300 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS JUDGE GILBERT H. STEWART. (RETURN TO THE TITLE PAGE) Judge Gilbert Holland Stewart, lawyer, jurist and educator, who since 1873 has practiced at the Columbus bar, was born in Boston, Massachusetts. March 15, 1847, a son of Alonzo and Isabella (Ireland) Stewart. When he was five years of age his parents removed with their family to East Cambridge, Massachusetts, where he resided until July, 1867, and then became a resident of Galion, Ohio. In the public schools of Cambridge he pursued his education until he completed his course by graduation from the Cambridge High School with the class of 1864. He then entered Harvard Col- CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 301 lege as a member of the class of 1868, remaining within the classic walls of that old institution until the middle of his junior year, when he matriculated in the Harvard Law School where he studied for one term. In 1889 Harvard University conferred upon him the degree of Bachelor of Arts, and subsequently he further continued his law course in East Cambridge, Massachusetts, and in Galion, Ohio, and in May, 1869, was admitted to the bar at Columbus, then locating for practice in Galion, where he remained until he came to Columbus, where he has since resided. In the private practice of law Judge Stewart has been accorded a liberal clientage and in 1884 was elected one of the judges of the circuit court of Ohio for the second circuit and on the expiration of his term of four years was reelected for a term of six years. In 1892 and in 1893 he was elected chief justice of the circuit court of Ohio and at the close of his second term declined renomination and resumed the practice of law in Columbus on the 9th of February, 1895. Judge Stewart prepared and edited the Ohio Citation Digest and is the author of a work on Legal Medicine, having also prepared an article on the History of the Circuit Court of this state, which appears in the publication known as the Bench and Bar of Ohio. As an educator in the path of his profession lie has gained more than local prominence, from March, 1884, until May, 1907, having been professor of medical jurisprudence at the Starling Medical College of Columbus, and he has been professor of law at the Ohio State University Law School since February. 1904. occupying the chair of Federal Practice. Aside from professional relations. Judge Stewart has figured in connection With the public interests of the city, serving as a member of the board of education from 1880 until 1882. while in the spring of 1884 he was elected a member of the city council, resigning that position, however, upon his election to the circuit court in the fall of the same year. In 1897 he was president of the Columbus board of trade and in 1898 president of the Ohio State Board of Commerce, in which connection he aided in solving complex problems concerning the business conditions of the city and state. Judge Stewart Was married June 22, 1875, at Worthington. Ohio. to Miss Clara Landon Ogden, a daughter of the eminent educator. Professor John Ogden. R. GROSVENOR HUTCHINS. R. Grosvenor Hutchins, vice president of the Jeffrey Manufacturing Company. was born in Brooklyn. New York, in 1869. a son of the Rev. Dr. R. G. Hutchins. who for ten years was pastor of the First Congregational church of Columbus. In the early '70s the family removed to this city, the father accepting the pastorate here proffered him, and in the public schools R. G. Hutchins. Jr.. acquired his early education. which was afterward supplemented by several years' study in the public schools of Minneapolis. He entered upon his collegiate course at Oberlin. Ohio. where he continued until his graduation. Mr. Hutchins came direct from Oberlin to 302 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS Columbus, where he entered the employ of The Jeffrey Manufacturing Company and gradual advancement has brought him to the position of vice president. On the 17th of June, 1891, Mr. Hutchins was married to Miss Minnie Garrison Jeffrey, a daughter of Joseph A. Jeffrey. His political allegiance is given to the republican party and he has served as president of the Columbus Board of Trade. He has found recreation in travel, visiting various points in Europe, south Africa and Australia. as well as on this continent. ALFRED W. SHIELDS. Following the cessation of the great Civil war, there came into central Ohio many emigrants from the state of Virginia, as there had previously come between 1800 and 1850, at which latter date the tide of migration almost entirely ceased. Among these latter migrants was Thomas P. Shields, a Confederate soldier and officer and a practicing physician, who. with his family, came from Cartersville, Virginia, to Union county. where lie began the practice of medicine and soon stood high in public estimation and filled numerous public trusts. Alfred Watkins Shields, the well known young attorney of Columbus. is the son of this Dr. Thomas P. Shields and, like his father, is a man of strong determination in all that he undertakes. He was born in Cartersville. Virginia, on the 3d of April. 1866, and was less than one year old when his parents brought him to a. new home in what was yet a relatively new commonwealth. The father, Dr. Thomas P. Shields, of Mill Creek township. was born in Cumberland county, Virginia. On his father's side lie is of Irish and Scotch descent, the family having emigrated to this country. locating first in the state of Delaware and subsequently moving to Virginia. His grandfather, John Shields, was an officer (a captain) in the Revolutionary war. His father, David Shields, was raised in Rockbridge county. Virginia, and served in the war of 1812-14. His grandfather on his mother's side was Joseph Watkins. of Goochland county. Virginia, who was of Welsh descent and of a Quaker family. His grandmother was Mary Carrington. a sister of General Edward Carrington of Revolutionary fame. He was with Washington throughout the Revolution, a member of his staff and an intimate friend of LaFayette. The Carrington., were English and settled in Virginia at an early day. Dr. Shields, after attending the primary schools in his neighborhood took a course in Washington College (now Washington and Lee University) in Lexington. Virginia. and then attended lectures in the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, and the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. After graduating in 1846 he settled on the farm on which his widowed mother resided and on which he was born, and practiced successfully his profession as physician and surgeon. For many years before the late war, he had been connected with a volunteer military company with rank of captain. This PAGE 303 - PICTURE OF A. W. SHIELDS PAGE 304 - BLANK CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 305 company was ordered out early in the war and attached to the Eighteenth Virginia. Regiment Confederate States army, which served mostly in the army of northern Virginia. In the winter of 1862 his health became impaired. He resigned his position and received the appointment of surgeon and served principally in the hospitals until the close of the war. In 1861 Dr. Shields removed with his family to Ohio and settled in Union county, where he owned a large farm. He has practiced his profession since June, 1846, and at the present time answers calls in his neighborhood. Alfred W. Shields spent his youthful days in his parents' home and was given excellent educational advantages, which he wisely improved. After attending the common schools he entered the Ohio Central College, where he pursued his studies for a few terms, and then entered the Washington and Lee University at Lexington, Virginia.. He completed his education in that historic seat of learning that dates back to what were among the proudest days of the Old Dominion. He was graduated from its law department in June, 1891, under the distinguished statesman, lawyer and jurist, John Randolph Tucker. Coming to Columbus soon after his graduation, Mr. Shields entered upon the practice of his profession in this city, and energy and industry, in connection with his native ability, enabled him to build up steadily and surely a remunerative practice a practice that is constantly growing, the result of his own application, laudable ambition and strong mental force. His offices are in the Capital Trust building and he now has a large law practice that is of an important character. He is recognized as a safe counsel and able advocate, who in the presentation of his cases before the courts loses sight of no detail bearing upon his case and gives to each point its due relative prominence. He convinces by his concise statement of law facts rather than by word painting and so high is the respect for his legal ability and integrity that his assertions in court are seldom questioned seriously. Whatever he does is for the best interests of his clients and for the honor of his profession. During the years 1901 and 1902 Mr. Shields was assistant director of law under Mayor John N. Hinkle and acquitted himself most becomingly. In political allegiance he is a democrat the result of earnest study of the system of government and conscientious convictions. He is also a member of Joseph Dowdall Lodge, No. 144. K. P., of Columbus and of the Episcopal church. He was married to Almeda H. Houstle, of Columbus. Dec. 1, 1897. JAMES T. HOLMES, JR. .lames T. Holmes, Jr., attorney at law of Columbus, was born in Urichsville. Ohio, February 20. 1868, a son of Abraham R. and Mary (Milone) Holmes, both of whom were natives of Ohio. The father has been United States postoffice inspector for the division comprising Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky since 1885. with the exception of one year during President Harrison's administration. In early life he began the study of law but the out- 306 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS break of the Civil war prevented him continuing his preparation for the bar as he sacrificed his professional interests to aid his country and became a first lieutenant of the Fifty-second Ohio Volunteer Infantry, thus serving from 1862 until 1865. He has been equally loyal to his country in civic official capacities, serving as auditor of Tuscarawas county from 1879 until 1885, at which time he was made United States postoffice inspector. He has since continued in this position with an untarnished record and he makes his headquarters at Cincinnati. James T. Holmes, Jr. was educated in the common and high schools of New Philadelphia., Ohio, being graduated therefrom in 1886. He taught school for one year and was employed in the postoffice at New Philadelphia for two years. In 1889, however, he came to Columbus and entered the Ohio State University as a law student, continuing the course until 1892. In October of that year he was admitted to the bar. since which time he has engaged steadily in active practice, securing a large and important clientage. His ability is recognized by those who have employed his professional services or who have met him as an opponent in the courts where it is found that he has prepared for defense as well as for attack. His deductions are always logical and his conclusions based upon au intimate knowledge of the law and correct application of its principles to the points at issue. On the 24th of December, 1897, Mr. Holmes was united in marriage to Miss May F. Givens, of Columbus and they have one son. Abraham Allen. Mr. Holmes is, a member of the board of trade while in professional lines he is connected with the Franklin County Bar Association and the Ohio State Bar Association. All through his life he has been actuated by a spirit of progress, regarding no position as final but rather as a point from which lie can work up to higher things. In his profession he has made a creditable record, being recognized as one of the strong members of the Columbus bar. LINN BENTLEY. Linn Bentley, conducting a commission business in pig iron and coke as a member of the firm of Fieser & Bentley. was born in Gallipolis, Gallia county, Ohio, December 10, 1851. The family is of English lineage. His father, Aholiab Bentley, was a native of Pennsylvania and wedded Mrs. Mary Ann McCauley in 1830 and to them were born two soils: Morrison A. and Corwin. Mrs. Bentley died in 1836. Mr. Bentley, in the year of 1840, married Eli: s Jane Linn, a daughter of Mr. John Linn, of Higginsport. Ohio, and In this union were born five children. namely: Laura. Jane. who married Charles P. Lloyd. of Portsmouth. Ohio: Mary Ellen, who married Richard M. Lloyd, also of Portsmouth; Linn, who married Rachel Alice Clare, of Portsmouth; Benjamin, who married Miss Lizzie Crandall of Jackson, Ohio; and Franklin, deceased. In the public schools of Portsmouth. Ohio. Linn Bentley began his education, which ryas supplemented by study in the Ohio Wesleyan Uni- CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 307 versity. He left school in 1868 to engage in the banking business in Portsmouth and was thus connected until 1871, when he went to Madison Furnace, Ohio. where he engaged in the manufacture of charcoal pig iron. There he carried on business for a fourth of a century, or until 1894, when he removed to Columbus and established a pig iron commission business under the firm style of Miller, Wagoner & Bentley. This was afterward changed to the Miller, Wagoner, Fieser & Company, and the last change in the partnership, which occurred in 1902, led to the adoption of the present style of Fieser & Bentley. Mr. Bentley's long experience in manufacturing lines well qualify him for the conduct of a commission business, and his interests in this regard are now large and valuable. He has worked earnestly and persistently year after year, has sought his success in honorable lines, and as the result of his diligence and integrity now occupies a high place in the regard of his fellow townsmen. He is also the vice president of the Dollar Building & Loan Association of Columbus, Ohio. On the 8th of February, 1876, Mr. Bentley was married to Miss Rachel Alice Clare, of Portsmouth, a daughter of James D. Clare, who was a manufacturer of pig iron and the owner of two furnaces, Madison and Bloom. His death occurred in December, 1898. The home of Mr. and Mrs. Bentley has been blessed with five children : Sarah Irma, the wife of Jay Galligan, of Loveland, Colorado; Jennie Linn, the wife, of Captain Miletis Garner, of the Ohio National Guard; Linn Clare, deceased; Robert A., now attending Kenyon College: and Paul, a clerk in the Union National Bank of Columbus. In his fraternal relations Mr. Bentley is a Master Mason, while his religious faith is indicated in his membership in the Methodist Episcopal church. His life has been one of diligence and activity, and throughout his entire career he has possessed that determination of character which has enabled him to overcome all obstacles and difficulties and work his way steadily upward. He has never made a false or mistaken move in business and his career illustrates the idea of learning one business and following it to the exclusion of all others. LEROY PARKER. Leroy Parker, auditor of the Guanajuato Reduction & Mines Company and president of the Ohio Audit Company, his meritorious service in both connection winning him wide recognition as a leading business man of Columbus. was born in the Boston navy yard, March 29, 1869. The military history of the family is a most creditable one. His great-grandfather, William H. Parker, was a captain in the Virginia Line during the Revolutionary war. His grandfather, Foxhall A. Parker, was a commodore in the United States navy and was offered command of the German. navy at the time of its reorganization years ago but declined to accept. His son and namesake. Foxhall A. Parker. Jr.. was born at the Brooklyn navy yard and 308 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS entered the naval service as a midshipman, after which he passed through the regular course of promotion until he became a commodore. He had command of the Rappahannock and of the Potomac during the last two years of the Civil war. His brother, Dangerfield Parker, is a brigadier general in the United States army, while another brother, William H. Parker, was a distinguished officer in the Confederate navy. Foxhall A. Parker, Jr., married Miss Caroline Donaldson, a great-great-granddaughter of General Timothy Pickering, who served as adjutant to General Washington in the Revolutionary war. She died in 1877. Commodore Parker had formerly wedded a Miss Mallory, who died in 1860, and who was the daughter of Captain Mallory. of Columbus, Ohio. The death of Foxhall A. Parker occurred in 1879, when he was serving as superintendent of the naval academy at Annapolis, Maryland. His entire life was devoted to naval service, either in active duty at the front in the time of war or as instructor in the service in training others for a similar career. Leroy Parker largely acquired his education in St. Paul's school at Concord, New Hampshire, and after putting aside his text-books he took up the profession of accountant, being thus employed first in the city of Baltimore, while later he went to Texas, where he remained for twelve years. In 1903 he came to Columbus, found an excellent opening, took advantage of it and has since made substantial and continuous progress until he now occupies an important position in the business world, being today widely known a: the auditor of the Guanajuato Reduction & Mines Company and the president of the Ohio Audit Company. In 1900 Mr. Parker was married to Miss Lena Colburn, of Wyoming, Illinois, and they have three daughters. Ida Shepard, Mildred and Florence Grosvenor Hanson. Mr. Parker belongs to Goodale Lodge. A. F. & A. M., and his social nature finds expression in the Columbus Country Club and the Columbus Riding Club. He is also a member of the Ohio Society and of the Benjamin Franklin Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution. With the blood of patriotic ancestry flowing in his veins, it is not strange that he has in his nature a strong patriotic strain that is manifest in a commendable interest and helpfulness in everything pertaining to the welfare of his adopted city. JOHN FRANKLIN FERGUS. John Franklin Fergus, attorney at law, secretary and counsel for the Park Savings Company and interested with David E. Huston in the real estate and building business, is thus prominently associated with the enterprise and upbuilding of Columbus. He was born in Miami county. Ohio, March 8. 1863, a son of John Shannon and Susan (Black) Fergus, both of whom came of Scotch-Irish ancestry. His great-grandfather, Francis Fergus, was a soldier of the Revolutionary war. Five brothers of the name came to this country and at the outbreak of the war with England three of CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 309 them remained advocates of the Tory cause and returned to their old home. Francis Fergus, however, espoused the cause of independence and fought for the liberty of the nation. James Fergus, his son and the grandfather of our subject, became a resident of Miami county, Ohio, in 1807 and was recognized as a man of force, wielding a wide influence. He left the impress of his individuality upon the legislative history of the state, serving for two terms as a member of the house and for one term as a member of the senate. He also filled the office of county commissioner and figured prominently in military affairs. His acquaintance was most wide and it is said that he could call the name of every man in Miami county at that time. His business interests were those of the farm and he successfully managed his agricultural pursuits while capably discharging his official duties as a loyal representative of the public interests. John Shannon Fergus, father of John Franklin Fergus, also followed the occupation of farming and his life was one of quiet retirement. He never sought to figure in public life but devoted his attention to agricultural labors and thus provided for his family. Both he and his wife have now passed away, Mrs. Fergus, however, having spent her last days in Columbus. Upon the old home farm John Franklin Fergus was reared and attended the district schools, mastering those branches of learning that usually constitute the public school curriculum. He also took four years of special work in the Ohio State University and then taught school for two years. Again entering the State University he was graduated in the first law class which completed the course in that institution, the year of his ,graduation being 1892. There were thirteen members of this class who entered the June, 1892, examination and won the first eight places among eighty-eight applicants for admission to the bar. The same year Mr. Fergus began practice and has since continued in the neighborhood of Goodale and High streets, doing much active work in connection with the courts while his ability in other lines has led his cooperation to be sought for the furtherance of their interests. He became counsel in 1895 for the Park Building Loan and Savings Company, now the Park Savings Company, and in 1898 was elected its secretary, filling the dual position to the present time. This organization has never lost a cent since Mr. Fergus became secretary. His associate officers and the directors of the company are among the most prominent men of the north side. In addition to his duties as secretary and counsel for the company, Mr. Fergus does an office practice and is interested with David E. Huston in the conduct of a real estate and building enterprise which has grown to extensive proportions. His business judgment is sound and his keen sagacity enables him to penetrate far into the possibilities for success so that he gives his labors along lines that lead to progress and prosperity. On the 18th of June. 1889. Mr. Fergus was married to Miss Ella May Addison, a, sister of Louis G. Addison. a prominent attorney of Columbus, and they have five living children : Clara. Sue, Corwin Addison. Edward Shannon, Mary Frances and Carl Franklin. Mr. and Mrs. Fergus are members of the king Avenue Episcopal church and in church work they are deeply and helpfully interested. For two terms he served as a member of 310 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS the Columbus board of education and matters of general interest elicited his attention and received his hearty cooperation whenever his judgment sanctioned the course pursued. In Masonry he has attained the thirty-second degree of the Scottish Rite, and while his brethren in the fraternity find him an exemplary representative and Columbus knows him as a loyal and patriotic citizen, neglectful of no opportunity for public service, he yet gives his time and attention chiefly to his business affairs and is accomplishing good results in the labors which now claim his attention. WALTER E. M. RANCHOUS, M. D. Dr. Walter E. M. Ranchous, a popular and successful medical practitioner of Columbus, was born in Sciotoville, Scioto county, Ohio, July 8, 1870, his parents being F. F. and Emily (Marshall) Ranchous. The father, a native of Portsmouth, Ohio, and a prominent brick manufacturer, passed away in January, 1907, while the mother, a native of Scioto county, was called to her final rest in February, 1907. Walter E. M. Ranchous attended the public schools of his native county and subsequently, having determined upon the practice of medicine as a life work, became a student in the medical department of the University of Cincinnati, from which he was graduated on the 9th of April, 1897. Immediately afterward he came to Columbus and has since been successfully engaged in the practice of his profession here, being widely recognized as a physician of skill and ability. In 1904 Dr. Ranchous was united in marriage to Miss Bertha May Buchman, a native of Columbus. Fraternally he is connected with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and keeps in close touch with the progress of his profession through his membership in the Columbus Academy of Medicine, the State Medical Association, the American Medical Association, the Mississippi Valley Medical Society and the Pan American Congress, the International Society for the Prevention and Cure of Tuberculosis and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He is likewise identified with the Nu Sigma Nu, a college fraternity, and though still a young man, has already attained an enviable position in the professional as well as social circles of Columbus. JERRY DENNIS. Investigation into the life record of Jerry Dennis shows that during his seventeen years' connection with the Columbus bar he has manifested many of the sterling attributes of the able lawyer in whom devotion to his clients' interests and fidelity to the majesty of the law in its purpose to secure justice, are well balanced forces. Born in Pickaway county, Ohio, November 24, 1866, he is a son of David and Margaret (Hess) Dennis, both of whom are PAGE 311 - PICTURE OF DR. W. E. M. RANCHOUS PAGE 312 - BLANK CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 313 natives of Ohio. The father followed farming as a life work but felt that his duty to his country was paramount to all else at the time of the Civil war and joined the Union army. His cap was pierced by three bullets near Vicksburg, Mississippi, and he was captured at Atlanta, Georgia, after which he was taken to Andersonville prison where he was incarcerated for nine months. At the close of the war he was honorably discharged and resumed agricultural pursuits, still maintaining his residence in Pickaway county. Jerry Dennis was reared on the home farm, working in the fields during the periods of vacation and mastering the branches that constituted the public school curriculum when school was in session. He was afterward graduated from the National Normal University at Lebanon, Ohio, with the class of 1889, at which time the degree of Bachelor of Science was conferred upon him. He engaged in teaching school for several years in his native county and was principal of the high school of Derby, Ohio, for three years. With the desire to become a member of the legal fraternity he began reading law with Judge Festus Walters, of Circleville, Ohio, as his preceptor and afterward entered the Ohio State University from which he was graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Law in 1892. The following year the Master of Law degree was conferred upon him. In June following his graduation he was admitted to the bar and has since been engaged in general practice in Columbus. Ht is a member of the Ohio State and Franklin County Bar Associations and accorded a clientage that attests his ability and indicates the fact that he has long passed the point of mediocrity and has steadily climbed the hill to fame in the legal profession. On the 22d of December, 1906, Mr. Dennis was married to Miss Bess Ryland. of Columbus, Ohio, and they have one son, Paul Ryland. Politically Mr. Dennis is an earnest republican and in 1890 served as census enumerator of Monroe township, Pickaway county, but otherwise has never held office, preferring to devote his energies to his professional duties. Fraternally he is connected with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and those who meet him socially recognize in him a man of genial, friendly spirit and regard his good will as worthy to be won. CHARLES E. JUSTICE. Charles E. Justice, a member of the Columbus bar, specializing in the department of real estate law, was born in Perry county, Ohio, January 11, 1860, his parents being James R. and Cathrin (Pletcher) Justice, the former a native of North Carolina and the latter of Ohio. Seven brothers of the Justice family, natives of Ireland; were driven from that land through. political persecution and went to Holland. After twenty years they returned to the Emerald Isle and thence sailed for America. At the time the colonies attempted to throw off the yoke of British oppression three of them enlisted in the defense of American interests and two of them were never heard from 314 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS again. The paternal grandfather of Charles E. Justice loyally served as a soldier in the war of 1812 and died at the age of ninety years. James R. Justice, the father, was an educator, devoting his entire life to school work, but in 1884 was killed by accident. His wife still resides in Columbus. She is a representative of a family of German origin that for many years numbered its members among the residents of Pennsylvania. Charles E. Justice acquired a public school education and afterward engaged in teaching school in Fairfield county for eight years. The hours which are usually termed leisure were by him closely devoted to the study of law until he had mastered many of the principles of jurisprudence and, successful in passing the required examination, was admitted to the bar December 5, 1889, before the supreme court of Ohio. He has since been admitted to practice in the United States circuit court and in following his profession in Columbus has given unmistakable evidence of his ability in his chosen vocation. The court records show that he has won a number of notable cases and also that he confines his attention largely to real estate law. He has not dissipated his energies over the entire field of jurisprudence but has concentrated his forces along one particular line with the result that his ability is continuously increasing. His offices are located in the Wesley Block where he has remained for almost nineteen successive years. Mr. Justice is a member of the Columbus Board of Trade and is well known in Masonic circles, having taken the degrees of the Ancient York Rite. He is also a very prominent and active worker in the blue lodge of masonry, and is connected with the Knights of Pythias and in fraternal circles, as in other relations of life, enjoys the warm regard in which he is held. PROFESSOR FRANK THEODORE COLE. Professor Frank Theodore Cole, as president of the Columbus University School, is doing a work, the value of which cannot be overestimated. He holds to the opinion of Cant that "the object of education is to train each individual to reach the highest perfection possible for him," and, actuated in all of his work by this ideal, he has made his school one of the leading educational factors of central Ohio. Professor Cole was born in Brattleboro, Vermont, June 22, 1853, and is descended from one of the old New England families. Thomas Cole, his ancestor, having settled at Salem, Massachusetts, in 1634. His father, Theodore Cole, way born at Westmoreland, New Hampshire. May 19, 1813, and when twenty-two years of age went to New Bedford, Massachusetts, where he shipped on a whaling vessel. In May, 1843, he sailed as master of the Parachute and after making three voyages retired from the sea. It was in August, 1848, that he wedded Miss Livilla, daughter of Captain Wilson and Lucy (Atherton) Gleason. She was born March 21. 