Columbus City (part 12 of 57)

Mrs. Merion was born in her father's frame residence on a lot adjoining the First Methodist church, which was standing at the time, the house and church both occupying the present site of the public-school library building on East Town street. She continued to reside there from 1820 until 1844. January 21, 1844, she gave her hand in marriage to Thomas H. Sheldon, of Columbus, and they located at Tiffin, Ohio, where they remained for four years, when they returned to Columbus. Mr. Sheldon died in 1854, leaving two children : R. E. Sheldon, who was a prominent business man of Columbus; and Mrs. J. S. Roberts, now a widow. The marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Merion was blest with three children. Only one son is yet living, J. E. Merion, who for ten years was the chief clerk in the general offices of the Cleveland, Sandusky & Hamilton Railroad Company at Columbus, but is now the auditor. He wasi married, September 15, 1891, to Miss Sarah Peters, and since that time they have resided in the capital city. Mr. and Mrs. William Merion continued to reside upon their farm on Parsons avenue from the time of their marriage until October 28, 1880, Mr. Merion then retired from active business and took up his abode at No. 616 Franklin avenue, and there spent his remaining days, his' death occurring on the 13th of December, 1893. He was a man of resolute purpose, of firm convictions and upright principles. As a citizen he took a deep and commendable interest in everything pertaining to the welfare of the community, and by all who knew him he was held in highest regard. His widow, who is a faithful member of the Broad street Methodist church, still lives in Columbus and has many zealous friends.

George Evans

George Evans has l^een long in public service and at all times has manifested his loyalty to the duties of citizenshio, showing that the trusts reposed in him are well merited. At the present time he is by appointment serving as financial officer of the Institution for Feeble-minded Youth.

Fie was born in Waterville, Wood county, Ohio, September 26. 1829, and is a son of George Webster and Nancy R. (Eberly) Evans. Hitei father was a manufacturer and farmer, born in Dover, Delaware, and his death occurred in 1862. He married Miss Eberly, who was born m- Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, in 1806, and was a daughter of Henry Eberly, who for many years was a gunsmith at Harper's Ferry, Virginia. He was employed in the government service during the war of 181 2. He went with his company to tiie front and wasi never heard from again.

George Evans, whose name introduces this record, accompanied his parents on their removal to Franklin county, Ohio. In 1832 the family located in Worthington. Three years later, in 1835, they removed to Dublm, where he acquired the greater part of his education. Subsequently he became a student in* Worthington Seminary for a short time, after which he returned to Dublin, becoming a clerk in a general store, where he remained for five years. In 1853 he came to Columbus, accepting a position in the county clerk's office, under Kendall Thomas. In 1857 he became a clerk in the postoffice, where he remained until 1861. The following year he was appointed by President Lincoln commissary of subsistence, with the rank of captain, and served in that capacity until the end of the war in 1865, when he was honorably discharged and promoted to the rank of major by brevet.

When the war was over Mr. Evansi again returned to Columbus and later to Dublin, where he established a drug and grocery store, conducting it successfully until 1884. He carried a large and well selected stock of goods and enjoyed a liberal patronage. In the year mentioned, however, he was appointed to his present position, as financial officer of the Institution for Feeble-minded Children, at Columbus, in which capacity he has proved himself a competent and trustworthy officer. In all public positions which he has filled he has discharged his duties' with marked fidelity, administering the affairs in a businesslike and satisfactory manner. He is indeed worthy of the public confidence, for the trusts reposed in him have never been betrayed, even' in the slightest degree.

]\Ir. Evans has been twice married. His first wife died in 1854, leaving a daughter. Bell, now the wife of David H. Everitt. In 1891 his second wife died, leaving three daughters : Lillie, the wife of Samuel H. Davis, Jr., of Dublin; Anna, wife of F. J. Thomas; and Stella, wife of Robert Thompson, of Columbus.

He is a member of Evening Star Lodge, No. 104, I. O. O. F., of Dublin, to which he was admitted in 1850; and belongs to Johanna Encampment, ^^o- 57> of the same fraternity.

John Harvey Wasson

It is the province of the writer now to present in brief the storv of the career of an upright and progressive self-made man. who left to his son?, Edgar and William Wasson, of Columbus, Ohio, the legacy of a good name.

John Harvey Wasson. for more than thirtv vears prominentlv identified with the salt business of thisi state, was born in Preble county, Ohio, April 18. 1827, and in 1834, with his parents, removed to Wavne countv. Indiana, where he was reared to the occupation of farming, attending township schools as a rural scholar in the winter, alternated with teaching- occasional terms of school in a country district in the summer. On arriving at his majority he engaged in the sawmill and lumber business near Richmond, Indiana, furnishing- large quantities of timber and ties for the construction of railroads which are now owned and operated by the Pennsylvania Company. From 1855 to the close of the year 1857 he was engaged in the grain and flour trade at Richmond, Indiana, and New Paris, Ohio, doing a large, prosperous business until the crash of the great panic of 1857, occasioned by wild land speculation and precipitated by the failure of the Ohio Life and Trust Company, of Cincinnati, Ohio, when he was caught with large quantities of wheat and flour on hand and uns'old, stored in Cleveland, Buffalo and New York, aggregating something over one hundred thousand dollars in value, all of which he closed out during the first stages of the panic, with comparatively small loss, when it is remembered that prices of both flour and grain declined nearly or quite fifty per cent of the original cost within thirty days thereafter. In 1858 he became associated in the salt business with the Kanawha & Ohio River Salt Company, under the presidency of Hon. V. B. Horton, of Pomeroy, establishing his headquarters as northwestern sales agent first at Richmond, Indiana, afterward in Chicago, and remained there until 1871.

During the summer of 1871 he was engaged in the work of organizing the central Ohio salt manufacturers, embracing the Hocking valley, Muskingum valley, Guernsey county and Tuscarawas valley salt producers, under one control and management, the total capacity of which was three hundred thousand barrels amTually. Associated with him in this enterprise was the late M. M. Greene and Judge P. B. Ewing, of the Hocking valley, and Hon. E. M. Stanbury and other associates of the Muskingum valley. Mr. Wasson was made the general agent and manager of its affairs, with headquarters in Columbus, Ohio. He moved to Columbus and took charge of the business immediately after the great fire at Chicago of October 9. 1871.

Pie remained with this association for ten years, winding up its business in 1881, when nearly or quite all of its members ceased to make salt, and the organization expired by limitation. In the meantime the manufacture of salt in the state of Michigan began to assume large proportions, and Mr. Wasson became interested with tlie Michigan association. The latter was put in possession of the territory lately occupied by the central Ohio company, and in furtherance of this arrangement large warehouses for the storage of salt have been erected at Columbus, Toledo and other points, where large stocks of salt are carried and kept under cover for the convenience of the trade. The Michigan Salt Association was organized in 1876, with a capital stock of two hundred thousand dollars. Mr. Wasson, aa the agent of the association, handled large quantities of dairy and table salt, as well as a grade especially adapted for packers and the ordinary grades of salt.

Paris, Ohio, whose parents came from Vermont. Their sons, Edgar, born at New Paris, Preble county, Ohio, and Wilham Wasson, born at Richmond, Indiana, w-ere educated principally in the schools of Columbus, and continue in the salt busin='£!s, established by their father, at Columbus.

David Taylor

David Taylor was one of the early pioneers in Franklin county. His father, Robert Taylor, came with his family to Ohio from the province of Nova Scotia in 1806 and remained two years in Chillicothe. In the fall of 1807 he built his house on the west bank of Walnut creek, in what is now Truro township, on lands which he had before that time acquired. Hisi was the fourth house built in Truro township, which he occupied with his family in March, 1S08. It w.-as the firat frame house built in that portion of the county and is still standing in a good state of preservation. In this house Robert Taylor continued to live until the time of his death, which was March 28, 1828. During the time the house was being constructed David, then a boy of seven years of age, lived with the workmen engaged in the construction of the house in an unoccupied Indian hut near by and assisted them in such ways as he was able at that time of life.

He continued to live with his father's family until 1826, when he married Nancy T. Nelson, of Franklin county, and about that time constructed a house for himself a short distance north from his father's house, and on the line of wdiat is now Livingston avenue, in which he continued to reside until 1844. This house also is still standing. In the last named year he built a new house on the line of the National road, on the north end of his farm and about one mile north from his original residence. In this new house he continued to reside Avith his family until March, 1858, when he removed to the city of Columbus and took up his residence on East Broad street, where he continued to live until the time of his death, which occurred July 29, 1889.

David Taylor was born in the town of Truro, in the province of Nova Scotia, which is at the head of the bay of Fundy, July 24, 1801. His greatgrandfather, Matthew Taylor, emigrated from near Londonderry, now Derry, New Hampshire, in 1722. He and his family were a part of a colony of Scotch-Irish people wdio came from the north of Ireland and settled at the above named place on lands allotted to them by the governor of Massachusetts, supposing at the time that the lands were within the boundaries of that state. Subsequently, when the line between Massachusetts and New Hampshire w^as fixed, the land upon which the colony had settled was found to be in the state of New Hampshire; but this circumstance did not disturb them^ in their occupancy of the land which had been allotted to them. The location wasi then the very frontier of civilization. All beyond to the north and west was wilderness. The Taylor family continued to live in New Hampshire until the close of the French and English war in 1763, the result of which w^ar was to give England dominion over the province of Nova

The second son of Matthew Taylor, the original head of the family in this country, was Matthew Taylor, Jr., who was born at Londonderry, New Hampshire, October 30, 1727. In time he was married to Miss Archibald, of Londonderry, and six sons and two daughters were born of that marriage, the birth of Robert, the fourth son, father of David, being on April 11, 1759. Matthew Taylor, Jr., removed with his family from- 'New Hampshire to Nova Scotia about 1764. His son Robert was then in his infancy. On December 6, 1 78 1, Robert was married, at Truru, Nova Scotia, to iMehetabel Wilson. There were born to that marriage four sons and several daughters, David, the subject of this sketch, being the youngest son and the youngest of the' family except his sister Susan. The older sons were named respectively: Abiather Vinton, Matthew and James. They all came with their father to Ohio and settled in Truro township, where they afterward married and brought up families worthy of the highest respect. -When Truro township was organized in 1810 it was named for Truro, Nova Scotia, the town from which the Taylor family came.

