Columbus City (part 19 of 57)

Mrs. Tipton was born in that township September 16, 1825, and is now one of the oldest living native residents of Franklin county. On the I5tli of November, 1847, she gave her hand in marriage to Jonathan Tipton, who was born near Harrisburg, this county, December 14, 18 18, and died June 2y, 1895. His parents were Thomas and Elizabeth (Tomlinson) Tipton, who came from Alaryland to this~county in the earliest days of its history, and first settled in Pleasant township. In their family were eleven children, none of whom are now living in Franklin county. Two sons, Richard and Thomas C, became distinguished as physicians, and were both army surgeons in the Civil war. The latter is now living in Williamsport, Ohio. Jonathan Tipton and his wife began their married life upon a farm in Pleasant township, where they lived- for a number of years, and then removed to Perry township, soon afterward locating on the Shattuck homestead, where Mrs. Tipt'on still resides. Her husband was one of the leading and representative men of his community, and was honored with local office, serving as assessor and treasurer in Pleasant tow^nship for several terms. Before attaining his majority he united with the Methodist Episcopal church, and always took a very prominent and active part in church work, serving his church faithfully and well as steward, class-leader and Sunday-school superintendent. As a citizen he was upright and honorable, as a neighbor kind and considerate, and was a loving husband. Mrs. Tipton is also a devout and faithful member of the Methodist Episcopal church, joining the same with her mother at the early age of twelve years. She is well known for her many excellent qualities of mind and heart and is beloved by a large circle of friends. She is still well preserved for her years and possesses an excellent memory, being able to recount with clearness many of the events that transpired here in pioneer days.

Charles Smith Prosser was loom March 24. i860, in Columbus. Chenango county, New York. His father was Smith Prosser. the son of A\' illiam H. Prosser, who left Vermont and became one of the early settlers of the

Smith Prosser married Eraeline O. Tuttle, of the branch of Jonathan Tuttle, and from his sister Elizabeth are descended Jonathan Edwards, Aaron Burr and Timothy Dwigiit, a president of Yale College. William and Elizabeth Tuttle, the parents of Jonathan and Elizabeth, came from England in the Planter and landed at Boston in 1635.

In 1893 Charles S. Prosser married Mary Erances Wilson, of Albany, New York, whose ancestor, William Lawrence, came to this country with the Tuttles in 1635. At the age of sixteen Charles S. Prosser entered the Union school of Brookfield, New York, and graduated with the first class in 1879 and that summer he spent in Professor Wait's preparatory school at Ithaca, entering in the fall Cornell University, from which he graduated in 1883 with the degree of Bachelor of Science. The following year he was a graduate student in natural history at Cornell and in 1884-5 ^^'^s the first one elected to the Cornell fellowship in natural history. 1885-8 he was instructor in paleontology at Cornell, and continuing his graduate work received the Master of Science degree in 1886. From 1883-88 he was an assistant of Dr. Henry S. Williams, who had charge of the Devonian geology for the United States geological survey, and spent the greater part of the summer vacations in field vrork in New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio.

In 1888 Mr. Prosser was appointed an assistant paleontologist on the United States geological survey in the division of paleobotany under Dr. Lester F. Ward, where he remained until 1892, and while in the division was detailed for field work in New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia and Arkansas. From 1892 to 1894 he was professor of natural history in Washburn College, Topeka, Kansas, and in 1893-94 an assistant geologist on the United States geological survey and spent the two summers in the field studying the carboniferous and Permian formations of Kansas. In 1894 Mr. Prosser was called to Union College, Schenectady, New York, to organize the department of geology, where he remained as professor of geology until 1899. From 1895 to 1899 he was an assistant geologist of the New York geological survey, studying especially the Devonian and Silurian formations of the eastern portions of the state and contributing several reports to the survey. The summer of 1896 was spent in studying the Permian and cretaceous formations of southern Kansas and the Permian of eastern Nebraska as an assistant geologist of the Kansas University geological survey.

Since 1898 he has been chief of the Appalachian division of the Maryland geological survey, spending the summers in field work on the paleozoic formations of Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Maryland. In 1900 he was appointed an assistant geologist on the Ohio geological and the United States geological surveys. In 1899 he was selected by Dr. Edward Orton as his successor and elected associate professor of historical geology in the Ohio State

Mr. Prosser was one of the first members of the Alpha Chapter of the Sigma Xi, the honorary scientific society which was founded in 1886 at Cornell University, and one of the original fellows of the Geological Society of America. He is also a fellow of the Association for the Advancement of Science and a member of the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity, Congres Geologique International, American Society of Naturalists, and other organizations for scientific research.

Professor Prosser has published more than fifty geological papers and reports, some of the more important being : The Devonian System of Eastern Pennsylvania and New^ York (Bulletin No. 120, United States Geological Survey) ; the Classification of the Upper Paleozoic Rocks of Kansas (Journal of Geology, volume iii), in which the names for the Upper Carboniferous and Lower Permian formations of the Great Plains are proposed and described; the Upper Permian and Lower Cretaceous of Kansas (volume ii, University Geological Survey of Kansas, 144 pages, with thirty plates, sections and maps); the Classification and Distribution of the Hamilton and Chemung Series of Central and Eastern New York (Fifteenth and Seventeenth Annual Reports of the New York State Geologist, 390 pages, with 88 maps, plates and sections).

Professor Prosser is a contributor to the American Journal of Science, Am'erican Geologist, Journal of Geology, Kansas University Quarterly, Bulletin Geological Society of America, Science and other scientific periodicals.

Silas Borror

The name of Borror has long been prominent in the history of Jackson township, Franklin county, Ohio, and one of its best known and most highly respected representatives at this time is the gentleman whose name is above.

