500 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS GEORGE FRANCIS MOONEY, (RETURN TO THE TITLE PAGE) George Francis Mooney, secretary and general manager of the Washington Brewing Company, has manifested in his business career much of the spirit of the initiative, for he has instituted new plans and methods, the value of which time has proven. The successful business man is the one who does not follow the paths that others have marked out, but who can adjust himself to circumstances and utilize every opportunity to the best advantage, Mr. Mooney, well known for what he has accomplished in the upbuilding of an important and successful industry, was born in Steubenville, Ohio, in 1867. His father, John B, Mooney, was a native of Ireland, and in 1858 arrived in Steubenville, where he became a. pioneer contractor, He built all of the tunnels in that locality, and as a railroad mason worked on the Steubenville & Indiana Railroad, now a part of the Pennsylvania system, His labors were splendid specimens of engineering, and he became widely known in that connection, He continued in active business for many years, but in 1873 retired to enjoy the fruits of his former toil, spending his remaining days in well earned and honorable rest at Steubenville, where he passed away in 1903, He was a splendid example of the self-made man whose spirit of enterprise and diligence enabled him to make steady progress in the business world, He married Margaret McCormick, a native of Wheeling, West Virginia, who died in the spring of 1903. George F. Mooney began his education at the usual age, passing through consecutive grades in the primary and grammar schools of Steubenville. Ohio, to the age of thirteen years, Possessing much natural musical talent which had been developed through training. he afterward taught music for a number of years, In 1880 he entered the retail liquor trade in Columbus, and has since been well known in business circles of the city, In 1888 he opened a place where the Clinton building now stands, conducting it until 1896. For three years during his connection with the wholesale liquor trade he was employed as a salesman, and afterward accepted the agency of the brewery as its manager, He next bought the agency of the Pabst Brewing Company, and represented its interests here for six years. while on the 15th of November, 1905, he assisted in the organization of the Washington Brewing Company, of which CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 501 he became secretary and general manager. Its organization was largely attributable to his efforts. He superintended and personally carried out the construction of the plant and the selection of machinery. The brewery is a marvel of its kind, employing the latest improved devices in manufacture and at all times holding to a high standard in the quality of its product, The growth of the business has been so rapid as to seem almost phenomenal, and the trade is now represented by a large annual figure. Mr, Mooney has always been active in the organization of liquor interests for the betterment of conditions in the trade, and for several years has been a member of the executive board of the Ohio state liquor league, For three years he was vice president of the Iroquois Company. and was one of the factors in its organization. On the 15th of May, 1886, occurred the marriage of Mr. Mooney and Miss Margaret Bauermeister. of Columbus, and they have one son, J, Frank Mooney, who was born in this city in February. 1890, He is a graduate of the North high school, and is now a student in the Winona Technical Institute at Indianapolis, Indiana, The father belongs to the United Commercial Travelers, the Elks lodge. No, 37, and the Fraternal Order of Eagles. He was also one of the original members of the old Jackson Club. and participated in the organization of the Buckeye Lake Yacht Club. of which he is now serving on the board of governors. He takes delight in hunting, fishing and boating, and finds therein his chief source of recreation and rest, He is an excellent example of the progressive and rising young business man who has always followed a free and independent course, planning his own advancement and accomplishing it in the face of opposition and competition, which are always features in a business career. ALVAH JOSEPH PRAY. A notably successful business record is that of Alvah Joseph Pray, manufacturers' agent, who is now conducting an extensive and prosperous business but came to Columbus empty handed in 1896. His strict integrity, business conservatism and judgment are uniformly recognized, and he has enjoyed public confidence to an enviable degree so that naturally this has brought him a lucrative patronage and he has made continuous advancement in business lines, A native of Minnesota, Mr. Pray was born in Afton, April 25, 1869. In the paternal line he comes of Scotch ancestry, although the family was founded in New York at an early day, His father, Ephraim H. Pray, was born in Essex county. New York. and served as a soldier of the Civil was. He wedded Miss Helen M. Haskell, who was the third white child born in Minnesota, Her father settled there when it was almost an unbroken wilderness, few white people having penetrated within the borders of the state, As the years advanced he became a prominent factor in the public life there, and served as senator of Minnesota, The Haskell family was represented in the war of 1812, and Mrs. Pray is also descended from those who fought for national independence, and is now a member of the Daughters of the Revolution, 502 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS The district school, afforded to Alvah J. Pray his early educational privileges. He pursued his studies in his native town, and afterward attended high school, subsequent to which time he entered the Polytechnic School of Engineers at Troy, New York, When his course was completed he turned his attention to railroad construction work, and became one of the civil engineers of the Duluth & South Shore, later the Duluth & Winnepeg, and afterward of the Northern Pacific railroad companies, He left the last named in 1892, and became connected with the Southern Pacific Railroad Company as assistant mechanical engineer of construction in connection with street railway construction in San Francisco, He left that service on account of ill health, and finally, becoming convinced that there was more money in commercial lines, he entered the employ, as traveling salesman, of the Magnolia Metal Company, of New York, with which company he remained for two years. On the expiration of that period he became connected with the Westinghouse Company as representative of the meter department, and is now district sales agent for that company at Columbus. Extending his efforts into other fields, he has become an officer of the Ohio Brass & Iron Manufacturing Company, is vice president of the Northern Hotel Company, and central Ohio manager of the Studebaker Automobile Company, He is a man of excellent business discernment, who in every relation of life has ably and faithfully performed the duties that have devolved upon him, and upon such a foundation has builded his present prosperity. As his financial resources have increased he has made judicious investments in property, and is now the owner of extensive realty holdings in Columbus, his residence being one of the finest in this city. In 1891 Mr, Pray was united in marriage to Miss Laura E, Trowbridge, who was born in St, Paul, a daughter of Charles Trowbridge, Her uncle, Hon. J, Russell Jones of Chicago, was an ambassador in Belgium during the administrations of Presidents Grant and Lincoln. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Pray have been born two children : Russell Honore. born in St, Paul, March 8, 1892; and Guinevere Helen, who was born in San Francisco, May 23. 1894, Both are now students in the North high school, Mr. Pray is a member of the Ohio Club, of the Columbus Country Club, the Buckeye Club and Columbus Automobile Club. He is very prominent and popular in the different social and fraternal organizations with which he is connected, He is a thirty-second degree Mason and a Shriner, is a member of the Elks, of the United Commercial Travelers and of the United Commercial Travelers Club. He was the leader in the movement that succeeded in the erection of the clubhouse at 26 West Goodale street for Columbus Council, No, 1, of the United Commercial Travelers in this city. He has always taken a very active interest in politics, and is a stalwart advocate of republican principles. In the fall of 1907 he was chairman of the financial committee of the republican organization here. He was the national president of the Commercial Travelers Taft League, giving his services and much time throughout the campaign in behalf of President William H, Taft, He is also vice president of the Cleveland Commercial Travelers Life & Accident Insurance Company and is state vice president of the Illinois Commercial CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 503 Men's Association of Chicago, Citizenship has never been to him an idle term. On the contrary it means loyal support of all that he believes to be for the welfare of city, state or nation, and his influence therefore is a strong element in support of the principles which he believes to be right, He was honored by Hon. Robert H. Jeffries, then mayor . by being appointed one of the members of the first park and boulevard commission of the city, later being elected by the board as secretary, and as such served without compensation, many long hours being devoted to a study to which he had given much thought, and as a direct result of these services with others the city now has a complete and detailed report from the hands of the commission, which Mr. Pray hopes to some day see consummated and carried out.. His life record commands the respect and confidence of all who know him, and it indicates clearly his force of character and ability. EDWARD WELLINGTON SWISHER, Edward Wellington Swisher, of Columbus, now living retired, derives his income from important and extensive interests, but for many years figured as one of the prominent merchants and manufacturers of the city. He is recognized as a man of well balanced capacities and powers, whose strong character has always inspired confidence in others, while at all times he has shown mature judgment concerning his own ability and of the people and circumstances that have made up his life's contacts and experiences, Starting in the business world without any vaulting ambition to accomplish something specially great or wonderful he has followed the lead of his opportunities, doing as best he could anything that carne to him. .seizing legitimate advantages as they arose. he has never hesitated to take a forward step when the way was (open. Although content with what he attained as he went along, he was always ready to make an advance. Fortunate in possessing ability and character in inspiring confidence in others, the simple weight of his character and ability carried him into important relations in larger interests, and for a long period he figured as one of the most active and prominent business men of the capital city. Mr Swisher was born in Newark, Ohio, in January, 1852, His father, David Swisher, a native of Licking county, Ohio, was at one time engaged in harnessmaking, while later he conducted business as a wholesale dealer in notions. He is still living in the eighty-first year of his age, and possesses remarkable strength and vitality for one of his years. In May, 1908, he spent one month in a hospital, where Dr, Stimson, of Newark, removed prostrate glands, practically saving his life by the operation, Mr. Swisher is the oldest man in the world to survive such an operation, which at best is a very hazardous one, In early manhood he married Miss Minerva Switzer, a native of Licking county, who died in 1893, 504 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS The public schools of Newark afforded Edward W, Swisher his educational privileges, end, manifesting special aptitude in his studies, he was graduated from the Newark high school when fourteen years of age. Immediately afterward he became a factor in the business world, learning the cigarmaker's trade, but after thoroughly mastering this, became a journeymen, When but sixteen years of age he went upon the road as a traveling salesman for a Chicago house, and the following year. feeling that his practical training end experience justified him in engaging in business on his own account, he began the manufacture of cigars under his own name, Starting on a smell scale, the business gradually grew, forcing him to increase the number of his employes end enlarge his facilities in order to meet the demands of his trade, This way practically the nucleus of the extensive Swisher cigar business in this country. In manufacturing he never sacrificed quality for quantity, but gave to his purchasers full value received, and along the legitimate lines of trade developed an enterprise of extensive proportions, In 1884 he admitted leis brothers, Harry and John, to a partnership under the style of E. W. Swisher & Brothers, which name was continued until 1891, In 1883 Edward W. Swisher removed to Columbus,. but still conducted the business et Newark for eight years thereafter, or until the firm was dissolved in 1891, Conning to the capital city he erected a factory at Nos, 338-342 West Broad street and established business under the name of the E, W, Swisher Cigar Company. The venture proved extremely successful, the shop being equipped with not only all the latest improved machinery for turning out its product, but also having its own lighting end heating plants end its own water works with hot end cold water pumps, Mr, Swisher not only in this connection manufactured cigars, but conducted subsidiary interests, whereby he controlled the entire output of the factory save the growing of his own tobacco, He manufactured his own cigar boxes end organized and systematized the best cigar factory in the United State:, He bought lumber in carloads for cash, end this was used in the manufacture of boxes, five acres of ground between his two planing mills being leased so that he had ample room for storing lumber and the product manufactured therefrom, This made him a competitor instead of a customer of box manufacturers, end constituted a factor in the success of his business, Mr. Swisher was invited by the trusts to join en organization to promote prices, but he did not care to do this, for he was not only opposed to the method, but as it was had a profitable business under his own control, shipping his goods all over the United States, At length a company of capitalists sought to buy him out end he asked them a fancy price, which he did not believe would be accepted, It was, however, end he thus passed from the control of an enterprise of mammoth proportions. which he had built up, and which was then furnishing employment to between five end six hundred people. While in active business his trade increased so rapidly that he could not get enough employes to manufacture or handle the output, He made the sale in 1902, and et the urgent insistence of the purchaser he became a member of the advisory board of the new concern and also treasurer of the company, but when they sold out in 1904 he retired from active life, Aside from CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 505 his manufacturing interests he became associated with other business concerns which have profited by hit cooperation and sound judgment. He is vice president and director of the Columbus Public Service Company and director of the First National Bank. He has other and varied interests which not only constitute sources of individual revenue. but are also elements in the city's business development. In 1883 Mr. Swisher was united in marriage to Miss Susan McKinley, of Harrisburg, Ohio. He belongs to the Columbus Country Club. to the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. and has become a Knight Templar Mason. He votes with the democracy. but has never sought nor desired office. He is very fond of horse, and is president of the Columbus Driving Association. which holds grand circuit races yearly at Columbus. He is also one of the stewards of the grand circuit and president of the Gentleman's Driving Association. He is progressive in his citizenship, supporting many measure, for the good of Columbus. and his enterprise ind ability have made him one of its leading citizens. His nature is social and his disposition cordial, and, while he has at all time; commanded the respect and admiration of his business colleagues and associates he has also enjoyed the warm friendship of those who have come within the closer circle of his acquaintance. J. LAWRENCE PORTER. J. Lawrence Porter is secretary and general manager of the Fidelity Building. Loan & Savings Company. and also its attorney. This company owes its success to his efforts and his executive power, and it is today one of the leading institutions of this character in the state. The life record of Mr. Porter began at Clarksville, Pennsylvania, February 19. 