HISTORY OF SOUTHEASTERN OHIO and the MUSKINGUM VALLEY 1788-1928 Covering Athens, Belmont, Coshocton, Guernsey, Licking, Meigs, Monroe, Morgan, Muskingum, Noble, Perry and Washington Counties VOLUME III ILLUSTRATED CHICAGO THE S. J. CLARKE PUBLISHING CO. 1928 BIOGRAPHICAL WILLIAM WEBSTER MILLS William Webster Mills, president of the First National Bank of Marietta, is a member of one of Washington county's oldest and best known families, his paternal grandfather, William Mills, having come to Marietta in 1792, four years after the first settlement, and the family has for a century been prominent in the industrial, commercial and public affairs of the community. Mr. Mills was born in Marietta on the 27th day of January, 1852, and is a son of Colonel John and Dorothy (Webster) Mills. Colonel John Mills was active in the early affairs of Marietta. When twenty-one years old he entered into partnership with Mr. Dudley Woodbridge, one of the leading merchants, under the firm name of John Mills and Company. In 1825, when thirty years old, he was made president of the Bank of Marietta and continued for forty years as president of that bank and its successor, the branch of the State Bank of Ohio. He was a director and one of the builders of the original Marietta and Cincinnati Railroad, now a part of the Baltimore and Ohio system. He was one of the founders of Marietta College and was its first treasurer. He was a whig, and later a republican in politics and was prominent and influential in the community for many years. William W. Mills obtained his early education in the public schools and was graduated from Marietta College, with the degree of Bachelor of Arts, in 1871. In 1921 he received from his alma mater the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws. He remained in Marietta until 1873, when he went to Crawfordsville, Indiana, where he was connected with Elston & Company, bankers, until 1887, when he returned to Marietta and has since been president of the First National Bank. This is one of the strongest and most influential financial institutions of Southeastern Ohio and Mr. Mills is widely recognized as a man of high financial ability and dependable judgment. Besides being a heavy stockholder in the First National Bank, he is a director of The Pure Oil Company, the Union Gas and Electric Company and the Metropolitan Gas and Electric Company of Chicago, and a director of the Marietta Chair Company. He is also chairman of the Marietta Chapter of the American Red Cross and is a trustee and secretary and treasurer of Marietta College. - 5 - 6 - SOUTHEASTERN OHIO In 1875, in Marietta, Mr. Mills was united in marriage to Miss Betsey Gates, who died in 1920, and in memory of whom Mr. Mills has recently erected a group of buildings for the Betsey Mills Club. This is a club for girls and young women founded by Mrs. Mills in 1911. Mr. Mills is a stanch republican in his political views and was a delegate to the republican national conventions of 1924 and 1928. He is a member of the Union League and the University Clubs of Chicago, the Athletic Club of Columbus and the Ohio Society of New York and the Phi Beta Kappa college fraternity, and is an honorary member of the Rotary Club of Marietta. He is a. member of the First Congregational church. He is recognized as a splendid citizen, one of Marietta's leading men of affairs, progressive in all that the term implies ; is a man of unimpeachable character and sturdy integrity, and commands the unreserved confidence of his fellowmen. HON. WILLIAM M. MORGAN Member of congress from the seventeenth district, the Hon. William M. Morgan is an influential figure in the national halls of legislation, in which he has occupied a seat for seven years, and his record is a matter of pride to Newark's citizens, among whom much of his life has been spent. He was born August 1, 1870, in Licking county, Ohio, and is a son of James Madison Morgan, a lifelong resident of that county. His grandparents were Josiah and Amelia Morgan, the latter also a native of Licking county, while Josiah Morgan was born near Culpeper Courthouse, Virginia, and became one of the pioneer farmers of Licking county, where both he and his wife passed away. His son, James M. Morgan, was born July 29, 1844, and his demise occurred at Newark in 1912. He followed agricultural pursuits and also operated .in real estate. He married Miss Mary Eleanor Bickel, who was born in Cass county, Indiana, in 1832 and died on the Morgan homestead near Newark in 1875. Her father, Henry Bickel, was a lifelong resident of the Hoosier state and devoted his attention to the occupation of farming. In the acquirement of an education Hon. William M. Morgan attended the public schools of Licking county and afterward took up the studies of literature and science. At an early age he became familiar with agricultural pursuits, which he followed until 1894. When a young man of twenty-four he located in Newark, where he engaged in business as a dealer in carriages and farm implements and at the end of four years was joined by Le Roy F. Tenney, who handled wool and grain. They combined their interests and formed the firm of Tenney & Morgan, which existed for nineteen years, terminating with the death of the senior member in 1917. Harry Roberts, who had been in their employ for some time, was then admitted to a partnership and the style of Morgan & SOUTHEASTERN OHIO - 7 Roberts was adapted. They continued as dealers in wool, grain, vehicles, and farm equipment until 1921, when Mr. Roberts withdrew from the concern, taking over the hardware department. Mr. Morgan then formed a partnership with his half-sister, Miss Bessie A. Morgan, and C. E. Bonham and they have since been associated in the seed, grain and elevator business under the name of Morgan-Bonham Company, operating on a large scale. Morgan & Roberts sold their elevators at Yost, Ohio, in 1919, and disposed of the mill and elevator at Frazeysburg, this state, in 1922. Joseph M. Polk became a partner of Mr. Morgan in 1921 and conducted elevators and warehouses at Thornville, Ohio. Harry G. Roberts and Roy Harpster were admitted as partners in July, 1927, combining the interests of Morgan & Polk and of Morgan & Harpster, under the firm style of W. M. Morgan & Company. Their affairs are in a prosperous condition and in the control of the business Mr. Morgan displays the poise, foresight, initiative and wisdom of the true executive. Mr. Morgan was married May 14, 1903, in Newark, to Miss Jennie Legge, a daughter of Lewis and Martha J. (Evans) Legge, now deceased. Mrs. Morgan was born in June, 1870, and passed away May 3, 1924, in Washington, D. C. She had become the mother of three children : one who died in infancy ; Martha Eleanor, who was born March 20, 1905, and received the B. S. degree from George Washington University in 1927 ; and William Paul, who was born July 2, 1908, and died March 15, 1913. On June 6, 1925, Mr. Morgan was married in Newark to Mrs. Jane (Logan) Crossland„ of Logans Ferry, Pennsylvania, daughter of Hugh J. and Malinda (Gallaher) Logan, highly esteemed citizens of that place, where they continue to make their home. By her first marriage Mrs. Morgan has three sons : Richard J. Crossland, who is connected with the Pharis Tire & Rubber Company of Newark, Ohio, in the capacity of assistant chemist ; Hugh J., who received the A. B. degree from the University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and is engaged in the advertising business in Detroit, Michigan ; and Logan Parry, a junior at George Washington University. Mrs. Morgan was educated in her native state and completed a course in the Bishop Bowman Institute for Girls, an Episcopalian school at Pittsburgh. She is a life member of the Congress of Women's Clubs of Western Pennsylvania, is a member of the Congressional Club of Washington, D. C., and conforms her life to the teachings of the Presbyterian church. Mr. Morgan belongs to the Methodist Episcopal church and in politics is a stanch republican. In 1920 he was the people's choice for congressman from this district and his retention in the office proves his popularity and the quality of his service. He won the first election by a margin of two hundred and twelve votes and at the last received a majority of sixty-five hundred. He is the second republican selected to represent this district, a democratic stronghold, in congress, sharing the distinction with Judge Martin L. Smyser of Wooster, who served for one term, and his course won the unqualified approval of his constituents. A 8 - SOUTHEASTERN OHIO deep student of political economy, he was appointed a member, of the Rivers and Harbors committee and was one of the congressmen who inspected the locks of the Panama canal. During the World war he served on the Licking county draft board, accepting no compensation for his work, and was also a member of the county war chest committee. He belongs to the Chamber of Commerce and along fraternal lines is connected with the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, the Knights of Pythias, the Loyal Order of Moose and the Modern Woodmen of America, all of Newark. Mr. Morgan has never used public office for personal ends and is a man of strict honesty and high principles, fearless in his defense of the right. CLYDE M. FORAKER One of the most prominent oil and gas men in Southeastern Ohio is Clyde M. Foraker, of New Lexington, Perry county, who for the past twelve years has been actively engaged in the drilling of wells and the production of petroleum and gas, in which he has been very successful. Mr. Foraker was born at Deavertown, Morgan county, Ohio, in 1881, and is descended from pioneer ancestry. His forebears were of old Pennsylvania Dutch stock and his paternal great-great-grandfather was one of the earliest settlers in the vicinity of Johnstown, Cambria county, Pennsylvania. His great-grandfather went from that locality to Morgan county, Ohio, January 1, 1818, was one of the first voters in that county, and was prominent in the early activities of his locality. He took up a tract of land, which he developed into a good farm, and thereon spent his remaining years. This farm has always remained in the family and is now owned by Clyde M. Foraker. William J. Foraker, father of Clyde M., was born in 1838 and died in 1905. He never left the home place, following the vocation of farming throughout his active life. He was married to Miss Martha George, who was born at Deavertown, in 1844, and died in 1915. They became the parents of five sons and a daughter. Clyde M. Foraker secured his education in the public schools of Deavertown, Ohio, and then engaged in teaching school, following that vocation for six years in Perry county. In 1911 he came to New Lexington, where he has lived continuously to the present time. In 1915 he became actively engaged in the oil business, drilling wells for oil and gas, and .is now at the head of the Clyde M. Foraker Oil Company and is also connected with the Leonard Oil and Gas Company and associated with Messrs. Cline and Rend, of Chicago. However he has carried his operations on independently as a rule and his success has evidenced his sound judgment and business acumen. He operates in the oil fields near Corning, New Lexington and Crooksville, opening the oil field at the latter place in 1921, and now has twenty producing wells. He also has a natural gas plant and SOUTHEASTERN OHIO - 9 furnishes the fuel for the Star, Muskingum and A. E. Hull, Nelson McCoy and Robinson-Ransbottom potteries, it being utilized in the heating of the kilns. In 1903, at New Lexington, Ohio, Mr. Foraker was united in marriage to Miss Eva Sheppard, who was born at Moxahala, Ohio, in 1884, and they are the parents of two children, William S., and Clyde M., Jr., who was born in 1915 and is in school. William S. graduated from the public schools of New Lexington, and then entered the University of Pittsburgh, where he was graduated as a petroleum engineer. In September, 1926, he was married to Miss Elizabeth Anderson, who was born in Pittsburgh in 1905. He is a member of the Masonic order and he and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. Mr. Foraker is an ardent supporter of the democratic party and has been active in public affairs, having served as auditor of Perry county from 1911 to 1915. He is a Mason belonging to blue lodge, chapter, council and commandery, also to the White Shrine of Jerusalem and the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. His religious connection is with the Methodist Episcopal church, of which he is a liberal supporter. He has shown a fine spirit of cooperation in matters affecting the welfare and progress of his community and is regarded as one of its most progressive citizens. JOHN J. CARROLL Endowed with keen mentality and a strong physique, which he inherited from his Celtic ancestors, John J. Carroll has thoroughly demonstrated his ability to cope with the strenuous conditions of modern commercial life and is a dominant figure in mercantile circles of Newark, which has been the scene of his business activities for many years. He was born November 14, 1860, in Chillicothe, Ohio, and his parents, Thomas and Norah (Gleason) Carroll, were natives of Ireland. The father was a merchant tailor and an enterprising business man. He exercised his right of franchise in support of the candidates of the democratic party and was a faithful communicant of the Catholic church. The latter part of his life was spent in Columbus, Ohio, and his wife's death also occurred in that city. John J. Carroll was a pupil of St. Patrick's parochial school in Columbus and after his graduation secured a position with the firm of Miller, Green & Joyce, wholesale dry goods merchants of that city. He worked for them from 1875 until 1879, when he became associated with his brother, Thomas B., who was a member of the firm of McGannon & Carroll, with which he spent five years, acting as a salesman in the house and on the road. He next became identified with the Green-Joyce Company, a Columbus corporation, which he represented as a traveling salesman for several years. He afterward came to Newark, purchased the 10 - SOUTHEASTERN