Silas Borror, son of Jacob Borror, was born on the old Borror homestead in Jackson township August 17, 1834. A biographical sketch of his brother, Jacob Borror, Jr., wdiich will be found elsewhere in this work, afifords information as to his ancestors. He is the seventh of the nine children of his parents and was brought up on a pioneer farm and afforded opportunity to attend such schools as were kept in log school houses near his home. These structures were most primitive affairs, wnth one log cut out on each side and one end for windows, which was filled Avith a sash two by about twelve feet, filled with glass eight by ten inches. The scholars sat on slab benches, made from the slabs off sawlogs, their feet resting on the floor ; and thev studied at desks made of two-inch plank ,sawed from large logs and supported against *the walls of the schoolrooms by pins driven in auger holes at convenient distances. The large scholars sat on high seats made frcm two bv twelve jsaw^ed plank.

1855, when he was twenty-one years old. November 4, that year, he married Clorinda Orders, a daughter of Allen Orders (a biographical sketch of whom appears on another page), who had conned her lessons in the same rude temples of knowledge above described. Immediately after their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Borror began housekeeping in a sixteen-by-eighteen-foot log house (with a clapboard roof held on Idv weight poles, and a stick-andmud chimney) on the farm where they now live. That primitive domicile was superseded by their present residence a year later. Their household outfit consisted of six chairs, a cook stove and a few cooking utensils and two beds and a table, and poorly equipped as they were to entertain company they testify that they had a good deal of it. They procured some additional furniture when they moved into their new house. When Mr. Borror bought the farm fifty-four acres were cleared. He cleared the balance, all but eighteen acres, as rapidly as was possible and eventually got the whole farm under a good state of improvement and cultivation. Looking out over their hundred acres, Mrs. Borror recalls the fact that she dropped the seed for the first hill oi corn ever planted upon it.

To Mr. and Mrs. Borror have been born sixteen children, thirteen of whom are now living - seven sons and six daughters - and all of these except one son and one daughter are married. Mary C. married Henry Turner ; Christiana has never married, nor has Frank H., the youngest. The others are Allen ; George B. M. C. ; Amanda, wdio married John Mellen ; Silas C. ; William J.; Emily, wdio married E. Ei. Dysart; Jonas; Clorinda M., who married Joseph Harvey; Clara L., who married Abner Rader; and Seymour W. Two of their children died in infancy, and another, named Jacob R., died at the age of two years. Mr. and Mrs. Borror have had born tO' them forty-two grandchildren and three great-grandchildren, and their family is believed to be the largest numerically in Franklin county.

Politically Mr. Borror is a Democrat. He has been supervisor and school director and has refused other township offices, and is recognized as a man of unusual public spirit.

Richard Jones

This wiork contains several biographical sketches of natives O'f Wales and descendants of Welsh ancestors; who have attained prominence as farmers and citizens in Brown township, Franklin county, Ohio. None of those referred to is more worthy of extended mention than is the subject of this sketch.

Richard Jones is a grandson of Richard Jones, who was born in Cardiganshire. Wales. The first Richard Jones w-as a shoemaker and' it is stated that though he had little onportunity for education he more than once showed that he was a man of ability. He owed much of sudi book learning as he acquired to Mary George, who became his wife and w^as his teacher. He was one of the best shoemakers in his vicinity and was well patronized, and it has been narrated that he worked always with a book before him, studying as 'opportunity presented itself, and that it was not long after he came under his wife's tuition before he was able to keep accounts in a satisfactory manner. In 1800 he came with his wife and four children to the United States, sailing from Liverpool to Philadelphia, landing at Penpeck, afterward called Pennypeck, within the limits of the Pennsylvania metropohs. When he arrived he was one hundred dollars in debt, but he soon paid his creditors with the proceeds of his labor at his trade. He was a religious man of the Baptist faith and had early experienced a call to preach the gospel and had preached with considerable success from the time he was married. He continued preaching in America until the end of his life, and preached once after he was eighty-four years old. He remained at Philadelphia about five years and then removed to New York state, where he farmed, worked at his trade and preached the sacred word until he died in the eighty-fifth year of his age, his wife dying at the age of eighty-three. Following will be found some items concerning their children, the first four of whom were born in Wales, the others in the United States: David R.. who died on the Welsh Hills, north of Granville, Ohio, was the father of the subject of this sketch and more will be said of him further on. Nancy, who married Richard Jones, died at Prospect. New York. Jane married Robert Jones and died at Remsen, New York. Hannah married Jenks Jenkins and died near Prospect, New York. Pollie married David Morris and died at Prospect, New York. Thomas married and died at Kalamazoo, Michigan. Remsen and Prospect are in Oneida county , New York, and it was near Remsen that the Rev. Richard Jones had his farm and home. Jenks Jenkins, who married Hannah Jones, had a great-grandsou. Friend Jenkins, a lieutenant in the United States navy, attached to the Maine, who lost his life when that vessel went dowm in Havana harbor.

David R. Jones, son of Richard Jones, pioneer and preacher, and father of the subject of this sketch, was born in \\'ales in 1787 and was thirteen years old wdien he came with his father's family to Philadelphia. He took naturally to education, but his educational advantages were limited. H^e learned much by reading and acquired much accurate and useful knowledge by observation. Under his father's instruction he learned the shoemaker's 'trade, at which he was employed from time to time, but later he became a stone cutter and as such worked on many public improvements. He assisted in the construction of the Erie canal between Utica and Albany, New York, and often related an incident of his experience at that time. He and an Irish fellow workman made a wager with two other worknien that they could drill more holes in stones in a given time than the other pair, it being understood that the winners of the wager should spend the money thus acquired in celebrating on the approaching Fourth of July. A cup was used to pour water into the holes to clear them of dust, and at dinner time some one stole it; and in order to continue the work without interruption Mr. Jones removed his shoe and used it as a water vessel for the purpose indicated.