1876. His father. George W. Porter. is now retired and resides upon a farm in Morrow county. Ohio. His wife bore the maiden name of Malinda Rose. Both are natives of Pennsylvania and the strains of Scotch. Irish and German blood flow in their veins. In the country schools of Morrow county J. Lawrence Porter obtained ]its early education. The family had removed to that county in 1877 and after he had mastered the common branches of learning he attended high school at Marengo. Ohio. Coming to Columbus in the fall of 1892. he here tool: up the study of law in the ounce of Thompson & Ulrey, with whom he remained until admitted to the bar in 1895. He then formed a partnership with D. B. Ulrey, which continued until 1902 and was afterward Ulrey. Wildermuth & Porter until the election of 'Mr. Wildermuth as police judge. At that time D. C. Badger became head of the firm. and a few months later Mr. Porter severed his connections therewith. ln the meantime he was carefully solving financial problems. In 1894 he organized the Globe Building & Loan Company, of which he was assistant general counsel until 1900. when he severed his connection therewith and made an investigation of like concerns throughout the country. As the result of his investigation he organized the Fidelity Building, Loan & Savings Com- 506 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS pany of which he became secretary, general manager and attorney. A capital of a million dollars was subscribed, and three years after the organization Mr. Porter increased this capital to five millions. Since 1902 he has given his attention principally to the conduct of the business, but still continues the practice of law to some extent, confining his efforts in this direction, however, to corporation law. He is a man of forceful purpose, who carries forward to successful completion whatever he undertakes. On the 24th of September, 1897, occurred the marriage of Mr. Porter and Miss Carrie H. Kirk, a daughter of Joseph and Carrie F. Kirk, of Knoxville, Tennessee. They reside at No. 1423 Summit street in a property which Mr. Porter purchased five Years ago. His political allegiance is given to the democracy, and for some time he was active in the ranks of the party. but does not have time nosy for participation in its work. He has made steady progress in his business career as the result of his native talents and his acquired ability. He is making good use of his time and opportunities and has established an important financial enterprise in the business whose affairs he now capably controls. FRANKLIN EWING MARTIN. Franklin Ewing Martin, attorney at law in Columbus, his native city. was born in 1883 and represents one of the old and honored families of the capital. From an early period in the development of Columbus the Martins have been residents here and their influence has ever been on the side of progress and improvement. Almost a century has passed since his grandfather, William T. Martin, arrived in this city, which was then little more than a hamlet on a frontier which still bore many evidences of Indian occupancy. He was born in Bedford county, Pennsylvania, April 6, 1788, and spent the period of his boyhood and youth in the Keystone state. This was the formative epoch in the history of the republic. The revolutionary war had just closed and the people of the country were endeavoring to adjust themselves to a new form of government, It was also the period in which the old and picturesque drew of colonial days the powdered wig, the ruffled shirt and the knee trousers, were giving way to a style similar to that of the present age. In fact it was a transition period in American life and William T. Martin became numbered among those who aided in fashioning the civilization of Ohio then the far west. In 1814 he married Miss Amelia Aschome and early in the following year came with his young wife to Columbus. In early life in Pennsylvania he engaged in teaching school and also learned and followed the carpenter's trade in that state. He was one of the pioneer teachers of the capital city, following the profession in 1816 and 1817, where he presided as "master" over a little school of pioneer children who met in a log church belonging to the Methodist society. William T. Martin was a man of quiet, placid nature and of most upright character. He served as justice of the peace from 1820 until 1848, having in the meantime become PAGE 507 - PICTURE OF W. T. MARTIN PAGE 508 - BLANK CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 509 a lawyer and in the practice of his chosen profession he attained considerable prominence. He was again called to public office in 1831 when elected county recorder and by reelection was continued in that position for fifteen years or until 1846. In 1851 he was chosen associate judge of the common pleas court. serving until the following year, when the office was abolished. e was also at one time clerk of the penitentiary and for a number of years was secretary and trustee of the Greenlawn Cemetery Association, so continuing up to the time of his death. From 1824 until 1827 he served as mayor of Columbus and aided in shaping the policy of the city during its early period. Viewed through the perspective of the years, it is seen that he bore a most important and active part in the affairs of the embryo city, leaving his impress for good upon its business development. In 1858 he published a. history of Franklin county and no one was better qualified to prepare a work of this character because of his intimate and accurate knowledge of early events. He died in 1866 and thus passed from the scene of earthly activities one to whom the county owes a debt of gratitude for what he did in her behalf. His wife long survived him. passing away January 16, 1885, at the advanced age of ninety-four years, her birth having occurred' August 21. 1790. Benjamin Franklin Martin, son of William T. Martin and father of Franklin Ewing Martin, was born in Columbus in 1819 and his life record covered the intervening years until April 18, 1904. He was educated in the public schools of this city and in Blendon Academy and, like his father, was several tunes called to public office, in which connection he did faithful and efficient service for his fellow townsmen. He was clerk of the council from 1840 until 1857 and during this time studied law under Judge F. J. Mathews, being admitted to the bar in 1847. In 1850 he became prosecuting attorney of Franklin county and .served for four years. e was a member of the law firm of English & Martin for twelve years and in this connection enjoyed in extensive clientage that connected him with much of the important work of the courts during that period. In 1865 he was appointed by President Johnson to the position of collector of internal revenue for the seventh district of Ohio and served for four years. e was also appointed by Governor Young as one of the trustees for the blind asylum and was a. member of the sinking fund commission in Franklin county for five years. His official service was most commendable, for he was public-spirited and patriotic and gave loyal devotion to every interest that was entrusted to his care. He became one of the charter members of the Franklin County Bar Association and was one of the organizers of the Magnolia lodge of Masons. He was also identified with the development of railroad interests in Ohio, serving as a director of the Columbus & Xenia Railroad Company up to the time of his death. He married Cecelia Workman. who was born in Lancaster. Ohio. in 1851 and is still living. She is a niece of Thomas Ewing and also a- cousin of the prominent Sherman family of this state. Franklin E. Martin was educated in the public schools and Columbus Latin School. from which he was graduated in 1898. He also attended the Ohio State University and as a student in the law department completed a course in 1905. when he won the degree of Bachelor of Law. 510 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS On the 18th of January, 1907, Mr. Martin was married to Miss Mars Bole Scott, of this city, and they are well-known in social circles here. Mr. Martin is a. member of the Arlington Country Club of the Chi Phi and of the Phi Delta Phi, the former a college and the latter a law fraternity. He is also a member of the Old Northwestern Genealogical Society. His own ancestral history is one of which he has reason to be proud and the excellent work which was begun by his grandfather in the pioneer days of Columbus and was continued by his father is now being carried on by him. WILLIAM ALONZO SNOW. William Alonzo Snow, a leading shirt manufacturer of Columbus, was born in Southwick, Massachusetts, December 15. 1855, a son of James and Sarah E. (Wetherbee) Snow. His father, who was a direct descendant of John Snow, came originally from Scotland, and was one of the first to introduce Masonry in the city of Boston. He was born about the year 1825. During the Civil war he served for four years with the Thirty-fourth Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, was in many engagements, and during the rest of his life was prominent in Grand Army circles. In his earlier years he was in the leather business in Maine, his native state, and later came west, locating in Cleveland, where he remained for a short period engaged in the shirt manufacturing business, and subsequently removed to Columbus, where he conducted the same enterprise for a number of years. Owing to reverses he gave up his business and went to Philadelphia, where he patented a belt fastener, which he manufactured and sold there until he departed this life in 1894. His wife still survives and is residing in the east. William Alonzo Snow worked on a farm during his boyhood days, acquiring his education in the village schools, and when a lad left home and went to Westfield, Massachusetts, where he learned several trades, which he followed for a short time. Later he started in the tobacco business, in which he engaged for a period of four years, and at the expiration of that time he came to Ohio, joining his father in the shirt manufacturing business in the year 1877 and remaining with him until he failed. He then started in the same enterprise for himself, and has since established himself in one of the most prosperous enterprises, which is at the same time the oldest of the kind in this state. When he commenced this business he had neither means nor influence, but being possessed of good business qualifications and perseverance and being thoroughly familiar with the manufacture of shirts he soon made his way and became popular in the trade, so that now he is in the foremost ranks of the business circles of the city. On January 1, 1889, Mr. Snow was united in marriage to Miss Fannie May Graham, the couple having the following children: Mrs. D. H. Brunning; Mrs. A. W. Galbreath : and Graham _V. who is connected with a bank in Spokane, Washington. CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 511 Aside from his shirt manufactory, Mr. Snow has other business interests, being director of a copper mine and also vice president of the Copper World Extension Mining Company. Among the fraternal organizations with which he is affiliated are the Knights of Pythias Ind the Woodmen of the World; and he is also a member of the Methodist church, of which he is a liberal supporter. He is a member of the Board of Trade and one of the most enterprising business men of the city. He owes his success to his innate resources and principally to his perseverance, excellent business judgment and good management. ROLLIN FREDERICK CRIDER. Rollin Frederick Crider is connected with the profession which has important bearing upon the progress and stability of every community, for it conserves the rights and privilege., of the individual and discriminates in all matters of justice and equity. Devoted to the interests of his clients and always endeavoring to uphold the majesty of the law, Rollin F. Crider has secured a large and gratifying clientage. He was born at Greenville, Darke county, August 26, 1859, and is a son of Frederick Crider, who was likewise a native of that locality. The father carried on business as a dry-goods merchant for a number of year: and was a well known and prominent citizen of his locality, where he died in 1862. He married Rebecca Jane Porter. who still survives and is now the wife of John L. Winner, a. merchant, banker and legislator of Granville, Ohio. He was born in Franklin, Warren county, Ohio, November 19, 1816. His father, Isaac Winner, was married in Philadelphia to Miss Mary Powell, of New Jersey, and in 1816 they removed to Ohio. For about four years prior to his father's death John L. Winner worked at the cooper's trade. and in April, 1836. he removed to Darke county. There he became prominent in both business and political circles. In November, 1837. he married Miss Charlotte Clark, a daughter of John Clark, of Warren county, Ohio. For five years thereafter he engaged in the grocery business, for eight years was proprietor of a hotel. Ind afterward conducted a drug .store. prospering in all of these different lines. In 1853 he turned his attention to the banking business in connection with Colonel J. W. Frizzle, and was thus associated until May. 1865. He afterward became a stockholder in the Farmers National Bank, and in January 1866, was chosen its cashier, remaining in that position of executive control until January, 1872. In April. 1873, he opened the Exchange Bank of Granville, which he conducted until his death in 1880. His wife died August 12. 