Columbus City (part 18 of 57)

Mr. Meeker conceived the idea that a large park for the recreation of the people should be established on the line of the Columbus Central Railway at some point between Columhus and Westerville, and this idea resulted in Minerva Park, which was named in honor of Mrs. Minerva Shipherd, of Cleveland, Ohio, the wife of the first president of the Columbus Central Railway Company. In April, 1892, Mr. Meeker secured from the late Lewis Huffman an option on his farm of two hundred and twenty-seven acres, which he purchased at the expiration of the option, July 27, 1892, paying- Mr. Huffman a good price for the land. It is possilDle that Mr. Huft'man did not believe at the time he made a deed of the property that the farm he had tilled and on which he had pastured his sheep and cattle would ever be developed into a beautiful park, with lakes and fountains and all the charms of skillful landscape gardening, in which the people of a big city would seek rest and recreation in all the years to come. The location is an ideal one, however, and it was not long before Mr. Meeker and his associates began w^ork preliminary to the construction of the park by removing stumps, logs, brush and everything else that encumbered the land. They began permanent improvements in 1894, and in 1895 the park was completed, with a beautiful casino building, a water-works system and an electric-lighting system, beds of flow^ers, fountains, rustic bridges and every improvement and auxiliary necessary to the com'fort and pleasure of the people. The casino was burned late in 1895, but through the enterprise of George H. Worthington a new casino was erected in 1896, one of the largest in the country, with a seating capacity of two thousand, in which drama, opera and vaudeville are presented during the summer months to thousands of visitors. An innovation in 1896 was an independent electric plant.

The whole story of Mr. Meeker's work in the way of public improvement has not yet been told. In 1895 he bought the old Westerville fair grounds at Westerville, and began at once to improve them' after the most modern fashion, constructing a fine .race track, introducing a water-works system, erecting a large grand stand and making other improvements, and renaming the place, which has since been known as the Llewellyn Driving Park. The grand stand has since been destroyed by fire. Mr. Meeker is the senior nTcmiber in the fimi of Meeker Brothers, investment bankers and brokers, whose general offices are at Columbus. He has at different times been interested in other enterprises, and has filled public offices of trust and responsibility, but the great public improvements which have been mentioned are of such paramount importance that they constitute a monument to his

Lieutenant H. Warren Phelps

The well-known and prominent citizen of Blendon, Franklin county, Ohio, whose name is above, was born in Blendon township, this county, on the old Phelps homestead, three miles south of Westerville, May 5, 1839. Homer Moore Phelps, his father, was born on the same farm, February 9, 18 12, and spent his life there as a farmer and stock dealer. Homer Moore Phelps was a successful business man, who was held in such high esteem for his judgment that he wasi adviser to bis neighbors in many of the practical affairs of life. He was treasurer of the old plank road company, in 1853-4, and was in one way and another connected with other public improvements. He was a respecter of churches, but not a member of any church, and was a leader among local Whigs and later among Republicans. He was for twelve years justice of the peace and for several years town trustee. A self-educated man of wide reading, he was especially well informed on all subjects relating to history, ancient or modern. He died June I, 18S3. His home was always a welcome place for ministers of all churches.

Edward and Azubah (Moore) Phelps were the parents of Homer Moore Phelps and the grandparents in the paternal line of H. \\^arren Phelps. Edward Phelps was born at Windsor, Connecticut, August 27, 1759. He was brought up to the life of a farmer and pursued that career at Windsor until 1805. He married Azubah Moore May 6, 1789. With Isaac Griswold and others he made a horseback journey through the wilderness to Granville, Ohio, in 1805, following an Indian trail to a point on Alum creek four miles and a half east of Worthington, w^here he bought from Aaron Ogdon five hundred acres of land which is now three miles south of Westerville. His ancestry in the paternal line, tracing toward the past, w^ere Timothy, Cornelius, Lieutenant Timothy and W^illiam Phelps, who was one of the first settlers of Windsor. Connecticut, in 1635, coming from Tewkesbury, England, in 1630, on the ship Mary and John, and settling in Dorchester, Massachusetts. Edward Phelps was the first actual settler in Blendon township. He made some few improvements looking to early residence on the place, and went back to Connecticut for his family. They left their old home June 24, traveling by wagon drawn by oxen, and arrived at their new hom.e August 23, 1806. When Mr. Phelps and his companions had come out the previous year they had blazed trees to serve as guides to future travelers, and in places it was necessary for Mr. Phelps to cut out a road in advance of his wagon. For his five-hundred-acre farm in what is now Blendon township Mr. Phelps paid seven hundred and eighty-seven dollars and fifty cents.

It had been granted to Aaron Ogdon in 1800 by President Adams for military services. Later Mr, Phelps bought two hundred and fifty acres more land two miles north of his first purchase, where his son Edward, and daughter Chloe, who married Menzes Gillespie, settled. He was a successful man for those days, and his advice was sought by his neighboring pioneers in many matters of importance. Azubah INIoore, who became his wife, was born at Torrington, Connecticut, February 13, 1765. She was baptized a member of the Christian church in Alum creek in 1843, and died October 18, 1849, aged eighty-four years. Their cabin was built on the north side of the road now leading east from Worthington, and three- fourths of a mile west of Alum creek. She and her husband kept "open house," and religious meetings were held in their house and barn in the pioneer days. Mr. Phelps built a frame barn in 1808, which was one of the first buildmgs of the kind in the neighborhood.

Edward and Azubah (Moore) Phelps brought six children with them to Ohio: Edward, aged sixteen years; Abram, aged fifteen years; Azubah, aged twelve years; Lucinda, aged nine years; Chloe, aged seven years; and William, aged four years. Azubah was never married. She had a good education, was a great reader, and was a very useful mem^ber of the pioneer society and of the community during her life. She had a wonderful memory, and much of the history of the township's early settlement was related b}^ her to her nephew and written down in 1859. She died April 14, i860. Their youngest son, Homer Moore Phelps, was born after they came to Ohio. Isaac and Ursula (Clark) Griswold and their two children, Isaac Mortimer and Edwin, and Ethan Palmer and Salina Griswold came with them, the party numbering fourteen souls all told. Miss Salina Griswold taught the first school in Blendon towaiship in 1809 and taught several terms later. Mr. Griswold bought a farm of two hundred and fifty acres adjoining Mr. Phelps's place, Mr. Phelps died August 10, 1840.

Homer Moore Phelps married Elizabeth Graham Connelly, a daughter of Edward and Mary (Graham) Connelly, who was born at Strasburg, Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, December 8, 181 1, and came to Columbus in 1833 ^^''^^^'^ her parents. ]\Ir. and ]\Irs. Connelly were both natives of Ireland and came to America before they were married. Miss Mary Graham was a daughter of Rev. William Graham, who was born at Paisley, Scotland, and was sent to Ireland as a missionary, and in 1789 was sent to America as a missionary by Rev. John Wesley. He died while on the voyage. His widow (Catherine Thompson) with eight children were safely landed and went to Christine, Maryland, where .she died three weeks afterward. The children "were cared for by bishops of the Methodist church. Mary was reared in the family of Jacob Boehm, of Strasburg, Penns3dvania, and there married Mr. Connelly, who was a farmer and shoemaker. On coming to Ohio they located ten miles north of Columbus, where they lived out their days. Homer INIoore Phelps and Elizabeth Graham Connelly were married January 14, 1835. Mrs. Phelps died August 12, 1899, ^g^^ eighty-eight years.

She had been a member of the ]\lethodist Episcopal church from the time she was sixteen years of age, - seventy-two years, - and was a consistent Christian worlcer. Her children revere her memory. Edward and Mary Connelly, her parents, were life-long ]\Iethodists, although Mr. Connelly's parents, Henry and Rosanna (Moss) Connelly, were Scotch Presbyterians. Mrs. Phelps left three children: Fredonia C, wife of Francis B. Dean, a farmer of Aliflhn township, Franklin county; H. Warren; and Edward Clinton, who is engaged in the real-estate business in Chicago, Illinois. He married Ella Louise Stanley, of Columbus, Ohio, September 2, 1891. She was a daughter of Edward Stanley, Sr.

H. Warren Phelps was reared on the home farm and educated in the public schools, and remained at home until he was twenty-three years old. August I, 1862, he enlisted in Company H, Ninety-fifth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, as a private. Fie was at once promoted to be first sergeant and was mustered into service with that rank. December 5 following he was made second lieutenant, and on the last day of the same month he was made first lieutenant. He took part in the fighting at Richmond, Kentucky, the siege of Vicksburg, and in minor engagements, and participated in a ten months campaign through southern Tennessee and Mississippi. After that he took part in the operations against Sterling Price and Jeff. Thompson in Arkansas and Missouri, September i to November 16, 1864, and saw some service in Kansas under General A. J. Smith. Fie returned td St. Louis, Missouri, November 16, 1864, after marching eleven hundred miles, and went south with his command to Nashville, Tennessee, was in battles there, and went thence to New Orleans, and thence to ^Mobile. He was present at the siege of Spanish Fort, March 24 to April 9, 1865, thence he marched back to Vicksburg. He saw some other service and was mustered out August 19, 1865, at Louisville, Kentucky. At the close of the war he returned home and engaged in farming and stock raising. He drifted into stock dealing as a distinctive business and followed it with success until 1896, wiien he moved to Westerville to educate his chillren. In 1900 the family removed tO' Columbus.