While he was pouring water from it into the stone a son of Governor De Witt CHnton, the projector and promoter of the canal, stopped beside him and asked him why he made such use of his boot. Mr. Jones replied : "Some mischievous rascal stole my cup. Don't ask questions; I am drilling on a wager and have no time to answer them." Mr. Clinton treated the matter as a good joke, and it is probable that he did mot ,soon forget the stonecutter who was "too busy to answer questions." Mr. Clinton made Mr. Jones a present of fifty cents, which was highly appreciated.

Miss Juan Thomas married David R. Jones, near Utica, New York, and they located in Remsen township, Oneida county, of which Utica is the seat of justice. (After marriage she was always known as Susan Jones.) In 1837 they removed to Licking county, Ohio, and located on the Welsh Hills, north of Granville, in Granville township, where ]\Ir. Jones engaged in farming on a new farm. He was an expert workman on canal construction and he earned money by such work in Ohio to buy horses and wagons and other necessary equipments and to help pay for his land, at times hauling cordwood to Granville, where he sold it at one dollar and twenty-five cents' a cord. He died on that place in 1852, having attained prominence as a citizen, and his busy and successful career marks him as a prominent figure in the history of his family. His wife was born in 1793 and ^yas seventeen years old at the time 'of her marriage.

Richard Jones, son of David R. and Juan (Thomas) Jones, was born in Remsen township, Oneida county. New Vork, j\Iay i, 1823, their seventh child in order of nativity. The others were as follow^s : Thomas D. Jones, the noted sculptor; Benjamin, who died in Hawaii; Janette, who married John T. Jones and died in Wisconsin; ]\Iaria, who married James Pittsford and died in Licking county, Ohio; Ann, who married Henry Booth and became the mother of H. J. Booth and died at Columbus, Ohio, where her son lives; and she also had a daughter Susan; Phebe, wdio married Isaiah Booth and died near Cedar Rapids, Iowa; William, who died in California; Hiram, who died in Licking county, Ohio; and David, who lives in Morrow county, Ohio. On account of his active interest in church work, the father of these children was known popularly as Deacon Jones. When he came with his family to Ohio, in 1837, his son Richard was fourteen years old. Ten years later, at the age of twenty-four, he married Sarah Keller, a native of Fairfield county, Ohio, and a daughter of Jacob and Ann (Miller) Keller. Their marriage was celebrated April 4, 1847. They have had children born to them as follows : Eli, who married Elizabeth Bidwell and lives in Madison county, Ohio ; Alvira, who married Henry Folmer, of Madison county, Ohio; Orlena, who married William McGlyncha, of Columbus, Ohio; Paul, who married Rose Thorn and for two terms filled the office of city solicitor of Columbus, Ohio; Diana, who died in 1877; Delia, who married Elmer Knauss, of Marion, Ohio; Nahum, who married Sophia Kastl and lives in Delaware county, Ohio; Janette and Juan, who are twins; and Lulia.

his learly bioyhood home in New York state, which he attended when he could be spared from work at home. His first employment after he came to Ohio was as a farm hand at ten dollars a month. Later he removed to Newark township, Licking county, where he married and acquired a good farm of one hundred and fifty acres on which there was a stone quarry. Early in 1868 he bought his present farm in Brown township, Franklin county, on which he located in March of that year. For a time he lived in a log house, which, after he developed a fine farm of two hundred acres, gave place to his present modern residence. His barn, which covers a ground space of one hundred and oiie by ninety feet, is the largest in Franklin county. He formerly gave much attention to breeding horses, but in more recent years has devoted himself to general farming. Politicallv he is a Democrat, and his first presidential vote was cast for James K. Polk. He has served his fellow citizens as justice of the peace for twelve ^years, has long held the office of township trustee and has for many years been prominent as a sc^hool director jn his township, in which capacity he has done much to advance the cause of public education. He is a member of the Grange at West Jefferson, and he and Mrs. Jones are members of the Baptist church. The first death in his immediate family occurred in 1877. His mother died in 1870. aged seventy-seven years.

To a student of human nature there is nothing of greater interest than to examine into the life of a iself-made man and analyze the principles by which he has been governed, the methods he has pursued, to know what means he has employed for advancement and to study the plans which have given him prominence, enabling him to pass on the hi,srhwav of life many who had a more advantageous start. In the history of Mr. Knox there iis deep food for thought, and if one so desires he may profit by the obvious lessens therein contained.

William E. Knox is now succesisfully engaged in contracting and Iniilding in Columbus and he owes his rise to his own well-directed efforts. He was born in Gallia county, Ohio, August 19, 1868, and is a son of \\'. H. and Ellen (Davis) Knox. The father was a native of ^^^1les. born in 1824. and the mother was born in Utica, New York, in the year 1830. Their marriage was celebrated in Clinton county, Ohio, and soon afterward they removed to Gallia county, where they spent their remaining days. Their sen, William E. Knox, was there reared and acquired a good common-school education, receiving a thorough training in the fundamental knowledge which served as a foundation for successful effort in business life. After putting aside his text-books he learned the carpenter's trade with his father, who was a carpenter and builder, and continued to follow that occupation in the county of his nativity until 1890. when he came to Columbus, Ohio, and completed his trade under the direction of D. J. Anderson, a well-known representative of the building interests in the capital city. ]\Ir. Knox subsequently traveled over the state, working in the different cities as a journeyman, and later went to Denver, Colorado, where he engaged in building on the cattle ranches owned by some of the leading cattle kings of the west.