OHIO business of the James Cregan Company, dealers in dry goods, carpets, etc., and for twenty years conducted the establishment under the name of Carroll & Company, purchasing the interests of his partners on the expiration of that period. His store was first situated on the west side of the courthouse square and in December, 1920, he moved to the present location at Nos. 60-64 Hudson avenue. He erected the building, a substantial structure, which is three stories in height and affords fifty-six thousand square feet of floor space. Mr. Carroll owns the building, which is one of Newark's architectural ornaments, and his store would do credit to a city of metropolitan proportions. His stock is carefully selected and attractively displayed. He has a large and competent sales force and his store has an air of distinction in personal service as well as in merchandise. Mr. Carroll closely supervises every detail of the business, of which he has a highly specialized knowledge, and keeps in touch with modern progress. In Columbus, Ohio, Mr. Carroll was married in June, 1887, to Miss Susan H. Cooney, who was born in that city, December 24, 1860, and died at Newark in November, 1900. She was a daughter of James and Elizabeth (Haudibaux) Cooney. Her father was a native of Ireland and a railroad employe, voted the democratic ticket and was a Catholic in religious faith. His wife was born in Somerset, Ohio, and passed away in Columbus, while his demise occurred in Newark. In 1902 Mr. Carroll wedded Miss Mary Isabelle Cooney, who was a sister of his first wife and also a native of Columbus. She was called to her final rest in August, 1917, and on October 4, 1919, Mr. Carroll married Mrs. Frances P. (Fleek) Kennedy, the widow of the late Frank P. Kennedy, of Newark, and a daughter of John S. Fleek, who was a native of Ohio, and passed away in Newark. Mr. Fleek was a wholesale grocer and one of the city's leading business men. He gave his political support to the republican party and was a Presbyterian in religious faith. Mrs. Carroll was born in 1879 in Newark and was a graduate of Andover College of Massachusetts. For a number of years she was president of the executive board of the Newark City Hospital and during the World war she aided the Red Cross Society. She figured prominently in the affairs of several women's organizations and much of her time was devoted to charitable work. Her life was guided by the teachings of the Church of St. Francis de Sales and in July, 1921, she was removed from her sphere of usefulness. She had become the mother of a daughter, Jean Josephine Carroll, who was born July 19, 1920. At the time of the conflict with Germany, Mr. Carroll promoted the sale of Liberty bonds and was purchasing agent for the local chapter of the Red Cross Society. He is an independent voter and an adherent of the Catholic faith, holding membership in the church with which his wife was affiliated. He belongs to the local and national Chambers of Commerce and the Merchants Associations of Newark and Ohio. He is a member of the Mound Builders Country Club and a devotee SOUTHEASTERN OHIO - 11 of golf. Along fraternal lines he is connected with the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, belonging to Newark Lodge, No. 391, and takes a keen interest in its activities. His outlook upon life is broad and his hearty support is given to all projects for civic growth and betterment. The old-fashioned virtues of industry, perseverance and honesty constitute the basis of his success and his worth to the community is uniformly acknowledged. HENRY E. KOEHLER Probably the oldest industry in Meigs county is that of the salt works at Pomeroy, which are now being successfully operated by Henry E. Koehler, in whose family the works have been owned since 1884. He has given his close attention to the business and has met with a fine measure of success, being numbered among the progressive and wide-awake men of his locality. He was born in Pomeroy in 1879 and is a son of Bernhart Koehler, who was of German descent and who first became identified with the salt industry here in 1884, when he took over the old Excelsior Salt Company and thereafter ran the business until his death, which occurred in 1900. The plant was then owned by his son, Charles J. Koehler, who operated it until 1920, since which time Henry E. Koehler has been at the head of the business. Mr. Koehler attended the public schools and had two years' work in the National Normal School at Lebanon, Ohio. He has lived at Pomeroy all his life and has been intimately familiar with the salt business, to which he is now devoting his efforts. His well is twelve hundred feet deep, the salt brine being found at one thousand and fifty feet. The brine is pumped into the plant, where it is boiled until the salt is precipitated. Ninety gallons of water produce one bushel of salt, and five and three-fifths barrels of water make two hundred and eighty pounds of salt. For each barrel of salt produced, there are also gained, as by products, one-half pound of bromine and fifty pounds of calcium magnesia chloride. The bromine goes into the bromides which are used in dye works and chemical laboratories, some also being used in ethyl gas. The brine left over goes into further use for refrigeration purposes, and is also used to lay the dust on rock roads. This plant has a capacity of two hundred and twenty-five barrels a day, in the making of which there are also produced six tons of by-products, and fifty tons of coal are used in the furnaces daily. Formerly most of the output of this plant was shipped by water to various points in southern Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee. The salt industry in Meigs county is one hundred and one years old, having been first started at Leading creek, near the Hobson railroad yards. Mr. Koehler's plant is the oldest in Meigs county. 12 - SOUTHEASTERN OHIO In 1903 Mr. Koehler was united in marriage to Miss Zelda Hawk, who was born and reared in Athens county. She was reared in the faith of the Protestant Episcopal church and takes an active interest in the civic and social life of her community. Mr. Koehler is a republican in his political faith, belongs to the Kiwanis Club and is a communicant of St. Paul's Protestant Episcopal church. A good business man, a public spirited citizen and a constant and reliable neighbor, he commands the sincere respect of all who know him, and is deservedly popular among his associates. ZELORA SPERRY FORRY Important business interests claim the attention and profit by the enterprising spirit and keen discernment of Zelora Sperry Forry, a well known and substantial citizen of Newark and a member of one of its honored pioneer families. He was born April 23, 1851, in this city, of which his father, Daniel Forry (II), was also a native. His great-grandfather, Abraham Forry, was a native of Germany and became one of the early settlers of York, Pennsylvania, where he remained until his demise. He served as a captain in the War of 1812. He was the father of Daniel Forry (I) , who was born in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, and became a millwright. Removing to Ohio, he purchased land on which a portion of Newark is now situated, and built a brick house on his farm, the brick being burned on the place. His remaining years were devoted to the cultivation and improvement of his property. He married Nancy Rush, also a native of Lancaster county, who died in 1851. She had long survived her husband, who passed away in 1840. In the paternal line she came of Revolutionary ancestry and was a niece of Dr. Benjamin Rush, a distinguished physician, who was one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. Daniel and Nancy (Rush) Forry were the parents of Daniel Forry (II) , who was born November 20, 1808, and resided on the homestead farm at Newark. This property was located in the west end of Newark, a part of which is now occupied by the large Wehrle Company plant. Daniel Forry was a deacon of the Baptist church and an adherent of the republican party. He attained the venerable age of eighty-six years, passing away April 4, 1894. His wife, Mrs. Maria (Sperry) Forry, was born in Virginia, March 7, 1814, and her demise occurred on the Forry farm, July 3, 1863, when she was forty-nine years of age. She was the daughter of Jacob and Mary (Wilson) Sperry, natives of Virginia. Her father followed agricultural pursuits and was also a successful manufacturer, making buckskin gloves from deer skins which he tanned. He cast his ballot for the candidates of the republican party and was a deacon in the Owl Creek Baptist church. While distributing Bibles as gifts among their grandchildren Mr. and SOUTHEASTERN OHIO - 13 Mrs. Sperry were struck by a train in Utica, Ohio, in August, 1873, and she was instantly killed, her husband's death occurring a few days later. The children of Daniel and Maria (Sperry) Forry were : Jacob Wilson, who was a farmer and resided in Knox county, Ohio ; Anna Eliza, who married Judge Jonathan Rees and resided in Newark ; Orren, a farmer who resided near Vanatta, Licking county ; Mary, who married Jacob Farnsworth, a farmer, and resided at Granville, Ohio ; Martha, who married Theodore M. Ball and resided in Newark ; and Zelora S. Zelora S. Forry attended the public schools of Newark and also took a course in the Iron City Business College at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. For several years he was associated with his father in farming and later purchased the homestead, a portion of which he still owns and successfully operates. As a business man he is forceful, sagacious and farsighted and successfully directs the activities of the Newark Ice & Cold Storage Company, of which he is the president. His residence at No. 211 West Locust street was erected in 1910. Mr. Forry was married November 14, 1889, to Miss Anna Beall, a daughter of Alfred and Mary (Boring) Beall, who were natives of Virginia and passed away in Newark. Mrs. Forry was born in 1863 and died in Newark in November, 1911, leaving a son, Daniel Z. Forry, who was born June 15, 1902. In 1926 he received the A. B. degree from the State College at Lexington, Kentucky, and is now a postgraduate student at Harvard University. Mr. Forry was again married on February 8, 1916, to Mrs. Martha (Franklin) Thompson, of Newark, daughter of Benjamin and Emily (Stair) Franklin, and widow of Channing Moore Thompson. Benjamin Franklin was a son of Edward Franklin, the latter a native of England and a pioneer resident of Newark where he became the founder of the Franklin Bank and a financier of high standing. Benjamin Franklin, father of Mrs. Forry, devoted his attention to financial affairs and served as president of the Peoples Bank which was later merged with the Franklin Bank. He was one of the prominent members of the Episcopal church in which he served as senior warden for many years. Channing Moore Thompson was an expert draftsman who achieved prominence as the inventor of the Thompson hose clamp and other useful devices. By her first marriage Mrs. Forry became the mother of two children, Florence Franklin and Emily Page Thompson, the latter of whom lived only seven months. The first named was graduated from the Sea Pines School of Personality, at Brewster, on the Charles river near Boston. For two years she was a student at Gaucher College in Baltimore, Maryland, and afterward received the degree of LL. B. from Northwestern University at Evanston, Illinois. She is also a dramatic reader and a young woman of exceptional talents. Mr. Forry is a York Rite Mason, belonging to Acme Lodge, No. 554, F. & A. M. ; Warren Chapter, No. 6, R. A. M. ; and Bigelow Council, No. 7, R. & S. M. He believes in the principles of the republican party but 14 - SOUTHEASTERN OHIO maintains a liberal course in politics, regarding the qualifications of a candidate as a matter of prime importance. In religious faith he is a Baptist and Mrs. Forry is a zealous worker in the Episcopal church. She is an independent voter and a member of the Progressive Club and the Woman's Community League. Mr. and Mrs. Forry are deeply interested in everything pertaining to the growth and advancement of their city and are well known in the best social circles. BART H. RAWLINGS For almost thirty years Bart H. Rawlings has been engaged in the undertaking business in Meigs county and today his establishment at Middleport is regarded as one of the best equipped funeral homes in this section of the state. He is a native of Meigs county, having been born at Rutland in 1872, and is a son of Richard and Mary A. (Clark) Rawlings. The father established a harness business in 1870 and in 1880 he opened undertaking parlors, which he conducted until 1898, when he sold the business to his sons, Bart and Ray H. Rawlings. Richard Rawlings died in 1923. The sons continued the business and in addition to their undertaking interests in 1913 they took the agency for the Chevrolet automobile, which they handled until 1917, when they changed to the Dodge cars. In 1921 they opened sales rooms at Middleport, also. In 1926 Bart H. Rawlings sold his interest in the automobile business to his brother Ray and his interest in the undertaking business at Rutland to the Finsterwald Undertaking Company, but still retains the undertaking establishment at Middleport. Bart H. Rawlings secured a good public school education, graduating from the high school at Rutland, and then entered Clark's School of Embalming, at Cincinnati, from which he was graduated in 1898, and he has licenses for Ohio, West Virginia and Colorado. He spent the year 1907 in the latter state, but aside from that period has continued in the business in this county from 1898 to the present time. He was at Rutland until 1925, when he sold his business there and, in 1927, came to Middle-port and bought out the De Maine Company, and is now devoting his attention to this business. His establishment is regarded as the most complete in its equipment and appointments in Meigs county and he commands his full share of the business in his line. He is very painstaking in his attention to the desires and tastes of those who seek his services and