1863, leaving a daughter, Hattie. who died April 1, 1867 at the age of fifteen years. Mr. Winner afterward wedded Mrs. Jane Crider, the widow of Frederick Crider. of Greenville, and a daughter of John Wallace Porter, of Maryland. Mr. Winner was prominent in political as well as business circles. He was elected to fill out an unexpired term in the state legislature. there representing Darke county from 1857 until 1861. In 1874 512 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS he was elected mayor of Greenville, on the democratic ticket, and served for two years. His opinions carried weight in political councils, and he was honored even by his political opponents because of his fearless support of his honest convictions. His life was ever straightforward and honorable, and was in consistent harmony with his principles as a member of the Presbyterian church. His widow, Mrs. Winner, the mother of our subject, still survives. Rollin F. Crider pursued a. public-.school education until he completed his course by graduation from the high school of Greenville, Ohio, with the class of 1878. He afterward attended Cornell College in Ithaca, New York. but left there in hip junior year to return to Greenville and settle the affairs connected with the Winner estate. In 1884 he removed to Columbus, where he was connected with the coal business for some time, but abandoned commercial for professional pursuits, to which end he read law in the office of Judge L. J. Critchfield and was admitted to the bar in 1893. He has since been engaged in the active practice of law. and his salient qualities as a member of the bar have enabled him to take high rank among the attorneys of this city. In his presentation of a case there is no straining after effect. but rather the clear, concise statement of facts which indicates a thorough grasp of the law and a ready understanding of its relation to the points in litigation. Mr. Crider is a member of the Psi Upsilon. He was popular in his college days. and while sophomore at Cornell served as president of his class. He has attained the thirty-second degree of the Scottish Rite in Masonry, and is also a member of Aladdin Temple of the Mystic Shrine. He is also a member of the Franklin County Bar Association, and for two years he was the president of the famous Orpheus Club, a well known musical organization. His political views are in harmony with the principle of the republican party, and he has always been active in its support, for he believes that in the adoption of its principles he the best elements of good government. He is fond of hunting, fishing and all manly outdoor sports. and through those avenues gains needed recreation from arduous professional duties and cares. EDWARD BARTON THOMAS. In a history of the legal profession in Columbus mention should be made of Edward Barton Thomas, inasmuch as his ability has carried him into important relations with the work of the courts. He was born at Wheeling. West Virginia, then Virginia, October 19, 1861, within a stone's throw of the site of Fort Henry, which was the scene of the powder exploit of Elizabeth Zane. of whom he is a direct descendant. His father, Llewellyn G. Thomas. was born in Ohio, and. was a son of Edward and Catherine (Clark) Thomas. the latter a daughter of the Revolutionary heroine. Elizabeth Zane Llewellyn G. Thomas was absorbed in literary work throughout his entire life. He possessed a sensitive, artistic nature and most, modest. retiring manner. An advanced scholar, he wrote largely. but only for his own entertainment. having published only one book of poems. Had he been less retiring he might CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS -513 have won lasting fame by his effort, in literary lines. Aside from his love of study, he was fond of travel. and visited all parts of the globe, on which trips he got together a large collection of flowers and plants from all over the world. There he mounted and thus had many fine specimens of the flora of different countries. He likewise had a large collection of photographs of objects of art, architecture and scenes of interest. and these are now in possession of his son, Edward B. Thomas, who prizes them highly. The mother, who bore the maiden name of Angeline Barton. was of Quaker descent, her people having been among the pioneer settlers of Ohio, to which state they removed from the vicinity of Philadelphia. The early representatives of the family in America came to this country under William Penn. The death of Mrs. Thomas occurred in 1807. when she was but thirty-three years of age. Edward B. Thomas was their but a young lad, and after his mother's death he lived for a few years with his grandparents and then joined his father in California, where he attended San Jose Institute. Subsequently he continued his studies in Linsley Institute at Wheeling, West Virginia. and in Hopedale College at Hopedale. Ohio. At the age of seventeen years. while a member of the graduating day. he left college and took up the profession of teaching, which he followed for three years in the high school at Glencoe, Ohio, while for four years he was superintendent of schools at Clarington, Ohio, and for three years was school superintendent at Woodsfield, Ohio. During this period the hours which are usually termed leisure were devoted by hint to the .study of law under the direction of Lorenzo Danford, of Belmont county, Ohio, and J. P. Spriggs, of Woodsfield. He finished his studies at Columbus under Hon. Forest Hunter, later dean of the Law College of the Ohio State University. Admitted to the bar here in 1891 he has since been engaged in general practice, and in 1896 formed a partnership with J. F. Hays, which still continues under the firm style of Thomas & Hays. Mr. Thomas has made a specialty of insurance law, and since 1897 has been one of the officers of the Modern Woodmen of America. the largest fraternal beneficiary organization in this country. He is at present chairman of its board of auditors. and has charge of a large part of its legal business in Ohio. He has devoted his attention almost exclusively to his law practice and fraternal work in connection with the Woodmen. and has for many years been the state lecturer for that organization. He is also a member of the Knights of Pythias, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and all the Masonic bodies, while in his profession he is connected with the County Bar Association. He also holds membership in the Benjamin Franklin Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution and with the Columbus Country Club. His political allegiance is given to the democracy, and because of his recognition of the duties and obligations of citizenship he has taken an active part in the councils of his party. He devotes his leisure entirely to the study of literature and has a large and well selected library of the best authors and also an attractive collection of rare works. On the 25th of August. 1,849. in Woodsfield, Ohio. Mr. Thomas was married to Miss Tempe Sinclair. a daughter of Dr. Western and Tirzah (Morris) Sinclair of that city. Mr . Thomas has membership with the Daughters of 514 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS the American Revolution and is most devoted to her family, which numbers five children: Edward Sinclair, J. Clark. George Alfred, Elizabeth Zane and Eleanor Catherine, aged respectively eighteen, .sixteen, twelve, eight and two years. The family residence, at No. 1098 Bryden road, which dwelling was erected by Ripley Hoffman after a. very old style of architecture, has been remodeled by Mr. Thomas into colonial style. Nature, education and culture have vied in making him an interesting and entertaining gentleman, who without show of superiority meets all upon an equal footing of courtesy. He is domestic in his tastes and has always preferred the pleasure of his own home and the companionship of his favorite author to the interests of an extended society acquaintance. OSMAN CASTLE HOOPER. Among the representative journalists of Columbus none stands higher than Osman C. Hooper; not in his profession alone but in all that is representative of good citizenship and public usefulness. He was born near the village of Alexandria, Ohio, on the 10th of April. 1858, and obtained his primary education in the public schools there and in Columbus, while later be entered Denison University, completing his more specific literary course by graduation with honors in 1879. The following year he became actively identified with journalism and has devoted his life to this profession, at all times being actuated by a desire to elevate the standard of newspaper. publication. For a number of years he was associate editor of the Columbus Dispatch and made an enviable record as a paragraphist. Simultaneously he was editor and part owner of the Columbus Sunday News, covering a period from 1886 until 1893. He accepted a position on the Cincinnati Enquirer for his special line of paragraphic work and for some time also did general editorial work on the paper. He then returned to the Dispatch and was welcomed by many appreciative friends and readers. It was in 1893 that he resumed his editorial position on this paper and has since continued in active connection with the Dispatch while engaged in other congenial work in which his labors are alike artistic, attractive and entertaining. He stands for all that is elevating in journalism and opposition to the baneful influence of some of the well known papers of the present time that sacrifice truth and principle to sensationalism. In the year in which he entered upon his journalistic career Mr. Hooper also laid the foundation for an attractive domestic life in his marriage, on the 20th of May, 1880, to Miss Josephine Babbitt. of Columbus. They are prominent and active members of the Baptist church and Mr. Hooper takes great interest in the social idea of propagating religious thought and sentiment. At all times interested in education, research and scientific investigation he is now one of the trustees of his alma mater. Denison University. from which he received his Bachelor of Arts degree. He is likewise a trustee of the public library, which profits by his fine literary tastes and judgment. He is also one of the valued members of the Ohio Archaeological & Historical Society. It CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 515 would be almost tautological in this connection to enter into any series of statements showing Mr. Hooper to be a man of attractive mentality and scholarly attainments for, these have been shadowed forth between the lines of this review. Well educated and well bred, his closest associates are in those circles where intellectuality constitutes an indispensable feature of attractiveness. EDWARD AMHERST FITCH. Among those who became well known in the business life of Columbus was Edward Amherst Fitch, who for many years prior to his death was freight manager for the Erie Dispatch Company. He had been identified with transportation interests of the city from early manhood, and was known as an active business man, constantly watchful of opportunities and utilizing advantages so that the most desirable results were achieved. His intimate friends and his family knew him to be a delightful and entertaining companion, his business associates gave him unqualified respect, and his worth in the world was widely acknowledged. He was born in the village of Central Square, on Oneida Lake, in the state of New York, in 1833, his parents being Abigail Holden Morse and Huntington Fitch, both natives of Vermont. The family moved to Cleveland, Ohio, during Edward's early boyhood, and when he was nineteen they came to Columbus, where he became a member of the firm of H. Fitch & Sons. running a line of packet boats down the Scioto valley. The boats were used in transporting both freight and passengers and they built a large warehouse on the west side of the Broad street bridge. Their trips were made south to Portsmouth and after continuing in the marine transportation business, for some years with good success Edward A. Fitch became manager of some coal lands in the Hocking Valley. He afterward took charge of the freight business for the Erie Dispatch Company, a fast freight line, and continued in this position of large responsibility until his death. when he was succeeded by his son. Huntington, who had been his associate in the business for a few years. In 1862 the marriage of Mr. Edward Fitch and Miss Jane Doherty took place at the home of her mother, Mrs. William Doherty, where the McLene building now stands on State street. Three children were born of their union: Eliza, the wife of Charles D. Hinman ; Huntington, who died June 12, 1907; and Alice, who is the wife of Campbell Chittenden. Mr. Fitch died at his home in Columbus, 1265 East Broad street, in September, 1892, and probably few men have been more sincerely and generally mourned, not only on account of his great personal popularity, but from the love and admiration earned by his unselfishness, his loyalty to his friends and his good deeds many of them never known till after his death. He was eminently a social man, entering into all diversions with the zest of one whose heart was always young. He was a member of the State Fencibles and took an active part in the club circles of the city. A charter member and moving spirit of the Columbus Club. his portrait, painted by Albert Fanley and purchased 516 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS by the club, hangs in its reception room. For several years he served as chairman of the. house committee, in which position his son Huntington succeeded him. The latter was also chairman of the house committee of the Arlington Country Club. In his political views Mr. Fitch was a stalwart republican and ever kept well informed on the questions and issues of the day, so that he was able to support his position by intelligent argument. Whatever he did, whether in business or political circles or in public life, was actuated by high ideals. "Lord, who shall abide in Thy tabernacles, and who shall rest upon Thy holy hill?" "He that sweareth to his neighbor, and disappointeth him not, though it were to his own hinderance." JOSEPH C. CAMPBELL. Joseph C. Campbell, born near Edinburg, Virginia, October 26, 1852, but a resident of Columbus since his twentieth year, and all of his career in a. business way has been made in this city. The schools of his native village offered few opportunities but Mr. Campbell as a boy took full advantage of what they could give him, and he left them with a well laid foundation for a life of unusual success, an upright character and ambition to win a high place. In Columbus he was at first a. clerk in the dry-goods store of Brown & Dunn in the Neil House block, and after a short experience there he was offered aa position in an insurance office, where he then began at foot of the ladder, upon which he has climbed to an eminent position. After serving a useful office apprenticeship, desiring a place where he could work out his own destiny, he secured the agency here of The John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company, of Boston, Massachusetts, and was soon advanced to the position of state agent of the company for Ohio and West Virginia. In those days it was an unimportant and unorganized field, but. by Mr. Campbell's efforts it gradually became, and still is, the largest agency of the company today in the United States. With his fortune assured, Mr. Campbell gave a part of his time and attention in another direction, and in 1900 associated himself with the organization of what is now the National Bank of Commerce and has been its president since its inception, and his wise and conservative care and interest in its affairs has done much to raise it to an important position among the financial institutions of the capital city. Mr. Campbell's success has been the result of severe application of a thorough knowledge of his business and tenacity of purpose to win. but he has interests