On returning to Columbus Mr. Knox entered into partnership with his brother, S. F. Knox, under the firm name of Knox Brothers, contractors and builders. Almost from the beginning they enjoyed a large patronage. The business connection between them was maintained until the death of S. F. Knox, in September, 1900, since which time our subject has carried on luisiness alone. He has erected many of the fine residences of the city in recent years, took the contract and executed the w^ork of the Methodist Episcopal church and also the new Presbyterian church, which is one of the finest houses of worship in Columbus. Many isubstantial and beautiful specimens of architecture and the builders' trade stand as monuments to his enterprise and handiwork. He is now well established in business, having an extensive and profitable patronage. In tlie Builders and _Trad'ers' Exchange in Columbus he holds membership and is now one of the leading representatives of his line of work that contributes in greater meajsure than anyother to the beauty and substantial improvement of the city.

On the 30th of October, 1900, Mr. Knox was united in marriage to Miss Margaret Morgan, of Columbus, a daughter of W. S. Morgan, a prominent early settler in Gallia county, Ohio. Her mother was Mrs. Ann Morgan. Mr. Knox is a member of the Phoenix Club, of Columbus, and is director of the music in the First Baptist church, in which he takes a great interest. He is well known socially and is popular with a large circle of friends.

Dr. Frank H. Houghton, who is well known in Franklin county, has introduced a novel department in dentistry, being proprietor of a dental house boat, on which he sails the .rivers of Florida through the winter months. His superior skill and ability in the line of his chosen profession has gained him a liberal and constantly increasing patronage and his prestige has been worthily won. His wide acquaintance in Columbus, Westerville and towns in this portion of Ohio will render his life history one of interest to the .readers of this volume.

The Doctor is a representative of an old New England family, his paternal grandparents being Samuel and Polly (Tyler) Houghton, wdio were farming people of Vermont. Their son, Benjamin W. Houghton, the Doctor's father, was born in Guilford, Vermont, in 1818, and w^as^ reared on the old homestead, acquiring a common-school education. Shortly after attending his majority he engaged in the manufacture of harness, ornaments, and various other metal ornaments, continuing in that business up to the time of his death and finding it a profitable source of income. His labors, how- ever, were not limited alone to that line for he operated near the town a fine farm, which became celebrated fo.r the excellent qualities of its products, and the owner was accounted one of the mo'St capable agriculturists of his section. He was an active worker in politics, supporting the men and measures of the Whig party, yet was never an office seeker and often times refused high political preferments tendered him by his fellow townsmen. He was a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and a communicant of the Episcopal church, in which he was a recognized leader, holding many offices and zealously supporting its cause in all possible ways. He married Miss Mary A. Tylor, who was born in Vernon, Vermont, about 1822. His death occurred in 1864, but his widow is still living and now resides in Williamstown, Massachusetts, with his son Irving. Unto this worthy couple were born six children, but only three are now living, namely: Frank H., Irving B., who is connected with the Boston & Troy Railroad Company, and -resides in' Williamstown, Massachusetts, and Nathaniel T., who is in business in Boston, Massachusetts.

Dr. Houghton was born in Guilford, Vermont, on the 12th of January, 1840, and remained with his parents until his sixteenth year. His prehminary education was acquired in the common schools, supplemented by study in the Westminster Academy, at Westminster, Vermont, the home of Ethan Allen, and was graduated from that institution in the spring of 1856. Immediately following the completion of his literary course he came to Ohio, takmg up his abode in Springfield, where he found employment as a salesman m a dry goods house, remaining in that position for three years, -after which he. resigned and went to Louisiana. In company with Messrs. Cavalier and Owens, two young men. of about his own age, he established a planter's supply house on the Mississippi river, three miles north of Milligan's Bend, and called his slilipping point Omega. From that place he shipped more than half of the cotton grown in Madison parish, Louisiana. They were meeting with a high degree of prosperity at the time Civil war was maugurated.

When the first gun was fired upon Fort Sumter. Dr. Houghton at once left his business interests in the south, returned to Ohio, and on the 29th of July, 1862, enlisted in the Seventeenth Ohio Independent Artillery as sergeant. On the 5th of April, 1863, he was promoted to quartermaster sergeant and on the 20th of August, of that year, was commissioned second lieutenant of the company. During the last year of his service he had command of the battery, for Captain Rice and the first lieutenant were on detached duty. Dr. Houghton participated in the first attack on Vicksburg and the battles of Chickasaw Bayou, Arkansas Post, Fort Hindman, Port Gibson, Champion Hill. Jackson, Baker's Creek, Black River and the siege of Vicksburg. With the Thirteenth Army corps he was sent to the Department of the Gulf when that corps was consolidated with the Nineteenth and then took part in the Red River campaign, including Vermillionville and Carrion Crow Bayou, where Dr. Houghton had a horse shot from under him. He was in numerous other skirmishes and minor engagements in that part of the country and then returned to winter quarters at New Orleans. In 1864 his command was assigned to the Sixteenth Army Corps and took part in the battle of Fort Morgan, where he was the first man on the works. He was also in the important engagements of Spanish Fort and Fort Blakely (Mobile's last stronghold), the latter being the last battle of consequence of the war. At the time of the surrender of General Lee he was ini Mobile, Alabama, and was mustered out at Camp Chase, Ohio, on the i6th of August, 1865.