is reliable and dependable as a funeral director. Mr. Rawlings has been successful in his material affairs and is a stockholder and director of the Citizens National Bank of Middleport. In 1893 Mr. Rawlings was united in marriage to Miss Clara E. Dutton, who was born and reared in Meigs county, and to them were born two children, but both are deceased. Mrs. Rawlings has shown a commend- SOUTHEASTERN OHIO - 15 able interest in the church, civic and social affairs of her community and is a popular member of the circles in which she moves. Mr. Rawlings is a republican in his political alignment and while living in Rutland served several years as a member of the board of education. He is a member of the Free and Accepted Masons, in which he has attained the thirty-second degree of the Scottish Rite, and he belongs to the Knights of Pythias. While closely devoted to his professional work, he has not been neglectful of his obligations to his community, cooperating with his fellow citizens in all movements for the advancement of public welfare, and he has well earned the high place which he holds in the estimation of all who know him. H. L. KAGAY Perry county numbers among its citizens many who have achieved distinction in callings requiring intellectual abilities of a high order. Among these stands H. L. Kagay, the efficient and popular superintendent of the schools at Thornville, a man whose services as an educator have received distinctive recognition. Mr. Kagay is a native of Ohio, having been born in Fairfield county on the 11th of July, 1887, and is a son of W. D. and Caroline (Kumler) Kagay, the latter born in Baltimore, Ohio, in 1860. The father, who was born in 1860 and died in 1892, was employed as a bookkeeper by the Heinz Pickle Company, was a member of the Baptist church and a man of high standing in his community. To him and his wife were born three children : Edgar, who died in December, 1902 ; Mabel, the wife of V. R. Northrup, who is principal of the high school at North Baltimore, Ohio, and H. L. The last named attended the public schools of Baltimore, Ohio, until graduated from high school in 1906, after which he attended Ohio University, at Athens, and completed his studies in Ohio State University. On leaving high school, he engaged in teaching, being employed for three years in the grade schools at Baltimore, Ohio, and then for another period of three years was principal of the schools there. In 1914 he went to Glenford as superintendent of the Hopewell township schools, and the following year became district superintendent of the Thorn, Hopewell, Madison and Reading township schools, holding that position until 1917, when he came to Thornville as superintendent of schools, in which position he is still serving. His record here has reflected great credit on his educational and executive ability, the schools of this place being regarded as among the best in the county. Mr. Kagay has under his supervision two hundred and sixty pupils in the city schools and eighty-five pupils in four one-room rural schools. Plans are now being made for the erection of a new, modern school building in Thornville, to cost one hundred thousand dollars and which will greatly facilitate the educational program of the community. Mr. Kagay has devoted himself indefatigably to the in- 16 - SOUTHEASTERN OHIO terests of the schools under his charge and his efforts have gained recognition and appreciation on the part of his fellow citizens. In 1909, in Baltimore, Ohio, Mr. Kagay was united in marriage to Miss Blanche Weist, who was born in Basil, Ohio, in April, 1888, and they are the parents of two children, namely : Sue Margaret, born on June 11, 1910 and Harry Ralph, born October 12, 1912. Mr. Kagay gives his political support to the democratic party and is a member of the Masonic lodge, having served as master in 1921-22. He and his wife are earnest members of the Reformed church, and he belongs to the Perry County Teachers' Association, of which he was president for three years, the Ohio State Teachers' Association and the National Educational Association. He keeps fully abreast of the times in educational methods, is kindly and sympathetic in his relations to the student body, and in every relation of life has so ordered his actions as to earn the confidence and respect of all who know him. WILLIAM ALBERT ASHBROOK William Albert Ashbrook, one of the pioneer journalists of Southeastern Ohio, has furthered the progress of Johnstown along many lines and is also well known through his service in both the state and national halls of legislation, demonstrating his public spirit by actual achievements for the general good. He was born in Johnstown, July 1, 1867, and is a scion of old and highly respected families of this locality. Of English lineage, he traces his ancestry to John Ashbrook, who left his home in Durham in 1682 and came to the new world, settling in Gloucester county, New Jersey. A man of forceful personality and keen intelligence, he was elected high sheriff of the county, also becoming a member of the house of burgesses, while later he migrated to Virginia. He was the father of Aaron Ashbrook, who lived in Frederick county, Virginia, and was a prosperous planter. Thomas, one of his sons, was a soldier in the Continental Army and other descendants of John Ashbrook also served in the Revolutionary war. Levi, another son of Aaron Ashbrook, was born in Hampshire county, now included within the boundaries of West Virginia, and became a minister of the Primitive Baptist church. He married Elizabeth Chenowith, who was a native of Frederick county, Virginia, and died in Fairfield county, Ohio, while his demise occurred at Romney, West Virginia, in 1808. Their son, Eli Ashbrook, who became the grandfather of William Albert Ashbrook, was born September 23, 1781, in Hampshire county, Virginia, and also dedicated his talents to the service of the Primitive Baptist church, of which he was a minister for sixty-five years, preaching the Gospel in the states of Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Virginia. Like his father, he was an eloquent speaker and influenced many to choose the SOUTHEASTERN OHIO - 19 higher path in life. The greater part of his life was spent in Johnstown, Ohio, and on January 24, 1877, he passed away. His wife, Caty (Peters) Ashbrook, was born April 6, 1784, in Loudoun county, Virginia, and died January 1, 1871, in Johnstown. She was a daughter of the Rev. Tunis Peters and a descendant in the fifth generation of Ezra Peters, who was born in Dowey Parish, England, in 1590. His brother, Hugh Peters, was an influential follower of Oliver Cromwell and one of the judges who condemned Charles I to death. Hugh Peters was subsequently executed and his head was placed on a pole on London bridge. Newton, a son of Ezra Peters, became the father of Zachariah Peters, whose early home was in Petersburg, Virginia. He was the father of the Rev. Tunis Peters, who was born October 27, 1749, in Hampshire county, Virginia, and who served in both the Revolutionary war and the War of 1812. He was high sheriff of Hampshire county, in which he resided until his death on September 24, 1822, and was a man of exceptional worth. A minister of the Primitive Baptist church, he was a sincere follower of the faith he preached and his religious instruction proved a strong factor for good. His wife was Francinnah Adams, a cousin of John Adams, the second president of the United States. The Rev. Tunis Peters was the father of thirteen children, all of whom married and reared large families. Greenlawn Cemetery of Columbus, Ohio, was owned by Judge Gershon Peters, one of his sons, and John, another son, was the first clerk of Hocking county, Ohio. Among the children of the Rev. Eli and Caty (Peters) Ashbrook was William Ashbrook, who was born in Johnstown, February 19, 1824, and became the father of William Albert Ashbrook. For a number of years William Ashbrook engaged in farming and was also a dealer in live stock. He was a deacon in the Baptist church and an adherent of the republican party. Appreciative of the duties and obligations as well as the privileges of citizenship, he served as justice of the peace and also filled other local offices in a thoroughly satisfactory manner. He was a lifelong resident of Johnstown and on June 2, 1917, was called to his final rest. His wife, Lucy (Pratt) Ashbrook, was born in Johnstown, September 28, 1831, and here passed away February 13, 1910. She was a daughter of Eli and Suzanne (Munson) Pratt, of whom the former was born July 18, 1798, in Fayette county, Pennsylvania, and served as a major in the militia. He erected a flour mill in Johnstown, Ohio, engaged in merchandising, and also made judicious investments in land. Mr. Pratt prospered in all of his undertakings and spent a fortune in the promotion of the Ohio Central Railroad. His personality was an inspiration to progress and his name was synonymous with honor and integrity. He was an elder in the Baptist church and a republican in his political views. His career was notably successful and his death on May 7, 1883, deprived Johnstown of one of its foremost citizens. His wife was born May 17, 1790, in Pownal, Vermont, and died November 22, 1870, in Johnstown. She was a daughter of Timothy Munson, Jr., and a descendant in the fifth generation of 2-VOL. 3 20 - SOUTHEASTERN OHIO Thomas Munson, who was born in England in 1612. He was named for his father, Sir Thomas Munson, and when a young man of twenty-two sailed for the new world, arriving in America in April, 1634. He was a captain in King Philip's war and died in New Haven, Connecticut, where a slab of sandstone marks his last resting place. Among his children was Samuel Munson, a well known schoolmaster and musician of Wallingford, Connecticut. His son, John Munson, who served in the Revolutionary war and rose to the rank of captain, was the first steward of Yale College and figured conspicuously in religious and public affairs. His son, Timothy Munson, Sr., who became a sergeaht in the Continental Army arid on the expiration of his first term reenlisted, was afterward an innkeeper and the old tavern which he conducted is one of the historic landmarks of Pownal. Among his children was Timothy Munson, Jr., who became the father of Suzanne (Munson) Pratt. To William and Lucy (Pratt) Ash-brook were born six children, three of whom are deceased : Dr. B. B. Ashbrook, B. G. Ashbrook and Mrs. Aura. H. Moore. Those who survive are : Mrs. Abbie E. Garner, whose home is in Lansing, Michigan ; Milan P. Ashbrook, a resident of Granville, Ohio ; and William Albert. The last named was graduated from the Johnstown high school in 1883 and afterward took a course in a business college at Lansing, Michigan. At the age of seventeen he became the owner of the Johnstown Independent and for forty-three years has successfully published the paper, which enjoys a large circulation. Its news is authentic and the editorials are timely and well written. Mr. Ashbrook is regarded as one of the leading journalists of Southeastern Ohio and for four years was secretary of the National Editorial Association. In 1889 he was one of the organizers of the Johnstown Building Association, of which he has served continuously as secretary and president for a period of thirty-nine years, contributing materially toward the development and improvement of this locality. In association with H. B. Rusler he established the Citizens Bank of Johnstown, the Alexandria Bank and the Croton Bank, all located in Licking county. Mr. Ashbrook is president of the Johnstown Bank and brings to the control of its activities the knowledge and wisdom acquired by thirty years of practical experience in financial affairs. He is a farsighted business man and a capable executive. Mr. Ashbrook was married December 24, 1889, to Miss Jennie B. Willison, who passed away in Johnstown, January 26, 1918. She was a daughter of Oliver and Roanna (Iliff) Willison, prominent citizens and honored pioneers of Johnstown, Ohio. On November 25, 1920, Mr. Ashbrook married Miss Marie Swank, a daughter of J. L. and Leah (Long) Swank, of Bellville, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Ashbrook have a family of three children : William Albert, Jr., who was born September 9, 1922 ; Lucy Marie, whose natal day was November 8, 1924 ; and Leah Abbie, born December 15, 1926. In 1889 Mr. Ashbrook organized the first lodge of the Knights of Pythias in Johnstown, which now has a membership of over six hundred. He also belongs to the Fraternal Order of Eagles, the Independent Order SOUTHEASTERN OHIO - 21 of Odd Fellows, the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, and is a Scottish Rite Mason and Shriner. In religious faith he is a Baptist and his political allegiance is given to the democratic party. During the Cleyeland administration he was postmaster of Johnstown and afterward became a member of the seventy-seventh general assembly of Ohio. He resigned when elected to the sixtieth congress, in which he represented his district for seven consecutive terms, and in the Harding landslide of 1920 was defeated by one hundred and twenty-three votes. Mr. Ashbrook never used politics for personal ends and creditably filled every office to which he was called, following the course dictated by conscience and honor. Through the columns of his paper he has furthered the best interests of his community, county and state and public opinion testifies to his worth as a man and a citizen. EVERETT R. HAYES In the list of the successful educators of Meigs county stands Everett R. Hayes, who has served for several years as principal of the Chester high school, in which capacity he is rendering a high type of service. He was born in Athens county, Ohio, in 1889, and secured his early education in the public schools of Rome. He entered Ohio University at Athens, from which he was graduated, with the degree of Bachelor of Science in education in 1916 and later had one year's work at Ohio State University. In the fall of 1916 he became superintendent of schools at Mineral City, Ohio, but in the spring of 1917 he enlisted for service in the World war, entering the officers training