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In 1880 the Doctor was united in marriage to Miss Lorena Ferris, who died in March, 1881, leaving a son, Lewelyn, who died at the age of eleven years. The Doctor married for his second wife Susan Ada Cook, a daughter of John C. Cook, of Delaware county, Ohio, where she was born and reared. Their union has been blessed with one daughter, Loa Eola.

Socially Dr. Turney is connected with Columbus Lodge, No. 30, F. & A. M., and professionally he is identified with the Columbus Academy of Medicine, the Ohio State Medical Society and the American Medical Association.

Joseph Herd

At a very early period in the development of Ohio, when the land was uncultivated, railroads were unknown, and the work of progress and civilization seemed scarcely begun, the Herd family was established in Franklin county. Joseph Herd took up his abode in Clinton township in the year 1859. He is a native of England, his birth having occurred in Lincolnshire, in the year 1825. He was there reared upon a farm and earlv became familiar with all the duties and labors that fall to the lot of the agriculturist. The work of field and meadow continued to occupy his time and attention until 1855, when he came to America, locating first in Illinois, where he remained for three years. In 1859 he took up his abode in Clinton township, and in 1862 purchased ten and a half acres of land, upon which he has since lived. He now owns a good farm of thirty-six acres, all of which is well improved, being under a high state of cultivation, its productive condition being continued through the rotation of crops.

Mr. Herd was married before he left his native land to Miss; Hannah Lill, and they became the parents of seven children, namely : Sophia, Kate N., Anna Mary, A\^illiam Eu, Joseph E., Robert E. and Ulysses E.

William Herd

William Herd, deceased, was a native of England, born in Lincolnshire, in the year 181 2. He was reared in hisi native county, acquiring a practical educated in the parish school, which was situated several miles from his home, and to which he made the journev on foot. He learned the trade of a plumber, a glazier and a painter, serving an apprenticeship of four years, and thus well equipped for life's practical duties, he entered upon his business career. Believing that he might be benefited by emigration to America, where competition was not so great and opportunity was open, he bade adieu to home and friends when twenty-three years of age, and in company with his brother Robert, sailed for New York, where they arrived in 1835 after a voyage of fifty-five days. From the eastern metropolis they made their way to Albany and thence to Buffalo and on to Columbus, and along the route he worked at whatever he could find to do that would give him a living. His brother Robert was a blacksmith by trade and in order to carry on that business he established a shop near where the High street opera house is now located. After a short time, however, he returned to England and had been tiiere but a brief period when his death occurred. In 1835 William Herd also returned to the land of his birth, walking from Columbus to New York. He was married there to Miss Mary Goy, of Lincolnshire,, in the late winter of 1835 and thence he came with his bride to the new world, arriving in Cleveland, Ohio, before the opening up of the canal. He left his wife and baggage in Cleveland until the canal transportation could be secured and he walked to Columbus, where he entered into partnership with Richard T. Jones-, in the painting business, the firm of Jones & Herd thus being organized. For many years they carried on business together and prospered in the undertaking. At length the partnership was dissolved and Mr. Herd continued alone until 1877, when he removed to his farm in Clinton township, devoting his attention to agricultural pursuits throughout his remaining days. He was an enterprising man of good habits and won prosperity through his indefatigable efforts and perseverance. He owned a valuable farm of one hundred and thirty-five acres besidesi considerable city pr(3perty on Broad street.

Mr. Herd was a member of the old volunteer fire company, "Niagara." He also belonged to the Mechanics Beneficial Association, while he and his family were members of the Trinity church. By his first wife he had four children who reached mature years, namely : Charlotte, deceased ; Mary, the wife of Chase Matthews, of Detroit; and Robert, who resides on the old homestead. Edward, the eldest son, was a member of the One Hundred and Thirty-third Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He enlisted in the one hundred days' service in 1864 and died soon after hisi return from the army from disease icontracted at the front. For his second wife William Herd, the father, married Miss Catherine Kidd, a native of Ireland, and they also had Ithree children who reached adult age. namely: Mrs. Alice L. Hayes, of Columbus; Mrs. Catherine Tallant, of Richmond, Indiana; and Charles R., who owns a farm in Truro township. The first wafe died in 1849, the second wife December 3, 1870, and Mr. Herd passed away on the ist of December, 1889. He was a man of strong purpose and sterling worth, and in his death the community lost a valued and representative citizen.

Robert H. Herd, the only male representative of the first familv now living in Franklin county, was JDorn in Columbus, on the 12th of Alarch,' 1848. He acquired his. education in the city schools, being graduated in the high school with the class of 1866. He afterward engaged in teaching for one term and then joined his father, who was engaged in the painting- business, carrying on that work until i875^when he became a member of an engineering corps in the construction of t1ie Columbus & Toledo railroad, then called the Hocking Valley road. His time was devoted to that work until the com-

On the nth of July, 1900, Robert Herd was united m marriage to Miss Harriet Darrah, of Delaware, Ohio. They -have a pleasant home which Mr. Herd has recently erected upon his farm of one hundred and ten acres. The house is commodious and is built in modern style of architecture, while in all of its appointments it is very complete.- In his political views Mr. Herd supports the Republican party on all national issues. He holds membership in the Episcopal church and his wafe is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. Of an honored pioneer family he is a worthy representative, and fully sustains the untarnished name which has ever been borne by the Herds. He follow's progressive lines of farming and a glance will i'ndicate to the passer by his careful supervision and his practical methods.

John Kiner

\\'hen a man passes from the scenes! of earth's activities it is customary to review his life work, note its salient features and take cognizance of the qualities which are deserving of emulation or which should be avoided. In the history of Mr. Kiner there is much that furnishes an example that may be profitab'ly followed. He was a man of strong character, of sterling worth and laudable ambition, his labors at all times being prompted by upright principles.

Mr. Kiner was the fourth son of Casper and Elizabeth (Mock) Kiner, early settlers of Franklin county. He was born on the old Kiner homestead, July- 22. 1841, and his education was confined to the privileges afforded by the common schools, which in that day were of a very primitive character. He had little opportunity for continuing his study except through the' winter for he was entirely inured to the hard \vork of developing his father's farm from a forest. He shared with the family in all of their trials and hardships of pioneer life and was familiar with the history of the community at an early date. On the 6th of March, 1864, he was united in marriage to Miss Pauline A. DeNune. a daughter of Alexander B. and Polly (Agler) DeNune. also pioneer settlers of Franklin county. Her father, Alexander B. DeNune, was Ijorn in Maryland and during his early boyhood came with the family to Ohio, the journey being made with wagons. His father, John DeNune, w^as a native of Paris, France, and on emigrating to the Buckeye state located in Mifflin township, Franklin county, there gaining the education of his day. He had sixteen children, three sons and thirteen daughters, but only tw^o are now living, Mrs. Susanna Stotts and Mrs. Carolinie Silby. Alexander B. DeNune, the father of Mrs. Kiner, was married in Franklin county to Polly Agler, a irepresentative of a pioneer family of German lineage w'ho removed to Ohio from Pennsylvania. Eight children were born ^ unto Mr. and Mrs. DeNune, as follows : IMrs. Susanna Temple, Mrs. Sarah Rankins, Mrs. Margaret Decker, Cyrus P., Mrs. Kiner, Elias A., John B.

and Mrs. Hulcla W. Horn. The father of the family died in 1886, and the mother passed away in 1882. The DeNunes may well be proud of their ancestral history, for the grandfather of Mrs. Kiner was a Revolutionary soldier who loyally aided the colonists in their struggle for independence. When he came to America the voyage consumed an entire year, owing to adverse winds. He was a musician of considerable note and was connected with the band in his military service. His son, Alexander B. DeXune, was. also a good musician.

Mrs. Kiner was born in IMifflin township, December 9, 1845. After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Kiner located upon a part of the old family homestead which he inherited. For seven years following he was engaged in supplying wood to the Columbus market and in furnishing trestle timber for the railroad, it being used in constructing the system of trestles in the vicinity of the Ohio Penitentiary. Subsequently Mr. Kiner engaged in the manufacture of brick in partnership with John Lapland, their yard being located on his own premises. The business relations between them continued for about five years, on the expiration of which time Mr. Kiner purchased his partner's interest and continued the enterprise alone, being engaged in brick-making altogether for about seventeen years. In addition to this business he dealt largely in stock, both buying and selling, and he was considered to be one of the best judges of horses in Franklin county. In all of his business enterprises he prospered and during his long and active career he acquired a good property. He was a man well liked by all with whom he came in contact and no one could say ought against his business reputation. He employed many men in his different enterprises and with all his employes was popular. He never sought political office, but his fellow townsmen chose him for the position of township assessor, in which capacity he capably served for three years. ^ He was a Democrat in his political views, and while not active in party interests he always faithfully exercised his duties of citizenship by appearing at the polls on election days.