and tastes which make him more than a successful man. His sympathy with misfortune and suffering has kept him a trustee of the Toledo State Hospital through all state administrations since his appointment by Governor Nash. Because of his interest in the cause of education, he has given substantial aid to students where assistance was both needed and deserved, and supported important lectures at the Ohio State University and financially aided schools and churches in state and community of his birth. His love for music has made him a conspicuous figure both as a patron of and as active participant PAGE 517 - PICTURE OF J. C. CAMPBELL PAGE 518 - BLANK CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 519 in musical enterprises of a high class. His charities have been bountiful, but secret, and hundreds of unfortunates bless him for timely aid. He has been a world traveler and has profited by his observations and experiences in foreign lands. Mr. Campbell is identified with many organizations, business, fraternal and social: The Columbus Board of Trade, serving upon its board of directors and in city council; a member of the. Columbus Club, the Columbus Country Club, the Ohio Club, Knights Templars, Scottish Rite and' other branches of Masonry, etc. He was married in 1883, to Miss Emma A. White, and has two children, Edna and Howard. He enjoys the pleasures of an ideal home and is a man in whom public as well as private enterprise and the true civic spirit, are highly developed. JUDGE GEORGE B. OKEY. Judge George B. Okey is one of the eminent lawyers of the Ohio bar-a practitioner of Columbus for more than three decades. Throughout his entire career he has been an exponent not only of legal principles, but of the science of government and of the great political, sociological and economic problems which are to the man of affairs of great importance. In this wide general information is found one of the strong elements of his power and ability as a lawyer. This broad knowledge has enabled him to understand life in its various phases, the motive springs of human conduct and the complexity of business interests, and this he combined with a familiarity with statutory law and with precedent, making him one of the ablest legists who have appeared before the courts of Ohio. Further analysis of his life record brings forth the fact that his was an honorable and honored ancestry, and in talents, in person and in character he is a worthy scion of his race. A native of Monroe county, Ohio, Judge Okey was born December 19, 1849, at Woodsfield. He is a representative of one of the old pioneer families of the state, and, in fact, back of him is an ancestry honorable and distinguished. The line of descent can be traced back to Colonel John Okey, a distinguished member of the parliamentary army of England at the time when Oliver Cromwell was preaching to the people the principles of civic and political liberty. The reign of extravagance and misrule which had preceded it led to an uprising among the English. and many who recognized that their king had committed treason against the Magna Charta, openly opposed the rule of Charles I. Colonel John Okey was a member of the court, all of whom were officers, that tried and convicted the king of treason in 1649. Following the restoration of the monarchy, succeeding the death of Cromwell, King Charles II issued a proclamation that the members of the court who had condemned his predecessor should bow before sovereignty and take the oath of allegiance to the crown. Not willing to do this, because of his well-grounded fears that the same policy would be followed by the second Charles as was practiced by Charles I, Colonel Okey left his native land, together with General Harrison, an ances- 520 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS ter of the famous Harrison family of Virginia and Ohio that has furnished two presidents to the United States. These army officers sailed for Holland, where Colonel Okey remained for two years. Then by treachery and fraud he was enticed to visit the Holland seaport. where he was seized by marines from an English man-of-war and was hurried to London. where he was put on trial, as a mere ceremony, found guilty, and hung, drawn and quartered, being buried at the cross-roads-the victim of sturdy devotion to the rights of the people and the belief that even a king call commit a wrong which he should be compelled to expiate. His descendants sought political liberty in the new world. and the family was early established in Delaware, whence representatives of the name traveled in covered wagons through the Allegheny mountains and then sailed down the Ohio on a flatboat. In the period of pioneer development they were widely known because of the active part which they took in laying the foundation for this great commonwealth. Here they lived at a tine when the Indians were a constant menace to the white settlers it being necessary to keep aa gun by one's side when felling the trees of the forest in preparation for the establishment of a home. Cornelius Okey figured prominently as one of those who moulded the history of the state during its formative period. He was appointed an associate justice by the legislature under the constitution of 1802, and was frequently chosen to represent his district in the general assembly. The journey from Monroe county to Columbus was made on horseback through an almost unbroken wilderness, and involved hardships and privations, for it was necessary to continue on the way for several days. The same qualities of persistence and loyalty to principles which characterized the English progenitor had been manifest in the family throughout all the succeeding generations. Judge John W. Okey. the father of George B. Okey, became a distinguished lawyer of Ohio, entering upon active practice in early manhood. He served as probate judge of Monroe county: as common pleas judge : member of the state codifying commission by appointment of Governor Allen : and two terms as a justice upon the bench of the supreme court of the state. At the time of his death in 1885, during his second term, he was serving as chief justice. His name is inscribed high on the keystone of the legal arch of Ohio, and he remains in the memory of his contemporaries and those who knew him enshrined in the halo of a gracious presence as well as of distinguished learning. Judge George B. Okey spent his early years at Woodsfield, during which time he mastered the elementary principles of learning. In 1862 he became a resident of Cambridge, Ohio, and in 1865 the family home was established in Cincinnati. Determining upon the practice of law as his life work, he entered his father's office and further continued his studies in the Cincinnati Law College from which he was graduated. being admitted to the bar in April, 1871. He located for practice in Cincinnati. and while advancement at the bar is proverbially slow, he gradually worked his way upward through the necessary effort that always precedes ascendancy. In 1877, when his father resigned from the codifying commission. George B. Okey was appointed by Governer William Allen to fill the vacancy. his associates on the commission CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 521 being Judge Luther Day, of Ravenna and Michael A. Daugherty, of Lancaster. All were recognized throughout the state as lawyers of profound legal knowledge and as men of the highest character. It has been said that no commission within the history of the state has ever had for membership men of equal ability. Judge Okey annotated the old constitution, and has prepared many of the ablest legal documents in the history of the. state. which will be estimated at their real value generations hence. The lawyer who holds his profession as above all things else, and is imbued with the real spirit of his calling, confines his practice to no one branch and refuses to become a specialist. He believes it his duty to take the cause of any client who come, to him, if the cause is right. Mr. Okey holds to this now. For the thirty-seven years since he was admitted to the bar. his practice has been a general one, covering the entire range of legal procedure. Probably no man in Ohio is a well versed in constitutional law as he. and each year many questions, involving a correct interpretation of the constitution. come to him for determination. Yet he has always refused to apply the law of limitations to himself by specializing in any single branch of the profession. Since 1877 he has made his home, in Columbus, and from 1885 until 1888 was reporter for the supreme court of Ohio. reporting volumes forty-three. forty-four and forty-five of the Ohio State Reports. In 1890 he was democratic nominee for the supreme bench. and succeeded in reducing the republican majority to less than ten thousand. Again in 1908 he was nominated for supreme judge by the democratic state convention. In 1872 Judge Okey was married to Miss Sarah Louise Schoonmaker of Cincinnati. and they have become parents of two son; : Perry. a mechanical and electrical engineer: and Hazard, a court stenographer. Such in brief is the history of one who holds marked precedence among the members of the Ohio bar. Of strong mentality and invincible courage.. a most determined individuality has so entered into his makeup as to render him a natural leader of men and a director of opinion. REV. MICHAEL M. MEARA. Rev. Father Michael M. Meara. pastor of St. Joseph's Cathedral of Columbus and chancellor of Columbus diocese, has continued in charge here for eight years, or since 1900, and is much beloved by his people and respected by the congregation at large. He was born in Cincinnati, Ohio. October 20, 1850, a son of Stephen Meara, who was born in County Tipperary, Ireland, and emigrated to America in 1840. He first located in Montreal. Canada, but after spending a brief period in that city, made his way to Boston, Massachusetts, where he remained for four or five years. It was during his residence in the latter city that be was married to Miss Ellen Maher and subsequently they removed to Cincinnati, the year 1849 witnessing their arrival in that city. After two years, however, they took up their permanent abode in Columbus. where they spent their remaining years. The father was a blacksmith by trade and 522 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS during the Civil war did the iron work for cannon and army supply wagons. He became one of the city's most valued and substantial citizens and passed away in 1881, at the age of seventy years. The wife and mother survived for a long period, dying in 1896, when she had reached the age of sixty-eight years. Father Meara acquired his early education in St. Patrick's school, from which he was graduated, while his preparation for the priesthood was made in St. Mary's Seminary at Cincinnati, of which Bishop Rosecrans was at that time the president. Father Meara was ordained May 30, 1874, and was at once appointed assistant pastor of the Cathedral church of Columbus. Entering upon his new duties, he remained until 1882, when, on account of ill health, he was transferred to Circleville, Ohio, as pastor of St. Joseph's church at that place. During his connection therewith he built up a, large and prosperous parish and school and it became one of the strongest Catholic organizations of that city. In 1900, however, he was returned to Columbus and made pastor of the Cathedral church, and a year later appointed chancellor of the Columbus diocese. He has done and is doing much for the upbuilding of the church in its various departments and is a learned man and eloquent speaker, beloved not only by the members in his own parish but by the entire community. HON. HARRY M. DAUGHERTY. To the energetic nature and strong mentality of such men as Harry Al. Daugherty is due the success and ever increasing prosperity of the republican party in this state and in the hands of this class of citizens there is every assurance that the best interests and welfare of the party will be attended to, resulting in a successful culmination of the highest ambitions and expectations entertained by its adherents. Given to the prosecution of active measures in political affairs and possessing the earnest purpose of placing their party beyond the pale of possible diminution of power, the republican leaders in Ohio are ever advancing, carrying everything before them in their irresistible onward march. Certainly one of the most potent elements in the success of the republican movement in this state is Harry M. Daugherty, who throughout life has been a loyal citizen, imbued with patriotism and fearless in defense of his honest convictions, but while he is recognized as one of the prominent leaders of his party in this state, he is also a lawyer of pronounced ability, practicing successfully as senior partner of the firm of Daugherty, Todd & Rarey. A native of Washington Courthouse, Ohio, he was born January 26, 1860, a son of J. H. and Jane (Draper) Daugherty. His father was born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, in 1836 but during his boyhood came to Ohio and after residing for some years in Zanesville removed to Washington Courthouse, where he made his home until his life's labors were ended in 1864. His widow still survives him and yet makes her home at Washington Courthouse. Of their family of four sons two died in infancy, while the surviving brother of our subject, M. S. Daugherty, yet resides in Washington Courthouse. CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 523 It was in the city of his nativity that Harry M. Daugherty began his education and after the completion of his literary course he entered upon preparation for the practice of law in the year 1879 as a student in the law department of the Michigan State University at Ann Arbor, where he was graduated with the class of 1881. Following his graduation he returned home and in a short time was elected township clerk-his first public office. While serving in that capacity he was admitted to the bar and at once began the prosecution of his chosen profession. While his success as a lawyer increased as the years passed by, he remained also as an active factor in political circles and his fellow townsmen, in recognition of his worth and ability, elected him to the state legislature in 1889. He proved an active working member of the general assembly, serving on the judiciary and corporations committee, for which his comprehensive knowledge of law well qualified him. He received public endorsement of his first term in his reelection in 1891 and at the ensuing session of the house he again served on the same committee and was permanent chairman of the republican house caucus. He was also chairman of the caucus that decided the speakership contest upon which hinged the contest between Senator Foraker and Senator Sherman as rival candidates for the United States senatorship from Ohio. In 1893 he was chairman of the state convention which nominated Major William McKinley for governor of Ohio, and in 1891 and again in 1892 he was a member of the state central committee, whose effective generalship so marshaled the republican forces in the state as to secure the best results possible. In 1888 he was placed in nomination before the congressional convention of his district for congress and after two hundred and fifty ballots had been cast he was defeated by only three votes. In 1896 he was again a candidate for the nomination and had strong support but lost the nomination by seven votes. His popularity in the republican ranks is shown by the fact that only when ballot after ballot had been cast in an effort to nominate a congressman would any of his supporters waver in their allegiance to him. It is a well known fact that for years Mr. Daugherty has been one of the ablest leaders of the republican party in Ohio and his position of leadership is due to the fact of his talent, his sincere convictions and his conscientious efforts, which are well balanced forces in his political service. That he is a most able and effective campaign speaker is indicated by the fact that he has been called into various states for active campaign work to address the people on momentous questions of the day and thus steady the lines with his eloquent argument and clear, logical reasoning. He was sent into various states during the campaigns of 1896. 