camp at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indianapolis, Indiana. He received a commission as second lieutenant and was transferred to Camp Dodge, Iowa, and later to Camp Hancock, Georgia. He was honorably discharged in January, 1919, and during the two following years gave his attention to farming on the home place near Guysville. In the fall of 1921 Mr. Hayes commenced teaching at Urichsville, Ohio, where he had charge of the department of history, and in 1923 came to Chester as principal of the high school, in which position he is still serving. A good executive and splendid teacher, he has shown himself well qualified for the place which he is filling and since coming here he has won a high place in public regard. Mr. Hayes owns part of his father's old farm and supervises its operation. In 1915 at Athens, Ohio, Mr. Hayes was united in marriage to Miss Mildred Russell, who died in 1920, and they became the parents of two children : Russell, born in 1917, and Quinlivan, born in 1919. Mrs. Hayes was an earnest and loyal member of the Methodist Episcopal church and took an active interest in its work. Mr. Hayes is a republican in politics and is connected with the Masonic fraternity. A man of broad general 22 - SOUTHEASTERN OHIO knowledge and keeping abreast with the times in advanced educational methods, his work here is of a character that is held in high appreciation by all who know him. JEROME BUCKINGHAM The record of Jerome Buckingham as a lawyer and jurist reflected credit and honor upon the legal fraternity of Southeastern Ohio, and much of his life was spent in Newark, which numbered him among its foremost citizens. He was born June 10, 1820, in Tunkhannock, Wyoming county, Pennsylvania, and was a son of John and Sarah (Ebert) Buckingham. His father, a native of Norwalk, Connecticut, was a republican in politics and his religious views were in accord with the doctrines of the Presbyterian church. Mrs. Sarah Buckingham was born in Pennsylvania and was of German descent. Her demise occurred in Clyde, Ohio, where her husband also passed away. Jerome Buckingham was very young when his parents came to the Buckeye state. He attended the public schools of Norwalk and in the fall of 1837 matriculated in Kenyon College at Gambier, taking a two years' course in that institution. Going to Hudson, Ohio, he entered Western Reserve College, from which he was graduated in 1841, and in the fall of the same year began reading law in the office of Goddard & Converse, Zanesville attorneys. In 1843 Mr. Buckingham went to Cambridge, Massachusetts, and enrolled as a student in the Harvard Law School, from which he received the degree of LL. B. in 1844. He was admitted to the bar by the supreme court at Cleveland, Ohio, in the autumn of 1844, and in that year located in Newark, forming a partnership with Joshua Mathiot, who then had an extensive practice in Licking and adjoining counties. With but a short intermission Mr. Buckingham practiced from 1844 until 1888, a period of forty-four years, during which he was associated with L. P. Coman, James White, Judge Kibler and J. R. Davies, and the skill and forcefulness with which he presented his cases won for him many verdicts favorable to the interests of his clients. In October, 1869, Rutherford B. Hayes, then governor of Ohio and later president of the United States, chose Mr. Buckingham as the successor of Jefferson Brumback, who had resigned before the expiration of his term as judge of the court of common pleas of this district, and in 1888 he was elected to the office. He served for five years, dispensing justice with an even hand. His knowledge of the law was comprehensive and exact and on appeal his decisions were sustained by the higher courts. At the time of its organization he was elected president of the First National Bank of Newark and placed the institution upon a solid financial basis, filling the office until his death. Judge Buckingham was married June 8, 1848, to Miss Ann M. Brice, SOUTHEASTERN OHIO - 23 who was a daughter of Dr. Benjamin Brice, and on April 15, 1849, she was called to her final rest. On September 15, 1853, Judge Buckingham wedded Miss Harriet A. Thompson, a daughter of Dr. Robert and Ann (Seber) Thompson, the former a distinguished representative of the medical fraternity of Columbus, Ohio, and widely known as the inventor of surgical instruments which were displayed at an exposition in London, England. Dr. 1 hompson gave his political support to the republican party and was affiliated with the Presbyterian church. He was born in the state of Ohio, of which his wife was also a native, and both passed away in Columbus. Their daughter, Harriet A., was born in that city February 22, 1828, and died in Newark, February 4, 1907. Judge and Mrs. Buckingham were the parents of seven children. Annie Maria, the eldest, became the wife of Henry 0. Norris, of Carroll county, Maryland, and both are deceased. Mr. Norris was connected with the First National Bank of Newark and later engaged in the lumber business. Harriet, the second in order of birth, died in infancy. John Robert also died in infancy in 1863. Elizabeth married Walter Ferguson, a prominent building contractor who is now living retired in Newark, and they have two sons, Jerome B. and Donald Ferguson, of this city. The younger children, Sarah, Margaret and Mary Louise Buckingham, occupy the family home, a colonial mansion at No. 70 Hudson avenue, and are members of Trinity Episcopal church. While not a church member Judge Buckingham possessed the true spirit of Christianity and performed many acts of charity and kindness. He was one of the first trustees of the Licking County Children's Home and heartily indorsed all movements for the general good. He was a delegate to the national republican convention that nominated James A. Garfield, whose election to the presidency he aided in securing. Appreciative of the beauties of nature, Judge Buckingham spent much of his leisure in the open and fishing was his favorite sport. He never deviated from the course dictated by conscience and honor and was a courteous gentleman of dignified bearing and scholarly attainments. His was a useful, well ordered life which closed on November 20, 1902, when he was eighty-two years of age, and his death was mourned by all who were brought within the sphere of his influence. ALEXANDER ROOT For more than a third of a century Alexander Root has devoted himself to educational affairs and his record as a teacher has brought him prominently to the notice of the public, the result of which has been a demand for his services where a high standard of professional excellence is required. As principal of the high school at The Plains, Athens county, he 24 - SOUTHEASTERN OHIO is doing most effective and appreciated work and has added to his already well established reputation for thoroughness and ability as an educator. Mr. Root was born in Rome township, Athens county, Ohio, in 1875, and is a son of Perry and Mary (Caldwell) Root, the former of whom is deceased. He secured his elementary education in the district schools and took the preparatory course at Ohio University, graduating in 1900. He was graduated from the college course in that institution in 1913, with the degrees of Bachelor of Science in Education, and in 1918 earned the degree of Master of Science in that university. During 1924-25 he attended Columbia University, New York city, and received the degree of Master of Arts. He received the honorary A. M. degree from Ohio University in 1918. Mr. Root began his career as an educator in 1892 in the schools of Athens county, in which he taught until 1905, when he became superintendent of the schools at Jacksonville, Ohio, where he remained until 1908, after which he was for three years superintendent of the schools at Coolville. From 1912 to 1914 he was in charge of the schools at Stewart, Ohio, and was then elected county superintendent of Athens county, holding that position until 1921, when he resigned on account of poor health. He again took charge of the schools at Stewart in 1922. During 1924-5 he was at Columbia University, since which time he has served as principal of The Plains high school and as critic for Ohio University. On November 1, 1897, Mr. Root was united in marriage to Miss Blanche Jewell, who is a native of Athens county, and they are the parents of a son, Dewey, who is employed in the optical department of Covert & Cornwell at Athens. In his political views Mr. Root is a republican but does not take a very active part in public affairs. He is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and he and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. He is a life member of the National Education Association. Since coming to The Plains he has shown a keen interest in everything relating to the progress and betterment of the community and has gained recognition as one of its most dependable citizens in all things affecting the public interests. SAMUEL FRY VAN VOORHIS Impelled by a strong desire to serve his community, Samuel Fry Van Voorhis has influenced Newark's development for many years and his work has also been of value to the county. He is one of the pioneer farmers of Southeastern Ohio and has advanced the standards of agriculture in this section of the state. He was born July 26, 1841, in Nashport, Muskingum county, Ohio, and his father, Daniel Van Voorhis, was a native of Pennsylvania. Daniel Van Voorhis (I), the great-grandfather of SOUTHEASTERN OHIO - 25 Samuel F. Van Voorhis, was a lifelong resident of Washington county, Pennsylvania, in which his son, John Van Voorhis, engaged in farming for a number of years. The latter was affiliated with the Primitive Baptist church and gave his political support to the republican party. He married Sarah Fry, who was also a native of the Keystone state, and both died in Nashport, Ohio. Their son, Daniel Van Voorhis (II) , was born November 25, 1806, in Carroll township, Washington county, Pennsylvania, and established his home in Nashport in 1847. He aided in the work of digging the Ohio canal and later followed the towpath as driver of a canal boat. He was industrious and capable and was steadily promoted, rising to the position of captain. Afterward he formed a partnership with Abe Randall and for a considerable period was engaged in merchandising at Nashport as a member of the firm of Van Voorhis & Randall. They prospered in the undertaking and subsequently Mr. Van Voorhis turned his attention to agricultural pursuits, in which he was equally successful. He was the owner of about four hundred acres of fertile land near Nashport and engaged in general farming and stock raising. A stanch republican, he served as a member of the constitutional convention at Columbus, Ohio. His life was governed by the teachings of the Methodist Episcopal church, of which he was a trustee. He married Jane Roberts, a native of Muskingum county, Ohio, and his father, Daniel Van Voorhis, was a native on the stage route from Columbus to Zanesville, Ohio, and a genial host whose inn was popular with travelers in the early days. In politics he was a republican and served as county surveyor. His daughter, Mrs. Daniel Van Voorhis, died April 11, 1871, in Nashport and her husband's demise occurred at Zanesville on the 3d of June, 1893. In their family were seven children : Samuel Fry ; John, who passed away in Nashport ; Fulton, who operates a farm near Zanesville ; H. Clay, formerly a member of congress and president of the Citizens Bank of Zanesville, who died in 1927 ; Mrs. Victoria Taylor, who died in Newark ; Mrs. Sarah Stump, a resident of Dresden, Ohio ; and Mrs. Mary Flemming, who passed away in Hanover, this state. Samuel F. Van Voorhis was a pupil in the public schools of Nashport, later attending the West Bedford Academy, and completed his studies in Denison University at Granville, Ohio. His father had planned to establish him in business at Columbus, Ohio, and in accordance with his wishes he accepted a clerkship in the store of Lynn & Claypoole, but he found the work uncongenial and at the end of a year abandoned the idea of a mercantile career. Mr. Van Voorhis returned home and was associated with his father in farming until 1861, when he purchased a tract of land in Licking county, near Newark, and for sixty-six years has cultivated the place, transforming it into one of the garden spots of this district. He follows diversified farming and is also a breeder of stock. He has demonstrated the value of science in promoting productiveness and keeps in close touch with the latest developments along agricultural lines. The 26 - SOUTHEASTERN OHIO work is facilitated by modern equipment and his property is improved with substantial buildings and good fences. He visits the farm each day and closely supervises each detail connected with its operation. He also aided in forming the Newark Loan & Securities Company and the Newark Trust Company, being one of the directors of the latter corporation. Mr. Van Voorhis was married September 10, 1867, in Licking county to Miss Mary E. Fulton, who was born February 12, 1846. Her father, John M. Fulton, was a Virginian and became one of the prosperous farmers of Newark township, Licking county, Ohio, where his demise occurred December 27, 1874. In religious faith he was a Baptist and his political views were in accord with the platform and principles of the democratic party. He served as school director and was active in the affairs of the Grange. His parents, Robert and Jane (Mackentosh) Fulton, were natives of Ireland and came to the United States on their wedding tour. They were much pleased with the country and established their home on a farm in Cherry valley, four miles from Newark, Ohio, where they spent the remainder of their lives. Mr. Fulton was a faithful member of the Presbyterian church and an adherent of the whig party. Rebecca Ann (Young) Fulton, the mother of Mrs. Van Voorhis, was born in Newark township, Licking county, and died in the city of Newark. She was a daughter of William and Rachel (Kaufman) Young, whose homestead was situated three miles southwest of Newark, Ohio. In politics Mr. Young was a