Mr. and Mrs. Kiner became the parents of four children, of whom all are yet living, namely: Alexander B., who was twice married. He first married Lottie Rushmer and they have four children: Perry G., Casper B., Eva A. and Anna L. For his second wife he chose Geneva McCauley, and they have one child, Leonard D. Alma C, the eldest daughter of the family, is the wife of Horatio Atcheson, and they have six children: Callie E., Fannie M., Maude A., Pauline A.. Lucy P. and Windsor K. Arthur H., the third of the family, married Georgia M. Bricklinger, and they have four children: Alma A., Marguerite D., Louise and Hilda. Aldis J., the youngest, married Ida Pinmey, and their two daughters are Ruby L. and Ellen A. Mr. Kiner died February 17, 1900, and in his death the community lost one of its valued citizens, a man whom to know was to respect and honor. He bore an unassailable business reputation and among his neighbors he was known as a faithful friend and a kind and indulgent husband and father. His wife still resides on the old homestead and she, too, has many friends in Franklin county. She is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church of North Columbus and is a consistent Christian woman. Her husl^and left to her a valuable property, which now supplies her with all the comforts and many of the luxuries of life and with her wealth she delights in doing good.

Charles A. Titus

Charles A. Titus, agent of the United States Express Company, at Columbus, is a native of Ohio, his birth having occurred on a farm in Jackson county on the loth of January, 1869. He is a son of Josiah and Elizabeth (McCain) Titus, both of whom were natives of Ohio. His father was for many years general agent of the Wheeler & Wilson Sewing Machine Company, with headquarters at Portsmouth, Ohio, at which place he died in the year 1875. His wife died in 1876.

Charles A. Titus, who is now a well-known and popular citizen of Columbus, was educated at Coalton, Jackson county, where he pursued his studies in the common schools, after which he learned telegraphy, afterward coming to Columbus, where also he was in the employ of the United States Express Company as a messenger at the union station. He continued working in the city office, holding that and other positions from 1887 until 1899, when he was promoted to his present responsible position as agent of the company in the capital city. His duties are heavy and responsible owing to the immense volume of business transacted, but he is well qualified for his duties and has won the commendation of the members of the company.

In 1889 Mr. Titus was united in marriage to Misis Minnie Mitchell, of Jackson county, and they now have one daughter, Nana C. Mr. Titus is a member of Goodale Lodge, No. 372, F. & A. M., also the Knights of Pythias, the Kniights of the Maccabees and the Improved Order of Heptasophs. He is a young man of energy, determination and laudable ambition, and these qualities have enabled him to gain the confidence and good will of the business men and will undoubtedly win him still further advancement in the future.

Among those who are devoting their lives to the alleviation of human suffering through the practice of medicine is Dr. Dennis, of Columbus. His parents were the Rev. Isaac and Catherine (Bair) Dennis. The father was a United Brethren preacher and devoted the greater part of his life to his holy calling. He was of Scotch-Irish ancestry.

Dr. Dennis began hisi education in the city schools of Columbus and afterward entered Otterbein University, where he prosecuted his studies for two years. He then read medicine and at length entered the Ohio Medical University, where he was graduated in 1896. the degree of M. D. being then conferred upon him. He began practice at Holgate, Henry county, Ohio, where he remained for eig'hteen months, when he returned to Columbus and has since been an active representative of the medical profession in the capital. He is the physician to the Women's Hospital and demonstrator of anatomy in the Ohio Medical University. He is particularly well qualified in the line of his chosen calling and has won distinction that many an older physician might well envy.

In 1897 was celebrated the marriage of Dr. Dennis and Miss Catherine Frass, of Columbus, a daughter of Henry Frass. They had one child, Harold Henry, now deceased. The Doctor and Mrs. Dennis, have a wide acquaintance in this city and are popular people, enjoying the hospitality of many of the best homes.

In touching upon the life history of the subject of this review, the biographer would aim to give utterance to no fulsome encomium, to indulge 'in no extravagant statements, - for such will ill comport with the innate and sturdy simplicity of his character ; yet it is well to hold up for consideration ;those points which have shown the distinction of a true, honest and useful life, - one characterized by unflagging perseverance, marked native ability, high accomplishments and well earned honors in the line of his profession. Through his natural talents and efforts he has proved his usefulness in one of the most important lines of endeavor to which man directs his energies, and has w^on precedence as one of the leading and representative medical practitioners of Columbus.,

Thomas Grant Youmans was born in_ Licking county. Ohio, in July, 1868, a son of Colonel M. and Mary E. (Davis) Youmans. The paternal grandfather, William Youmans, was a farmer and banker. He was born in New Jersey, in 1805, and was descended from English ancestors who came to this country from the merrie isle at an early day and located in New Jersey. His father, William Youmans, Sr., was numbered among the prominent pioneers of that state. The grandfather of the Doctor married a Miss Snyder and became a resident of Licking county. Ohio, where their son. Colonel M. Youmans, was born. Having attained to man's estate, he married Miss. Mary E. Davis, a native of Juniata county, Pennsylvania, and a daughter of Dr. Thomas Jones Davis, a prominent physician, who was born in the Keystone state. Her grandfather. General Lewis Evans, served in the war of the Revolution and was at one time attorney general of Pennsylvania. The Evans family was also of English lineage.

Dr. Youmans, of this review, spent the first fourteen years of his life in the place of his nativity and there acquired his preliminary education, which was supplemented by a four-years course in the Ohio State University, at ColumbuSi. He afterward read medicine with Dr. Rankin, of Columbus, and was graduated at the Starling Medical College in the class of 1895. Later he went to New York city, where he took a post-graduate hospital course, spending four years in the metropolis and enjoying special advantages in the' lines of his chosen profession. His knowledge is indeed comprehensive and profound and gives him prominence in the ranks of the medical fraternity. Returning to Columbus, he has since engaged in general practice at No. 112 East Broad street, and is the professor of dermatology and genitourinary surgery in the Ohio Mediical University. He is the dermatologist and genito-urinary' surgeon to the Protestant Hospital and Women's Hospital and police and fire surgeon of Columbus, Ohio.

Socially the Doctor is connected with Goodale Lodge, F. & A. M., Knights of Pythias and Columbus Club. He also belongs to the Central Union Presbyterian church and 4s deeply interested in whatever tends to advance the material, intellectual and moral interests of his fellow men. In the line of his profession he is connected with the Columbus Academy of Medicine, the Ohio State Medical Society and the American Medical Associaition. Thorough preparation for the practice of medicine cannot come through purchase; the physician's equipment must result from close application, from scientific research and from a retentive memory. It is these which have gained for Dr. Youmans his present position of distinction' in connection with medical practice in Columbus and have made him one of the most successful representatives of the profession in this part of the state. His mind is keenly analytical, which enables him to diagnose disease correctly and to anticipate complications. He has strict regard for the unwritten ethics of the professional code and enjoys in an unusual degree the high regard of his professional brethren as well as of the general public.

George Simon Feder

This well-known and enterprising farmer of Brown township owns and operates one hundred and twelve acres of land, constituting one of the valuable and highly improved farms of the locality. His possessions have all been acquired through his own efforts, and as the result of his consecutive endeavor he has won a place among the substantial citizens of his community.

His father, George Simon Feder, Sr., was a native of Biron, Province of Hanover, Germany, and the son of a farmer who spent his entire life in ithat county. There the father of our subject attended school until fourteen years of age and then learned the weaver's trade. He also served six years in the German army. On coming to the United States he w^as accompanied by his first wife, who bore him seven children and who died in New York city, \Vhere Mr. Feder made his home for thirty years, following various occupations. There he married Barbara Gretchen, who was also born in the Province of Hanover, Germany, and came to America when a young lady.

In 185 1 Mr. Feder, with his wife and children, moved to Columbus, -OhJio, where he engaged in gardening for a time. Subsequently he bought twenty acres of land in Norwich township, this county, now ow^ned by John

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Koerner, to which he later added a tract of ten acres. His first home here was a log house which he remodeled. In the fall of 1866 he located on a farm of fifty-six acres in Brown township, now owned by John Hillburner, which when it came into possession of Mr. Feder was nearly all wild and unimproved. He was not long permitted to enjoy his new home, as he died the following July. Hi® wdfe passed away on the home farm in 1887. To them were born four children, namely : Margaret, wife of Peter Smith, of Columbus ; Caroline, who first married Andrew Hoffman and second William Seeds; George Simon, our subject; and Barbara, who first married Herman Fritz and second Herman Kothler.

The subject of this review was born in New York city on the 21st of December, 1847, and was five years old on the removal of the family to Columbus, where he spent his sixth year. As his father had become old and crippled, much of the farm work early devolved upon our subject, and he Itherefore had no chance to obtain an education. For a little while he recited his lessons to a German minister, and also attended an English school below the German church for a short time, this constituting about all of his educational advantages. After the death of his father the responsibility of caring for the family fell upon our subject, who as a boy had paid for the greater part of the farm and had cleared most of it.

In 1872 Mr. Feder married Miss Augusta Carl, and they have become the parents of seven children, namely : Simon G., who married Katie Renner ; Mary, wife of Henry R. Jones ; Emma, wife of William Smith ; Elizabeth, John, Henry and Rudolph, all at home. After his marriage Mr. Feder lived with his mother for a time, and then purchased eighty acres of land in Brown township, to whidh he subsequently added a tract of thirty-two acres, which now comprises his present fine farm. He has made all the improvements on the place, in the way of buildings and fences, and has also tilled the land and placed it under a high state of cultivation. He holds membership in the Lutheran church and is a stanch supporter of the Democratic party. He has served as. school director and in other minor offices. His life has been one of industry, and through his own unaided efforts he has worked his way upward until he is now one of the well-to-do men of his community, as well as one of its honored citizens.