1818. and at twentyfive years of age gave her hand in marriage to Captain Cole. She accompanied him on two long voyages to the Arctic ocean, on one of which he dis- CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 315 covered the Plover Islands on the 15th of July, 1849, but never claimed the title of discoverer. He made several long voyages but following his arrival home on the 22d of March, 1851, decided to give up the sea. He then turned his attention to merchandising and manufacturing at Brattleboro, Vermont, where he lived for seven years and where his children were born. In 1859 he removed with his family to a farm at Westminster, Vermont, and in 1867 changed to city life, settling at Waverley, Massachusetts, where he maintained his home while conducting a produce business in Boston. Later he returned to his old home town of Westmoreland, New Hampshire, where he died July 2, 1884. He had previously served as a member of the Vermont legislature during his residence at Westminster and in 1881-2 he represented Westmoreland in the New Hampshire general assembly. The questions which were to the statesman and man of affairs of vital import were matters of interest to him and he was able to hold his own in argument with the leading political leaders of New England. He became a stalwart republican at the organization of the party, voting for Fremont in 185 and continuing as a supporter of the party principles until his demise. In his later life he held membership in the Congregational church. Frank Theodore Cole, the eldest child of the family attended the public schools and prepared for college in the Phillips Andover Academy.. Later he matriculated in Williston Seminary at Easthampton, Massachusetts, being graduated therefrom in June, 1873. In the succeeding fall he matriculated in Williams College and was graduated in 1877 with the Bachelor of Arts degree. In 1879 he won the degree of Bachelor of Law from Columbia University at New York city and was admitted to practice in the courts of New York in December of that year. In the same month Professor Cole settled in Columbus and entered upon the active practice of law in this city. continuing in. the profession until January 1, 1887, after which lie devoted two years to commercial interests. In 1889 lie entered upon active connection with educational affairs here, establishing the Columbus Latin School, which has been continued to the present time although the name was changed to the Columbus University School on its incorporation, Professor Cole since acting as its president. The Columbus Latin School was established as a school for boys in 1888, Professor Cole assuming charge in 1889. In 1899 he was joined by Professor Abram Brown, formerly principal of the Central high school and they reorganized the school under the name of the University School of Columbus, with Professor Brown as principal and Professor Cole as secretary. After two years Professor Brown returned to his high school work and under Professor Cole's guidance this has become one of the splendid educational institutions of Central Ohio, its graduates being eligible to entrance into any standard college or university. The school was incorporated in 1906. While Professor Cole has gained distinction as one of the able educators of Ohio, he has become equally well known in other lines and in fact his interest and activity extend to various fields bearing upon the substantial progress and the progressive citizenship of his adopted state. Recognizing the obligations as well as the advantages of citizenship. he has been a stalwart advocate 316 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS of the political principles which he believes are most conducive to the welfare of state and nation, and in 1880 was president of the Garfield and Arthur Glee Club and a director of succeeding clubs in 1884 and 1888. He has served on the city and county committees as representative from the old ninth ward and has never failed to espouse any cause which his judgment sanctions as beneficial to the community at large. From 1880 until 1887 he was a member of the executive board of the Young Men's Christian Association and for ten years was secretary of the Franklin County Sunday School Union. He was first superintendent of the Mayflower Sunday school and was assistant superintendent of the Sunday school of the First Congregational church for twelve years. He believes in the early training of the child along moral lines as well as intellectual development. regarding such training as the basis of correct growth in later years. Realizing, too, the profound truth that physical development should go hand in hand with intellectual and moral progress he has always been much interested in athletics and was one of the founders and twice served as president of the Columbus Tennis Association and for six years was president of the Columbus Golf Club. He also became a charter member of the Columbus Whist Club. Genealogy has been to him an engaging study and in 1886 lie was the' author of the Early Genealogies of the Cole Families in America and also prepared a partial genealogy of the Gleason family. He contributes graphic articles to the Old Northwest Genealogical Quarterly, of which he is now editor. In 1888-9 he was secretary of the disbursement committee for the centennial celebration of the passage of the ordinance erecting Northwest. territory when the annual encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic was held that year in Columbus. He is a life member of the Ohio Historical and Archaeological Society and of the Old Northwest Genealogical Society, acting as secretary of the last named since June, 1903. Deeply interested in the great sociological problems of the country he became .secretary of the first social settlement of this city, known as the Godman Guild. He belongs to the First Congregational church, and all questions which affect the general interests of society have received his attention and consideration. His study of everything has led not so much to theory but to action and his efforts have been resultant factors in attaining achievement along various lines of public benefit. ISAAC NEWTON SMITH, M. D. Dr. Isaac Newton Smith, devoting his time and attention to the practice of medicine and surgery in Westerville. with a patronage that is indicative of his skill and capable service, was born in 'Plain township. Franklin county. Ohio. February 16. 1842. His parents were Archibald and Mary A. (Beach) Smith. The father was born in Sussex county, New Jersey, in 1803, while the mother was a. native of Stratford. Connecticut. They were married in Licking county. Ohio. in 1833. having come to this state with CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 317 their respective parents in childhood days. It was in the fall of 1813 that the Smith family was established in Plain township, settling about a mile from the birthplace of Dr. Smith of this review. Thus almost a century has passed since the Smith family of which our subject is a representative became connected with the early development and progress of this part of the state and as the years have gone by they have borne a substantial part in the progress and improvement of the county. The first to come to the county was the Doctor's grandfather. John I. Smith and his father, John Smith, who was a Revolutionary soldier and who died here May 23, 1814, being the first interred in the Smith burying ground on the Johnstown road. Dr. Smith resided on the old homestead farm for thirty years. He had supplemented his early education by a year's study in the Johnstown high school and at the time of the Civil war he enlisted in the National Guard in 1863. The following year he was mustered into the United States service as a member of Company B, One Hundred and Thirty-third Ohio Volunteer Infantry, with the one hundred day men and participated in the engagement at Bermuda Hundred. On the expiration of his term of enlistment he returned home and was again connected with general agricultural pursuits for some years. He began preparation for the practice of medicine as a student under the direction of Dr. G. W. Holmes, of New Albany, Ohio, who remained his preceptor for three years. In October, 1873, he matriculated in the Eclectic Medical Institute of Cincinnati, from which he was graduated in February, 1875. Following his graduation Dr. Smith went to Lehigh, Iowa. where he practiced for a. year and then returned to New Albany, Ohio, where he continued in practice for eighteen years. Since October. 1594. he has been a resident of Westerville and is here accorded a growing patronage, having the professional support of many of the best families of the town. His ability is pronounced, enabling him to cope with intricate problems relative to the restoration of health. His labors have been effective in this direction and he well deserves the liberal support which is accorded him. On the 20th of January, 1881, Dr. Smith was united in marriage to Miss Agnes Eveline Strait, a daughter of George R. and Minerva Strait, of Westerville, and to them were born two children but one died in infancy. The surviving son is Ralph W., who was born October 8. 1849. and was graduated from the high school of Westerville in 1908 now attending the Otterbein University. Dr. Smith from the age of twenty-one years has been a. loyal advocate of the republican party and served as treasurer of his native township, which, however, is the only public office that he has ever filled. In 1868 he went to Utica, Livingston county, Missouri, where he heard Carl Schurz make his famous speech. In 1867 he became a member of the Methodist church and his life has been in conformity with its teachings. He was made a Mason in New Albany in 1872 and is a member of Blendon Lodge, No. 339. A. F. & A. M.. of Westerville. also of the chapter and the Eastern Star of. Westerville. He has served as commander of James Price Post. No. 50, G. A. R., and is a member of the Sons of the American Revolution. being identified 318 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS with the Columbus chapter. The growth of these societies is a matter of deep interest to him and he gives loyal aid thereto. His time, however, is largely taken up with his professional duties and he never neglects an opportunity to aid his fellowmen through his professional skill even when he knows that his service will not bring pecuniary reward. EDMUND FREDERICK ARRAS. Edmund Frederick Arras, well known in business circles of Columbus as a rental agent, his interests in this connection having now reached extentensive proportions, was born in Dayton, Ohio, July 7, 1875. The family is of German lineage, and Johann Nicholas Arras, the grandfather of our subject, was one of the pioneer settlers of Dayton. John D. Arras, the father, was born in Columbus and for twenty-one years was proprietor of the Columbus Tent & Awning Company, in which connection he conducted an extensive business. He was well known in commercial circles and he was also a trustee of the Spiritualist church at the corner of Sixth and State streets. He married Clara. H. Schneider, a native of Columbus. Her parents, however, came from Germany in company with the great-grandfather of our subject, Fred erick Faeger. who was one of the pioneers of the capital city and owned a large portion of the land in South Columbus. The death of John D. Arras occurred December 21, 1907, but his wife is still living. At the usual age Edmund F. Arras began his education in the public schools of Dayton and subsequently was a high-school student in Columbus. After leaving high school he acted as private secretary to Judge Eli P. Evans, who was for twenty-five years judge of the common pleas court, and Mr. Arras was closely associated with this learned gentleman until the latter's death, which occurred February 9, 1908, the Judge exerting a great influence over his life. For some time lie was a student in the law department of the Ohio State University, from which he was graduated in 1895, although he was but twenty years of age and too young to be admitted to practice. The following year he took a post-graduate course in law and was admitted to the bar the day following his twenty-first birthday. In the meantime, however, in 1891 Mr. Arras established a small rental agency and conducted the business while attending college. He practiced law for four years after completing his course and at the .same time continued his rental agency, which grew so rapidly that he abandoned the law practice altogether in 1900 to attend to a business which demanded his entire time and energies. In this way he manages mich property. having the largest rental agency in the city in fact controls more business than any other five agencies combined. He is agent and manager for a number of large interests; including the William A. Neil estate, the A. H. Hildreth estate, the M. M. Green estate, the Gilbert C. Hoover estate, the Norfolk & Western Railway Company, the Green-Joyce Company, the Ximena Home Building Company and the Roster Columbus Associated Breweries Company. PAGE 319 - PICTURE OF E. F. ARRAS PAGE 320 - BLANK CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 321 In 1897 Mr. Arras was married to hiss Elizabeth P. McDerment. of Columbus, a daughter of one of the prominent pioneers of Columbus, James M. McDerment, who for more than thirty-five years conducted a wholesale and retail feed business on West Broad street. He was a prominent Odd Fellow, being for years state treasurer of that organization. Mr. and Mrs. Arras are well known socially, having many friends in this city. Mr. Arras takes an active interest in those movements and measures which tend to uplift humanity, is president and one of the directors of the Universalist church and is superintendent of the Sunday school. He is also president of the Men's League of that church and gives loyal assistance to many plans for the moral progress of the community. He is a member of the Board of Trade and is serving on the real-estate committee of that organization. During his course in the university he was president of the Horton Literary Society and was class historian of the law department. He has always been interested in literature and intellectual development and, while preeminently a. successful business man, his desire for financial progress has never excluded a. healthful interest in those things of life which indicate a, well balanced character. G. T. HARDING, JR., M. D. G. T. Harding, Jr., a successful representative of the medical fraternity in Columbus, was born in Caledonia, Ohio, March 11. 1878. His father, G. T. Harding, is a native of Morrow county, Ohio, and for thirty-seven years has been a practicing physician at Marion, Ohio, entering upon his professional career after his graduation from the Cleveland Homeopathic Medical College. His personal traits of character, aside from his professional qualities, make him a most highly respected resident of Marion. He is of English lineage, descended from an old family of Devonshire, England, that was founded in America by Stephen Harding, who arrived in 1647 at the age of twenty-three years and became a member of the Roger Williams Colony, at Providence, Rhode Island. The family was represented in the Revolutionary war by those whose patriotism promoted military defense of American interests. The great-great-grandfather, Amos Tryon Handing, established the family in Ohio, settling in Morrow county in 1820. He had a family of nineteen children and removed to this state from Susquehanna county, Pennsylvania. His son. Charles Alexander Harding, grandfather of Dr. Harding of this review, followed the occupation of farming, a pursuit to which all the male members of the family gave their attention, until Dr. G. T. Harding, Sr., made a departure and entered upon a professional career. He married Phoebe E. Dickerson, a. native of Morrow county, Ohio, her people coming from southwestern Pennsylvania in the late '30s and settling in Morrow county near Blooming Grove, becoming factors in the early agricultural development there. Dr. G. T. Harding, Jr., of Columbus, is next to the youngest of a family of eight children, two of whom died in childhood, his eldest brother. Warren 322 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS G., being well known in the public life of Ohio and editor and publisher of the Marion Daily Star. He has been twice elected senator from the Fourteenth senatorial district, and served as lieutenant governor during the administration of Governor Herrick, his influence being a. potent element in shaping his pasty's policy and promoting the progrress of the commonwealth. Dr. Harding pursued his education in the public schools of Marion, to which city the family removed during his childhood days. and there he passed through successive grades to his graduation from the high school with the class of 1895, later spending one year in Battle Creek college, subsequently matriculating in the University of Michigan, from which he was graduated with the M. D. degree in 1900. He afterward spent a few months in association with his father in general practice then taking a position in the Columbus State Hospital on the 1st of October, 1900, where he acted as first assistant physician from 1902 until 1905, when he resigned and went to Washington, D. C., as .superintendent of a sanitarium there. On the 1st of April, 1907, however, he resigned and returned to Columbus to establish his office, entering upon active practice as a specialist in the treatment of diseases of the nervous system, a department to which he has devoted much study and research, so that he is largely enabled to speak authoritatively concerning the various phases of nervous disorders. In 1904 and 190.5 he was assistant in the department of nervous diseases in the Ohio Medical University, and belongs to the Columbus Academy of Medicine, the State Medical, and American Medical Associations and the American Medical Psychological Association. On the 21st of July, 1903, Dr. Harding was united in marriage to Miss Elsie Weaver, a daughter of J. C. and Elsie Dana (Townsend) Weaver, of Perry county, Ohio. Dr. and Mrs. Harding now have two sons, George Tryon, born May 26, 1904: and Warren G., born November 2, 1905. From his youth Dr. Harding has been a member of the Seventh Day Adventists. His time and attention are chiefly given to his professional duties, and he is regarded as a rising representative of the medical fraternity in Columbus with prospects of a bright future. GOV. ANDREW L. HARRIS. In a history of those men whose lives have been a credit and honor to the state which has honored them, it is imperative that definite consideration be paid Gov. Andrew L. Harris, for as lawyer and judge, as legislator and parliamentarian, he has done effective and valuable service for the commonwealth. The career which the American people hold in highest regard is that of the man who works his way upward from humble surroundings, proving the worth of his character and ability in positions which are a sure test. As a farmer boy his youthful days were passed in his native town, and his close application in every position which he has filled and his honesty of purpose have carried him into important relations to the public. CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 323 It was on the 17th of November, 1835, in Butler county, Ohio, that Andrew Lintner Harris was born, while his youthful days were passed upon the farm in Dixon township, Preble county His grandfather, Joseph Harris, was a native of Ireland and in 1797 crossed the Atlantic to America, taking up his abode in Cincinnati. Soon after the close of the war of 1812 he removed to Butler county, Ohio. His son, Benjamin Harris, father of the Governor. was born in Cincinnati, March 3, 1803, and on the 3d of April, 1829, married Miss Nancy Lintner, of Butler county. They became parents of seven children but Gov. Harris is now the only survivor. The father passed away in 1872, while the mother's death occurred in 1881. Gov. Harris spent his early boyhood days on the home farm and attended the district school through the winter seasons. Availing himself of the opportunity to acquire a college education, he entered Miami University in 1857 and was graduated from that institution in 1860, after which he returned to the farm and subsequently began the study of law. Constrained by the spirit of patriotism, he ceased his preparation for the bar after the outbreak of the Civil war and joined Company C of the Twentieth Ohio Volunteer Infantry as a private, The smoke from Fort Sumter's guns had scarcely cleared away at the time of his enlistment, which occurred on the 17th of April. 1861, and through gradual stages of promotion he was advanced until he became captain of his company. At the close of his first term he recruited Company C of the Seventy-fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry and was commissioned captain in 1861, while in 1863 he became major and later in the same year was promoted to the rank of colonel. In 1865 he was made brigadier general by brevet. His military record covers all of the experiences meted out to the soldier who engages in active warfare, Within the period of his service he participated in many important engagements among which were the battles of Monterey, Shaw's Ridge, McDowell, Franklin. Cedar Mountain, the second battle of Bull Run, Chancellorsville and Gettysburg. On that hotly contested battlefield in Pennsylvania he led his brigade and his command was the first to enter the town. He was severely wounded both at McDowell and at Gettysburg but remained with the army until the close of hostilities and his loyal and brilliant military service has constituted the tide of his legislative and executive functions. When the war was over General Harris returned to the farm and took up agricultural life, but still suffering from his wounds, which somewhat incapacitated him for manual labor, he turned his attention to the study of law, was admitted to the bar and has since practiced his profession successfully save for the periods when his time has been fully occupied by his official duties. In the practice of law he displayed a keen, analytical mind and logical deductions. His preparation of cases is thorough and exhaustive, his sequence correct and his citations of law and precedent at all times accurate. At different times he has been called from professional duties to serve his fellow citizens in public office. In 1865 he was elected to the state senate and was one of the working members of that body during the four years in which he occupied the position. In 1875 he was elected probate judge of Preble 324 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS county and in 1878 was reelected, so that he served for two consecutive terms. On his retirement from the office he was chosen to the lower house of the legislature, being the member from his county in the sixty-seventh and sixty-eighth general assemblies. In 1891 he was elected lieutenant governor and was reelected to the same office in 1893, defeating William A. Taylor, his democratic opponent. In 1905 he was elected a third time while John M. Pattison, democrat, was elected governor. Shortly after his inauguration Governor Pattison died and Mr. Harris therefore became his successor as the chief executive officer of the state, The salient points of his official service have become matters of history. It is well known that the opposition have condemned little in his record as legislator and governor, while his course has won the strong endorsement of those who agreed with him in matters of political principle and policy. In his position of lieutenant governor of the state, presiding over the sessions of the senate, he proved himself a fair parliamentarian and in all of his life he has shown himself to be a worker, his moments of leisure being few, while the results of his labors have been far reaching and in large measure beneficial to the general public. On the 17th of October, 1865, Governor Harris was married to Miss Caroline Conger, and their only son, Walter C. Harris, is now a prominent artist. of New York. Retaining his interest in military affairs, Governor Harris holds membership in the Grand Army of the Republic and in the Loyal Legion. He holds distinctive precedence as an eminent lawyer and statesman, a man of high literary attainments, a valiant and patriotic soldier, and as one who occupied a unique and trying position during exciting epochs in the political history of the state in which connection he bore himself with such signal dignity and honor as to gain him the respect of all. OSCAR GLAZE PETERS. Oscar Glaze Peters, numbered among the representative business men of Columbus for many years, through the processes of gradual development worked his way upward in commercial lines until he became the founder and promoter of the Columbus Buggy Company, an extensive and important concern in the business circles of the city. He was moreover a man of public spirited citizenship and in his private life manifested all those sterling traits of character which win friendship and sincere regard. He was born in Chillicothe, Ohio, April 6, 1842, and was but three years of age when brought to Columbus by his parents, George and Sarah (Merion) Peters. The father engaged in the tanning business in the early years of his residence here but later devoted his time and attention to the manufacture of trunks, in which connection he built up a leading enterprise of the city. Oscar G. Peters pursued his public-school education until he became a high-school student and later he attended business college, He afterward clerked in the store of Robinson & Company for a time and was then employed for three months by the government in guarding bridges, during the Civil war. His next. appointment made him first clerk in the commissary de- CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 325 partment of the government in West Virginia under his uncle, Captain Nathaniel Merion, and later he was appointed chief clerk in the same department under Colonel Murphy. For a time he was stationed at Covington, Kentucky, and later for eleven months at Cleveland, Ohio, after which he was sent to Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. Arriving there, he found that no provision had been made for quarters for himself and his wife, so that they boarded at the hotel in the town for a time and he rode back and forth to his work daily. Later they made arrangements to stay in a house of five rooms which was occupied by the second clerk. There were sixteen people already living there, so that quarters were rather crowded but they remained for five weeks, at the end of which time two rooms had been partitioned off from the warehouse where the bacon was stored for the army. Mrs. Peters noticed that there was a large waste of grease from the bacon and she conceived the idea of saving it. This she did and enough was obtained from its sale to pay the expenses of the office. When the government noticed the decrease in the expenses at that station the reason therefor was asked and when the report was made that it was due to Mrs. Peters' idea, the government, recognizing her ability, employed her to copy all the contracts from the station at a salary of fifty dollars per month. Not only did she become an influential factor in the business department of government service there but did a work of incalculable benefit in the religious training of the neglected children of the fort. There was one Episcopal church but no place for the poor children. Feeling that they should have religious instruction, Mrs. Peters organized a Sunday school with twelve schools but from the second Sunday the school numbered one hundred and fifty members. She met with great opposition in this movement but she remained long enough to see her work thrive and prosper and when she left she gave a book to each of her scholars. On leaving Fort Leavenworth Mr. Peters returned to Columbus and as a. bookkeeper entered the employ of Kelton & Bancroft, with whom he remained for about two years. He afterward engaged in the grocery business on his own account, admitting his youngest brother, Charles, to a partnership. They conducted their store at Gay and High streets for two years and were afterward at Spring and High streets for eight years. On the expiration of that period they sold out, for, believing that a more advantageous field offered in other business lines, Mr. Peters reorganized the Iron Buggy Company, changing the name to the Columbus Buggy Company, in which he invested a capital of one hundred thousand dollars. He erected a factory, stores and branch offices and instituted what soon became one of the leading manufacturing enterprises of the city. He was the financial manager for many years, also looked after its books and was largely instrumental in building up a business which assumed extensive and profitable proportions. He displayed keen enterprise in its control and in financing its interests showed a recognition of chances that marked him as a man of superior ability. On the 21st of May, 1863, at Columbus, Mr. Peters was united in marriage to Miss Alice E. Heckler, who was born in Dayton, Ohio, and then came to Columbus with her mother when fourteen years of age, her father 326 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS having died during her very early girlhood. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Peters were born two children: Sarah Alice, who was born in 1868 but died the following year ; and Earl Clifford, who was born September 30, 1870. He married Miss Catherine Fuller, of Franklin county, and is living five miles north of the city of Columbus. The death of Mr. Peters occurred on the 9th of November. 