democrat and his religious views were in harmony with the tenets of the Baptist church. To John M. and Rebecca Ann (Young) Fulton were born five children : Robert, who became a prominent attorney of Cincinnati and is now deceased ; J. Willis, who cultivates a farm near Newark ; Mrs. C. H. Follett, of this city ; Nettie M. Fulton, who has passed away ; and Mary E. The last named received her early instruction in Newark township and after her graduation from the Newark high school attended the Ladies Institute at Granville, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Van Voorhis became the parents of four children. Mabel, the eldest, was born July 31, 1868, and is the widow of Thomas E. Brown, who was a well known grain dealer of Newark. Helen was born November 12, 1879, and died December 8, 1884. John Fulton, born January 22, 1882, a graduate of Denison University and president of the Universal Supply Company of Newark, married Miss Louise Jones of this city and they have two children, Mary Jeannette and Robert Fulton. Robert Clay, born April 27, 1884, also completed a course in Denison University and is now serving as secretary and treasurer of the Universal Supply Company. In Columbus, this state, he married Miss Helen McCarty, by whom he has a son, Samuel Edward Van Voorhis (II). Mr. and Mrs. Van Voorhis have an attractive home in Newark and since 1913 they have spent the winter months in Miami, Florida. They are consistent members of the Baptist church, with which Mrs. Van Voorhis has been affiliated from girlhood. They contribute liberally toward the church and for over half a century Mr. Van Voorhis has been one of its SOUTHEASTERN OHIO - 27 trustees. In politics he is a republican. He has long manifested a deep interest in civic, philanthropic and educational affairs and was one of the first trustees of the Licking County Children's Home. He was elected president of the board of directors of the City Hospital Association and the new building was erected during his tenure of office. For a number of years he was treasurer and one of the directors of the Licking County Agricultural Society and also a trustee of Denison University. The Newark Board of Trade also numbered him among its valued members. His recreation has largely been hunting and fishing. Time has dealt kindly with Mr. Van Voorhis, who is eighty-six years of age but appears much younger, being remarkably well preserved. Indolence is utterly foreign to his nature and the exercise of effort has kept him alert. He can review the past without regret, for his life has been well spent, and his many friends throughout the county speak of him in terms of respect and admiration. DONALD G. RALSTON, M. D. Among the successful physicians and highly respected citizens of Morgan county stands Dr. Donald Grant Ralston of McConnelsville, where he commands a large practice and is regarded as one of the community's representative men. He was born in that city in 1895 and is a son of George S. and Myrtle (Coulson) Ralston, the latter of whom was born in 1870 in Stockport, Ohio. George S. Ralston was born near Chestertown, in Morgan county, in 1867, and has for many years been connected with the Brown-Manly Plow Company, of which he is a director. He is a republican in politics and has always been actively interested in local public affairs. He is a member of the Masonic order, belonging to blue lodge, chapter and council, and is held in high esteem throughout his community. To him and his wife were born three sons : Dr. Donald G., of this review ; and Robert W. and John F., who are engaged in the drug business in Ashland, Ohio. Donald G. Ralston attended the public schools of his home city, graduating from high school in 1913, and then matriculated in the medical school of Ohio State University at Columbus, where he specialized in internal medicine and was graduated with the degree of Doctor of Medicine in 1918. He served one year as interne in the Protestant Hospital in Columbus. During the World war Dr. Ralston enlisted in the United States Medical Corps of the navy, in which he was commissioned a first lieutenant, and was assigned to naval hospital work in New York city, remaining there until 1920, when he was honorably discharged, and at once returned to McConnelsville, where he has since been actively engaged in the practice of his profession. He has been more than ordinarily successful in his ministry to human ills and has gained not only the confidence 28 - SOUTHEASTERN OHIO of the, people of his community but also the respect of his professional colleagues. In 1918 in McConnelsville, Dr. Ralston was united in marriage to Miss Corrine Fouts, who was born in 1896 and is a daughter of Hon. Charles Fouts, a well known attorney of this city. Dr. and Mrs. Ralston are the parents of two children : Eleanor Louise, born in 1920 ; and Rodman Fouts, born in 1922. The Doctor is a republican in his political views, and is a member of Corinthian Lodge, F. & A. M. ; Columbus Consistory, A. A. S. R. ; and Aladdin Temple, A. A. 0. N. M. S. He belongs to the American Medical Association, the National Tuberculosis Association and is resident medical director for the Rocky Glen Sanitarium at McConnelsville He and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. The Doctor has shown a good citizen's interest in the welfare of his home city and rendered effective service as mayor during 1921-22. He ranks high among the medical men of this section of the state, and his sterling qualities of head and heart have won for him a high place in public esteem. BERT G. DAVIS One of the most widely known business enterprises in Southeastern Ohio is that of Bullock & Davis, composed of C. L. Bullock and Bert G. Davis, who have gained a wide reputation for their success as oil and gas well operators, their field of effort covering the counties of Perry, Morgan, Muskingum, Meigs, Holmes and Hocking. They own sixty-five oil wells, and have royalty interests in about thirty others, their daily oil receipts amounting to about eighty barrels. They also own twelve gas wells in Corning, Newark and Morgan county, from which they supply most of the gas used in the potteries at Crooksville. It may thus be seen that their operations cover considerable territory and are of an importance that gives them a high standing in the business circles of this locality. Bert G. Davis was born in Morgan county, Ohio, in 1880, and is a son of Dr. M. B. and Celestia (Williams) Davis. His father, who was born in 1849 and died in 1894, was a successful physician, a member of the Methodist Episcopal church and belonged to the Masonic order. Bert G. Davis attended the public schools and the high school of Pennville township, from which he was graduated in 1900, and later he took a course in the Oberlin (Ohio) Business College. In 1905 he went to Oklahoma, where he remained until 1908, when he returned to his native state, locating in Beverly, where he became assistant cashier of the Citizens Bank, holding the position for ten years. In 1918 he moved to New Lexington, Perry county, and became associated with C. L. Bullock in the oil and gas business, to which he has devoted his chief attention to the pres- SOUTHEASTERN OHIO - 29 ent time. He and Mr. Bullock are interested in four companies, the Bullock & Davis Oil Company, the Davis Oil Company, the Daily Oil Company and Bullock, Davis & Bell, all of which have proven successful concerns. In 1904 Mr. Davis was united in marriage to Miss Clara Vaughn, who was born in 1882 at Beverly, Ohio. Mrs. Davis is a member of the Order of the Eastern Star and both Mr. and Mrs. Davis belong to the Presbyterian church. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, having attained the Knight Templar degree and the thirty-second degree of the Scottish Rite, and is a Noble of the Mystic Shrine. A man of marked initiative ability and progressive methods, he has not allowed obstacles to deter him and he and his partner, beginning their operations in a modest way, have, by their persistent and determined efforts, attained an enviable place in the business world, ranking among the representative men of the community. FRANK RAYMOND CLEMSON, M. D. In the medical circles of Perry county the name of Clemson has long been a familiar name, three generations of the family having ministered to the physical ills of the people of this locality, and the present representative of the family here, Dr. Frank Raymond Clemson, is worthily upholding the prestige enjoyed by his forbears as able and skilled physicians. His maternal grandfather, Dr. Allen Whitmer, who died in 1882, was for many years engaged in the practice of medicine in Thornville. He was a charter member of the Masonic lodge in this place and was a man of prominence and influence in his community. Dr. Clemson is descended from sterling old English and German stock. His father, George W. Clemson, who was born in 1847, graduated in 1874 from Starling Medical College in Columbus, and engaged in the practice of medicine in Glenford, Ohio, where he remained until 1883, when he came to Thornville, where he continued actively in professional work up to the time of his death, in 1910. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church and belonged to the Free and Accepted Masons. He was married to Miss Almeda Whitmer, who was born in 1852 and who now lives in Columbus, Ohio, with her daughter, Mary, who is principal of the fresh-air school in that city. There are two other children, Robert, who is a linotype operator on the Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch, and Frank Raymond. Dr. Frank R. Clemson, who was born at Glenford, Ohio, in 1875, secured his elementary education in the public schools of Thornville, grad-. uating from the high school in 1894, and then matriculated in the Starling Medical College, where he was graduated with the degree of Doctor of Medicine in 1898. During the summer of the following year he took a postgraduate course in the College of Physicians and Surgeons in New 30 - SOUTHEASTERN OHIO York city, since which time he has been continuously engaged in the practice of his profession in Thornville, being associated with his father until the latter's death. He has met with large success in combatting human ills and has long been regarded as one of the ablest and most reliable physicians in this section of the state, commanding a large and lucrative practice. In 1900 Dr. Clemson was united in marriage to Miss Stella Sherman, who was born near Thornville in 1876 and who is an active worker in the Methodist Episcopal church. They have two children : Paul, twenty-three years of age, now attending a business college in Columbus, and Alice, aged twenty years, who is taking a course in the Ohio State University. Dr. Clemson gives his political support to the democratic party and has always shown a commendable interest in matters affecting the welfare and prosperity of his community. He is a member of Thornville Lodge, F. & A. M. ; Columbus Consistory, A. A. S. R. Aladdin Temple, A. A. 0. N. M. S., at Columbus, and the American Legion at Thornville. His religious connection is with the Methodist Episcopal church. The Doctor is a veteran of the World war, having enlisted in the United States Medical Corps on August 1, 1918, and in October was sent to Camp Lee, Virginia, where he was assigned to camp and infirmary work under Colonel Brownlee, and at the close of the war was honorably discharged. He is a stockholder in the People's Bank at Thornville and has served several terms as a member of the city council. Loyal and true in every relation of life, he is a man of sterling integrity of motive and action, well deserving the exalted place which he holds in the estimation of his fellowmen, who regard him as one of the representative citizens of the community. JOHN MILLS John Mills, whose activities over a long period of years have contributed in a very definite degree to the commercial prosperity of Marietta, is one of his community's most highly esteemed citizens, not alone because of his splendid business career, but also for his outstanding qualities of character and the constant and effective interest he has maintained in the general welfare of his city and county. Mr. Mills was born in Marietta, on the 8th of June, 1846, in the house in which he still lives, and is a son of John and Dorothy (Webster) Mills, the father a native of this city and the mother a native of Massachusetts. The Mills family is one of the oldest in this section of the state, Grandfather Mills, who was a native of Connecticut, having settled here in a very early day. Colonel John Mills was active in the public and business affairs of the community, supporting the old whig party, and later the republican party, and was a prominent merchant SOUTHEASTERN OHIO - 33 and banker. More complete data concerning him is to be found in W. W. Mills' sketch. John Mills acquired his education in the public schools of this city and in Marietta College, from which he was graduated in 1867. In the following year he began to work in a furniture factory, which was later incorporated as the Marietta Chair Company. He was employed in every department, becoming thoroughly familiar with every detail of the business, and on January 30, 1877, he was made treasurer of the company, serving in that capacity until March 18, 1882, when he became president, filling the office continuously since—a period of forty-six years. The Marietta Chair Company is one of the important industrial concerns of this locality, employing four hundred people, and manufacturing a general line of furniture. The product is shipped to all parts of the country and branches are maintained in Pittsburgh, Cincinnati and Kansas City. From January, 1886, to the present time. Mr. Mills has been a director of the First National Bank and was president of the Marietta Ice Company from January 6, 1890, until the business was sold in 1900. He became a director of the United States Rattan Company, September 10, 1901, and in 1902 Was elected president, serving until its reorganization in 1907. He was a director of the Safe Cabinet Company for several years and has been identified with many other business