Columbus City (part 14 of 57)

In 1844 Mr. Coit married Elizabeth Greer, the gifted daughter of Joseph Greer, an old settler in Worthington, Ohio. Mrs. Coit was born in Worthington in January, 1820, and grew to womanhood in her native village. She early displayed many of the intellectual traits which in later life made her known so well to the people of her native state, and which have so noticeably appeared in her family. She- attended the Worthington Seminary and taught school for several years afterward. Being of a literary bent of mind, she identified herself with various societies which seemed designed to elevate her sex, and finally became a strong advocate of woman suffrage. Her exceptional ability was recognized, and for fifteen years she held the important position of treasurer of the Woman Suffrage Association of Ohio. Gifted beyond ordinary, she was frequently called upon to place before the public the objects of the organization, and her graceful manner, in conjunction with her unanswerable arguments, excited favorable comment throughout the state. Mrs. Coit is a firm believer in modern, progressive spiritualism, and is an intellectual woman delightful to meet. Although so occupied with literary work, she was a model mother, her family of eight children testifying, by prominent and successful lives of their own, that her care was never relaxed. This family consistsi of Colonel Alonzo B.. a man of prominence in the state, for years being the colonel of the Ohio National Guards; Belle Morrow, wife of Frank C. Kilton, of Columbus; Staunton, a graduate of Amherst, who completed his education at the Berlin University, becoming a noted lecturer and now occupying the pulpit of a church in London, England, - these being the survivors.

Both Mr. and Mrs. Coit have passed the three-score and ten of the psalmist, but do not look their age, time having lightly touched them. They are both in unison in their firm belief in the truths of modern spiritualism. They have journeyed together for fifty-six years, and present one of those beautiful examples of constancy and affection which the whole world delights to honor.

Truman H. Coe

This well known retired business man of Clinton township is an honored representative of the early pioneers of this county, and a true type of the energetic, hardy men who have activelv assisted in developing and improving his locality. His upright course in life commands the respect and confidence of all, and it is safe to say that no man in his, community is held in higher regard.

Air. Coe is a native of Franklin county, born in Mifflin township, February 6, 1820, and is the eldest child of Harvey and Jane (Whitzel) Coe. His father was born in Connecticut in 1790, and was a lad of twelve years when he came to Ohio, in 1802, with his parents, Denman and Mary (Northrop) Coe. After his marriage he located on a farm in Mifflin township, which continued to be his home throughout the remainder of his life. In their family were ten children, namely: Truman H., John W., Ninus, Ada, Lucy, Allen T., Irvin, James, Amanda and Nettie.

'The boyhood and youth of Mr. Coe were passed upon his father's farm assisting in the work of field and meadow. All the educational advantages he had were received at the district school three months in the year. When he was in his nineteenth y ear he attended the Otterbein University at Westervelt, Ohio; this was all the advantages of education he had. When in his twentieth year he assisted with the work on the farm in connection with the study of vocal music, and also prepared himself for teaching the coming fall and winter. His first effort was in spending four months' time in the fall and winter teaching music. This proved to be a grand success, going beyond his expectations. The success he had in his first effort in teaching music continued for four years:, he spending four months in each year at this pleasant and interesting business.

Mr. Coe was united in marriage with Sylvia B. Bull, daug'hter of Jason and Amelia Bull, early settlers of Franklin county. By this union were born four children, all of them now living, namely: Safford M.. Lug P., Irvin T. and John F., two of them residents of Columbus and two of Clinton township, Franklin county.

After his marriage Mr. Coe made a purchase of two hundred and five acres of land in Blendou township, all in the green timber, paying ten dollars per acre for it. He built a frame house on the new purchase and moved into it. He never engaged in agricultural pursuits to any extent, his energies being devoted to the lumber and timber business. At the time that Mr. Coe made this purchase of land in Blendon township a plank road was planned and stock taken at once to build the road from Columbus, to Westervelt, he taking five hundred dollars worth of stock in the road. The contractor of the plank road had a steam sawmill put on Mr. Coe's land and Mr. Coe furnished the timber in logs at the mill and the contractor sawed out for him one and a half million feet of plank, which he delivered on the line of the new road. After the road was finished the price of land along the route rO'Se greatly in value and Mr. Coe soon sold his purchase of land at forty dollars per acre. He next made a purchase of two hundred acres of timber land, two miles northeast of Worthington, Ohio, built a frame house and barn on the new purchase and made the place his residence for five years, when he removed to Worthington, where he maintained his residence for several years. He next went to Delaware, Ohio, in order to send his children to the Delaware University. In 1861 he and his son, S. M. Coe, started a spoke factory in Hardin county, Oliio, which they conducted until the close of the Civil war, but lost fifteen thousand dollars in the venture. Our subject returned to Clinton township, Franklin county, built what is now the Coe residence on North High street on the Worthington road, and has made this his permanent residence. Mr. Coe spends over six months each year in shipping and furnishing stock for the Ohio Tool Company, of Columbus.

Mrsi. Sylvia B. Coe, wife of Truman H. Coe, died March 13, 1891. Since then Mr. Coe has been practically living a retired life except that he is running a small apiary for exercise and to have somxething to do and occupy his time and attention. He cast his first presidential vote for Henry Clay and has always affiliated with the Whig and Republican parties. His religious belief is that of the Presbyterian church. Although eighty-one years of age he is still well preserved, is vigorous both in mind and body, stands perfectly erect, while his eyes are bright and his voice strong. He also possesses a head of hair which many a young man might well envy. He is a temperance man of pronounced type, and his saloon bill throughout his entire life amounts to but sixteen cents. His life is exemplary in all respects and he well merits the high regard in which he is universally held.

James M. Walker

James M. Walker, who for many years was an active factor in commercial circles in Columbus, was born July 5, 1835, in Virginia, which was the ancestral home of the family. His father, James Walker, died at the old residence in that state in 1853, and his widow, long surviving him, passed away at the home of her son at Columbus in 1885, at the age of eighty-seven years. They were the parents of five children, namely: James M., W^atson, John, Mary and Robert. The subject of this review is an own cousin of the Hon. Henry Walker, ex-secretary of state of Virginia and a leading politician, and during the lifetime of Senator A. G. Thurman he accompanied him on campaign tours, making political speeches in behalf of Democracy.

James M. Walker spent his childhood in the Old Dominion and acquired his education there, and in 1854, when nineteen years of age, came to Columbus. Here he entered the grocery trade, conducting a store on High street for many years. His unquestioned probity, his fairness in all trade transactions, his earnest desire to please his patrons, and his courteous manner won for him a constantly growing trade and a continuously increasing prosperity, but in 1893, on account of ill health, he was compelled to retire from active business life. He died July 24, 1897, at the age of sixty-two years.

In 1872 Mr. Walker was united in marriage to Miss Ellen Waterman, a representative of a prominent pioneer family of Franklin county. Her father, Joseph Waterman, was born in England in December, 1797, and died September 3, 1858, at his old home on Shepherd street, in Columbus. The homestead covered an entire block. The land had been entered from the government by Lucas Sullivant, March 20, 1800, and in 18 10 was sold by the original owner to A. J. McDowell. It was afterward the birthplace of General McDowell. He subsequently sold the property to Temperance Backus on the i/th of March, 182S, for one thousand dollarsi, ;.nd in March, 1830, it was transferred through sale by Mr. Backus to David Ruffner, who continued to be the owner until July 31, 1832, when it became the Waterman homestead, being purchased by the father of Mrs. Walker. In the family of Joseph Waterman were the following children: George A., born September 14, 1826; Henrietta, who was born December 17, 1828, and died May II, 1846; Louisa C., who was born April 23, 1830, and died February 13, 1855; Augustus F., who was born October 20, 1831, and died in January, 1899; Emma, born September 17, 1834, and died in 1835; Emma R., born February 21, 1837; Henry K., who was; born October 23, 1838, and died July 22, 1845; Lucy Jane, born October 19, 1840; and Ellen, bom August 20, 1843.

Mrs. Walker is the youngest of a family of nine children and is a graduate of the Columbus high school, of the class of 1861. By her marriage she became the mother of two children, - Mary K., who was born in 1873, was graduated in the high school of Columbus and died June i. 1892; and Helen, born in 1879, is also a graduate of the Columbus high school. She is now one of the teachers in the Sullivant school where her mother attended forty years ago. Mrs. Walker is living with her daughter at No. 194 West Ninth avenue. They hold membership in Trinity Episcopal church of Columbus and have many warm friends in the city where the family has been so long both widely and favorably known.

Frank S. Fox

It has often been remarked that America is a nation of orators. Americans are certainly likely to have their "say" upon all questions of public moment, and it is undeniable that many of them develop an ability to speak forcefully and pointedly, without an undue waste of words. Some of them who speak most elegantlv and effectively ow'e their training to such thorough institutions as the Capitol School of Oratory, at Columbus, Ohio. That efficient educational enterprise was opened October i, 1896, by its projector, Professor Frank S. Fox, A. M., who is the principal of the school.

Professor Fox was born in Ashland county. Ohio, in 1861, a -son of Frederick Fox, who settled there in 1832, having emigrated from Bavaria, Germany, where the family name is spelled Faux. Frederick Fox was a man of education and of a progressive public spirit, a faithful public official, active in politics and a wise counselor of his neighbors;. He was a leader among the men of his township and county. By trade he was a saddler, harnessmaker and carriage trimmer: and was also a farmer, beino- the first to introduce new and useful agricultural implements, against which there was some prejudice when they were first offered for the consideration of farmers. That good and useful citizen died in 1895, aged seventy-two years.