1900, 1904 and 1908 on behalf of republican principles. He was a delegate to the republican national conventions in 1904 and 1908. In all these years Mr. Daugherty has also continued as a member of the bar. Upon his admission he entered upon an active practice in Washington Courthouse. where he remained until 1894, when he came to Columbus and was joined by Judge David I. Worthington in a partnership under the firm style of Worthington R Daugherty. Judge Worthington retired in 1903 and Mr. Daugherty formed the firm of Daugherty & Todd, which firm now has an extensive clientele and handle some of the largest and most important litigated interests of the state. Mr. Daugherty possesses those qualities that peculiarly 524 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS fit him for the trial of cases before court or jury and he is withal a most practical office lawyer, regarded as a safe and wise counselor. On the 3d of September, 1883, Mr. Daugherty was united in marriage to Miss Lucy Walker, a daughter of Anthony B. Walker. of Wellston, Ohio. They have two children, Emily B. and Draper M., aged respectively ten and seven years. Mrs. Daugherty is an active worker in the Methodist Episcopal church and her love of music and superior powers as a vocalist have made her a valued member of that organization, contributing much to the attractiveness of its musical service.. Mr. Daugherty has various fraternal relations, being connected with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Knights of Pythias and the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. He is also a member of the Columbus Club and has a wide and favorable acquaintance in this city. Hi combination of strong mental force and aptitude for exerting it effectively in his profession and in the practical affairs of life. with that certain gentleness of personal demeanor which attaches friends to him, is as rare as it is significant of genuine manhood. EDWARD M. FULLINGTON . Edward M. Fullington, state auditor and the promoter of the movement which resulted in the establishment of the Bureau of Accounting, has in all of his political work been guided by the most commendable desire to further public interests, and his labors have been effective, beneficial and far-reaching. He is honored throughout the state not only by the members of his own party but by those of the opposition as .well and aside from his political connections he is well known as an able business man. identified with various important commercial and financial concerns. One of Ohio's native sons, he was born in Union county. August 25. 1864. His father, James Fullington, was likewise a native of that county, where he spent his entire life, being widely known there as a prominent farmer and stock-raiser and as one of the pioneer bankers. of the county. having, in association with partners, established the Bank of Marysville in 1854. For thirtytwo years he was a leading factor in the control of that institution, remaining in active connection therewith until his death in 1886. The bank still stands as a monument to his enterprise and progressive spirit. He also served as county commissioner and as a member of the state board of. public works and his official service was characterized by the utmost fidelity to duty. He was a representative of one of the oldest families of the state, his grandfather having come from New England during the pioneer epoch in the history of Ohio. James Fullington was united in marriage in early manhood to Miss Eliza Henry McMullan, whose people came from Connecticut among the early pioneers and were members of the Colonel Kilburn colony at Worthington, Ohio. Mrs. Fullington still survives. In the public schools of Union county Edward M. Fullington began his education. which was supplemented by study in Kenyon College. In 1888 he PAGE 525 - PICTURE OF E. M. FULLINGTON PAGE 526 - BLANK CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 527 went to Marysville and accepted a position in the bank which had been established by his father. He was connected with that institution and with other business interests until 1895, when he was elected county auditor of Union county and was reelected without opposition, the democratic party placing no candidate in the field. While county auditor his attention was called to the lack of system in public accounting and the vast loss to cities, counties and state through this evil. Being a. thorough financier, methodical in all that he did, it appeared to him a folly that such conditions of affairs should be allowed to exist and he considered it his duty as a citizen to work for the reform. During his service as county auditor he was first secretary and later president of the County Auditor's Association of Ohio and in this' body he earnestly agitated the subject of improvement in the methods of keeping public accounts. The movement soon began to attract attention in other quarters and especially in the State Board of Commerce, Judge Stewart. one of the executive committee of that body and its attorney, being very enthusiastic in support of the project which Mr. Fullington furthered. In 1901 the State Board of Commerce appointed a committee consisting of Judge Gilbert H. Stewart and Allan Ripley Foote on behalf of that body and Mr. Fullington on behalf of the state auditor, W. D. Gilbert, to investigate the subject and frame a. bill. As a result a law was passed providing for a bureau of inspection and supervision of public offices, now known as the Bureau of Accounting, and on the expiration of his second term as county auditor, Mr. Fullington was appointed chief of this bureau and was retained in the office for a year and a half, at the end of which time he had decided to return to private business life, which offered greater remuneration and was far more to his taste. He had left his business affairs entirely to his partners while in office and he felt that his interests demanded his personal attention. He had proved his worth as a. public official and, the office of deputy state auditor being just then created by legislature on account of the increased duties of the state auditor since assuming supervision of the Bureau of Accounting, Mr. Fullington was appointed to that office by Mr. Gilbert and thus served until .January 11, 1909, when he succeeded Mr. Gilbert. having been elected state auditor in the fall of 1908. The plan of uniform accounting which Ohio was the first to adopt, has proven a great success. Thereby the accounts of village, city and county officials have been straightened out throughout the state and enormous sums have been brought back into the treasuries, while undesirable conditions in public accounts will in future be prevented. The bureau, which at first had a chief and four deputies, has now a force of forty-five men and beginning in the year 1909 took charge of the accounts of state officials as well. The plan has now been adopted by other states, including Illinois and Indiana, while Kentucky and still other states are now agitating the question. Mr. Fullington has always been a. substantial republican, active in the work of the party since his boyhood days, and during the past ten years has done especially effective service for its growth and upbuilding. In the convention of 1908 he had about seven hundred out of the eight hundred and fifteen delegates and he is widely recognized as one of the foremost representatives of the party in Ohio. Aside from his official connections Mr. Fullington is a 528 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS member of the E. M. Fullington Company, grain shippers of Milford Center, is a director of the Capital Trust Company of Columbus and is interested in various other enterprises which benefit by his sound judgment and keen discrimination. He belongs to the Columbus Board of Trade and has cooperated in its movement for the benefit of the city. He also belongs to the Ohio and Columbus Clubs. the Tippecanoe Club of Cleveland and is an associate member of the Buckeye Republican Club of Columbus and numerous other political organizations. His fraternal spirit is manifest in his membership in the Masonic order. He belongs to the Knight Templars. has attained the thirty-second degree of the Scottish Rite and is also a member of the Mystic Shrine. He likewise holds membership relations with the Elks and the Knights of Pythias and his religious, faith is indicated by his membership in Trinity Episcopal church. There is another chapter in the life record of Mr. Fullington that is of interest and which concerns his service in the National Guard and Spanish-American war. For a, period of seven years he served in the Ohio National Guard as battalion adjutant of the Fourth Regiment as major and quartermaster of the Second Brigade. In November 1898, he was mustered into the Fourth Regiment of Ohio Volunteer Infantry a; battalion adjutant and in the following May was transferred to the staff of Major General James H. Wilson. of the First Division. First Army Corps. as aide-de-camp. He served throughout the Spanish-American war in Porto Rico and was recommended to the president by General Miles for promotion for services in the Porto Rican campaign. Three years ago he resigned from the National Guard. at which time he was holding the rank of major. He had also been quartermaster in the Second Brigade after his return. On the 25th of November. 1891. Mr. Fullington was married in Dayton, Ohio, to Miss Ida Irvin Matthews, a daughter of Irvin Matthews. and a granddaughter of Judge Fitz James Matthews; of the superior court of Ohio. She has been very active in musical circles and in church organization work. They now have two sons; James Fitz James. thirteen years of age : and Benjamin Warder, ten years of age. The family residence is at No. 289 Woodland avenue, the property which Mr. Fullington owns. He is devoted to his family and loyal in his friendships but never allows personal relations or considerations to interfere with the prompt and faithful performance of his duty and through years to come the Bureau of Accounting will remain as a monument to him. ALBERT GREEN JOYCE. Albert Green Joyce. director and secretary of the Green-Joyce Company. controlling one of the wholesale dry goods houses of the city, was born in Columbus in 1874. He was in a way fortunate in entering upon a. business already established but he has proven the strength of his business capacity and forces in successful management and control of the important interests of the concern with which he is associated. CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 529 In a private school of Columbus, Albert Green Joyce received his preliminary education and afterward attended the Ohio State University, while subsequently he spent three years in study in the Georgetown University in Washington, D. C. In 1893 he returned to Columbus and entered the services of Green, Joyce & Company, wholesale dry goods merchants. Although his father was one of the partners in this enterprise, parental influence was not exercised to make business life an easy task for him. On the contrary he applied himself diligently to the mastery of the business in principle and detail, gaining a thorough knowledge of it and working his way steadily upward by individual merit. He is now secretary and one of the directors of the company and is thoroughly familiar with the trade and in closest touch with modern methods. He is also a director of the Columbus Transfer Company. In January, 1901 Mr. Joyce was married to Miss Lucy Beatty of this city, a daughter of General Beatty, well known in Ohio. Their children are: John, born in 1901; Phillip, born in 1905; and Lucy, born in 1908. Mr. Joyce is well known in social circles and is a valued member of the Columbus Club, the Columbus Country Club and the Ohio Club of New York city. RT. REV. BISHOPS. H. ROSECRANS. Sylvester Horton Rosecrans was born in Homer, Licking County, Ohio, Feb. 5, 1827. As the orthography of the name indicates, he was descended from Dutch stock; from the house of Rosenkrantz-English, "garland of roses." His father, Crandall Rosecrans, came to Ohio in 1808 and first located in Delaware County. He afterward removed to Licking County. His wife was Jemima Hopkins, a kinswoman of Stephen Hopkins, a signer of the Declaration of Independence and a Revolutionary soldier. General W. S. Rosecrans was the elder brother of the distinguished prelate Sylvester H. Both parents were originally Methodists but were converted to the Catholic faith, and their distinguished sons also entered the Catholic fold. W. S. Entered West Pont Academy and was one of the great figures of the Civil War, while Sylvester H. entered Gambier College, Knox County, Ohio. General Rosecrans first embraced the Catholic faith. The younger brother followed his example, and when the latter graduated from Gambier, the future general placed him in the College of the Jesuit Fathers, at Fordham, N. Y. In 1852, at the end of a five years' course. he received the doctor's degree and was ordained priest. After a tour of Continental and insular Europe, he returned to this diocese (Cincinnati) and was appointed pastor of St. Thomas by Archbishop Purcell. For seven years he performed sacerdotal offices at the Cathedral. He was also an editorial writer for the Catholic Telegraph. In 1859, the Archbishop opened a College in connection with the seminary and named Dr. Rosecrans as president. which office he held until the beginning of the Civil war, when the school was. forced to suspend. Archbishop Purcell desiring a coadjutor, Pope Pius IX, at the request of the venerable 530 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS Prelate and others, consecrated him Bishop of Pompeiopolis, in partibus infidelium, and he was consecrated in St. Peter's Cathedral, Cincinnati, March 25, 1862. Bishop Rosecrans succeeded Bishop Fitzgerald of St. Patrick's Church with the understanding that he was to be the first Bishop of Columbus. He came to Columbus Feb. 28. 