1894. He belonged to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and was loyal to its teachings. His political allegiance was given to the republican party and he was always faithful and progressive in his citizenship. When fifteen years of age he became a member of the old Town Street Methodist Episcopal church and later united with the Wesley Chapel Methodist Episcopal church. He was always greatly interested in the church and its various activities and was a most liberal and charitable man. extending a helping hand to all who needed his assistance, In his home life he found his greatest happiness. ever placing his wife first in his thoughts. His actions were ever manly and sincere, his purposes noble and his ideals high. Justice and truth were also attributes of his nature and won for him the unqualified love and confidence of those with whom he came in contact. It is not because a man is successful that his death occasions regret in the community but because he manifests in all of his relations with his fellowmen a kindly spirit, consideration and deference for the opinions of others. These are the real jewels in the crown of life and they were possessed in abundant measure by Mr. Peters. HENRY RICHTER. Henry Richter a prominent contractor, confining his activities to residence property, has thus been identified with building operations on his own account for more than a third of a century. Gradually he has advanced to a foremost place in building circles and as the architect of his own fortunes he has builded wisely and well. A native of Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany, he was born March 6, 1853. and is a son of Charles and Dorothey (Geissler) Richter, the former born in 1824 and the latter in 1826. They were united in marriage in Germany and two sons, Peter and Henry, were born to them in that country ere their emigration to the new world. On arriving in America they settled in Philadelphia. Pennsylvania, Henry Richter being at that time but a young lad. The father worked at the shoemaker's trade, which he had learned in his native land, remaining in that place for six years. He then removed to Grove City, Franklin county. Ohio, where he arrived March 6, 1830. Henry Richter was then a, lad of but seven years and one of his earliest recollections is of passing through Harper's Ferry on their way west and seeing the scaffold on which John Brown was hanged. On his arrival in Ohio the father, Charles Richter, turned his attention to farming but in 1864 volunteered for service with the One Hundred and Eighty-fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, serving until the close PAGE 327 - PICTURE OF HENRY RICHTER PAGE 328 - BLANK CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 329 of the war. He then resumed general agricultural pursuits and was identified with farming until 1900, when he retired from active life and is now enjoying well earned rest, at the age of eighty-four years. Since the organization of the republican party he has been one of its stalwart advocates, His family numbered twelve children: Peter, a resident of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania; Henry, of this review; John, who makes his home in Portsmouth, Ohio; Charles, who is engaged in the grocery business in Columbus; Maggie, who became the wife of Peter Herdt of Pittsburg, but both are now deceased; Mary, who became the wife of Theodore Krumm and died in 1889; Anna, who died in Pittsburg in 1888; Katie, who died in 1869, when four years old; August, who was a fireman of Columbus and died in 1904; George, who died in 1899; Lizzie, who died in infancy; and Jacob, who departed this life in 1895. By his second marriage there was one son, William, who is a carpenter of this city. Brought to Ohio at the age of seven years, Henry Richter was reared upon the home farm to the age of fourteen and was dependent upon the educational advantages afforded in a little log schoolhouse of the neighborhood for the intellectual discipline and training which he received. Desiring to provide for his own support, at the age of fourteen he entered upon an apprenticeship to the carpenter's trade, receiving a salary of eight dollars per month and working twelve hours per day, furnishing his own tools as well. He diligently applied himself to the mastery of the business and after the completion of his term of indenture he was employed as a carpenter until 1875, when he began contracting on his own account and has gained a place among the foremost builders of the city. He has confined his activities to residence property and among the fine homes which he has erected are those owned by John Siebert, William Bobb and Conrad Born, Jr. He also built a part of the McLillay Company's buildings and was superintendent of the construction of the Great Southern Hotel, the Carnegie Library and the Columbus Savings & Trust building. A man of resourceful ability, he has extended his efforts into various lines that have constituted features in the commercial and financial development of Columbus as well as features in his own success. Aside from his building operations he is vice president of the Columbus Structural Steel Company. treasurer of the Union Building & Loan Association and a director of the Ohio National Bank. He is also an extensive owner of Columbus real estate and is financially interested in several other local enterprises. On the 6th of October, 1875, Mr. Richter was married to Miss Mary A. Trapp. a daughter of Reinhard and Katherine (Burgraff) Trapp, of Perry township. Their children are : Albert, who was born October 18, 1877, and died July 27. 1882; Walter Henry, who was born February 12, 1881, and is associated with his father in business; and Harry Elmer, who was born August 27. 1884, and is teller in the Capital City Bank. The family residence is at No. 711 South Front street. Mr. Richter is a member of Harmony Lodge, No. 358, I. O. O. F., in which he has held all the offices and was a trustee of the Odd Fellows' temple for thirty-one years. He is also a past patriarch of Concordia encampment, No. 96. I. O. O. F.; has filled the offices in Germania Lodge, No. 4, K. P.; 330 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS and was its treasurer for fourteen years. He also belongs to Humboldt Lodge, No. 476, F. & A. M., and has attained the thirty-second degree of the Scottish Rite. He is a past officer in the Master Carpenters' Association, of which he was the first president; belongs to the Builders Exchange; is a member of the Buckeye Fishing Club, the Ohio Crab Lake Sportsman's Company and of the Octavo Club, which owns a fine club house at Drayton Plains on Watkins Lake in Michigan, where he spends his summer vacations. In politics he is a republican and in 1900 was appointed a member of the decennial board, serving in that capacity for a year and a half. He is a member of the First German Independent Protestant church and a trustee of the Home for the Aged. To its support he has been a liberal contributor and has also taken an active and helpful interest in the work of the Mercy and Children's Hospitals. He possesses a broad, humanitarian spirit and ready sympathy which prompts him to give generous support to many movements for the alleviation of hard conditions of life for the unfortunate, This comes not from any sense of duty but from a deep interest in his fellowmen and a desire to aid those who have been less fortunate than himself. The salient qualities of his life have ever connected him with the confidence. good will and friendship of those with whom he comes in contact and he has always enjoyed the warm regard of a host of warm friends. CHARLES JAMES KRAG. Charles James Krag is the president of the Krag Company haberdashers of Columbus. The business is one of the commercial concerns of the city, the store being well appointed and tastefully arranged while its patronage is constantly growing in volume and importance, In the successful management of this concern Mr. Crag displays keen business discernment and unfaltering determination. He was born in Canal Winchester. Franklin county, September 17, 1856. His father, Peter T. Krag. was a native of Denmark and came to Columbus in 1838. He was first a compositor and afterward engaged in the grocery business for a number of years. Following his removal to Canal Winchester he there erected a hotel building and successfully conducted the hotel until 1861 when lie retired on account of ill health, spending his remaining days in well earned rest. He wedded Mary Krauss, who was born in Alsace-Lorraine in 1821 and came to America with her father in 1837. The death of Peter T. Krag occurred in 1871 while his wife, surviving for a quarter of a century, passed away in 1896. Charles J. Krag was a pupil in the public schools of Columbus to the age of thirteen years when it became necessary for him to work in order to provide for his support, owing to the death of his father. In Indianapolis he secured a position as stock boy in a wholesale dry goods store where he remained for three years or until the age of sixteen. He then returned to Columbus and was employed in various capacities to the age of eighteen years. In 1874 the present haberdasher business of which he is the head CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 331 was established by the firm of Howard & Krag, the junior partner being his brother. He entered their employ when a. youth, but gradually worked his way upward and purchased the business in 1879. He then conducted the store under his own name until January, 1907, when he incorporated the business under the style of the Crag Company and has since been its president. The original location was at No. 46 North High street but after two years a removal was made to No. 7 South High street where the store was maintained for seventeen years. Since 1896 it has been at its present location at No. 69 North High street. They handle hats and haberdashery exclusively and the business has enjoyed a steady, substantial and healthy growth, drawing its trade from among the best people of the city An extensive stock is now carried and the sales reach a large figure annually. Mr. Krag has gathered around him a competent corps of assistants and the business policy of the house is such as to commend it to a liberal public support. Aside from his mercantile interests he is the treasurer and one of the directors of the Ohio State Savings & Loan Association. On the 16th of September, 1880, Mr. Crag was united in marriage to Miss Lucy E. Sanger, of Massachusetts, and they have two children : Bess S., and Corrinne M., now the wife of R. E. Klages, of Columbus. Mr. Krag is a member of the Ohio Club and identified with the board of trade in its movements to further the business development and consequent prosperity of the city. He is fond of reading and thus largely occupies his leisure hours. Close application, concentrated effort, determined purpose and scrupulous honesty have been the main features in his success, enabling him to advance from a humble position in the business world to a prominent place in the commercial circles of the capital city. F. K. NEWMAN. F. C. Newman is general manager for the Columbus Malleable Casting Company, thus controlling the active operation of one of the extensive and important industrial concerns of Columbus. He has always based his business principles and actions upon the rules which govern unfaltering industry and inflexible integrity, and has found in those qualities the key which will always unlock the portals of success. Born in Bainbridge, Ross county, Ohio, December 24, 1848, he is a son of Reuben and Indiana. V. (Dues) Newman, natives of Virginia and Tennessee respectively. The father came to Ohio in 1842 and settled in Ross county, where he followed the brickmason's trade, In fact throughout his entire business career he was connected with that line of business, but in 1888 he removed to Franklin county, Ohio, where he invested his savings in a farm near Reynoldsburg, and thereon spent his remaining days, passing away in 1889. His wife survived him for only six months. A public school student in his youthful days Mr. Newman did not have the advantage of college training, for when still quite young he started out 332 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS to earn his own living, securing employment at the molder's trade. He worked diligently, thoroughly mastering the tasks assigned him, and as time passed his increased ability led to his promotion to positions of enlarged responsibility. In 1868 he came to Columbus and was foreman for Murray, Hayden & Company for three years. On the expiration of that period he became the superintendent of the Buckeye Malleable Iron & Coupler Company and after three years was made general manager, in which capacity he continued for twelve years. This company was one of the largest concerns in Columbus, employing about seven hundred men, and is still doing business under the name of the Buckeye Steel Castings Company. In 1902 however, Mr. Newman sold his interest in that company and organized the Ohio Malleable Iron Company, erecting a plant which he operated for three years. He then sold to the Jeffrey Manufacturing Company, after which he went to Wilmington, Delaware, and took charge of the Wilmington Malleable Iron Company, remaining for a year. On account of climatic conditions, however, he resigned his position there and returned to Columbus, becoming general manager for the Columbus Malleable Casting Comny, in which he is also one of the stockholders. This concern employs about three hundred men in manufacturing all kinds of castings and finds a market throughout the United States. Mr. Newman's previous experience well qualified him for the active control of the business and his careful organization and practical direction of affairs are constituting elements in the success of the house. On November 15, 1870, Mr. Newman was married to Miss Alice May Leach of Mount Sterling, Ohio, and they have two daughters : Edith, the wife of W. E. Holcombe, of Columbus; and Virgia G., the wife of W. E. Parrish, of this city. Mr. Newman is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and the Knights of Pythias and his brethren of these organizations recognize in him a loyal supporter of their principles. He is equally faithful in business obligations and in fact to all the duties that devolve upon him in every relation, and has thereby won the warm regard and lasting friendship of many who know him. WILLIAM M. MUMM. William M. Mumm, president of the Mumm-Romer Company, an advertising agency, has developed to large proportions an enterprise which is recognized as an important one in the business activity of Columbus. He was born in Buffalo, New York, September 29, 1872, a son of George and Frances (Hemmerdien) Mumm. The father, a native of Germany, came to America in 1866 and settled in Buffalo. He was a stove molder and engaged in that line of business up to the time of his death which occurred in 1893. His wife who was born in 1846 came to America in 1866 and died July 5, 1898. CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 333 William M. Mumm was educated in the parochial schools and in the Canisius College of that city conducted by the Jesuits. pursuing a. classical course there, He left school at the age of eighteen years, before completing the course, when it became necessary that he enter business life and provide for his own support. He was variously employed in clerical positions and resolving that he, would make his usefulness the means of promotion he devoted the evening hours to the study of stenography in order to perfect himself for a civil service examination. He was at that time too young to take the examination but when he reached the age of eighteen lie passed the civil service examination for the position of stenographer in the postoffice at Buffalo and his worth and ability led him to become private secretary to the postmaster. He acted in that capacity until 1892 when a change of administration caused his employer to retire from the office, Mr. Mumm was then appointed private secretary to the superintendent of education at Buffalo, acting in that capacity before lie attained his majority. There ho remained for five years after which he became business manager of the Buffalo Volkesfreund, the most prominent German daily paper of the city. For three years he acted in that. capacity and in January, 1901. accepted the position of editor and manager of a publication called, Success with Flowers. This is a mail order monthly published at West Grove, Pennsylvania, by one of the largest floral establishments in the world. During three and one-half years he filled that position and was extremely successful in the work which he did there. building up a large circulation and making the business a profitable venture. Mr. Mumm withdrew from that connection to establish an advertising agency at Springfield, known as the Ralph Advertising Agency, which was a success from the start and with which he was connected for one year. In August 1905, the firm removed to Columbus and the business was incorporated as the Mumm-Romer Company. making a specialty of newspaper and magazine advertising. It is the only agency in Columbus and has had remarkable growth, controlling now an extensive business, having advertising accounts of over seventy companies. In addition to this business Mr. Mumm is the vice president and a member of the executive committee of the Brown Soap Company of this city. On the 18th of July. 1893, Mr. Mumm, was married to Miss Lillian A. Welker. of Buffalo and their children are: William Emerson. born in 1897, Edwin James. born in July, 1898: Lillian Katharine: Harry. born in 1905; and Mary Frances. Mr. Mumm possesses a fine baritone voice and sings the first bass parts in the Cathedral choir of Columbus. He organized and conducted a choir at West Grove, Pennsylvania. and has been very active in musical circles. He is a prominent fourth degree member of the Knights of Columbus and holds the position of grand knight in the council. He likewise belongs to the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and his social nature finds further expression in his membership in the Ohio Club. His military experience came to him through his membership in the Seventy-fourth Regiment of the New York City National Guard during his residence in Buffalo. His 334 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS life has been one of untiring activity and he possesses, too, marked versatility and ready adaptability which have been features in his success. He has much of the spirit of the initiative, originating new plans and bringing forth novel, attractive ideas in his advertising work so that while he has secured a liberal patronage that makes his business profitable, his labors have also ranked as a valuable asset in the success of other important business concerns which are numbered among his clients. HON. HENRY BOHL. So closely has Henry Bohl been allied with business and public interests in Columbus and Ohio and so thoroughly American in spirit is he that no one would suspect him of being a native of one of the great European countries and vet his birth occurred in Bavaria, Germany. In him are combined the sturdy and efficient qualities of the German race with the enterprise and progress so characteristic of the American nation. A native of Bavaria. he was born July 4, 1844, and when ten years of age crossed the Atlantic to the, United States with his parents, Conrad and Catherine (Altvater) Bohl, who located in a farm near Marietta, Ohio. For a time Henry Bohl tarried on the farm but in 1861 took up his abode in the city of Marietta, although his parents remained on the farm. He had acquired a good practical education and began his insurance career in 1869. Ill health forced him to seek a lower latitude and he went to Atlanta, Georgia, where in 1873 he was elected unanimously as secretary of the Underwriters Insurance Association of the south, which covered eleven states in its operations. Returning to Marietta in 1874 he was in 1875 elected to the Ohio legislature from Washington county. He was again elected in 1877 and also in 1883. It, is worthy of note that the nomination was given him each time by acclamation. He was the chairman of the house committee on insurance for several years and during the administration of Governor Hoadly was chairman of the house finance committee in 1884 and 1885, the most important body in the legislature, In 1878 he was a prominent candidate for congress in the fifteenth Ohio congressional district and was strongly supported for the nomination in the convention at Marietta through more than eighty ballots, until the second day he withdrew and General A. J. Warner was nominated. In 1880 the democratic press brought him forward for the office of secretary of state, but he declined to be a candidate, In 1881 he was urged by the democratic press of Ohio to be a candidate for the lieutenant governorship and also for the senatorship in his district but he declined to accept the nomination for either office, In 1884 many prominet democrats of his district again insisted on nominating him for congress and at a time when his nomination was deemed possible he withdrew from the field in the interest of harmony. In 1876 Mr. Bohl was elected delegate at large from the state of Ohio to the democratic national convention held in St. Louis, Missouri, which nominated Hon. Samuel J. Tilden for president and in 1880 he was unanimously elected PAGE 335 - PICTURE OF HENRY BOHL PAGE 336 - BLANK CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 337 by the fifteenth Ohio congressional district as delegate to the democratic national convention held in Cincinnati, Ohio, which convention nominated General W. S. Hancock for president. He was also secretary of the Ohio state democratic executive committee in the memorable state campaigns of 1884-5; was chairman of both the democratic Ohio state central and executive committees in 1886; and chairman of the democratic Ohio state central committee in 1887. In each instance he was elected by acclamation. Early in President Cleveland's second administration Mr. Bohl was appointed United States marshal for the southern district of Ohio and he served in that position during the Ohio miners' strikes and the Debs railway strike of 1894, with rare finesse and sagacity and upheld the laws with courage, On April 1, 1895, he resigned this office to accept the position of superintendent of agencies of the Prudential Insurance Company for the states of Ohio, Indiana and Illinois. In making mention of his retirement the press of the state almost without exception expressed regret at the step he had taken and referred in terms of the highest praise to his integrity and faithfulness in office, In 1887 Mr. Bohl was appointed the receiver of the Second National Bank of Xenia, Ohio. His work there was so well appreciated that in 1893 Hon. J. H. Eckels, the comptroller of the currency, tendered him the receivership of the Citizens National Bank of Hillsboro, Ohio, which Mr. Bohl declined with thanks because of the vast work in which he was engaged connected with his insurance affiliations. He also declined a proffer from President Cleveland as receiver of public money for the territory of Wyoming and declined the Indian agency tendered him in Oklahoma, about the same time. He declined many proffered nominations for high offices by his party friends, among them being member of congress of the fifteenth district, but he resolutely declined them all on purely business grounds while appreciating the compliment implied. For many years he was a stanch democrat but, in 1896, on the adoption of the Chicago platform of that year declaring for the free and unlimited coinage of silver at a. ratio of sixteen to one and other populistic ideas, he left the party and has since affiliated with the republicans, in whose councils he has been given a place of honor. During the national campaign of 1896 he made speeches in favor of McKinley in Ohio, Indiana and three in Chicago. All through the intervening years. while taking an active interest in polities. Mr. Bohl remained a factor in insurance circles. constantly extending his interests and the scope of his activities. For thirty-one years he served as a director of the Ohio Mutual Fire Insurance Company, of Salem, Ohio, which position he still fills at this date, There are perhaps few men so well qualified to speak upon the subject of insurance because of comprehensive knowledge thereof, in principle and detail, as Mr. Bohl. He has not only promoted his individual interests and the growth of the companies with which he has been. connected but has studied the question from every possible standpoint, including that of the statesman, who views every question in its possible relations to the general welfare, Some years ago at the request of the president of the Ohio State University Mr. Bohl appeared before the class in economics of that institution and in his address made the suggestion that the subject of in- 338 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS surance be added to the other practical subjects in the department of economics-a suggestion well worth considering. While the lecturer had particular reference to life insurance, as that was the theme of his address, there is no apparent good reason why other branches of insurance and especially fire insurance should not be included in such instruction. The suggestion is a practical one and deserves attention. In his address Mr. Bohl said in substance., the university is starting out in an important field in the line of practical business education and certainly insurance is of direct and important interest to all business men and not only business men as such but also in one form or another to all classes of men. It has become in fact a business science that really requires thoughtful and intelligent study to rightly comprehend. Such a branch would add materially to the practical value of the instruction in the important new department of economics. In doing this it would of course add that much to the usefulness, prestige and drawing power of the State University. Mr. Bohl's presentation of this matter to the university attracted wide newspaper attention at that time and many of the points which he advocated have since been incorporated into commercial education. He was the first man to speak from the university or college rostrum in Ohio upon this subject. While Mr. Bohl's business interests have been preeminently along the line of vast and important activity in the world of insurance he has also figured prominently in financial and other business circles, being now president of the Union Building & Savings Company. director in the Capitol Trust Company, president of the H. H. Shaw Undertaking Company. all of Columbus, Ohio, while with other Ohio enterprises he has close connections. He is also interested in matters of civic importance and in April, 1903, was elected on the republican ticket a member of the board of public service of Columbus under the new municipal code for Ohio. He took his seat May 4, 1903, and was elected president of the board. thus serving until January 31, 1905, when he resigned and became a member of the city board of review of Columbus, to which position he was unanimously appointed by the state hoard of assessors and appraisers. He served as president of this board for two years and on the expiration of his term. June 1, 1908, he was unanimously reappointed by the state board for five years without a single written endorsement. This was a great compliment as was the fact that he had no opposition at all for the reappointment. For eight consecutive years he served as chairman of the legislative committee of the Columbus Board of Trade and on his voluntary retirement, May 19. 1908, the board at its annual meeting unanimously passed complimentary resolutions of thanks for his eight years' successful service, which he rendered without pay or emolument of any kind, his efforts being directly beneficial to the city of Columbus and the state of Ohio. Mr. Bohl is ever ready to offer good suggestions upon all appropriate occasions and the clearness of his explanations along both business and educational lines has long been recognized. The press has made public two facts in the life of Mr. Bohl worthy of note. In August, 1907. the "Columbus Dispatch" said: "It is of interest to recall that about thirty years ago a resolution of inquiry concerning the Standard Oil Company which was introduced into the Ohio legislature by Henry Bohl. now a citizen of Columbus and then a representative from Marietta, CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 339 Washington county, and that in the hearing which followed it the facts since developed were shown by ample evidence, This was probably the first official calling to account of this company in the United States, certainly the first in Ohio." Again the same paper of March 24, 1907, made mention of the fact that Henry Bohl was one of the original Taft men, speaking of him for president as early as September 7, 1893, when delivering a speech before the McKinley and Hobart Club of Marietta. On February 19, 1904, in an interview in the "Columbus Dispatch," when Taft was serving as secretary of war, Mr. Bohl said that he would be the republican nominee for president in 1908 and would be elected. Mr. Bohl is a member of several Masonic bodies and of the First Congregational church of Columbus. As a man and a citizen he has stood high in the estimation of the community in which he lived. While a man of strong convictions and one who stands by his opinions until they are overthrown with stronger reasons than mere negations, his sincerity makes friends of his opponents. Always a mean of high character, well grounded in integrity and reliability. who esteems his word too much to swerve from it even though to do so might he to his advantage or material benefit. he can look back upon his past with satisfaction and forward to the future without doubts or apprehensions. JOHN R. OSBORN. John R. Osborn is serving for the third term as trustee of Blendon township and enjoys in large measure the confidence and good will of those who know him. His birth occurred in this township January 24. 