David Taylor commenced business for himself when twenty years of age. His first ventures were" in live stock. From 1820 to 1827 he was very active in this business, collecting large herds in Ohio and driving the same to the eastern markets. During this period he went "over the mountains," as the route was then called, with stock eighteen times, and was successful in almost every venture. He continued to deal extensively in live stock for many years, but after about 1827 he adopted the policy of collecting stock and preparing it for the eastern market, but selling at home. It was only when he failed to secure a satisfactory purchaser at home that he drove his animals to market. In the meantime he invested the gains of his enterprise in lands, which were brought into cultivation as fast as.it could profitably be done. In 1850 he purchased a large tract of land then known as* the Brien section. It consisted of the southwest quarter of JefTferson township, Franklin county, and contained over four thousand acres of land. This he subdivided intO' tracts of from fifty to one hundred and sixty acres and s'old a considerable portion of it, reserving for himself such portions as best suited his purpose. He has always' taken an active interest in the development of the agricultural interests of the state. He was one of the founders of the Franklin County Agricultural Society, and was the president of that organization for the years 1857. 1858 and 1870. In 1861 he was elect'^rl as one of the members of the state board of agriculture for the state of Ohio, and was twice re-elected, serving in all six years. From 1862 to i8fi6 he was the treasurer of that organization, and on his retij-ement. so satisfactorily had he performed his duties in that respect, that a suitable testimonial was voted him.

In early life he had considerable taste for military affairs, and for many years was an active member of a then famous mounted company, called the

Franklin Dragoons. This company had served through the war of 1812, under Captain Joseph Vance, and for many years after the war the company organization was maintained. Abram McDowell succeeded Captain Vance in command of the company, and his successors in turn were Robert Brotherton, Joseph Mcllvain, Philo H. Olmsted and David Taylor, who was elected captain m 1824 and served in that capacity for three years.

He was first married, in September, 1826, to Nancy T. Nelson, by whom he had two children: Eliza, who w^as married to the late Samuel Sharp; and Robert N., now living at Upper Sandus'ky. In July, 1831, he was married to Margaret Shannon, who died soon after her marriage, and in jNIay, 1836, he was married to Margaret Livingston, the oldest daughter of Judge Edward C. Livingston. Six children have been born of this marriage : David; Edward L. ; Mary C, now the wife of Thomas Hibben; Henry C. ; Martha, the wife of Samuel Lee; and IMargaret L., - all of whom are now living.

Charles Selbach

The spirit of self-help is the source of all genuine w^orth in an individual and is the means of bringing to man success when he has no advantages of wealth or influence to aid him. The life record of Mr. Selbach illustrates its power and shows in no uncertain manner what it is possible to accomplish when perseverance and determination form the keynote of a man's life. Depending upon his own resources and looking for no outside aid or support, he has risen from comparative obscurity to a place of prominence in the business world, and to-day he enjoys a well merited re;t.

A native of Germany, Mr. Selbach was born in Elberfelt, Prussia, in April, 1835, and is a son of Frank W. and Matilda (Shade) Selbach. The father spent his entire life in Germany, where he died in 1856, and the year 1858 the mother and her children emigrated to the United States. She landed at New York, accompanied by nine sons and two daughters, Charles, who was', a member of the army, having been left behind. Her chief interest in life was to secure good advantages for her children and this determined her to leave her native land and bring her boys to America, wdiere they would be exempt from army service. From New York she came direct with her family to Columbus, where a permanent location was made.

Charles Selbach was educated in the schools of his native country and there learned the trade of bookbinding with his father. When he had completed his apprenticeship he entered the army and served faithfully for three years, on the expiration of which period he came to the Lhiited States, joining the family in Columbus. Soon he secured a situation in the employ of Foster, Joaies & Company, bookbinders, with whom he continued through the years 1857-8. He spent a short time in St. Louis, working at his trade, but returned to the capital city and in 1861 enlisted in the service of his adopted land, as a member of Company G, Thirteenth Ohio Infantry, under

General Georg-£ W. Smith. After being mustered into the United States service he was c rdered with his regiment to Virginia and took part in many of the skirmishes and battles of that part of the country, serving faithfully for two years and three months!, on the expiration of which period he became ill. He was then taken to a hospital, where he was cared for several months, after which he was honorably discharged on the surgeon's certificate for disability.

Returning to Columbus, Mr. Selbach engaged in the bookbinding business for M. C. Lilly. In 1865 he embarked in the grocery trade on< his' own account and successfully conducted the store for eighteen years.

In 1862 Mr. Selbach was united in marriage to jMaria W. Jaeg'er, of Columbus, a daughter of Frederick Christian Jaeger. She was born in Germany and was brought to America by her parents when in her third year. Mr. and Mrs. Selbach had four sons and two daughters: Ernest F., Julius B. and Albert K. are the living. They lost two daughters and one son.

In his political views Mr. Selbach is a stanch Republican. During his stay in St. Louis he visited two or three slave sales. His uncle at that time 'was editing a Democratic paper and was a stanch supporter of the Democracy. Mr. Selbach had thought of affiliating with the same organization, but the scenes which he witnessed at two of the auction sales; were such as to cause him to resolve never to cast a Democratic vote in favor of enslaving a human being. Thus he became a stalwart Republican and has never wavered in his allegiance to the principles of the grand old party. Socially he is identified with the Grand Army of the Republic. With a capacity and experience which would enable him to fulfill any trust to which he might be chosen, he has never sought to advance himself in office, but has been xiontent to do his duty where he could and leave the self-seeking to others. Viewed in a personal light, he is a strong man, of excellent judgment, fair in his views and highly honorable in his relations! to his fellow men.

Dr. David Rittenhouse Summy is a skilled physician and surgeon of Columbus, Ohio, whose knowledge of the science of medicine and surgery is broad and comprehensive and whose ability in applying its principles to the needs of suffering humanity has gained him an enviable reputation in professional circles. He was born in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, in 1853, a ison of Peter H. Summy, who spent his entire life there, following the profession of a civil engineer for forty years and serving as the city engineer of Lancaster for some time. He died in 1888, at the age of sixtysix years. The paternal grandfather, John Summy, was also a native of Lancaster county, where he engaged in farming throughout his active business life, dying there at the age of forty-four years. The Doctor's mother was in her maidenhood Miss Susan Graeff, a daughter of Mathias Graeff. of Lancaster county, who served all through the war of 18 12, and died in 1886, at the advanced age of ninety-three years. At the time of his death he was stin very active ni body and mind, having never been ill a day in his life. By occupation he was a farmer.

Dr. Summy's literary education was obtained in the State Normal School at Millersville, Pennsylvania, and in Franklin & Marshall College, at Lancaster. He commenced the study of medicine under the direction of Dr. S. T. Davis, of the latter city, and later entered Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia, where he was graduated in 1883. In 1888 the Doctor came to Columbus, Ohio, and has since been in charge of the Hartman Sanitarium as the superintendent and surgeon, and also conducts a training school for nurses. The sanitarium is one of the most important institutions of the kind m the United States, having five regular physicians, students and a large staff of attendants. Its patients come from all parts of the United States and Canada, and are given the very best care and attention.

Dr. Summy was married, in Pennsylvania, to Miss Sarah E Shindle of Lancaster county, a daughter of Michael Shindle, whose ancestors have m'ade their home m Lancaster county for several generations. Of the three children born to the Doctor and his wife, the only son died in infancv. The dauo-hters, Mma Belle and Pearl Graeff, are still living. ' ^

As a surgeon Dr. Summy has been successful^ and his abilities are widely recognized. As a citizen he is ever ready to do his part toward advancing the interests of his adopted county, and he has therefore manv friends who esteem him highly.

Few nien have been more prominent in public affairs in Franklin county than John Q. Landes, an esteemed and valued resident of Jackson township He was born in Madison countv, Ohio, July 27, 1831. His father John Landes, was born in Augusta county, Virginia, June 30, 1799. and the grandfather Avas born m the Old Dominion in 1757. He was: a cabinetmaker and painter by trade, and in 1804 he settled in Ross county, Ohio. Subsequently he came to Franklin county, locating within the present limits of Columbus and afterward taking up his abode on a farm which he purchased in Hamilton township. There he resided for twenty years, when he sold out and retired from active business. He was a soldier in General Hull's army at the time the British invaded Detroit, and was present when Hull surrendered that important post to the enemy, and thus he became a prisoner

John Landes, the father of our subject, was reared amid the wild scenes ot frontier life m Franklin countv. He married Nancy Houck who was born m Centerburg. Knox county, Ohio. Her father,' Jacob Llouck was a well-to-do farmer, owning steven hundred acres of land, upon a part of which the village of Centerbury now stands. He died about 184^ After their marriage the parents of our subject removed to Madison county Ohio and Mr. Landes took charge of the Eli Gwyn stock farm, upon which he remained until 1833, when he came to Hamilton township, Franklin county, locating- on a rented farm. He resided on various places in that township until 1853, when he purchased a;id removed to a farm in Jackson township, making- it his home until his death. He was a well-educated man and in 1845 was elected associate judge of Franklin county, filling the position with credit to himself and satisfaction to his constituents until 1850, when he was retired on account of a change made in the state constitution. He had previously been employed on a stage-coach line for four yearsi, from Columbus to Mount Vernon, and from Columbus to Chillicothe, Ohio.