After the war Dr. Houghton went to \Vorcester, Massachusetts, and took up the study of dentistry, which he had followed to some extent dudng his college days, under the direction of his uncles, Drs. Nathaniel and Levi Tyler, both of whom were noted men of the profession. After the war he continued his study with Dr. E. B. Nettleton for about a year and then went to Lidianapolis, Indiana, where he entered the office of Dr. Whiteside. In 1867 he eame to Westerville, Ohio, and began practice here. In 1870 he opened an office in Columbus, where he remained until 1895. Since that time lic has spent the greater part of his time in Florida and has passed most of his winters in that state since 1880. In the Peninsular state he has introduced the novel method of practicing his profession from a house boat. Each Avinter Florida is visited by hundreds of tourists who find it impossible to obtain good dental service and since 1880 Dr. Houghton has made it his practice to spend his winters in the south and continue the prosecution of his profession there. Having to reach the people by rail or steamer, which necessarily caused loss of time in transit and packing and unpacking his outfit, and as his practice increased and the modern ideas and improved methods required a greater amount of apparatus, he devised the scheme of fitting up a floating dental office. His friends discouraged him, saying that the vibration and motion would be such that he could not operate with comfort, but in spite of this discouraging counsel and at the expense of several thousand dollars he constructed the vessel, using sixteen thousand feet of lumber, and gave to her the suggestive name of Dentos. The practicability of the plan has been well demonstrated ; his plan of notifying the people of his visits is usually by card or by some of the weekly newspapers along the coast. On several occasions he has easily operated at the chair for patients in transit. This is certainly novel and almost like a dream to know that one may have dental service performed while gliding up and down the rivers, amid stately palms and other tropical plants, the banks forming a constant changing panorama, while sail boats, yachts and launches add to the picturesqueness of the scene. The Dentos is a floating vessel fifty-three feet long, a deck twenty feet broad and a hull twelve feet broad and two and a half feet deep. The hull is made entirely of selected heart cypress and the cabin is! mada of Georgia pine, ceiled outside and inside. The cabin is thirty-eight feet long and fifteen feet wide, and is divided into four apartments'. There are intermediate staterooms with a capacity of three berths and everything is most complete, being supplied w^ith the modiern conveniences of a home and all of the equipments of a first class dental office. The route is along the Halifax, Hillsboro and Indian [fivers, the most beautiful, healthful and picturesque part of Florida. The Doctor has a large practice, constantly growing, and his success is certainly well merited, for he keeps in constant touch with progress and improved methods and has not only a complete understanding of the scientific principles of dentistry, -but is most skilled in his application of its mechanical principles. Since 1872 he has been a member of the Ohio State Dental Association. On the 3d of December, 1868, the marriage of Dr. Houghton and Miss Rebecca D. Slaughter was celebrated, the lady being a daughter of the Rev. Dr. William Slaughter. They now have one child, Frank H., of Akron, Ohio, who is contracting freight agent of the Akron, Wheeling & Pittsburg district pf the Vanderbilt railroad system. In pohtics the Doctor is a stanch Republican, never wavering in his allegiance to the party. Socially he is connected with Blendon Lodge, No. 339, F. & A. M., of Westerville, and Horeb Chapter, No 3, R. A. M. He also belongs to Cincinnati Commandery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion. Of the Episcopal church he is a communicant. He owns one of the most attractive residences in Westerville and also has a beautiful home in Daytona, Florida, where he now spends the greater part of his time. While his professional career has; gained him distinction in the fraternity, his never failing courtesy, obliging manner and genial disposition have won him many friends in social life.

Ira Leroy Miller

This well-known and popular citizen of Columbus is now a member of the organization department of the state Republican headquarters for the campaign of 1900, and has always taken quite an active and prominent part in political affairs. A native of Ohio, he was born in Jackson county, the only child of Theodore and Jenny (Conner) Miller. The father, who served for two years in a W^est Virginia regiment during the Civil war, died when our subject w^as very young. The maternal grandfather, Rev. INIr. Conner. was a resident of Fayette county, this state, his family and the Millers both being early settlers of Ohio. They came^rom jMiller's Ferry, West Virginia, now called Hawk's Nest.

Reared in his native county, Mr. Miller of this review acquired his education in its public schoolis, and continued to make his home there until coming to Columbus, in 1889. On first locating here he traveled for a mercantile house, and then represented the New York Life Insurance Company from

1895 to 1899. He was next bookkeeper and cashier with the Jones Shoe Manufacturing Company until July, 1900. For the past ten years Mr. IMiller has been prominently identified with Republican politics as an active member of city, count}^ and state committees, and during the campaign of

1896 was vice-president of the Young Men's Republican Club, which was the most important organization of the kind in city or county, having about three hundred working members. His genial, pleasant manner has made him quite popular in business, social and political circles, and as a publicepirited and enterprising man he is recognized as a valued citizen of the community.

Mr. Miller married Miss Maud Ennes, of Sandusky, Ohio, who presides with gracious dignity over his home. Religiously they are members of the Methodist Episcopal church.

William Hiram Simonton

In connection with hotel interests at Columbus, Ohio, the name of Simontton was long prominent and it has since been prominent in connection with official and business interests. One of its prominent representatives at this time is William Hiram Simonton, ex-county clerk of Franklin county, some account of whose antecedents and career it will be attempted here to give.