1869, and lie has always resided upon the old homestead farm, which was the property of his father, Ralph Osborn. The family was founded in Franklin county at a very early period in its settlement. The grandfather, George Osborn. is a native of Connecticut and was one of the first to locate in this part of the state. He conducted a tavern here in pioneer times in the days when travel was done by stage and his home was a place of entertainment for those who journeyed over the road. At that time there was only one house between his home and Columbus. In addition to conducting the tavern he also had a small farm but continued to carry on the hotel business throughout his active life, His children were Charles. Carlisle, Hiram, Ralph and Mary. Of this family Ralph Osborn, father of our subject, was born in Blendon township, February 4, 1818. His entire life was spent here on a farm and he successfully carried on the work of tilling the soil and also engaged in buying and selling stock. He owned about two hundred acres of land, which he brought under a high state of cultivation, the fields responding annually with golden harvests to the care and labor which he bestowed upon them. His entire life was spent in two dwelling~, which were only a quarter of a mile apart. He was a life long democrat and also for many years a consistent and faithful member of the Presbyterian church. He married 340 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS Susan T. Vincent, and they were well known as worthy pioneer people who enjoyed to the fullest extent the good will and confidence of those who knew them. The death of Ralph Osborn occurred when he had reached the age of eighty-eight years and nine months. He was at that time one of the oldest native residents of the county, having witnessed almost its entire development from the time when the white settlers invaded the hunting grounds of the Indians and claimed the country for the purpose of civilization. His wife was born in Delaware county and still survives at the age of seventy-three years, making her home with her son John. Mr. Osborn had been married twice, the children of his first marriage being: Carl, of Emporia, Kansas; Hiram, a stock buyer living in Westerville; Henrietta. who makes her home in Columbus; Clarence, also of that city. By the second union there were also four children, as follows : Louise, the wife of McClellan Tyler, a resident of Parks Mills; John R. of this review; Abbie. the wife of William Taggert of Linden, and Nellie, the wife of Otto Neiswander, a resident of Columbus. No event of special importance served to break the monotony of farm life for John R. Osborn in his boyhood. Later regarding this work as one which he believed would prove a congenial life occupation. he began farming on his own account, remaining on the old homestead, where he now owns and cultivates one hundred acres of land. situated in Blendon township, about two and a half miles south of Westerville. It is on the old plank road which was once the traveled highway of this part of the state, As the years have gone by he has placed his fields under a high state of cultivation, introducing modern methods of farming in the achievement of results which have brought him gratifying prosperity. In 1891 Mr. Osborn was united in marriage to Miss Nellie Stump, a native of Delaware county, and a daughter of Roy and Martha (Budd) Stump. They have one child, Pearl. In politics Mr. Osborn has been a life-long democrat and has been called to several local offices, serving now for the third term as township trustee, in which position he has discharged his duties with promptness and fidelity as indicated in his reelection. He is always on the side of improvement and progress and in citizenship does effective work for general advancement. GEORGE JANTON, SR. George Janton, at all times genial and approachable, at his death left behind him a circle of friends almost co-extensive with the circle of his acquaintances and his memory is vet cherished by all who knew him. Honored and respected wherever known and most of all where he was best known, his life record may well serve in many respects as a source of inspiration and encouragement to others, showing what may be accomplished through individual effort. While he won success he gained also an untarnished name, for his CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 341 methods were ever in harmony with the strictest principles of business integrity. Mr. Janton was born in Zweibrucken, Bavaria, June 19, 1833, and after his education was completed he learned the trade of a soap-boiler. Though but a boy of fifteen years at the time of the inauguration of the German Revolution of 1848, he took such an active part therein that it was necessary for him to leave his native land when the Revolutionary forces were overthrown. Accordingly he sought the liberty of the new world, landing in New York in 1853. His limited financial resources made it necessary that he seek immediate employment but he did not find it in the metropolis and therefore went to Philadelphia where he had relatives living. His search for work was there crowned with success for, willing to follow any occupation that would yield him a living, he obtained a .situation in a hair oil and soap factory, at a salary of four dollars per week. Out of this meager sum he had to pay his board and lodging, but he was undaunted by the outlook, although it did not seem especially bright. He labored with diligence and perseverance to gain advancement and he eagerly improved every opportunity that enabled him to take a forward step in his business career. In 1855, on the invitation of J. P. Bruck, father of ex-Mayor Philip H. Bruck, Mr. Janton came to Columbus and thereafter remained a resident of the city until called to his final rest. He found work in a soap and candle factory and remained there only until 1856 when, with the aid of his friend and benefactor, Mr. Bruck, he established a soap factory of his own, beginning the manufacture of fine toilet soap and candles. He used a wheelbarrow in delivering his own goods. The beginning was small and unimportant but the years have marked the growth of the business until the soap manufacturing interests conducted under the name of the George Janton & Sons Company constitute today one of the most important and extensive industries of the city. The excellence of his product brought Mr. Janton a growing trade and after a brief period he admitted Alexander Lehman to a partnership and still later his brother, F. A. Janton, became a third partner. Mr. Lehman withdrew from the business in 1876 and his brother in 1881, after which Mr. Janton remained alone until 1886, when he admitted his two eldest sons, George and Fred C. Janton to a partnership. He planned to take his third son, Otto, into the business in 1897, but the young man died that year and Alexander Janton was admitted to a partnership. As the years have gone by the business has steadily increased in volume and importance, the trade assuming mammoth proportions, while its output has largely set the standard for soap manufacturing in this part of the state, Mr. Janton was married in Columbus to Miss Christiana Schaeufele, whom he wedded in early manhood. His wife passed away February 5th, preceding his death, which occurred in October, 1905. There were a number of deaths in the family in the year 1897. On July 20, 1897, his son, Otto Janton died; George Janton, Jr. died December 5th, and soon after the son-in-law, Fred C. Gutheil died. December 18. all in the same year. Three children survived: Minnie. who is the widow of Fred C. Gutheil ; Fred C., president and treasurer of the George Janton & Sons Company, and Alexander M. E., but the latter died in April, 1908. 342 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS Mr. Janton was an honorary member of the Columbus Maennerchor which he joined neary a half century before his demise. He was also a member of the Liederkranz, the Odd Fellows Society and the Druids, and held membership in the Independent Protestant church. He took an active and helpful interest in many measures pertaining to the general welfare and in business circles gained both prominence and prosperity. He never allowed the accumulation of wealth, however, to affect in any way his relations toward those less fortunate, His friendship was highly prized and it could always be won by genuine worth. He was probably the most prominent German citizen of Columbus, his opinions carrying weight with his fellow countrymen and with those of American birth as well. He never weighed an act of his life in the scale of public policy but followed a course because he believed it to be right, never taking advantage of his fellowmen in the slightest degree, In his career business enterprise and commercial integrity were well balanced forces and while he made a notable record in commercial circles he displayed a most kindly and generous spirit, his personal qualities gaining him the enduring regard of his fellowmen. ANTON BECKER. Anton Becker, third vice president of the Ralston Steel Car Company, one of the most prominent industrial concerns of Columbus, is a young man of marked enterprise, whose ability and weight of character are carrying him into important business relations. He was born September 21, 1812. In the Netherlands, and is a representative of one of the old families there. The father, Christian Becker, also born in the same country, was a manufacturer of ornamental pottery. He wedded Maria Von Vonno, whose father was a grocer of that land. Spending his boyhood days under the parental roof of his native country. Anton Becker acquired his early education in the public schools of Utrecht. Holland, and later supplemented his early educational training by a course in a normal school for practical as well as technical studies, from which institution he was graduated in 1888. Shortly afterward he came to the United States and settled in the city of Chicago, meeting with many obstacles due to foreign conditions. He was employed by the Pullman Car Company, designing passenger and freight equipment ; was later with the Caswell Car Company: and subsequently with the Ralston Car Company. He came to Columbus in June, 1905, as the last named company removed their headquarters from Chicago to this city for the purpose of manufacturing dump cars and other railroad equipment. This is one of the important industrial concerns of the city, controlling a volume of business that makes it a leading factor in the commercial activity and consequent prosperity of Columbus. Mr. Becker is a member of the Ohio Club, the Board of Trade, and of the Knights of Pythias fraternity, while his religious faith is indicated in his membership in the Nelson Memorial Presbyterian church. He has never found occasion to regret his determination to come to America but on the con- PAGE 343 - PICTURE OF ANTON BECKER PAGE 344 - BLANK CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 345 trary regards it as one of the wise moves of his life, as he has found in this country the business opportunities which he sought, and in their improvement has reached a place of considerable prominence in the business world. W. B. CARPENTER, M.D. Dr. W. B. Carpenter comes from a family noted for strong mentality and progressive spirit in relation to questions of vital import to the race, That he is recognized as one of the prominent representatives of the medical fraternity was indicated by his election to the presidency of the Ohio State Medical Society. He began life's journey in Kingston, Ohio, February 19, 1856, and comes of Revolutionary stock on both sides of the family. The Carpenter ancestors came from the environs of London, England, sailing on the ship Bevis in 1638, and the line is traced farther back to John Carpenter, active in political life in 1303. Cobham or Greyhound coat of arms were granted in 1663 to William Carpenter. In the maternal line Dr. Carpenter is also of Revolutionary war stock, the great-great-grandfather. Nathaniel Bracae, being with Washington's army near White Plains and at New York. Dr. Carpenter is a son of Rev. George Carpenter, D. D., who was a well known Presbyterian divine. The father was born at Liberty, township Delaware, Ohio. and devoted fifty years of his life to the active work of the ministry. His influence was not of a restricted order and his labors constituted an effective element in the moral progress of the state, He is now living in Ross county. Ohio, at the age of eighty-two years, and is devoting the evening of life to the conduct of a fruit farm. He married Miss Matilda Gilruth, a native of Ohio. who is still living at the age of seventy-seven years. Her father, the Rev. James Gilruth, was in the war of 1812, being quartermaster of a regiment stationed at Fort Gratiot. He was one of the best known Methodist ministers of Ohio and his keen mentality was evenly balanced by his physical strength, he being regarded as one of the strongest men of the county. Mrs. Carpenter has been an enthusiastic worker in the temperance cause and was captain of the first band of devoted women that succeeded in overthrowing the liquor traffic at Washington Courthouse. She wrote an interesting history of this crusade which is now to be found in the state library. Dr. Carpenter was a student in the public schools of Washington Courthouse and afterward attended Wooster University, where he was graduated in 1876 with the degree of Bachelor of Arts, while in 1879 he received the Master of Arts degree from the state institution. After studying medicine he was graduated from Hahnemann College at Philadelphia in 1879 and began practice the same year in Columbus. He ha met with gratifying success in his professional labors. He was one of the founders of the Sixth Avenue Hospital in 1896 and is a member of the State and Columbus Homeopathic societies. He make, a specialty of mental and nervous diseases and has attained a. high order of skill in that direction. He has been president of the State Medical Society and has been a valuable contributor to medical journals. His articles 346 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS show wide research and comprehensive knowledge of the subjects which he handles and indicate him to be one of the prominent and learned representatives of the medical fraternity in Columbus. He is medical director of the Columbus Mutual Life Insurance Company and aside from his profession has some business interests, being vice president of the Security Savings Bank. In 1880 Dr. Carpenter was married to Miss Carrie L. May, who died in 1895, and in 1897 he was again married, his second union being with Mrs. Ida F. Lindsay, a native of Ohio. Both Dr. and Mrs. Carpenter hold membership in the Central Presbyterian church and are largely interested in its work, doing all in their power to promote its growth and extend its influence, Dr. Carpenter is also a stanch advocate of the temperance cause, of every movement that tends to uplift humanity. and of clean living in both public and private life. While not active in politics he feels that the public welfare should be a matter of deep concern to every individual and his influence is ever given on they side of justice, truth and right. He is interested in scientific and historical research, is a member of the State Archaeological Society and belongs to the Northwestern Genealogical Society and the Sons of the American Revolution. He was appointed one of seven commissioners in the Union of the National Society of the Sons and Daughters of the Pilgrims to organize state and local societies. He is also connected with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and with the Columbus Club. Always approachable and kindly he is animated by a deep and helpful interest in his fellowmen and is ever willing to encourage and assist. those who are working toward higher ideals. WILLIAM TAYLOR McCLURE. William Taylor McClure is actively connected with a profession which has important bearing upon the progress and stable prosperity of any section or community and one which has long been considered as conserving the public welfare by furthering the ends of justice and maintaining individual rights. In his practice as an attorney the force of a nature which could never be content with mediocrity has been manifest, and he has gradually worked his way upward, ably mastering the involved problems of jurisprudence, Mr. McClure is a native of Highland county. Ohio, and a son of Martin and Nancy (Duncan) McClure. who were likewise natives of the Buckeye state. He is descended from Revolutionary stock, his ancestor. William Taylor, having served in the war for independence, Both his paternal and maternal ancestors came from the north of Ireland and settled in York county, Pennsylvania, while the family, through successive generations have followed the occupation of farming. Martin McClure, however, turned his attention to the real-estate business. which he conducted for many years, but is now living retired at Hillsboro, Ohio. In community affairs he has taken an active and helpful part. William Taylor McClure attended the district schools in his boyhood days and afterward continued his education in the South Salem Academy CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 347 and elsewhere. Although reared on the home farm and early familiar with its duties and labors, he believed that he would find other pursuits more congenial and in early manhood took up the profession of teaching, which he followed for some years. The legal profession, however, appealed to him as more attractive and, coming to Columbus, he took up the study of law in the office and under the direction of the firm of Watson & Burr, with whom he continued for several years. In 1886 he was admitted to the bar but for ten years thereafter remained in the office of his former preceptors. For several years, however, he has practiced alone, giving his entire time to hip profession, his ability gaining him a growing clientage of an important character. He has an extensive practice in commercial litigation. Well read in law, he is largely able to base his argument upon thorough knowledge and familiarity with precedents and to present a case upon its merits, never failing to recognize the important point at issue and never neglecting to give a thorough preparation to each case. His pleas have been characterized by a terse, decisive and lucid presentation rather than by flights of oratory, and they carry force before court and jury from the fact that it is recognized that it is his aim to secure justice and not to enshroud the ease in a sentimental garb of illusion which will thwart the principles of right and equity. He has been identified with the Columbus Street Railways for several years, has been in the organization directory a number of times and is a member of both the Ohio State and Franklin County Bar Associations. In 1886 Mr. McClure was married to Miss Ada Bailey and they have two daughters, Margaret and Isabelle, Both Mr. and Mrs. McClure have many friends here and enjoy the hospitality of many of the attractive homes of Columbus. Mr. McClure in matters of citizenship takes an active and helpful interest, withholding his cooperation from no movement or measure that is destined to benefit the city along substantial lines and municipal development. He is also interested in historical and archaeological study. JUDGE JOHN NEIL McLAUGHLIN. Judge John Neil McLaughlin, a life long resident of Ohio, spent his last days in Columbus. He was identified with the history of the state as an interested witness for almost nine decades and as an active participant in many events which marked local progress and improvement. He was born in London, Madison county. Ohio, February 29, 1816, and therefore when eighty-four years had been added to the cycle of the centuries he had just celebrated his twenty-first birthday. He came of Scotch-Irish ancestry, the family being founded in Washington county, Pennsylvania, at an early date. It was there that the birth of Robert McLaughlin, father of Judge McLaughlin, occurred. In early life he removed to Madison county, Ohio, where he married Miss Barbara Toops. A carpenter by trade, he was connected with building operations in Ohio and afterward in the city of New Orleans, where he passed away in 1829, his death being occasioned by injuries sustained in a fall. His widow afterward became the wife of Henry Coleman and removed 348 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS to Indiana, where her death occurred in 1885, when she was eighty-five years of age. Judge McLaughlin was but a small boy at the time of his father's demise and at the age of eight years he went to make his home with relatives in Ross county, Ohio. There he attended school, the "little temple of learning" being a log building with puncheon floor, while the desks were made of slabs cut off from the side of saw-logs. He pursued his studies during the winter months but in the summer season worked on the farm. However he applied himself diligently to the acquirement of an education as opportunity offered and thus managed to gain a fair education, which served as the foundation of his later acquired knowledge, In the course of years he became a well informed man through his reading, his research and his retentive memory. He made his initial step in the business world when sixteen years of age as an apprentice to Mr. Ustick, a tailor at Bloomingburg, Ohio, and became a thorough master at that trade, which he followed for a number of years in Bloomingburg, Washington Courthouse, New Holland, Frankfort and other places. He became a warm personal friend of Judge Edward F. Bingham, of McArthur, Vinton county, who was later chief ,justice of the supreme court of the District of Columbia and who induced him to locate in McArthur in 1855. There he carried on business until 1861, when President Lincoln appointed him postmaster of the village and he continued to serve in that capacity until 1885, with the exception of one year under the administration of President Andrew Johnson. After retiring from the office of postmaster he was elected probate judge of Vinton county on the republican ticket and sat on that bench for three years. He was for twenty years a faithful official of the public, discharging his duties with marked capability and loyalty. Over his official record there fell no shadow of wrong nor suspicion of evil and he retired from office as he had entered it with the confidence and regard of all concerned. In 1891 he removed to Columbus and established his home at No. 663 Franklin avenue, where he spent his remaining days in the enjoyment of well earned rest. When age gave to Judge McLaughlin the right of franchise he became a stalwart advocate of the whig party and cast his first presidential vote for William Henry Harrison in 1840. He continued a whig until the organization of the republican party when he joined its ranks and was ever loyal to its principles. In 1834 Judge McLaughlin was married to Miss Emily Gunning, of Fayette county, Ohio, and they became the parents of three sons and two daughters : Robert, now living in Albany, New York ; Susan, of Columbus ; William and James, both deceased; and one who died in infancy. Miss Susan McLaughlin has for some years been one of the best known school principals of Columbus, being at the head of the Sullivant school, on East State street from 1877 until 1907. Before this she was principal of the Spring street school. The first school she taught was the Mound street school. Beginning in 1864 she taught until 1907. In her girlhood days she attended the public schools of Bloomingburg until she reached the age of fourteen and then entered CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 349 the Female College at Natchez, Mississippi, from which she was graduated in her seventeenth year. She then returned to the north to visit the family of her friend, Judge Bingham, who had removed to Columbus. At that time a vacancy occurred in the Mound Street school and Miss McLaughlin secured the position, remaining there for a few years after which she was made principal of the Spring Street school and in 1877 was transferred to the Sullivant school. Her work has been of a most important character and has constituted an effective and valuable element in the promotion of the public-school interests of this city. Judge McLaughlin continued a resident of Columbus until his death in 1903. Thus passed from life one of the honored early residents and prominent citizens of the state. He had lived to witness a remarkable change, for in the period of his youth there were no railroads, telegraphs or telephones. He was born when .James Madison was president of the United States and lived to see many changes in the political' principles and organization of the leading parties. He lived to see the country emerge victoriously from three important wars, while to describe what has occurred in the material development and upbuilding of the United States would require volumes. Judge McLaughlin always stood as an advocate of progress and improvement and was always interested in what the country accomplished, while in his home community his efforts were always given to the side of upbuilding. of justice and of right. FRANK T. CLARKE. Frank T. Clarke, who has held the office of city prosecuting attorney and justice of the peace but is now giving his undivided attention to a growing and important law practice, was born in Columbus in 1863, a son of John D. and Margaret (Turney) Clarke, the father having passed away in 1886 while the mother, long surviving, departed this life May 8, 1908. Frank T. Clarke obtained his education in the parochial schools of Columbus and in Notre Dame University at Notre Dame, Indiana, from which he was graduated with the class of 1884. He studied law in the office of his brother, William J. Clarke, and upon admission to the bar in 1886, became associated with him in active practice for a short time, or until William J. Clarke removed westward to Utah. Frank T. Clarke has since been alone in the prosecution of his practice and the zeal with which he has devoted his energies to his chosen calling, the careful regard evinced for the interests of his clients and an assiduous and unrelaxing attention to all of the details of his cases have brought him a large business and made him very successful in its conduct. In 1891 he was elected city prosecuting attorney and discharged his duties with a singleness of purpose that none questioned. He remained in the general practice of law until 1901 when he was chosen justice of the peace and served until 1904. He now gives his attention to his professional duties and his handling of his case is always full, comprehensive and accurate, while his analysis of the facts is clear and exhaustive. He belongs 350 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS to the Franklin County Bar Association and gives his political allegiance to the democratic party. His official service has ever been in the nature of his profession and he was as faithful in the discharge of his duties therein as he has been in adhering to a high standard of professional ethics. JOHN HAWORTH MACKIE. The vast majority of successful men have made humble beginnings in the business world butt through the merit system have worked their way upward, proving their worth in the faithful and able discharge of the duties that have devolved upon them. Such has been the history of John Haworth Mackie now the president and manager of the Columbus Sporting Goods Company, in which connection he is controlling one of the extensive commercial interests of the city. He was born in Covington, Kentucky, December 8. 