John Q. Landes, whose name begins this review, acquired a good common-school education in early life, later was a student in the Capital University and subsequently pursued his, studies for a year in- the Ohio Wesleyan University, at Delaware, Ohio. He was married, September 27, 1855, to Miss Sarah J. Lewis, and to them w^ere born the following children : Nancy C, born May 18, 1857; John B., born May 4, i860; Jacob E., who was born September 7, 1862, and died in 1873; and Ahvilda J., who was born October 2, 1865.

Mr. Landes was again married, February 2, 1894, to Mrs. Mahala C. Duff. She is a daughter of William W. Burchnell. whose father was born in Germany and came to America about two months previous to the birth' of his son William W., and located in Maryland. A year later the^ removed to Virginia. His father was a Lutheran minister and resided in Virginia until his death. William W. Burchnell was a potter by trade and successfully engaged in business along that, line in London, Madison county, Ohio. Mrs. Landes is proud of her ancestors, having descended on her mother's side from the Hull family, being a distant relative of General Hull above spoken of. Her grandfather, having served in the war of 181 2 as minuteman, was an eye witness when Molly Pitcher waisi shot and hung suspended from a bridge. Mrs. Landes had a brother who served in the Mexican war and had two brothers and two brothers-in-law who served in the war of the Rebellion ; anl also had a cousin w^ho served in the Spanish- American war.

In the widest sense of the term Mr. Landes, of this review, is a representative citizen of Franklin county. On the 2d of May, 1864, he manifested his loyalty to his country by enlisting for one hundred days' service in Company B, One Hundred and Thirty-third Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He was made sergeant and continued at the front until the close of his term. In politics he isi a Democrat, but is not strongly partisan. Although he votes for the men and measures of the Democracy at state and national elections, at local elections where no issue is involved he votes independently. He filled with credit the office of justice of the peace for six years; was for four years mayor of Grove City and Harris'burg, and for five years was township clerk. For ten years he was a school director, has been a member of the township board of education, and for two years was a member of the board of education of the city of Columbus, ever discharging his duties so as to merit the confidence and trust repos'.ed in him. Thirty-four years ago he was initiated into Mt. Sterling Lodge, F. & A. M., and has since been a worthy follower of the beneticent teachings of the order, his membersihip being in Magnolia Lodge, No. 20. His wife is a lady of superior education and refinement and for eighteen years was a popular and successful teacher in the schools of Pickaway county. In manner she is genial and is an entertaining conversationalist. Of the jMethodist Episcopal church she is an exemplary member and to its support both Mr. and Mrs. Landes contribute liberally.

Dr. E. O. IMcCollum is a young physician of fine professional attainments engaged in practice in Linden Heights. He is devoted to his profession, is a close student of materia medica and keeps in close touch with the best thoughts of the ablest minds of the m edical fraternity. Although his practice covers but a few years it has given him an excellent standing with the people of the community and his patronage is stsad.ly and constantly increasing.

Edmund O'Dell McCollum is a native of Kentucky, his birth having occurred at Lidependence, in Kenton county, January 8, 1869. His parents were Elijah J. and Elizabeth C. (Thomasson) McCollum. The father was a native of Kentucky and a son of John McCollum, who was one of the pioneers of Kenton county, that state, then known as Campbell county. He aided in opening up the way for civilization and resided in that pioneer district until 1849, when his life's labors were ended in death. He becam.e a prominent farmer and the owner of an extensive tract of land. He donated' the land which is now the town site of Independence and also gave the land on which was erected the courthouse of Kenton county. The McCollum family is of Scotch lineage, the original ancestors having been Highland Scotch, and from the country where the heather makes', purple the hills came the first of the name to America, settling in Virginia. The Doctor's father was reared in Kentucky, and after arriving at years of maturity he married Elizabeth C. Thomasson, who was born in Campbell county and is a representative of an old Pennsylvania family, some of whose members removed to the Blue Grass state at an early day. The father died December 19, 1884, but the mother still survives. They were the parents of seven children, namely : Willie, Nellie, Atwood, Jo'hny and Sammy, all deceased ; C. W., a practicing physician of Erlanger, Kentucky; and E. O., whose name introduces this record.

The early life of Dr. McCollum was passed upon a farm within the state of his birth, and in the public schools he obtained the rudiments of his education, completing his training in his home locality when he was seventeen years of age. He then spent a year in the Danville Normal School, at Danville, Indiana, after which he began reading medicine under the direction of Dr. U. G. Senour, a prominent physician of Independence, Kentucky, who acted as his preceptor and prepared him for college, lie theiT matriculated in the Medical College of Ohio, now known as the medical department of the University of Cincinnati, and spent three years in earnest study, being graduated with the class of 1892. Subsequently he took a post-graduate course in the institution, for he had no desire to engage in professional work without a thorough preparation and a firm belief in his own ability and power. This came from a full realization of the importance and responsibility which attaches to the physician.

After leaving college Dr. McCollum located at Winton Place, a suburb of Cincinnati, where he opened an ofifice and for five years successfully engaged in practice. In 1897 he came to Linden Height?',, in Franklin county, where he has since enjoyed a liberal patronage, his business growing as he has demonstrated his ability to successfully cope with the intricate problems that continually meet the physician. No two cas'es which come up for treatment are exactly the same, for the usual physical conditions of the patient influence the trend of the disease in illness. The complications are therefore continually different, and it requires sound judgment and keen diiscernment, as well as careful diagnosis, in the treatment of disease.

Dr. McCollum was united in marriage to Miss Florence May Shelby, of Covington, Kentucky, on the 6th of September, 1892, and their union has been blessed with two children - Elizabeth Evelyn and Gladys Thelma. The P'octor anl his wife have many friends in Franklin county, the circle being limited only by the circle of their acquaintance. Prompted by a laudable ambition and a deep interest in his work. Dr. INlcCollum is advancing steadily in his profession and to-day occupies a position which many an older practitioner might well envy.

The beauty of a city depends largely upon its architecture, and to those who design and construct its buildings is due the credit for the position it holds in this direction. Among those who have done much work that adorns the streets and avenues of Columbus is numbered Morgan J. Thomas, who is well versed in the details and interests of this branch of industry and is advancing rapidly toward a prominent position in his chosen calling, having already secured an extensive and lucrative business. He is prepared at all times to execute orders with ability and promptness and his business is carried on with that courtesy and fair dealing that ever marks the successful business man.

Morgan J. Thomas was! born in Wales December 5. 1865, and is a son of David O. and Ann (Jones) Thomas. In 1865 tlie parents and their children crossed the Atlantic to the United States, landing at New York, from which place they came direct to Ohio, locating in Licking county, where the father followed the occupation of a farmer. He and his wife still reside there.

world and upon the pioneer homestead he was reared, early becoming familiar with all the duties', and labors that fall to the lot of the agriculturist, as he assisted his father in the cultivation of the fields. In the winter months he pursued his education in a primitive stone schoolhouse of the time. Wliile the branches pursued were few they were well mastered, - this probably being not only because the students were fond of their work but also because the master believed in the adage, "Spare the rod and spoil the child." Leaving the schools, he was apprenticed to learn the carpenter's trade at Newark, Ohio, under Daniel E. Jowes, and after completing the regular term he remained with Mr. Jones for six years, a most trusted and capable emplove. He became an expert workman and after his removal to Columbus in 1889 found no difficulty in obtaining employment, working for different parties on public buildings and private dwellings until 1896, when he began contracting and building on his own account. He has erected many of "the fine residences of Columbus, doing all of the work from garret to cellar, and many of the store buildings and business blocks also stand as monument's to his enterprise. He is a skillful mechanic and has the faculty of controlling and managingmen to good purpose, - essential elements in the successful conduct of a business and much to be admired.

In 1891 Mr. Thomas was married to Miss Laura Watkins, of Newark, Ohio, a daughter of James and Eleanor Watkins, and they have a pleasant home at No. 1040 West Broad street. In his political sientiments Mr. Thomas is a stalwart Republican and does all in his power to promote the growth and secure the success of his party. In the spring of 1898 he was elected a member of the school board of the fourteenth ward and in 1900 was re-elected for a second term of two years. In thorough sympathy with the publicschool system of the land, he gives his endorsement to all measures and movements which he believes will promote the efficiency of the schools and advance their usefulness. Fraternally he is identified with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He is a young man of strong purpose, of keen discernment and able management, and these factors will insure success in his business career.