January i, 1868, j\Ir. Phelps; married j\Iiss Louise JNI. Clarke, a native of Blendon township, and a daughter of George B. and Mindwell E. (Griswold) Clarke, and granddaughter of Isaac and Ursula (Clark) Griswold, pioneers of Blendon. Miss Louise M. Clarke was a school teacher for several years. She has been an active worker in Soldiers Aid and Woman's Relief Corps societies, holding prominent offices. George B. Clarke and wife were natives of Blendon township, and spent the greater part of their lives here. H. Warren and Louise (Clarke) Phelps have had six children. Their eldest son, George H., was born December 23, 1868, and died in his thirtyfirst year, October 23, 1899. He received his education in this township and took a business course at Columbus. He was employed for a year as a stenographer by a wholesale house in Columbus, and after that was for a year and eight months with the general manager of the Moline

Plow Company, at Kansas City, Missouri. He was later employed by the Armour Packmg Company, m that city, but was obliged to give up his' position on account of overwork. in 1895 he was employed in the home office of the Milwaukee Harvester Company, at Milwaukee, VVisconsin, and was soon afterward given charge of its collections in Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and Oklahoma. Some idea of the extent of his duties is afforded by the fact that he had seven clerks working under him. His sudden death, October 28, 1899, after only two days' illness, cut short a career which was full of brilliant promise. He was united in marriage with Miss Bertha E. Swickard, a daughter of Shannon and Anna S. Swickard, of Montrose, Colorado, at Chicago, Illinois, September 28, 1893. A daughter, Margaret Elizabeth, was born at Milwaukee, Wisconsin, June 22, 1899, He left property worth seven thousand dollars, his own savings. Rolland C. Phelps, next in order of birth of the children of H. Warren and Louise (Clarke) Phelps, is a farmer and sawmill proprietor and creamery butter maker in Blendon township. January 26, 1898, he was united in marriage with Miss Elva M. Carpenter, of Plain township. W. Dwight is a successful business man and farmer in the same township, having many of the characteristics of his grandfather Phelps. Grace C. is a teacher in the high school at Columbus, Ohio. Mary Louise is a stenographer at Columbus, Ohio, and Homer M. is a student at Columbus.

Mr. Phelps is an active and inlluential Republican, a member of the Methodist Episcopal church and of the Grand Army of the Republic, being a comrade in James Price Post, No. 50, G. A. R., of Westerville, Franklin county, and a member of Encampment No. 35, U. V. L., of Mount Vernon, Ohio. He was a delegate to the World's Congress of Farmers at Chicago, Illinois, at the time of the World's Fair, in October, 1893. He has been statistical agricultural reporter to the department of agriculture for many years, also reporter tO' the weather bureau.. He is the president of the Phelps, Griswold, Moore and Meacham Pioneer Families' Association, which holds annual reunions on the fourth Thursday in August. Mrs. Louise M. Phelps is the secretary of the association. He has been engaged for a number of years in tracing genealogical records of the families of his ancestors, and has succeeded in locating the place of birth of his ancestors in the sixteenth century.

Frederick Haldy

One of the substantial and most respected citizens of Franklin township, Franklin county, Ohio, was Frederick Haldy, who resides upon a line farm of one hundred anl ninety-eight acres a half mile from the limits of the city of Columbus. He was a resident here from 1862 until his death.

He was born in Germany January 19, 18 19, a son of Lewis and Henrietta Haldy, the former a native of France, the latter of Germany. They never came to America, and they reared a family of eight children in their old home ill Germany, our subject being the fifth in order of birth. He attended school until his fifteenth year, after which he learned the trades of jeweler and watchmaker, -working at those occupations until his emigration to America, in 1849. ' For three years thereafter he followed these trades in New York city, and then came to Columbus, here finding plenty of work in his line. In 1862 he removed to his final location and engaged in general farming until 1896, when he retired from the active duties of life.

Before coming to America Mr. Haldy was married to Miss Louisa Lindemann, a native of Germany. She was born February 4, 1824, and was the third child of Lewis and Jacobine (Lang) Lindemann. She remained in her old home until one year after the departure of her husband, reaching the United States in 1850, accompanied by her mother, who lived to be seventy-seven years of age. Six children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Haldy : Frederick, a jeweler in Cleveland; Charles W., a farmer on the old homestead ; Louisa, deceased ; Lewis, a farmer in Delaware county, Ohio ; Matilda S., wife of Clinton Alspach, a teacher near Columbus, Ohio; and Emma, wife pf O. W. Scott, a farmer of Franklin township. The four last named were born in America.

Mr. Haldy was' a very prosperous man, bringing with him to this country the habits of thrift and economy learned in his native land. He accumulated much property in a very desirable locality, near the heart of the city of Columbus, erected three houses and earned the ease and comfort which he in later years and his estimable wife still enjoy. He was a consistent member of the Evangelical church, and was most highly regarled by his neighbors. He died on July 2, 1901, at 8 a. m., from old age. Mrs. Haldy, surviving, is

Edward B. Thomas

As one of the capable attorneys of Columbus and as a representative of several of the most distinguished pioneer families of Ohio, Edward Barton Thomas certainly desei-ves representation in this volume. He was born in 1861, in Wheeling, Virginia, now West Virginia, a son of Llewellyn Griffith Thomas, who was born in Belmont county, Ohio, in 1837. When a young man he went into business in Wheeling, West Virginia. He devoted his life mainly to literary work and travel, at one time spending three years in making a trip around the world. His death occurred in Wheeling in 1894. His wife bore the maiden name of Angeline Barton, and was a daughter of Thomas J. and Elizabeth (Delp) Barton, of Belmont county, Ohio. The Bartons were Quaker people who resided near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, but the family were represented in the Revolutionary war by a Captain Barton. After the independence of the nation was achieved representatives of the name became pioneer settlers of Ohio.

Edward Thomas, the paternal grandfather of our subject, was a native of \\'ales, and in 1820 came to Ohio. This was about the time coal was first shipped down the Ohio river, and he became connected in business with Jacob Heatherington, the pioneer coal shipper. This commodity was sent down the river on flatboats, and in the conduct of the enterprise Mr. Thomas became a wealthy man. His last years were spent in quiet retirement upon a large farm which he purchased in Belmont county, and there he died in 1872, when more than seventy years of age, one of the most highly respected citizens of the community. He married Miss Catherine Clark, a daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth (Zane) Clark, the former a relative of General George Rogers Clark. His wife was a daughter of Daniel Zane and a sister of Colonel Ebenezer Zane. Her father was descended from French Huguenot ancestry, and on emigrating from France to America located in Charleston, South Carolina, whence he made his way to the Shenandoah valley and later to Wheeling. He was the first settler there, locating a farm in the midst of the forest, upon the site of the former capital of West Virginia. His descendants owned all the land there. Colonel Ebenezer Zane built the first .road in Ohio, and the city of Zanesville was named in honor of his brother Jonathan. The bravery of Elizabeth Zane during the Revolutionary war is a matter of history. She was a young lady of eighteen, and had just returned from school in Philadelphia to her home in Wheeling. The place was attacked by a band of Indians under command of some British. The settlers had taken refuge in the fort, near which stood a block-house in which the ammunition: wasl stored. During the attack the soldiers discovered that their supply of powder was almost exhausted, and Elizabeth Zane volunteered to secure a keg from the block-house, saying that none of the men could be spared from the fort. At her utmost speed she ran to the place, and the Indians were so surprised that not a shot was fired, but as she returned with her keg of powder a hail of bullets followed her, several piercing her garments. The dress which she wore, with its bullet holes, is still preserved and has been seen by the subject of this review.

Mr. Thomas may certainly be proud of the pioneer history of his ancestors and the part which they took in reclaiming the state of Ohio- for purposes of civilization. He was educated in Wheeling, also pursued a college course, and on leaving the latter institution began teaching in country schools in West Virginia, in 1878. He afterward engaged in high-school teaching in Belmont county, Ohio. Next he accepted the superintendency of the schools at Clarington, Ohio, where he remained until 1888, when he became principal of the schools of Woodsiield. While thus engaged he took up the study of law in the office of Spriggs & Sons, and later pursued his reading under the direction of W. F. Hunter, now dean of the Ohio State Law School. Mr. Thomas also studied for a time under Lorenzo Danford, a member of congress from Belmont county. In 1891 he was admitted to the bar at Columbus, and has since engaged in practice in this city.

Mr. Thomas was married in Woodsfield to Miss Sinclair, a daughter of Dr. Western Sinclair, of the same place, formerly a probate judge. She is of Scotch-Irish descent. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Thomas have been born four children : Edward Sinclair, Jacob Clark, George Alfred and Elizabeth Zane. Mr. Thomas is a member of the Ohio Society of Sons of the American Revolution, and belongs to the Masonic fraternity, to the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, is a past grand in the Odd Fellows lodge, has been a representative to the grand lodge of the Knights of Pythias, and is one of the leadmg officers and the state lecturer for the Modern Woodmen of America. In politics he is also a recognized leader in Democratic circles, and his opinions carry weight in the councils of his party in the city and county. He is a man of strong mentality, of keen analytical power and has won prestige at referred to.

James Henry Daniell

The story of an eventful life is always interesting, and the story of one who has been a pioneer and a soldier possesses peculiar value because it not only sheds light upon 'history but incites to progress and to patriotism. The history of the life of the late James Henry Daniell, of Norwich township, Franklin county, is such an interesting biographical story as has been referred to.