Henry T. Sibel

Among the prominent citizens, business men and Freemasons of Franklin county, Ohio, none takes higher rank than Henry T. Sibel, the well known real-estate operator at Westerville. He is a native and practically a lifelong resident of this county, having been born at Reynoldsburg, July 16, 1842. Hiram Sibel, his father, was born in Knox county, Ohio, in 18 17, and was there educated and reared to farming, but he afterward learned the tailor's trade, and at the age of twenty-seven years went to Fountain county, Indiana, where he died at the age of seventy-one years, after a fairly successful career.

In early life he was an active Whig and later became a Republican. He married Laura Taft, a native of Franklin county, Ohio, and a daughter of Daniel Taft, an early settler there and who was prominent among the pioneer farmers. Mrs. Sibel died when thirty years of age. She was a Christian woman - a member of the Methodist Episcopal church - and a model wife and mother. She left four children, as follows: Thomas H., died in 1882; Jennie is the wife of Elisha Campbell; Flora is the deceased wife of Clinton D. Firestone, of the Columbus Buggy Company, of Columbus, Ohio.

Henry T. Sibel, the second child of Hiram and Laura (Taft) Sibel, was about eight years of age when his mother died, and after that event he went to live with his uncle, Harvey E. Miller, of Reynoldsburg, Franklin county, Ohio, of whose family he was a member for three years. He then w^ent to live with Lewis Goodspeed, a farmer of Delaware county, Ohio, W'ith whom he remained until the outbreak of the Civil war. On the 25th of July, 1861, when he was little more than nineteen years old, he enlisted in Company G, Sixth Regiment of United States Cavalry, with wdiich he served for three years with the Army of the Potomac. During that time he was incapacitated from service only five days, when he sufYered from measles. He was in every engagement in which his regiment participated, and at Williamsburg was struck by a spent ball and was made a prisoner by the Confederates on Jack's Mountain, hemmed in by the enemy for three days. He was discharged from service July 25, 1864, at City Point, Virginia, and in the spring of 1865 he came to Westerville. In company with his father-inlaw he opened a grocery store, and several years later this enterprise gave place to a hardware and queensware store, which Mr. Sibel managed until he engaged in the coal and grain trade. He disposed of that interest in 1890, and since handled real-estate and held the office of notary public.

Mr. Sibel married Miss Mary E. Goodspeed, a daughter of Lewis R. and Rebecca (Westervelt) Goodspeed. Mts. Sibel was born November 3, 1844, on her father's old homestead, just across the line in Defaware county, where Mr. Sibel had found a home from the time he was twelve years old until he entered the army. Lewis R. Goodspeed was born near Plattsburg, New York, March 24, 18 16, and was brought by his parents to Ohio in 1834, when he was eighteen years old. Stephen Goodspeed, his father, w^as born in Vermont, October 11, 1788, and was an officer in the American service in the war of 181 2. Lewis was brought up on the farm, but eventually became a guard in the state penitentiary in Columbus. Ohio, and held that position until his marriage. He then returned to his father's farm, where he cared for his parents until their death and where he lived until 1865, when he removed to Westerville and engaged in mercantile business in partnership with his son-in-law, as has been stated. He died at the age of about eighty years, and there is no one who knew him who does not have a good word to say in his memory. He was a self-made man and made a success of life, was a prominent member of the Methodist Episcopal church and a Republican of influence, having held various local offices, among them tliat of township treasurer for eighteen years. He was married in 1842, to Rebecca Westervelt, who was born December 23, 1818, and died June 4, 1888, after many years of faithful Christian service as a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. Her father, Peter Westervelt, was born in Dutchess county, New York, September 19, 1791, saw service in the war of 1812-14 and came to the site of Westerville in 1814, accompanied by his brother, Matthew. The brothers each purchased a large tract of land and were the founders of Westerville. Peter was an active and successful business man, a well known- Freemason and. a useful member of the Methodist Episcopal church. He died at Westerville, August 8, 1869. Mr. and Mrs. Sibel have had two children : Minnie M., who is the wife of Professor John A. Ward, of Western College, of Toledo, Iowa; and In'a, who died at the age of thirteen years.

Mr, Sibel is a Republican, but without any marked political ambition for himself, although an effective worker for his friends in a political campaign. He was township clerk for Blendon township for eleven years, was for ten years a member of the Westerville board of health and was twice mayor of that progressive little city. He is a man of public spirit, who favors every movement tending to the benefit of his fellow citizens ; a man of alert sympathies and generous impulses who is known as a friend of the poor ; a man of ilne abilities, who has hewn out a path for himself in life and followed it to success and whose friends rejoice with him in his possession of the good things of the world because they know that he has earned them and deserves them. His good judgment and his integrity have several times been put to the test when he has been designated to settle important estates, and he has never been found wanting. He has been a Mason for thirty-three years and has served six years as master of his lodge. He was raised to the sublime degree of Master Mason in Blendon Lodge, No. 339, F. & A. M., of Westerville, was exalted to the august degree of Royal Arch Mason in Horeb Chapter, No. 3, R. A. M., and is a member of Chapter No. 38, Eastern Star degree. ' He is a member of Rainbow Lodge, No. 327, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of Westerville, and of Twilight Lodge, No. 383, degree of Rebekah, and is a comrade of James Price Post, No. 50, G. A. R., of which he is past commander, having served as its first commander.

One of Ohio's native sons now practicing medicine in Columbus is Dr. Barnes, whose birth occurred in Chillicothe, on the 21st of November, i860, his parents being Alfred and Mary (Gates) Barnes. The father was Born in Barnesville, Ohio, in 1831, and was a public-spirited and progressive citizen. With his family he removed to Arrowsmith, Illinois, where he made a permanent settlement. He wedded Mary Gates, a daughter of Henry Gates, who was born in Baden, Germany, and died at the advanced age of ninety-one years. In her maidenhood his wife was a Miss Coe.

lilinois, and there he pursued his education in the common schools, later taking the course of study in the Saybrook Academy, ot that state. Professional life seemed to be an attractive field for him, and believmg that he would enjoy the practice of medicine he attended lectures in the Cmcmnati College of Medicine and Surgery, where he was - graduated ni 1888. He then located in Chillicothe, Ohio, in the spring of 1889, and began practice there. In 1893 he was appointed demonstrator of anatomy lit the Ohio Medical University and in the sp-ring of the same year was raised to a full professorship of practical anatomy. He is a graduate of the Polyclinic and Post-Graduate Schools of New York city and is a member of the Ohio State and Ross County Medical Associations. In 1891 he was appointed to the chair of obstetrics, which position he still holds. His knowledge of the medical science in its various departments is comprehensive, exact and reliable. Close application to his duties has been one of the salient features of his career and his labors have been attended with a high degree of professional and financial success.

In 1884 the Doctor was united in marriage to ^liss Leona F. Ferguson, of Saybrook, who is a graduate of the Ohio Medical University, of the class of 1895. His office and residence are at No. 237 and 239 Schiller street. He has a fine medical library, with the contents of which he is largely familiar, and through heading and study he is in constant touch with the advanced thought and progress of the day bearing upon his professional duties.

Maurice Evans

It is appropriate that a place in this volume should be devoted to a brief resume of the life of the gentleman whose name appears above, as it is an excellent example of how a man may work his way upward through perseverance and determination and how in the end his efforts, may be crowned with success. Mr. Evans was born September 18, 1840, on the farm where he now resides, his parents being Maurice and Susanna (Thomas) Evans. A native of Wales, the father was born in 1790, and was reared to manhood in the little rock-ribbed country. After arriving at years of maturity he married Miss Thomas, who was born in Wales about 1793. There he followed farming until the spring of 1840, when he crossed the Atlantic to the new world, accompanied by his wife and children, all of whom were born on the soil of Great Britain save the subject of this review. They landed in New York city after a voyage of five weeks, and thence made their waywestward to Columbus, where Mr. Evans remained for about a month. He then purchased one hundred and sixty acres of land constituting the farm upon which our subject now resides. The greater part of it was covered with a heavy growth of timber, but a small tract had been cleared and the stone portion of the present residence was standing there. Upon the farm Mr. Evans made his home until 1867, when he removed to Newark, Ohio, and retired from active business life, spending the three succeeding years in the enjoyment of a well-earned rest. He was called to his final home at the advanced age of eighty years. In his political affiliations in early life he was an old Ime Whig, and after the dissolution of that party he became a Republican. He held membership in the Presbyterian church and his Christian belief permeated his upright and honorable career. His wife passed away some years previously, dying in 1865. They were the parents of nine children, but only three are now living: Joseph, who resides near Fort Scott, Kansas; Susan, who is living in Columbus; and Maurice.

In taking up the personal history of ^Ir. Evans, of this review, we present to our readers the life record of one who is widely and favorably known in Franklin county. To the district schools he is indebted for his education. When the Civil war broke out he enlisted in the Ninety-fifth Ohia Volunteer Infantry, in August, 1862, and was discharged for disability in March, 1863. He worked upon the farm with his father, receiving a shareof the net profits, and the year following his mother's death he purchased the old homestead from his father, and has since continued to operate thefields. Early in the '90s he bought an adjoining tract of eighty-nine acres, so that the home farm now consists of two hundred and fifty acres, and he also owns one hundred and eighty acres of land in Kansas. He is an. enterprising and reliable business man, trustworthy in all his dealings, and. his industry and capable management has served as the foundation stones upon which he has reared the superstructure of his success.