concerns of Marietta. On June 18, 1914, Mr. Mills was united in marriage to Miss Hannah (Newman) Sleigh, who died November 18, 1916. She was a lady of splendid qualities, took an active interest in the church and social affairs of the community, and was held in the highest esteem by all who knew her. In his political alignment Mr. Mills has always been a republican and during the period from 1877 to 1902 took an active part in local public affairs. He served six years as a member of the city council and was for twelve years a member of the board of public works. Since July 13, 1910, he has been a trustee of Marietta College, in the progress and welfare of which he has shown a deep interest. His religious affiliation is with the Congregational church, to which he has always given liberal support, as he has to many worthy benevolent and charitable causes. He is a member of the Rotary Club. Though the snows of more than eighty winters have passed over his head, Mr. Mills is still numbered among the active business men of his community and no citizen of Marietta commands to a greater degree than he the confidence and affectionate regard of all who know him. ALBERT E. FRANKENBERG Alert, industrious and determined, Albert E. Frankenberg has made his opportunities count for the utmost and is classed with the leading lumbermen of Licking county. For over thirty years his activities have been centered in Pataskala, whose advancement he has furthered along 34 - SOUTHEASTERN OHIO civic as well as industrial lines, and his worth to the community is uniformly acknowledged. He was born August 23, 1870, near Springfield, Illinois, and his father, Adolph W. Frankenberg, was a native of Franklin county, Ohio. He was born May 30, 1838, on a farm which is now included within the corporation limits of Columbus, and is a son of John George Ernest and Amelia (Bethge) Frankenberg, natives of Germany. His father was born December 25, 1795, and when a young man sought the opportunities of the United States. He was one of the early settlers of McLean county, Illinois, and there passed away in 1866. His wife was born in 1807 and died in 1900, at the advanced age of ninety-three years. Their son, Adolph W. Frankenberg, attended the rural schools near the homestead and aided in its cultivation. He learned the carpenter's trade, which he followed for several years, and later entered a homestead in Arizona. During the Civil war he enlisted in the Union Army and was trained at Camp Chase, where he was stationed until the cessation of hostilities. He was a stalwart republican but never sought political office as a reward for party fealty. His wife, Anna Eliza (Johnston) Frankenberg, was born November 14, 1844, in Rochester, New York, and passed away July 15, 1924, in Pataskala, Ohio, while his death occurred in Yuma,. Arizona, April 3, 1922. Mrs. Frankenberg was a daughter of John and. Mary (Farrington) Johnston, natives of Ireland. They left the Emerald isle in their youth and while a resident of Chicago, Mr. Johnston bought and sold hides. His wife died in that city and he afterward went to Canada, spending the remainder of his life in that country. His family numbered three children ; William, who was captain of a sailing vessel navigating on Lake Erie ; Mary, who became the wife of Samuel Elliott and died on a farm in McLean county, Illinois ; and Anna E. Albert E. Frankenberg attended a district school in Franklin township and at an early age became familiar with agricultural pursuits, which he followed in the vicinity of Columbus, Ohio, until 1890. When; a young man of twenty he came to Pataskala and entered the employ of Henry Brooke, a lumber dealer, with whom he remained for fourteen years. In 1904 he ventured in business for himself, becoming a member of the firm of Emil A. Frankenberg & Brother, and in 1907, in association with Mr. Brooke, they organized the Brooke Lumber Company, which has been incorporated. Emil A. Frankenberg is secretary and treasurer of the company and Albert E. Frankenberg fills the offices of president and manager. He combines a detailed knowledge of the industry with the requisite foresight, initiative and executive force and under his wise administration the business has enjoyed a continuous growth. Mr. Frankenberg was married September 30, 1895, in Etna, Ohio, to Miss Laura E. Robb, who was born August 30, 1873, and attended the public schools of that locality. Her father, the Rev. John Robb, was born in Morgan county, Ohio, and dedicated his life to the service of the United Brethren church, preaching in Etna and other cities of Ohio. He was a Union soldier and gave his political support to the republican party. For SOUTHEASTERN OHIO - 35 many years he made his home in Etna and there passed away. His widow, Mrs. Matilda (McCaughey) Robb, was born near Triadelphia, Ohio, and resides in Etna. Mr. and Mrs. Frankenberg have a son, Harold R., who was born March 8, 1901, in Pataskala and completed a course in the local high school. He was graduated from the Ohio State University and is manager of the Granville branch of the R. B. White Lumber Company of Newark. Mr. and Mrs. Frankenberg are affiliated with the Methodist Episcopal church and in politics he is a republican. For fifteen years he was a member of the town council and aided in securing for Pataskala many needed reforms and improvements. He belongs to the blue lodge of Masons at Pataskala, the chapter and council in Newark, and the local lodge of the Knights of Pythias, while his wife is one of the Pythian Sisters. Mr. Frankenberg enjoys life in the open and fishing and hunting are his favorite sports. The spirit of progress has actuated him throughout life and his probity and strength of character are well known to his fellow citizens, who entertain for him high regard. CLARENCE E. ROECHER Clarence E. Roecher has for the past eleven years been engaged in the garage and automobile service business in Chester and has met with a flattering measure of success, due to his close attention to business and his courtesy and accommodation in relation to the trade. He was born at Chester in 1884 and is a son of Franklin and Magdalena (Rasps) Roecher, both of whom are deceased, the mother dying in 1896 and the father in 1918. Franklin Roecher was born in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, from which place he came to Meigs county, locating first at Chester. Later he moved to Pomeroy, where he lived until 1899, when he returned to Chester, where he lived until his death. He was a harnessmaker by trade and ran a successful business for a number of years. He was of German descent and was a man of excellent personal qualities, being highly esteemed by his fellowmen. Clarence E. Roecher received a public school education and then engaged in the painting and papering business, which he followed for nine years. In 1916 he turned his attention to the garage business, which proved a successful venture, and he now has a fine stand, doing general automobile repair work and selling gas, oil and accessories. He is also interested in the Chester Oil & Gas Company. In 1924 Mr. Roecher was united in marriage to Miss Lona Will, who was born and reared in Salisbury township, Meigs county. She attends the Methodist Episcopal church and is greatly interested in the work of its societies. Mr. Roecher's religious affiliation is also with that church and he is a member of the Free and Accepted Masons and the Knights of 36 - SOUTHEASTERN OHIO Pythias. He is a stanch republican in his political views and has shown a good citizen's interest in the progress and welfare of his community, throughout which he is held in high regard by all who know him. JOHN HENRY SARCHET There are some men who take possession of the public heart and hold it after they are gone, not by flashes of genius or brilliant service, but by unfailing good conduct in all situations and under all the trials of life. Such a man was John Henry Sarchet, who influenced the growth of Cambridge along business and cultural lines and championed every measure for the upbuilding of his city, its progress being a matter in which he took much personal pride. He inherited the rich mental and moral fortune accumulated by a long line of worthy ancestors and added thereto the interest of his own individuality. The Sarchets were among the earliest settlers in Guernsey county and the name is inseparably associated with the history of its development. They came from the island of Guernsey, for which the county was named, and were descendents of the De Souchets of the north of France. They were zealous Catholics and Thomas De Souchet during his minority obtained a French Bible which he persisted in reading despite the protests of his father and mother and the parish priest, who threatened the anathemas of the church. This Bible has been carefully preserved and is one of the treasured heirlooms of the family. Through fear Thomas De Souchet fled from his home to the isle of Jersey and thence to Guernsey, where he assumed the name of Sarchet, making this change about the year 1670. By his marriage he had one son, who was the father of two sons, Thomas and Peter, and they became the heads of the two families on the island of Guernsey. Thomas, John, Peter and Nicholas, the sons of Thomas, and Peter's only son, Peter, Jr., emigrated to Guernsey county, Ohio, and the name is now extinct on the island of Guernsey. Thomas, the eldest son of Thomas Sarchet, succeeded to the patrimonial estate, the old Sarchet mansion, a massive stone structure of the olden time, with fourteen acres of land attached thereto. He cultivated fruits and vegetables for the market of St. Peterport and engaged in draying in the city. John was a ship's blacksmith, a maker of chain cables and anchors, and a man of much shrewdness, endowed with more than average ability. As a representative of the Ironmasters Union of Philadelphia he made a report to the ways and means committee of the house of representatives of the United States and strongly advocated free trade in iron. His report was bitterly assailed by Henry Clay as coming from a "dirty-handed smuggler of the island of Guernsey" but was sustained by Albert Galatin in an able speech in which he declared SOUTHEASTERN OHIO - 37 that though John Sarchet's hands were dirty, it was from honest toil, delivering an argument that was unanswerable. Peter Sarchet was a carpenter and Nicholas followed the trade of a blacksmith. They were quiet, frugal, industrious men, filling their places in society with credit to themselves and their families. Peter, the son of Peter, bore the title of sire and was a gentleman of wealth and leisure. Thomas Sarchet, the founder of the family in Guernsey county, was born June 29, 1770, in the parish of St. Samson on the island of Guernsey, and in 1789 married Anne or Nancy Birchard, a daughter of James and Esther (Galliene) Birchard, of the parish of La Quartie. By this union Thomas Sarchet had six children : Thomas, David, Peter B., Moses, Nancy and Rachel, all of whom were born on the island of Guernsey. In the year 1806, when all Europe was under arms and the eagles of the first Napoleon were spreading from kingdom to kingdom, the island of Guernsey, located in the English channel between the two great contending powers, was made the rendezvous for the troops of Great Britain and her allies. The inhabitants were compelled to supply the troops with provisions and the island was infested with press-gangs in quest of able-bodied seamen for the English service. As a philanthropist and Christian, Thomas Sarchet was opposed to war and resolved to emigrate to the new world. The old ancestral mansion, the home of Victor Hugo, the French republican, who would not follow the lead of the "Man of Destiny" during his exile, was disposed of and in May, 1806, Thomas, John and Peter Sarchet, accompanied by Daniel Ferbrache, a brother-in-law, and their families, went to St. Petersburg. There they boarded a fishing smack bound for a Jersey port, where they were to take passage on an English merchantman whose destination was Norfolk, Virginia. Before they reached the end of their voyage the smack was boarded by a press-gang and two young men named Simmons were taken from the boat. On arriving at Jersey, Thomas Sarchet appeared before the governor of the island and demanded the immediate release of his fellow passengers, whose freedom he secured. He was a man of generous impulses, ever ready to extend a helping hand to the needy and oppressed. The English ship commanded by Captain McCrandall, a son-in-law of Sire Peter Sarchet, was convoyed by a British man-of-war out of the English channel and when a point of safety was reached the vessel and its escort parted company. A few days later a French cruiser was sighted in full pursuit. A canvas had been prepared for such an emergency and soon the name of the ship was changed to The Eliza of Boston and the American Jack proudly floated to the breeze. The commander of the cruiser was deceived by the ruse and gave up the chase as amicable relations existed between the French nation and the United States. The ocean voyage was calm and pleasant without any unusual occurrence except the death of a child of the Ferbache family. After the impressive burial service of the Episcopal church had been read by the captain the 3-VOL. 3 38 - SOUTHEASTERN OHIO body was wrapped in a sheet and consigned to the deep to await the day when "the sea shall give up its dead." The landing was made at Norfolk, Virginia, June 3, 1806, and proceeding to Baltimore, Maryland, they procured wagons and horses for the overland journey. They left the Monumental city on the 16th of June, on which date there was a total eclipse of the sun, and started for Cincinnati, Ohio. The journey over the mountains was long and tiresome but on August 14, 1806, they arrived in Cambridge. The town had just been laid out and the underbrush cut on Main street. .After a consultation with Jacob Gomber and Zaccheus A. Beatty, the proprietors of the town, they decided to remain and a brush tent was hastily constructed near a spring, on land in what is now known as the Loftland addition to Cambridge. Thomas Sarchet purchased lot