His. wife was Eliza Jane Blackburn, a native of Bedford county, Pennsylvania, and a daughter of John W. Blackburn, an early and prominent citizen there who fought to gain American independence in the war of the Revolution and to preserve it in the war of 1812. "The Blackburns of Bedford and Johnstown, Pennsylvania, of Kentucky and of Cincinnati, Ohio, are from the same parent stock.

Professor Fox was graduated first at Savannah Academy, then at the Ashland University, of Ohio, in 1890, and took a post-graduate course at Waynesburg College, at Waynesburg, Pennsylvania, in 1894. He began his career as a teacher in the public 'S-chools of Ashland county and later taught in Vermilion Institute, at Hayesville, Ohio, a historic collegiate institution under the auspices of the Presbyterian church. He next went to Savannah Academy in the same county, teaching other branches besides oratory and doing entertainment and lecture work as opportunity presented. He still doesi institute and entertainment work and lectures on educational and popular subjects throughout Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Maryland, Kentucky, Virginia, West Virginia, Delaware and other adjacent states. His methods of instruction are founded on scientific principles and are original to a marked degree. His plan has been w^armly indorsed by all practical educators who have familiarized themselves with it. The Capitol School of Oratory has well lighted, well ventilated, commodious and handsomely appointed quarters, its tuition fees are reasonable and the thorough course of instruction leads to graduation and a diploma. Some of the graduates are on the platform, others hold important positions in other schools and others, aie prominent in the professions.

Professor Fox w-as married, at Hayesville, Ohio, to Miss Beatrice Armstrong, a daughter of the Hon. \Y. W. Armstrong, who was a candidate for congress on the Republican ticket in 1886. The family of Armstrong has been prominent in the affairs of Ohio since the Indian wars, when Captain Armstrong won fame as an Indian fighter. Professor and Mrs. Fox are the parents of three children : Louise, Wallace W. and Pauline. They are identified with the Presbvterian church and Professor Fox holds membership in the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

Wray Thomas

Among those who have occupied the chair of chief executive of Columbus was the gentleman whose name introduces this review. He served as the mayor of the city during one of the most exciting terms of the period of its history, - from 1861 until 1864, - the countr^y being then engaged in civil war. He came to Ohio from Richmond, Virgi'iia, having been educated in the state university of the Old Dominion. He w^as graduated in that institution and then took up the study of law. While there he was a classmate of Edgar Allen Poe, for whom he had a profound regard. He was a typical Virginian gentleman of the "old school," having a high sense of honor, unfailing courtesy and kindly dis.position, yet he was also a man of strong- force of character. One who knew him long and well said of him : "In all my intercourse with him I never knew him to manifest in the slightest degree any of the little personal traits that are sometimes shown by the best of men ; if he ever had an emotion that was not high and noble and was not calculated to make better thosic with whom, he came in contact, those who knew him well never observed it. He was a most superior man."

He was called to the office of mayor and entered upon his duties in the year which witnessed the beginning of the Civil war. They were times of great disturbance throughout the country, when feeling ran high and when it required a man of calm judgment, of superior mental poise, of unfailing patriotism and unquestioned justice to conduct safely the affairs of the city; but he was amply qualified for the office and discharged his duty in a highminded manner, as is indicated by the fact that the best citizens of Columbus gave him their hearty support regardless of political affiliations. In business he was for many years associated with Lyne Starling as a legal adviser and confidential agent.

Mrs. Margaret J. Vance was born in Blendon township March 3. 1828, on the farm now occupied by Frank Phelps. Her parents were Edward and Elizabeth (Jamison) Phelps. Her father was born in Windsor county May 9, 1790, and was a son of Edward and Zubah (Moore) Phelps. When a youth of sixteen years, he came to Franklin county, Ohio, with his parents, the journey being made in 1806. The grandfather had the previous year visited this section of the state and had purchased five hundred acres of land in Blendon township. Wlien the family came to the new possession there was not a single house in the township, so they proceeded on their way to Worthington, then a small hamlet, residing there while the grandfather erected a cabin home. Upon the farm which he developed and improved he died at an advanced age.

The father of our subject cut the first tree that was ever felled in Blendon township. He was reared on the old family homestead and at the time of the war of 181 2 was called out, but never saw active service. In 181 7 he married Elizabeth Jamison and located on a farm of one hundred and fifty acres which had been given him by his father, it being the place upon which the birth of our subject occurred. There he lived and died, passing away on the 22d of February, 1845. Prior to the war he was a stanch antislavery Whig and was a man of strong convictions, fearless in support of wdiatever he believed to be right. He cleared his own farm and the hard work undermined his health so that he passed awav at a comparatively early age. His wife was born in Rockbridge county, Virginia, October 11, 1796, and was a daughter of Robert and Margaret (McCutchin) Jamison, who with their family came to Franklin county, Ohio, in 18 16, locating in Blendon township, where they spent their remaining days. The grandfather was a deacon in the Presbyterian church and was a recognized leader in church work. Mrs. Phelps, the mother of Mrs. Vance, lived to the advanced age of ninety- four years, passing away October 16, 1890, in the faith of the Presbyterian church, in which she long held membership. Unto Edward and Elizabeth Phelps were born nine children, but only three are now living, namely : Mrs. Vance ; Timothy, who resides in Kansas City, Missouri ; and Loretta, widow of Nathan' Vincent, of Blendon township.

Mrs. Vance spent her girlhood at home, acquiring a common-school education and assisting in the labors of the household. On the 22d of February, 1844, she gave her hand in marriage to Joseph C. Vance, a native of Blendon township, born July 8, 1818, on the farm where the Ohio State University now stacids. He was a son of Joseph and Cynthia (Hart) Vance and was one of four children, all of whom have now passed away. His father was a native of Martinsburg, Virginia, and in early life removed to Franklin county, locating here about 1800. He was a civil engineer and did much of the surveying of the land in and around Columbus. His wife came with her parents to Ohio from Hartford, Connecticut, when she was about eight years of age. Her father was Dr. Josiah Hart, a graduate of Yale College, and on coming to the Buckeye state he located in Marietta, where he successfully engaged in the practice of medicine. Joseph Vance and Cynthia Hart were married in 1805, while the latter was visiting a brother in Franklinton. A few years afterward Mr. Vance purchased the farm of three hundred acres now known as Ohio State University farm, and thereon resided until hisi life's labors were ended in death, in 1824. He was a veteran of the war of 181 2 and was a member of the stafif of General Genough. Before hostilities were inaugurated he had served as captain of the Lig'ht Guards in Franklinton.

Joseph C. Vance was reared in his parents' home and acquired his education in the public schools. He wais only six years of age at the time of his father's death and two years later his mother removed to Columbus, where he attained to man's estate. When a youth of fourteen he entered the drygoods store owned by Mr. Casey, one of the pioneer merchants of the capital city, and after some years spent as salesman he completed a business education and followed bookkeeping. He was an expert penman, being regarded as the best in his line in Columbus at that day. His ability as a mathematician was also very great and he was a leading and reliable figure in commercial circles in the city. After his marriage he located on a farm, and there spent his remaining days. The place had been purchased some time previous from his uncle, William Phelps. After four years there passed he went to Camp Chase, where he was employed as secretary in the Michael Sullivan mills. Two years later, however, he returned to Columbus, and the following year his family again took up their abode on the farm, where in the meantime he had erected a commodious brick residence. He remained in the city a year longer, however, in the employ of the Gas Company, and then returned to his farm. In 1863 he was employed in the commissary department at Camp Chase as bookkeeper, at a colonel's salary, and held that position until the close of the war. Through the succeeding year he remained in Columbus as secretary to a Mr. Abbott, a retail hardware merchant, and then returned to the farm, continuing to supervise its operation until his death, which occurred June 23, 1882.

Unto Mr. and Mrs. Vance were born eleven children, of whom eight are now living, namely: Edward P., a druggist of Columbus, Ohio; Julia, the wife of Joseph Roberts; Ellen, the wife of William Hutchison, of Delaware, Ohio; Lizzie, who resides with her mother; Robert, an agriculturist of Greene county, Missouri ; Joseph, a slater of Columbus ; Timothy, who resides upon the home farm; and Clinton H., who operates the old homestead in Blendon township.

In his political views Mr. Vance was a stanch supporter of the Republican party, and, though never a politician in the sense of office seeking, for many years he filled the office of township clerk and was also land appraiser. He was an active member of the Presbyterian church and did all in his power to promote the welfare of his family and his community, being a public-spirited and progressive citizen who withheld his aid and assistance from no movement for the general good. Mrs. Vance now resides in Columbus. She is a representative of one of the pioneer families of Franklin county and through seventy-three years has resided here. She has therefore witnessed much of its growth and development and is familiar with its history from early frontier times.

Arthur L. Hamilton

Among the noted residents of Columbus, Ohio, is Arthur L. Hamilton, the subject of this sketch, his long residence and public services as an officer of the State Guards making him conspicuous. He was born in Chillicothe, Ohio, March 14, 1849, ^^id was a son of William and IMargaret (Lyons- McAdoo) Hamilton. The paternal grandfather was a native of the state of New York, who w^as one of the first settlers in Ross county, Ohio, where our subject's father was born in 181 7. He was actively engaged in several lines of business, being a pork-packer, merchant and farmer, building up a large business in the shipping of pork, by means of fiatboats on the canal to the river, supplying a large southern trade. The grandfather of Arthur L. was a native of Lawrence county. New York. The parents of Colonel Hamilton died at the old home in Chillicothe.