In 1 87 1 Mr. Evans was united in marriage to Miss Elizabeth Jones, a native of Licking county, Ohio, and a daughter of Thomas Jones, who emigrated from Wales, coming to the Buckeye state some years prior to the time when the Evans family located here. Six children have been borni unto our subject and his wife, and the family circle yet remains unbroken, by the hand of death. In order of birth the children are as follows: Eldora B., at home; David Willard, a farmer of Jefferson township; Clinton Arthur,, Bertha Leota, Thomas Raymond, and Eunice Nellie, who are still with their parents. Socially Mr. Evans is connected with Truro Lodge, No. 411.., I. O. O. F., and in politics he is a Republican. He belongs to the Presbyterian church and for several years has been one of its elders. He belongs to that class of representative American men whose interests are not confined alone to the narrow boundaries of their farm, but extend into other fields of labor and activity, especially into those bearing upon the advancement and progress of the communities with which they are associated.

Edward Livingston Taylor

The subject of this review is a well-known and prominent member of the legal profession of the city of Columbus, Ohio. He was born in Franklin county, this state, March 20, 1839, and came from a noble ancestry that traces without break as far into the past as the year 16 12. The Taylor family removed from Argyleshire, Scotland, to the north of Irdand about 161 2: and settled in Londonderry and its vicinity. More than a century afterward some of itii members came to America and located at what was then named Londonderry, in New Hampshire, but which now bears the name of Derry. At this place Robert Taylor was born, April i6, 1759, he becoming the father of David Taylor, and thus the grandfather of our subject, Edward L. Taylor, in 1763 this branch of the Taylor family removed to the province of Nova Scotia and settled at the town of Truro, at the head of the bay of Fundy, and it was there that Robert Taylor was married to Mehitable Wilson, December 6, 1 78 1, and there also David Taylor, the fourth son of this union, was born, July 24, 1801. In 1806 he came with his family to Ohio, making his home for two years at the city of Chillicothe; but in 1808 he built a house on the west bank of Walnut creek, in w^hat is now Truro township, Franklin county. This w'as the first frame house constructed in that part of the county, and there he lived until his death. March 28, 1828. David Taylor, his son, continued to live in the same township until 1859, at which time he took up his residence on East Broad street, Columbus, where he died July 29, 1889, at the advanced age of eighty-eight years.

On the maternal side Mr. Taylor is descended from the well-known family of Livingston, highly esteemed in many states of the Union where its representatives reside. His grandfather was Judge Edward C. Livingston, who came from the state of New York to Ohio in 1804 and settled in Franklin county. He was a man of collegiate education, having graduated at Union College, New York, before coming to Ohio. He was a man of liig'h social and intellectual qualities, but, unlike the majority of his family, he had no taste for politics or public office. The tendency of his nature was "'toward a quiet home life, and the house which he erected on the west bank of Alum creek in 1808 became and remained through his life the center of genial hospitality and social enjoyment. He was not able to avoid all public life, having been made an associate judge of Franklin county in 1821, and was retained until 1829. When the township of Montgomery, which includes the city of Columbus, was organized, in 1807, it was named by Judge Livingston, in honor of General Richard Montgomery, with whom his father had served in the war of the Revolution and with whom he was in service at Quebec when Montgomery was killed.

On the 1 6th of May, 1836, David Taylor was married to Margaret, the eldest daughter of Edw^ard C. Livingston, and our subject, Edward Livingston Taylor, was the second son of that marriage. He wasi educated in the best schools and prepared for a college course, which he took at the Miami University, where he graduated in i860 and at once began the study of law an the office of the late Chauncey N. Olds at Columbus, Ohio.

Just at this time the Civil war broke out and his law studies were suspended, he enlisting in a volunteer company as a private soldier. After the termination of his services he resumed his law studies, but in July. 1862, he was commissioned to raise a company, which duty he accomplished in a short time and was assigned to the Ninety-fifth Ohio Volunteer Regiment. He was engaged in the battle of Richmond, Kentucky, August 30, 1862, where he received a sHght wound and was taken prisoner. A few days later he secured his release and served with his regiment in the Army of tlie Tennessee until fthe close of the siege of Vicksburg, July 4, 1863. During that siege he was seized with fever, which so debilitated him that he was compelled to leave the service and resigned his commission July 5, 1863, and was retired from the army on account of disability. He was admitted to the bar by the supreme court of Ohio in November, 1862, and after the close of the war commenced the practice of his profession at Columbus, remaining in this city ever since.

Mr. Taylor was married to Miss Catherine Noble Meyers, a granddaughter of Colonel John Noble, late of Franklin county, on July 14, 1864. A family of five children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Taylor, of whom four are living. The entire time of Mr. Taylor has been taken up in the practice of his profession, and many of the most important legal battles of the day have been those in wdiich he has borne a leading part. He has crossed swords in many cases with some of the leaders of the profession and has never caused his clients to regret his espousal of their cause. Never desirous of public position, he has refused being a candidate for many ofifices, but has done service in upholding the principles of the Republican party, recognizing the duty of every public man to set a good example to the masses. He has made it a rule of life not to vote for or support unworthy or incompetent persons wdien isiich have obtained a place on his party ticket. This as a cardinal principle with him, as he deems the right of voting the most sacred of the duties imposed on an American citizen.

Elias T. O'Harra

Elias Thompson O'Harra is a dealer in grain and coal in Lockbourne, and has long been actively identified with the business interests of that place. He was born in Pickaway county, Ohio, November 21, 1847, and is of Irish lineage, his great-grandfather having been a native of the Emerald Isle, whence he crossed the Atlantic to America. John O'Harra, the grandfather of our subject, was one of the pioneer settlers of O^hio, and Hugh O'Harra, the father, was born in this state in 1797. Having arrived at years of maturity, he wedded Ann Corn, who died when their son Elias was only about five years of age, so that nothing is known of his maternal ancestry. The father's death occurred September 9, 1856. In their family were ten children, and with the exception of two all reached adult age. while those now living are John C, of Pickaway county, Ohio; Margaret, w^idow of John Markel, of Findlay, Ohio; Mary, who resides with her brother Elias; Jane, wife of D. Elliott, of Alton, Franklin county; and Thomas, of Findlay, Ohio. William also reached mature years but has now passed away, while Hugh, formerly of Decatur, Illinois, is also deceased.

Elias T. O'Harra was the ninth in order of birth in this family. He remained at the place of his nativity until fourteen years of age, and then started out to earn his own livelihood. For four years he lived with Joshua Hedges and was given his board and clothing in compensation for his services. In 1866 he entered the employ of Stephen Cromley, and worked by the month for five years. Before leaving home he had attended the common schools, but not content with his educational privileges, he pursued his studies for a year at Delaware, Ohio, after leaving the employ of Mr. Cromley.

Mr. O'Harra next went to Pickaway county and purchased a farm, continuing its cultivation for ten years. In 1882 he disposed of that property and the following year rented a farm. In the spring of 1884 he came to Hamilton township, Franklin county, locating at Lockbourne, where he purchased the site of his present enterprise and embarked in the grain business. He remodeled the elevator, putting in new machinery and improving it in many ways. He has since been engaged in the grain business here with the exception of the years 1891 and 1892. In the former year he sold out, but when two years had passed he resumed operations in grain at his old place of business. He now buys and ships grain and also handles coal, and his sales have reached large proportions, bringing to him an excellent income.

Mr. O'Harra was married in Franklin county in 1893 to Miss Delphine Stimmel, who was born and reared in Hamilton township and is a daughter of John and Mary Stimmel, who were early and worthy settlers of that township. Mr. and Mrs. O'Harra now have three children: Frances Lucile, John Hugh and Mary Esther. In his political affiliations he is a Democrat, and for about twelve years served as treasurer of Hamilton townsbip, discharging his duties in a most prompt and creditable manner. He is a valued representative of Lockbourne Lodge, No. 232, F. & A. M., being recognized as a loyal follower of its teachings. From the age of fourteen Mr. O'Harra has depended entirely upon his own resources, and therefore deserves great credit for what he has accomplished. His possessions stand as a monument to his enterprise, and his example should serve to encourage others, as it shows the opportunities that lie before young men who are ambitious, resolute and determined. He has a wide acquaintance and his well-spent life has gained him the regard of all who know him.

Joseph Sauer

The German element in our national commonwealth has been an important one. The sons of the fatherland having come to the new world have readily adapted themselves to the different conditions, customs and surroundings, and with a resolution so characteristic of the Teutonic race have worked their way steadily upward, becoming prominent in commercial circles. One of the most successful business men of Columbusi is Joseph Sauer, wbo was born in Kurhessen. Germany, May 6, 1846, a son of John and Mary Ann (Brehl) Sauer. The father was a prosperous farmer and owned a valuable

The subject of this review pursued his education in the schools of his native land between the ages of seven and thirteen years. He afterward worked upon the home farm until he had attained his twentieth year, when he determined to seek a home and fortune in America, for he had heard very favorable reports of the opportunities offered in the land of the free. Bidding adieu to home and friends, he sailed for New York, where he arrived December 21, 1866. Immediately afterward he went tO' Lancaster, Pennsylvania, where he remained for four years, during which time he learned the butcher's trade, and after completing his apprenticeship he was employed' for a brief period as a farm hand near Lancaster.