No. 48 on the corner of Main and Pine streets and at once began the erection of a hewed log house, which was completed in the summer of 1807. It has withstood the elements for one hundred and twenty years and is the oldest landmark in the city. In this dwelling Thomas Sarchet and his wife spent the remainder of their lives, the latter passing away April 12, 1849, at the age of eighty-three years, and the Rev. Cornelius Springer conducted the funeral services of both. A number of years before his death Mr. Sarchet lost the use of his limbs and had to be carried to his church, a duty that was performed by his religious brethren as a tribute to his worth. This honored pioneer reached the sixty-ninth milestone on life's journey, responding to the final summons on the 21st of April, 1833. He was highly esteemed in the community and among his close friends were James Birchard, William Ogier and Thomas Naftal, who settled at Cambridge in 1807. Thomas Sarchet was the father of five children. Thomas Jr., the eldest, born July 2, 1790, married Catherine Marquand, by whom he had nine children : Solomon, Thomas Y., Charles M., Nancy, Anne, Martha, Matilda, Maria and Lucinda. Nancy or Anne, born December 5, 1793, married Captain Cyrus P. Beatty and their family numbered five children : John A., Thomas, Zaccheus, Nancy B. and Ellen Rachel. David, born November 14, 1797, married Mary Hill, Margaret Britton, Jemima De Hart and Mary Toroade. He was the father of nine children : Simon P., Flecher B., David T., Alpheus T., Elmer G., Nancy, Margaret, Elizabeth and Rachel. Peter B. was born May 6, 1800, and married Catherine Holler, Martha McCully and Mary Mitchell. He became the father of eight children : Thomas H., Joseph H., John M., Cyrus T. B., George M., Nancy B., Rachel M. and Harriet J. Moses, the youngest son of Thomas and Anne Sarchet, was born April 17, 1803, on the island of Guernsey, and was but three years old when his parents came to Cambridge. At the age of sixteen years he was appointed assistant to his brother-in-law, Cyrus P. Beatty, clerk of the court of common pleas, and at the latter's death succeeded him in the office. He served continuously SOUTHEASTERN OHIO - 39 for a period of fifteen years and was the first of the family to achieve prominence in public affairs. On retiring from the political arena he moved to his farm, situated four miles north of Cambridge, and there engaged in the manufacture of salt for a number of years. On March 23, 1826, he wedded Martha Birchard, who was born in 1805. She was a daughter of James and Rachel Birchard, who were also from the island of Guernsey and joined the little colony founded by Thomas Sarchet in Cambridge. To Moses and Martha (Birchard) Sarchet were born eight children : Nancy B., Cyrus P. B., Rachel M., Harriet Josephine, Thomas, James B., Charles J. and John Henry. The last named was born October 2, 1843, in Cambridge, and attended the public schools of the city. In order to earn the money for a musical education he worked as a waiter in the Cambridge Tavern, for his father did not approve of his choice of a vocation, considering the calling of a musician an effeminate one. Under the instruction of a Mrs. Matheny the young man became a proficient pianist and eventually an accomplished player of many instruments, having the benefit of competent teachers. In 1861 he enlisted in the Army of the Potomac, in which he served for four years, becoming leader of the band of the Fifteenth Ohio Regiment under General William H. Gibson. After the close of the Civil war he returned to Cambridge and made a living by playing in local concerts, his services being in great demand. Possessing a good voice, he was leader of the choir of the Methodist Episcopal church and thus formed the acquaintance of a young lady to whom he became deeply attached, choosing her for his wife. In 1871 he organized the Sarchet Music Company, opening a store in the block of buildings now owned by Mrs. Sarchet and extending from Eighth to Ninth streets on Wheeling avenue. This business was continued over a period of forty-five years, or until Mr. Sarchet's death, January 16, 1916, and an ever increasing clientele was the result of his constant striving to attain the highest standard of service within the reach of any establishment in that field of activity. He enjoyed his work and his artistic talent was supplemented by executive force and business acumen—a rare combination. On February 7, 1871, Mr. Sarchet was married in Cambridge to Miss Emma Davis, a daughter of James and Julia A. (Barkus) Davis, and theirs was an ideal union. Keenly interested in the subject of music, Mrs. Sarchet did all in her power to assist her husband and contributed materially toward the upbuilding of the business. She resides in the family home at No. 720 Steubenville avenue. Mr. Sarchet was not only a musician but a composer as well. He composed many sacred, sentimental and campaign songs, many of which are known and sung throughout the state. Among his compositions are "The Old Arm Chair," "Down in Ohio," always sung at the Pennyroyal reunions, "Home Is Always Happy on Pay Day" and "She Is Always Chewing Her Gum." A stanch republican, Mr. Sarchet labored zealously in behalf of the party and toured the state with William McKinley and Joseph B. For- 40 - SOUTHEASTERN OHIO aker, with both of whom he enjoyed a close friendship. He served for three years as county coroner and this was the only public office which he ever consented to fill. He was a Knight Templar Mason and also attained the thirty-second degree of the Scottish Rite. Plain and unassuming, he preferred to keep in the background, but his good qualities were known and appreciated. An earnest and untiring worker for the good of Cambridge, he organized the local band and for ten years was its conductor, making this one of the best organizations of the kind in Southeastern Ohio. His tastes were of an uplifting order and his life work constitutes an integral chapter in the annals of his city, in which he was esteemed and honored. JOHN H. KOEHLER John H. Koehler, who has been practically a lifelong resident of Pomeroy, Meigs county, has built up a large gasoline and oil business in this locality, supplying many of the largest service stations in the county, and his progressive and enterprising methods have had their natural result in a well merited success. Mr. Koehler was born in 1884 in Pomeroy and comes from sterling old German stock. His father, Bernhart Koehler, who died in 1900, was for many years actively identified with the salt-making business in this county, having bought the old Excelsior Salt Company in 1884 and operating it until his death. At that time his son, Charles J. Koehler, became the head of the company and ran the business until 1920, when his brother, Henry E. Koehler, took it over and is still conducting it. John H. Koehler attended the public schools of Pomeroy and took a commercial course in a business college in Woodville. He entered the employ of his father in the salt factory, where he worked until 1908, when he went to Catlettsburg, Kentucky, and ran a freight boat and a ferry boat on the Big Sandy river until 1914. He then went to Bay City, Michigan, where he established and built a bromine plant in partnership with his brother, Charles, remaining there until 1918, when he returned to Pomeroy and for a while was associated with his brother Henry in the salt plant. In 1920 John H: Koehler embarked in the wholesale gasoline and oil business, for the operation of which he formed a company. He has built up a large trade, operating two tank trucks and one service truck and employing five men and a bookkeeper. He has large tanks and a railroad siding for the better delivery of the stuff, and he does a total business amounting to one hundred and fifty thousand gallons a year. He is also interested in the oil business, and everything affecting the progress and welfare of his community receives his support. In 1912 Mr. Koehler was united in marriage to Miss Sarah Wildermuth, who is a native of Pomeroy. Mr. Koehler gives the republican SOUTHEASTERN OHIO - 41 party his political support and has always been active in local public affairs, having served as a member of the city council. He is a member of the Free and Accepted Masons and the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, and also belongs to the National Petroleum Association, the Ohio Marketers Association and the Ohio Valley Oil Club. He is a member of the Christian church, and Mrs. Koehler belongs to the Church of Christ, Scientist. He is a man of friendly and cordial manner, runs his business in accordance with the highest commercial ethics and is highly regarded by all who have had dealings with him. WAYNE COLLIER Judge Wayne Collier, who presides over the municipal court of Newark, has long been a prominent figure in legal circles of the city and traces his ancestry to the colonial epoch in American history. He was born February 19, 1880, in Lakeville, Ohio, and his parents, David and Sophia (Tope) Collier, were natives of Holmes county, this state. His great-grandfather, James Collier, was a Virginian and cast in his lot with the pioneers of Adams county, Ohio. Later he became one of the leaders of development in Wayne county and had charge of the fortress at Fort Hill. He aided in forming the state government and became a member of the first legislature of Ohio. He was one of the foremost men of Wayne county and left the impress of his individuality upon the history of the commonwealth. His son, Henry J. Collier, was born in Wayne county in 1832 and became an expert cabinet maker. He was an adherent of the democratic party and an earnest member of the Methodist Episcopal church. For a number of years he made his home in Shreve, Ohio, and there passed away in 1906. His wife, Delicia (Wells) Collier, was a native of Wayne county, and her demise also occurred in Shreve. They were the parents of David Collier, who was born March 3, 1849, and joined the Ohio National Guard, becoming captain of the Seventeenth Infantry. He was a dealer in grain and a capable business man. His life was governed by the teachings of the Methodist Episcopal church, of which he was made treasurer, and in politics he was a stanch democrat. A well deserved reputation for honesty and efficiency led to his selection for the office of township treasurer, which he filled for a number of years, and for two terms he represented Ashland and Holmes counties in the general assembly of Ohio. He faithfully discharged every trust reposed in him, and his useful, upright life was terminated August 7, 1925, in Lakeville, Ohio, when he was seventy-six years of age. His widow was born October 26, 1849, and still makes her home in Lakeville. Her father was Jonathan Tope, and his wife, whose maiden name was Kruger, was a native of Germany and died in Holmes county, Ohio, at the advanced 42 - SOUTHEASTERN OHIO age of ninety-four years. Jonathan Tope was born in Uniontown, Pennsylvania, and his demise also occurred in Holmes county. He earned a livelihood by making chairs and exercised his right of franchise in support of the candidates of the republican party. His father, John Tope, was born in the province of Hesse, Germany, and came to the new world in his youth. In 1776 he participated in the battle of Long Island, and at Uniontown, Pennsylvania, received a land grant from the United States government in recompense for his services in the Revolutionary war. During the War of 1812 he joined the Ninth Regiment of United States Infantry and on July 25, 1814, was killed in the battle of Lundy's Lane. The public schools of Lakeville afforded Wayne Collier his early educational advantages and for two years he attended the National Normal University at Lebanon, Ohio. During 1897-98 he was a student at Mount Union College at Alliance, and in 1902 he was graduated from Ohio State University at Columbus, Ohio, receiving the degree of LL. B. On June 2, 1902, he was admitted to the bar in Ohio and in July, 1904, was licensed to practice before the federal courts. He began his professional career in Newark, and his constantly expanding powers have brought him a large and desirable clientele. In November, 1923, he was elected municipal judge for a term of four years and since January 1, 1924, has been the incumbent of the office, being reelected in November, 1927, for another four-year term. He carefully ascertains the facts of each case brought before him and dispenses justice with an even hand. For some time he was treasurer and general manager of the Pan-American Coal Company, operating mines in Athens, Perry, Noble and Muskingum counties. He instituted well devised plans for the expansion of the business and is still interested in coal properties in Muskingum county. Judge Collier was married July 12, 1906, in Newark to Miss Lula J. Lane, a daughter of William H. and Lorinda (Mumaw) Lane and a great-granddaughter of John Lane, who fought for American independence as a soldier in the Revolutionary war. His grandson, William H. Lane, was born in Connecticut and migrated from that state to Ohio. He was the organizer and president of the Lane Bridge & Construction Company and developed a business of substantial proportions. In politics he was a republican, and his religious views were in harmony with the tenets of the English Lutheran church. His wife was a native of Ohio, and both passed away in Newark. Mrs. Collier was born October 8, 1881, in Mount Vernon, Ohio, and in 1903 was graduated from the Newark high school. She belongs to Hetuck Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution and is a zealous member of the Episcopal church. Judge Collier is affiliated with the Methodist Episcopal church and conscientiously observes its teachings. His political allegiance is given to the republican party and during 1912-13 he was safety director for Newark, rendering valuable service to the city in that connection as well as in the office which he now fills. Along fraternal lines he is identified with the Masonic order, belonging to Acme Lodge, No. 554, F. & A. M.; SOUTHEASTERN OHIO - 43 St. Luke's Commandery, No. 34, K. T. ; and Aladdin Temple of