1867, the day following the departure of Bishop Fitzgerald for Little Rock. He continued simply as pastor of St. Patrick's until July 1868. At that time he received the papal letters and rescript of the date of March 3, 1868, naming him of Columbus. His life in Columbus was coeval with the building and finishing of the Cathedral, beginning with the laying of the cornerstone and ending with its consecration. EDWARD M. VAN CLEVE. Edward M. Van Cleve, superintendent of the Ohio State School for the Blind, was born in Urbana, Ohio, February 7, 1869. His father, Rev. Lafayette Van Cleve, was a. Methodist Episcopal minister who, for forty-four years, labored earnestly for the upbuilding of the church in southwestern Ohio. He was a native of Hamilton county, Ohio, and was interested in all lines of activity tending to advance the spirit of humanitarianism and general usefulness. He was a prominent Mason, serving as one of the officers of the Grand Lodge and Grand Chapter, while he was also grand prelate of the Knights Templar. He died in 1892 at the age of sixty-six years, while his wife, who bore the maiden name of Sarah Elizabeth Smith. was a native of Maysville, Kentucky, and died in 1907 at the age of eighty years. She represented a prominent pioneer family of Mason county, Ohio. Because of the itinerant character of the Methodist ministry, during the period of his youth, necessitating the removal of the family to various places, Edward M. Van Cleve pursued his education in a number of different schools in southwestern Ohio. and eventually was graduated from a high school at Hillsboro, Ohio, in 1882. Reared in an atmosphere of culture and intellectual progress, his parents desired that he should have further educational privileges and after leaving the public schools he became a. student in the Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware, being graduated therefrom in 1886 with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. Soon afterward he began teaching in a small college at Germantown, Ohio, and after taking up public school work became superintendent of the school at South Charleston. Ohio, in 1888, at Barnesville in 1892, at Greenville in 1899 and at Steubenville in 1903. After four years spent in the last named place he was elected by the board of trustees to the position which he now fills, that of superintendent of the Ohio State School for the Blind. The work which he is doing in this connection is of a most important character and the success and development of the school is assured from the fact that he is a. man of broad humanitarian principles as well as of marked ability as an educator. He has been active in the work of various educational associations of the state and has several times been honored with office. CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 531 On the 2d of November, 1892, Mr. Van Cleve was married at South Charleston, Ohio, to Miss Carrie E. Brown, a daughter of William H. Brown, a leading merchant of that place, and they have one daughter, Lillian nine years of age. In politics Mr. Van Cleve is a republican-but from the nature of his work as a servant, of the public he has refrained from active partisanship. He belongs to the Masonic fraternity and to the Broad Street Methodist Episcopal church. He holds high ideals in his work, and his labors, both in his present connection and as a public school teacher, have acted as a stimulus to the efforts of others. FRANK A. DAVIS. Frank A. Davis, capitalist and attorney at law, now devoting his attention to private interests, was born at Sag Harbor, Long Island, New York, November 13, 1858, a son of Benjamin F. and Ruth L. (Smith) Davis. The father and the grandfather, Benjamin Davis, were both sea captains, while James Smith, the maternal grandfather, was also commander of a vessel. He wedded Betsy Bennett and the families were long represented in Suffolk county, Long Island, six of the eight great-grandparents of our subject having been born in the same county prior to the year 1780. Both families were also represented in the Revolutionary war. The Smiths removed from Chatham, Massachusetts. to Long Island in the early part of the eighteenth century, while the Davis family came from Wales. Throughout his entire life Benjamin F. Davis was a sea captain, sailing as master of a merchantman for over forty years. He is now retired at the age of eighty years, making his home with his son in Columbus, while his wife passed away in 1893. At the usual age, entering the public schools of his native town, Frank A. Davis there pursued his education through consecutive grades until he was graduated from the high school at the age of fifteen years. He afterward attended the Bridgehampton Institute, a private academy at Bridgehampton, Long Island, where he spent two years and then. following the ancestral bent, went to sea. During the succeeding three years he slept on land only three nights. Most of the time he was engaged in the merchant marine service between New York and the West Indies, South America and Mexico, acting much of the time as second officer. After three years he went to the old home for a vacation and, more as a means to occupy his time than with any definite purpose of becoming a member of the bar, he went into the office of Leveritt I. Bellows, under whose direction he read law for about three months. His interest in the profession was thus aroused and he then went to Ann Arbor, matriculating in the law school of the University of Michigan, where he pursued a two years' course and was graduated in the class of 1881. Among his classmates were H. M. Daugherty and John M. Sheets, both now residing in Columbus. Following his graduation Mr. Davis was admitted to the bar at Detroit. after which he spent six months in travel, looking for a favorable location during much of that time. He did not find in the west what he sought 532 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS and, wishing to locate in a growing city, he came to Columbus in the latter part of 1881. Being favorably impressed with the outlook here, he decided to locate and took up his residence in the capital early in 1882, at which time he entered as a law student the office of Judge Gilbert H. Stewart. In the spring of 1883 he was admitted to the bar but continued in Judge Stewart"-- office until the spring of 1884, his practical experience there proving an excellent preparation for later professional labors. On leaving the Judge's office he became first assistant city solicitor of Columbus, at which time the office Was a newly created one. In that position he remained until April, 1885, when Captain C. T Clark, the chief under whom he served, was defeated for reelection. On retiring from office he formed a partnership with the late David T. McNaughton. This continued for, about a year at which time Mr. McNaughton became assistant to the general counsel of the Columbus, Hocking Valley & Toledo Railroad. Mr. Davis continued in active practice as a leading and prominent member of the profession for twenty years. since which time he has devoted his attention to the affairs of the Scioto Valley Traction Company, of the Columbus Citizens Telephone Company and to private interests. About 1903 he organized the Scioto Valley Traction Company, of which he has since been the president. In 1899 he was largely instrumental in organizing the Columbus Citizens Telephone Company and on its organization he became its counsel and a member of its executive committee, continuing to serve the company in that capacity until 1898, when he was elected vice president to succeed the late John Joyce. At the last annual meeting of the company he was elected president to succeed Henry A. Lauman, who retired on account of ill health and a desire to conserve his energies for his private business interests. Mr. Davis is interested in numerous other enterprises of the city and is the owner of much Columbus real estate, having been a heavy investor therein. He has been a director of the State Savings & Trust Company for many years, is the president of the Franklin Real Estate Company and has erected five business blocks here, three for himself and two for the Huffman estate. of which he is a trustee. In 1892 Mr. Davis was married to Miss Carrie Johnson, a resident of Columbus, who was born at New Albany, Ohio. a. daughter of Thomas Johnson, a soldier of the Civil war who died while in the service. Her mother. Mrs. Marilda Johnson, was a member of the Williams family of the eastern part of this county. Mr. and Mrs. Davis had one child, Ruth, who died of scarlet fever in March, 1903, shortly before the seventh anniversary of her birth. In politics Mr. Davis is a. stalwart republican and in early life was for a number of years actively interested in local politics. He has always remained a liberal supporter of the party but has never been a candidate or applicant for appointment or nomination to office. He has been a. member of the Board of Trade since its organization and at all times is interested in those measures and movements which tend to promote the interests of the city or of mankind. For a. number of years he has acted as a trustee of the Home for the Aged and for several years he was a trustee of the Ohio Medical University. He has taken a kindly interest in charities of various kinds, and is very approachable on these subjects. In more strictly social lines he is connected with the Phi CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 533 Delta Phi and the Columbus, Ohio and Arlington Country Clubs, while of various others he is a non-resident member. He is, however, most devoted to his family and home and much of his leisure is spent at his own fireside at No. 475 East Town street, where he owns n beautiful residence. ' He is of dignified and commanding personality but is approachable and to all is courteous, while his friends find him most genial and companionable. Biographers have long made it a matter for particular commendation and honor when one of humble lineage and of straitened financial circumstances rises to prominence. It is doubtless aa matter worthy of commendation and yet, on the other hand, the man who does not have the spur of stern necessity and grinding poverty but who wins success, shows that in him is a strong and unconquerable power and a laudable ambition that prompts him, unaided by the stress of circumstances, to put forth an earnest, persistent effort that makes his course one of continuous and successful progress. Such has been the history of Mr. Davis, who for many years enjoyed one of the largest and most important clientages ever possessed by any lawyer in Columbus and who, through the extension of his efforts into financial and other fields of activity, has gained for himself a prominent and honorable position among the business men of Columbus. LEANDER M. FERGUSON. Among the men who have worked their way to places of note in the business world on the strength of their own resources is Leander M. Ferguson, who is a manufacturer of rugs here and conducts the largest enterprise of that kind in the state. He is a native of Worcester county, Massachusetts, where his birth occurred April 19, 1857, and a son of Robert and Delia (Morris) Ferguson. The father was a native of Scotland and came to this country when a young man, settling in Worcester county, Massachusetts, where for a period of twenty years he engaged in the manufacture of brick, continuing that business until he departed this life. The mother was a native of Ireland and came to America in girlhood. She also located in Worcester county, Massachusetts, where she was united in marriage. She entered into eternity in the year 1898. The public schools of his native county afforded Leander M. Ferguson his education. and after completing his studies he started out in the world for himself. He secured employment with the Adraic Woolen Company, this being his first venture in the business world, and he remained with this firm for a period of four year, his industry and attention to business meriting his promotions from one position of trust to another until eventually he became one of the most valued men in the service of the company. While in the employ of that firm he made excellent use of his time and seized the opportunity of making himself thoroughly familiar with this line of business, which he soon mastered, becoming known as an expert in the trade. Upon severing his connections with the company he immediately became the Philadelphia representative of the Crompton Loom Works and in that city transacted the affairs of the firm for nearly eight years. Upon dissolving his relations with that company his 534 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS next step was to go into business for himself and in Lafayette, Indiana, he established the first factory for the manufacture of ingrain carpets west of the state of Pennsylvania. He continued the manufacture of carpets there, doing a large shipping business to various parts of the country, until the year 1894, when he came to Columbus, where he established himself as a rug manufacturer, which enterprise he is at present following. Since coming here Mr. Ferguson has met with singular success and his business has steadily grown until it is now one of the best paying enterprises in the city. Mr. Ferguson has two children, Raymond M. and Alvin W. He is influential in the business circles of the city, being a member of the Board of Trade, and is affiliated with the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons. in which order he is a Shriner. Mr. Ferguson is a strong character whose enterprising and aggressive spirit have not only effected his own prosperity, but also contributed toward the financial worth of the city. WALTER A. JONES. Among the young men who are largely controlling the business enterprises and activities of Columbus, Walter A. Jones is prominent, being now secretary and general sales agent of the W. R. Jones Glass Company, Morgantown, West Virginia; secretary and treasurer of the Peerless Window Glass Company, operating in Clarksburg, West Virginia; and secretary and treasurer of the W. R. Jones Company of this city. His birth occurred in Kent, Portage county, Ohio, July 10, 1874. His father, Walter R. Jones, was born in Clyde, New York, February 28, 1846, and was a son of Samuel C. Jones, who was prominent in connection with the window glass industry at Clyde. He was born in Wales and on coming to the United States settled at. Clyde where his death occurred in 1859. Reared in the place of his nativity, Walter R. Jones early learned the business of manufacturing window glass and advanced in his business career until he took up that work on his own account and is now widely known a an extensive window glass manufacturer. At the present time he owns a large plant in Morgantown, West Virginia, and has other interests. He is the pioneer window glass manufacturer of that state, the "Jones" interests being the largest producers of hand made window glass in the United States. He is also a Mason, and is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. He wedded Lydia Davidson, who was born at Bellevernon, Pennsylvania, March 21, 1847. Her father. the Rev. James Davidson, was the minister of the Methodist Episcopal church at that place and was appointed postmaster there by President Grant, while reappointment continued him in the position for twenty years. His death occurred in 1898. His father was an officer in the war of 1812. He was a pioneer resident of Pennsylvania, settling at Bellevernon. Fayette county, at a very early date. Walter A. Jones obtained his education in the schools of Kent and Toledo, Ohio, and in the Ohio Wesleyan University, from which he was graduated PAGE 535 - PICTURE OF WALTER A. JONES PAGE 536 - BLANK CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 537 with the class of 1897, being a member of the Phi Gamma Delta, a college fraternity. Thus well equipped by liberal intellectual culture for the practical and responsible duties of life, he joined his father in the glass business, thus becoming connected with the enterprise which had claimed the energies and attention of the family for three generations. As he has gained experience and efficiency in this field of activity, he has been intrusted with duties of growing responsibility, and is now filling positions of administration and executive control in connection with several corporations. He is the secretary