Li 1870 Mr. Sauer came to Columbus, where he was employed by Philip Wollner, and afterward by Philip Izels, and others. Li 1872 he began business on his own account, and soon afterward entered into partnership with John Schmidt in the butchering and packing business. They also engaged in smoking meats and at the same time conducted a retail meat market. This partnership was maintained for eighteen years and prosperity attended the efforts of the firm. On the expiration of that period Mr. Sauer purchased his partner's interest and became the sole owaier of an extensive business, which has constantly grown in volume until it has assumed a considerable magnitude, making the enterprise one of the most important in this line in Ohio. Mr. Sauer owns the meat market at No. 771 South Third street, known as the Central Market. He employs a large force of men and gives his personal attention to all branches of his business. He is a memebr of the German Butchers' Association, of Franklin county, in whicli he has served as president and treasurer.

On the 1 6th of May, 1872, Mr. Sauer was united in marriage to Magdalena Berger, of Columbus, a daughter of Joseph and Magdalena (Karger) Berger. She was born in Germany and when one year old was brought by her parents to the' United States. She was reared and educated in Columbus and is a lady of superior culture and refinement, taking- a great interest, not alone in the management of the family, but also in her husband's success. Their union has been blessed with four children : Henry J., John Adam. Mag-dalena Louise and Marie Bertha. The parents have provided their children with good educational privilegesi, thus fitting them for the various duties of life. Their home is located at No. 1381 South High street. The family are members of the Holy Cross Catholic church. Mr. Sauer owns a small tract of land, of seven acres, in the southern part of the city and has erected thereon a fine brick residence. It is built in modern style of architecture and supplied with all the latest improvements and conveniences which add to the comfort of the home, and is thus a very attractive and desirable property. Mr. Sauer came to America with but little capital, yet he has realized the hope which brought him to the new world and to-dayhe stands foremost among the prominent business men of his adopted city.

He has the abihty to control extensive commercial and industrial interests, forms his plans readily and carries them forward to the desired culmination. As the architect of his. own fortunes he has builded wisely and well and his prosperity is certainly justly merited.

Martin A. Winters

Martin A. Winters is one of the oldest and most reliable and efficient passenger engineers on the Cleveland, Akron & Columbus Railroad and is numbered among the representative men in the railway service who resides in Columbus. He was born October 31, 1855, in Washington county, Pennsylvania, and his paternal grandfather was a native of Cherry Valley, that county. Joseph Winters, the father of out subject, was born in the same county in 1820, was a blacksmith by trade and died in 1856 from injuries received from the kick of a horse. His wife died soon afterward and they left two sons, Martin and Clark. The latter is a very prominent lawyer of Los Angeles, California.

Martin A. Winters spent the Says of his boyhood and youth in his native county and there acquired his education. He has an enviable record as an engineer. He began work on the railroad- wdien only eleven years of age as a water boy on the section. This was in 1866 and he was thus employed for three years, after which he began taking care of an engine at McDonald, Pennsylvania. After a year's service he came to Dennison, Ohio, and worked in the railroad shops for about a year. In 1871 he became fireman on the Pan Handle Railroad, running from Columbus to Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, on the pay car, Joshua Griffith serving as engineer. He held that run for three years and then came to Columbus, taking charge of an engine at the roundhouse in the Pan Handle yards. His service in that capacity continued for three and a half years, after which he accepted a position as engineer on the Cleveland, Akron & Columbus Railroad, running a freight engine for some time, after wdiich he was promoted to a passenger engine in 1888. He has since been in continuous service. and is regarded as a most reliable and painstaking employe. On the 15th of November, 1891, he sustained serious injuries and at the same time displayed remarkable presence of mind and great skill in bringing his train to a stop and preventing a collision with a freight train. The train was loaded with 'excursionists from Cleveland, bound for Cincinnati. The order was for Engineer Winter's men to make Columbus on schedule time. The run was being made at seventy miles an hour, down grade. Thev were nearing Homesville when the right side rod of the engine broke, tearing away everything in reach. In order to stop the train it was necessary to cut the hose between the tender and baggage car and Mr. Winters was equal to the emergency, crawling between the tender and car and performing the task so that the train was stopped and the collision avoided. Our subject, however, sustained twenty-six injuries, some of which were very serious'. The passengers, on learning' of their narrow escape from a frightful disaster, secured a purse and presented it to the engineer. Mr. Winters, therefore, is very highly esteemed by the railroad company by reason of his faithfulness and fidelity. .

In 1876 in Columbus, he married Miss May Swartz, who_ died m October 1896. leaving the following children: Joseph, Frank, Martm Mary, Katie Herbert and Bernard. On the ist of October, 1897, Mr. Winters was again married, his second uni'on being with Miss Julia Swartz a s.ster ot his former wife. By this union there is one son, Allison A. Her lather, Peter Swartz, who was a stonemason by trade, died in 1870. His wife, Mrs. Julia Swartz, was born in 1827, in Germany, came to the United States 111 1850, and in 1852 gave her hand in marriage to Peter Swartz. Since that time she resided in Columbus until her death, January 14, 1901- Mr. and .Mrs. Swartz became the parents of seven children, the ftrst two bearing the name of Georo-e and the others are: Henry, William, Mary, Kate and Julia. For a quarter of a century Mr. Winters has resided in Columbus and dwells at No. 606 St. Clair avenue, where he located soon after coming to the city. He is a man of sterling worth, very faithful in business and among all with whom he is acquainteid he enjoys high regard.

Edward S. Joxes

Edward S. Jones was born in Mineral Spring, Ohio, April 25 1867, an.l is one of the eight children whose parents were Samuel and Sophia ( Clark) Jones. The father was born near Mineral Spring, in Adams county, December 21 1826, and was a son of Mathew and Jane (Thurman) Jones, who were natives of New England and came to Ohio from Pennsylvania. The father of our subject was reared on the home farm and after his marriap-e he engaged in farming on his own account. His labors were attended ^vith a high and commendable degree of success. At one time he w^as the owner of three hundred and twenty-seven acres of valuable land near Mineral Sin-ing and he continued his active operation of the farm until about 1893, when he retired from business life and took up his abode m Mineral Spring, where he is still living. His wife was also born on a farm m that locality, ti^e Clark homestead adjoining the Jones farm, so that 111 childhood the -parents lived as neighbors. The date of her birth was in January, 1838 and her parents were Jamesi H. and Jane Clark, natives of New England, whence they went to the Keystone state and later came to Ohio. Her father was a farmer and merchant. The mother of our subject acquired a good education and for a number of vears prior to her marriage was a teacher m the Dublic schools. She was also a fluent and entertaining writer and during the Civil war was a correspondent for various publications. Through her writing she became one of the well known women of her day. Her death occurred in 1868, when^ her son Edward was but ten months old. Of her eight children, seven are vet living, namely: Jennie, the wife of J. N. Holt, aU'acher in the public schools near Peebles, Ohio; ^lathew J., also a teacher

^i Fawcett, Ohio; Sarah, the wife of Henry Juhc, a farmer of Greenfield, Ohio; John \\'., who is superintendent of the Deaf and Dumb Institute in Columbus; Paul K., an agriculturist living at Peoria, Illinois; Dahlgren, a farmer of Peebles, Ohio; and Edward. After the death of hisi first wife the father was again married, in November, 1869, his second union being with Mrs. W. PI. Calloway, wdio bore the maiden name of Margaret Toler. She is still living with her husband at Mineral Springs. They have six children : George W., a merchant of Stockport, Ohio; Samuel S., a farmer of Peoria, Illinois; Lilly, wife of Arthur Tucker, a carpenter of Peebles, Ohio; Alice, wife of Frank Ellison, an agriculturist of Peebles; Agnes, widow of George Treftz, of Peoria, Illinois; and Ella, who is with her parents.

Mr. Jones, of this review^ remained at home until his sixteenth year and began his academic education in North Liberty, Ohio, completing his studies there in 1886. He began his career as a teacher immediately following his graduation, but later continued his studies: at the National Normal University, at Lebanon, where he was graduated in 1893, with the? degree of Bachelor of Science. He holds a common-school life certificate granted by the Ohio board of school examiners in December, 1894. Through the three succeeding years he was superintendent of schools at West Union, Ohio, and for a period of three years held the superintendency of the schools of Cofifeyville, Kansas. For one year he occupied a similar position in Nel- -sonville, Ohio, and in 1899 was appointed to his present position as superintendent of the Home for the Aged and Infirm Deaf. His sympathy, his consideration and his obliging manner, as well as his business and .executive ability, well qualify him for his duties.