the Mystic Shrine. He is a member of the Newark Country Club, and his favorite sports are fishing and hunting. He enjoys life and has faithfully discharged its duties and obligations, thus earning the respect and confidence of his fellowmen as well as the legitimate reward of intelligently directed industry. BEN H. EWING The oldest and largest undertaking establishment in Meigs county is that conducted by Ben H. Ewing at Pomeroy. Well qualified by nature, training and experience for the exacting calling which he follows, Mr. Ewing has built up a large business through his superior service and is regarded as the leading funeral director of the locality. He has always been a resident of Pomeroy, having been born here in 1877, and is a son of William H. and Harriet Jane (Wodman) Ewing, the former of whom was of English descent and the latter of Scottish antecedents. The progenitor of the Wodman family in this country was Ben Wodman, who came to Pomeroy from Prince Edward island and for a number of years ran boats on the Ohio river. William H. Ewing was born in Pennsylvania, whence he came to Pomeroy, and here in 1883 he embarked in the grocery business, buying out the firm of Ihle & Rhine. From that day to the present the Ewing family has been interested in the grocery business at Pomeroy. William H. Ewing was killed during the flood of 1896 in an elevator accident. He was a republican in politics and took an active and prominent part in local public affairs. He was also one of the leaders in Oddfellowship in this locality ; was prominent in religious work, and was treasurer of the building committee of the Presbyterian church. To him and his wife were born four children, namely : Ben H., of this review ; Mrs. Martha Jane Flood ; Herbert O. ; and Glenroy, who runs a grocery store. Ben H. Ewing secured his educational training in the public schools and Marietta Business College, graduating from the latter institution in 1897. He then engaged in the transfer business in Pomeroy, but subsequently entered the Cincinnati College of Embalming, from which he was graduated. In 1913 he entered the employ of B. F. Biggs & Company, undertakers, for whom he worked as embalmer and business manager until 1922, in which year he began in the undertaking business on his own account. Beginning in a small way, he was successful and soon built an establishment on Mulberry street, which, however, was destroyed by fire in August, 1922. He continued in business, and prosperity crowning his efforts, he is now erecting a fine new three-story building, thirty-three by eighty feet in size, and will here have one of the best funeral homes in southern Ohio. Mr. Ewing carries a large line of caskets and has 44 - SOUTHEASTERN OHIO ideal facilities for the proper conduct of his business. His equipment is up-to-date and includes two motor hearses, one a Packard and the other a Meteor, a Nash invalid car and two large passenger cars. Kindly and thoughtful in his relations with those who engage his services, he leaves nothing undone for their comfort, and he has been very highly commended for his tact and good judgment in the direction of funerals. In 1903 Mr. Ewing was united in marriage to Miss Alice Downie, a native of Faribault, Minnesota, and a daughter of W. L. and Janet (Crosbie) Downie, who moved from Meigs county to Minnesota. Mrs. Ewing is an earnest member of the Presbyterian church, in the work of which society she is greatly interested, and is also active in the Order of the Eastern Star, as well as in local social and civic affairs. To Mr. and Mrs. Ewing have been born four children, namely : William Henry, Janet Dorothy, Helen Alice and Mary Frances. William Henry Ewing was born at Pomeroy in 1904 and was graduated from the Pomeroy high school and from the Cincinnati College of Embalming. During the World war he was in the employ of the American Railway Express, and is now associated with his father in the undertaking business. Mr. Ewing gives his political support to the republican party and is at the present time serving as county coroner. He is a member of the Free and Accepted Masons, in which he has attained the degree of Knight Templar, and his religious connection is with the Presbyterian church. He belongs to the Ohio Embalmers Association. Courteous and friendly in manner, closely devoted to his work, and true and loyal in every relation of life, he holds an enviable place in the esteem of all who know him. WARREN S. WEIANT Regular in habit and methodical in action, Warren S. Weiant was able to perform duties as varied in character as they were successful in result and long occupied a central place on the stage of activity in Newark, stimulating its development along many lines. He was born February 8, 1858, in Bennington township, Licking county, Ohio, and was of German lineage, Weygandt being the original form of the name. Michael Weygandt, the American progenitor of the family, was born in 1656 and came to this country with a Lutheran colony in 1708, crossing the Atlantic in the sailing vessel known as the Globe. He settled in the state of New York and there died in 1723. His son, Tobias Weygandt, was born in 1701 on the Rhine river, near the city of Worms, and was a boy of seven when the family left Germany. Like his father, he was a devout Lutheran and a man of fine character. His son, John Weiant, was born in Monroe, Orange county, New York, in 1740, and when a young man joined the Continental troops. He was SOUTHEASTERN OHIO - 47 one of the signers of the Revolutionary pledge and a gallant soldier. Reared in the Lutheran faith, he always adhered thereto and stood high in the esteem of his fellowmen. His death occurred in Rockland county, New York, December 15, 1804, and his wife, Hannah (Rider) Weiant, was a life-long resident of that state. They were the parents of Andrew Weiant, who was born July 6, 1775, in Orange county and became the founder of the family in Ohio. In 1822 he settled in Licking county, in which he followed agricultural pursuits until his death on February 21, 1859. His wife, Mary (Rogers) Weiant, was born April 19, 1782, in Orange county, New York, and passed away May 7, 1858, on the homestead in Licking county. Their son, Andrew Weiant, Jr., was born April 11, 1820, in Rockland county, New York, and was but two years old when the family migrated to Ohio. He was a prosperous farmer and stockman and owned several thousand acres of land. He married Mariett Haskel Taylor, of Mayflower ancestry, who was born April 13, 1824, in Ballston Spa, New York, and died May 20, 1908, in Texas. She had long survived her husband, who passed away June 3, 1885, in Licking county. Mariett Haskel Taylor was a daughter of Edmund and Sarah (Warner) Taylor, the latter a cousin of Charles Dudley Warner, of Hartford, Connecticut, the noted author. Warren S. Weiant completed his studies in the Newark high school. When eighteen years of age he began his independent commercial career in Newark and was one of its early coal dealers. He opened a retail office opposite the Warden Hotel on East Main street and in 1878 connected it with his coal yard, a half-mile distant, by telephone. Inserting a full page advertisement in The Advocate, he stated that each of his customers who purchased a half-ton of coal would be allowed to converse with him over the telephone. The offer attracted many persons to whom this public utility was a decided novelty in those days and after the appearance of the advertisement a large number of people lined up on the sidewalk in front of the establishment awaiting their turn to converse with Mr. Weiant over the telephone. In 1888 he discontinued his activities as a coal dealer, and embarked in the manufacture of crackers in partnership with his brother, Miles A. Weiant. In 1890 their business became a branch of the United States Baking Company, which was taken over by the National Biscuit Company in 1892, and Warren S. Weiant was then made manager of the Newark branch. This he later repurchased in association with Harvey O. Crawmer, to whom he afterward sold his interest in the concern, and in 1894 sought a new outlet for his energies. Mr. Weiant and his associates organized the Newark Telephone Company, the first independent system in the United States, and he became one of its directors. Purchasing a large tract of land on North Hudson avenue, he developed the property and afterward was vice president of the. Newark Real Estate & Improvement Company. He served as president of the Newark Lumber Company and the Licking County Building Association and was a director of the New Arcade and the Powers-Miller Company. His name was a 48 - SOUTHEASTERN OHIO guarantee of the stability and success of every corporation which he represented. He had the fine perspective and unerring judgment of the men of large affairs, and his investments included desirable realty in Newark and Cleveland. About twenty years previous to his death Mr. Weiant, in association with his son, Carl A., established a truck farm four miles east of Newark on the Hanover road, which became known as the Little Kalamazoo Celery Farm, and later the firm became W. S. Weiant & Son, which was the foundation of the great greenhouse business still being so successfully conducted under that name. In 1882 Mr. Weiant married Miss Sarah Elizabeth Thumm, who was born November 27, 1860, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and received her higher education in the Woman's College at East Liberty. She resides in the attractive home erected by her husband near Newark and is a Christian Scientist in religious faith. Her father, Charles F. Thumm, was a native of Baden Baden, Germany, and as a pioneer played a conspicuous part in the development of the oil fields of Pennsylvania. He also became well known as a chemist and was the inventor of white vaseline. He was the pioneer refiner of kerosene and likewise established the first oil refinery on the Pacific coast. His wife, Christine (Kearcher) Thumm, was a native of Pittsburgh, in which city she passed away, while his death occurred in New York city. To Mr. and Mrs. Weiant were born four children : Carl A., whose biography appears elsewhere in this history ; Helen M., who is the wife of Walter C. Metz, president of the Newark Trust Company ; Marion E., the wife of Raymond C. Hanford of Cleveland, Ohio ; and Warren S. Weiant, Jr., a sketch of whom is also published in this work. Mr. Weiant was a Knight Templar Mason and Shriner and one of the valued members of the Rotary Club. He gave his political allegiance to the republican party and made an excellent record as alderman, working at all times for the best interests of the municipality. He was a citizen who would have been a decided acquisition to any community and a gentleman in the fullest sense of the term. His life was conspicuously useful, and his death, which occurred March 25, 1926, at his beautiful home on Hanover road, was the occasion of deep and widespread regret. RUEL W. FINISTERWALD The largest undertaking business in Meigs county is probably conducted by Ruel W. Finisterwald, of Pomeroy, who maintains up-to-date establishments at that place and Rutland. Years of experience and a natural aptitude for the business have enabled him to carry on his work in a manner that has commended him to his community, and he is held in high esteem by all who know him. Mr. Finisterwald was born at Athens, Athens county, Ohio, in 1889, SOUTHEASTERN OHIO - 49 and is a son of Lewis B. and Ida (Cornell) Finisterwald. His father followed the vocation of farming, and was also identified with the undertaking business. He was a democrat in his political views ; was affiliated with the Presbyterian church and was a charter member of the Masonic lodge, to which he belonged. Ruel Finisterwald attended the common and high schools and Ohio University at Athens. He was graduated from the embalming school of Starling Medical College in 1910 and during the following nine years was employed in various undertaking establishments in Athens and Guysville. In 1919 he came to Pomeroy and bought the undertaking business of Biggs & Martin, and in 1925 also bought out Bart Rawlings, at Rutland, conducting both establishments at the present time. He owns two hearses, two ambulances and other up-to-date equipment and is prepared to give the best of service, promptly and efficiently. In 1913 Mr. Finisterwald was united in marriage to Miss Louise Rice, who is a native of Athens, Ohio, and is active in the social and civic affairs of Pomeroy. In his political views Mr. Finisterwald is a democrat, and he and his wife are members of the Presbyterian church. He belongs to the Free and Accepted Masons, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Knights of Pythias, the Kiwanis Club and the National Embalmers Association. A man of courteous and kindly manner, with a full appreciation of the service which he is able to render to his fellowmen, he has well merited the respect which is accorded him throughout his county and is numbered among its best citizens. GEORGE D. KILDOW One of the representative business men of New Lexington, Perry county, is George D. Kildow, who owns and operates a well-equipped plumbing establishment and who has gained a wide reputation as a competent and reliable plumbing contractor. Mr. Kildow was born in Muskingum county, Ohio, in 1879, and is a son of Alonzo and Sarah Katherine Kildow, who were of German. descent. Alonzo Kildow was born in Muskingum county in 1852, devoted his life to farming and died in 1917. He was a republican in politics and a member of the Knights of Pythias. The mother was born in 1857 and died in 1913. They became the parents of six children, three of whom are deceased. George D. Kildow secured his education in the public schools of Roseville, Ohio, and in 1900 began to learn the plumbing trade with Bohn & Kern at New Lexington, with which firm he remained for eight years. He worked as a journeyman plumber until 1913, when he went into business on his own account as a plumbing contractor and during the subsequent years has done a large amount of work throughout this section of the state, including the plumbing on the Crooksville and New Lexington