Arthur L. Hamilton spent his boyhood in his native place, receiving the advantages of both common and high school, engaging later in the study of telegraphy in the office of the Western Union, after which he engaged for two years in farming. His appointment as the chief of the fire department of Chillicothe followed and this responsible position he efficiently filled for nine years. Colonel Hamilton ^en became a traveling salesman for the

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Gutta Perclia Rubber ]\Ianufacturing Company, of New York city, with territory covering the states of Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky and a part of Ilhnois, remaining with this house until 1892, when he entered the adjutant-general's office as clerk.

Our subject became a member of the Ohio National Guards as a private in Company A, Sixth Infantry, June 6, 1873; first corporal December 5, 1873; fifth sergeant, February 9, 1874; first sergeant, August 20, 1876; second lieutenant, August 20, 1877; first lieutenant, February 4, 1878; captain, November 11, 1879; resigned November 4, 1884; commissioned first lieutenant and regimental adjutant, January 23, 1885; promoted major, July 9, 1886; captain of Company H, Seventeenth Infantry, July 6, 1892; commissioned colonel, September 17, 1892; honorably discharged at the expiration of the term of commission, November 20, 1897; re-commissioned April 21, 1898; in the war with Spain, commissioned colonel of the Seventh Ohio Volunteer Infantry May 30, 1898, and mustered out November 30, 1898.

Retiring from the adjutant-general's office. Colonel Hamilton became the general agent for the Provident Savings Life Association and has jurisdiction over sixteen counties of southern Ohio. His extensive acquaintance, coupled with his ability and energy, renders him a very efficient man for this position.

In 1870 Colonel Hamilton married Miss Adele C. Parker, a daughter of Francis S. and Louise J. (Thompson) Parker, old residents of Chillicothe. This union has been blessed with three sons and two daughters: Harry W., the captain of the United States Forty-ninth Volunteer Infantry in the Philippines; Alexander, a clerk in the civil-service department in Washington city; and Oma A., Louise M. and Edward F., at home.

Socially Colonel Hamilton is a Alason of high degree, belonging to blue lodge and chapter, and in the Scottish rite having attained the thirty-third degree. He is greatly esteemed by his fellow workers and has taken the deepest interest in the organization during the many years he has been connected with it.

In politics our subject is a Republican of known stability. His long connection with the military organization and his constant promotion cemented many friendships, and in his withdrawal the state lost an able officer.

One of the well known and highly respected women of Franklin county, Ohio, is Mrs. Elizabeth (W^atts) Borror, of Borror's Corners, Jackson township. Elizabeth Watts was born in the township just mentioned June 23, 1837, a daughter of Joseph and Lucinda (Barbee) Watts. Her father was born in Franklin county, Ohio, was there reared and educated and was there married. He was a successful farmer, was a Whig in politics and later a Republican, and was a member of the United Brethren church and active in all its work. He died in his forty-second year. His father, also named

Joseph Watts, came quite early to Ohio from the east and was a pioneer in Frankhn county and the first hotel keeper on the west side of Cohimbus. He was a prominent man in his time and died rather suddenly as the result of a kick of a vicious horse. Lucinda Barbee, the mother of the subject of this sketch, was a daughter of Hawes Barbee, an early settler of Franklin county, and died when she was about forty-two years old. Hawes Barbee, who had the experiences \of a pioneer farmer in the Ohio woods, was a native of Virginia, and he had six sons and five daughters, all of whom grew to manhood and womanho,od.

Joseph and Lucinda (Barbee) Watts had seven children, of whom Mrs. Borror was the first born. Her brothers and sisters were Mary, Emma and Sarah, all of whom are dead; Martha, who married Joseph Lieb and lives in Illinois; Joseph, of Greenville, Illinois; and John, of Columbus, Ohio. She was reared in Jackson township and can tell many amusing incidents connected with her attendance at school in early log schoolhouses. In 1856, at the age of nineteen years, she married Lewis Borror, a native of Jackson township, Franklin county, Ohio, and a son of Absalom Borror, one of the early settlers there. Immediately after their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Borror located on the farm in Jackson township, which has been her home for fortyfour years and which consists of two hundred and forty-three acres, which together with another farm of one hundred and forty acres, in Pickaway county, she rents advantageously. Mr. Borror, who died in 1869, was a progressive farmer, a stanch Democrat and an active member of the Methodist Episcopal church. Mrs. Borror has four children, the following facts concerning whom will be of interest in this connection :

William Milton Borror, now a resident of Columbus, Ohio, married Lucy Breckinridge and has six children named Chloe, Nellie, Edson, Bessie, Edna and Ruth. James Russell Borror married Emma Lane, a member of a prominent family of Pickaway county, and has eight children, named Clarence, Mabel, Goldin, Irvin, Susan, Evert, Mariette and Carrie E. Watson A. Borror married Mary Leach, of Shadeville, Franklin county, Ohio, and has children named Ola and Leslie and isi living at Columbus. Charles H. Borror married Stella Seeds and lives on his mother's farm. He was born in this township February 3, 1863, received a good education in local schools and is recognized as a progressive and successful farmer. He has a son named Dwight C.

Fienry T. Henderson

Henry T. Henderson is one of the venerable citizens of Franklin county, now in his ninety-third year. He was born near Martinsburg, Virginia, October 22, 1808, and in the fall of 18 14 became a resident of Ohio. The ancestry of the family can be traced back to Scotland, where lived the greatgrandfather of our subject, who crossed the Atlantic to the Virginia colony in the interest of Lord Fairfax. He lived to be ninety-five years' of age, while his wife reached the extreme old age of one hundred and ten years. John Henderson, the grandfather of our subject, was born and reared in Halifax county, Virginia, became actively interested in agricultural pursuits and operated his land by the slaves that he owned. He married Miss Tole, who was born in Virginia. His death occurred when he had passed the eightieth milestone on life's journey. His children were as follows: Robert, who at an early age went to Kentucky, where he was married; Charles, the father of our subject; Samuel, who removed to Logan county, Ohio, where he died at the age of ninety-five years; Tarlton, who died in Virginia; Nancy, whose death also occurred in the Old Dominion; and Fanny, who was married and lived in Ohio.

Charles Henderson was' born in Jefferson county, Virginia, and was reared upon his father's plantation, while in the subscription schools he acquired his education. He married Rebecca Duvall, who was of French descent and was born on Carl's manor, Maryland, her parents being Benjamin and Anna Duvall. After his marriage Charles Henderson accepted a situation as overseer on the plantation owned by INIr. Swirenger. of Jefferson county, Virginia. Subsequently he removed to Berkeley county. W^est Virginia, where he acted as overseer for Major Begnier, a brother-in-law of Governor Worthington, of Ohio. The latter gentleman induced Mr. Henderson to, come to the Buckeye state, and the journey was made with team and wagon in 1814. On the trip they were accompanied by another family, from whom they separated at Chillicothe, Ohio. The father of our subject located on the Worthington farm in Ross county, where he remained for five yearsi, after which he spent a similar period on the McArthur farm, its owner being the father-in-law of Governor Allen. Later, however, he returned to the Worthington farm, where he again spent five years. During that time he had acquired capital sufficient to pay for two hundred acres of land in Madison county, near what is now Big Plain, and there he devoted his time and attention to agricultural pursuits until his death, which occurred when he was eighty-six years of age. His wife passed away at the age of eighty-one. They were members' of the Methodist Episcopal church and j\Ir. Henderson frequently served as one of the officers of the congregation with which he was associated. In politics he was first a Whig and later a Republican and was a public-spirited man who co-operated with all movements for the general good. His children were : Henry, of this review ; Duvall, who died at the home of his daughter in Pennsylvania ; William, who married Priscilla Foster and died in Washington county, Iowa; Sarah, wife of John S. Beatty, of Washington, Iowa ; Susan, who became the wife of John Bell ; she and her sister-in-law, Mrs. Duvall Henderson, were both accidentally killed while crossing the railroad near Morgan, Ohio, at the ages respectively of seventy and eighty years ; Mary, who became the wife of Thomas Duvall and died at her home in Illinois; and Elizabeth, who married Obediah Copeland and died in Union county, Ohio.

years of age when he became a resident of Ohio. Few indeed of the citizens of the state can claim to have resided here eig'hty-six years. He was reared amid wild surroundings, for the work of civilization and progress had hardly been begun when the family came to the Buckeye state. There were no schools except those conducted on the subscription plan, and as he was the eldest of the family he had little opportunity to pursue his studies, for the work of the home farm largely devolved upon him. The first school which he attended was held in a log house in Ross county and his first teacher was Mr. Dunn. He learned the letters of the alphabet while sitting upon a slab bench in a log building of primitive structure and equally crude furnishings. From one side of the building a log had been removed and the aperture had been filled with glass, the schoolroom thus being lighted. Mr. Henderson only attended school in the winter months when the work of the farm was practically over, for during the siummer season he found it necessary to labor in the fields and assist in clearing the land and cultivating the crops. He remained with his father until twenty years of age, when he started out in life for himself. He was apprenticed to learn the tanner and currier's trade in Chiliicothe, Ohio, where he remained for two years, but was then compelled to give up his work owing to physical disability. After leaving home he became acquainted with the chief engineer of a company engaged in making a pike, and with whom he began work on the canal as rodsman, being thus employed for two years, after which he went to Alabama to work as superintendent in building canals. He was superintendent of that work for two years, on the expiration of which period he went to Huntsville, Alabama, and superintended .the construction of a macadamized road, the first of the kind that had ever been constructed in that portion of the country. A year later he went to Mississippi, where he remained for five years, contracting for and superintending the building of railroads.