Mr. Daniell was of English descent. His grandfather, James Daniell, passed all his life in Cornwall, England, and his son James, the father of James H., was born in the town of St. Agnes, Cornwah, in 1805, and came to the United States when about thirty-two years of age', bringing with him his wife and only child. He found employment in the mines of West Virginia, and afterward was a mine superintendent in Schuylkill county, Pennsylvania. In 1 84 1 he abandoned coal-mining for a time and turned his attention to lead mining in Wisconsiin. In 1845 lie returned to Schuylkill county in the Keystone state, where he resumed his place as a mine superintendent and prosecuted the duties connected with that position with success, being paid twelve hundred dollars a year, and was offered fourteen hundred dollars a year if he would relinquish a plan he had formed to go to California and dig for gold, and remain in Pennsylvania and direct the coal-producing interests of his employers. But the gold fever was upon him, and, accompanied by four of his sons, he set out for California, and, gomg by the way of the isthmus of Panama, he arrived at San Francisco March 17, 1855. Not long afterward he died, at a mining camp known as Whisky Town, and 'he was buried at Shasta, in the northern part of California. His wife, who had come with him from England, died at Pottsville Pennsylvania, in 1847. His second wife was by maiden name Annikiah Eathlane, who remained in Pennsylvania with their family when he went to California and died near Pottsville. By his first wife his children were Mary Ann, deceased ; James, a resident of California; James Henry, James Francis James John, James John and James Mark. By his second marriage his children were James Mark (2d), James Samuel, James George (deceased), and James George (2d), who lixes at Steelton, Pennsylvania

James Henry Daniell was born at Pottsville, Schuylkill county, Pennsylvania, November i6, 1835, and was educated in the public schools of that city. When he was about tw^enty years old he went to California, with his father and three brothers. In 1861 he enlisted in Company K, Fiftieth Regiment of California Volunteer Infantry, with which he served continuously until honorably discharged in New Mexico, November 27, 1864. Immediately thereafter be started upon a walk of seventeen hundred miles across the plains to Kansas City, Missouri, and from there he proceeded by public conveyances! to his old home in Schuylkill county, Pennsylvania. 1 here he >tcok up the W'Ork of a blacksmith, from which he at length drifted into other occupations. In September, 1865, he w^as married, in Schuylkill county, to Miss Sarah Burnish, a daughter of John Burnish, who with others erected the first mill at Pottsville. In 1868, with his wdfe and child, he went to Wisconsin, with the intention of settling there, but did not like the country and returned to Pennsylvania, whence he soon went to Lynchburg, Virgmia, Returning again to Pennsylvania, he lived at Allentown from 1872 to December, 1875. Later he was a resident for a tim'e' at Plamburg, same state. Subsequently he was employed in a rail-mill in Wyoming territory for two years, until the company owning it was ready to put in operation another mill at Topeka, Kansas, when he w-as transferred to that point and was employed there until the mill was destroyed by fire a few months later. He was next sent bv the same corporation to Columbus, Ohio, where he remained from 1 88 1 to 1891, when he w^as obliged to retire from his old occupation on account of a failure of his eyesight, which had been coming upon him graduall}^ until it became complete, the result of a sunstroke received while in service as a soldier in the Civil war. He died in 1901 and was buried under the honors of the Grand Army of the Republic. He had always been a member of the Methodist Episcopal church.

James Llenry and Sarah (Burnish) Daniell had children named as follows: James H., who married Mary Redman, of Wisconsin; Sarah, who married Matthew William Knick; James' John, who died in boyhood; Mary Eleanor, who became the wife of John Falwell; James Francis, a resident of Columbus; James John (2d), deceased; James William, also deceased; and James Samuel, who is still a member of his father's household. The family are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. INIr. Daniell was a member of the Grand Army of the Republic and was held in peculiar regard by his comrades because of the sad affliction of which he was a victim. He learned much by observation during the active and eventful years of his life and was a man of wide and accurate information.

Wtlliam W' All

The name of the late William Wall has been perpetuated in that of Wall street, Columbus, Ohio. Mr. W^all was born at Clominell, county Tipperary, Ireland, in 1827, and died at Columbus in December, 1899, aged seventy- two years. He came to America in 1852 and located at Boston, IMassachusetts. In 1855 he located at Columbus, Ohio, where, in 1856, he married Miss Bridget Dowlan, a native of Kings county, Ireland, wdio came to the Ohio capital city in 1853. Immediately after his arrival he engaged in business and was very successful for twenty years. In 1876 he turned his attention to real estate and bought much valuable property centrally located on State, Front, Wall and near-by streets. As a Democrat he devoted himself to public affairs. For two terms he filled the office of councilman and after that he filled the office of county commissioner of Franklin county for eight years, during which time he was president of the county board. It was under his administration that the courthouse, the county infirmary, the west side water-works building and the Broad street bridge were erected and he was instrumental in pushing forward other needed improvements. He was one of the first men appointed on the beard of public works and served as a member of that body for four years. His distinguishing characteristics were energy, industry and generosity and his public spirit was always in evidence, and he took the greatest interest in Columbus and all its institutions. Before his death he gave tw^enty-one acres and a house to Saint Alary's Academy, and he donated money in considerable sums to the orphans' home and to each hospital in the city. It may be truthfully said of him that in all his life he never turned away a deserving applicant for charity. He was a member of the congregation of St. Joseph's cathedral, but gave to churches of all denominations with equal liberality.

For more than forty years Mr. and Mrs. Wall lived in the same block in Columbus in wdiich she now has her home. Miss ]\Iargaret L. Kelly, Mrs. Wall's niece, was in her childhood adopted by ]\Ir. and I\Irs. \\d\\, and is at this time a member of Mrs. Wall's household.

The bench and bar of Columbus, Ohio, have long sustained an enviable reputation for everything that makes for integrity in legal and judicial procedure. As the profession of any county cannot be higher than the average character of its representatives, it is obvious that Franklin county has been peculiarly fortunate in the personnel of those who have administered the law therein. One of the best known of the younger lawyers at Columbus is Henry Archer \\^lilliams, who was graduated at Wittenberg College, at Springfield, in 1885, after wdiich he read law^ under the preceptorship of Governor Foraker and was admitted to the bar in October. 1887. His primary education was received in the public schools at Spring-field, Ohio, at which he was graduated in 1881.

Mr. Williams was born at Cincinnati, Ohio, December 4. 1864, a son of Rev. Charles Holliday AA'illiams. a nati^-e of Pulaski countv. Kentnckv, wlio iVxtxX at Parkersburg, West Virginia. Rev. Charles Hollidav Will'ams married Harriet Langdon, a daughter of James D. Langdon, of Cincinnati, Ohio, who in 1806, at the age of fourteen, came with his widowed mother from New* England to Hamihon county, Ohio. The first Langdon in America was Lieutenant Paul Langdon, of the English navy, who settled in Massachusetts in 1630; and Governor Langdon, of New Hampshire, who in his official capacity signed his name to the constitution of the United States, was of the same family. James D. Langdon died in Cincinnati, in 1887, on a homestead which stood on the' same land which came into possession of members of the family early in the nineteenth century. Henry Archer Williams' father and grandfather came to Ohio from Virginia. One of his greatgrandfathers, William Hamilton, espousie'd the patriot cause in the Revolutionary war. Mr. Williams began the practice of his profession in the office of Governor Foraker, at Columbus, Ohio, and filled the office of commission clerk until 1890. Since then he has given his attention entirely to the law, and has been so successful that he has acquired a large and lucrative practice. As a Republican he has wielded a recognized influence in state and local politics, and was the chairman of the Republican county executive committee in 1898 and in 1899. He was assistant prosecuting attorney from March, 1895, to March, 1898, under Prosecuting Attorney Dyer, who is now his law partner. He is a member of the Greek-letter college fraternity, Beta Theta Pi, and is the chairman of the national board of trustees of the American Insurance Union, a frate'i'nal and insurance society, with headquarters at Columbus.

Mr. Williams married Miss Elizabeth Thomas, a daughter of Wesley Thomas, of Springfield, Ohio, a prominent citizen of that place, who died there many years ago, and they have two sons, - Morris Holliday and Langdon Thomas. Mr. and Mrs. Williams are members of the Eastwood Congregational church and Mr. Williams is a generous supporter of its interests. He is a man of much public spirit, who has shown in many ways that his interest in the welfare and prosperity of his fellow citizens is deep and abiding. His influence has always been exerted in behalf of movements for the aclvancement of public interests which have appealed to him as promising good results and being worthy of his advocacy and support.

Edmund Earl Shedd

The history of a state as well as that of a nation is chiefly the chronicle of the lives and deeds of those who have conferred honor and dignity upon society. The world judges the character of a community by that of its representative citizens, and yields its tributes of admiration and respect for the genius, learning or virtues of those whose works and actions constitute the record of a state's prosperity and pride ; and it is their character, as exemplified in probity and benevolence, kindly virtues and integrity in the affairs of life, which ever afford worthy examples for emulation and valuable lessons' of incentive.

examine the life history of a self-made man and to detect the elements of character which have enabled him to pass on the highway of life many of the companions of his youth who at the outset of their careers were more advantageously equipped or endowed. The subject of this review has through his own exertions attained an honorable position and marked prestige among the representative men of the west, and with signal consistency it may be said that he is the architect of his own fortunes and one whose success amply justifies the application of the somewhat hackneyed but most expressive title "a self-made man." '

Edmund^Earl Shedd, Sr., was born upon a farm in the town of Bethel Vermont, July 16, 1828, and is a son of Abijah and Sophia (Blood) Shedd' both of whom were natives of Mollis, New Hampshire. The Shedds are of English lineage and the family was founded in America by Daniel Shed who came from England to the new world about the year 164=5 takino- up his residence m Braintree, Massachusetts. Oliver Shed, the great-grtndfather of our subject, was one of the heroes of the Revolutionary war. Abijah Shedd, the grandfather, was a native of Massachusetts and married Joanna Farley m 1792. Her father was Ebenezer Farley, a soldier who belonged to_ the minute men and took part in the battle of Lexington one of the opening engagements of the war which brought independence to the nation,