and treasurer of the W. R. Jones Company, secretary and general sales agent of the W. R. Jones Glass Company of Morgantown, West Virginia, and secretary and treasurer of the Peerless Window Glass Company of Clarksburg, West Virginia. The interests here constitute the executive and sales departments of the manufactories, and from this point extensive shipments are made to all parts of the country. In 1898 Mr. Jones was united in marriage to Miss Emma M. Butler, of Van Wert, Ohio, a daughter of Henry Butler, who died in 1901. He was an extensive manufacturer of lumber staves, and was also a promoter and the first president of the Cincinnati, Jackson & Mackinac Railroad. In Masonry he attained high rank, taking the thirty-second degree of the Scottish Rite and was also a member of the Mystic Shrine. The marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Jones was blessed with one child, Frances Elizabeth, but they lost their little daughter in 1900, when she was but seven months old. Both Mr. and Mrs. Jones are members of the Madison Avenue Methodist Episcopal church, of Columbus. Mr. Jones belongs to the Columbus, Columbus Country, Automobile and Riding Clubs. He is well known in the social organizations, and a host of friends have high appreciation for his genuine worth and genial nature. REV. THOMAS J. O'REILLY. Rev. Thomas J. O'Reilly, pastor of St. Dominic's Catholic church in Columbus, was born in Stanhope, New Jersey, December 23, 1855, of the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. William O'Reilly, both of whom were natives of Ireland, but were married in the United States. The son attended the common schools to the age of twelve years, when he went to Providence, Rhode Island and continued his studies in the high school. He next entered Christian Brothers High School for Boys at that place, and after graduation from the institution pursued more advanced study at Manhattan College in New York city. where he received his degree of Bachelor of Arts. He prepared for the ministry in Seton Hall College, at South Orange, New Jersey, where he pursued a course in the classics and in theology, the present Archbishop Messmer of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, then being professor of this college. Rev. O'Reilly completed his theological course in St. Mary's Seminary at Baltimore, Maryland, and was ordained to the priesthood April 22, 1885, by Bishop Brondel, of Helena, Montana. Rev. O'Reilly was the third clergyman ordained by this distinguished gentleman. and his ordination forms a coincident 538 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS feature from the fact that the other two ordained bore the name of O'Reilly. one having come from Louvain, Belgium, while the other claimed Paris, France, as his place of residence. In the discharge of his priestly office, Rev. O'Reilly carne to Columbus during the administration of Bishop Watterson, and by him was appointed assistant pastor of the Cathedral, while in 1885 he was made chancellor and secretary of the Columbus diocese, being retained in this important position for four years, or until September, 1889, when, extending the field of his labors and influence, he founded the parish of St. Dominic, which, under his guidance has developed into one of the largest and most important parishes in this city. The parish consists of one of the finest church structures, besides a school, parochial residence and the Sisters of St. Joseph Convent. Under his excellent management the parish has enjoyed a rapid growth and is in fine financial condition. Father O'Reilly is a man of earnest purpose and of scholarly attainments, and is extremely popular among his parishioners. The church work is being carried steadily forward along all its varied lines, and is proving a potent force in the moral development of the Catholic population of the section of the city in which the church is located. HON. EDWARD LIVINGSTON TAYLOR, JR. Hon. Edward Livingston Taylor, Jr., member of congress from the twelfth district of Ohio, was born in Columbus on the 10th of august, 1869, and is a son of the Hon. E. L. Taylor, Sr., the nestor of the local bar. He acquired his preliminary education in the public schools, passing through consecutive grades to his graduation from the high school, after which he took up the study of law under the direction of his father, and his thorough reading in his student days led to his passing a creditable examination for admission to the bar in 1891. Soon thereafter the law firm of Taylor, Taylor & Taylor was formed, consisting of his father, Hon. E. L. Taylor, Sr., his uncle. Hon. Henry C. Taylor, and the subject of this review. In the fall of 1899, having demonstrated his ability as a lawyer in the conduct of many important litigated interests, Mr. Taylor was elected prosecuting attorney of Franklin county, and discharged his duties so faithfully and promptly that three years later he was reelected for his second term. His conduct of the office was excellent, and during his six years' incumbency many important cases were disposed of to the satisfaction of the taxpayers of the city and county. The fact that he was chosen for an elective position would indicate that Mr. Taylor has been more or less actively interested in politics, and indeed from early manhood he has been deeply concerned in the political situation of the country and interested in the grave problems which the nation faces. His discussion of the important issues led to recognition on the part of his fellow townsmen of the fact that in him they might find a suitable and loyal representative of their interests, and while he was serving his second term as prosecuting attorney, in 1904, he was nominated for congress, and in the ensuing CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 539 election defeated the then sitting member, Judge DeWitt C. Badger, by about seven thousand majority, although his opponent was regarded as one of the strong representatives of democracy. As his term drew to its conclusion he was again made the nominee of the republican party. His competitor for congressional honors in 1906 was William A. Taylor, whom he defeated by substantially his previous majority. He has been both; energetic and industrious in looking after the interests of his constituents and of the district at large, carefully considers the questions which come up for settlement, and has left no room for warranted accusation on the part of his opponents or those who may differ from him in political opinion or policies. Among the important work performed by Mr. Taylor in congress may be mentioned the large appropriations which he has secured for needed public improvements. the most prominent of these being the Federal building at Columbus, commensurate with the increasing business and growth of the metropolis. On the 4th of January, 1894, Mr. Taylor was united in marriage to Miss Marie A. Firestone, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Firestone. They occupy a beautiful home in the east end of the city, where they entertain their friends with a lavish but attractive hospitality that indicates high culture. Since attaining his majority Mr. Taylor has been active in the support of any project that will contribute to the advancement of Columbus, and is everywhere recognized as one of the wide-awake, progressive professional men of the city. He is well known in fraternal circles, holding membership with the Masons, the Elks, the Knights of Pythias, Woodmen of the World, Modern Woodmen, American Insurance Union, the Iroquois, Royal Arcanum and Home Guards of America. In Masonry he has attained high rank and is a member of the Mystic Shrine and in the lodge work is very active. In all that he attempts he unites industry with a careful review of the situation, whereby he may judge what may best be accomplished. He has won distinguished successes as a lawyer, and in his congressional career has honored the state that has honored him. L. BENTON TUSSING. L. Benton Tussing, who since his admission to the bar in 1886 has built up a substantial and remunerative practice in Columbus, the court, records proving his ability by the many verdicts which he has won, has in all of his legal career been actuated not only by a desire for success, but also by the purpose of sustaining unsullied the purposes of the courts as the highest embodiment of justice and equity. Mr. Tussing was born May 28, 1858, on a farm near Pickerington, Fairfield county, Ohio, his parents being the Rev. George N. and Elizabeth (Harmon) Tussing. His father was born in Madison township, Franklin county, near the Fairfield county line, while the mother's birth occurred across the dividing line in Fairfield county. The Tussings were a Virginian family, the grandfather, Nicholas Tussing, removing from Rockingham county, Virginia. to Franklin county in 1800. Ohio 540 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS was still under territorial rule, and into its vast wilderness the white settlers had scarcely penetrated, for the forests were the haunt of the redmen who found that nature had here made ample provision for their needs in the abundant supply of fish in the lakes and streams and of game in the woods. With the arduous task of reclaiming the region for the uses of the white race and the preparation of civilization Nicholas Tussing became closely identified. About the year 1816 he entered a quarter section of land in Madison township and thereon resided until his demise. In the maternal line L. Benton Tussing is descended from the Harmon family, also pioneers of Ohio. They settled in Fairfield county, where they acquired more than a thousand acres of land. The Rev. George N. Tussing was a Primitive Baptist minister who sowed the seeds of truth and righteousness in this western wilderness. He passed away in 1906 at the advanced age of eighty-four years, while his widow still survives in Columbus at an advanced age. The life of L. Benton Tussing in the days of his boyhood and youth is not unlike the life story of most boys of that period. The work of the home farm occupied his attention save when school was in session, his tine being then devoted to the acquirement of an education until sixteen years of age. After leaving the common schools he entered Reynoldsburg Academy and later spent four years in the National Normal University at Lebanon, Ohio, where he was graduatd in 1879 with the degree of Bachelor of Science. For four or five years he successfully engaged in teaching in the public schools of Franklin county, and then entered the probate court as chief deputy to Judge John T. Gale, remaining as his assistant for five years. In the meantime he was pursuing a course of law study in the office and under the direction of Hon. J. H. Outhwaite, and was admitted to the bar in 1886, since which time he has been successfully practicing in Franklin and adjoining counties. His knowledge of law principles and precedent is comprehensive, and he sees with almost intuitive perception the relation of the points in litigation. His analyzation is at all times logical and his deductions are sound. In 1890 he was a candidate for probate judge, but was defeated by Judge L. D. Hagerty. He has been admitted to the supreme court of the United States, and since becoming a member of the bar has built up an extensive and important practice. While his clientage makes great demands upon his time, he has yet found opportunity for business activity in other lines, and is president of the Dorr Run Coal Mine Company at Nelsonville and of the Reed Coal & Land Company at Welsh, West Virginia. He is likewise the owner of a farm of about four hundred acres in Licking county and to the operation and improvement of this he gives personal supervision. Mr. Tussing was married to Miss Julia A. Miller, the youngest daughter of Hon. Thomas Miller, a prominent resident of the capital city who at one time was sheriff of Franklin county, was also one of the owners of the Ohio Statesman, a local newspaper, and the original projector of the street railway system of Columbus. Mr. and Mrs. Tussing have three children, Reginald M., Mary E. and L. Benton, aged respectively eighteen, fourteen and four years. Mr. Tussing is a member of Magnolia Lodge, A. F. & A. M., and is in hearty sympathy with the beneficent purposes of the craft. He belongs to CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 541 both the State and County Bar Associations and is a member of the Baptist church. While his career has been characterized by no exciting chapter, his course has been marked by steady progress that ultimately reaches the objective point, and his success is seen in his invested interests as well as in the gratifying clientage accorded him in the practice of law. EDWARD J. MURPHY. Through successive stages of development and advancement in his business career Edward J. Murphy has steadily worked his way upward until he is now general manager for the. Molott Hat Company at No. 29 West State street, Columbus. He is one of the native sons of New England, his birth having occurred in South Norwalk, Connecticut. on the 2d of June, 1868. His father, John Murphy, was born in Cork, Ireland, in 1834, and came to the United States in 1853, when a young man of nineteen years. Locating at South Norwalk, Connecticut, he there established business as a hat manufacturer and carried on the enterprise for some time. His wife, who bore the maiden name of Ellen Sheegan, was born in Tipperary, Ireland, in 1831. Edward J. Murphy was educated in the parochial schools of South Norwalk, Connecticut, and after putting aside his text-books turned his attention to the hat manufacturing business there. In 1890 he went to New York city, where he worked for the Young Hat. Company for seven years, and on resigning that position he made his way westward to Richmond, Indiana., where he became general manager for the firm of Kebby & Murphy, continuing in that place for two years. In September, 1907, he arrived in Columbus, and has since been general manager of the Molott Hat Company. This business, under his direction, has made steady and gratifying progress, which fact indicates his business ability and undaunted enterprise. In 1896 Mr. Murphy was married to Miss Anna. Traynor, who way born in New York city in 1873, and they have two children : Anna, whose birth occurred in New York city, July 14, 1897 and Helen, born August 6. 1898. While a resident. of Columbus for only a brief period, Mr. Murphy has already won for himself an enviable place in business and social circles, and his commercial record is a commendable one, owing to the fact that it has been his own diligence and faithfulness that have won him advancement. HENRY FREDERICK LAHRMER. Henry Frederick Lahrmer, one of the younger representatives of the Columbus bar, engaged in the general practice of law, was born in the capital September 3, 1885. His father. Louis C. Lahrmer, was born in South Webster. Scioto county. Ohio. March 31, 1861. He was a son of Frederick Lahrmer, a native of Prussia, Germany, who came to America when about eighteen years 542 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS of age. His wife was a native of Holland, who was married in Scioto county. There Louis C. Lahrmer was reared and eventually became a railway conductor, serving for many years in that capacity on the Panhandle Railroad. He wedded Lillian Nagle, daughter of Henry A. and Mary (Boggs) Nagle. Her father was a native of Pennsylvania and one of the original Pennsylvania Dutch settlers of Scioto county. In the schools of Columbus Henry F. Lahrmer pursued his education, passing through consecutive grades until he entered the Milo high school, from which he was graduated with the class of 1903. A mental review of the business situation convinced him that he preferred the practice of law as a life work, and to this end he entered the Ohio State University, being graduated from the law department of that institution with the class of 1906 when he won the Edward Thompson prize for writing a thesis on corporation law. In December of that year he was admitted to the bar. During his senior year in college he was connected with the Ohio Electric Railway Company in the capacity of claim agent, and in January, 1907, he removed to Osborn, Ohio, where he entered upon the general practice of law. In June of the same year, however, he returned to this city and here began general practice. In November. 