In the fall of 1841 Mr. Henderson returned to Ohio and made his w^ay into the woods of Pleasant township, Franklin county, where he began the development of a farm. He had previously purchased four hundred acres of land, to which he afterward added the remainder of the survey, comprising one hundred and fifty acres. At first he lived in a log cabin of one room, eighteen by twenty-two feet, his home being surrounded by a dense uncut forest. He was married, on the 7th of February, 1842, to Miss Mary A. Makemson, who was born near Bellefontaine, in Logan county, Ohio, May 10, 1820. She, too, experienced the usual life of the pioneer settlers, pursuing her education in a log schoolhouse, heated by an immense fireplace and lighted by greased paper windows. Her father, John Makemson, was born and reared in Kentucky and married Margaret Lindsey, whose birth occurred in Cynthiana. that state. They came to Ohio at an early period in the nineteenth century, when the land was w^ild and the Indians roamed in large numbers through the forests. Many families had to leave Ohio on account of the depredations of the redmen, who stole everything they could secure. John Makemson owned a large tract of wild land and developed there a good farm.

After his marriage Mr. Henderson and his bride began their domestic life in a little log cabin, where many pleasant years were passed. His wife would operate the spinning wheel, for they kept sheep, from the wool of which they made the cloth which was used in making their clothing. She learned the art from her mother, who was an expert weaver. Mr. Henderson worked in the fields, clearing and improving his land. At the time they were married he had two small tracts cleared, one of eight, the ether of five acres, and on the latter stood the cabin home. He continued the development of his farm and in course of time erected thereon a neat frame cottage, built out of valuable walnut timber. Their first three children were born in the log cabin, and the family resided in the old homestead until the 31st of October, 1856, when Mr, Henderson rented his land and removed to Westerville in order to give his children better educational privileges and to enjoy a well earned rest. When he left the old home he had there a good farm of seven hundred and fifty acres, improved with all modern accessories and conveniences. He spent twenty-one years in Westerville, and for thirteen years he lived among his children. In the winter of 1887-8 he was ill with typhoid fever and w^as taken to the home of his daughter, Mrs. Dr. Moffit, of London, Ohio, but is now living in Galloway. He also spent the winter of 1896-7 in Washington, D. C, at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Florence Moffit, and attended the inauguration ceremonies of President McKinley. He also paid the president a visit. He sent his card up by a colored servant and was ushered into the waiting room and afterward into the president's reception room. He found IMcKinley besieged by office seekers, and when Mr. Henderson introduced himself, saying, "I am a pioneer farmer of Franklin county and am not seeking office for myself or others," the president said: 'T am mighty glad to meet you," and when Mr. Henderson added that he had voted for every Whig and Republican candidate from the time of Henry Clay, in 1832, McKinley again shook hands and said, "Well, I am indeed glad to see you." With a "God bless you," Mr. Henderson then bade him adieu. Mr. Henderson has 'served in a number of township offices. For fifty-seven years he has been a member of the Methodist cTiurch and has lived a consistent Christian life. For nineteen years he served in various church offices in Westerville, acting as steward there for nineteen years, while for 'Sixteen years prior to that time he had also filled the same office in another church. He is yet hale and hearty, and it is the wish of his many friends that he may be spared for some years to come. He is the oldest surviving member of his church, the oldest living citizen in his township and he receives the honor, respect and veneration which should ever be accorded to those of his years. The children whom he reared are as follows : Charles^, who enlisted in 1861 as a member of Company C, Fortieth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and died in Ashland county from exposure and brought home, his remains being interred in Franklin county; Abner B., who was engaged in general mer- chandising in Galloway for seventeen years, is now in the same line of business in Mt. Vernon, Ohio, and married Stella Colburn ; Margaret iii now the wife of Edward Cummins, of Galloway; Rebecca is the wife of D. B. Peters, of Galloway; America is the wife of Thomas Gregory, of Franklin county; and Florence is the wife of Dr. Melvin M. Moffit, of Washington, D. C,

David W. Myers, one of the most reliable and intelligent farmers of Norwich township, Franklin county, Ohio, was born on the old homestead there September 26, 1865, and is a representative of an old Pennsylvania family. His grandfather, Christian Myers, was a native of that state, born in Schuylkill county, Pennsylvania, and in early life learned the cooper's trade, vx^hich he followed many years, and then turned his attention to farming, owning and operating a large farm in Letterkenny township, Franklin county, Pennsylvania, eight miles from the city of Chambersburg. He was twice married, his first wife being Katy Baslior, who survived her marriage only a short time. In Franklin county he subsequently wedded Barbara Cobel, also a native of Pennsylvania. He died upon his farm in that county in 1853, and his wife, who survived him several years, passed away when more than eighty years of age. To them were born the following children : John, who died in Franklin county, Pennsylvania; Abraham, who was one of the early settlers of Truro township, Franklin county, Ohio, where he died April 26, 1900; Annie, wife of Christian Wingard, of Franklin county, Pennsylvania; Jacob, who died in that county; Barbara, who married David Stoner and died in Illinois; Susan, who married Daniel Kuntz and died in Franklin county, Pennsylvania; Christian, who died in Maryland; David, father^ of our subject; and Betsey, who became Mrs. Prettyman and died in Maryland.

D.avid Myers, the father of our subject, was born in Letterkenny township, Franklin county, Pennsylvania, December 26, 1826, and received a limited literary education. In early life he followed the shoemaker's trade. He was married, on the 9th of August, 1853, to Miss Mary Elizabeth Fricker, who was born in Amberson's valley, the same county, June 7, 1831, and was three years old when her parents moved to Letterkenny township, where she grew to womanhood. She attended school conducted in a log house, her first teacher being a Mr. Parks, but she disliked study, preferring to remain at home and assist her mother in the household duties. Her father, Andrew Fricker, was also a native of Franklin county, Pennsylvania, and a shoemaker by trade. He married Rebecca Faust, who was born in Lurgan township, the same county, a daughter of Philip and Barbara (Rodderbaugh) Faust, and after his marriage located in Amberson's Valley, but later moved to Letterkenny township, where he followed his trade until called from this life in the spring of 1848, at the age of forty-two years. He also engaged in farming to a limited extent, owning a small tract of thirty-four acres of land. His wife survived him about eleven years. In their family were four children, namely : Catherine, who married Abraham Shearer and died in Franklin county, Pennsylvania; Mary Elizabeth, mother of cur subject; Crissie, who died young; and Andrew P., a resident of Delaware county, Ohio. Mrs'. Myers' paternal grandfather was Philip Fricker, an only son of Andrew Fricker, a well-to-do farmer and miller, whose farm was hi Franklin county, Pennsylvania, and whose mill was. just over the Ime in Bedford county.

Soon after his marriage, in 1853, the father of our subject came to Franklin county, Ohio, and purchased a small tract of land in Truro township, where he made his home for five and a half years, and then^ came to Norwich township, where he purchased over ninety acres, on which stood a log cabin and stable. In 1874 he erected the house that isi still standing, and later added forty-five acres to the original purchase. Politically he was first a Whig and later a Democrat, and religiously was a faithful member of the River Brethren church. He died April 23, 1887. His widow then took charge of affairs, and her children operated the farm for her until 1895. The ^family numbered the following: Margaret, at home; John A., who married Laura Smith, of Franklin county, is a resident of Putnam county, Ohio; Catherine Naomi, who died in infancy; Maria T., who died young; David W., our subject; Ezra F., who married Carrie Rogers and lives at home; Eva Ann, wife of Charles Glazer, of Putnam county; and Benjamm F., who married Anna Miller, also of that county.

On the home farm David W. Myers passed the days of his boyhood and .youth, attending the Milligan school, where he completed his education at the ao-e of twenty-one years. During the summer he assisted in the work -of the farm and remained at home until his marriage, in 1887, Mis& Annie Burkett becoming his wife. She was born in Prairie township, this county, in 1868, a daughter of Thomas and Malinda (Hawke) Burkett. Three children bless this union, namely: Edna Hazeltine, Flossie Malmda and Norman Lester. Mr. and Mrs. Myers began their domestic life upon his present farm of forty-five acres, and he has since successfully engaged in general farming. He also owns sixty-one acres just across the road, and has converted "his land into a highly improved and well cultivated farm, whose neat and thrifty appearance denoted the industry, enterprise and progressive spirit of the owner. By his ballot Mr. Myers supports the men and measures of the Democratic party.

The life of Alexander Patton, who was the mayor of Columbus from 1845 to 1849, connected the pioneer days of that city with the period of active development which immediately preceded the Civil war.

Mr. Patton was born in Hanover township, Beaver county. Pennsylvania, March 27. 1791, and after having served his country in the war of 181 2 emigrated to Columbus:, Ohio, where he arrived July 17, 1813, and located in a log cabin on the east bank of the Scioto river, just south of where the Ohio penitentiary now stands. The city was at that time practically a wilderness. He had acquired a good education in the schools of Pennsylvania and had familiarized himself with the carpenter's trade, and he and his brother Michael, who was a member of the first city council elected in Columbus, were contractors and builders and were prominent in that line until about 1840. They built the public offices for the state on High street, north of the old state-house, and many other prominent structures of their time.