_ In the county of his nativity, Edmund E. Shedd pursued hi. education his elementary course being obtained in a common school. In 1846 he removed westward, locating in Columbus, Ohio, where he was soon employed in the capacity of clerk in the wholesale grocery store owned by J W B Brooks. His time was thus spent until 1855, when, with capital he had acquired through his own industry and economy, he began business on his orFlwr"^\r"n"^o P^r^'''^'^^' ^^^^^ ^'^^^ ^^^'^^^ ^^^^^ the firm name of Eberly & Shedd. On the present site of the Great Southern Hotel they opened a wholesale grocery, which was successfullv conducted until 1870 at which time the stock was divided and the partnership was dissolved bv bul dlT H-- 1 ^':- ^.'''' ?"'"^"^^ "^ "^'^ j°^b^"^ ^^^^^^y business in ^ building on High street, m what is now the Odd Fellows block, remaining there until 1893, when he built his present substantial business block at Nos 225 and 227 North Front street. This structure is sixty-two and a half by one hundred and eighty-seven feet and four stories in height with base n?ss ' T\::f'l^ f'-fr' '' the requirements of the jobbing%rocerv busl sal smen ^5? ' ^''-^ned^ stock and have upon the road a number of traveling salesme aUio carry their goods into all sections of Ohio. Their trade his constantly increased in volume and importance until it has now a umed ext n sive proportions, and the E. E. Shedd Mercantile Company is widelv l^own

In 1852 Edmund E. Shedd was united in marriage to Aurelia Edna Thompson, of London, Madison county, Ohio, a daughter of James Macmillan Thompson. The following named children have been born of their union : Virginia S. is the wife of Colou'el Orlando J. Hodge, of Cleveland, Ohio; Franklin James, who is a member of the firm of Shedd & Frisbie, dealers in mortgages and loans in Columbus. He married Anne, the daughter of Charles H. Frisbie, of Columbus, Ohio; Flora is deceased; Edmund E., Jr., married Miss Ella Lansing, of Chillicothe, Ohio; Frederick married Agnes, the daughter of Joseph A. Jeffrey, of Columbus, Ohio; Harry is deceased; and Carlos Butler completes the family. Earl, Frederick and Carlos are in business with their father. The father belongs to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and his sons, Franklin and Fnedei-ick, are thirty-second-degree Masons. They have been provided with excellent educational privileges, thus fitting them for life's practical and responsible duties, for Mr. Shedd believes that money spent in gaining knowledge is well spent. In politics he is a stalwart Republican and earnestly advocates the principles of the party, yet has never been an office-seeker.

If one will seek in his career the causes that have led to his success they will be found along the lines of well tried and old-time maxims. Honesty and fair-dealing, promptness, truthfulness, fidelity, - all these are strictly enforced and adhered to. Faithfulness on the part of employes is promoted by the knowledge that good services means advancement as opportunity opens, and is further enhanced by the interest taken by the employer in the personal welfare of the deserving. In manner Mr. Shedd is courteous and cordial and the circle of his friends in Columbus, where he has so long made his home, is almost co-extensive with the circle of his acquaintances.

Newton H. Mauk

Newton H. Mauk, who is serving as conductor on the Panhandle Railroad and is a resident of Columbus, was born January 11, 1848, on a farm in Fairfield county, Ohio. His father, Michael Mauk, was an agriculturist and engaged in the tilling of the soil throughout the greater part of his active business career. Pie and his wife were natives of Virginia, born in Winchester, Frederick county. They removed from the Old Dominion to a farm near Zanesville, Ohio, and they spent their last days in Columbia City, Indiana. However, in i860, they removed from their farm in Fairfield county to Kirkersville Station on the Panhandle and Ohio Central Railroads, where the father filled the position of station agent for seven years. He died in Columbia City, Indiana, in 1883, and his wife survived him about three years, passing away in the same place. Eliza, one of the daughters of the family, married Aaron Kagey and resides at Ottawa, Illinois ; Amanda is the wife of Elijah Warner, and they are also residents of Illinois; Mar- garet is the wife of Jacob Bryant, who makes his home in Cahfornia; Sidney married Henry Yontz and their home is in Columbia City, Indiana; Lucy married a Mr. Decona, a banker of Harrisonville, Missouri, but she is now deceas'ed; WiUiam, the eldest brother, resides on a farm at Westerville; Marshall died in Lancaster, Ohio, in 1882; Jacob was a soldier in the Civil war, serving under command of Colonel Lage, and after being captured was taken to the prison at Andersonville, Georgia ; Francis M. is a passenger conductor on the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne & Chicago Railroad and resides at Fort Wayne, Indiana.

Mr. Mauk, of this review, spent his early boyhood days on the home farm and was a lad of tw^elve years' when his parents removed to Kirkersville. The public schools afforded him his educational privileges. On the 24th of November, 1881, in Dennison, Ohio, he was married to Julia A. Taylor. On the 26th of November, 1887, he entered the railway service as a brakeman on a freight train on the Panhandle line, but previous to that time, 1869, he had been in the employ of that company. After a year spent in the capacity of brakeman he was promoted to a conductor on a freight. He afterward left that road and spent five years in the railway service in the west. He then returned and accepted his old position with the Panhandle Company and is now serving in that capacity. FLe has resided in Columbus since the i6th of August, 1891, and has a pleasant home at No. 157 North Twenty-second street. He became a member of Hollingsworth Division, No. 100, of the Order of Railway Conductors of Columbus in 1886, and for fifteen years has been a member of the Excelsior Lodge, No. 145, Odd Fellows. His Wife holds membership in the Eastwood Congregational church, and Mr. Mauk exercises his right of franchise in support of the men and measures of the Republican party.

Lutfier Pierce Stephens

One of the best known newspaper and business men of Columbus, Ohio, is Luther Pierce Stephens, originator of the Columbus, New Albany & Johnstown Railway now in course of construction, and wdien completed will be an important achievement of its kind. Mr. Stephens is a Virginian by birth and is forty-seven years old. He is a son of Calvin M. B. Stephens, of Stephens City, Frederick county. Virginia, who died there in 1862 and whose ancestors, some of whom fought for American independence in the Revolutionary war, were early settlers in the Old Dominion. ]\Ir. Stephens' mother was Rebecca Jane Pelter, daughter of the Rev. George Pelter, of the ]\Iethodist Episcopal church, who came of an old Winchester, Virginia, family and was long prominent there in religious work.

A good portion of Mr. Stephens' boyhood was spent amid exciting scenes and incidents of tlie Civil war. Fie was for a time a student at Stonewall Academy. In 1868 he came to Columbus, where as a compositor and other-

Mr. Stephens married Miss Mary J. Rowland, of Columbus, a daughter of the late Thomas Rowland, an early resident of the city who was long known as a contractor. They have one daughter, Bertha, who isi now a student in the Central high school.

Mr. Stephens was a large stockholder in the Columbus Press-Post and was its manager from 1895 to 1899, and is now the political editor of the Columbus Dispatch and Columbus correspondent of the New York Tribune and Cleveland Plain-Dealer. He was for seven years a correspondent of the Cleveland Leader. As a newspaper man he has taken an active interest in politics and has written numerous political articles which have attracted attention.

The idea of the Columbus, New Albany & Johnstown Electric Railway originated with Mr. Stephens and he has been a prominent factor in the enterprise thus far, having been instrumental in procuring its charter, and " is one of its directors and its general manager. Pie is a past master of Columbus Lodge, No. 30, F. & A. M., and is an Odd Fellow of official prominence and a popular member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. He is a director of the Columbus Savings and Trust Company and the American Savings Bank Company.

Everywhere in our land are found men who have worked their own way from humble beginnings to leadership in the commerce, the great productive industries, the management of financial affairs and in controlling of the veins and arteries of the traffic and exchanges of the country, and who are found among the most distinguished representatives of the professions. It is one of^ the glories of our Atoerican nation that this is so. It should be the strongest incentive and encouragement to the youth of the country that it is so.

Prominent among the self-made men of Ohio is the subject of this sketch, - a man honored, respected and esteemed wherever known, and most of all where best known. He stands to-day among the leading representatives of the department of teaching, having to do with the great scientific principles underlying mechanical engineering, and his advanced thought and investigations have led to many inventions which have made the world of labor richer and its activity more efficient. As an inventor and engineering expert he has a reputation which extends throughout the country, and at the present writing he is occupying the position of professor emeritus in mechanical engineering in the Ohio State University.

Professor Robinson was born on a farm in Reading, Vermont, in 1838, and from the earliest age when a child begins to notice construction he was interested in mechanical appliances, thus giving evidence of the natural trend of his mind. When two' and a half years of age he watched with surprise and spell-bound interest the operation of the spinning wheel as it was put in motion to spin the annual "frocking" from which to cut the garments yearly needed by the inmates of this Vermont farm. All the machinery - the loom, reel, etc. - used to produce the web, riveted the attention of the child. Soon he began the work of construction, making little waterwheels which were put in motion in the water guzzles. The frequent stern order, "Go to the field and pick up stones," struck the young boy with abhorrent grief. After he had attained the age of eight years he»had not the privilege of attending the district schools except during the three months of winter when his labors were not needed in clearing and developing the fields. He had no time to devote to the mechanical pursuits which he so much enjoyed, except the few moments which he could gain by running ahead of the workmen going to dinner. Thus he managed to have a brief space for shop work, which was a source of far greater interest to him than the raising of crops. When fifteen years of age he made a violin which was prized far above most other musical instruments of the kind for energy and quality of tone. His sixteenth year was devoted to the operation of a sawmill, the erection of a furniture factory and gristmill. Although he worked hard, his labor was lightened by the delight which he took in it, as compared with his liking for the farm work.