Leroy W. Tusing

Leroy W. Tusing. a son of G. W. Tusing, was born in Violet township, Fairfield county, Ohio, December 10, 1847, ^"^1 is now engaged m farming and sheep-raising in Truro township, Franklin county, Ohio. He began his education in the district schools of this county and later supplemented his early mental trai'ning by study in the high school at Pleasantville. Ohio. This was followed by a course in Duff Commercial College, of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, and then he entered upon an independent business career by teaching school in Fairfield and Franklin counties, a profession which he followed for eight years with good success, winning an enviable reputation by reason of his ability in that line. During the period of school vacations he aidied his father on the home farm, ing- during the winter for two years and then turned his attention to farming on his own account, operating sixty acres of land belonging to his father's estate. Since that time he has added to his, property a tract of two hundred and seventy-five acres in Franklin county. He has cleared the timber from one hundred and fifty-five acres, has erected all of the buildings upon the place and made all the improvements there found. He has one of the best developed farms in the community, the richly cultivated fields giving indication of his careful supervision and his progressive methods. He keeps the land in a productive condition by the rotation of crops and his bountiful harvests bring to him a good income. He also owns one hundred and fifty acres of farming land in Union county, Ohio, but this he rents, and he has sixty-seven acres in Texas), also fifty-five town lots in Laporte, Texas, besides he has an interest in the Crown Mountain gold mine of Dahlonega, Georgia. His farming interests are well conducted and the energy and enterprise which have characterized his career have been the means of bringing to him gratifying success.

On the 1 6th of November, 1869, Mr. Tusing was united in marriage to Miss Louisa Roades, a daughter of Joseph Roades, and unto them have been born five childr'en, three sons and two daughters. Len W. married Cora Palmer, of Licking county, Ohio, whose father, William Palmer, was an enterprising agriculturist there, and they are the parents of two children, - Fred and Bryan. Nanniie, the second member of the family, is the wife of Collins Oldham, a farmer and dairyman of Truro township, Franklin county, and they have two sons and two daughters, - Cyril, Zola, Grace and one boy unnamed. Clauda is the wife of Charles Nessley, an enterprising farmer living in Fairfield county, Ohio, by whom shfe has one child, Ralph. Thurman assistsi his father on the old homestead. Grover is pursuing his education in the schools of Brice.

Mr. Tusing is a member of the Primitive Baptist church, with which he has been identified for twenty-eight vears. To its support he has contributed liberally and has done all in hi si power to promote the work and interests of the church. He also belongs to the Masonic fraternity, and at national elections he is a Democrat, but in affairs concerning merely the township and county, where no political issue is involved, he votes independently of party ties. He isi a man of well known reliability in business and in the community where he resides he has many warm friends.

Hugh H. Carr

Hugh H. Carr, a member of the firm of Xichol & Carr, Columbus, was born in Franklin county, Pennsylvania, near Greencastle, his natal day being May 20, 1852. He is a son of Hugh and Sarah (McAnaly) Carr. The former, a native of Ireland, cam'e to America in earlv childhood and after his marriage located upon a farm near Greencastle in Franklin county, Penrif- sylvania, devoting hisi attention to agricultural pursuits until the death of Mrs. Carr, in 1877. His wife was a native of the Keystone state, and there his father, Hugh Carr, died in 1892.

Hugh H. Carr spent his childhood in his native county and enjoyed the benefits of a common-school education. He afterward became apprenticed to Henry Stoner, under whose direction he learned the carpenter's trade, and on the completion of his term of service worked asi a jounteyman for some time. The year 1876 witnessed his arrival in the capital city, where for two years he was in the employ of others. Om the expiration of that period he returned to Pennsylvania, where he remained from 1877 until 1886, when he once more became identified with the interests of Columbus as a contractor and builder. His laborsi have since been an important factor in the improvemenit of the city, and fine private residences, business houses, churches and some of the public buildings stand' as monuments to his skill, his enterprise and his honorable business methods.

In 1890 he entered into partnership with F. H. Nichol, under the firm name of Nichol & Carr, general contractors'. Both partners are skilled mechanics, and the firm is known as one of the most responsible and reliable in the city. They are very prompt in the execution of a contract, faithfully living up to its terms, and enjoy in a large measure the public confidence and therefore the public support. In 1900 Mr. Carr erected on West Broad street, at No. 949, a handsome flat building, which has a seventy-five-foot front and isi one hundred and forty feet deep. It is twO' stories in height and accommodates eleven families. The front is built of pressed and tile brick of fine finish and the building is supplied with all modem improvements and conveniences. The rental therefrom adds largely to the income of Mr. Carr.

In 1878 was celebrated the marriage of our subject and Miss Emma B. Talhelm, of Greencastle, Pennsylvania, in which city she was born and reared, her parents bping Jacob and Catherine (De Walt) Talhelm. Mr. Carr is connected with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Mystic Chain, the Knights of Honor and the Builders and Traders' Exchange. He started out upon his business career with moderate means, but his industry and frugality, coupled with good judgment, have enabled him to accumulate a handsome competence for his declining years. He is a thorough exemplification of a typical American business man and gentleman.

Joseph Pegg

At an early period in the dex-elopment of Franklin county Joseph Pegg, now deceased, became one of its residents, and through many consecutive years he not only witnessedi the progress and upbuilding of this portion of the state, but ever bore his part in the work of development. He arrived in Clinton to^vnship in the year 1833 and located upon a tract of wild land he purchased. Thereon had been previously built a primitive round- log cabin containiiTg oii'e room. In it was a puncheon floor and on the outside a mud and stick chimney. Into this pioneer home he removed with his wife and three children. In his early youth he acquired a good education, partly in school and partly through reading and study in leisure hours. He followed teaching during the greater part of his life, beginning at a time when there was no public money to pay for a teacher's services, and accepting in -return for his educational labors the products of the farm, - meat, flour, and even fruit trees, - ^and these he would have \io exchange with those who wished such commodities in order to get money to defray his expenses. He wias a very studious man, who loved books, and was always carrying forward his work of investigation along some line of research. He was a very close observer and in that way added not a little to his knowledge. He (read law in connection with Reuben Beers, L. H. Webster and James Galbraith. They rented a room in Columbus and there they carried on their studies without the aid of a teacher, in this manner qualifying for admission to the bar. Mr. Pegg later opened am office in Columbus, and subsequently he went to Bloomington, Illinois, with the intention of practicing law there, but instead he took up teaching as a means of obtaining a Hvelihoiod, remaining, however, in the Prairie state but a short time.

Returning to Columbus, Mr. Pegg resumed teaching and the practice of law. In the former profession he was exceptionally successful. He had a clear, strong mind, which enabled him to give forcible and pleasing expression to his th'oiughts and tO' impress them strongly upon the minds of his pupils. He served his townsmen in the capacity of justice of the peace and was ever fair and impartial in the discharge of 'his duties. He also served as clerk of the township for several years and was active in politics, doing all in his power to promote the growth and insure the success of the Democracy, with which political organization be was allied. He was also a man of strong religious convictions, and his early aspirations were ior an education that would fit him for ministerial work, but later became attracted by the law and changed his plan of life.

Mr. Pegg was married in Franklin township, Franklin county, to Miss Matilda Crawford. Her father was a pioneer farmer and honored representative of the community at an early day. Eleven children were born unto Mr. and Mrs. Pegg, of whom ten are yet living, the eldest, Margaret, having been killed by a falling tree when a child. The others are : Orville R., a resident of Logan county, Ohio; Elias W. and George F., who are residents of Clinton township; Emma INI., the wife of Alexander B. McGrew, a resident of St. Louis, Missouri; Mary, the wife of William Heverlo, who makes his home in Morrow county, Ohio ; Jane, the deceased wife of John Kissinger, a resident of Pass Christian, Mississippi ; Loiuis L., who is located in Clinton township; Melissa, the widow of Erwin Maize, of Clinton township; Monroe J., who is living in the same township; and Thomas B., who resides in South America.

and the mother passed away in 1873, at the age of sixty-five years. The example which he left to his children was one well worthy of emulation. Although his educational privileges were limited, he acquainted himself with the higher branches of learning, mastering botany, natural philosophy, physics, metaphysics and higher mathematics. He thus became a man of high scholarly attainments, of broad general information, and his studious nature dominated his entire life. During the days of his early residence in Franklin county be was' the only strong educational factor in the settlement. He interested his neighbors in the erection of a school house and he had no difficulty in gaining the interest of his children or in maintaining discipline, nor "ivas he forced to resort to harsh measures, such as were employed by other teachers of the time. He had exceptional conversational powers, was a fluent speaker, had a ready command of the English language, and always managed to hold the attention of his auditors and both entertain and instruct them when be occupied a position upon the public platform. His services were in great demand as a Fourth of July orator and upon other occasions when the public was addressed upon patriotic measures. He was extremely public spirited and championed every measure for the public good. He was recognized as a leader in local politics, and his influence along that line was strongly manifest. He was a man of fine personal appearance and winsome personality, and he left the world better for his having lived. His wife was a lady of sterling domestic qualities, devoted to her husband, to her children and to her home. She also possessed business qualifications of a high order, and contributed her full share to the support of their large family. Of a deeply religious nature, she held membership in the Methodist Episcopal church and was a consistent Christian woman in all that she said or did. She was left a widow when six of her children were small, but she bravely took up the burden thus devolving upon her, kept her children together, provided for their necessities, gave them good educational privileges and prepared them for life's practical and responsible duties by the advantages which she afiforded them and by her own teaching and example. No one well acquainted with both Mr. and Mrs. Pegg should have anything but the highest regard for them on acc^ount of their many splendid characteristics, and the children certainly have every reason to honor their name and memory.