Alexander Patton was a justice of the peace of Montgomery township eight years., and was for a time at the head of the old volunteer fire department of Columbus. He was elected mayor in 1845 ^nd served ably and honorai)ly in that office for four years. In religious faith he was a Universalist. He married Miss Nancy Green, of Columbus, and had eleven children, all of whom are dead except M. Gustavus Patton, who is at this time a citizen of the Ohio capital.

Isaac Griswold

It is not probable that any of the present residents of Franklin county, Ohio, under-rate the honor that belongs, to its pioneers. The name of Griswold is one of the earliest in the history of the township of Blendon, and in that history the memory of Isaac Griswold will be kept green until the end of time.

Isaac Griswold was born in Windsor, Comnecticut, October 27, 1779, and died in Blendon township July 14, 1869, aged nearly ninety years. The Griswold family in America traces its descent to Edward Griswold, born in England in 1607, who came to America in 1639 and settled in Connecticut. Isaac Griswold married Ursula Clark, who was born January i, 1783, at Windsor, Connecticut, and died April 16, 1854, in Blendon township. Moses Clark, her father, was a Revolutionary soldier and her mother was a Phelps. Isaac Griswold and Ursula Clark were married in Connecticut and began their married life there. In 1805, in company with Colonel Kilbourne and Edward Phelps, Isaac Griswold made a horseback journsy to Ohio and Mr. Phelps and Mr. Griswold located land in Blendon township and returned to Connecticut for their families. They came back in the spring oi 1806, with wagons and Mr. Griswold drove three yokes of oxen which drew the members of their household and their belongings. One of the earliest settlers in the township, he became one of the most prominent and useful. He secured two hundred acres of good land which he improved and on which he lived until his death. He saw active service as a soldier in the war of 181 2. In 1824 he secured the establishment of a postoffice at Blendon, as his homestead had become known. The business of the office was transacted in his house and he was postmaster through all administrations until 1864,

Isaac and Ursula (Clark) Griswold had six children: Isaac 'M. went to Illinois early in life and died there at the age of thirty-eight years. Edwin B. spent his entire life on his father's farm and died unmarried in 1834, at the ao-e of twenty-eight years. Christiana, born in 1808, was the first white o-irl born in Blendon township. She married Thomas Shrock and died in her native township in January, 1887. Fredus N. was born in Blendon township in 181 1 and died there in July, 1881. Cicero P. was born in Blendon township in December, 181 5. He was a good business man and financier, and he and his brother Fredus, neither of whom married, carried on farming operations in connection with their father until the latter's death, and afterward managed their own agricultural interests so successfully that they left a large estate and considerable money to their sister IMindwell, the youngest of the family, who now lives on the old family homestead. Mindwell Griswold was born December 19. 1822, and married George B. Clark, a native of Knox county, Ohio. Soon after their marriage they removed to Iowa, where INIr. Clark died February 17, 1852. Mrs. Clark returned to her childhood home, in which she has lived continuously to the present. She bore her husband five children : Louisa is the wife of H. Warren Phelps, a biographical sketch of whom appears elsewhere in these pages. Edwin E., born in April, 1845, died in October, 1893. George W. is a prominent business man of Ohio. Eunice is a member of her mother's household. Charles W. is a farmer of Sharon township.

In no other country are young men found so prominently at the front in business and professional life as in America. This is undoubtedly due to the fact that the public trust is early reposed in them, so that business judgment is necessarily developed. They learn' to form their plans readily and grasp a situation both in detail and general principles and to control it advantageously. In professional life many men not yet in their prime have attained lasting fame. Among the younger representatives of the medical fraternity in Columbus is Dr. A. D. Beasley, who has already gained a creditable position among the followers of the calling.

He was born in Athens county, Ohio, at Amesville. June 6, 1872, and is a son of John J. and Mazeppa (Hill) Beasley. His father, a native of Ohio, was born and reared in Athens county and after his marriage settled at Amesville, dealing extensively in live stock, and a high degree of prosperity attended his efforts. Making judicious investments in land he became the owner of valuable property in Athens county, affording him excellent pasturage for his stock. He removed to Columbus in 1899, where he is actively engaged in buying and shipping wool besides paying considerable attention to live stock. He resides at No. 1084 East Main street. His grandfather,

George Beasley, was one of the early settlers of Athens county, married Mary A. Gardner, and was among the prosperous farmers of that section of the state.

Austin D. Beasley spent the first seventeen years of his life in Athens county, Ohio, where he received the rudiments of a good common-school education. Later he entered Marietta College, where for four years he diligently pursued his studies, and then, with a good literary knowledge to serve as a foundation upon which to rear the superstructure of professional learning, he began reading medicine under the direction of Dr. Frank Warner, of the capital city, professor of operative surgery in Starling Medical College. He completed his studies and was graduated at that institution in 1897, when he opened an office on East Main street, where he has already gained a good professional clientage.

Joseph Clapham

Joseph Clapham, who in an early day w^as identified with educational interests in Ohio and through a long period has been interested in farming pursuits, now resides in Genoa township, Delaware county, but is so well' known in Franklin county that he may well be termed one of the representative citizens, of his community. He was born in Welton, Yorkshire, England, October 20. 18 16, and is a son of Joseph and Sarah (Hudson) Clapham. Of their family of nine children our subject is the only one who now survives. He entered Central College in order to pursue his education and during that period .boarded at home. After two years spent in that school Professor Washburn thought him competent to teach and he secured a school in Piqua, Ohio, where he followed his profession for five months. He then returned to Central College, continuing one of its students through the succeeding season and in the following winter he taught a six-months term of school in Piqua. Wishing to add still more to his knowledge, he again matriculated in Central College, where he completed his education the following term, after which he taught two more terms of school in Piqua.

In 1 84 1 he went to Illinois, where for nine months he engaged in teaching in the neighborhood of Springfield. The following year he went to Iowa, spending eleven months in the city of Dubuque, during wdiich time he was connected with various pursuits. In the fall of 1843 he returned home and in the succeeding winter he engaged in teaching in his home district. In 1844 he took up his; residence in Columbus and began driving a team for A. H. Pinney, a contractor in the prison. After six months here passed he was united in marriage to Miss Candace C. Wilcox, a native of Franklin county, Ohio, and a daughter of Tracey Wilcox, who came from Connecticut, his native state, to Franklin county, Ohio, casting in his lot with its early settlers.

ville where he engaged in the operation of rented land for three years. S bsequently he devoted his time and attention to the cultivation of the Will- --m Tarp farm for a year and then removed east of Worthmg on, wheie hcarrtd'on agricultural pursuits on the AH. Pinney ^-^ ^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^^ On the expiration of that period he took up his residence on the G W. Hart arn in Blendon township, where he carried on the tilling of the soil tor tour years' and n 1856 he removed' to his present farm in Delaware tcwnship^ \? that time the place comprised one hundred and fifty-three acres, which was th pr'pe ty of Mr. Clapham's father. Later it was willed to our subec and Ins'brother Thomas, and the former has since resided o. the p ace. ^ The marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Clapham was blessed with six children, four of whom are yet living, namely : William, a gardener residing at Marysvill , Umon county, Ohio; John, of Baldwm City, _ Kansas ; Chaun^^y, a farmer of Davison county. South Dakota; and Jennie, the wife of Martm Rodo-ers of Harlem township, Delaware county. One son. George, now deceased', was a twin brother of John. Exercising his. right ot tranchise in suDPort of the men and measures of the Republican partv, ^Ir. Clapham has always been a stalwart advocate of its principles, and for one term served as trustee of his township. He is a member of the Bapti^ church and throuo-h several years filled the office of deacon. In 1880 he was called upon to mourn the loss of his wife, who died on the ist of July of that year, and since that time he has never married, but has remained true to her memory His residence in Ohio covers, the greater part of the nineteenth century, and during the long period he has taken just pride in the development and progress of the state and has assisted in many material ways m upbuilding and improving the county with which he is associated.

Gustavus H. Ochs

Germany has contributed much in thrift, industry and progressiveness to the good citizenship of America. Ohio has shared in this contribution and Franklin county has been peculiarly favored in it. The name of Ochs has long been known in old Montgomery township and in Marion township^^and is worthily represented in Marion township to-day by Gustavus H. Ochs, a prominent farmer and citizen whose homestead is on section 22.

Herman C. Ochs, father of Gustavus H. Ochs, was born m Germany in 1798 and came to America and lived for a time in Indiana. From Indiana he came to Franklin county, Ohio, and took up a half-section of land in Montgomery (now" Marion) township, where he died at the age of seventyfive years. Settling in the woods he chopped down trees with which to budd a cabin, which he erected on the site of the present residence of Gustavus H. Ochs and which is a portion of that residence. Matilda Hinsey, who_ married Herman C. Ochs, was also a native of Germany and was reared in the "fatherland." She bore her husband a son and a daughter. Gustavus H. Ochs, who is the only one of his father's family living, was only two years old when he was brought to the locaHty which has since been his home and was only eight years old when his good mother died. He was reared after the manner of farmer boys of his day and generation and was educated in the public schools of his township and at German and other schools in Columbus. After the death of his first wife Herman C. Ochs married her sister, who bore him no children, but who, having charge of Gustavus from the time he was eight years old, gave to him all the love of a mother and was held in affection by him as such. She lived to be eighty-nine years old and died regretted by all who had known her.