At the end of that year Professor Rohinson entered upon a four years' apprenticeship to the machinist's trade, and that time was pleasantly and profitably passed. Instead of beginning work at his trade, however, he began to supplement his meager education, acquired in early youth, by subsequent study, meeting the expenses of his school courses by occasional machine job. work.. In i860 he defrayed his expenses from Vermont to Ann Arbor, Michigan, by working at stencil cutting in the towns along liis route, and on reaching his destination had increased his capital to fifty dollars, 'with which to continue his education in the State University. He left the Green Mountain state with a capital of eight dollars and stencil tools, cutting stencils along the way and thus adding to his limited amount of money. In Ann Arbor, by making stethoscopes and hy graduating thermometer scales he managed to meet his board bills and other living expenses up to the time of his graduation in the university, in 1863, with the degree of civil engineer. He found that he had acted very wisely in pursuing his college course \-hich enabled him to secure good positions. On leaving the universitv he was made assistant engineer on the United States Lake Survey actino- in that capacity from 1863 until 1866. In the latter year he became a teacher in mechanical and civil engineering lines, being employed as instructor in engineering in the University of Michigan in 1866 and 1867, after which he frnm^'s^'i^"^-f o'^ '^'?f- "^^^itution in mining engineering and geodesv trom 186/ until 1870. His next position was that of professor of mechanx'q<1q^"£?^T"^_ f"'^ P^'y-'.^"' "^ ^^'^ University of Illinois from 1870 until ing in that institution. From 1878 until 1881 he was professor of mechanical engineering and physics in the Uiiio State University; from 1881 until 1895 professor o-f mechanical engineering in the same institution, and then resigned ni order to serve as inventor and consulting mechanical engineer for the Wire Grip and JMcKay Shoe Machinery Companies. His first invention was a thermometer graduating machine, made while in college. Various other inventions have yielded about forty patents, notably several for shoe manufacturing machines. In 1896 the degree of doctor of science was conferred upon him by *he Ohio State University, and in 1899 he was elected to his present position as professor emeritus in mechanical engineering.

In connection with his other work Professor Robinson was state inspector of railroads and bridges from 1880 until 1884; was consulting engineer to the Santa Fe Railroad from 1887 until 1890, and consulting engineer of the Lick telescope and mountings in 1887. He is a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers; American Society of Mechanical Engineers; Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers; a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science; Society for the Promotion of Engineering Education; and has been a frequent contributor to scientific literature, his writings being of great value. He is the author of the Principles of Mechanism, a college text-book; four of Van Nostrand's Science Series, namely: No. 8: Compound Steam Engines; Part II in Analytical and Graphic Treatment, published in 1884; No. 24: Teeth of Gear \\lieels, and Robinson's Templet Odontograph, issued in 1876; No. 29: Railroad Economics, published in 1882; No. 60: Strength of Wrought Iron Bridge JMennbers; also numerous monographs, including: Measurement of Gas Wells; Railroad Laboratories; Car Brakes; Vibration of Bridges; Car Couplers; Flow of Water in Rivers; and numerous articles in connection with reports of railroad inspection to societies of mennbership.

Professor Robinson has been twice married. In 1863 he wedded Miss ]\I. E. Holden, who died in 1885, and in 1888 he was united in marriage to "Miss M. Haines. Their home is located at No. 1353 Highland street, Columbus, and the ofihce of the United Shoe Machine Company, in which he is interested, is located at No. 205 Lincoln street, Boston, Massachusetts.

Dr. John Lee Gordon is a retired physician and surgeon. He was for many 5^ears actively connected with the medical fraternity, but has now put aside professional cares. A native of Winchester, Virginia, he was born April 25, 1821, a son of John W. and Sarah (Bryarly) Gordon, both of whom were natives of the Old Dominion, in which state they were married. In 1826 with their four children they came to Ohio, locating at Chillicothe, where they remained for a year, afterward spending two years in Bellefontaine, thence removing to Piqua, Ohio, wdiere the father remained until he had attained his eightieth year, when he went to Missouri to make his home with a daughter, with whom he resided until his death, which occurred when he was eighty-six years of age. During the years of his active busmess hfe he engaged in merchandising, and at the time when Wihiam Henry Harrison was president of the United States he served as postmaster at Piqua. By his first wife he had six children, four of whom were born in Virginia, namely: Robert Bryarly, Matilda Ann, John L., Wakeman, James and an infant. For his second wife ]\Ir. Gordon chose Miss Delia McKenny, of Maryland, and they became the parents of two children : Mary E. and William F., but the son died at the age of twenty-two years. Dr. Gordon's father was a cousin of General William Henry Harrison, the relationship being through the Ball family, of Virginia, and of the same family General Washington was descended, on the maternal side. This gives the Gordon family relationship with four presidents, \\'ashington, Jefferson and the two Harrisons.

Dr. Gordon was five years old when his parents came to Ohio. He received his preliminary education in the district school, where tuition was paid by each scholar, thus fitting himself for college and was graduated at the University of Maryland, at Baltimore. He began reading medicine under the direction of Dr. O'Ferrell, of Piqua, who was his perceptor for three years. He next went to Louisville, where he took a- course of lectures and later proceeded to Baltimore, Maryland, where he entered the Medical University, being a student in that institution for two years. On his graduation he began practice in Saint Marys, Ohio, where he remained for four years, diligently applying himself to his profession, doing which called him oyer an area of the country twenty miles in extent. He made most of his visits on horseback. Locating in Piqua he there continued to practice for two years and then returned to Columbus, where he continued his practice two years. On the expiration of that period be took up his abode upon a farm near Orange Station, Delaware county, Ohio, and abandoning his profession he devoted his attention to agricultural pursuits. In 1875 he purchased sixty-eight acres of land in Sharon township, Franklin countv. one and a half miles south of Worthington, and to the orig-inal tract he 'added other land, which he has since given to his son, retaining possession of his first purchase. Some time since he retired from all business life and is now living quietly upon his farm enjoying a well-earned rest.

The Doctor was united in marriage, December 29, 1858. to Martha Henrietta Gooding, a daughter of George and Phoebe (Williams) Gooding, of Delaware county. Her parents settled in that countv in 1818, making there a permanent home. The father was a native of North Dighton, jMassachusetts, and his wife was also born in the same place. Thev^had six children: George, who died in childhood; Mary L.. George A., ]\Iathew, Tvlartha H. and Frank O. The father was a member of the INIethodist Episcopal church and the mother, who for some years was a Presbvterian. afterward became identified with the church to which her husband belonged. He died

Unto the Doctor and his wife were born two children: Dr. J. L., of North Cohimbus, and a daughter, who died in infancy. Dr. Gordon has always voted the Republican ticket and is a stanch advocate of the principles of the party. He and his wife are members of the Presbyterian church and during their long connection therewith they have labored earnestly for its upbuilding and support. He w'as formerly an elder in the church at Worthington. Socially he was identified with the Alasonic fraternity and Odd Fellows lodge, joining the order at Saint 2\larys, but owing to ill health he dimJtted from both organizations.

Stephen Goetschius

The oldest and best known of the old settlers of Franklin township, Franklin county, Ohio, is Stephen Goetschius, the subject of the present sketch. He w-as born in this township July 16, 1816, and w^as the eldest son of John M. and Nancy (Waters) Goetschius, both of whom were natives of New A^ork. They were not married until after John Goetschius had purchased his land in Franklin county and was ready to inaugurate his heme. A family of five sons and two daughters were born to them: Stephen; Edward, deceased; George, living in Fnva; John; Nicholas and Emilly, deceased ; and Sarah.

Our subject remained through his boyhood and early youth with his father on the farm, there being plenty of occupation for many hands upon a farm of that kind, so lately rescued from the w^ilderness. After his marriage he settled down in a house of his own, built of logs, in the woods, and here he and his devoted and capable wife began their successful career as pioneer residents of Franklin county. The property was entirely unimproved but industry and economy went hand in hand, and now this tract of eighty and one-half acres is one of the most productive in the county.

]Mr. Goetschius was married, December i, 1841, to Miss Allura Curtis, a native of Niagara county. New York, born there January 13, 1824, and a daughter of Gideon Curtis. The latter was a native of New York and came in .early life to Ohio, settling for a season in Cleveland, but spending the greater portion of his later years in Franklin county. The mother of Mrs. Goetschius had borne the maiden name of Polly Bailey, and she also w^as a native of New York. Mr. and Mrs. Goetschius have had six children: Alfred, now deceased, who had married Miss E. Oman and left two children; Elizabeth, the wife of George Roher, who rents the land at the home; ]\Iary, who married Harry IManon but is now deceased ; John, who married Lizzie Notter but died, leaving a daughter: Eliza, who married Benjamin AVeygandt but is dead, two children surviving; and Emma, w^ho is the wife of J. Y. Shoop, of Columbus. The years have touched Mr. and Airs. Goetschius very kindly and they live again in their children unto the third

Early in life our subject was a Whig but at the organization of the Republican party he affiliated with it. He cast his vote for William Henry Harrison and assisted in the building of the cabin which was so effectively used in the campaign of 1840. He has always taken a deq> interest in public affairs and has done all in his power to induce others to understand the principles of good government. For many years the family has been connected with the Methodist church, in which our subject is an esteemed worker.

For sixty years Mr. and Mrs. Goetschius have resided upon this same land and with interest have watched the development of the county. They enjoy relating tales of their pioneer life and can well remember when Columbus was but a village, they being the oldest pioneer residents of the township. Respected by all with whom they have come into contact, they may be said to be types of the old pioneer element of which Franklin county is proud.

Those who give their lives faithfully and efficiently to the work of education perform a service toi the state and humanity the value of which cannot be estimated. The services of a bank president can be measured in dollars. There is no unit of measure that can fully determine the value of the services of the true teacher. One Oif the prominent and efficient teachers of Ohio is Abram Brovrn, A. B., who was connected with the Columbus schools twentytwo years, - four years from 1868 to 1872, and eighteen years from 1881 to 1899.