1871. His father, Andrew Mackie, was born and reared in Blair Cottage. Stirlingshire. Scotland, and thence made his way to America. settling at Covington, where for many years he owned and operated a glass manufactory. He died in 1873 and the following year his wife, who bore the maiden name of Ellen Haworth and was a native of England, also departed this life, Following the death of his parents John H. Mackie went to live with an aunt and uncle in Cincinnati, Ohio, and was educated in the public schools of that city, continuing his course until he became a high-school student. He had to abandon his text, books, however, as it was necessary for him to go to work and he accepted a position as office boy. He rose rapidly, however, his promotions following in quick succession until he became manager of the sales department of a large corporation in the same line of business in which he is today engaged. Believing that he saw an advantageous opening, enabling him to carry on business on his own account, in January, 1904, he purchased the controlling interest held by J. C. Sherwood in the Columbus Sporting Goods Company, the store then being located at No. 267 North High street. Mr. Mackie's previous experience well qualified him for a position of executive control and he was elected president. In November, 1905. he removed to his present spacious quarters at No. 235 North High street; occupying a building with a, depth of one hundred and ninety-seven and a half feet and a width of thirty-two feet with basement under the entire store, They carry a complete modern stock of sporting goods, said to be the largest this side of New York city. They have a large wholesale department represented on the road by three traveling salesmen, and since Mr. Mackie assumed control the business has been increased over forty per cent. Every department has been developed in accordance with modern ideas of trade and they now carry a large stock of guns, ammunition, athletic supplies, base ball, foot ball, basket ball and howling equipments. They have a large college trade and Mr. Hackie's personal acquaintance with athletics gives him great prestige. He has himself been well known as an all-round athlete, has made a record as a sprinter and as a, professional rifle, shotgun and pistol shot. He also displays PAGE 351 - PICTURE OF JOHN H. MACKIE PAGE 353 - BLANK CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 353 marked skill as a boxer, wrestler and bowler, and his interest in athletics enables him to keep in touch with the trade and the desires and demands of the public. He also has other business connections of considerable importance which are bringing to him gratifying and merited success. In 1895 Mr. Mackie was married to Miss Bertha May Cahill, of Cincinnati, a granddaughter of Hon. John K. Green, a well known political leader and state senator. Mr. and Mrs. Mackie have one son, John K. Green Mackie, born July 18, 1896. Mr. Mackie is a member of the Ohio and several other clubs. He belongs to the Masonic blue lodge at Cincinnati ; Mount Vernon commandery, K. T.; Scioto consistory, S. P. R. S.; and Aladdin Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S. His religious faith is that of the Episcopal church. He is an enthusiast on motoring and has made many long trips in his oar. His life has been one of intense and well directed activity, crowned with well deserved success, and his record may well serve as a source of inspiration to others, showing what may be accomplished when ability is coupled with determination. DR. ROBERT WALLACE STEVENSON. In a history of those men whose lives have been influencing factors in the progress of the state, who have aided in fashioning civilization and promoting the intellectual and moral development from which character springs, Dr. Robert Wallace Stevenson was prominent. His life was given to educational work and not only by instruction but by example he aided in shaping the lives and formulating the principles of hundreds who came under his care. It is a widely acknowledged fact that the most important work to which a man can direct his energies is that of teaching, whether it be from the pulpit, from the lecture platform or from the schoolroom. Its primary object is ever the same the development of one's latent powers that the duties of life may be bravely met and well performed. The intellectual and moral nature are so closely allied that it is difficult to instruct one without in a measure influencing the other. and certainly the best results are accomplished when the work goes hand in hand. It was to this work of thus instructing the young that Dr. Stevenson devoted his time, energies and thought. Devoting the weekdays to the cause of secular education, he continued his teaching in the Sunday schools on the Sabbath and at all times exerted that unconscious but nevertheless strongly felt influence which left its impress for good upon the lives of so many. Dr. Stevenson was one of Ohio's native sons and his record was ever an honor to the state, His birth occurred on a farm near Zanesville in Muskingum county, July 1, 1832, and. as his name indicates, came of Scotch, ancestry, displaying throughout his entire life many of the sterling traits of character which are attributes of the people of this land of liberty, poetry and song, of religious and educational zeal. His father, James Stevenson, was a son of Thomas Stevenson. who came of an ancestry driven from 354 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS Scotland to Ireland until [later. county. where they settled. was more Scotch than Irish. From the Emerald Isle he emigrated with his family to America and became a, resident. of Muskingum county, Ohio, and prominent not only in the early material development of that locality but also an active factor in the work of the Presbyterian church, in which he served as a ruling elder. Near the Stevenson home was established the home of the Wallaces, also a Scotch family, prominent in the early life and progress of Muskingum county. James Stevenson wedded Elizabeth Wallace, who was born in this country in 1806, a daughter of the Rev. Robert Wallace, whose birth occurred in Ireland but who acquired his education in Scotland, being a graduate of the college of Glasgow. His ancestry reaches back to Sir William Wallace, Scotland's martyred hero. and the same sturdy and indomitable love of political liberty that inspired a Bannockburn manifested itself in his posterity's love of religious liberty when the persecutions of the Stuart kings of England drove eighteen thousand Covenanters to seal their fidelity to their religious faith with martyrdom. The first man burned at the stake was a Wallace and then the family and relatives removed to Ireland. Rev. Robert Wallace had two brothers : John, who was appointed to an official position on the Isle of Man, where he afterward died; and David. who came to America with Robert. The Rev. Robert Wallace settled first in Philadelph-ia, and studied theology under Dr. Wylie, of the Reformed Presbyterian church, after which he became an active minister of the gospel. Removing westward to Muskingum county, Ohio, he organized many churches there and in Licking county and on horseback made his trips to these various churches to preach the gospel to their congregations. He purchased a farm near Norwich, Ohio, organized three churches in that locality and remained their pastor for thirty-three years, or until his death at the age of seventy-six years. A strong opponent of slavery he lectured and preached against the practice all over the country and fearlessly continued this work, although his life was oft times in danger. His home became a. station on the famous underground railroad and his grandfather's activity in this direction undoubtedly influenced Dr. R. W. Stevenson, who in later years evinced the strongest regard for the rights of the negro in the efforts that led to wiping out the color line in the schools of Columbus. One who knew Dr. R. W. Stevenson well said : "He was trained by his parents to a strict religious life and, early became a member of the Reformed Presbyterian church. His grandfather and three of his uncles were ministers of the gospel. The boy gave promise of more than ordinary ability for much usefulness. Hi? aptitude, to learn, his brightness of intellect and high regard for integrity, honesty and religious duty, his great energy, his influence and popularity with the people and especially the youth, induced his parents and grandfather to set him aside for the ministry. From his boyhood Robert was noted for his energy and merry life. Every one liked to be where he was. Preachers gave him great amusement when they did not say things just right or made remarks out of place. All such parts of sermons he was sure to remember and from them make amusing comparisons and deductions." Judging from later years. these criticisms were undoubtedly char- CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 355 acterized by a pleasing, kindly humor rather than by cutting wit or sarcasm. In his later years he displayed charity of judgment, which in genial natures grows with advancing years. Reared in a pioneer country home of Ohio, he enjoyed the freedom of the farm and assisted as well in all of its work. The intellectual vigor which he displayed in early life made his parents share his ambition for educational opportunities and after he had completed a course in the country schools he was sent to college at New Concord, Muskingum county, Ohio. At the close of his junior year his brilliant attainments were so marked and his influence so great that Dr. Samuel Findley, president of Madison College in Guernsey county, Ohio, besought him to finish his senior year in that institution, knowing that it would be the means of drawing others to the college. Dr. Stevenson, then determined to go to Madison and was there graduated in 1854, when twenty-two years of age, with a high record for scholarship. His reputation as a profound student, together with his marked and attractive personality, led many schools to seek his services as a teacher when his college course was completed. Dr. Stevenson accepted a large school in the country, where he remained for seven months and his successful work there led to the extending of a call to him by the schools of Dresden, Ohio. In the earlier years of his manhood lie devoted his leisure hours to the study of law. As has been stated, his family desired that he should enter the ministry and it was undoubtedly several years before he had fully determined which of the three professions the law, the ministry or educational work should receive his exclusive attention. He was deeply interested in the great problems which the country was confronting and which were being continuously discussed by men prominent at the bar. Then, too, parental influence still clung to the idea that he should enter the ministry but in the course of years he seemed to have de, cided definitely upon the teacher's profession and gave the five years between 185:5 and 1860 to the schools of Dresden, which he reorganized and advanced to a high standard of excellence. It was during this period, on the 23d of September, 1856, that Mr. Stevenson was united in marriage to Miss Rebecca McConnell, of McConnelsville, Ohio, which town was named in honor of her ancestors, early settlers there. Their married life, covering thirty years, was a most congenial one owing to a similarity of tastes and a similar intellectual development. They had but one child, Robert W., who is now assistant librarian in the Columbus library. The high character of Dr. Stevenson's work at Dresden brought to him the favorable attention of President Lorin Andrews, then of Kenyon College, whose recommendation of Dr. Stevenson for the superintendency of the schools of Norwalk, Ohio, led to the board of education at that place offering him the position. He accepted the offer and entered upon a broader field of usefulness in Norwalk in 1860. Mrs. Stevenson was her husband's assistant in the high school in the earlier years of his labor there. For eleven years he remained at Norwalk, his hold upon the affections and regard of its citizens continually increasing. That his service was eminently satisfactory is indicated by the fact that his salary was more than doubled during that period. All through his school work he gave his attention largely to organization, 356 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS believing that careful, systematized work would produce the best results. He labored as earnestly and effectively toward raising the standard of the schools in the methods of instruction and in the branches taught. Among his pupils there was George Kennan, of world-wide Russo-Siberian fame, and his cousin, H. L. Kennan, now a member of the bar of the state of Washington. The latter wrote on hearing of the demise of Dr. Stevenson : "I have just learned of his death and, thinking it might be a crumb of comfort to you in, your deep affliction to know that one of his boys has never forgotten the lessons of true manhood received from him in both the public schools and the Sunday schools, I venture to address these few lines to you at this time. Next to home influence, I feel, that whatever of good there is in my life is due to the unconscious influence of a life so thoroughly devoted as his was to the development of true and Christian character in all those committed to his charge. His was a grand life and the results of his work are not only in the present generation but will be reflected along those to come." Another of his Norwalk students, J. G. Gibbs, said: "The writer of this brief tribute to the memory of one of the best and noblest of men, spent all of his school days under the guidance of this master mind and can bear witness to the manly and elevating lessons inculcated by Mr. Stevenson both in the school and outside of it. Whatever there was that needed the help of the strong and the moral among our citizens, of that Mr. Stevenson could be counted among the formost supporters. Who of the boys and girls of the early '60s does not remember as among the happiest events of childhood those picnics at `Prairie Switch?' And inseparably coupled with the railroad ride, the dinner on the grass and the rare and innocent sport, is the handsome face of the master spirit of it all, the warm-hearted whole-souled Mr. Stevenson. To us he was the strong ruler in our little kingdom, sternly exacting what was due but tender as a woman, as every child found when trouble came. The memory of such a man can never die while living monuments remain upon which were imprinted the touch of his noble soul. Peace be to his ashes. And may God comfort in their unspeakable sorrow the widow and orphaned son, who mourn the loss of one on whom they leaned." Dr. Stevenson's work in Norwalk made him known throughout the state as one of the ablest representatives of public-school work and` this led to his selection for the superintendence of the schools of Columbus, where he remained from 1871 until 1889. Under his reorganizing and inspiring management the schools of this city received an immediate upward impulse which continues to be felt to the present time. Each year registered effective work done in lines of advancement and improvement. He believed that the object of education is to train each individual to reach the highest perfection possible for him and with this end in view he constantly studied and sought out new methods for improving the school system and making it more effective as a preparation for life's work to each individual. During his superintendency the population of this city increased from thirty-one thousand to one hundred thousand and yet he fully met each problem presented by the schools and made the educational system of Columbus an institution of which every citizen is proud. One of the notable features of his work here was the abolish- CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 357 ment of the color line, which he achieved in such a politic and commonsense way as to avoid general friction. He did it first by receiving colored pupils into the high school, next into the various grammar grades and finally by doing away entirely with the school into which colored children had been corraled for miles and by distributing them to the various schools, forestalling prejudice before it had an opportunity to protest. While residing in Norwalk he had founded the library of that city and was the mainstay of the famous Norwalk library lecture courses from 1860 until 1870. Coming to Columbus, he recognized the need of this city in the same direction and to him is due the honor of inaugurating the magnificent public library of Columbus. In 1889 Dr. Stevenson accepted a call to the superintendency of the schools of Wichita, Kansas, and to the universal and deep regret of the schools and people of Columbus, he went to Wichita, where he remained for three years. The impulse which always came from this reorganizing, regarding, reclassifying, inspiring master hand was immediately felt in the western city, with the erection of five handsome school buildings the first year, the establishment of a city normal school and other marked improvements. It was not, however, only the schools with which he was directly connected that benefited by his labors and his ideals, for through his work in the Ohio State Teachers' Association he did much valuable service toward inspiring his colaborers in the educational field with the ideals which actuated him in his public service, In 1860 he was elected secretary of the state association and was chosen to the presidency in 1870. He became a member of the National Educational Association in 1877 and was thereafter a regular attendant upon its meetings and a participant in its proceedings. He was also chairman of the committee on necrology at the San Francisco meeting in 1888, was made secretary at the Toronto meeting in 1891 and reelected as secretary for two years at the Saratoga meeting in 1892, where his manly bearing upon the national platform was the subject of general commendation. Dr. Stevenson was elected in 1883 to the national council of sixty selected from all parts of the United States for the consideration of educational subjects and in that council. according to the testimony of Dr. White, was one of the most influential members. Wooster University honored him with the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in 1880. A constant student of the science and art of teaching. he stanchly advocated normal instruction for teachers and provided for it in the schools of Columbus and Wichita; and in the same line of the improvement of the professional personnel of teachers, he was an active member of the board of control of the Ohio Teachers' Reading Circle. In the summer of 1878 he was one of the four most active in the revision of McGuffey's Readers for the firm of Van Antwerp, Bragg & Company, his associates in this task being the Hon. T. W. Harvey, of Ohio, Dr. Hewitt, of the Illinois Normal School at Normal, Illinois, and Miss Finnelle, of the Indiana Normal School at Terre Haute, Indiana. In a memorial address delivered before the Ohio State Teachers' Association, W. W. Ross said, in summarizing the life work of Dr. Stevenson : "And now, what was the secret of the phenomenal success of this great and noble life? Whence the power that made him a very 358 - . CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS prince among the teachers of this country; a prince, too, in many respects without a superior and in ninny others without an equal? Mrs. Stevenson writes, `You may have noticed, if you know hint well, that promptness and energy were prominent traits; he often said to Rob, "If I have had any success in life it is largely due to habits of promptness." ' "But not his energy and promptness alone, Not alone his polished manners and manly presence, hi affability and cheery disposition, his high social qualities that made him the pride of the social circle, Not alone the rare common sense that steered clear of both Scylla and Charybdis. He had a bright intellect, was a graceful, fluent and eloquent speaker, always commanding attention, always meeting expectations, modest, and as we learn from those more intimate with him, distrustful of his own powers, shrinking from rather than courting responsibilities, yet discharging every duty with credit and honor. "But not his intellectual endowments alone. The soul of honor, purity and rectitude, always hewing to the line of right, but not alone even his ideal and spotless character. Superadded to all these was his great warm and loving heart. It was this that crowned the personality that makes the great teacher, the most important factor in the work of education. He loved children and was true to their highest interest. "It was his great heart that was the secret of his great approachability, the source and inspiration of the broad and generous sympathies and helping hand he was always ready to extend to his fellow teachers, the remembrance of which is especially sacred in an hour like this. From personal experience I could say there was no member of this Association in whose presence it was so easy to master a constitutional diffidence and feel so perfectly at home, "As no hand was more cordially extended, none was more cordially received. His hand-grasp was a true index of his soul, than which there is none better. It was the fire on the altar of his large soul that struck fire in others and made him the best loved of superintendents, and I may say in this hour, the best loved man in the long roll of the membership of the Ohio Teachers' Association, and that called forth such words as the following from Mr. Barron of the Columbus board of education in his presentation of the memorial resolutions of the board to the family of our deceased brother: `Mr. Stevenson was one of the best and purest men I ever knew. He was like a father to me and one whom I loved to the fullest extent. I never expect again to be associated with such a model man as he, His name will live forever in the memory of all interested in the work of education in Columbus, and his work will tell not only for time but for eternity.' But the time came when the physical energies of his great heart were exhausted. Mrs. Stevenson writes: `Mr. Stevenson suffered an attack of grippe in the winter of 1890-91, and another the following winter, after which his health steadily , declined, but so slowly that we did not realize the danger. In January, 1893, he had the third attack of grippe which left him weak and feeble, but with his wonderful energy he kept about until three days before his death, which came so unexpectedly to us. On the last Saturday of his life he said he thought his CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 359 trouble was of the heart and that, be should not have a. long illness, so that I knew he was not taken entirely unawares. I never knew him more cheerful than during the last few weeks of his life, saying very little about his weakness, out of consideration for me, as my mother was very sick at the time, at my house, and died one week after Mr. Stevenson. He passed away as peacefully as a child goes to sleep. a fit ending of a pure life.' "It is well that the schools of Columbus should close. that the flags should fly at half mast, that distant Wichita should send her floral offering. Dr. Moore. Mr. Stevenson's pastor throughout his Columbus life, spoke as follows in his memorial address: 'Seldom in this city has a sincerer tribute of loving sorrow been paid to any man of any position than was witnessed at his funeral. Could he but have known in those weary years of his absence how deep a place he held in the hearts of the friends of the work to which he had given his life, it would have lifted many a burden from his own.' '' C. CHRISTIAN BORN, C. Christian Born, vice president of the Hoster Columbus Associated Breweries, was born in this city on the 1st of May, 1870. His grandfather, Conrad Born, whose birth occurred in Bavaria, Germany, in 1813, was one of the pioneer brewers of Ohio and for many years was a. prominent and respected citizen of Columbus. His demise occurred in June, 1900. Conrad Born, the father of our subject, is a resident of Columbus, a sketch of his life appearing elsewhere in this publication. C. Christian Born acquired his preliminary education in the schools of his home locality and was graduated from the high school in 1889. In 1890 he entered the establishment of his father and remained as his assistant until the latter's retirement and the consolidation of the brewing interests of Columbus in 1905. In that year be was elected first vice president of the Hester Columbus Associated Breweries. which position he still holds. He is likewise larger interested in various banking and commercial concerns of the city and is widely recognized as a prosperous, influential and public-spirited citizen. He possesses untiring energy, is quick of perception, forms his plans readily and is determined in their execution. and his close application to business and his excellent management have brought to him the large measure of success which is today his. The board of trade finds in him a worthy member and he is also vice president of the city sinking fund. In 1897 Mr. Born was joined in wedlock to Miss Mary Eckhardt, a daughter of Professor Herman and Elizabeth Eckhardt, the former being a leader of musical and German societies for many years. Mrs. Born is a high school graduate and also attended the Ohio State University. She received a musical education in Europe and is highly accomplished in that art. Her children are now three in number. namely: Elizabeth, Louise and Christian. In his political views Mr. Born is an independent democrat, while fraternally he is connected with the Elks. Mr. Born is a member of Humboldt 360 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS Lodge, No. 476, F. & A. M., of which he is past master; Enoch Grand Lodge of Perfection ; Franklin Council, Princes of Jerusalem : Columbus Chapter of the Rose Croix; Scioto Consistory, thirty-second degree, and Aladdin Temple of the Mystic Shrine, He is an enthusiastic devotee of athletic sports and also finds great enjoyment in automobiling. Having spent his entire life in this city. he is well and favorably known here and his home at No. 827 Bryden road is justly celebrated for its attractive. warm-hearted and extensive hospitality. H. C. HART. H. C. Hart, well known as a representative of agricultural life in Franklin county, was born July 17, 1840, in his present home in Blendon township. He has always resided upon this farm and from early boyhood has been actively connected with the work of the fields. He is a son of Gideon and Nancy (Langton) Hart, the former a native of Hartford, Connecticut, born July 16, 1785, while the latter was born March 19, 1793, in Hartford. In both the paternal and maternal lines the subject of this review is descended from families long established in America. His great-grandfather. Daniel Langton, was proprietor of a tavern at Hartford, Connecticut, at the time of the Revolutionary war and there entertained Washington, LaFayette, Benedict Arnold and other distinguished men of the day. To show the depreciation of the American currency it is said that he paid one thousand dollars in continental money for a cow. The Harts and Langtons were borth of English lineage although the original representative of the family in this country cane to the new world in early colonial days. Later they were identified with the pioneer development of the middle west. Dr. James Hart, the elder brother of Gideon Hart, went to Natchez, Mississippi, to fight the yellow fever and afterward sent for a brother to come to assist him. He had a. most extensive practice, booking one thousand dollars per day, but both became ill with the fever and died. There were four sons and one daughter in that family James, John, Joseph, Gideon and Nina Eliza. Gideon Hart went to Vincennes, Indiana. ere the admission of that state to the Union, arriving on the 12th of January, 1812, and it was there that he married Nancy Langton. who had gone with her parents to that state, In 1818 they removed to Franklin county. Ohio, settling on the farm which has since been in possession of the family and is now the property of H. C. Hart and sister. The father had previously visited the county in 1816 and had kept bachelor's quarters with Squire Lee, They operated a grist and saw mill one winter and became closely associated with the pioneer development. Mr. Hart owned the first sawmill in Franklin county, erecting it in 1819 but it was destroyed by fire the same year, and he replaced it in 1820, there sawing the lumber needed for his own home, The second mill was also burned in the latter part of 1820. Mr. Hart afterward returned to Indiana, was there married, and with his bride came again to Franklin county. They made the journey by horse-back and hired someone to haul his goods to the new home, PAGE 361 - PICTURE OF H. C. HART & MR AND MRS W. J. PHELPS PAGE 362 - BLANK CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 363 In the family of Mr. and Mrs. Gideon Hart there were five children Mary, who died in 1839; Caroline, who became the wife of William Phelps and died in 1898; Candace, who is living on the old homestead with her brother; Sarah, who became the wife of H. M. Osborn and died in October, 1857; and Henry Clay, of this review. The Harts have resided on what is known as the old homestead farm since 1818 and all of the improvements have been placed there by H. C. Hart and his father. When the latter came into possession of the farm it was a squatter's claim, on which a little cabin had been built, while an acre and a half had been cleared. He gave twenty dollars for the claim and with characteristic energy began his development and improvement. He set out one of the first apple orchards in this vicinity and later people came to him from all around to purchase apples. His work was always of a progressive character and he kept in touch with the advance made in farming methods. To the work of the farm H. C. Hart was reared and has always resided upon the old homestead. As his years and strength increased he aided more largely in the work of the fields and in the course of time assumed the management and control of the property, which is now owned by himself and sister Candace. The place comprises three hundred and twelve acres of rich and productive land, and the fields respond with golden harvests in return for the care and labor which he bestows upon them. In his political views Mr. Hart was originally a Whig, being reared in the faith of that party, but about the time he attained his majority the republican party sprang into existence and he cast his first ballot for Lincoln and has since given stalwart support to that political organization. He served as trustee for one term but has never been a politician in the sense of office seeking, preferring to give his undivided attention to his business affairs and in his work he has met with creditable and gratifying success. The farm is a valuable property and his labors have brought him good results. BENJAMIN F. GAYMAN. From the ancestral home of the Gayman family in Franklin county, Pennsylvania., came the representatives of the name to Franklin county, Ohio, in the year 1843. This number included Moses Gayman, who some years later was united in marriage to Miss Sarah A. Eavey who, about 1848 or 1849 had accompanied her parents on their removal from Hagerstown, Maryland, to Fairfield county, Ohio. In the paternal line the Gaymans came of historic Pennsylvania Quaker stock, while the grandfather in the maternal line was a native of Germany and the grandmother a native of England. Moses Gayman, familiar with the carpenter's trade, devoted his life to inventive operations, proving a worthy factor in the community in which he lived and set for his family a splendid example concerning the value of independent labor and good citizenship. 364 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS Benjamin F. Gayman, born in Canal Winchester, Ohio, March 6, 1858, at the usual age became a pupil in the public schools there and through regular stages of promotion eventually reached the high school, from which he was creditably graduated in 1875. He afterward devoted two years to the study of languages and literature under private tutors. His early years were marked with the events that come to the robust and healthy village youth. Temperate in habit and fond of his studies, he was also interested in baseball and throughout his entire life has remained an advocate and admirer of the national game, He was anxious to secure a university education but lacked the funds necessary to pursue a full and uninterrupted college course, and thus, owing to stress of circumstances, took up the duties of practical business life in the office of the Canal Winchester Times. The printing business has been aptly termed the poor man's college, and through the experience and demands of the business Mr. Gayman gained broad information upon almost limitless lines of learning with which the successful journalist must be familiar. While in the early stages of his newspaper experience he also read law under the direction of Governor George h. -Nash. but an impartial review of the opportunities offered by both professions and of his own capacities and powers led Mr. Gayman to the belief that he was better fitted for journalism than for the law. From the 12th of April, 1875, therefore, until January, 1907, he was associated with the Canal Winchester Times, one of the model country newspapers of the state, his apprenticeship being followed by service as journeyman and foreman, while eventually he became a partner and afterward proprietor of the paper. For many years his brother, Oliver P. Gayman, was associated with him in the ownership and publication of the Times and is now sole owner. The journalistic career brings the individual into such close touch with public interests that it is almost impossible for him, even if he so desires, to avoid the duties and responsibilities of public office, and Mr. Gayman was elected by his fellow townsmen to the position of alderman in the year 1884. His service in that capacity was so satisfactory that he was afterward unanimously elected mayor and four times in succession was he chosen to that position without opposition. Such a record is seldom paralleled and was the indication of unqualified confidence and regard on the part of his fellow townsmen. Higher honors came to him in his election to the. house of representatives in 1891 and further endorsement of his loyal public service came in his reelection in 1895 and again in 1897. In 190. he was elected to the senate from the tenth Ohio district, comprising Franklin and Pickaway counties, and served until 1908, the legislative term being temporarily extended because of a constitutional amendment. His nine years of service in the general assembly were marked by a faithful and intelligent discharge of every duty as well as by discrimination and wisdom in support of or opposition to legislative measures as he believed them beneficial or detri mental to the best interests of the commonwealth. In 1908 he was nominated for congress by acclamation by the democratic party in the twelfth district, but in that year met defeat. He is unswerving in support of the principles on which his party rests and yet in alll of his legislative service never sacrificed CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 365 the public welfare for partisanship. Every worthy enterprise in his home town or county along lines of general improvement has found in him a stalwart supporter. On the 10th of March, 1881, in Canal Winchester, Mr. Gayman was united in marriage to Miss Sallie C. Miller, only daughter of William P. Miller, a prominent business man of that village, The three sons of this marriage all died in infancy. Mr. and Mrs. Gayman have an extensive circle of devoted friends in the town where they have so long resided. Mr. Gayman is a valued member of the Masonic and other fraternities. In September, 1884, he entered into active relations with Masonry in the lodge at Lithopolis and later became a member of the committee which secured the charter of the lodge at Canal Winchester. He became a charter member of Potter Lodge, No. 540, F. & A. M., on its organization in 1885, is now a past master and has been a representative in the Grand Lodge of Ohio. He is also a member of Walnut Chapter, No. 172, R. A. M., and both he and Mrs. Gayman are member of Evans Chapter, No. 191, O. E. S. He is likewise a charter member of Winchester Lodge, No. 125, K. P., which was instituted December 9, 1880, and is a member of the Pythian Grand Lodge of Ohio. More than thirty years' connection with one of the leading country newspapers of Ohio, nine years of legislative service and efficient, honorable and far-reaching activity in other lines as well, entitle Benjamin F. Gayman to the honor and respect which are uniformly accorded him in Canal Winchester and throughout the state wherever he is known. JACOB BLEILE. Jacob Bleile, whose death occurred August 16, 1907, was for many years identified with the stone-cutter's trade and assisted in the erection of many of the first buildings in Columbus. He was born in Germany, November 5. 