Theophilus Simonton, grandfather of William Hiram Simonton, came to Ohio from North Carolina and served his country as a soldier in the war of 1812-14. Hiram Simonton, son of Theophilus Simonton, and father of the subject of this sketch, was born in Clermont county, Ohio, in 1804, and died in Columbus in 1892, in his eighty-eighth yeal\ He came to Columbus in 1849, from Milford, Clermont county, where he had been engaged in business, and at the request of John Noble, father of Henry C. Noble, who owned the Buckeye House oni Broad street on the present site of the board of trade, opened that hotel. In 185 1 he went to the United States Hotel, which yet stands at the corner of High and Town :streets, and managed it until 1862, when he took charge of the Franklin House on High street, owned by the Hubbards, where he remained until 1867. From 1867 to 1871 he lived in Lithopolis, Fairfield county, Ohio, but returning to Columbus in 1871, he built an attractive home on Main street, where he died and which has since his death been the home of his son, William Hiram Simonton. He was one of the most popular hotel men of his time and was strongly and widely influential as a Democrat. . He married Elizabeth Snell. of a family well known in Ohio, who came from Pennsylvania.

William Hiram Simonton was born in Milford, Clermont county. Ohio, in 1847, ^iTcl was two years old when his father removed to Columbus. After receiving a good education in the public schools, he became a clerk in the United States Hotel, and was later employed in the same capacity at the Zettler House, both of Columbus, the latter at the corner of Main and Fourth streets. In 1878 he became deputy county clerk of Franklin county under County Clerk Harvey Cashatt, and filled the office until 1890 with such efficiency that he was that year elected county clerk. He retired from that responisible position in August, 1894, since when he has lived retired, giving attention to his private interests and to Democratic local politics, in which he is influential. He married Miss Rosina Yaisle, daughter of the late Samuel Yaisle, and has a son, Mark Simonton, who is well known in connection with the Electric Supply & Construction Company of Columbus',

Alvah \V. Simonton, brother of William Hiram Simonton, is a prominent collector of Columbus. Another brother, Marcus Simonton, now a prominent citizen of Cincinnati, was during the Civil war post-quartermaster at Camp Chase under appointment by Governor Dennison. Mr. Simonton'e sister. Miss Mattie H. Simonton, has long been a successful teacher. She was principal of the public school at Third and: Rich streets, Columbus, and is now principal of the Ohio avenue e'chool, having charge of eight hundred pupils.

Frank A. Chenoweth

The name of Chenoweth is one that figures conspicuously in connection with the history of Franklin county, for its representatives have long been residents of this portion of the state and have ever been people of sterling worth, numbered among the valued citizen»si of the comniunity. Frank Albert Chenoweth, of this review, was for some years an important factor in business circles in Harrisburg, but is now living retired. He is a son of William B. and Rebecca J. (Johnston) Chenoweth, and was born on the old family homestead at Harrisburg, May 31, 1856. He spent the days of his childhood and youth upon the home farm and after acquiring his preliminary education in the schools of Harrisburg, continued his studies in the Normal School at Lebanon, Ohio. During his youth he engaged in clerking in a store, and his training in that direction well qualified him to engage in business on his' own account in later years. In March, 1879, he opened a general store in Harrisburg and afterward his father became a partner in the enterprise, the association being formed in 1881 and maintained until August, 1900, when they sold the store to Alfred Mead. At first they carried only groceries! and hardware, but afterward added a stock of dry goods and notions, and still later, boots and shoes'. The commendable business policy which they followed constantly increased the trade annuallv transacted over their counters. They were proprietors of one of the leading general mercantile establishments in this portion of the state and their success w^as well merited, for it was their honest desire to please their patrons. ]\lr. Chenoweth, of this review, now gives his attention in some measure to the real estate business , and is the owner of some very valuable property.

He was married in Westerville, Ohio, to Miss May Altman. a daughter of S. F, Altman. and their union has been blessed with two children. ]\Iilo Faxon and Marshall Frank.- Since casting his firsit presidential vote for James A. Garfield. Mr. Chenoweth has been a stalwart supporter of Republican principles, but has never sought or desired office, preferring to devote his attention to his private business affairs. He was made a Mason twenty-three years ago in Commercial Point, and about fifteen years later transferred his membership to Mt. Sterling, Ohio, where he is still an active member. He also belongs to Sherman Lodge, K. of P., and has been for several years a representative to the grand lodge. He is now a member of the state board of equalization, representing the tenth senatorial district. His advancement in business circles is attributable entirely to his own capable management and unflagging industry. He began to earn his living at an early age, and as he had no capital was forced to acquire the means which would enable him to lirst engage in merchandising on his own account. He is now classed among the substantial and reliable citizens of the community in which he resides, and his life history stands, in exemplification of what may be accomplished in a land where ambition and determination are not hampered by caste.

William J. Merrick

William J. Merrick, who resides at No. 37 Greenwood avenue, Columbus, is a passenger conductor on the Pittsburg, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad. A native of the Keystone state, his birth occurred in Carbondale, Pennsylvania, on th'e 22d of March, 1859. His father, John Merrick, died February 14, 1877, and the mother, Ellen INIerrick, died February 17, i860, both passing away at their home in Carbondale. The family is of Irish lineage, and the paternal grandfather of our subject died on the Emerald Isle. His' wdfe afterward crossed the Atlantic to the new Nvorld and spent her last days in Carbondale, departing this life in JNIarch, 1878, at the extremely advanced age of one hundred and nine years. The maternal grandfather of our subject, Thomas Murray, died in 1867, in Carbondale, where also occurred the death of his wife, in i860. L'nto ]\lr. and ]\Irs. John Merrick were born the following named : James, who is now a retired merchant of New York city, where he has resided for forty years; Thomas, a resident of Carbondale, Pennsylvania; John, who is engaged in the grocerv business in Carbondale; Alichael, who was an engineer on the Delaware & Hudson Railroad and was killed October 4, 1877. in a railway accident at Melrose, Pennsylvania, leaving a wife and son, who now reside at Union Hill, New Jersey, the latter being twenty-four years of age ; Patrick, now forty-six years of age, and who resides in Carbondale and has one son, but his wife is now deceased ; Maria, wife of Peter O'Neil, also a resident of Carbondale; Elizabeth, who died in that city in 1891, at the age of forty-one years; Kate, who is a young lady residing in Carbondale; and Ellen, who died in that city at the age of fifteen years.