Mr. Brown was born at Canterbury, New Hampshire, in September, 1838. His parents, George and Sarah (Gilman) Brown, were natives of the Granite state and earned a living by cultivating its rugged hills. ]\Ir. Brown remained at home working on the farm, with now and then a term at the academy, preparing for college, most of the time up to the summer of 1862.

In 1862, after having been admitted to Dartmouth College, he enlisted as a private in Company K, Ninth Regiment, New Hampshiire Volunteer Infantry, commanded by Colonel Fellows. He participated in the battles of South Mountain and Antietam, in September, 1862, and in December following in the battle of Fredericksburg. In this battle Mr. Brown was the orderly sergeant of his company. While storming ]\Iary's Heights he» received the wound for which he was honorably discharged from the service, March 4, 1863, and he returned home to complete his education.

After his graduation at Dartmouth, in 1867. he was the principal of Westfield Academy, at Westfield, New York, until March, 1868, when he came to Columbus as principal of the Rich Street school. At the end of the school vear the board of education transferred him to the high school as teacher of Latin and Greek. In 1870 he was elected principal of the school and served as principal for two years, when he resigned to engage in the school-book business. He was employed for six years by Clark & Maynard, and then by D. Appleton & Company. At the close of the school year 1S80-81 Albert G. Farr, the principal of the Columbus high school, resigned, and Mr. Brown was again elected principal, and he remained at the head of the high school for eighteen years, - until June, 1899. During these years the school grew not only in the number of its pupils, but also in efficiency, so that, in 1899, instead of one school, there were three; instead of five hundred pupils, there were nearly two thousand.

Upon his retirement from the Central high school Mr. Brown, with Frank T. Cole, principal of the Columbus Latin school, as an experiment, opened the "University school" oif Columbus. The aim of this school is to give boys and girls a thorough preparation for any college or technical school, in the shortest possi'ble time. The teachers for the first year, 1899- 1900, were as follows: Abram Brown, A. B., principal, Latin and mathematics; Frank T. Cole, A. B., Latin, Greek and history; Alice Gladden, A. B., English and history; Ernest E. Rich, B. S., mathematics, physics and French; Mary Wirth, German; L. G. De la Moche, French.

In September, 1900, a course in manual training was added, under the supervision of Cyrus Scott. A certificate from this school adtnits the holder without further examination to Amherst, Williams, Wells, Smith, Wellesley and Marietta Colleges, and the Ohio State, Western Reserve and Cincinnati Universities.

In December, 1869, Mr. Brown married Miss Emma Gray, of Columbus, Ohio, a daughter of Manlius D. and Emily Gray, and has one daughter, Ruth Gray, who is the wife of William Herbert Page, professor in the col-

A well known physician of Harrisburg is Dr. George Washington Helmick, who is known as a successful practitioner. He belongs to. one of the old families of Ohio. Hisi grandfather. Isaac Helmick, resided in Zanesville, Putnam county, at an early day and afterward removed to Columbus. Later he took up his abode in Pleasant township, Franklin county, on the Lukens farm, and died in this county, at the age of seventy-two 3rears'. His wife, who bore the maiden name of ]\Iary Murphy, was born in 1776, and departed this life in Columbus, in the year 1837.

Washington Helmick, the father of our subject, was born in Zanesville, Ohio, and was four times married. He first wedded Miss Roxanna Moore, who died in Harrisburg, this state. For his second wife he chose Miss Jane Heth, who died in Columbus, after which he married Miss Han-i nah Stump, whose death occurred in Harrisburg. Flis fourth wife was Miss

Jane Clark, a daughter of John Clark. Dr. Helmick received rather a limited literary education, but afterward studied medicine under the direction of Dr. Robert Thompson, of Columbus, and began practice in Harrisburg, where he remained until his death. He was a most able physician, keeping in touch with the progress of the profession and thus he not only gained but retained an extensive patronage. He traveled throughout Franklin county to visit his patients and was always ready to respond to a request for medical assistance, even though he knew that no pecuniary rew^ard could be expected. He never attended college and therefore received no diploma, but had a permit to practice from the Ohio State Medical Society. His patronage was from the territory extending from Columbus to West Jefferson. Dr. Helmick died at a comparatively early age and was mourned by a large circle of warm friends, who esteemed him highly for his sterling worth and for his professional skill. He had children by all of his marriages, with the exception of the second. The children of the fourth marriage were Roxann, wife of W. W. Davis, of Richwood, Ohio ; Mary, who died in infancy ; George W., of this review; and Laura Jane, who is also deceased.

Dr. Helmick, whose name introduces this record, was born in Harrisburg December 6, 1856, in the family homestead which stood on the site of his present residence. He pursued his preliminary education in the district and subscription schools and afterward engaged in teaching in the country schools of Pleasant township for twelve months. Wishing to devote his energies to a work that w'ould prove of benefit to his fellow men as well as bring to him a good financial return, he began the study of medicine at Harrisburg under the direction of Dr. J. Helmick, and later continued his study in Columbus, where he was graduated on the 22d of February, 1877. He then became associated in practice with his former preceptor, the connection being maintained until 1887, when the senior partner passed away. Since that time our subject has. been alone. He is now well established in a large and constantly growing business. He is very thorough and systematic in his w^ork and keeps in touch with the progress of the profess'on. He belongs to the Ohio State Medical Society and is a constant reader of the best medical journals.

The Doctor was married, at Pleasant Corners, on the 18th of ~SIa}% 1 88 1, to Miss Almina Machlin. a daughter of Dai wait and Catherine (Gantz) Machlin. They now have tAvo children: Daiwalt Machlin, born March 11, 1890, and Luther Eugene, born December 24, 1893. Socially the Doctor is connected with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Knights of Pythias fraternity. Li his political views he is a stalwart Republican, unswerving in his advocacy of the principles of the party. He has served as^ a member of the town council for two terms and has been school director of his district for six years, filling both offices in a capable manner. He is well known as a wide-awake, progressive and enterprising citizen who withholds his support from no movement or measure calculated to prove of benefit to the community.

Thomas Randolph Ross

The Ross family is one well known and respected in many localities of Pennsylvania and Ohio, and Thomas R. Ross is one of that family who left an impress upon his generation. He was born in Chester county, Pennsylvania, in 1788, and was a :£on of Dr. John Ross, also a native of Chester county, Pennsylvania, who spent many years there as a practicing physician, subsequently moving to Lebanon, Warren county, Ohio, in 1819, where he died the following year. His father also bore the name of Dr. John Ross, and was of Scotch-Irish descent. He had successfully practiced medicine in Bucks county, Pennsylvania, for a great number of years.

The wife of Thomas R. Ross was named Plarriet Van Home, a family name well known in colonial days. She was the daughter of Rev. William Van Home, a noted Baptist minister, who was born and reared in Pennsylvania^ receiving most of his education in Philadelphia, and graduating at the College of Rhode Island with the title of Bachelor of Arts. He was a member of the convention which framed the first civil constitution of Pennsylvania, and during the Revolutionary war was appointed chaplain in the continental army, and reappointed by congress, but owing to old. age was, at his own request, relieved by General Washington. He died in 1807 at Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, whiLe on his way to Ohio. His father, Peter Peterson Van Home, was also a minister, being ordained pastor of the Pennepeck Baptist church, Philadelphia, in 1747. Mrs. Ross, the wife of our i'ubject, died in 1879, ^t the advanced age; of eighty-nine years.

Mr. Ross, falling under the spell of the western fever, decided to go west, and in 1809 moved first to Cincinnati, and not long thereafter located at Lebanon, where he soon became firmly established in law practice, also becoming one of the first editors of the Argus, and a leader in Masonic affairs. During the war of 181 2 he was made a paymaster in the army, and from 1 81 8 to 1824 was a prominent member of congress, where his forensic ability frequently brought him in direct debate with Webster and Clay, particularly the latter during the debate on the Missouri compromise, Mr. Ross boldly opposing the admission of Missouri as a slave state. Mr. Ross' religious 'convictions were deep and firm, and though never formally uniting with the church, he was until his death, in 1869, at the age of eighty-one years, a regular attendant at the Baptist church. An able and brilliant talker and deep thinker, he left an impress on all with whom he came in contact.

Robert Innis

The subject of this review, Robert Innis, was born on the old Innis homestead, in Clinton township, Franklin county, Ohio, April 28, 1836. He is the third child of Robert and Mary (Webb) Innis, the former a native of Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, where he wasi born November 18, 1804. He was a farmer by occupation, and removed to Harrison county, Ohio, where he married Miss Mary Webb, and there resided for a thii-e;. The paternal o-randparents of our subject had children as follows: Henry, born May i, ?7Q2: Hannah, born August 31, 1 794; Katherine, born July 11, 1797; Mary, born April 29, 1800; Ann, born April 15, 1802; Robert, born ^J0vember 18 1804; John, born Novamber 29, 1807; and Emdy, born August 14, i8io- The' mother of our subject was born in Pennsylvania and moved to Ohio with her parents. Jacob and Hannah Webb, when she was but two years old e-rowing to womanhood there. After marriage Robert Innis removed from Harrison county, in 1834, to Franklin county, settling in Chnton township where he opened up and improved a farm, continuing to resided upon it until his death, August 19, 1879, having led a correct and virtuous life He was a member of the Republican party, having first voted as an old-lme Whig. Mrs. Innis died January 17, 1891, both she and her husband having for many years been devoted members of the Methodist church. They hacl the fol owino- children: John W., a prosperous farmer of Licking county, Ohio; Llizabeth the wife of Thomas Holt; Robert, our subject; William, deceased; MarV the wife of Robert Dalzell ; Jacob, of Mount Eagle, Tennessee; Martha, the wife of George Tippy, who owns and lives upon a part ot ths old hometead and Amy J , the life of James Frizzell, a resident of C inton township. Our subject passed his boyhood days and obtained his schooling m Clinton township, preparing himself for entrance into Otterbein 1-n^versity n that institution he pursued his studies for three years, following ^^ cl he engaged in teaching school in the country. After his maiTiage he settled on a farm in Licking county, Ohio, where he remained until February 16 18/^ when he removed to Columbus and occupied a home on Third street. His next removal was to his present home, where he is successfully engaged m fruit-farming and market gardening. During the Civil war Mr. nms fought for the Unimi with Company A, One Hundred and Thirty-third Ohio Volunteer Infantry, serving for one hundred days.