1830, a son of Jacob and Anna (Reiderman) Bleile, both of whom were natives of the fatherland, and there the father spent his entire life, After his death the mother came to America, bringing with her three of her six children, and all are now deceased. Jacob Bleile, whose name introduces this review, was educated in his native country and when a youth of nineteen years, foreseeing no future for him in the old world, emigrated to the United States, the year 1849 witnessing his arrival here. He soon became apprenticed to the stone-cutter's trade and worked as a journeyman in different localities of Indiana and Ohio, spending some time in Cincinnati, and at one time worked for the meager sum of two dollars per month. He came to Columbus in 1851 and leased a stone yard, which was on the site of his widow's present home. He was a contractor of stone work on the building of the Starling -Medical College, the Monypeny block, the Mithoff building and numerous other structures. He became well known in business circles not only in Columbus . 366 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS but in the surrounding country as well. He was a skilled workman and was always found faithful to the terms of a contract, so that his services were in great demand. In later years he established a brickyard aid subsequently engaged in the lumber business but a few years prior to his demise he retired from all active business cares and spent his last days in well earned rest. Mr. Bleile took an active and helpful interest in public affairs and in the improvement of the city of his residence, He a listed in organizing the German Protestant church, of which he was a life-long member and a liberal supporter. He was reared in the faith of St. Paul's Lutheran church but after coming to Columbus he became identified with the Masonic and Odd Fellows orders, which was contrary to the rules of that organization, and this led to Mr. Bleile becoming a prominent factor in the organization of the St. John's German Protestant church. In his home life he was largely the ideal husband and father, while among his friends he was honored and respected f )r his many. excellent traits of heart and mind. From the pioneer history of the city until his demise he was deeply interested in every movement calculated to improve or benefit the community in any way, so that his death was the occasion of deep regret to all with whom he had been associated. Mr. Bleile was married August 2, 1855, the lady of his choice being Miss Catherine Schmitt, who was born in Columbus. August 12, 1837, a daughter of J. Frederick and Catherine (Ketzel) Schmitt. The father was born in 1800, while the mother's birth occurred in 1812. They came to the Buckeye state with their respective parents, a location being made in Marion county. where they were united in marriage, and in 1837 took up their abode in Columbus. By their union ten children were born, of whom six are living. namely: Catherine, now 'Mrs. Bleile; Philip, a resident of Columbus; William, Peter and Benjamin, also of this city; and Mrs. Alice Hartman, who makes her home in Columbus. Mr. Schmitt, the father, learned the carpenter's trade in Germany and served his country as a soldier in the French war. He died in 1880, while the mother, surviving for a number of years. passed away in 1892. Mrs. Bleile can remember when Columbus was a small village and of seeing the first train which entered the city. She also remembers when gas was first used in the city and this was considered quite an event in its history. She attended the 'Mound Street school when it was a one-story building, containing six rooms and remembers when the lot on which the Fourth street school now stands was used as a pasture, and the ground on which her residence now stand was used in winter as a place for coasting by the children of the neighborhood. She is one of the few remaining pioneer women of Columbus and is highly respected and esteemed by a large number of acquaintances and friends. By her marriage she has become the mother of two sons. Jacob is at home, A. M. Bleile, the elder son, was born June 26, 1856, in Columbus and acquired his education in the common and high schools. Deciding upon the practice of medicine as a life work, he then entered Starling Medical College, from which he graduated in 1876. He then wont to Vienna, Austria, and in the university of that place took special work in chemistry for one year. Subsequently he spent a year in Liepsic Germany. pursuing a special course in physiology. CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 367 while later he spent a similar period in Paris, after which he returned to his home in Columbus and began the practice of medicine and also was a lecturer in Starling Medical College, In 1891 he gave up his practice and now gives his entire time to lecturing in the Ohio State University and in Starling Medical College, his subject being physiology. He is a member of the Odd Fellows Society and of the Columbus and Ohio Clubs. He was married November 4, 1880, to Miss Flora Krumm, a daughter of Frederick and Frederika (Fichtner) Krumm, both of whom were natives of Germany and became pioneer settlers of Columbus. Dr. and Mrs. Bleile have two daughters, Catherine and Flora, both at home. J. J. COONS, M. D. There is perhaps no profession so little commercialized as is that of medicine. The successful physician must of necessity possess not only a laudable desire for prosperity but also a humanitarian interest in his fellowmen that will prompt him to self-sacrificing efforts for those who seek his professional aid. It is a well known fact that service is often ill requited and the physician frequently receives no other compensation for his work than the satisfaction which comes frona the consciousness of duty well performed. Devoting his life to the practice of medicine and surgery, Dr. J. J. Coons has gained wide recognition as a man of ability and wide learning. In his practice he has made a specialty of pathology and clinical microscopy and is now lecturer in the Starling-Ohio Medical College on clinical diagnosis. Dr. Coons was born in Milledgeville, Fayette county, Ohio, March 11, 1874. His father, Jones Coons, was a native of the same place and a son of John Coons, who came from Virginia. to Ohio in 1822. Both the grandfather .and the father followed the occupation of farming and the latter died at the age of seventy-six years. His wife, who bore the maiden name of Rose Gannon, was a. native of New York city. Dr. J. J. Coons was educated in the public schools and the Wesleyan University at Delaware. Ohio, being graduated from that institution in 1898. He determined to make the practice of medicine his life work and with that end in view studied in the Johns Hopkins University, at Baltimore, Maryland. where he was graduated in 1902., He afterward spent one year as clinic assistant in medicine in that institution and the succeeding year in the Lying-In-Hospital in New York and the Kensington Hospital in Philadelphia. In 1904 he came to Columbus, where he has since been engaged in practice, He has specialized in pathology and clinical microscopy and now limits his practice entirely to pathology, in which branch he has been signally successful. He is pathologist to the Mount Carmel and Grant Hospitals and since coming to this city has been connected with the StarlingOhio Medical College, in which he is now lecturer on clinical diagnosis. He belongs to the Academy of Medicine, to the Ohio State Medical Society and the American Medical Association. 368 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS While a resident of Washington Court House Dr. Coons joined the Masonic lodge and has since taken the degrees of the Scottish Rite and is a member of the Mystic Shrine. He is connected with the Beta Theta Pi and the Alpha Nu Pi Omega, two Greek letter fraternities, and in Columbus holds membership with the Ohio Club. Laudable ambition has prompted him to put forth his best efforts to attain success, and his professional career has been characterized by that progress which follows constantly expanding powers. He has made good use of his opportunities and has secured a gratifying business in Columbus and in the state of Ohio. WILLIAM DOHERTY. One of the picturesque figures of the early history of Columbus was Colonel William Doherty (1790-1840), whose portrait (painted in 1823 by Wilson), shows a dashing and soldierly personality, with the flexible dark brows, blue eyes and humorous mouth of his mixed Irish and French ancestry. His grandfather, who spelled his name O'Dougherty, landed in the Carolinas in 1750, and his three sons fought in the Revolution, only one of them, James, surviving. He married the Demoiselle Francoise Gallant and the Colonel was one of their nine children. The subject of our sketch won his spurs in the war of 1812 and, although he afterward became an eminent lawyer, he kept his military prestige also to the end of his life and was the ranking military officer in Ohio when he died. His youngest daughter remembers the impressive funeral ceremonies, though she was only three or four years old. His old white charger was led behind the coffin, and when the soldiers fired the volley over the grave, she cried out in terror, "They are killing old Rock!" Among the few documents still in the possession of his descendants is a commission as "third lieutenant of riflemen," 1814, signed by James Madison ; his commission as "United States marshal of the district of Ohio," 1822, signed by John Quincy Adams; and the same in 1826, signed by Henry Clay, secretary of state under Monroe. There was great intimacy between Colonel Doherty and Henry Clay. and the former could never be reconciled to the presidential defeats of the man who was the idol of his political career as well as the chosen friend of his heart. When William Doherty left his boyhood home in North Carolina to enlist in the army, he had already begun his legal studies and at the close of the war came to Ohio and was admitted to practice at the Chillicothe bar in 1819, as is attested by a tattered parchment signed "Harvey D. Evans, clerk of the court." There he met Miss Eliza McLene, daughter of General Jeremiah McLene, whom he married in 1821 and brought to Columbus, where in 1829 he built a residence which still stands on Broad street between High and Third (No. 68), with the date of its erection carved over the front door. A third story has been added to the original edifice but in all essentials it is the same substantial structure, with the same stone steps, the first ever brought to Co- PAGE 369 - PICTURE OF WILLIAM DOHERTY PAGE 370 - BLANK CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 371 lumbus. Mrs. Doherty's currant and gooseberry bushes grew where the Broad street sky scrapers now stand, and back of the house, near Gay street, were the negro quarters, built by Colonel Doherty in homesick remembrance of his southern birthplace and its customs. He used to say that he wanted to be able to "snap his fingers and see the little pickaninnies run." The descendants of the negro families who lived under his protecting care undoubtedly formed the nucleus of the large African representation in that neighborhood now. In the "side yard," toward Third street, stood a little frame building called the "schoolhouse," where an irascible old Frenchman, a waif carried to America among the jetsam and flotsam of the French revolution, taught the older children the rudiments of polite education. The older children of Mr. William Neil, Robert and Ann Eliza, came down to share in these lessons, the arrangement being reversed in the summer, when the Dohertys went northward every day-no small journey to drive over corduroy and mud roads-to the Neil homestead, the present site of the Ohio State University. Colonel and Mrs. Doherty had eight children : Sarah, who became the wife of William Miner; James : William : Francis ; McLene ; Mary, the wife of Leonard Whitney ; Jane, who became the wife Edward Fitch; and John. Mrs. Fitch is the only one living at the date of this sketch (1909). Colonel Doherty found Columbus a small and unimportant town but he realized something of its future possibilities. He pursued the real-estate business with Mr. Lyne Starling and at one time owned a great deal of land, including a large section north of the viaduct, which was deeded to the town for the old North graveyard, where the North market is now. He lived at a time when to be a lawyer meant that he must ride the circuit on horseback, carrying his belongings in saddle bags, absent from home for weeks at a time; but in spite of the claims of a large practice he found time to be an ardent politician and was the chairman of the state central committee of the Whig party. He died from consumption at the age of fifty, leaving behind him the memory of a born leader of men, whose hospitality was Arabian, whose whole-souled enjoyment of life was tainted by no thought of self-interest or narrow asceticism ; who was a loyal friend, a genial companion and an honored and beloved ruler of his household. JOHN S. CARLTON, M.D. Dr. John S. Carlton, an able and successful medical practitioner of Columbus was born in Coolville, Athens county, Ohio, August 30, 1868, his parents being E. L. and Martha A. (Stone.) Carlton, also natives, of Athens county. The grandfather was born in New Hampshire. At the time of the outbreak of the Civil war E. L. Carlton, the father of our subject. became a member of the Thirtieth Ohio Volunteer Infantry and, after serving in the field for a time, was assigned to the medical department, for he had studied the profession prior to joining the army. On being mustered out in 1864 he entered the Starling Medical College. from which institu- 372 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS tion he was graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1858 while in the practice of medicine in Athens county and is still a vigorous and active man, now following his profession at Canal, Ohio. where lie is also serving as mayor. His political allegiance is given to the democracy and he is widely recognized as a valuable and substantial citizen of his community. John S. Carton acquired his education in the schools of his native town and subsequently matriculated in the Ohio University, from which institution he was graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1888 while in 1891 the degree of Master of Arts was conferred upon him. In the year 1888 he took up the study of medicine and in 1893 was graduated with honors from the Starling Medical College, ranking third in his class. having thus thoroughly qualified for the practice of the profession, he opened an, office in Madison county and was there located for ten years. enjoying a steadily increasing and profitable patronage. The year 1903 witnessed his arrival in Columbus and here he has since been engaged as a general medical practitioner; meeting with a. well merited and gratifying measure of suceess in the administration of remedial agencies and the restoration of health. In 1895 was celebrated the marriage of Drs Carlton and Miss Lovina M. Noland, who is a native of Madison county and whose mother was a member of the well known Biggart family. Unto this union have been born a son and a daughter, namely: Charles Edmund. whose birth occurred June 5, 1903; and Clara whose natal day was October 9. 1907. Fraternally Dr. Carlton is an odd Fellow and in the line of his: profession is connected with the Academy of Medicine the State Medical Association and the American Medical Associations Genial in disposition. unobtrusive and unassuming, he is patient under adverse criticism and in his expressions concerning brother practitioners is friendly and indulgent. GEORGE LINVILLE GUGLE. George Linville Gugle, secretary and treasurer of the Guarantee Title &- Trust Company, early cultivated those habits which prepared him for the struggle that must precede ascendency in the business world. He was born in Monmouth, Illinois, August 12, 1874. He is a representative of one of the oldest families of Columbus, prominent and well known in this city from the period of its early development. His grandfather, Lawrence Gugle, a native of Germany, came to America, settling first in Pennsylvania. Subsequently he removed to Ohio, establishing hi home in Franklin county in 1827 and conducting the first blacksmith shop in Columbus. He died in 1889 after a continuous residence of sixty-two years in this city. His son. John Gugle, was a. native of Columbus. born in 1849s He acquired hi education in the public schools of this city and learned the blacksmith's trade, which he followed until his death in 1893. He was a prominent and well known resident of this city. This sterling worth of charactor gained him the respect of those who knew him. He was noted for his CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 373 integrity, his word being considered as good as his bond. He was one of the organizers of the famous Orpheus Club, a well known musical organization, and took an active interest in promoting musical taste and talent in the city in an early day. He married Sarah Fisher. who was born in Salem, Ohio, and is still living. Her father was Dr. Fisher, a well known physician, while her mother belonged to the Linville family. The name of Linville figures prominently in connection with the early history of central Ohio. The Linvilles were of Scotch descent and made their way from the old world to the new on the second trip of the Mayflower. They established their home at Jamestown, Virginia. and their descendants have gone forth into several of the southern .states, including Virginia and North Carolina. Several of the Linvilles participated in the Revolutionary war, members of the family taking an active part in the battles which led up to the final victory. George L. Gugle, reared in Columbus, pursued his education in the public schools of this city until he had become a high school student and later was a pupil in the collegiate department of the Ohio State University, where he won the Bachelor of Philosophy degree in 1894. He then took up the study of law and was graduated in 1896 with the Bachelor of Law degree, He was only eighteen years of age at the time of his father's death, and as he was left in limited financial circumstances he learned and followed the blacksmith's trade in early manhood, conducting a shop in order to care for his mother and sister and to obtain the funds necessary to meet college tuition and expenses. Following his admission to the bar Mr. Gugle was offered a partnership by J. C. Richards, the retiring attorney general of Ohio, in 1896, and they were employed to test the constitutionality of the Torrens law in Ohio. This litigation suggested the establishment in Ohio of title insurance, companies and in 1898 Mr. Gugle went to Cleveland to establish the first, title insurance company. In 1899 he assisted in establishing a branch in Cincinnati under the name of the Guarantee Title & Trust Company. He also established a branch in Columbus in 1900 and in 1905 made this a second company with Mr. Gugle as secretary and treasurer. They make abstracts of titles, insure titles, make mortgage loans and sell mortgages. They also handle municipal bond and take deposits not. subject to checking. The business ha shown a steady and helpful growth and in fact its development in 1901 was phenomenal. Mr. Gugle organized the Indianola Heating & Lighting Company, which afterward became the Columbus Public Service Company and is one of the important institutions of the city. He still remains a director of it, and his different. business connections make his name an honored one on commercial paper. His investments have been judiciously placed, returning to him the merited reward of honest industry and thrift. He may well be termed a man of purpose, possessing the executive ability to carry out his well formulated plans. On the 21st of September. 1900. Mr. Gugle was married to Miss Zoa Baldwin. a daughter of Charles Baldwin. Their children are : George L., born in 1904; and Fred R.. Born in 1907. Mr. Gugle is a member of various clubs, societies and lodges, which find in him an enthusiastic supporter and 374 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS count his loyalty one of their valuable assets. He now belongs to the Columbus Club and the Columbus Country Club, being one of the charter members of the latter. He likewise holds membership with the Phi Delta Phi, a law fraternity, and the Chi Phi. He gives his political allegiance to the republican party and is a member of the First Methodist Episcopal church. He is fond of horses and is as well an enthusiast on the subject of motoring. Through the processs of gradual and substantial growth he has developed a business of importance, making him one of the substantial residents of the city. Carlisle has said. "The story of any man's life would have interest and value if truly told," and the record of Mr. Gugie as not without lessons that may be profitably followed. for his career. illustrates the power of honesty, close application and concentration of purpose, HENRY F. ROMAINE. The late Henry F. Romaine was identified with real-estate operations in Columbus, where he made his home from 1882 until his death, twenty-one years later. He was born in Canajoharie, New York, July 5, 1859, and was a son of the Rev. Benjamin F. Romaine, a Presbyterian minister, whose broad humanitarianism prompted him, at the close of the war, to become actively interested in the project of deporting the negroes, for with remarkable foresight he realized that it would be to the advantage of the negro race and the country at large if all those of African blood were sent back to the land of their forefathers. He came to Ohio to advocate his cause and remained a resident of Columbus until his demise, His wife bore the maiden name of Marguerite Messick. In the schools of Albany, New York, Henry F. Romaine acquired his education and early in his business career became identified with journalism, continuing in that field of activity for a number of years. In 1882 he came to Columbus and was associated with the Sunday News and the Sunday Herald for a time, acting as business manager of the latter. At a later date he turned his attention to real-estate operations and was engaged in the purchase and sale of property and the negotiation of realty transfers until his life's labors were ended in death. He made it his purpose to familiarize himself thoroughly with property values and was thus enabled to make advantageous sales for his clients or secure the property desired in purchase. On April 29, 1884, in Dresden, Ohio, Mr. Romaine was married to Miss Hattie L. Smith, a native of Columbus, and a daughter of David Marshall Smith, who came from the east and was one of the firm of Griswold & Smith, early photographers of this city. His last days, however, were spent upon a farm in Holmes county, Ohio. He married Miss Lucinda Fogle, who was born in Franklin county and is a daughter of George Fogle, one of the pioneer residents of this county. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Romaine were born five children : Henry F., an engineer of Columbus; Earl D.; Ruth M.; Gladys May, who died in infancy, and Jean C. CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 375 In his political views Mr. Romaine was a stalwart republican, active in the work of the party for years. He served several years as a member of the common council, and also served as deputy police clerk. He belonged to Junia Lodge, I. O. O. F. Those who knew him prized his friendship and gave him warm regard, while those with whom he became acquainted through business relations found him a trustworthy and progressive man. Since her husband's death, Mrs. Romaine has been engaged very extensively in building upon and improving the property which her husband had purchased. She has erected many attractive residences in this city, adding to the architectural adornment of Columbus, and has recently completed a fine home for herself on Waldeck place. ALBERT BERNET. Albert Bernet is second assistant general manager of the American Press Association, also manager of the Columbus branch the American Press Association, one of the most thoroughly systematized enterprises in the entire country. Other business interests also claim Mr. Bernet's attention and have profited by his keen sagacity and his unfaltering diligence, He was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, February 11, 1868, and is a son of Frank and Barbara (Weiss) Bernet, both of whom were natives of Germany. They came to America, however, in 1853 and settled in Cincinnati, Ohio. The father was a carriage manufacturer, becoming a pioneer in that line of business in Cincinnati, where he remained until his life's labors were ended in death February 7, 1908. As a pupil in the public schools of that city, Albert Bernet gained his knowledge of the common branches of English learning but in his boyhood days faced the necessity of providing for his own support and for some time was employed in the type foundries there, In 188.1 he secured a, position as office boy with the American Press Association at Cincinnati and assured his promotion by making his services valuable to those whom he represented. Gradually his ability and diligence enabled him to work his way upward and in 1895 he left' the Cincinnati establishment to come to Columbus as bookkeeper for the American Press Association here, In 1901 he was promoted to the position of manager and has since acted in that capacity with thorough knowledge of the needs of the office and ability to meet all of its demands. His work here is by no means an unessential element in the success of the association and aside frown his duties at the head of the Columbus office he is also assistant general manager of the American Press Association. His executive ability and business discernment are further demonstrated in his excellent work as the national treasurer of the American Insurance Union. an order. having twenty-five thousand members with headquarters in Columbus. He is likewise the chairman of the board of trustees of the Ohio Association of Elks and chairman of the trustees of 376 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS the Columbus Lodge of Elks, while his membership relations extend to the Masonic fraternity. Mr. Barnet has been identified with the Press Association for twentyfive year, and probably knows more public and newspaper men in the state than any other resident of Ohio, having met, them all personally. He stands a splendid example of the self-made maul for without any of the advantages which arise front college education or assistance from family or influential friends he has worked his way steadily upward, his present important business connections being the treasure of his ability and his enterprise. Throughout his entire career he has brooked no obstacles that could be overcome by determined and persistent effort. In 1889 Mr. Barnet was married to Miss Laura Mueller. of Cincinnati, and they have four children: Laura. Florence, Albert and Thalami. That Mr. Bernet is a man of broad capabilities is indicated in his varied and extensive business interests. He is at all times approachable and patiently listens to whatever a caller may have to say, always courteous and at all timer a gentleman in the truest and best sense of the term. He cares not for notoriety nor is there about him the least shadow of mock modesty. Tie is a gentleman of fine address and thorough culture occupying a prominent place in the regard of those with whom he cones in contact as well as in business circles. MILTON E. THOMPSON. Milton E. Thompson was am honored veteran of the Civil war and in his business affairs often displayed the same spirit of bravery and unquestioned fidelity to the interests entrusted to his care that he showed as a soldier upon southern battlefields. He was a native of Chillicothe. Ohio, and a son of Philip and Mary Thompson, whose family numbered eight children. The father was a pioneer resident of Ross county. Ohio. his father having located there at a very early day. For a long period Philip Thompson continued a resident of that locality, his death there occurring at the very venerable age of ninety-two years. Milton E. Thompson was reared in the place of his