Gustavus H. Ochs was married, at the age of twenty-seven to Sophia Goebelein, who died a year and a half after their marriage, leaving no children. He is a member of the Lutheran church and in political affiliation is a Democrat, but does not adhere strictly to party lines in local elections. Born and reared in the county, his life has been like an open book to his fellow citizens and he is held in highest esteem by those who know him best. His farm consists of one hundred and fifteen acres, twenty acres of which lies within the limits of the city of Columbus, the remainder just outside of the corporation line. He gives his attention to general farming and is an extensive grower of corn, oats and wheat. For about thirty-five years he has made a specialty of dairying, but since the year 1887 he has devoted his time to farming only,

Richard J. Gardiner

One of the prominent business men of Columbus, Ohio, is Richard J. Gardiner, who is the efficient secretary of the Builders and Traders Exchang'e, of Columbus, and the subject of this review. He was born in Chillicothe, Ohio, June 6, 1862, and is the son of Richard J. Gardiner, who was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 18 18. For a number of years he was an expert accountant in his native city. Coming to Ohio, he married Margaret Ryan, of Chillicothe, a daughter of one of the early settlers of that city, James Ryan, and remained here until his death, in 1890, his wife having passed away in 1872.

Our subject was educated in the public schools of Chillicothe, passing through the high school, later entering into business life in a mercantile house in that city. Following his first experience Mr. Gardiner became a commercial traveler for the firm of R. H. Patterson & Company.

In 1895 our subject came to Columbus and engaged in various lines, finally accepting the position of secretary for the Columbus Builders and Traders' Exchange, holding this responsible post at the present time and efficiently performing the duties. The position is no sinecure, it requiring a comprehensive knowledge of details of the business not only in Columbus but all other large cities in other states. Mr. Gardiner has mastered these details and his place could not be easily supplied.

cothe a daughter of William E. and Susan (Dresbach) Roberts, and four children have been born of this union - Margaret A., Lyle J., Katherine M. and Fred R. The family possesses the esteem of a large circle of friends.

Jesse Walton

A prominent farmer and an old settler of Franklin township, Frankbn county Ohio, is Jesse Walton, who was born in Moreland township, Monto-omerv county, Pennsylvania, November 6, 181 2, a son of Gilbert Walton, who Was a soldier in the war of 1812. The grandfather was Daniel Walton, an early settler in the colonies, and his father, George Walton, was one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. The death of Gilbert Walton took place in Pennsylvania when he was fifty-six years of age, his wife, Mary A. (Rapsher) Walton, surviving him until the age of seventy- . six. ' A family of nine children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Walton, but our subject is the only member still living.

Jesse Walton was taken to Bucks county, Pennsylvania, by his parents when he was about twelve years of age, and his early education was acquired in that county, where the family remained for four years, later returning to Montgomel-y county. At the age of seventeen Mr. Walton began as an apprentice to learn the trade of carpenter and joiner, following it for four years. He worked as a journeyman four years after finishing his apprenticeship, and then engaged in contracting, which he successfully followed for a period of tweLve years. In 1849 he came to Franklin county, buying the place where he now resides, although at that time he had to build his cabin of logs in the woods. He immediately began clearing it up, fencing and cultivating the land until now the tract is one of the finest in Franklin county.

On the 29th of December, 1836, Mr. Walton married Miss Mary A. Puff, a native of Bucks county, Pennsylvania, born November 7, 18 15, who nobly assisted her husband in their pioneer life in Franklin county, and still survives, at the age of eighty-five years, a beloved and honored member of a most estimable family.

The sons and daughters who have arisen around the hearth of Mr. and Mrs. Walton numbered twelve, and now they and their children make happy the declining years of their parents. Their names are : John, who married Florence Edwards, has four children, - Zaida, Charles, Ancil and Gertrude; Hannah, William and Wesley, deceased; Louisa; Gilbert, who married first Flora Julian and had one son named Mark E., and for his second wife married Lillian E. Dougherty; Edwin, who married Mary Weatherman and has four children, - Wilber, Otto, Dora and Bell ; Elizabeth, who married William Keyser and lives at home; Mary A., who married Warren Julian and has two children, - Walter and Bertha ; Morris, who married Carrie Sheperd and has one daughter, Ruth; and Amanda and Emma, deceased.

The celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Walton at their home near Columbus, Ohio, December 29, 1886, was a very pleasant occasion. A larg^e number of relatives were present, and after the letters from absent ones were read and a few remarks were made by their pastor, an elegant dinner was served. Mr. and Mrs. Walton are held in the highest regard by all who know them and they received loving testimonials from those present. Of their immediate relatives there were with them on this occasion a brother and two sisters of Mr. Walton's. - seven children and twelve grandchildren. The many friends of Mr. and Mrs. Walton will be glad to hear of their continued health and happiness.

When Mr, Walton fiTst exercised his political franchise he voted the Democratic ticket, later changing to the Republican party, and his conscientious scruples against the liquor trade has convinced him that the safety of the country rests only in the Prohibition party. Both he and his estimable wife are valued and consistent members of the Methodist church, of which he has been a member for the long space of sixty-five years, having held all of the lay offices and had been ever ready with purse or influence to further the cause of Christianity. In his declining years he can look back upon a life of honest toil and enjoy the universal respect of those with whom he has lived so long.

Lawrence H. Cott

That honorable ambition to excel which is everywhere recognized as a creditable American characteristic has brought many a man from an humble beginning to a place of prominence in private and public affairs. Such advancement in life is due to the survival of that which is best in business honor and business methods and to the recognition of faithfulness in small things by the advancement of men tried and true to have jurisdiction over larger ones. These thoughts have been suggested by the successful career of Lawrence H. Cott, director of public accounts for the city of Columbus, Ohio.

Mr. Cott is a son of Christopher and Mary E. (Brown) Cott. His father, a native of England, came to the United States, and became a miller in Pennsylvania. At the outbreak of our Civil war, though of foreign birth, he offered his life in defense of the Union. Lawrence H. Cott was born in Huntingdon county, Pennsylvania, August 14, 1858, and his mother died soon after giving him birth. By the untimely death of his father he was fully orphaned, but he was given a home with relatives in Huntingdon county, who afforded him opportunities for a good common-school education and with whom he remained until 1872, when he came to Columbusi, where he formed a connection with a view to acquiring a practical knowledge of the printing trade. It was not long, however, before the condition of his health demanded a change of occupation, and he entered the employ of the Hocking Valley Railroad Company at Columbus and was soon promoted to be chief clerk in the office of its auditor, which position he heldfor twelve years. In 1899 he was appointed, by Mayor Swartz, the director of accounts for the city of Columbus for a term of two years. For this position hisi long experience in auditing railway accounts peculiarly fitted

"^'^r^C^t's^-^-^ influential Repuhlican, who fuhy indorses the T^olicv of the present administration and is a firm believer n. the enlai-ged ^?nrv and usefulness; of American civilization, for he firmly believes that n ooTeSve meifc^^ find an adequate field for action only m a thoroughly ^ oo- ve countrv, and he sees nothing but promise of better thn.gs to the down trodden and^mfortunate in the planting of the stars and stripes m any part of ?he world. He is a member of the Knights of Pythias and of the T^enevolent and Protective Order of Elks.

In 1888 Mr Cott married Miss Elizabeth Sinclair, daughter of Richard Sincla r a prominent and highly respected old resident of Columbus, and to m1- and Mrs. Cott have been born four children,-Margaret, Lucile, Richard and Elizabeth.

Hon. Charles Merion

/\mon- the most prominent and influential citizens of Franklin county is Charles Slerion, who resides on South High street, Marion township, only one mile south of Columbus. At the present time he is ably representing his district in the state legislature, and is one of the public-spirited citizens to whose energv and foresight Franklin county is indebted for rnany^ improvements While Mr. Merion, as a prosperous business man, hasi given close attention to his private affairs, he has never forgotten or ignored the bond of common interest which should unite the people of every community and has always been ready to promote progress in every Ime^

Mr Merion was born in Columbus, February 24, 1857. and traces his ancestry back to Nathaniel Merion, who was born in Massachusetts, and married Thankful Withington, in 1749- Their son Nathame was_ married in the same state, December 19, 1776, to Lydia Gay. Nathaniel Merion (3d) was born in Columbus, Ohio, February 16, 1814, and married Nathlme Watkins, in November, 1846. The fourth of the family to bear the name of Nathaniel is, the son of our subject. William Merion, the grandfather of our subject, was born on High street, Columbus, September 10, 1811, and was reared upon a farm where the city now stands. - r- 1 t.

Charles S. Merion, our subject's father, was also born in Columbus, on Christmas; day, 18^ q, and almost his entire life has been passed m this county. He pursued Ws studies in the schools of Montgomery township, now the city of Columbus, and throughout his active business life has followed farming and gardening. Since 1857 he has made his home "pon his present farm in what is now Marion township. The year previous; he had wedded Miss Marv L. Fisher, who was born in a little log cabin near the canal in Marion township, and was reared and educated m the city of Columbus. By this union there were two children: Charles, our subject; and Sarah, now deceased. After the death of his. first wife the father married

The early education which our subject acquired in the district schools near his boyhood home hasi been greatly supplemented by more advanced study. For one year he attended the Ohio Central Normal School at Worthington, and later was a student at Baldwin University and the State University. For five years he successfully engaged in teaching school in Marion township, and was then connected with the wholesale dry-goodsi house of Green, Joyce & Company for two years. While engaged in that business his health failed and he returned to the home farm in 1884. Since then he has followed dairy and general farming, and his labors have been crowned with success.