The marriage of Mr. Innis took place De.cember 25, 1867, to Miss Sarali A. Longman, a daughter oi John F. and Alzina (Coryell) Longman, of Franklin county. Mrs. Innis was born July 24, 1842, and she aud her esteemed husband are the parents of three children: Lyiiian H a brilliant young lawver of Columbus; Charles L.. a druggist m Millersport, Ohio ; and Nettie A.,^a teacher in Grove: City. The family are valued members of he Methodist church and are among the most highly respected citizens ot the township.

Among the successful medical practitioners of Columbus is Dr. Andrew O. Bonnet, who was born in Lawrence county, Pennsylvania, in the vicinity of Newburg, March 27, 1849. He is a son of Godlip and Hannah W. (Beck) Bonnet, both of whom were natives of Germany and came to the United States in childhood. They became acquainted in Philadelphia and their acquaintance ripened into love that led to their marriage, in that city. The father learned the shoemaker's trade, which he followed for a number of years, making his home in Lawrence county, Pennsylvania, in 1861, however, he came with his family to Ohio, settling upon a farm of one hundred and eighty-three acres in Mahoning county. His wife died in 1885, but he is still living. They had four sons, namely: Albert and David T., who are farmers; and William Mervin, who is engaged in the practice of medicine in Denver, Colorado. He is a graduate of the University of Michigan, at Ann Arbor, where he completed a course with the class of 1872.

Dr. .Vndrew O. Bonnet spent the first twelve years of his life in the state of his nativity and then accompanied his parents on their removal to Mahoning county, Ohio, where he was reared upon the: home farm. His preliminary education was acquired in the district schools and subsequently he attended |the Poland high school. He learned the blacksmith's trade, which he followed for several years, but not finding that occupation entirely suited to his (tastes he abandoned it to engage in the grocery business in 1880. For ten years he conducted a store in Columbus with "good success, and then, disposing of his stock, he pursued a course in pharmacy in the Ohio Medical College, of this city. On its completion he established a drug store in Columbus, and' while directing the same also studied medicine and was graduated in tlie Ohio Medical University with the class of 1896, under the preceptorage of Dr. Coleman. When his medical course was completed Dr. Bonnet began practice in Columbus, his ofifice being at Nos. 242 and 244 East Fulton street. He has gained a large and constantly growing patronage, for his skill and ability are recognized, having been demonstrated by the excellent results which have followed his ministrations. Since 1898 he has been physician to the county jail.

In 1876 occurred' the marriage of Dr. Bonnet and Miss Rosetta West, of Columbus, a daughter of George West. She was born and reared in Franklin county, her parents having settled in Truro township at an early day. The Doctor and his wife have made many friends in this locality. In the line of his profession he is connected with the Columbus Academv of Medicine and with the American Medical Association. His progressive spirit prompts his extensive study of medical science and of all subjects bearing upon theprofession, and thus he keeps in touch with the most advanced thought and methods. He ranks among the most capable representatives of tlie medical fraternity in the capital city and his. large patronage is well merited.

It is certainly a fact creditable to Franklin county that so many of the youth and older residents are native citizens. This indicates unmistakably the favorable conditions existing here - the opportunitiesi of the farmer and of all manner of industrial and commercial life. Among those who have always resided in the county is numbered George W. Stagg, whose birth occurred November 3, 1842, upon the farm where he yet resides. He is now classed among the wide-awake, practical and progressive agriculturists and is enjoying a w^ell merited success in his business affairs. His parents were Abraham and 'Rebecca (Cook) Stagg, who were the parents of ten children, but only four are now living, namely : Lucinda, the widow of George Edgar, of Jefferson township; Harriet J., the wife of Noah Geiger, an agriculturist of the same township; George W. and David, who follow farming in Jefferson township. Levi, the eldest, was killed by lightning. The father was horn in Elizabethtown, New Jersey, June 24, 1776, and was there reared, learning the trade of blacksmithing, which occupation he followed during the greater part of his business career. He was three times married, his first wife being Miss Mary Stooky. The wedding was celebrated January 4, 1797, and she died August 29, 1808, after having become the mother of three children. On the loth of December, 1810, Mr. Stagg married Keziah Denman, who died August 10, 1827, and on the ist of December, 1831, he married Mrs. Rebecca Sager, the widow of John Sager. In her maidenhood she was a Miss Rebecca Cook, and was a native of Virginia. She was also three times married; her first husband was John Sager, by whom she had three children. After the death of Mr. Stagg, her second husband, she became the wife of Thomas Longshore. Her death occurred February

It was early in the nineteenth century that Abraham Stagg came to Ohio, probably between 1800 and 1808, for his first wife, who died in 1808, was buried here. Upon his arrival he entered a claim of two hundred acres and erected a double hewed-log house as well as a round-log building, the latter being used as a blacksmith shop. There he carried on his trade, but did little work at clearing his land until his sons had reached an age when they could be of material assistance to him in the work of improving the farm. The place was then developed and transformed into productive fields. In politics Mr. Stagg was an old-line Whig, and for several ye?,rs served as justice of the peace. His death occurred January 19, 1857. In early life he was a Methodist, but later in life he accepted Lhiiversalist doctrines. He was a man of unquestioned probity, of strong force of character and of sterling worth, greatly esteemed as one of the sturdy pioneer settlers who aided in laying the foundation for the present prosperity and progress of the county.

George W. Stagg, whose name introduces this record, was reared in the usual manner of farmer lads of the period. He acquired his' education in the district schools. He was fifteen years of age at the time of bis father's death, and through the three succeeding years his elder brother. Levi, operated the old homestead. On the expiration of that period Levi Stagg left the farm and our subject and his younger brother, David, took charge of the place. Although he was only eighteen years of age he manifested excellent business judgment, the work wa?i well performed and the brothers pros- pered in their undertaking. On the 22d of February, 1866, Mr. Stagg married Miss Rebecca Compton, a native of Jefferson township and a daughter of WilHam Compton, who was also torn in Franklin county, showing that his people were among the pioneers of this portion of the state.

After his marriage Mr. Stagg and his bride took up their abode in the parental home and he continued to operate the farm on the shares until after his mother's death, which occurred in 1895, when a division of the estate was made. Our subject purchased the interest of his youngest brother, making his farm a little more than sixty-seven acres. His first wife died in 1869, leaving one child, Mary Luella, who is now the wife of George B. Shull, of Jefferson township. On the 29th of October, 1870, Mr. Stagg was again married, his second union being with Miss Mary Sherman, a native of Licking county, Ohio, and dc daughter of Joseph Sherman, who was born in England. Nine children graced their marriage, and with one exception all are yet living, as follows : Lizzie, now the wife of Joseph Fravel, of Licking county; Laura, the wife of Charles Cole, of Delaware county, Ohio; Cora, the wife of J. R. Beaver, of Licking county ; Ada, wife of Arza Wengert, of Jefferson township; Addie, a twin sister of Ada, and the wife of Jacob Schott, of Delaware county; Nelson, Rollie and Alta at home. Mr. Stagg is a member of the Christian Union church. He gives his political support to the Democracy and for seven years he served as constable of Jefferson township, while for twelve years he was township clerk and is now serving his second term as township trustee. He is also a member of the board of education, which position he has filled for a long period. He gives his support to every measure and movement calculated to prove of general good and is a man of sound judgment, determined purpose and upright character.

Albert Watts

A prominent farmer and fruit-grower of Franklin township, Franklin county, Ohio, is Albert Watts. He was born in Franklin township August II, 1844, a son of William and Margaret (Chambers) Watts, both residents of Franklin county, where they w^ere well and favorably known and reared a large family of children, as follows: Sarah, deceased; Lizzie, the wife of Adam \\niite, of Franklin township; Amanda, wife of R. C. Alkire, of Columbus; John, deceased; Albert, the subject of this sketch; William, of Jackson township; Elisha, who died in Nebraska in 1898; Milton, of Piqua county; Melissa Jane, wife of James Hoddy, of Franklin township; Joseph, deceased; and Ella, who died in infancy.

Albert Watts was reared upon his father's farm and attended the district school until he was twenty-one years eld. In 1863 he enlisted in Company C, Fifth Battalion, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, and served for six months, returning then to the farm. After his marriage Mr. Watts located in the house wdiere he was born, remaining there for three years, then removed to his present farm and has resided in this place for the past twenty-nine years.

]\lr. \\'atts was married, October 24, 1865, to IMiss Martha Chambers, who was a native of Franklin county, born November 27, 1843. She is the second daughter in the family of William B. and Elizabeth (Haughn) Chambers, who were early settlers of the county. She was reared upon a farm and her education w^as obtained in the district school. She and her husband became the parents of six children, namely : Lizzie, the wife of F. G. Gould, of Columbus, by whom she has two children, - Jay and Martha E. ; Olive, tthe wdfe of A. B. Birch, of Columbus, by whom she has two children, - - Leland and Ada M. ; Ella, who died October 7, 1899, at the age of tw^entyseven years; Albert H., an electrician for the Consolidated Street Car Company, of Columbus, for some time, but now engaged as electrician in the mines in West Virginia; William R., a clerk in a grocery in Columbus; and Jessie, now a scholar in the Central high school oi Columbus.