nativity was indebted to the public-school system for his educational privileges, and after starting out in business life lie still retained his residence in his native town. About thirty-eight years ago he became connected with the Hocking Valley Railroad in the capacity of engineer, and in 1884 he removed to Columbus. At that time he was engineer on the passenger train running between the capital city and Athens and he thus served throughout his remaining days, being one of the most trusted and reliable employes in the service of the company. He seemed to realize fully the responsibility that devolved upon him and was most careful and painstaking in making his runs. That he enjoyed the full confidence of the company is evidenced by the fact that he continued in their service for so many years. CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 377 Ere entering the railroad employ Mr. Thompson defended the interests of his country on the battlefields of the south, haying at the age of seventeen years become a member of Company D, Seventy-third Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He took part in a number of important engagements and skirmishes and on one occasion was wounded. He also accompanied Sherman on the celebrated march to the sea, which proved boxy weak was the Confederacy, showing that the troops had been drawn from the interior to protect the border. When the war was over he returned home with a creditable military record and throughout his business career was identified with railroad interests. He died February 23, 1902, and was buried in Green Lawn cemetery. Mr. Thompson was married in Chillicothe in 1867 to Miss Ophelia Merritt. a daughter of William C. and Cynthian (Sisson) Merritt. Their family numbered six children. The father, William Merritt, was associated with M. M. Green and others in constructing the Hocking Valley Railroad and for years was roadmaster on that line, He made his honk in Lancaster. The marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Thompson was blessed with three children May. the wife of Richard H. Schoonover, a professor in Ohio Northern University at Ada, Ohio: Frances, the wife of Charles B. Kearsley: and Harry M.. cashier at Columbus for the Traveler's Insurance Company. In his fraternal relations Mr. Thompson was a Mason and was also a number of Wells Post. G. A. R. His political support was given to the republican party. which was the defense of the Union during the dark days of the Civil war and has always been the party of reform and progress. While he did not seek to figure in public life, his entire business career was characterized by uniform fidelity to the trust reposed in him and because of this he deserved to receive the respect and good will of those who knew him. Since her husbands death Mrs. Thompson on has made her home in Columbus, where she had many warm friends. BENSON G. WATSON. Benson G. Watson. senior member of the firm of Watson, Stouffer. Davis & Headley, of the Columbus bar, has been engaged in practice in this city since 1897, and has been retained as counsel for the defense or the prosecution in many important cases tried in the state and federal courts of this city. He was born at New Salem. Fairfield county, Ohio, March 17, 1870, his parents being William J. and Martin C,. (Wiseman) Watson, natives of Virginia and Massachusetts respectively. His father was a farmer and amid the scenes and environments of rural life Benson G. Watson spent his boyhood days. His public-school education was supplemented by study in the Ohio State University. from which lie was graduated in 1896 with the degree of Bachelor of Philosophy. and. determining upon the practice of law as a life work. he pursued a law course in the Ohio State University. also entering the 378 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS office of Huggins & Sowers, under whose direction he continued his preparation for the bar. In 1897 he was admitted to practice, and his ability was evidenced in the fact that his former preceptors admitted him to a partnership under the firm style of Huggins, Sowers & Watson. He thus engaged in practice for three years, after which he withdrew from that partnership and practiced alone for some time, In 1907, however, the firm of Watson, Stouffer, Davis & Headley was established, with Benson G. Watson as the senior partner. He is a member of both the Ohio State and Franklin County Bar Associations, and his ability is widely recognized by the profession as well as the general public. In his cases he prepares for defense as well as attack, and he always presents his cause in a strong, clear light of common-sense and close reasoning. He never loses sight of any point which bears upon his case, and at the same time he gives due prominence to the important point upon which every decision finally turns. In 1894 Mr. Watson was married to Miss Katharine Beery, a native of Columbus. They are members of the First Congregational church, and Mr. Watson belongs, to Goodale Lodge, A. F. & A. M., Scioto Consistory of Scottish Rite, and Aladdin Temple of the Mystic Shrine, He is a member of the Chi Phi college fraternity of the Ohio University, the Ohio Club, the Riding Club and the Columbus Golf Club-associations which indicate something of the nature of his interests and pleasures. His friends find him always a genial, courteous gentleman, who has true appreciation for the social amenities of life, and while never too busy to be courteous, neither is he too courteous to be busy. JAMES EDWARD McKENNEY . James Edward McKenney, an attorney at the Columbus bar. was born in Bourneville. Ross county. Ohio, August 1, 1872. His father. John E. McKenney, a native of Virginia, came to Ohio at the close of the Civil war and engaged in the practice of law. He also served as justice of the peace for half a century, discharging his duties with marked impartiality and fairness. but at the present time is largely living retired. He married Martha Carron, a native of Virginia, and the daughter of a Baptist minister. Her death occurred in 1904. One of her ancestors was Colonel John H. Vaughn, who served as a soldier in the Revolutionary war. A half-brother of Mr. McKenney's paternal grandfather. Major J. H. McKenney, was the president and general manager of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad Company. James Edward McKenney began his education in the district school and afterward attended the Bourneville high school, from which he was graduated in 1890. Subsequently he became a student in the Ohio Wesleyan University of Delaware, and then entered the ministry as a member of the Ohio conference, becoming assistant to the Rev. P. A. Baker of the Third Street Methodist church at Columbus in 1895. The following year he left this state and removed to Nebraska, being stationed at different times in pastoral work at Lincoln, Hastings, Sutton and Trumbull. He remained PAGE 379 - PICTURE OF JAMES E. MCKENNEY PAGE 380 - BLANK CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 381 there for six years or until 1902, when he returned to this state and engaged in preaching the gospel at East Columbus and other points, He acted as minister for the congregation at Linden Heights for three years and is still a member of the Ohio conference although in 1904 he was admitted to the bar, since which time he ha: engaged in the active practice of the law, He engages in a general civic law practice and has been accorded a large clientage, which is constantly growing in volume and importance, He is still active in church work and preaches nearly every Sunday, although he accepts no regular charge, On March 23, 1898, Mr. McKenney was married to Miss Mollie A. Hill, of Columbus, and unto them have been born a son and daughter, Harold Wharton and Dorothy Louise, born in 1900 and 1904 respectively, Mr. McKenney is a member of the Ancient Order of United Workmen. Aside from the practice of law, however. lie gives his attention principally to church work and he believed that there is no dividing line between his profession and his religion, J. W. WELLONS, M.D, Dr. J. W. Wellons, a popular and successful physician of Columbus, making a specialty of diseases of the eye. ear, nose and throat, was born in Barnesville, Ohio, October 1. 1862. His father. Granville S, Wellons, a native of Somerton, Ohio, is a graduate of the Medical College of Ohio and has been a successful practitioner of medicine in Barnesville for over forty years, At the time of the outbreak of the Civil war lie offered his aid to the government and served throughout the entire period of hostilities as surgeon in the Ninety-first Ohio, When peace was restored and the supremacy of the Union had been established he took up his abode in Barnesville, where he has resided continuously since, but on account of his advanced age now confines his professional activities to a little office work, Tie was a member of the pension board for eight Years and for several terms has served on the city council, his public duties ever being discharged in prompt and efficient manner. The mother, who bore the maiden name of Anna .T, Griffin, was a native of Virginia and a representative of an old family of that state, Her demise occurred in 1880. when she had attained the age of forty-three years. Dr. T, W, Wellons acquired his preliminary education in the public schools of his native town and in the years 1879 and 1880 attended the Ohio State University, Determining to make the practice of medicine his life work, he studied the profession under the direction of his father for one year and subsequently entered the Medical College of Ohio, from which institution he was graduated in 1884. From that time until 1893 lie was successfully engaged in general practice at Barnesville and then decided to specialize in diseases of the eve. car, nose and throat, studying along those lines in New York and Philadelphia. The year 1903 witnessed his arrival in Columbus and since that time he has here been engaged in practice along the line of his specialty, 382 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS having won a profitable and ever growing patronage in recognition of his skill and ability, Through his membership in the Academy of Medicine, the State Medical Association and the American Medical Association he keeps abreast with the progress that is continually being made by the profession and he is widely recognized as a worthy representative of his calling, He was surgeon for the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad at Barnesville for several years and in 1890-1 was medical examiner for the relief department of that road. Dr. Wellons has been married twice. In 1886 he wedded Miss Nora Hunt, a native of Barnesville, who passed away in 1888. In 1891 he was again married, his second union being with Eleanor Elizabeth McCartney, who was also born in Barnesville and by whom he has two children, namely: Charles, whose birth occurred June 27, 1893; and Annie Eleanor, whose natal day was January 23, 1897, Following in the political footsteps of his father, Dr, Wellons has cast his ballot in support of the men and measures of the republican party and while living in Barnesville served as a member of the school hoard for two terns, In 1885 he joined Friendship Lodge, A. F. & A, M,, at Barnesville, and is now a member of Goodale Lodge and Temple Chapter at Columbus, His fraternal relations likewise connect him with the Knights of Pythias of this city and he is a member of the Ohio Club. He is known as one worthy of the trust and confidence of his fellowmen, not only in professional circles but in private life as well, and Columbus accounts him a valuable addition to the ranks of her medical fraternity, ROBERT FULTON BODA, Robert Fulton Boda, engaged in the automobile business and manager of a popular garage in Columbus and at the same time well known for his ability as a salesman of that class of vehicle, is a native son of this city, his birth having occurred in 1886, His father, Lee Milton Boda, was born in Springfield, Ohio, in April, 1858, and early in life was apprenticed to the machinists' trade, After becoming a journeyman he followed that occupation for some years but finally gave it up to enter the newspaper business in this city, later becoming interested in theatricals, at present manager of the Valentine circuit of the Southern Theater of Columbus. He was united in marriage in 1879 to Anna Harris, who was born in Columbus in 1859. and they have two sons: Lee Harris and Robert Fulton, In this city Robert Fulton Boda was reared, at the usual age entering the common schools, where he successfully passed through the successive grades and took three years of the high-school course, but. being restless to seek his fortune in the business world and ambitious to become independent and self-sustaining, he did not avail himself of proferred higher educational advantages but at once entered the commercial arena. selecting out of its many callings the automobile business, which is both fascinating and lucrative and at the same time compatible with his liking, Since affiliating him- CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 383 self with the enterprise he has become familiar with the many makes of machines and their construction, his experience thus far obtained serving him in judging the merits of the several kinds and classes of automobiles and enhancing his ability as a salesman, His garage is a popular one and the business acumen which has already attained for him a great measure of success as it ripens by larger experience will doubtless enable him to rise to a position of added prominence in the business circles of the city, On August 5, 1908, Mr. Boda welded Miss Lydia Jackson Wilson. a popular young woman of Columbus, possessed of those qualifications which not only make home life happy but will also prove invaluable in the future in their efforts to obtain the means necessary to the enjoyment of life, Mr. Bola has already become popular in his business and his genial disposition, ability and honesty have won him many friends and his commercial relations are not only pleasant but in the highest sense promising, FRANK D. DILDINE, Frank D. Dildine. who since 1903 has conducted a general merchandise establishment in Canal Winchester, is a worthy representative of one of the honored and respected pioneer families of Franklin county, He was here born January 25, 1872, and is the youngest in a family of six children born of the marriage of Robert Finley and Mary Ann (Whaley) Dildine, the former born hi 1832 and the latter in 1834. The father was a pioneer of Madison township and male farming his life work, He was a teacher of vocal music for about a half century and in this connection was known throughout Franklin county, He was a democrat in his political views and affiliations and was a public-spirited and influential citizen of his community. He served as township clerk for forty years and for many years was a member of the school board, the cause of education finding in him a warm, and helpful friend, In early life he also engaged in teaching but his last years were devoted to general agricultural pursuits and this claimed the major portion of his attention throughout his business career. He owned a well improved farm of one hundred and forty acres in Madison township. but disposed of this about a year prior to his demise, which occurred January 23, 1904, the county thus losing one of its highly honored and esteemed citizens, His family numbered six children, Mrs. Laura Blackwood, Mrs. Mary B. Corwin, Ione H., Robert Grant. Mrs, May D. Burlinger and Frank D. The last named received his education in Groveport, completing the high-school course by graduation in 1888, when a youth of sixteen years, He then spent one year in a commercial college at Columbus, subsequent to which time he acted as bookkeeper for three years for the firm of Miles, Bancroft & Shelden, of that city. Leaving their employ he then spent one year in California and returned to Canal Winchester in 1895, He then began work for Mr, Corwin in the grocery business in Canal Winchester and thus continued until 1903, when he purchased the business of his employer 384 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS and since that time has conducted a successful enterprise. Since purchasing the grocery business he has added a complete line of builders' and shelf hardware and fresh and salt meats. He buys his own live stock and does his own slaughtering, so that his meats are always fresh and are in great demand. In fact he has a model store and has built up an excellent business, his patronage being drawn not only from the residents of Canal Winchester but from the entire township. He is original and progressive in his methods of business, gives close attention to each detail, and this is undoubtedly the secret of his success. Mr. Dildine was married October 18, 1899, to Miss Mary F, Lehman and their union has been blessed with two sons and a daughter: Robert L., who was born October 20, 1900: Mary Catharine, who was born October 18, 1902: and Francis, who was born June 14, 1904. Mr. Dildine was reared in the faith of the democratic party but is largely independent in his views, voting for the men whom he deems best fitted for office regardless of party ties and affiliations. Making good use of his talents and opportunities Mr. Dildine has worked his way upward front a humble position to one of prosperity, He is progressive in business and high quality and moderate prices have built up a large patronage and made his mercantile enterprise one of the best known ill this section of the state. PERCY JEROME BRIGGS, Percy Jerome Briggs is the senior partner of the firm of Briggs & Barrere, wholesale and retail dealers it coal, He was born in Columbus, November 27, 1877, and is descended in the paternal line front one of oldest families of New England. The early representatives of the family in America lived in the Berkshire hills of Massachusetts, later moving to the state of Maine, Several members of the funnily participated in the Revolutionary war, The grandfather of our subject ryas one of the first. United Brethren ministers in Columbus and from an early day the name of Briggs has figured in connection with the history of this city. Jerome C, Briggs, the father of our subject. was born at Delta, Ohio, but during his childhood the family returned to New England, where his early education was acquired. In 1867 the family again came to Ohio and he attended Otterbein University at Westerville, He was afterward employed by William (, Dunn & Company, now the Dunn-Taft Company, dry goods merchants, and ryas later with Yeatman Anderson in the paper mill business and subsequently with Souder & Bright in wholesale millinery, He next became connected with the Ohio State Journal and was with that paper for about fourteen t'eat's as secretary, treasurer and general manager, so continuing until 1889 and contributing in large measure to the financial success of the enterprise, On severing his connection therewith he engaged in the manufacture of cigars, in which he continued until 1905, He is now local agent at Columbus for the Eastern Securities & Finance Company of 'New York. CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 385 He has ever been known as a man of unquestioned integrity and of unselfish motives and in his own family has been a devoted husband and father. He wedded Elizabeth MacBeth, who died in 1908. She was of Scotch descent. Her grandfather came from Scotland in 1790 and located in Ohio, then a part of the Northwest Territory. Her father was one of the pioneer merchants of Franklinton and owned the first harness store in the county. Later he owned and operated a grist mill on Big Darbey creek. He was a representative of the old school gentlemen and a. prominent and influential resident here at an early day. He died in 1899 at the venerable age of eighty-nine years. Percy Jerome Briggs, who was one of a large family, was educated in the public schools of Columbus, passing through consecutive grades to his graduation from the high school with the class of 1895. After completing school he went to New York city as bill clerk and collector, there remaining for a year. On the expiration of that period he returned to Columbus and worked with his father for a short time. He also attended night school, studying stenography and typewriting, after which he entered the employ of the Sunday Creek Coal Company as clerk to the vice president, G. W. Bright. He remained in the employ of that concern until 1902, during which time he was promoted to the position of city manager of the wholesale and retail business. He then, in connection with George Barrere, purchased the present coalyard from the Sunday Creek Coal Company and they today conduct both a wholesale and retail business. In this venture they have met with success and their trade is constantly growing, having already assumed extensive and profitable proportions, In 1902 Mr. Briggs was married to Miss Clara Erfurt, a daughter of J. E. Erfurt, a well known pioneer contractor of this city. They have two children : George Jerome, born in 1903; and Dorothy Louise, born in 1904. Mr. Briggs is a member of the Buckeye Republican Club and is much interested in politics. He has been prominent and active in republican circles for some years and in the fall of 1908 was republican candidate for infirmary director, to which office he was elected, He belongs to the west side board of trade and is a member of the First Congregational church, He is fond of fishing and hunting and the various interests of his life constitute well balanced forces which make his a well rounded character. FRANCIS N, PILCHER, M. D. Dr. Francis N. Pilcher, whose skill and ability as a medical practitioner entitles him to representation among the prominent members of the profession in Columbus, was born in Worthington, Franklin county, Ohio, August 13, 1869. His father, the Rev, J. N. Pilcher, a native of Athens, Ohio, was a minister of the Methodist church, capably filling many pulpits throughout this state. While a Student in the Ohio University at Athens he was a classmate of a number of men who have since become famous, among 386 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS them being General Charles Grosvenor, Bishop Moore and Bishop Cranston of the Methodist church. For a number of years he was president of Worthington Academy and left the impress of his individuality for good upon the communities with which he was connected in ministerial and other capacities. Though now past the seventy-eighth milestone on life's journey, he is still a hale and hearty old gentleman, spending the winter months in the south, while during the summer he resides on the old home place in Athens county. His wife, who bore the maiden name of Florence M. Sibley, is a sister of Judge Hiram L. Sibley, of the state codifying commission. Dr. Francis N. Pilcher acquired his preliminary education in the schools of Athens county, to which place his father had been called to preach. Subsequently he attended Wesleyan University at Delaware and then took up the study of medicine, being graduated from the Columbus Medical College in 1891. Thus thoroughly equipped for the duties of his chosen calling, he began practice in Athens county, where he remained eleven years, six years of that period being spent at Jacksonville and five years at Guysville. Since 1902, however, he has been numbered among the able physicians of Columbus, his success in the administration of remedial agencies and the restoration of health insuring him a constantly growing and highly remunerative patronage. Moreover, his membership in the Academy of Medicine and the State and County Medical Societies keeps him in close touch with the advance that is being continually made by the profession. In 1892 Dr. Pilcher was united in marriage to Miss Jennie B. Phillips, a sister of C. T. Phillips, a prominent wall paper merchant, and a half sister of Dr. A. C. Wolfe, whose sketch appears on another page of this work. Mrs. Pilcher was born in Bishopville, Morgan county, Ohio, December 28, 1871, and was left motherless in her twelfth year. Her father was J. C. Phillips, of Malta, Ohio. At fifteen years of age Mrs. Pilcher went to the home of her half-brother, Dr. A. C. Wolfe. then at Jacksonville, where she resided for some years, pursuing her education in the public schools of that village and also in the Ohio University. Later she became a successful teacher, ever seeking in this vocation to impress upon the minds of her pupils that the most important work of life is to build up a noble character. By her marriage she became the mother of two children, Herman Nelson. who was born September 28, 1894, and died January 28, 1899: and Albertus Phillips. born May 17, 1905. Mrs. Pilcher was always most devoted to her family. No wife could be a more unselfish, faithful helpmate and loving mother. She was a long and devoted member of the Methodist Episcopal church in the faith of which she was reared. her parents having been active and helpful members thereof. She was also an active, devoted Christian, an efficient teacher in the Sunday school, and at various times capably filled different offices in the Missionary and Ladies' Aid Society of the church to which she belonged. She also worked among the very poor. who always excited her warm sympathies, and they found in her indeed a faithful friend. When she passed away at her home in Columbus. November 16, 1908, the news of her death was received with great sorrow by those closest to her to whom she was greatly endeared. At the tine of her demise one of CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 387 the local papers said of her: "Gifted with a bright mind, lofty in her ambitions, of far more than ordinarily fine presence, pleasing manner and generous spirit, Mrs. Pilcher was born with the instincts of a lady and shone as such in all the highest elements of womanly life and character. Naturally genial and gentle, when well, also cheery as a sunbeam-playful at times as the babes and children she loved, her influence upon many, young and old, will be a benediction to pass on in their lives, with the running `flood of years.' `Jennie' was the name by which friends delighted to call her. She quickly gained their love and made them feel that in all circumstances she was pure and true-ever of exalted aim and purpose whether in the joys or trials of life." JOHN H. ARNOLD. John H. Arnold, attorney at law and prominent in republican circles in Columbus, was born in Freeport, Pennsylvania, December 11, 1862. His parents, Richard V. and Araminta J. (Holmes) Arnold, were also natives of the Keystone state and were of Scotch-Irish ancestry. The father was a lumberman, following that business until his death, which occurred in 1884. His wife still survives and is now a resident of Columbus. He was connected with the Bricker family, who owned the first grist mill west of the Allegheny mountains, which is still in possession of the family and is yet being operated. Isaac Bricker was a scout at Fort Pitt and the family was closely connected with the pioneer development of the state. That the work of civilization had been carried forward to only a slight degree when they removed to the west was indicated by the fact that many Indians still lived in this section of the country. On one occasion they captured the young brother of Isaac Bricker and he was reared by them. The Bricker family owned several thousand acres of land in the vicinity of Pittsburg, while the Holmes family were slave owners of Chester county, Pennsylvania, at an early day. Richard V. Arnold, the father of our subject, owned the first steam planing mill west of the Allegheny mountains, and altogether was a very successful lumberman, owning mills and lumber interests in both the north and south. He also became a prominent contractor and erected a number of courthouses in different places. Neither was he unknown in political circles for he stanchly advocated the principles in which he believed and raised the first republican flagpole at Greensburg, Pennsylvania, while his father; John Arnold, raised the first democratic flag-pole at that place. John H. Arnold pursued his education in the public schools of Pittsburg, and after leaving the high school there attended the Freeport Academy, from which he was graduated in 1879. He then went to Bloomington, Maryland, and was with his father in the sawmill business for six years. On the 1st of October, 1885, he came to Columbus and was foreman of the Case Manufacturing Company. but while busily engaged in the management 388 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS of industrial interests during the daytime he devoted his evening hours to reading law under the direction of Henry F. Guerin, and was admitted to the bar in October, 1894. He has since been admitted to practice in the United States courts as well, and has been accorded a liberal patronage, his professional duties often being of a most important character. He is heavily interested in several mines in the west, is president of the Olentangy Mining Company, at Chesaw, Washington, and is attorney for the Frank G. Thompson Company, of Columbus, Toledo and Detroit. On the 17th of August, 1904, Mr. Arnold was married to Miss Eleanor Moore of Columbus, Ohio, and they occupy an enviable position in the social circles of the city. Mr. Arnold is prominent politically as a supporter of the republican party, serving for some time as chairman of the city republican committee. He belongs to the Knights of Pythias fraternity and to the Junior Order of American Mechanics, in which he has continuously served as a state officer. He is also a member of the Franklin County Bar Association, and a member of the Ohio Club of this city. His laudable ambition led him into a walk of life demanding keen intellectuality and a most faithful adherence to professional duty, and as the years have gone by he has gained for himself a creditable place at the Columbus bar and won an important and constantly increasing clientele. WILLIAM A. MILLER. A list of the commercial and industrial interests with which William A. Miller is closely allied indicates at once his high position in business circles. His activities and breadth of view concerning industrial questions has led to his classification with the captains of industry of the capital city, and his interests have uniformly been of a character which have contributed to public progress as well as to individual advancement. He is perhaps best known to his fellow citizens as president of the Godman Shoe Company, and yet his activities and investments extend to various other lines which make his career seem marvelous from the fact that his