Elias W. Pegg, their second son and third child, was born in Franklinton, June 17, 1833. His early educational privileges were such as the schools of that day afforded, the school year comprising from two to three months during the w^inter season. During that brief period he continued his studies and at the age of sixteen years he left home, assuming the responsibility of providing for his own support. He won his father's consent to this move, and his first undertaking was to drive stock eastward across the Alleghanies, making the journey on foot, a distance of about five hundred miles. He received forty cents per day for the time consumed in making the round trip. On the return trip he walked forty miles per day, the remuneration being on an average of about a cent per mile. He afterward began working on a farm at ten dollars per moiith, ^vhich he followed f(jr three years. He then entered Westerville College, being about twenty years of age at that time. There he prosecuted his studies until he had prepared himself for teaching. His first and last school was taught in a little log school house in the woods in Norwich township, Franklin county. He received twenty-four dollars per month for his services and boarded around among the parents whose children were students under his instruction. When his first term was ended he rented a farm in Clinton township and operated it for five years.

On the 8th of August, 1858. Elias W. Pegg was united in marriage to Miss Catherine Kissinger, a daughter of John and Catherine (DeNune) Kissinger, of Mifflin township. He then purchased a farm of ninety acres, which he afterward exchanged for the land upon which he now resides, taking up his abode there March 22, 1862. Farming has since been his principal occupation, and it has been the means of bringing to him a desirable prosperity. By purchase he has added to his possessions from time to time until he now owns two hundred and seventy acres of very valuable land, for some of which he has paid as high as three hundred dollars per acre. Beginning in 1862, foir many years he supplied the government with army horses, and he has aiso been engaged quite extensively in buying and shipping stock.

Unto Mr. and Mrs. Pegg has been born one child, Elmer Ellsworth, who resides upon his father's farm. He is a graduate of the Ada (Ohio) College, where he pursued an engineering course, and is also a graduate of Bryant's Commercial College, of Columbus. He possesses superior mathematical attainments and engineering skill. He was married to' Miss Ruth Wilcox, and has two children, - Florence W. and Mary.

Mr. Pegg gives earnest support to the Republican party, and has served his township as justice of the peace and as trustee, filling both offices for many years. For thirty-five years he has been a member of Capital Lodge, No. 334, I. O. O. F., also o-f Capital Encampment. His long business career has resulted in large financial gains which have been acquired along legitimate business lines, and he is now regarded as one of the sound and substantial men of Franklin county. He is well preserved, both physically and mentally, having the vigor of a man many years his junior.

Monroe J. Pegg

Momroe J. Pegg, the tenth child of Joseph Pegg. deceased, was born in Clinton township, Franklin county, on the old family homestead, January 7, 1848. He received a good common-school education and was thus fitted for the teacher's profession. He experienced all the trials and hardships of pioneer life on a farm in a new locality, having assisted his father in clearing and improving the land which was transformed into the home farm. Not content with the early educational privileges which he had received, he entered Otterbein College, of Westerville, Ohio, where he remained for a year aiid a half. Subsequently he engaged in teaching in the schools of Franklin county through the winter montnsi and in the summer he worked upon the liome farm. After his father's death he >remahied at home with his widowed mother until she, too, was called away, relieving her of the care of her farm and adding to her happiness in her last days by his filial care and devotion.

Mr. Pegg was united in marriage to Miss Emma, daughter of J. O. Amos. They began their domestic life on the old family homestead, where they resided until 1^82, when they removed to an adjoining farm belonging to his brother, and there they have since resided. Mr. Pegg's landed possessions constituted a tract of sixty acres. Unto our slubject and his wife have been born five children, three of whom are living, namely : Kate, Marguerite and Mary H. The deceased are Violet and one who died unnamed. Tlie mother is a member of the McKendree church. In politics Mr. Pegg is a Democrat, but has never sought or desired office, preferring to devote his time and energies^ to his business affairs, in which he is meeting with creditable success, being an energetic farmer.

Dr. Bickett, who is spending the closing years of a useful life free from business cares at his pleasant home in Perry township, was for many years one of the leading physicians of Franklin county, practicing most of the time in Worthington. He was born on the Richards farm, on the Scioto, in Perry township, November 4, 1835, and is now the only representative of the family living in this county.

The Doctor is a twin brother of Ebenezer Erskine Bickett. and a son of James Bickett, who was born in Huntingdon county, Pennsylvania, September 8, 1805. The paternal grandfather, William Bickett, was a native of the north of Ireland and a Protestant in religious belief. He was twice married, James being a son by the first union. In his native county the latter was reared to agricultural pursuits, and on coming to Franklin coimty, Ohio, in 1833, he purchased an unimproved farm of eighty acres in Perry township, which he at once began to improve, erecting first a primitive log cabin. This place becoming his permanent home, he dying here April 28, 1865. In 1834 he married Miss Sarah Richards (familiarly known as Sallie), who was born in Perry township, this county, May 14, 1814, and belonged to one of the honored pioneer families of Ohio. Pier father, Ebenezer Richards, was born in Masisachusetts, May 24, 1773, of Welsh ancestry, andat an earlv day moved with his family to Pennsylvania, where he was married March 22, 1802, to Lois Taylor, who Avas born February 24, 1784, of English parentage. In 1807 they came to this state and took up their residence on Big Walnut creek, south of Columbus. The following year Mr. Richards bought two hundred acres of land two miles north of IMarble Cliff, which has ever since been the homestead of his family. He died October 4, 1839, cind liis wife passed away June 8, 1822. They had seven children: Esther, Zipporah, Lydia, Hiram, Salhe, Nancy and Julius, two of whom died in childhood. Dr. Bickett's father departed this life April 28, 1865, ^.nd the mother subsequently made lier borne with the Doctor in Worthington, where sihe died February 25, 1887. Ae an affectionate and faithful son, he tenderly cared -for her during the last twenty-tw'o years of her life. Both parents were devout and active members of the Presbyterian church of Worthington.

To this worthy couple were born nine children, seven sons and two daughters, including three pairs of twins. William W. and Ebenezer E. were born November 4, 1835. The latter enlisted in 1861 as a private in Company H, Foirty-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and for meritorious conduct was promoted to the rank of first lieutenant. He was later transferred to Company G, the same regiment, with which he served until his death. He participated in many hard-fought engagements, and was wounded at the battle of Resaca, Georgia, May 14, 1864, dying from the effects of his injuries at Chattanooga, Tennessee, on the 27th of June. His remains were brought home and interred in the Ebenezer Richards cemetery. Hiram and John, twins, died in infancy. Andrew J. and Thomas J. were born November 22, 1840, and are veterans of the Civil war. The former, who is now a resident of Bureau county, Illinois, enlisted as a private in Company D, Ninetyhfth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, in July, 1862, and was captured with his regiment at Richmond, Kentucky. After being exchanged he 4-eturned to the service in January, 1863, but in June, 1864, he was again captured at Guntown, Mississippi. This time he was incarcerated in Andersonville prison, where he remained until the following December, when be was paroled on account of illness and exchanged. He was mustered out with his regiment at Camp Chase in 1865. At Richmond', Kentucky, he had his right fore finger shot off, and now receives a pension of ten dollars per month. Thomas J., a resident of Barton comity, Missouri, entered the service in 1861, also as a private in Company H, Forty-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and took part in all of the engagements in which his regiment participated, being honorably discharged at Louisville, Kentucky, in July, 1865. He was wounded m the shoulder at Pittsburg Landin'g, and now recei\'es a pension of_ twelve dollars per month. Julius D., born January 22, 1846, is' in the railroad service and resides at Cincinnati. Nancy J., born in 1850, died in May, 1865, at the age of fifteen yeairs. Lois R., born in 1855, was married in 1880 to Frank L. Davies, a railroad man residing in Danville, Illinois.

Dr. Bickett, of this review, passed his early life upon the home farm, and attended the district schools of the neighborhood. At the age of twentytwo he entered the Capital University at Columbus, wdiere he was a student j'or two years, and then engaged in teaching and working on the farm until i860. The following year he entered the Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware,' remaining there until 1861, when he was made stew^ard at the county infirmary and held that position for two }-cars, at the same time attending Starling College. He commenced the study of medic^n^ with Dr. John Dawson, and was graduated from J. W. Hamilton's office March I, 1864. On the 15th and i6th of that month he passed the required examination before the state boiard of examiners for the army, and w^as commissioned assistant surgeon, being assigned to the Third Ohio Volunteer Cavalry. He joined his' regiment at Nashville, Tennessee, April 7, 1864, and was with Sherman in the Atlanta campaign. After the fall of that city the regiment returned wdth General Thomas's army to oppose General Hood, then operating in Tennessee. After participating in the battles of Nashville and Franklin they were assigned to General Wilson's cavalry corps and took part in the celebrated Wilson raid, which ended at Macon, Georgia, April 21, 1865. There they remained until mustered out the following September. The Doctor's horse was shot under him in the Kilpatrick charge near Lovejoy Station, Georgia, August 20, 1864, and he was twice struck by bullets in the same engagement, but not disabled. He was mustered out at Nashville, Tennessee, September 14, 1865.

Upon his return to civil life Dr. Bickett took a trip through the west, and then, in May, 1866, opened an office in Columbus, remaining there until December, when he formed a partnership with Dr. E. M. Pinney, of Dublin, with whom he was connected for one year. In May, 1868, he located at Worthington, wdiere he w^as successfully engaged in general practice for twenty-one years. In the fall of 1871 he entered the Bellevue Hospital Medical College, New York city, and taking the full course he received a diploma March i, 1872. He is still a member of the Central Ohio Medical Society and the Delaware County Medical Society, though he discontinued practice in 1889, wdien he sold his property in Worthington and moved to his farm in Perry township. He takes yearly trips through different sections of the country, and in 1890 traveled through southern California and Mexico.