At Columbus, on the 20th of May, 1886, was celebrated the marriage of Mr. Merion and Miss Emma Kienzle, a native of that city and a daughter of John and Mary Kienzle, old settlers of this county. The father is a retired shoe dealer of Columbus. Mrs. Merion was graduated at the high school of that city in 1880, and by her marriage has become the mother of four children : Grace, Harry, Nathaniel and Mary.

In his social relationsi Mr. Merion is a member of Junia Lodge. No. 474, I. O. O. F., and the Encampment, and also of Custer Council, J. O. U. A. M. For about twelve years he was a member of the Ohio National Guards. After serving two years as private he was elected first lieutenant, in 1880, of Company F, Fourteenth Regiment, and five years later was made captain of his company, in which capacity he served until his retirement in 1890. Politically he is a stanch Republican, and was the candidate of his party for state representative in 1891, but was defeated. Two years later, however, he was elected to that office, and in 1899 was re-elected, being the present incumbent. As a citizen he meets every requirement and manifests a commendable interest in everything calculated to promote the welfare of his native county.

Linus B. Kauffman

The value of the German element in our American citizenship has been many times demonstrated in every city in the Union and not less strikingly in every village, hamlet and township. Itsi exemplification comes to the surface again when we come to consider the antecedents and successful career of Linus B. KaufTman, director of public improvements at Columbus, Ohio. Mr. Kaufifman was born at Lancaster, Ohio, June 11, 1858, a son of George and Henrietta (Beecher) Kauffman. His father, a native of Germany, came to Ohio in 1818 and settled at Lancaster, where he became a prominent and successful business man and was identified with many leading interests. He was a druggist by profession and for a number of vears conducted one of the leading drug stores at Lancaster, where he died in 1866. His widow is now a resident of Columbus.

Linus B. Kauffman acquired his primary education in the pubhc schools of Lancaster and was prepared for college in that town. He was graduated from the Wesleyan University at Delaware, Ohio, in 1877, and in a special course at Amherst, in 1878. He read law with the Hon. William Davidson, of Lancaster, Ohio, and then for the benefit of his health sought the climate of the mountains of Montana, where he remained for two years. Returning to Ohio, he engaged in the wholesale drug trade at Columbus and is a member of the well-known drug firm of The Kauffman-Lattimer Company, whose substantial brick store at the northwest corner of Front and Chestnut streets, has come to be a landmark of the city. The company is financially one of the stanch firms of Columbus and the purity of its goods and its honest, accommodating businessi methods have made it popular with the trade.

Mr. Kauffman is an active and unswerving Republican whose influence is respected and whose counsel is sought by the leaders in his; party. In 1899 he was appointed director of public improvements for the city of Columbus, and in the performance of the duties of that position controls and directs all public works within the city limits. In the administration of his office, so important to the taxpayers of the city, the best judgment and highest degree of honor are demanded, and he has; brought to bear upon the discharge of his duties admirable ability, tact and discretion, which have given him an enviable place in the esteem of his fellow citizens. He is a Mason of wide acquaintance and influence, having been raised to the sublime degree of Master Mason, exalted to the august degree of Royal Arch Mason, constituted, dubbed and created a Knight Templar and created a member of the Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. He is also a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, In 1884* he married Miss Clara Norton, of Springfield, Ohio, a daughter of Thomas and Clara (Foos) Norton.

Mr. Kauffman's standing in the business and commercial circles of Columbus is deservedly high, his judgment in all public affairs is respected and his honesty in official life is as unquestionable as it is in private life. Genial, whole-souled and companionable, he makes friends of all with whom he comes in contact, and in every relation of life he has proved himself reliable and helpful, patriotic and progressive to an admirable degree.

Joseph Dauben

Among the well known architects residing in the city of Columbus, Ohio, is Joseph Dauben, the subject of this sketch, whose ability has been shown in some of the most beautiful and imposing structures ever erected in this city, noted for its fine buildings.

Mr. Dauben was born in the city of Cologne, Germany, August 28, 1848, and was the son of Joseph and Catherine Dauben, both natives of the same country. His father held government positions in Germany for many years, dying while in the service.

Onr subject received a very liberal education, first in attendance upon the schools of his neighborhood, later entering the gymnasiuni, and still later the great academy building in Berlin, Germany, at which he graduated in- 1869. The bent of Mr. Dauben's mind seemed toward architecture, hence he was apprenticed to the profession and studied under the supervision of a noted architect at Cologne.

In 1 871 Mr. Dauben came to America, reaching Chicago just after the great devastating fire, and here he found ample opportunity for the exercise of his ability, as the work of rebuilding was already under way. He was called upon to do much in the line of draughting plans, the result of his labors now being displayed in many of the immense structures which adorn the city of Chicago. He made that city the scene of his labors for six years, coming to Columbus in 1877, where he entered the office of George H. Maetzel,with whom he remained for three years, after which he formed a partnership with Mir. Maetzel, this continuing until the time of the latter's death, in 1892. In 1893 Mr. Dauben movedi his business to the Eberly block, and here is well prepared for his special line of work, the quarters being spacious and well lighted. During the twenty-three years that Mr. Dauben has been a resident of this city he has drawn plans for many of the notable buildings which please and attract the stranger, while they gratify the pride of the citizens. Among those where he has had opportunity to display his talent are : the Franklin county court-house; the Franklin county jail; the Franklin county infirmary; St. Anthony hospital; the Wirthwain block; the John Schmidt block; the (residence of L. P. Hoster and brewery of L. Hoster & Company; also the Madison county court-house, at London, Ohio; the Shelby county court-house, at Sidney, Ohio; the Allen county court-house, at Lima, Ohio, and numerous business houses, blocks and dwellings. Following the election of Alayor Allen, Mr. Dauben was appointed building inspector of this city, an appointment peculiarly suitable and to the satisfaction of the residents of Columbus. Also he held the same position under Mayor Black.

John Murphy Pugh

No biographical work professing to include any considerable number of names of men of prominence and influence at Columbus, Ohio, could omit the name of John Murphy Pugh, who was born in Truro township, Franklin county, Ohio, November 7, 1823, a son of David and Jane (Murphy) Pugh. His father was a native of Radnorshire, Wales, and his mother was born in Franklin county, Pennsylvania. David Pugh came from Wales to Baltimore, Maryland, and after living there went to Ohio and founded the Welsh settlement of Radnor in Delaware county, in the midst of a wilderness, and the first white child born there was his nephew, who died recently at the age of eighty-seven. In 18 14 the family moved to Truro township, where

John M. Pugh

John M. Pugh received his early education in a typical log schoolhouse and was for a time a student at Central College. When he was about twenty years old he began teaching school on the Black Lick, east of Columbus^ for eio-ht dollars a month and his board, which latter had to be taken around at the homes of his pupils. He located in Columbus September 4, 11848, and on that date began reading law under the direction of Major Samuel Brush, who was a leading lawyer in his day, and was admitted to the bar in 185 1, when the oath was administered to him in the old United States courthouse by Hon. Peter Hitchcock, judge of the supreme court. He was for two years a clerk in the county auditor's office and for the succeeding two years a clerk in the office of the county treasurer. This four years' s'ervice covered a period before and after his admission to the bar. His first political office was that of township clerk, to which he was elected by a majority of one hundred and fifty-nine, as a Democrat, in a Whig township whose usual party majority was six hundred. In 1853 he was chosen to the office of county auditor, which he filled, for four years.

He then retired from official life to practice law, in association with Major Brush, and they were law partners until 1858, when Alajor Brush removed to New York. After that he and the Hon. L. J. Critchfield were law partners until 1863, when Mr. Pugh was elected judge of the probate court of Franklin county. He held this office continuously by re-election until 1879, when he resumed the practice of his profession. He was a member of the state board of agriculture for six years, and during two years of that time was its president. He was for eleven years treasurer and for three years president of the Franklin County Agricultural Society. He^ was appointed by Governor Allen and reappointed by Governors Hayes and Bishop trustee of the State Reform School for Boys at Lancaster, Ohio, and performed the responsible duties of that office for five years. The board controlling this institution was remodeled by legislative enactment during Mr. Pugh's last term, and a new set of trustees was appointed. For two years Mr. Pugh was a member of the intermediate penitentiary board. Largely through Mr. Pugh's efforts, while he was a member of the county agricultural society, the present Franklin Park was bought for county fair purposes, and to Mr. Pugh as a member of the state board of agriculture is due the credit of having secured the permanent location of the Ohio state fair at Columbus.

On Christmas eve, 1851, I^Ir. Pugh married Martha F. Cook, who died November 16, 1881. They had eight children, named as follows in the order of their nativity: Martha J., who is Mrs'. James P. Curry; William D.. John C. L., Serene E., Sarah, Addie E., James and Lovell. July 22. 1885, Mr. Pugh married Elizabeth M. Bradley, of Steubenville, Ohio, and they have one daughter, Helen C. Mr. Pugh has pas?ed all the chairs in the subordinate bodies of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

Alvin Coe

This well-known farmer of Clinton township was born there April 17, 1824, and is a representative of one of the oldest families of Franklin county, being a son of Ransom and Elizabeth (Beers) Coe. The father was a native of Hartford county, Connecticut, and a son of Denman and Mary (Northrop) Coe, who were also born in that state and about 1802 came to Ohio with teams and wagons. Upon their arrival in Franklin county they took up their residence in the village of Worthington. Denman Coe was a scholarly man, being well educated in the schools; of the east, and was a lawyer by profession. He became the pioneer attorney of this county, but owing to the unsettled condition of the country at that time his practice here was limited and he adopted teaching as a supplementary work, being one of the first school teachers of this region. He also engaged in civil engineering to some extent, and made the survey of the first road between Columbus and Cleveland. He owned quite a large body of land and deeded his children one hundred acres each. During the Revolutionary war he served faithfully and well in a brio-ade of Long Island troops under command of General iWashington. He made his home in Worthington until 1826, when he started for Pennsylvania, but before reaching that state died. His widow spent her last days at the home of her son Ransom in Clinton toAvnship, where her death occurred. In their family were fourteen children, four sons and ten daughters, all now deceased.