youth was that of the ordinary village lad, his advantages being in no way superior to those that most boys of the time enjoyed. His birth occurred in Lancaster, Ohio, November 13, 1857, his parents being Gotlieb and Charlotte (Frederick) Miller, natives of Wurtemberg and Baden, Germany, respectively. The father came to America in 1835, landing at Philadelphia after a long voyage upon one of the old time sailing ships. He believed that he would have better opportunities in the new and growing west, and from Philadelphia walked the entire distance to Columbus, bringing with him all of his belongings. There were no railways or other modern facilities for traveling at that date, but undeterred by the hardships of such a trip he continued on his way and after reaching the capital city journeyed to Lancaster, Ohio, where he opened a shoe shop. With the growth of his trade he extended his business interests until he was proprietor of a factory which he operated throughout his remaining days. At times he employed as many as PAGE 389 - PICTURE OF W. A. MILLER PAGE 390 - BLANK CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 391 twenty men and his factory was regarded as an immense concern at that time. A year or so after his arrival in the new world he was joined by his father and several brothers who were also shoemakers. It was after establishing his home in Lancaster that Gotlieb Miller wedded Miss Charlotte Fredrick, a young German who came to America and made her way to Lancaster, there to become the wife of the lover who had preceded her to the new world. William A. Miller, reared in the village of Lancaster, received his intellectual training in the schools of that town and a thorough religious training from his parents, who were devout members of the German Lutheran church. The principles of integrity, industry and uprightness which were then impressed upon his mind have in later life borne rich fruit. During the regular school vacations he learned the shoemaker's trade with his father and also received thorough training in the best methods of raising garden products, while knowledge upon kindred matters of economy also came to him through actual experience. Mr. Miller was a youth of about nineteen years when he sought the broader business opportunities of the city, and in 1876 came to Columbus where he engaged as clerk with the firm of Hodder & Godman, successors to J. W. Canston, dealer in leather and findings. The firm name was afterward changed to the J. H. Godman, Jr., Company and later to the H. C. Godman Company. Mr. Miller remained with the house through its various changes and has been continuously connected therewith since 1876, or for a period of one-third of a century. He has filled the various positions through the manufacturing end of the business, being elected president of the company in 1902. They manufacture middle grade shoes and the house sustains an unassailable reputation for commercial integrity, fair dealing, and for the solid value of their goods. To this, combined with capable management and executive direction, the expanse and development of the business is due. The enterprise has continually grown in extent and importance until the company today employs about two thousand people on an average throughout the year, having four branch factories, at Lancaster, Ohio, with a capacity of twenty thousand pairs of shoes daily. Their copyrighted trade nark is the Sphinx-"Reliability," which is well known and has become a synonym for reliable goods. Mr. Miller is a resourceful man of marked enterprise who can at all times call upon reserve force to meet the contingencies that continually arise in every business enterprise. His cooperation has been sought in the conduct and management of various important interests, and in addition to acting as president of the Godman Shoe Company he is also president of the Guarantee Title and Trust Company, and president of the Columbus Clay Products Company, while in the Columbus Forge & Iron Company he is also interested and in the Kinnear Manufacturing Company. In 1879 Mr. Miller was married to Miss Anna Mary Halbadel and they have two children, Frederick A., general manager of the H. C. Godman Company. and Catherine A. Mr. Miller is a member of the Columbus Club and has appreciation for the social amenities of life, but prefers to express his social nature in private friendships rather than in association with club interests. He is at all times 392 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS and in every relation a man of practical common sense. He has been watchful of all the details of his business and of all the indications pointing toward prosperity and has ever had an abiding faith in the ultimate success of his enterprise. He has gained wealth, yet it was not alone the goal for which he was striving, and he belongs to that class of representative American citizens who promote the general prosperity while advancing his individual interests. GENERAL HENRY A. AXLINE. Few men of Columbus have been more prominent or more widely known than General Henry Augustus Axline, who for almost three decades has been closely associated with the interests of the city, while his entire life has been passed in the state. He is a man of keen discernment and sound judgment and has displayed in his entire career such fertility of resource, marked enterprise and well defined plans as to deserve classification with those who are controlling the varied important interests of the state. Born in Muskingum county, Ohio, near the village of Fultonham, September 16, 1848, he was a son of Henry and Elizabeth (Crooks) Axline. On the paternal side he comes of Prussian ancestry. His great-grandfather, Christopher Axline, was a native of Prussia and served with distinction in the Prussian cavalry under Frederick the Great. While the United States was still numbered among the colonial possessions of Great Britain be came to America and during the period of the Revolutionary war engaged in the production of nitre for the manufacture of gunpowder for the American troops. In consequence of this his property was confiscated by the British. His son, John Axline, removed to Loudoun county, Virginia, where he died in 1832 at the age of ninety-three years. He was the first settler of this family in that county. He was born in 1739 and was a farmer by occupation. He served as a captain in the Virginia line in the Revolutionary war. His family included Henry Axline, who was born in Virginia, March 30, 1788. He, too, made farming his life work and in 1823 removed from the Old Dominion to Ohio, establishing his home in the beautiful lower Buckeye valley, surrounded by wooded highlands. He married Elizabeth (Springer) Crooks, who was born August 23, 1808, in Muskingum county, Ohio. Two half brothers of General Axline. Andrew I. and John C. Springer, served with the American army under General Winfield Scott in the Mexican war. After mastering the, elementary branches of learning in The public schools General Axline attended the Fultonham Academy and also pursued a course in the Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware, where he was graduated with the class of 1872. He won high honors in mathematics and other studies, pursued the full classical course and received from the university the degrees of Bachelor and Master of Arts. As a youth he was fond of outdoor sports and especially enjoyed the old-time fox chase among the hills of Muskingum and Perry counties. He was moreover a student and read with avidity and profit every book which he could secure in the days of his CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 393 youth and early manhood. All subjects and lines of reading and study appealed to him but he was especially interested in scientific works. Throughout his life he has remained a student, carrying his investigations far and wide into the realms of thought and knowledge, and self-culture has made him noted for his strong mentality and broad and comprehensive views of many subjects. When but seventeen years of age he engaged in teaching and followed the profession for several years before entering college, his labors in this direction supplying him with the funds necessary for his collegiate course. His work as an educator was extremely successful and for four years, from 1874 to 1878, he acted as superintendent of the Dresden public schools, was then principal of the Zanesville high school for two years and from 1873 until 1879 was county school examiner. He retired from teaching with a life certificate of the state board of examiners authorizing him to teach in the highest schools of the state. He has remained throughout his life a champion of the cause of public and higher education and his influence and labors have been effective forces in the promotion of intellectual progress. After completing his collegiate course General Axline took up the study of law in the office and under the direction of John W. King, a well known attorney of Zanesville, and the following year was admitted to the bar on successfully passing the examination before the Ohio supreme court. In 1880 he was licensed to practice in the United States district courts and in 1896 before the United States supreme court. He has since remained a representative of the profession and has successfully conducted some important contentions in the courts. At times other business interests have largely claimed his attention but he still continues a member of the bar, with offices in the Board of Trade building. He has always been an interested student of the science of law and his careful analysis has enabled him to readily recognize the points in jurisprudence which bear upon the case in his charge. Extending his interests into other lines of activity, however, he was for a number of years president of the Columbus Buggy & Manufacturing Company, which lost its plant through a disastrous fire in 1892. He projected, organized and constructed the Columbus. Urbana & Western Railway and for three years was its president and general manager. General Axline has enjoyed equal distinction in military circles. Although but a boy at the time of the Civil war, he was constrained by a spirit of patriotism to espouse the Union cause and became a private of Company G, One Hundred and Fifty-ninth Ohio Volunteer Infantry; later was connected with Leib's Mounted Squadron and with Company G. One Hundred and Ninety-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He was the youngest soldier from 'Muskingum county but his service was brilliant and gallant and won him the favorable attention and commendation of his superiors. He served as orderly and courier with Generals Hancock, Brooks, Wallace and other commanders and, though but a boy in years, made a splendid military record. His interest in the military organization of the state has never abated and in 1877 he served as captain in the National Guard. He was then major from 1877 until 1880, was lieutenant colonel in 1880-1, colonel 394 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS and assiStant adjutant general from 1881 until 1884, major general and adjutant general from 1886 until 1890 and again from 1896 until 1900 and retired with the rank of major general in January, 1900. In January, 1880, he was appointed chief clerk in the office of the adjutant general of Ohio, while in March, 1881, he became assistant adjutant general, to which position he was re-appointed in January, 1882. He served from January. 1886, until January, 1890, as adjutant general and from January, 1896, until 1900 again filled the same position. His labors have been so effective and beneficial in organizing and promoting the military interests of the state that he is called the father of the National Guard of Ohio. In the meantime lie again responded to the country's call, enlisting for service in the Spanish-American war as colonel of the Tenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, was in command at Camp Bushnell and organized the Ohio troops. He took the Tenth Regiment into the field and commanded the First Brigade, First Division of the Second Army Corps. He received especially complimentary mention in orders of his superior officers for his splendid work in the service. His brigade was recognized by all as the best drilled and most efficient in the corps by reason of its discipline and soldierly appearance. At the time of the great Johnstown flood in Pennsylvania in 1889 he had the honor of taking the first relief train to that city. In politics always a republican, General Axline has long been recognized as one of the prominent party workers, serving on county, district and state committees. His brilliant oratory makes him one of the leading campaign speakers and while he has never sought many offices of a purely political nature, he has served as deputy collector of internal revenue since 1905 and has proved a most capable and efficient incumbent in the office. His gifts of oratory are frequently employed outside of the political field and he is said to have no superior as an impromptu speaker at camp fires. Prominent in the Grand Army of the Republic, he has held various offices in the local organization and was assistant adjutant general of the Grand Army of Ohio in 1885-6. He also belongs to the Spanish War Veterans and was first adjutant general in 1899 and 1900. He is likewise a member of the Military Order of Foreign Wars, which he joined in 1898, is past commander of the Ohio Commandery and the present judge advocate general of the National Commandery. Since 1869 he has been an exemplary representative of the Masonic fraternity and he also belongs to the Delta Tau Delta, a college fraternity. Pleasantly situated in his home life, General Axline was married at Delaware, Ohio, July 16, 1874, to Miss Helen Maude Westlake, also a graduate of the Ohio Wesleyan University. She is deeply interested in charitable work, being especially active in the Woman's Educational & Industrial Union of Columbus. General and Mrs. Axline have one child, Tella Maude, the wife of Claude B. DeWitt, a prominent attorney of Sandusky, Ohio, by whom she has one son, Axline Claude DeWitt. Such in brief is the history of General Henry A. Axline, whose great energy and enterprise have made him a dynamic force in every work that he has undertaken. The centrality of his service is found in his devotion to every cause which he espouses. Cap- CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 395 able of taking a comprehensive view of life and its purposes, he has become an active factor in movements not only of local value but also those which indicate the trend of the world's progress and his labors as an educator in early manhood, as a lawyer in later life, as a manufacturer and railroad promoter and as one of the most prominent representatives of the military interests of the state have all constituted him preeminently a man of action and one who has wielded a wide influence. SAMUEL SNIDER. Samuel Snider, devoting his entire time to his duties as president of the J. J. Snider Lumber Company, was born near Rehoboth township, Perry county, Ohio, August 7, 1843. His paternal grandfather, Nicholas Snider, was a native of Germany and served as a soldier in that country. He came as a pioneer settler to Ohio taking up his abode in Somerset, Perry county, in 1810 and thenceforth pursuing his work, whereby he attained a comfortable competence and at the same time contributed to the substantial development of the community. His son, Peter Snider, was born in Perry county and followed the occupation of farming throughout his entire life in support of his family. He won a goodly measure of success in tilling the soil and became a substantial and well known citizen of his native county, where he continued his residence up to the time of his death, which occurred in March, 1890, when he was seventy-two years of age. He married Eleanor Dean, also a native of Perry county, who survived him several years and passed away in 1899. No event of special importance occurred to vary the routine of farm life for Samuel Snider in his boyhood and youth. He was reared on his father's farm in Perry county and in the summer months worked in the fields, while in the winter seasons he attended the district schools to the age of sixteen years. He afterward devoted his entire time for two years to the labors of the farm and at the age of eighteen he started out upon an independent business life, becoming a shingle maker in one of the old-time shingle mills of Perry county in the vicinity of his father's home. He thus worked for five or six years and was very successful in this period of his life. Carefully saving his earnings, as the result of his diligence and economy his capital was at length sufficient to enable him to purchase a sawmill and engage in business on his own account in 1867. He joined his brother in a partnership under the name of Snider Brothers and they began the operation of their mill, which was located in Perry county. Later they bought three other mills, which they continued to operate until 1892 and Samuel Snider then sold out to his brother. In the previous year-1891-he had become associated with his brother, J. J. Snider, in the establishment of a planing mill and lumberyard in Columbus, their brother, William Snider, also becoming interested in the concern, although he later traded his interest to Samuel Snider for the latter's sawmill business in Perry county. The J. J. Snider 396 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS Lumber Company was incorporated in 1891 with J. J. Snider as president and Samuel Snider as treasurer. The business has had a remarkable growth during the period of its existence and is still expanding along lines of substantial and gratifying development. In 1900 a trade was effected whereby Samuel Snider became principal owner of the business at Columbus and since that time has been president of the company. He, employs about forty-five men and handles all kinds of hard and soft woods and likewise operates a planing mill in the manufacture of lumber. In all of his business dealings he has been straightforward and energetic and has conducted his affairs with the strictest regard to a high standard of commercial ethics. He is also president and one of the directors of the People's Bank, which is likewise proving a paying investment but he devotes the greater part of his time and attention to his lumber business and the J. J. Snider Lumber Company ranks among the foremost in the trade of this city. Mr. Snider finds his chief source of rest and recreation in driving, and is very fond of good horses, always having some splendid specimens of the noble steed in his stables. He belongs to the Catholic church and gives his political allegiance to the democracy. In former years he was more or less active in politics and served as a commissioner of Perry county, Ohio. On the 11th of October, 1865, Mr. Snider was married to Miss Margaret Reynolds, of Springfield, Ohio, and unto them were born five children but Mary, the eldest, and Stephen A. and Margaret, the fourth and fifth members of the family are now deceased. Ellen and Catherine, twins, are both married. Mr. Snider is a self-made man whose thrift, industry and integrity have been the strong points in a successful career. He stands as a splendid example of the chivalrous and public-spirited American citizen, conservative in his habits and of keen, discerning mind. His salient characteristics are such as are worthy of emulation and have gained for him the respect and good will of a large circle of warm friends. EDMUND BRUSH BRADSHAW. Among the enterprising business men of Columbus who maintain their residence in the suburb of Westerville is numbered Edmund Brush Bradshaw, who started upon the journey of life December 23, 1816. His birth occurred upon a farm three miles north of Zanesville, in Muskingum county, Ohio, his parents being John W. and Margaret (Ball) Bradshaw, the former a native of Mount Ephraim, Ohio, and the latter of Cumberland, Maryland. They are now residents of Columbus and their family numbers two sons and a daughter: Herbert B., Margaret B. and Edmund B. The elder son is now assistant inventor with the National Cash Register Company, of Dayton, Ohio. On the old home farm Edmund B. Bradshaw remained until nineteen years of age, working in the fields through the summer months and pursuing his education in the district schools during the winter seasons. How- CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 397 ever, he spent one year in Chicago when about eleven years of age and was a student in the Englewood Normal. He also attended school in Zanesville and completed his education in the public schools of Columbus and the Columbus Academy. Early in his business career he spent two years in the Commercial National Bank and the old Fourth National Bank in a clerical capacity, after .which he went to Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, where he was employed by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company in the general freight agent's office. Subsequently he returned to Columbus and was for two years with the Columbus Buggy Company as acting assistant superintendent. For the past eight years he has been connected with the Standard Oil Company in this city in credit work and accounting. He is an expert in those lines and is numbered among the trusted representatives of the great corporation in the city. On the 18th of August, 1903, Mr. Bradshaw was married to Miss Lily Bickerton Thomas, a daughter of the late Dr. Charles H. Thomas of Baltimore, Maryland, who was a prominent homeopathic physician of that city. Mr. and Mrs. Bradshaw have two interesting little children : James Ball, born July 31, 1904; and Lilyan Bickerton, November 25, 1906. Four years ago Mr. Bradshaw came to Westerville and erected a handsome residence which is now occupied by his family. He is regarded as one of the progressive and enterprising residents of this suburb and is now the president of the newly organized board of trade. His political support is given to the republican party and lie stands at all times for that which is progressive and beneficial in public as well as in private life. ORLA H. MOSIER. Among the younger men of the city who are becoming prominent in the legal profession and who thus far have won considerable prestige at the county bar in Orla H. Mosier, whose birth occurred in Pickering ton, this state; December 27, 1870. He has been in the active practice of law for the past fifteen years and during that time has met with splendid success, his professional popularity and ability winning him a liberal clientage. He is a son of Darius and Beatrice (Ricketts) Mosier, his father being a native of Fairfield county, this state, where his birth occurred October 21, 1848. There the elder Mr. Mosier followed general agriculture and stock-raising until the outbreak of the Civil war, when his patriotic zeal led him to respond to the call for soldiers. and he enlisted in the First Ohio Volunteer Cavalry and served throughout the entire conflict with considerable distinction. At the close of the war he returned to his farm where he has since resided in the pursuit of his occupation. His mother, who was born in Pickerington, this state, in 1846, is a descendant of an old and illustrious family, among the members of which was the historic Robert Bruce. The boyhood days of Orla. H. Mosier were spent on his father's farm, where he acquired his preliminary education in the district school, in the 398 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS meantime engaging in the general routine of agricultural life. Later he attended the public school at Reynoldsburg, and after he had completed his studies there he taught school for a while in Fairfield county, and upon leaving that profession and completing a business course he became employed as a bookkeeper and held this position until he entered the law department of the Ohio State University. He successfully passed his examinations for admission to the bar and on March 8, 1894, was licensed as an attorney-at-lazy in the state of Ohio. On May 1, of the same year, he started his legal practice and since then his clientage has been steadily growing and he has won considerable popularity as a skilled and accomplished attorney. Mr. Mosier was united in marriage to Thirza Deaver, whose birth occurred September 13, 1879, and they have one daughter, Dorothy D., who is in her sixth year. In addition to being a member of the Franklin County Bar Association Mr. Mosier also belongs to the Knights of Pythias and the Woodmen of the World. While he is attentive to business lie is at the same time fond of outdoor sports and during his leisure time resorts to such for recreation. He is a profound student, well versed in the literature of his profession, and being energetic and aggressive he merits a place of high standing among the members of the legal fraternity. HUGH KENNEDY LINDSEY. Hugh Kennedy Lindsey is the junior partner of the firm of Jennings & Lindsey, civil engineers and surveyors, who are doing an extensive business in Columbus. He is yet a young man and the future undoubtedly holds in store for him greater successes than he has already achieved. He was born in Middleport, Ohio, September 22, 1881, a son of John B. and Mary (Kennedy) Lindsey. His paternal grandfather was one of the earliest, settlers of Meigs county, Ohio, and was of Scotch descent. He devoted his life to farming and in following that occupation took an active and helpful part in reclaiming the wild land of Meigs county for the purposes of civilization. In the maternal line Mr. Lindsey is a direct descendant of Mary, Queen of Scots. The historic name of the family, which is of Celtic origin, was Ceanna Thighe, meaning the head of a sept or clan. The family descends from the ancient earls of Carrick in Ayrshire, who seem to have changed their name from Carrick to Kennedy in the fourteenth century. The present King of England is also the present Earl of Carrick and traveled on the continent under that title. Representatives of the family came to this country in 1830 and settled in Bucks county, Pennsylvania. John B. Lindsey, the father, was born in Meigs county, Ohio, in 1856, and is a railroad contractor, having done much of the work of the Ohio Central & Hocking Valley Railroad Company. He is also very prominent in politics, being recognized as one of the leaders of the republican party CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 399 in Meigs county. He wedded Mary Kennedy, who was born in Middleport, Ohio, in May, 1856, and was a daughter of a druggist of that place. Reared in the town of his nativity, Hugh K. Lindsey pursued his elementary education in the public schools of Middleport and afterward entered the Ohio State University. He was about eighteen years of age when in 1899 he started upon his business career as a civil engineer in the service of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company. He has also been employed by the Ohio Central Railroad Company and in the city engineering department of Columbus. In November, 1906, he entered into partnership with N. D. Monsarrat, under the firm style of Monsarrat & Lindsey, civil engineers and surveyors. In August, 1907, he bought out his partner and combined with F. W. Jennings, under the name of Jennings & Lindsey, civil engineers and surveyors. Their business is scarcely equaled by that of any other firm or individual in this line in the city and their extensive patronage is indicative of the public confidence reposed in them professionally. Mr. Lindsey has become widely and favorably known during his residence in the capital city and has gained many friends here. He is a charter member of the Ohio state chapter of the Delta Upsilon and is a Jungle Imp. In November, 1908, he was elected county surveyor on the republican ticket, the first republican ever elected to that position in this county, and also the youngest man ever elected to a similar position. His term begins in September, 1909, and will expire in September, 1911. He is very active in politics. his opinions carrying weight in party councils, while his political influence is widely felt. He is a member of the Republican Glee Club and also a member of the Ohio Society of Civil Engineers. SAMUEL GALLOWAY OSBORN. Samuel Galloway Osborn, who has already demonstrated his capability in the office of police judge, to which he was elected in November, 1908, was born in Columbus, February 27, 1871. His father, Charles L. Osborn. a native of this city, was well known as a merchant of the firm of Osborn & Company, who were pioneers in the dry-goods trade in the capital city. For a long period he remained a prominent and respected representative of commercial interests here and died April 11, 1907, at the age of sixty-two years. He wedded Mary Galloway, a daughter of the Hon. Samuel Galloway, who was a well known statesman and politician of Columbus. The death of Mrs. Osborn occurred in 1884. In the public schools Samuel G. Osborn pursued his early education and afterward entered the law department of the Ohio State University. from which he was graduated with the class of 1897. The same year he was admitted to the bar and was associated in general practice with Congressman Taylor until elected to the office of police judge. While an active member of the bar, he was regarded as a strong advocate and safe counselor 400 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS His ability at the bar was based upon thorough preparation and careful study of each specific case. His analytical mind enabled him to readily determine the factors which entered into the litigation and to give to each its due relative preparation. He enjoyed a good clientage until elected to the bench and is now bending his efforts toward the administration of the law in prompt and capable manner. On the 18th of June, 1908, in Columbus, Mr. Osborn was married to Miss Marietta Cole, a daughter of Wendell Cole of this city. He belongs to the Masonic fraternity and the Elks lodge and is also a member of the Olentangy and Buckeye Clubs, the Republican Club and the Phi Delta Phi, a. legal fraternity. He is also connected with the Franklin Bar Association. In his political views Mr. Osborn is a republican and has always been active in the work of the party, keeping at all times well informed on the questions and issues of the day, so that he supports his position by intelligent argument and effective party work. He attends St. Paul's Episcopal church and resides at No. 99 Worth Champion avenue. A life long resident of Columbus, he is widely known, with a large circle of friends almost equally numbered with the circle of his acquaintance. (RETURN TO THE TITLE PAGE)