On the 1 6th of October, 1866, the Doctor was initiated into the mysteries of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, at Capital Lodge, No. 334, of Columbus, and in June, 1869, transferred his membership to Ark Lodge, No. 270, of Worthington, from which he took a card in 1892 to become a charter member O'f Lincoln Lodge, No. 801, of Columbus. He is also a member of Olentangy Encampment, No. 149, and has represented his district in the grand lodge of Ohio three terms of two years each. He has served as assessor of Perry towmship several times, and in 1900 took the government census there. He is wadely and favorably known throug'hout his native county, and is justly deserving the high regard in which he is held.

Julius Zirkel

Among the farmers and gardeners of Marion township, Franklin county, Ohio, the late Julius Zirkel achieved the distinction of having been one of the first growers of strawberries for the Columbus market. Mr. Zirkel was

He was! a son of Otto Zirkel, a native of Prussia, who came when a comparatively young man to Frankhn county and settled on the Zirkel farm above referred to. He was later married to Eliza Simmons, who bore him a daughter and a son. The latter, Julius Zirkel, at the age of seventeen, began the cultivation of btrawberries and developed this enterprise into a successful business, which he continued until his death, November 10, 1896. He became wiell knoiwn in his line of business, the "Zirkel berry" having achieved an enviable reputation on the market He enlisted in the army of the north, in the fall o.f 1864, and served as a soldier until the close of the war of the Rebellion. July 30, 1872, he married Julia D. Frankenberg, who was born within the limits of section 22, Marion township, September 17, 1845, ^ daughter of Ernest Frankenberg, a native of Hanover, Germany. He came to the United States in 1835 and located in Marion township, where he became known as a farmer and dairyman. His death occurred in 1863, in his seventieth year.

He was married in his native land to Amfelia Bethje, who lived to be ninety-three years old, and they had three sons and a daughter : Ernest, who is deceased; Adolph W. and Albert H., the latter residing in Columbus. Mrs. Zirkel, the daughter, was the third child in order of birth, and was educated by private teachers. In 1863 Mr. and Mrs. Frankenberg removed to Mc- Lean county, Illinois, Where Mr. Frankenberg died in 1864, and his wife remained there until 1868, when she returned to Franklin county and located at Columbus. Otto Zirkel, Julius Zirkel's father, was at one time a colonel in the German army. He commanded a company in the Mexican war, and offered his services to the United States government in 1861, but they were declined because of his age. Otto Zirkel was best known as a physician. He was a graduate of Starling Medical College, and his familiar figure was known far and wide, as he -rode on 'horseback many miles in each direction in his daily visits to his numerous patients.

Julius and Julia D. (Frankenberg) Zirkel have had a son and a daughter, Raymond H. and Edna E. Their son is a teller for the Market Exchange Bank at Columbus, Ohio, and their daughter, a graduate of the Columbus high school and the Ohio State Normal School, is a special teacher of German at the Ohio Avenue School, of Columbus. Mrs. Zirkel's farm consists of about forty acres of land, and is considered a productive and valuable property.

In the subject of this review we have one who attained distinction in the line of his profession, who was an earnest and discriminating student, and who held a position of due relative precedence among the medical practitioners of Columbus.

Dr. Neil was born in Delaware county, Ohio, December 21. 1838, a son .of Charles and Elizabeth (Walker) Neil, both of whom were natives of Virginia. The father died' in 1882, and the mother October 19, 1894. She was a daug-hter of John Walker, who serv^ed as captain in the Revolutionary war, and died in 1858, at the very advanced age of one hundred and two years. He married Miss Mary Rollins. The ancestors of the Neil family came from England and were among the early settlers along the Atlantic seaboard. The representatives of the family have taken an active part in things pertaining to the political, religious and material development of the section of the country in which they have resided.

Dr. Neil, whoise name introduces this record, began his education in a private school and there prepared for college, after which he entered the Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware, where he completed the course, winning the degree of bachelor of arts in 1858, while later his alma mater conferred upon him the degree of master of arts. Upon his graduation he began reading medicine under the direction of George C. Blackman, a professor of surgery in the Medical College of Ohio and a fellow in the Royal College of Surgeons of London, England. Subsequently our subject attended a course of lectures in the Ohio Medical College, and afterward in the College of Medicine and Surgery in Cincinnati, receding from the latter histitution the degree of doctor of medicine in 1861. The country becoming involved in civil war, he joined the Union army at the beginning of the struggle and served as a surgeon until hostilities had ceased and the "boys in blue" no longer needed his services to repair the (ravages of war. During the latter part of the sanguinary trouble between the north and the south he was on the staff of General P. H. Sheridan as medical purveyor of the valley department.

After receiving an honorable discharge he returned to the north and was engaged in the practice of medicine at Sunbury, Ohio, from 1865 until 1870, when he came to Columbus, where he resided until his death, February 14, 1901, after an illness of several months. Here he built up an excellent business. He spent the year 1867 in St. Bartholomew Hospital and in Guy's Hospital, in London, England, and there learned of the methods of medical treatment in use in Great Britain. He was a member of the American Medical Association, also of the State Medical Society, and a life member of the Mississippi Valley Medical Association. In 1878 he was president of the Columbus Academy of Medicine. The profession and public accorded him a position of distinction in connection with his chosen calling. He carried his investigations far and wide into the realms of medical science, and not content with mediocrity he advanced step by step until he left the ranks of the many and stood among the successful few. He is the author of a number of papers published in the current medical journals which awakened widespread attention by reason of their able presentation of subjects of great interest to the entire medical fraternity.

Miss Marietta Elliott, a daughter of the Hon. Da\-id H. Elliott, of Sunbury, Ohio, and their union was blessed with three children : Camma, the wife of Dr. D. R. Kinsell, Jr.; Dessie, at home; and Goldie, \vho is a student in Garden's Eemale Institute in New York city. Dr. Neil held membership in McCoy Post, G. A. R., at Columbus, Ohio, and was a prominent JMason, having become identified with the order in 1864. In his practice lie had ample opportunity to exemplify the noble principles which form the basic elements of the craft recognizing the universal brotherhood of man. His loss will be mourned by a very large and distinguished circle of friends.

Barnet J. Cosgray

'he industry, patriotism and progressiveness of the Irish race have made its/representatives noteworthy wherever they have found a home, and Ohio wes much to the Irish element in its population. One of the best known Irish names in Franklin county is that of Cosgray, and one of the most prominent members of the family is Barnet J. Cosgray, a successful farmer of Washington township. The Cosgrays have been known in the Green isle for many generations as people who paid their way, loved liberty and were willing to make sacrifices for their fellow men.

Terence Cosgray, grandfather of the subject of this sketch, was born in Londonderry, Ireland, being a younger son, of noble birth. He was a member of the Episcopal church and married Lady Mary McCowen, a native of Scotland; her people were wealthy and of high social standing and she was a member of the Catholic church. Of their twelve children five were born in Scotland, one was born at sea \vhile the parents were on their way to the United States, and six were born in this country. They settled in Hartford county, Maryland, near Baltimore, and afterw-ard moved to Fayette county, Pennsylvania, and located on a farm near Uniontown on the Monongahela river. Mr, Cosgray died on that farm about 1S31, and his wife survived him, dying in Fayette county, Pennsylvania, in 1855, well advanced in life.

The following data concerning the children of Terence and Mary (McCowen) Cosgray will be found interesting in this connection: Their eldest son, William, who was a school-teacher and civil engineer, was known as a surveyor in eastern Ohio, and died in Fayette county, Pennsylvania. Michael married a Miss Rogers and died at his home in Ross county, Ohio. Frank, who never married, died in Maryland. Sarah died in Washington township, Franklin county, unmarried. James married Elizabeth Bennington and died in Franklin county. Katie married John Foster, a cousin of Governor Foster, of Ohio, and died in Greene county, Pennsylvania. Ignatius married Elizabeth Diamond, a daughter of Captain Diamond, who served in the Revolutionary \var under General Lafayette, and died in Greene county, Pennsylvania. Mary became Mrs. Hiram Sweeney and died in Tyler county, West Virginia. Joseph Wheeler w^as the father of the subject of this sketch.

Barnet died in Washington township. David was the next in order of birth; and John married EHzabeth Morgan and died at Waynesbiirg, Pennsylvania.

When Terence Cosgray and his wife and children came to America they were accompanied by his brother, Barnet Cosgray, and Mrs. Cosgray's brother^ Francis McCowen. These men both became merchants in America, and Sir Francis McCowen lived for many years in Baltimore, Maryland, and died there. Terence Cosgray's daughter Sarah, an aunt of Barnet J. Cosgray, saw the British troops land at Baltimore, Maryland, in the war of 1812.