In the public schools of his native town William J. Merrick pursued his education, and when nineteen years of age he secured a position as brakeman on a freight train on the Erie Railroad, runnjng between Port Jervis, New York, and Susquehanna, Pennsylvania. He occupied that position for one year and afterward spent a year in charge of a construction train on the Lotig Island Railroad. He then came to the west and began braking on the Panhandle Railroad west of Pittsburg, being a brakeman on a freight train for a year and a half, after which he spent six years as brakeman in the passenger service. He was then promoted to freight conductor and a year later was made passenger conductor, which position he has held continuously since 1889, being on the Pittsburg division, between Pittsburg and Columbus. He became a member of the Order of Railway Conductors in 1888, joining HollingswoTth Division, No. 100, in which he was assistant conductor for one year, and during the past two years he has been the chief conductor of the division of the order. He has been a member of the Knights of Columbus for tJie past two years.

On the 19th of June, 1883, Mr. Merrick wedded Miss Theresa A. Boylan, of Chicago, who was born in Carbondale, Pennsylvania, December 12, 1863. Her father, Patrick Boylan, w^as born in Ireland and died in Carbondale, Pennsylvania, March 30, 1897, while his wife, Mrs. Anna Boylan, departed this life in that city on the 28th of July, 1872. Their children were: Airs. Merrick; John and Thomas, who are engaged in mining at Victor, Colorado; Mary, wafe of Mark Brennan, of Carbondale; Jane, wife of James Crapo, a resident of Chicago; Margaret, wife of Albert Myers, an engineer now residing in Aspin, Colorado; Annie, wife of Thomas Barrett, of Chicago; Kate, wife of James O'Rourke, a railroad conductor on the Delaware & Hudson Railroad. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Merrick have been born seven children, namely: William G., born November 10, 1884; John Leo, born October 18, 1886; Marguerite, born January 30, 1889; James Russell, born January 21, 1892; Joseph, born June 3, 1894; Philip B., born September 8, 1896; and Andrew, born June i, 1897. The children attend the Sacred Heart school in Columbus and the family are all members of the Catholic church, of which Rev. Father Eis is pastor. For fourteen years they have resided in Columbus and now have a wide acquaintance and many friends. Mr. ]\Ierrick enjoys the high regard of all with whom he has come in contact through business' as well as social relations, and is a popular conductor upon the road, owing to his willingness to aid those who ride over his line, his unfailing courtesy and his obliging disposition.

Absalom Borror

Among the leading citizens and representative farmers of Jackson township, Franklin county, Ohio, is Absalom Borror, who was born in that township, on th 27th of April, 1838, a son of Isaac and O'live (Babcock) Borror, natives of Virginia and Pennsylvania, respectively. The father was a carpenter by occupation, and was one of the early settlers of Jackson township, this county, where he died at the age of forty-eight years,

Absalom Borror is the third in order of birth in a family of eight children, consisting of five sons and' three daughters. During his boyhood and youth he w^as only able to attend school for about two months during the winter season. He was only ten years old when his father died and the responsibility of carrying on the home farm devoh-ed upon him and his older brother. To its improvement and cultivation he devoted his energies until twenty-five years of age, with the exception of the years spent in the army during the Civil war. In 1861 he enHsted in Company G, Fifty-fourth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, which was assigned to the Fifteenth iVrmy Corps under command of General Grant. He was first sent with his regiment to Camp Dennison, fifteen miles from Cincinnati, Ohio, and from there went to Paducah, Kentucky. During the battle of Pittsburg Landing he was wounded by a rifle half through the right side, and Avas honoral^ly discharged from the service on account of this wound. Fie entered the army as corporal and wasi mustered out as sergeant.

In 1863 Mr. Borror was united in marriage with Miss Elizabeth Swagler, and to them have been born eleven children, namely : Bertha, Edward L., Sadie, Dora D., Isaac N., Olive, Albert R., Clayton S., Prentiss H., Clifford JM. and Nella B. Soon after his marriage Mr. Borror sold his interest in the old homestead and bought a farm in Bond county, Illinois, where he lived for one year, but at the end of that time he disposed of his property there and returned to Jackson township, this county, where lie operated a rented farm for one year. Again he went to Bond county, Illinois, and^ engaged in general mercantile business there for three years. Since then he has made his home uninterruptedly in Franklin county, Ohio, having purchased a good farm of one hundred nine acres and a half in Jackson township, which he has placed under excellent cultivation and improved wdth good andl substantial buildings. His time and attention are devoted to general farming, in which he is meeting with good success. Socially is an honored member of Ed. Krous Post, G. A. R. For forty years he has been an earnest and consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal church, takes an active part in its work and contributes liberally to its support.

James A. Miles

James Alexander Miles is one of the ablest lawyers practicing at the Columbus bar, having the mental grasp which enables him to discover the salient points in a case. A man of sound judgment, he manages his cases with masterly skill and tact. He is a logical reasouer, has a ready command of English and has gained an enviable reputation.