On the 7th of November, 1895, Mr. Jones was united in marriage 10 Miss Louise Blair, of Havana, Kansas, a daughter of John Calvin Blair, a prominent retired farmer of that place. Mrs. Jones was educated in the public schools of Kansas and in her early life finished her academic instruction. At the age of sixteen she began to teach, and for five years continued in the profession in the township schools of Montgomery comity, Kansas, and four years in the city schools of Coff eyville, that state ; she is an accomplished Jady of refinement and culture. Their marriage has been, blessed wdth one child, Madaline, and her birth occurred March 7, 1899. Little Madaline died at Central College, Ohio, July 25, 1900. Mr. Jones supports the Republican party by his ballot, and socially he is connected with Star Lodge, No. 117, I. O. O. F., of Coffeyville, Kansas. He also belongs to Valley Lodge, 'No. 124, K. P., of Nelsonville, and is a member of the Presbyterian church. Por several years he devoted much of his leisure time to reading medicine, and on the ist of November, 1899, he entered the Ohio Medical University, at Columbus, in wdiich institution he will graduate in April, 1902. He is a man of broad humanitarian principles, and it is in harmony with his nature that his life has been given to the benefit of his fellow men along educational lines and in his present position as it will be after he enters upon the practice of medicine.

Thomas Moore Hess

Thomas IMoore Hess, deceased, was for a number of years a representative farmer and valued citizen of Franklin county. He was born on the old Moore homestead in Clinton township July 25, 1825, being the eldest son of John Moses and Elizabeth (Moore) Hess. His mother died at his birth, and he was left to the care of his maternal grandmother, who also died 'when he was yet an infant. He w^as then taken to the home of_ his aunt, Mrs. Katy Oiler, of Delaware county, Ohio, with whom he remained until' his father's second marriage, which occurred when he was five years old. He then remained with his father in Clinton township until he went to the home of his grandfather Moore, in Indiana, where he attended the public schools until fifteen years of age.

On the expiration of that period he returned to his father's home and began w^ork on the farm, assisting in the cultivation of the fields until the spring of 1849, when he was united in marriage to Miss Mary Ann Rutherford, of Delaware county, Ohio, who died in 1850, leaving a son, Henry R., now^ a prominent citizen of Clinton township. After the death of his first wife Mr. Hess was again married, his second union being with Amanda Kinnear, a daughter of Samuel and Ellen (Hill) Kinnear, pioneers of Franklin county. By this marriage there were two children: Ellen, now the wife of Charles Woodrow, of Champaign county, Ohio; and Nora Adell, wife of Peter Ramlow.

Throughout his entire life Mr. Hess manifested a deep interest in the welfare of orphan children, a fact which probably arose from his own experience. He gave to four different orphan children a home from early childhood until they had reached self-sustaining years. He was a man of great kindness and broad sympathy and was very popular with his neighbors and friends, numbering the latter by the score. His death was therefore universally regretted. Whatever was of interest and value to the public he .cheerfully espoused, giving liberally of his means to all worthy enterprises. He was a very successful farmer, his labors bringing to him a handsome competence and he accumulated a large landed estate. He died suddenly of heart failure on the 28th of May, 1889, and his remains were interred in the Union cemetery opposite North Columbus, where a suitable monument has been erected to his memory.

Nelson Grant

After a long and useful career as a farmer Nelson Grant has laid aside all his business cares, and is now living a retired life in Grove City. He is a native of Franklin county, born in Jackson township April i. 1826, and was reared in that township, pursuing his studies in an old log school house. At the age of nineteen years he assisted in taking a drove of stock to Baltimore and Washington, driving them across the country, and on his return went from Wheeling, West Virginia, to Cincinnati, and from there to New Orleans on a liatboat. He was then on the river during the season of navigation for about six years, and at the end of that period went to St. Louis. Later he spent about a year and a half in Iowa, but in 1849 he returned to his old home in this county, traveling across the country by way of Chicago and Detroit.

On the 5th of May, 1850, Mr. Grant was united in marriage with Miss Caroline A. Odell, a native of Virginia, who came to Franklin county, Ohio, at the age of nineteen years. By this union were born four children : Melissa and William N., both deceased; Charles W., a farmer of Jackson township; and Edward E., a motorman and conductor on the Grove City & Columbus Street Railroad.

After his marriage Mr. Grant located! on the farm in Jackson township which he received from his mother, and was successfully engaged in agricultural pursuits until 1883, when he laid aside active labor and moved to Grove City. He owns some property in that city and also twenty acres of land east of town. Politically he was a supporter of the Democratic party for many yearsi, but is now a Republican, and he has been honored with several local offices, including that of constable of his township, and councilman for two years. Mr. Grant is an earnest and consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and is highly .respected and esteemed by all who know him. During almost his entire life he has been identified' with the interests of this county, and for thrce-cjuarters of a century has witnessed the wonderful changes that have occurred here in that time. During the war of the Rebellion Mr. Grant served in the One Hundrd and Ninetyfirst Ohio Volunteer Infantry until discharged. He joined the Od'd Fellows order in 1848 and has been an active member ever since.

James V. Harrison

James Virgil Harrison, who follows agricultural pursuits in Clinton township and is a prominent citizen of Franklin county, was born in Knox county, Ohio, on the 8th of April, 1852. He traces his ancestry back through many generations to Richard Harrison, who was the founder of the family in America. He took up his abode in New Haven, Connecticut, in 1644, and later assisted in establishing the city of Newark. New Jersey. His son, Timothy Harrison, married Elizabeth Meeker, and they became the parents of Matthew Harrison, the great-grandfather of our subject. David Harrison, the grandfather, was a native of New Jersey, and was there married to Mary Searing, of the same state. He was born April 27, 1786, and his .wife's birth occurred on the 26th of September, 1793. They came to Ohio and their marriage was celebrated in Knox county. The grandfather there entered land from the government, made that county his permanent hc^me and became a successful farmer. Both he and his wife were members of the

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John L. Harrison, the father of our subject, was born in Knox county, Ohio, May 5, 183 1, and throughout his entire life resided in this state, spending most of his time in Knox and Licking counties. He, too, gave his attention to agricultural pursuits and found that branch of labor a profitable source of income, for as the years passed he added to his capital until he found himself the possessor of a very desirable competence. He married Phebe Jane Thrapp, also a native of Knox county, born near Utica. They became the parents of six children, namely: James Virgil, David T., Mary A., Warren S., William (who died in infancy), and Emory (who resides in Ogden, Utah). Of this family Warren was murdered in Brigham City, Utah, on the 19th of September, 1900, by a drunken employe whom he had discharged. The father, John L. Harrison, died January 31, 1884, and his wife passed aw-ay on the 19th of May, 1882.

James Virgil Harrison, whose name introduces this record, is the eldest in his father's family. He was reared in Licking- county, Ohio, and in the common schools near his home acquired his education. In his youth he became familiar with farm work in all its departments, for when not occupied by the duties of the schoolroom he assisted in the labors of the fields, thus gaining a practical experience which now enables him to carry on farming on his own account in a practical, progressive and profitable manner. He owns fifty-six acres of land in Clinton township, and his well tilled fields and many substantial improvements indicate his careful supervision.

On the 26th of February, 1874, was celebrated the marriage of ]Mr. Harrison and Miss Ida Mock, a daughter of Joseph and Minerva Mock, ncc Innis. Unto them have been born four children, of whom two are living. - - Frank Edwin and Nellie Elvira. Those deceased are Emory J. and Jessie L. Mr. and Mrs. Harrison began their domestic life upon a farm in Clinton township, Franklin county, where they have resided continuously since, wn'th the exception of one year spent in Trumbull county, Ohio. They have a pleasant home, where they delight to entertain their many friends. They are both Methodists in religious belief, holding membership in what is known as the McKendree church, in Clinton township. Politically Mr. Harrison is a Democrat and is a stanch supporter of the principles of his party. He is numbered among the wide-awake and progressive farmers of his community, is accounted a valued and representative citizen, and in the history of Franklin county he well deserves mention.

Edgar B. Kinkead

Rising above the heads of the mass are many men of sterling worth and value, who by sheer perseverance and pluck have conquered fortune, and by their own unaided efiforts have risen from the ranks of the commonplace to eminence and position of trust and respect; but the brilliant qualities of mind and brain which mark the great lawyer are to a certain extent Godgiven. But while strong mentality and natural ability are inherent, it is activity and determination! which awaken them into life and make them resultant forces in the profession. It is to his perseverance and indomitable energy that Mr. Kinkead owes his success in life, as well as to his keen and brilliant mind. He is of a sanguine temperament, large-hearted and a genial and polished gentleman. As a lawyer he is noted for his integrity; he prides himself upon never urging a client into a suit for the sake of the fees, and will not prosecute a case unless he has every reason to believe he will win it, but he claims the right to defend any cause in any court. His authorship of many valuable works on law has made him a man of note in the profession, and prominent among the leading citizens of the capital he now stands.

Mr. Kinkead was born near Beverly,' Washington county, Ohio, March 14, 1863, and on the paternal side is of Scotch-Irish lineage. His greatgrandfather, David Kindead, came to this country from Dungannon, Ireland, immediately after the Revolutionary war. He enlisted on board a man of war during the period of hostilities, expecting in that way to reach the new world, but in this was disappointed and sailed from Belfast to the United States oh the first ship that left that port after the conclusion of peace, landing at Philadelphia in 1783. The parents of our subject were Isaac Benton and Hannah A. (Thornburg) Kinkead, and the former in his business life was a lumberman.