Joseph W. Cosgray, father of Barnet J. Cosgray, was born October 31, 1 8 10, at Clermont Mills, Hartford county, Maryland. He was but a smatl boy when his parents moved to Fayette county, Pennsylvania, where the lad received a good education. When a young man he came to Perry county, Ohio, where he married Elizabeth Gordon, April 3, 183 1. About 1835 he bought and settled on land in Hocking county, Ohio, where he lived about a year. His father-in-law visited him there, and, not liking such a hilly country, induced the young man to go with him to Columbus, whence they journeyed on horseback. Mr. Cosgray bought one hundred and thirty acres of land in Washington township, on which there was no clearing, and built upon it a small round-log house, which contained one room with a very low log^ ceiling. There was plenty of wild game in the woods and water was convenient. Before this cabin w^as ready the family lived for about a year near the place which has since come to be known as the Gill farm. Mr. Cosgray made all possible haste to clear land and put it under cultivation and he added to his original purchase until he owned two hundred and five acres. He was an influential citizen, active in politics as a Democrat and held many township offices, and he was identified with the Christian church. He died at his home in Washington township February i, 1888, and his wife died February 12, 1882. Mrs. Cosgray was a daughter of George and Hannah (Hemisphar) Gordon, and was born in Perry county, Ohio, May 14, 181 1.

Joseph W. and Elizabeth (Gordon) Cosgray had children as follows: Barnet J., who is the immediate subject of this sketch; George W., who married Elizabeth Gordon ; Elizabeth Mary, who is the widow of James Finch, of Washington township; Martha J., who married George L. Geary, a biographical sketch of whom appears in this work ; Sarah Catherine, who married Dawson A. Hoskinson, and now lives with her brother Barnet J. ; Charles W., wdio died at the age of twenty-one years; and John A., who married Estella Graham and was accidentally killed on a railroad.

Barnet J. Cosgray was born near Somerset, Perry county, Ohio, October 20. 1832, and was about three years old when his parents removed to ^\'ashing-ton township, Franklin county. His first school-teacher was Lenora Tupper, a lady of first-class ability, who discovered that the boy was fond of study and directed him most efficiently. After he was old enough he was obliged to assist in the farm work at home. He was only nine years old when he began to help his father clear land, and he assisted his father until the latter's death, and when Mr. Cosgray's land was divided among his heirs- he received forty-two acres as his share. In time he bought one hundred and thirty-two acres across the road from the home he had estabhshed on the forty-two acres referred to. His fine residence was erected in 1899 and 1900. He is considered one of the leading farmers of the township. Though prominent as a Democrat he is not an office seeker. He is not a member of any church, but is fiberal in his support of rehgious worship. He is not married. He has demonstrated that he is a business man of abihty, not only in the management of his own affairs, but also in the settlement of his father's estate, which he accomplished satisfactorily to all concerned.

Sarah Catherine Cosgray, daughter of Joseph W. and Elizabeth (Gordon) Cosgray, was born December 5, 1845, ^^id was married, March 29, 1871, to Daw-son A. Hoskinson, a son of ex-Judge George Hoskinson. Mr. Hoskinson was born at Waynesburg, Greene county, Pennsylvania, March 8, 1844, and w'as there reared and educated, spending a part of his youth on a farm near Waynesburg, and finishing his studies at Waynesburg College, where he took a three-years course. Going south during the Rebellion, he, in 1863, entered the employment of the United States government as a laborer and was two months later made a clerk in the commissary department at Nashville, Tennessee, a position which he held fourteen months. He then returned to his old home and was for eight years employed as a salesman in his brother's clothing store. He had previoush^ visited Franklin county and there married Miss Cosgray, and in 1875 they moved to Washington township from his former home in Waynesburg, Pennsylvania, and took up their residence with Mrs. Hoskinson's brother, Barnet J. Cosgray. Mr. Hoskinson is an influential Democrat and he and his wdfe are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. They have had children as follows : Joseph, who married Ella Emery and lives in Washington township; Georgiana, who is now traveling in the western states; Adelaide who is a member of her parents' household ; and Daisy, who is wath her sister Georgiana.

David R. Van Schoyck

An influential farmer of Norwich township, David R. Van Schoyck, is widely and favorably known in Franklin county, where his birth occurred August 9, 1852. His father, William Tobias Van Schoyck, was born in Warren county, Ohio, near Cincinnati, February 11, 1811, and there remained until twelve years of age, when he accompanied his parents on their removal to Norwich township, Franklin county. John Van Schoyck, the grandfather, purchased one hundred and seventy-eight acres of heavily timbered land. The men who aided them to move also assisted them in putting up their log cabin; but the top log could not be raised by them alone and they had to call some people who were passing to assist them. The grandfather and his sons cleared the land, plowed the fields and developed an excellent farm. William T. Van Schoyck pursued his education in the subscription schools for a short time, but his privileges in that direction were very limited.

He inherited fifty acres of the home farm from his father. He wedded Ehzabeth W eeden, who was born on the Scioto river, in Ohio, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Weeden. Her mother was a sister of Colonel Ennis. For several years after their marriage Mr. Van Schoyck resided on the old homestead, and then built a house on his fifty-acre tract, where he continued throughout his remaining days, devoting his attention to farming. Both he and his wife were members oi the Methcdist Episcopal church, and in politics he was a Republican.

This worthy couple were the parents of nine children: Margaret, who became the wife of Alexander Gray and is now deceased. Annie, who has passed away; John, who married Jane McCammel, and died in Franklin county; Nancy; Harriet; Susan, the wife of T. T. Armstrong; Cynthia, deceased; David R. ; and Henry, who is deceased.

On the old home farm David R. Van Schoyck spent the days of his boyhood and youth, and when not needed to assist in the culti\-ation of the land he attended school, largely pursuing his studies through the winter months. He became thoroughly familiar with farming in every detail, and after his marriage he operated the home farm. In the second year he erected a dwelling on a part of the land, and through the terms of a will he became the owner of forty-three acres by paying a sum of money to the other heirs, and is now the possessor of a good property. Fie carries on general farming, and in addition follows the raising of sheep and cattle. He was also a horse breeder and dealer in former years, and in his business affairs he has met with very desirable success.

In 1878 occurred the marriage of Mr. Van Schoyck and Miss i\Iary Hart, a daughter of Van Lear Hart, of Virginia. They became the parents of five children : Ora, who is a member of the Seventeenth Ohio Regiment, and is now serving in the Philippines; Leila, Ira, Harry and lona. The mother died July 12, 1898, and as she had many warm friends in the community her loss was widely mourned. Mr. Van Schoyck is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church at Hilliard and in his political faith he is a Republican. For eighteen years he served on the school board, and the cause of education found in him a warm friend. He also gives his support to every measure calculated to prove of public benefit.

One of the busiest and most energetic young professional men of Columbus is Dr. King A. Norris. He was born in Reynoldsburg. Franklin county, July 18, 1871, and is a son of Frederick W. and Nancy (Allen) Norris. His father was a native o'f the Empire state, but the mother of our subject was born in Fairfield county, Ohio, and was a daughter of B. B. and Maria Allen, who were among the honored pioneer settlers of that locality. The paternal grandfather of our subject was Thomas Norris, a native of New \ork, of which state his father was one of the eariy settlers. :Mr. Norris, the father of our subject, served as a soldier in the Civil war, being a member of the Forty-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry. For three years he remained at the front as a loyal defender of the cause represented by the starry banner. When hostilities had ceased and the Confederacy Wias overthrown he returned to Franklin county, locating on a farm near Reynoldsburg, where he pursued the honorable vocation of an agriculturist. He and his estimable wife are both living and yet reside upon the old homestead.

Dr. Norris spent his youth upon the farm and began his education in the district school near by, supplementing his early privileges with a course in the Reynoldsburg high school. Throughout his business career he has been identified with the interests of the state. Coming to Columbus, he entered the employ of his brother, J. G. Norris,, in the capacity of clerk, remaining with the house for five years, on the expiration of which period he began reading medicine under the direction of Dr. J. B. Dysart, of Reynoldsburg, and further continued preparation for the profession in the Ohio Medical University, in which he was graduated in April, 1898. Subsequently he spent one year with his former preceptor, Dr. Dysart, and then entered upon an independent practice. In 1900 he went to New York city and pursued a course in the Post-Graduate Medical College. Upon his return he again established an office in Columbus, and is now enjoying a growing patronag'e. It has already assumed proportions that many an older member of the fraternity might well eiwy.

In January, 1900, Dr. Norris was united in marriage to Miss Lydia M. Sayre, of the capital city, a daughter of William Sayre. Socially our subject is connected with Truro Lodge, No. 411, I. O. O. F., and with the Encampment of the I. 0.0. F., and Jasper Lodge, Knights of Pythias His residence and office are located at No. 716 Neil avenue. He is a member of the Columbus Academy of Medicine and the American Medical Association, and is the examining physician for the New England Mutual Life Insurance Company. His earnest desire to attain a high degree of perfection in his chosen calling has led him to study carefully and thoroughly the principles of the medical science and to exercise great care in diagnosing and treating disease. The results that have followed his practice have therefore been commendable, and his skill thus demonstrated has secured to him gratifying success.

Alexander W. Krumm

One of the wxll-known professional men of the city of Columbus, Ohio, is one of her native sons, Alexander W. Krumm, whose birth occurred here March 12, 1850. His father was Martin Krumm, a native of Wurtemberg, Germany, born tihere in 181 2, emigrating to this country in 1832, and dying in Columbus after a long and successful career as a machinist and iron manufacturer. He had come to America with his father and his family. The mother of our subject is still living. Her maiden name was Frederika

Fichtner, and she also was born in Wurtemberg, Germany, in 1820, and although she reached her eighty-first year, is active in mind and body. Six of her ten children still survive : Martin ; Albert ; Alexander W. ; Daniel ; Flora, the wife of Dr. A. M. Bleile, of the State University; and Louisa A., three having died in infancy, and the eldest, Frederick Krumm, having died in July, 1899.