1907, he was nominated and elected justice of the peace of Marion township on the democratic ticket and served in that office for seven months, but through a decision of the supreme court his election was void under the term extension act. In September. 1908, he was chosen by the democratic party as a candidate for member of the lower house of the general assembly, being selected as one of four from a list of six candidates. He is quite prominent in local democratic circles and labors untiringly for the interests of his party. In his profession he is building up a good practice, and is most loyal to his clients' interests, as shown in his careful preparation of his cases and his clear presentation of his cause before the courts. On the 24th of June, 1908, Mr. Lahrmer was married to Florence Odell, a daughter of Hedley and Barbara (Reese) Dawson, of Milo, Ohio. Mrs. Lahrmer was educated in the graded and high schools of Glenroy, Ohio, and also attended the Byron W. King School of Oratory in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, where she completed the gold medal course. She is a talented reader and entertainer, appearing often at public functions and filling numerous chautauqua engagements. She also possesses considerable musical talent and skill. Mr. and Mrs. Lahrmer reside at No. 555 East Fourth avenue in Milo. GEORGE E. TRUMP. George E. Trump, attorney-at-law at Columbus, was born in Circleville, Pickaway county, Ohio, October 27, 1872, and manifests in his life many of the sterling qualities characteristic of his German ancestry. His father, Martin Trump, was born in Germany, and at the age of eleven years came to the United States with his parents, who established their home near Circleville. CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 543 After attaining to years of maturity, Martin Trump devoted his attention to general agricultural pursuits, and in time became possessed of a large tract of valuable land, owning some four hundred acres in the immediate vicinity of Circleville. At the present time he is living retired in that city, deriving a substantial income from his investments in real estate. He married Catherine Fischer. also a native of Germany, who came to America, when fifteen years of age in company with her brother and sisters, who settled in Pickaway county. Her parents had both passed away in Germany. In Circleville, about forty years ago, she gave her hand in marriage to Martin Trump, and to them were born five sons and two daughters. George E. Trump was reared to farm life, no event of special importance occurring to vary the routine for him through the period of his boyhood and youth. The work of the fields occupied his attention in the summer months and in the winter seasons he attended the district schools until he reached the age of sixteen years, when, ambitious to enjoy advanced educational opportunities, he entered the Capital University at Columbus, from which institution he was graduated in 1895 with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. All competent and successful lawyers are men of wide general information and Mr. Trump's collegiate training constituted an excellent preparation for his later successful work in the line of his chosen profession. He qualified for the practice of law as a student in the Ohio State University in the years 1896 and '97, while the following year was devoted to law study under the direction of Judge Charles G. Saffin and C. D. Saviers. He was admitted to practice in that year and has ever since been associated with his preceptors in the practice of law. Mr. Trump is a member of the Franklin County Bar Association and in the decade of his practice here has become recognized as an able lawyer, zealous in behalf of his clients' interests, which he faithfully represents in the courts. his terse and decisive logic and his clear deductions winning for him many favorable verdicts. JOHN JOYCE, JR. John Joyce, Jr.. president of the Green-Joyce Company and thus at the head of the most extensive wholesale dry goods house of Columbus, has in his business career fully sustained the reputation that has made the name of Joyce long an honored one in the commercial history of this city. His birth occurred in the capital November 9, 1868, his parents being John and Eliza L. (Miller) Joyce. Having attended the public schools of Columbus until he mastered the elementary branches of learning, he spent two years in Christian Brothers College in St. Louis and following the completion of his education he entered his father store as a clerk. His connection with the business has been continuous and during a period of twenty-five years he has filled every position from that of messenger boy to president of what is now the largest wholesale dry goods house in the state. Individual worth and capacity have gained him each 544 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS successive promotion and the development of his native powers and acquired ability made him thoroughly competent to assume control as the successor of his father in the presidency. He is well known in other business connections, being a director of the New First National Bank since its organization and also a director of the Citizens Telephone Company. On the 18th of October, 1898, Mr. Joyce was married to Miss Mary Henrietta. Reinhard, of Columbus, and they have two children, Margaret and John. The parents are members of the Catholic church and the social nature of Mr. Joyce finds expression in his connection with the Ohio and Columbus Country Clubs. ROBERT W. JOHNSTON. Robert W. Johnston was born near Hayesville, Ashland county. Ohio, where he resided until 1876, when he became a student in the law office of the late H. C. Carhart, at Galion. After the usual time spent by farmer boys at district school, he attended Vermillion Institute, at Hayesville, and pursued his professional studies during the full course at the law school of the Cincinnati College. Upon graduation at the latter institution in May, 1879, he entered into partnership with his preceptor, Mr. Carhart, and later became a member of the firm of Johnston & Lewis, which partnership continued for several years. Mr. Johnston served the city of Galion as city solicitor and mayor. Since 1904 much of his time has been devoted to real-estate interests in Columbus and more especially to the development of that portion of the "West Side." adjacent to the "Old National Road," commonly known as the "Hill Top." DAVID TOD GILLIAM, M. D. Dr. David Tod Gilliam is a physician and surgeon of world-wide reputation, who in his practice has displayed much of the spirit of the initiative and of the pioneer, working out along new and untried lines and gaining through his experience and investigation a comprehensive knowledge that has constituted a valuable element for success in the field of medical and surgical practice. Dr. Gilliam was born in Hebron, Ohio, April 3. 1844, and is a son of William and Mary Elizabeth (Bryan) Gilliam. The pubic schools of his native town afforded him his early educational privileges and he received business training in Bartlett Commercial College. He was a youth of but seventeen, when, in response to the country's call for aid, he enlisted in August, 1861 in defense of the Union and was assigned to duty with the Second West Virginia Cavalry, being elected corporal of Company I. In the campaign against Humphrey Marshall at Big Sandy, Kentucky, he served under General Gar- PAGE 545 - PICTURE OF DR. DAVID T. GILLIAM PAGE 546 - BLANK CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 547 field and from that point went to Wheeling and later to the Kanawha river region. He was with General Crook in the battle of Lewisburg, Virginia, and at Gauley river was wounded and taken prisoner. Five weeks later he escaped and made his way through the wilds of West Virginia, undergoing dangers and great perils, but eventually reaching his home at Middleport, Ohio, in safety. In the meantime, however, the news had been received that he had died from wounds sustained in battle. He had indeed been injured, having been shot through the chest and even his partial recovery was regarded as marvelous. Thirty years passed before he completely recovered his health. As soon as able he reported to the army and was sent to the parole camp at Camp Chase, Columbus. After his military experience was ended, Dr. Gilliam took up the study of medicine and entered the Ohio Medical College of Cincinnati, from which in due course of time he was graduated. He commenced practice in Nelsonville in 1868. but in 1877 opened an office in Columbus, having come to this city to fill the chair of pathology in the Columbus Medical College. Later he was tendered the chair of physiology in Starling. Medical College and was afterward made professor of obstetrics and diseases of women in the same institution. After teaching for thirty years, he resigned the chair of gynecology in the Starling Medical College and was immediately elected emeritus professor of gynecology of that institution and also trustee to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of P. W. Huntington. After the merging of Starling Medical College and Ohio Medical University under the name of Starling-Ohio Medical College, he was elected emeritus professor of gynecology of that institution as is indicated he has made a specialty of gynecology and his broad experience and wide research in this field of medical science have gained him eminence in this chosen field of labor. He is now gynecologist of St. Francis Hospital, to St. Anthony's Hospital and to the State Street Dispensary. His practice has largely promoted surgical work and he is the originator of many surgical operations, the most widely known being the Gilliam operation for the suspension of the uterus, which is today used all over the civilized world. As he has progressed in his profession. gaining a position of eminence in medical circles, he has been called upon to address his brethren of the fraternity on many public occasions and has prepared many important scientific papers, while his authorship includes a "Pocket Book of Medicine," published in 1882. the "Essentials of Pathology." 1883. and "Practical Gynecology," 1903. He has kept in close touch with his brethren of the medical fraternity through his membership in Franklin County Medical Society and the Columbus Academy of Medicine. He is also a fellow of the American Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, .serving as vice president in 1905-6 and is a member of the American Medical Asociation, the Ohio State Medical Society. the Pan-American Congress and the World's Medical Congress. It was on the 7th of October. 1866, in Nelsonville, Ohio that Dr. Gilliam was married to Miss Lucinda E. Minturn, a daughter of Judge Thomas L. Minturn. Their eldest son, Dr. Earl M. Gilliam, is associated with his father in practice and is now surgeon-in-chief of St. Anthony's Hospital and professor 548 - CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS of gynecology at Starling-Ohio Medical College. The other children of the family are Robert Lee Gilliam and Myrtle G. Lum. The former was educated for the law and was admitted to the bar, but preferring a business career he attached himself to the Ritter Lumber Company, one of the largest concerns of the kind in the world, and by meritorious service was advanced from grade to grade until he now occupies the position of secretary of sales. Dr. Gilliam is a republican in his political views and his wide reading has enabled him to keep thoroughly informed concerning the important questions and issues of the day. In religious faith he is a Congregationalist. A gentleman of broad, general culture and considerable literary talent, his writings have not been confined alone to professional and scientific subjects but have also included a historical novel, published under the name of "The Rose Croix," in 1906. He stands today prominently before the public by reason of his strong mental development as well as by his professional attainment. Moreover, the pleasures of warm friendship and close companionship are his as he is by nature social and genial. JEREMIAH McLENE. Among the early settlers who came with the "Chillicothe contingent" in 1816 (when the seat of government was transferred to Columbus) was General Jeremiah McLene, secretary of state. serving in that capacity from 1808 until 1832, and occupying one of the offices in the "Row," extending north from the old state house on the corner of State and High streets. He was sent to congress in 1832, but died suddenly at his desk during his second term and was buried in the congressional cemetery, as was the custom in those days. when the stage coach journey from Washington to Ohio was difficult and perilous for the living, but impossible for the dead. The old McLene homestead stood on Third street near State, where now are the dwellings erected by William Gill. There is no portrait extant of the General, but the only relic of his personal belongings, his cane, now in the possession of his great-great grandson, Edward Campbell Chittenden, confirms the family tradition of his towering stature and great strength. It is four feet long and five inches in circumference, cut from a hickory sapling grown on his farm in Madison county. Truly there were giants in those days! ARTHUR I. VORYS. In the affairs of state, as taken aside from the extraordinary conditions of warfare, there are demanded men whose mental ken is as wide and whose generalship is as effective as those which insure successful maneuvering of armed forces by the skilled commander on the field of battle. A nation's welfare and prosperity may be said to hinge as heavily upon individual discrimination and executive ability in the one case as the other. It requires a master mind to marshal and organize the forces for political purposes and produce the best CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF COLUMBUS - 549 results by concerted effort. Such aa leader is found in Arthur I. Vorys, who in the year 1908 occupied a most prominent place in the public eye as manager of the Taft campaign for the presidential nomination, remaining as the confidential adviser of Mr. Taft throughout the entire campaign. Mr. Vorys' ability as an organizer was soon manifest, as was his marked executive force and clear insight. As one of the leading and prominent residents of Columbus he well deserves mention in this volume. His birth occurred in the city of Lancaster, November 25, 1856, his parents being Isaiah and Emily (Webb) Vorys. At that era in its history Lancaster was one of the thriving towns of the state and was, during the youth of Mr. Vorys, famous for its great lawyers, including the Ewings, the Hunters, Philadelph Van Trump