematics. He then taught school and for two years was a law student in the office of J. C. Laser, at Mansfield. To assist him while getting started in his profession he acted as court stenographer for Richland and Ashland Counties. With the benefit of his private studies and his practical training, Mr. Carlisle came to Columbus and entered the law department of Ohio State University and completed the regular two year course in one year. He graduated in the class of 1899, which was composed of 175 members. He was admitted to the Ohio bar in that year and began the practice of law in Columbus, entering the office of his cousin, Columbus D. Saviers. From 1901 to 1903 Mr. Carlisle was deputy clerk of the courts of Franklin County. He as well as other officials had to contend with HISTORY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY - 697 the great difficulties connected with assigning cases in the common pleas court. Better methods of handling the problems had been tried by both the judges and members of the County Bar Association, but without success. Mr. Carlisle after much study devised a plan which he presented and which was approved and adopted by the court and bar and inaugurated in actual practice in September, 1903. As an official charged with the responsibility of carrying out the plan, Mr. Carlisle was appointed assignment commissioner, which name he invented and he held that office until April 1, 1919. The assignment cases for trial in the various divisions of the court is centralized in one office and under one authority. A "call list" is made up containing the style and number of cases. The list is divided into two general classes, jury cases and equity cases. Cases are set for trial from these lists either by the assignment commissioner or by agreement among counsel. The plan devised by Mr. Carlisle and put in practice by him has greatly expedited the work of the courts. It has been estimated that the improvement amounts to forty per cent over the old system, naturally resulting in the saving of thousands of dollars per year to courts and litigants. Mr. Carlisle married Miss Esther B. Gledhill, a native of Ohio, and they have two children : John, a student at Ohio State University ; and Jeannette Z., a student. Mr. Carlisle has been and is now identified with a number of organizations. He was twice president of the South Side Civic Association of Columbus, which has much to do with the matter of civic improvement in South Columbus, such as the New Greenlawn Avenue Bridge, schools, and parks. He is a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, No. 37, past exalted ruler, and has held offices in the state organization of committees. He is past president of the Buckeye Republican Club, and president and founder of the McGuffey Society of Columbus. Mr. Carlisle is a past president of the Franklin County Bar Association, former treasurer of the Ohio State Bar Association, and American Bar Association. In addition to being a member of the bar of Ohio, he is also a member of the bar of the federal courts and the United States Supreme Court. 698 - HISTORY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY Mr. Carlisle was the organizer of The Columbus McGuffey Society, the first of its kind, and served as its president for nine years. It is a literary society based upon the McGuffey Eclectic School Readers, which were used for teaching reading in the public schools all over America for three-quarters of a century. This society was organized March 23, 1918. The idea has spread throughout the nation and hundreds of such societies have sprung up, being organized by McGuffey students all over the country. Marion A. Bridge, Sr. —Among the substantial citizens of Columbus is Marion A. Bridge, who is a member of one of the oldest and best known families of the city. He was born here November 22, 1856, the son of Joseph C. and Susan (Bechtel) Bridge. Joseph C. Bridge was a native of Ohio, born in Union County. He spent his boyhood on his father's farm and was an early settler of Columbus, where he became superintendent of the Spring Street Planing Mill. He was a Whig in politics and held membership in the Methodist Church. Mr. Bridge died in 1858 and his wife, a native of Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, is also deceased. Both are buried in Greenlawn Cemetery, Columbus. Their children were: Henry A., Bazalle Frederick, and John Edmund, all deceased; and Marion A., the subject of this sketch. Marion A. Bridge acquired his education in the public schools of Columbus and when a young man learned the sign painter's trade. He was interested in this work for a period of fifteen years and was the owner of a shop in Columbus. He then became superintendent of the Cauley & Peters Tent & Awning Company, and five years later went with the Lilley Company as a traveling representative. Mr. Bridge was later chief clerk of the Ohio Dairy Commission for six years, and in 1920 was appointed city sealer of weights and measures, in which capacity he now serves. In 1881 Mr. Bridge married Miss Corrilla Hedges, who died in 1914. She was the daughter of Wesley and Rebecca Jane (Peters) Hedges, natives of Upper Sandusky, Ohio, both now deceased. To Mr. and Mrs. Bridge were born five children: 1. Pearl, deceased, was HISTORY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY - 699 the husband of Flora Drake. They had seven children : Mildred, Mabert, Florine, Dorothy, Forest Cuberly, Lenora, and Pearl Corrilla. They live at Waubay, South Dakota. 2. Marion Albert, Jr., lives in Columbus, where he is general manager of the Hughes-Peters Electric Company. 3. Corrilla, married Wilbert Daines, lives in Columbus. 4. Brooklyn B., attorney, a sketch of whom appears elsewhere in this history. 5. Helen Bechtel, married Samuel Ulrich, lives at Wilson, North Carolina. Mr. Bridge is a Republican and for many years served as committeeman of the Eighteenth Ward. He is a member of the Methodist Church, Knights of Pythias, Order of Red Men, and Knights of Khorassan. William Harvey Jones is among the ablest lawyers of Franklin County, engaged in private practice in Columbus, with offices at 16 East Broad Street. He was born at Granville, Ohio, June 3, 1872, the son of Hiram David and Elizabeth (Jones) Jones. William Harvey Jones is of Welsh ancestry. His paternal grandfather, David R. Jones, was a native of Cardiganshire, Wales -. He came to America in 1800 and after his arrival in Philadelphia proceeded to Remsen, Oneida County, New York, where he made his home. David R. Jones' mother was of the same family as Lloyd George, ex-premier of England. David R. Jones was the father of T. D. Jones, noted sculptor, whose works now stand in the corridor of the State House at Columbus. The maternal grandfather, a hatter by trade, came to America from Wales in 1823 and also settled in Oneida County, New York. The parents of William Harvey Jones were both natives of Oneida County. They were married at Granville, Ohio, in 1837, and spent the remainder of their lives at that place. Mr. Jones died in 1873 and his wife died in 1896. William Harvey Jones was educated in the public schools of Granville, Ohio, and received the degree of LL. B. from Denison University in 1895. He spent the following year at Ohio State University Law Department and after his admittance to the bar in 1898 he began the practice of law with the firm of Booth, Keating & Peters, of Columbus. In 1911 he became a member of the firm of Webber, McCoy,