In his political faith Mr. Watts is a Republican, has done much for the party and is always earnest in his efforts to s'scure the spread of its principle;. He has been honored by his fellow citizens many times by election to office, frequently being judge of election, supervisor, constable and a member of the school board for nine years. He is a mcst consistent member of the Methodist church, having become connected with it in 1864, and in this religious belief he is joined by his estimable wife. Mr. Watts has been church treasurer, church trustee, and has always done even more than duty demanded in support of it. His assistance very materially aided in the building of the Glenwood Methodist church, and in all the relations of life he has been a good citizen, deserving of the high esteem in which he is held.

Walter N. P. Harrow

AA''alter N. P. Harrow has been a resident of Columbus since 1890, but though he is numbered among the comparatively recent arrivals he has already gained a wude circle of friends. A native of Rochester, New York, he was born in the year 1863, and is a son of Wallace Harrow, a lieutenant of light artillery in the New York National Guard. The family is one of the old and prominent ones of the country. When the Mayflower brought its band of pilgrims to the shores of the new world that they might have religious liberty the ancestors of the Harrows were among the number, and when the colonists attempted to throw off all allegiance to England Titus Harrow, the great-granclfather of our subject, was among those who voted for the independence of the nation. Leavitt Harrow was a native of Plymouth, Connecticut, and served in the war of 181 2. On the maternal side General Harrow is a representative of the Paine family, his mother having been in her maidenhood Miss Ellen Louise Paine, a daughter of Nicholas E. Paine, wdio was born in Maine and subsequently removed from the Pine Tree state to Rochester, New York. Lie became prominent in public affairs there and about

1854 was elected to serve as the mayor of the city. He had previously resided near Sanford, Maine, and was a colonel on the staff of one of the governors of that state.

General Darrow, whose name introduces this record, spent his youth in the 'east and was appointed a cadet at West Point, where he completed the four-years course and was graduated with the class of 1886. He was made second lieutenant of the Fourth United States Artillery and resigned in 1891. For two years he was stationed at Fort Monroe and was graduated in the artillery school. In 1891 he took command of the Columbus Light Battery, Company H, and continued to serve in that capacity until elected, in 1893, liteutenant-colonel of the Fourteenth Ohio National Guard. In 1896 he was elected colonel of the First Artillery, Ohio National Guard, having command of eight batteries until his resignation in 1897. In 1900 he was appointed by Governor Nash a member of his staff, with the rank of brigadier general and chief of engineers. He is a man Oif fine appearance, of soldierly bearing and is prominently and widely known in military circles. His interest in military affairs continued unabated from' the time when he wore the country's uniform as a cadet at West Point.

The General is also a leading representative of the business interests of Columbus. When he came to- the city in 1890 he opened a real-estate office and has since conducted many important realty transactions. He is thoroughly familiar with the values of property and is thus enabled to assist his clients in making judicious investments. He is also a director in the Park Building & Loan Association and is a trustee of the Ohio Medical University.

In 1890 he was united in marriage to Miss Mary Neil, a daughter of W. A. Neil, deceased, who was a very prominent citizen of Ohio's capital city.

General Darrow is a member of the Loyal Legion, of the Sons of the American Revolution and of the Society of the War of 1812. He is a man who is very popular by reason of his genial manner, cordial disposition and unfailing courtesy. In business he has a strict regard for the ethics of commercial life and has won and retained the confidence and patronage of the public.

Ira H. Crum

Ohio has always been distinguished for the high rank of her bench and bar. Many of her attorneys and jurists have been men of national fame, and there is scarcely a town or city in the state than cannot boast of one or more lawyers capable of crossing swords in forensic combat with any of the distinguished legal lights of the United States. Among the prominent attorneys of Franklin county is Ira H. Crum, director of law of the city of Columbus, and the head of the firm of Crum, Raymund & Hedges, whose office is in the Hayden block, that city.

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during- the seventeenth century. Our suljject's great-great-grandfather, John Crum, was born and reared in the Shenandoah Valley, Virginia, and was a soldier in Washington's army during the Revolutionary war. At the close of that struggle he settled in Cumberland county, Maryland, where he operated a forge and iron foundry. In 1800 the great-grandfather, John Crum, Jr., located at what is now Ennisville, Huntingdon county, Pennsylvania, where he bought a farm with money brought with him in a belt around his waist. There he reared his family. His son, Cornelius Crum, our subject's grandfather, was a member of the constitutional convention of Pennsylvania, in 1837. Three years later he came to Franklin county, Ohio, bringing with him his family and household goods in wagons. Five or six weeks were consumed in making the journey. He located in Perry township, a part of his farm being now owned by Daniel Thomas, while the remainder is inside the city limits of Columbus. Later he purchased two farms in Norwich township, and upon one of these he died in 1853. His wife bore the maiden name of Rebecca Grey. In early days his older brother, William, was stolen by the Indians and finally taken to St. Joseph county, Indiana, where he later 'became a wealthy farmer. He died while visiting relatives in California.

William A. Crum, father of our subject, was born in Ennisville, Huntingdon county, Pennsylvania, January 15, 1829, and came with his parents to Ohio in 1840. In 185 1 he married Miss Martha Walton, and for several years they made their home on a farm in Norwich township, but in 1883 moved to Hilliard, where he purchased a general store and engaged in merchandising until his death, which occurred on the 22d of November, 1899. From boyhood he was an active and consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and contributed liberally to its support. Politically he was first a Whig and later a stanch Republican, and served as township clerk for many years. His first wife died in 1887, and the following year he married ElizalDeth Stewart, who still survives him.

Ira H. Crum, the only child of William A. and IMartha (Walton) Crum, was born in Norwich township January 6, 1855, and attended the country schools for about four months during the year until fourteen years of age, the remainder of the time being devoted to farm work. On account of his eyes he did not resume his studies until seventeen, when he attended Westerville College for one year. During the following three years he was a student in the Ohio Wesleyan University, at Delaware, Ohio, and was graduated there in 1876. He read law with Judge Evans, of Columbus, two years and the late James E. Wright one year, and was admitted to the bar in April, 1879. Mr. Crum began the practice of law with Judge Lorenzo D. Hagerty in the Deshler Block, Columbus. In 1888 he was appointed assistant prosecuting attorney, Cyrus Huling then serving as prosecuting attorney, but resigned that position in January, 1892. and resumed general practice. On the 17th of April, 1899, he received the appointment of director of law of Columbus, under IMayor Samuel J. Swartz, and is now filling that position in a most creditable and satisfactory manner. Both public offices which he has filled have come to him unsohcited, as he was not a candidate for either, which fact plainly shows his high standing among his professional brethren. He is thoroughly versed in the law, is a man of deep research and careful investigation, and his skill and ability have won for hmi a lucrative practice. Prominence at the bar comes through merit alone, and the high place he has attained attests his superiority. Socially Mr. Crum is a member of Goodale Lodge, F. & A. M., of Columbus, and Norwich Lodge, I. O. O. F., of Hilliard. He has been a lifelong supporter of the Republican party, and on that ticket was candidate for prosecuting attorney in the fall of 1891, against C. C. Williams, but was defeated,

Mr. Crum was married, in May, 1891, to Miss May Sherwood, of Brown township, this county, and to them were born three children, but the oldest died in infancy unnamed, and Sherwood also died in infancy. The youngest, Martha, is still living.

Slmon Shattuck

Simon Shattuck, deceased, was numbered among the honored pioneers of Franklin county, locating in this locality when it was a wild and unimproved region. In the work of development he took an active part and aided in opening up the country to civilization. As the years passed he faithfully performed his duties of citizenship, and his interest in the welfare and progress of the county never abated. Becoming widely and favorably known, he made many friends, and his death occasioned a loss to the entire community.

A native of Massachusetts, Mr. Shattuck was born in Groton, that state, in 1793. and was a brother of Captain Alexander Shattuck. Our subject grew to manhood in his native state, and was probably married there August 5, 1 819, to Miss Sarah Simpson, who was born June 9, 1798, a daughter of Daniel and Sarah Simpson, natives of Maine.

On the arrival of Mr. Shattuck in .Franklin county, in 1819, he purchased a tract of land in Perry township, for which he paid six dollars per acre. At that time it was entirely unimproved, not a stick of timber having been cut. He erected a small log cabin, with the proverbial puncheon floor, stick chimney and other accessories of a pioneer home. Lito this cabin he and his family moved, and he at once turned his attention to the arduous task of clearing away the forest and converting the land into productive fields. He became a successful farmer, prospering in most of his undertakings, and afterward bought more land near his first purchase, on which his daughter, Mrs. Tipton, now resides. By trade he was a cabinet-maker and an experFm that line.

Although not a member of any church, ]\Ir. Sliattuck was religiously inclined, and donated liberally to the support of churches, though always doing it in an unostentatious manner, never letting his left hand know what his right hand did. He was a reticent, reserved man. who never discussed his affairs with others, and was never known to attend to other people's busi- ness. A pronounced temperance man, he was probably the first in his section to refuse to supply whisky to his harvest hands. In all of life's relations he was found true to every trust reposed in him, and commanded the confidence and respect of those with whom he came in contact either in business or social circles. He died in 1876, and his estimable wife departed this life May 27, 1881. In 1835 she united with the Methodist Episcopal church, and ever lived a consistent Christian life, devoted to her home and family. Her children were ten in number, namely : Mary Ann, Harriet Ann, Rebecca Dana, Jerome, Alexander, Daniel, Thomas T., Simpson, Mary M. and Georg-e G. Of these only two are now living: Harriet Ann, now Mrs. B. F. Jaqueth, of Boston, Massachusetts; and Rebecca Dana, now Mrs. Tipton, of Perry township, this county.