The marked literary trend of Mr. Kinkead's mind was early manifest. When a child of only about twelve years he conducted a school where his father ^yas temporarily located in the woods of Washington county, instructing children of the neighborhood whose advantages had been inferior to his own. His boyish ambition pictured to him the happiness of having a large library and fine horses, and in later life both ambitions were realized. His preliminary education, obtained in the common schools, was supplemented by a course in Marietta College, and when his collegiate work was finished he spent a few months in taking subscriptions for a book. He commeneed the study of law in September, 1881, spending a year's time in an office; he also spent six years as deputy clerk of Washington county in the probate judge's office. In 1887 he was appointed a deputy. in the office of the clerk of the supreme court of the state, and shortly thereafter he was made assistant state law librarian, which position he held for five years. While there he became a devoted student of the law, was admitted to the bar and wrote and published his first legal literary work. Self Preparation for Final Examination, which was issued in 1893. The previous year, however, his time had been devoted to assisting in the preparation of Booth on Street Railways. He is also the author of Kinkead's Code Pleading, which is in two volumes and was first published in 1894, while in 1898 a second edition was issued. In 1897 Kinkead Instructions and Entries; in 1900 Kinkead's Practice and Kinkead's Common Law Pleading were added to the list of his publications, and he has still other works in preparation. These volumes

Admitted to the bar Mr. Kinkead at once entered upon the practice and from the beginning has been unusually prosperous in every respect. The success which he has attained is due to his own efforts and merits. The possession of advantages is no guarantee whatever of professional success. This comes not of itself, nor can it be secured without integrity, ability and industry. Those qualities he possesses to an eminent degree and he is faithful to every charge committed to his care. Throughout his whole life whatsoever his hand has found to do, whether in his profession or in his educational work, or in any other sphere, he has done with all his might and with a deep sense of conscientious obligation. Since 1895 he has been a member of the faculty of the law department of the Ohio State University, where his ability as a lecturer upon the branches assigned him has won him great reputation and popularity among the large classes of students annually graduated at the institution. In 1890 he was for a time editor of the Ohio Law Journal. His private law practice has been of an important character. He was associated as special counsel for the state in the celebrated Standard Oil litigation and other cases of national importance, in which he attracted widespread attention by his learning and masterly manipulation of the cause and facts.

On the 20th of January, 1883, ^^^.- Kinkead was united in marriage to Miss Nellie M. Snyder, a native of Canada, and unto them has been born one child, a daughter, INIabel, born October 16, 1883. Socially Mr. Kinkead has been connected with several fraternities. In 1888 he became a member of the Knights of Pythias Lodge, of Columbus, filled all of its offices, and in 1895 was appointed by the grand chancellor of the domain of Ohio as a member of the grand tribunal of Ohio for a term of four years, and in May, 1899, was reappointed for another term of five years. He belongs to the Delta Upsilon, a college fraternity, and to the Phi Delta Phi, a law fraternity. In politics he is a stalwart Republican and although he has never been a candidate for office his personal popularity is so great and his fitness so eminent that his name is frequently mentioned in connection with the higher offices in the line of his profession. He is a member of the Universalist church. He believes in doing all the good he can to his fellow men and in living as nearly right as possible, without paying close attention to church formalities. Faultless in honor, fearless in action and stainless in reputation, an enumeration of the leading citizens of Columbus would be incomplete without mention of Edgar B. Kinkead.

Thomas M. Clark

The gentleman named above, who is one of the leaders in public and semipublic affairs in Hamilton township, Franklin county, Ohio, is a native of that township. His father, Dr. Jeremiah Qark, was born in Waterbury,

Cunnecticut, June 4, 1804, and came to Franklin county, Ohio, in 1826. Before coming west he devoted some time to the study ot medicnie, and he completed his medical education at the Cleveland, Ohio, Medical College. He practiced his profession in Hamilton township irom 1826 until 1846, when he turned his attention to farming, which he continued until 1865. In that year he was called to his final rest, at the age of sixty-one years. He was one of the leading physicians in his county in his time, was well known as a Whig politician and was one of the organizers of the Republican party in Franklm county. He was elected to the general assembly of the state of Ohio in 1846. He was prominent also in the Methodist Episcopal church. John Clark, Dr. Clark's father, was born May 27, 1765, and married Mary Munson, who was born April 22, 1770. John Clark, father of the John Clark just mentioned, was descended from Scotch ancestors and was born June 17, 1727. He married Mabel Lyons, who w^as born June 28, 1732.

Dr. Jeremiah Clark married Jane C. Morris, October 4, 1826. His second wife was Julianna Fox, whom he married September 30, 1833. Miss Fox was a native of Hardy county, Virginia, now West Virginia, and was born July 29, 1805. She was a lady of education and culture and proved a worthy helpmeet to her husband in his career as a physician and pioneer farmer. They had nine children, namely: Ann Eliza was born June 18, 1834, and died the same year; Mary M., born August 10, 1835, married John C. Platter, of Hamilton township; Thomas M., the immediate subject of this sketch, was born March 9, 1837; John D., born December 27, 1838, died June 26, 1842; William F., born August 26, 1840, lives in Hamilton township; Henry G., born October 8, 1842, died August 28, 1889; Herman, born September 27, 1844, was a federal soldier in the Civil war and died February 26, 1865; John F., born December 16, 1846, served in the war of the Rebellion in the Sixtieth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and died January 25, 1891 ; a|id Sarah Ann, born February 16, 1849, is the widow of F. B. Herr, and lives at Columbus, Ohio.

Thomas M. Clark is the oldest son and third child of Dr. Jeremiah and Julianna (Fox) Clark, and was born in Hamilton township, where he received his primary education at district schools taught in a log schoolhouse and in a select sdhool at Groveport. After that he was a student for about two years at the Ohio Wesleyan University, at Delaware, Ohio. In 1861 he located on a farm in Hamilton township, which he has since owned and is engaged quite extensively in farming and stock-raising, keeping many horses and cattle. The farm, which consists of two hundred and forty acres, is one of the valuable places of the township. He is also a stockholder and director of the Market Exchange Bank, of Columbus.

On the nth of December, i860, Mr. Clark married Sarah Franck, who died September 16, 1867. after having borne him two children. The daughter. Ivea D., married F. B. Peters, of Pickaway county, Ohio, and has three sons, - Carl T., Curtis A. and Paul E. The son. Edwin F., was graduated in medicine from the Starling Medical College in 1891 a':d died in 1894, after having practiced his profession for three years at Columbus, Ohio. October 24, 1877, Mr. Clark married his present wife, who was Miss Ellen Hickman, a native of Hamilton township, Franklin county, Ohio.

Politically Mr. Clark has been a lifelong Republican. He cast his first presidential vote for Abraham Lincoln in i860 and has voted for every Republican presidential nominee and for every Republican governor of Ohio since that time. He has served one term as trustee of his township and he has been eighteen times elected to the office of township treasurer, in recognition of his high standing as a citizen and of his known fitness for that responsible office. He has been a member of the Masonic order since 1866, when he was received as an Entered Apprentice, passed the Fellow Craft degree and was raised to the sublime degree of Master Mason. He is a thirtysecond-degree Scottish Rite Mason, and a member of Mt. Vernon Commandery, York Rite, of Columbus, Ohio.

Jacob J. Hammond

Jacob J. Hammond, one of the old and experienced conductors of the Pennsylvania road, who is a general favorite with the patrons of the line, resides at No. 443 Mount Vernon avenue, in Columbus. He was born Sep- ;tember 27, 185 1, in Washington county, Pennsylvania, and his father, William H. Hammond, was a native of the same locality, his birth there occurring on the 29th of October, 1829. The family is of Scotch-Irish descent and was early founded in the Keystone state. The grandparents of our subject were both natives of Washington county, and the grandfather died in 1866, while his wife, surviving him about twelve years, passed away in 1878. In the fall of 1864 William H. Hammond removed with his family to West Virginia, locating in Hancock county, where he lived many years, but now resides in Steubenville, Ohio. His wife was born in Washington county, Pennsylvania, and died in West Virginia in 1872. Their children are: Tallman, who was born in 1867 and is cashier in the freight department of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company at Columbus; James M., who was born in 1856, has been principal of the public schools in Wheeling, West Virginia, for seventeen years, and is known as an eminent educator; and Samuel, who was born July 4, 1861, and is an engineer on the Pennsylvania Railroad.

In the year 1872 Jacob J. Hammond began his railroad career as a brakeman on a freight train on the Pennsylvania line. After twenty-two months' service he was promoted to the position of freight conductor and six years later he was made passenger conductor. He began his run as a passenger conductor in 1880 between Steubenville, Ohio, and Wheeling, West Virginia, and daily made the journey over that route for four years. Since that time he has been continuously on the route between Pittsburg and Columbus, and has always been found at his post of duty, being a most trusted and faithful employe of the road.

On the i8th of ]\Iay, 1871, in West Virginia, Mr. Hammond was united in marriage to Miss Mary Ralston. Her father, Joseph Ralston, died September 13, 1880. Her mother, Mrs. Hannah Ralston, died December 24, 1863. Both were natives of Washington county, Pennsylvania. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Hammond have been born the following named : Bessie, who is a graduate of the Ohio State University, has been teaching in the public schools of Columbus; she was married, June 19, 1901, to Dr. E. S. McBurney, a prominent dentist of Delavan, Wisconsin, where her future home wall be; Eva M., a graduate of the high school of Columbus, is stenographer for the Franklin Insurance Company; and Frank G., who was born in 1885, is now a student in the high school. The family are members of the Wesley Chapel Methodist Episcopal church and have been residents, of this city for the past seventeen years. Mr. Hammond is a stanch Republican in his political views. Socially he belongs to Ohio Lodge, No. i, F. & A. M., of Wheeling, West Virginia. Many of the men who are now serving as conductors on the Pennsylvania road have served as brakemen under him. His long continuation in the employ of the one company indicates his fidelity to duty and his capable service.