On reaching man's estate Ransom Coe married Elizabeth Beers, a daughter of David and Elizabeth (Schleigal) Beers, who came to this county at an early day from Lehigh county, Pennsylvania, where her mother was born. Mr. Beersi was a native of Scotland. To Mr. and Mrs. Coe were born six children: Henry; Salinda, wife of Robert Stewart; Rachel, wife of Leander Stone; Lavillo, wife of John Ackerman; Alvin, our subject; and Almon, who is represented on another page of this volume. After his marriage the father purchased a farm in Clinton township, but after residing there for a few years he bought another place one mile west of North Columbus, where his son Almon F. now resides. Here he spent the remainder of his life. As a tiher of the soil he met with success and accumulated a handsome property. During the war of 181 2 he served under General Harrison. Although quiet and unassuming in manner, he made many friends;, and was highly respected for his sterling qualities of manhood. His death occurred in October, 1855, and his wife passed away February i, 1868.

During his boyhood Alvin Coe attended the common schools then in vogue, and was; reared on his father's farm. He married Emily F. Spencer, and to them were born four children: Elma M., deceased; George S., a farmer of Clinton township; Clementine; and Henry A., also a farmer of Clinton township. The wife and mother died February 28, 1894, at the age of sixty-seven years.

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where he now resides. It comprises ninety-eight acres of highly cultivated and well-improved land, and in its operation he has met with excellent success. He has been able to give his children a good start in life, owning before the division of his property four hundred acres of valuable land.

David S. Seeley

One of the best known insurance men in Eranklin county is David S. Seeley, of Westerville, who was born near Saratoga Springs, New York, May 20, 1836, a son of Rev. John V. K. Seeley, who is living just across the county line in Delaware county, Ohio. John V. K. Seeley was born in Schoharie county. New York, February 13, 18 14, a son of David Seeley, who was born near Milford, Connecticut, and was brought to Saratoga county by his parents when twelve years old. Later the family located near Carlisle, in Schoharie county, and there David Seeley lived until his death, which occurred wdien he was seventy-five years of age. He was an ofificer in the New York state militia before the war of 18 12, but was prevented from taking part in that struggle by ill health. He was a self-made man, and his life was crowned with a high degree of success. He was a consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal church. Jesse and Louisa Seeley, his parents, removed_ to New York at an early day, and both died there, the father at the age of eighty-four years. They were active members of the Baptist church. The father of Jesse Seeley was killed in the Revolutionary war under circumstances of peculiar atrocity. Wounded in the leg by a British bullet, he found shelter in a barn, only to be murdered by Tories. He was a native of Connecticut and of Scotch descent. David Seeley married Ursula Sweetman. a native of Saratoga county. New York, who lived to be about seventy-eight years of age, dying in the faith of the Presbyterian church, in which she was a life-long member. Her twelve children all grew to manhood and wom'anhood, and all had families. Rev. J. V. K. Seeley was the fourth in order of birth. He remained at home until he was twelve years old, and after that lived with his grandfather until his marriage, in 1835, to Miss Harriet E. Sanders, a native of Saratoga county, New York, and a life-long Baptist. She died in 1869, having borne her husband a family of nine children. After his marriage. Rev. John V. K. Seeley removed with his wife to Litchfield township, Medina county, Ohio, where he bought fifty acres of wood land, which he improved and lived upon for thirty years. He took up preaching when well advanced in life, and was duly ordained at the age of fifty-one years. He preached in country churches and at Medina for about eight years. He afterward preached at Clyde, Sandusky county, for five years. In 1885, he bought thirteen acres of land where he now lives, on which he erected a house and otherwise improved his land. Now, in his eightysixth year, he is still active and able to attend to his business interests, which comprise the management of his farm and the handling of his modest capital, some of wdiich he loans on approved securities. He became a Republican on the organization of the party, and voted with that party for many years, but he also gave much time to deHvering lectures on temperance, his temperance work gradually leading hun into the ranks of the Jb'rohibition party. He united with the Baptist church when he was about twenty years of age, and now, sixty-six years later, he goes every pleasant Sunday to meetings at Central College. According to the traditions of his family, his grandfather, Eiizur Averill, served four years in the Revolutionary war.

John V. K. and Harriet E. (Sanders) Seeley had nine children, four of whom died young. On the 2d of January, 1871, Mr. Seeley married Harriet A. Sheldon, wiho was born near Rochester, New York, and came in childhood to Medina county, Ohio. The five of Mr. Seelely's children who are living are: David S., Phoebe L., Chester L., Talmage and Ida R. David S., the first born, was only three or four months old when his parents brought him to Ohio. He was ireared to farm labor and received such educational advantages as were available to him in his locality. He had charge of his father's farm until he was twenty-seven years old and then became interested in insurance. In the fall of 1863 he secured the agency of the Ohio Farmers' Insurance Company, for central Ohio. He lived near Litchfield, Medina county, Ohio, and many times walked in the night thirteen miles to take the train for Columbus in pursuit of his business. In 1873 he moved to- Gahanna, Franklin county, where he lived for three years. He removed to Westerville, in this county, m 1876, to educate his son, and, made that town the headquarters of his insurance business, gradually becoming identified with other business interests there. During the first six years of his work as an insurance solicitor he walked from village to village and from farm to farm represented the claims of his; company and laid the foundation for a business which in time afforded better facilities for its prosecution. He now maintains an insurance office at Westerville and another at Columbus, and does a very large business. He was one of the organizers and is vice-president of the Bank of Westerville and also owns four farms oi" between five hundred and six hundred acres, in Medina county, Ohio, which represents his earnings as a business man. He is a member of the Ohio Farmers' Insurance Company's Agents' Association, and has watched the development of agricultural insurance in Ohio closely, being probably as well informed on the subject as any other man. His experiences in the days when! he traveled on foot through Franklin, Fairfield, Madison, Perry and Pickaway counties, and ''staged it" before there were any railroads in his territory, are interesting.

Mr. Seeley married Miss Augusta L. Lefifingwell, a native of Whittlesey, Medina county, Ohio, who at the time of their marriage lived in Litchfield. They have one son, Leland R., who has charge of his father's insurance office at Columbus. Mr. and Mrs. Seeley are members of the Baptist church, and Mr. Seeley, who is one of the best known men in the county and a leading man at Westerville, is an active Republican. Pie has been a member of the board of health of Westerville for twenty years and for eighteen years has been a member and for several years president of the board of education.

He is a man of influence in all public matters, and the value of his practical judgment in business affairs has been many times recognized by request for advice concerning the business affairs of others. He obtained his knowledge of the value of farm property by methods at once laborious and thorough, and there are few men in Ohio who are better informed concerning country insurance and all the conditions which affect it than is Mr. Seeley. His public spirit is always evident and there is no movement promising the benefit of the community in which he lives to which he does not give his generous support. His interest in public education has been shown in many practical ways and has resulted in the elevation of the standard of education in his township. He is particularly open-handed in his assistance to church and evangelical work.

For twenty years Dr. Turney has engaged in the practice of medicine in Columbus, and has demonstrated his ability by the success which has attended his ministrations. He was born in Mifflin township, Franklin county, on the 3d of October, 1856, and is a son of George Ridenour and Cynthia (Penney) Turney. His grandfather, Daniel Turney, was a native of Pennsylvania, married Susan Ridenour, and in 181 2 came to Franklin county, Ohio, erecting a log cabin in the midst of the forest. Here he experienced the pleasures and hardships of pioneer life and aided in laying the foundation for the present prosperity and progress of the county. His son, George R. Turney, was born in this county on the 23d of March, 1812, shortly after the arrival of his parents, so that he was reared amid the wild scenes of the frontier. He wedded Miss Cynthia Penney, who was born in Blendon township, Franklin county, June 17, 1832, a daughter of Grove and Mary (Cummings) Penney. The former was an honored pioneer of Franklin county, and after his marriage located in Blendon township, where he followed the occupation of farming. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Turney were born the following named : Lee M. ; Charles Fremont, of this review ; Cora, the wife of Dr. H. L. Ayer. of Columbus; Fay, a farmer residing on the old homestead; Shirley, wife of Homer P. Dean; and George L., who also .carries on agricultural pursuits.

Dr. Turney was reared in the usual manner of farmer lads, early becoming familiar with the work of developing the fields. For a time he attended the district schools and afterward entered Central College, his studiesi there being supplemented by several terms of attendance at Otterbein University. Later he engaged in teaching school for a time and subsequently took up the study of medicine in the office and under the direction of Dr. Abner Andrews, of Westerville, Ohio. His professional learning was further supplemented by a course in the Starling Medical College, where he was graduated in 1880, after which he located in Columbus and began practice. In the years which have since followed he has by persistent enterprise, close application and as a result of his comprehensive knowledge,