Mr. Krumm, of this review, received his education in tbe city schools of Columbus, soon afterward entering upon the study of law under the guidance of Messrs. English & Baldwin, two prominent attorneys, constituting one of the leading law firms of this city. He Avas admitted to the bar in 1875, immediately commencing his practice in partnership with John H. Ileitmann, then mayor of the city, and with whom he remained eighteen months. His legal business steadily grew and his friends proclaimed their confidence in his ability by electing him to the ofiice of city solicitor from 1879 to 1883, - two terms.

The marriage o'f Mr. Krumm took place in 1877. ^^^ ^liss Mary M. Zettler, of Columbus, a daughter of John Zettler, an old and highly respected citizen. Ten children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Krumm; Herbert, a cadet at West Point; Benjamin; Thomas; Grace Helen; Nettie Belle; John J., who died in 1887; Alexander W., Jr.; Samuel; James; and Edna Mary.

Mr. Krumm has never taken a great interest in politics, the demands of his constantly growing practice having- required his undivided attention. He owns and occupies a beautiful residence at No. 975 South High street, where his attractive surrounding's proclaim his material prosperity and ?esthetic taste.

Edward L. Marion

The family of Marion, of which Edward L. ]Maripn, of section 3. Clarion township, Franklin county, Ohio, is a representative, is distinguished as having furnished to this part of the state some of its earliest pioneers and some of its leading citizens in succeeding generations. Edward L. Clarion, who was born in what was then Montgomery township, Franklin county, Ohio, August 10, 1847, '^^'^s the second son and third child in order of birth of Elijah and Adaline (Livingston) Marion, who are referred to more at length in the biographical sketch of Elijah Marion, which appears in these pages. He was reared and educated in his native township and assisted in the management of the old Marion homestead until he was twenty-seven years old. After his marriage he took diarge of the place and managed it until 1881, when he moved to his present farm in section 3, which consists of eightyseven and one-half acres and is devoted to general farming. His large and comfortable residence was erected in 1883. of brick, burned for the county infirmary, but which, not being needed, was purchased by. Mr. Marion, w^ho gave about three years of his life to building and finishing this house, which is one of the most sightly and home-Hke in the township. Members of his family in both lines have been leaders in architectural progress in Franklin county, Mr, Marion's grandfather in the maternal line, Edward Livingston, who boarded with the Indians for a time after he came to the county, having later erected the first frame house in Frankhn county.

June 17, 1874, Mr. Marion married Alice McElhmny, a native of Hamilton, now Marion, township, Franklin county, Ohio, who was born October 2y, 1849, ^ daughter of Hugh McEMiinny, a native of Pennsylvania, born November 19, 1786, who was a pioneer in Franklin county, where he married Sarah Williams, and died September 4, 1854. Sarah Williams was born in Hamilton township, Franklin county, Ohio, July 13, 1807, a daughter of the Hon. George W. Williams, who was an early representative from Ohio in congress, and was in his day one of the prominent men in Franklin county. Hugh McElhinny and Sarah Williams were married April 5, 1825, and Mrs. McElhinny died March 20, 1894, aged eighty-six years, eight months and six days. They were both prominent in the Presbyterian church. They were the parents of eight children, all of whom grew to manhood and womanhood, and Mrs. Marion, who was the youngest of the family, was reared on the farm on which she now lives and was educated in the common schools near by.

Mr. Marion, who is an enthusiastic Republican, cast his first presidential vote in the court house in Columbus in 1868 and has voted the Republican ticket at every general election since and has worked for the success of his party in every campaign. He has filled the office of judge of elections for many years and is one of the committeemen of his party this year. He lias in every way shown that he was actuated by a broad public spirit, and has advocated and assisted to the extent of his ability all measures promising to benefit his township and county.

On the roll of the successful physicians of Columbus appears the name of Dr. Sherman Leach. He possesses the true western spirit of enterprise and progress, and this has led to his advancement in the calling wdiich he has made his life work. He was born in Mount Sterling, Madison county, Ohio, May 30, 1864, a son of W. T. and Jane (Bostwick) Leach, both of whom were natives of Vermont, and during childhood accompanied their respective parents to Ohio. Robert Leach, the paternal grandfather of our subject, located in Madison 'county, Ohio, near Bloomingburg. Ere his removal to the west he had married Miss Eliza Thompson and to his Ohio home he brought his family. Late in life he removed to Bloomington, Illinois, where his wife died. W. T. Leach, the Doctor's father, is now living retired at his home in Mount Sterling.

Sherman Leach spent the greater part of his youth in that town, and having acquired his literary education in the public schools, he determined upon the practice of medicine as a life work, and to this end began readingin the office and under the direction of Dr. W. H. Emery, of Mount SterHng. Later he matriculated in the Starling Medical College ,of Columbus, and was there graduated with the class of 1887. He then returned to his native town, where he immediately began practice. Subsequently he pursued a post-graduate course in a post-graduate hospital in New York, and then once more became a practitioner at Mount Sterling, where he continued in business until 1S95. when he pursued a oours,e in the Chicago Post-Graduate ^^ledical College. It was in 1889 that he removed from Mount Sterling to Columbus. He has spared no labor, time nor expense that would perfect him in his chosen work, and at this writing he is pursuing a special course in the Chicago Post- Graduate Medical School. He is now surgeon of the Woman's Hospital, and is associated with various organizations whose membership comprises representatives of the medical fraternity. He belongs to the American ]Medical Association, the State Medical Society and the Columbus Academy oi Medicine, and is a member of the faculty of the Ohio Medical University and a member of the staff of the Protestant Hospital.

In 1889 Dr. Leach was united in marriage to Miss Florence Isl. Hornbeck, of Pickaway county, Ohio, and a daughter of Marvin Hornbeck. _ She died October 12, 1897, 'leaving one child, 'jane M. The Doctor is widely known as a prominent Mason, holding membership in Columbus Lodge. F. & A. M., in Garfield Chapter, No. 6, R. A. M., at Washington Court House, and the Ohio Consistory, in which he has attained the thirty-second degree of the Scottish Rite. He also belongs to Aladdin Temple of the Mystic Shrine. He is a man of strong mentality and keen discernment, qualities which are absolutely essential -to the successful physician.^ He has studied widely the questions which bear upon human diseases, their prevention and their cure, and added to his interest in scientific investigation is a sympathetic interest in his fellow men which -makes him a capable, strong and successful physician.

Charles E. Worthington

Upon a farm which is the place of his birth Charles E. Worthington still resides. His natal day was May 12. 1869. His father, John Worthington, was also born on the old family homestead, Julv 3, 1843, and to a limited extent he attended the district schools. From the tmie he was old enough to work he aided his father in the development and cultivation of the fields, and through his entire business career he carried on agricultural pursuits. In earlv manhood he removed to the farm now owned by Clark Worthington, his 'brother. He was married on the 8th of March, 1868. m Jackson township. Franklin county, to Mrs. Caroline Titus, a widow, and the daughter of John England. She was born in Ohio, and proved to her husband a faithful companion and helpmeet on life's journey. After their marriage they returned to the old home place, where the father of our subject was boTii and where he spent his remaining days, his death occurring on the 3d of May, 1885, while his wife passed away on the 5th of May, 1900. She was a member and active worker of the United Brethren chirrch, and Mr. Worthington contributes liberally to the support of the church and lives an honorable Christian life, althoug'h not identified through membership with any religious denomination. In politics he was a Democrat, but not an officeseeker. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Worthington were born two children : Charles Edward, and Flora, now the widow of Edward Ralston.

Charles E. Worthington, whose name introduces this review, first opened his eyes to> the light of day in the old log cabin which still stands upon the home farm. He pursued his education in the schools of Pisgah until about sixteen years of age, mostly attending through the winter seasons, while in the summer months be worked in the fields and meadows, aiding in the cultivation of the farm. After his marriage he took charge of the home farm of one hundred and twenty-four acres, and now energetically devotes his attention to the raising of the cereals best adapted to this climate and to the raising of stock. He possesses the true spirit of enterprise and progress, and his place is characterized by neatness and thrift.

On the 2d of April, 1891, was celebrated the marriage of Mr. Worthington and Miss Florence Demorest, who Avas born in Prairie township, Franklin county, April 19, 1870. She was reared in Galloway and attended school there until fourteen years of age, after which she was a student in the Reynold'sburg and other schools. When nineteen years of age she began teaching in Pleasant township, successfully following that profession for two years. She is a daughter of Milton and Virginia (Lavely) Demorest, who reside at Morgan Station. The home of Mr. and Mrs. Worthington has been blessed with three children : William Milton, Harold D. and Olive Lillian. Mr. Worthington exercises his right of franchise in support o^f the men and measures of the Democratic party, believing that the principles of that party contain the best elements of good government. Political preferment has no attraction for him, his attention being given to his farming work. His methods are progressive and systematic and his work is diligently prosecuted, bringing to him a good living and a substantial competence.

This well-known real-estate dealer of Columbus was born in Readfield, Maine, in 1837; and his parents, James and Sophronia (Clough) Packard, were also natives of the Pine Tree state. His father was a contractor and builder, following these pursuits for some time. His grandfather, Caleb Packard, was a native of the old Bay state, a son of Joshua Packard, a grandson of Abel Packard and a great-grandson of Zaccheus Packard'. Samuel Packard, who was the father of Zaccheus Packard, became the founder of the family in America, emigrating from Norfolk. England, to the new world in the year 1638. The maternal grandfather of our subject was Chase