Lorenzo D. Myers

In this age of extensive enterprise and marked intellectual energy, tKe prominent and successful men are those whose ability, persistence and courage lead them into large undertakings and to assume the responsibilities and labors of leaders in their respective vocations. Success is methodical and consecutive, and however much we may indulge in fantastic theorizing as to its elements and causation in any isolated instance, yet in the light of sober investigation we will find it to be but the result of the determined application of one's abilities and powers along the rigidly defined lines of labor. America owes much of her progress and advancement to a position foremost among the nations of the world to her newspapers, and in this line of advancement Captain Lorenzo Doty Myers was an important factor in his section of Ohio. He was long connected with the journalistic interests of the state and did much to promote the welfare, progress and upbuilding of the commonwealth through the columns of his paper as an advocate of measures for the general good.

Captain Myers was born in Mifflin, Juniata county, Pennsylvania, June 7, 1838, and when a lad of ten years accompanied his parents on their removal to Ashland, Ohio. Soon afterward the family took up their abode in Mansfield, and in the latter part of the '50s Captain Myers went to Pittsburg, there to become identified with newspaper work, accepting a position on the Pittsburg Post, where he remained until 1859. He then returned to Mansfield, and in partnership with his brother began the publication of the Mansfield Herald, with which he was associated until 1861. He had been a close student of the questions, issues and political differences leading up to the Civil war, and when the country became involved in the sanguinary struggle, on the one side for the destruction, on the other for the protection of the Union, he joined the Sixty-fourth Ohio Regiment .of Volunteers, which was a portion of the famous Sherman Brigade, recruited near Mansfield. In January, 1862, he was assigned to General T. J. Wood's division, and for distinguished service was recommended by that officer to the war department for promotion to a captaincy, and the honor was conferred upon him by President Lincoln, and at General Wood's request he was assigned to his staff and served as assistant quartermaster until 1864, when business interests at home compelled him to resign. He participated in some of the most hotly contested battles of the war, and in 1870 was recommended for brevet rank by his former general, but unfortunately when the recommendation reached the war department the time in wiiich brevet rank could be legally conferred had expired.

In 1866 Captain Myers came to Columbus, and, as a partner, joined the firm of Nevins & Myers, controlling the state printing and publishing business. For a time they also published the old Statesman, from which paper eventually sprang the Press Post. In 1876 Captain Myers purchased a half interest in the Columbus Dispatch, which he edited for six years. He was also a recognized leader in public affairs, was honored with several positions of public trust and labored untiringly and effectively in support of measures which he believed would contribute to the public good. For four years he was a member of the board of education of Columbus, and from 1876 until 1886 was a trustee of Dennison University, at Granville, Ohio. In 1879 he was a nominee for the state legislature as representative for Franklin county, and in 1882 was appointed postmaster of Columbus by President Arthur. It was during his tenure of office that the present government building was erected in this city, and Captain Myers was disbursing 'agent of all the funds spent in the erection of the building.

In March, 1865, the Captain was united in marriage to Miss Harriet A. Simmons, of Mansfield, and unto them were born seven children, and two sons and a daughter, with the widow, still survive. The elder son is. Joseph S. Myers, managing editor of the Pittsburg Post, and the younger,. Laurence D.. is now a student in the high school. The daughter, Annie; M., is the wife of William A. Sellers, of Pittsburg.

Captain Myers was a member of McCoy Post, G. A. R., and of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion. He also belonged to the Royal Arcanum, and had attained the thirty-second degree df Masonry. He was closely identified with the First Baptist church from the time of his arrival in this city until his death, which occurred on the 12th of January, 1901, and he filled the important positions of superintendent of the Sundsy-school and deacon of the church, also serving for many years on the general board of trustees for the state convention. His labors were of value in church work, where he will be greatly missed, for his wise counsel and means were given freely. He was kind-hearted, and although he led a busy life, could always find time tO' aid any one in trouble. He was exceedingly charitable, and wherever known was respected for his unquestioned fidelity to duty and to principle.

Andrew C. Biggs

Professor A. C. Biggs, whose reputation extends widely through the country in connection with the occult sciences, is a son of William and Martha Biggs. He was born on the old family homestead, - Union Grove, - Gambier, Knox county, Ohio, October 4, 1876. Love of books and industrious habits were rich legacies from his parents, asi both were fond of reading and investigation. The father's mental trend was and still is in the direction of scientific research, and hence he has given much time to the perusal of lines of reading treating of the sciencesi, and while he has not enjoyed the advantages of a collegiate education yet by a systematic course of general reading, study and investigation pursued he is well informed along the lines of his favorite study.

One of the chief delights of Professor Biggs when he was a small boy was to go with his father in the evening out under the open sky and have his father tell him about the stars, point out this and that one that was most attractive to his childish fancy and then to hear tales concerning the bright stellar luminariesi. He delighted, too, in going with his father into the fields and finding a stone of queer shape and color from which his father would <:hip pieces and explain their geological form and features. Thus, these things, little in themselves, served to stimulate the boy's mind and to lay the foundation for those habits of speculative thought that have characterized' Professor Biggs in later years, and served him so welj in the domain o£ philosophic and scientific research. His parents were quick to discern his mental trend and determined that he should have the advantages of a college education. He was accordingly allowed to study at the colleges he chose and he acquired knowledge in various collegiate institutions, of Ohio, making choice from the curriculum of each, of those branches which were best suited to his favorite lines of investigation. He completed all of the studies comprised in a classical course and then a special course of work in history, psychology and philosophy.

It was Professor Biggs^ intention to study law, but his research in the field of history, philosophy and science led him to discern that these presented only the phenomena beyond which to lay the noumena. Hence he entered upon the study of the occult, in which he has had unusual advantages, having pursued his course under the supervision of the best instructors in our country. In thisi his chosen line he has attained a proficiency that at his age is simply remarkable, for at this writing he is but twenty-four years of age. In 1895-6-7 he spent much time in traveling through different parts of the country familiarizing himself with the customs of the people and making observations among the different classes along psychological and sociolog- ical lines. He has always been a close student of human nature in o-eneral and of individual character m particular and as a result of his observation maintains that a person's, first impressions of an individual are alwavs correct, the chief difficulty being to thoroughly and correctlv analv'ze the impressions.

Professor Biggs has been tendered the professorship of history and psychology m various institutions of learning throughout the country but has always preferred to continue his own unique line of work

In the autumn of 1899 Professor Biggs came to Columbus with the express purpose of founding a school of philosophy. After a little time he associated himself with the Ohio Magnetic Institute and was assigned to the duty of superintending the instruction of the educational department He was also elected treasurer of the corporation. The institute as then or-anized was not satisfactory to Professor Biggs. The students- as he believed were not made sufficiently familiar with the higher phases of the occult' Changes were made m the management and faculty. Professor Biggs and Professor A.S. Davis soon became the owners of the institute and then followed other important changes. The name of the American Occult Academy was assumed the old name being discarded because it was not expressive of the line of work adopted by the school. The course of study was greatly extended and as superintendent of the educational department PrSfessor Biggs ambition is to attain for the academy a standard that will place it at the head of the occult schools of America. The members of the faculty are Professor A. S. Davis, practical demonstrator of the science of healing- A C. Biggs, protessor of practical psychology and suggestive therapeutics i E.' K Anderson, professor of hypnotism, clairvoyance and telepathy: B F Martz, attoniey at law, legal and professional jurisprudence, ethics and evolution; and R. H. Biggs, M. D., professor of anatomy, physiology and pathology ihe institute is incorporated under the laws of Ohio and authorized by the state to establish and maintain a school for the purpose of teachino- the science of non-medical healing, including all the branches mentioned%nd alhed mental sciences and such other branches as the board of trustees may deem necessary to the largest practice of the science. To each branch of the study is assigned a competent instructor, who by a course of lectures and by practical demonstration afford such knowledge as is necessary for the healing of any disease. The course includes a full and complete instruction in the practice of the famous W-eltmer method of magnetic healing.

Professor Biggs is intensely practical in all his work and has made useful and practical application of his knowledge. Added to his other accomplishments he has become one of the most successful suggestive therapeutists m the land. As such he has many times been called in consultation and at the time of the writing of this article is in Kentucky, over

WM r r Vr, ^'°"' ^'^' ^'°"'"' ^^^^^'^ ''''' b^^^^ ^^"^d i" a special case. While out of the state on such visits he is always kept busy diagnosin- and directing the treatment of all varieties of disease. He has carr^d Ward his investigation along original lines and has gleaned from the fields of knowledge many truths and discoveries that are of practical benefit as well as of interest to humanity. Man is more and more learning to understand himself and his powers and to take cognizance of the working of the mind, and as a leader in, new fields of thought Professor BiggSi has attained a reputation scarcely equaled by any one of his years throughout the entire country.