Judge Miles is a native of Eden township, Licking county, Ohio, where his birth occurred the 21st of September, 1844. His grandfather, Stephen Miles, was a native of Washington county, Pennsylvania, and when Ohio was the home of the red men and the haunt of wild beasts he made his way into the wilderness and aided in reclaiming its unbroken tracts O'f land for purposes of civilization. He married Miss Dush, and unto them was born a son, John Dush Miles, whose birth occurred in Licking county March i, 1823. Amid' the wild' scenes of the frontier he was reared, and after attaining years of maturity he wedded Miss Sarah Games, a daughter of Robert and Sarah (Evans) Games. Fler father was a native of this country and a soldier of the war with England in 181 2, and when Ohio first became the home of white mien he took up his abode within the boundaries of this commonwealth. He married Miss Sarah Evans, whose mother was an adopted daughter of Lord Bradley, of England. Coming to America, she was married to Mr. Evans in Virginia, and a large estate was left by the Bradleys which has never been claimed. Throughout his active business career John Dush Miles has followed farming. When his son James was a .youth of seven years he removed with his family to Delaware county, Ohio, w^here he has since made his home, his present residence being in Sunbury. Although he is now seventy-eight years of age, he is still robust and vigorous. His wife, however, died in February, 1900, at the age oi eight)^ years. One of their children. Rev. John Miles, is now a minister of the United Brethren church.

Judge Miles, whose name introduces this record, pursued his education in the public schools of Delaware county, and subsequently entered the university at Wester ville, Franklin county, where he spent one year as a student. Later he engaged in teaching for several years, and then took up' the study of law under the direction of the firm of Jackson & Beer, of Crawford county, Ohio. On the 4th of September, 1868, he was admitted to the bar and began practice in Franklin county, where he has won distinction^ as. a very able lawyer. His fitness for leadership has also led to his selection for public office, and for two terms he served as the mayor of Westerville, while in 1899 he acted as a police judge of Columbus. He has long been, a prominent and active worker in the ranks of the Democratic party, doing, all in his power to promote its growth and insure its success.

The Judge was united in marriage to Miss Mary Esther Longwell, a.' daughter of James and Edith (Wallace) Longwell, of Johnstown. Licking county, Ohio. Her father was a very prominent farmer, who died some years ago. Unto the Judge and his wife have been born the following chil- <iren: Frank A., the eldest, is a graduate of the high school in Sunbury, and for some time was connected with farming interests in Licking county. On the 5th of August, 190Q, he started for the Philippine Islands to fill the position as clerk on the transport Warren, on which his brother, Captain Perry L. Miles, was quartermaster. The Captain is the second son and is now a captain of the regular army. He was appointed to West Point from Franklin county in 1891, and was graduated in 1895. He was commissioned second lieutenant of the Fourteenth Infantry, after which he was stationed at Vancouver's barracks in Washington until the outbreak of the Spanish- American war, when he went to San Francisco, and on the 28th of May, 1898, he sailed for the Philippines as second lieutenant. However^ he was in command of Company I, for the first lieutenant and the captain were left behind on special duty. He participated in the battle of Malata. and was under fire and was present at the capture of Manila, where the Fourteenth Regiment lost forty-seven men in killed and wounded. He was also in the first engagements with the insurgents, and bv General Overshine was ordered to capture a block-house. .Itter the capture of Manila he was promoted to the rank of first lieutenant, in July, 1898. For some time he was in the trenches and on outpost duty in the Philippines, and on the loth of October, 1899, he was commissioned captain on account of bravery displayed in the capture of the block-house, the promotion being- given him in recognition of "gallant and meritorious conduct in action." In Harper's Weekly appeared the following, under the title of "Ballad of Lieutenant JNIiles

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The daughter of the family, Bertha, is a graduate of the Johnstown high school, and is residing iwith her grandmother in Licking county. Judge Miles was again married, his second union being with Miss Lena G. Witter, of Columbus, a native of Germany. Her father was a very highly educated man, and spoke seven different languages. He spent his entire life in his native country, and is now deceased.

Alonzo B. Coit

The American progenitor of the family of Coit was John Coit. a shipbuilder, who came to Connecticut from Wales in 1630. The Coits assumed prominence in the colonies. Benjamin Coit, the great-great-grandfather of Colonel A. B. Coit, of Columbus, Ohio, and Isaac Coit, Colonel Coit's great-grandfather, fought for American independence in the Revolutionary war. According to a record in possession of a member of the family. Isaac Coit was a sergeant in Captain Belcher's company in the First Regiment of the continental line from July 20, 1777, to July 20, 1780. From another record it would seem that at some time during the ^^-Br Isaac Coit was a captain in a Connecticut Regiment, and' his father, Benjamin Coit, was a lieutenant in his company. Isaac Coit died at the age of eighty-nine years, Benjamin at the age of eighty-one. Harvey Coit, grandfather of Colonel Coit, married Miss Ston-e, of Northonipton, Massachusetts, and emigrated to Franklin comity, Oliio, and located at Worthington, where he died^ at the age of seventy-seven. His son, Harvey Coit, was born at Worthington, Massachusetts, in 1818, and is now hving at Columbus, Ohio, aged eightytwo, alert, active and in possession of all his faculties. He came to Columbus in 1837 and was a dry-goods merchant there until about 1870, and he and Harvey Bancroft are the oldest pioneer merchants of Columbus now living. During all his active career he gave his attention strictly to his business interests and declined to take any part in politics except as a voter. He married, at Worthington, Firanklin county, Miss Elizabeth Greer, daughter of Richard' Greer, a native of the north of Ireland, who was married there to Miss Dickson and settled in Worthington about 1812, where he was promiinent as a farmer and as an Episcopalian.

Colonel Alonzo B. Coit was born in Columbus, Ohio, a son of Harvey and Elizabeth (Greer) Coit. He gained his primary education in the public schools of bis native city and took a collegiate course at Yellow Springs, Greene county, where he was graduated in 1867. He identified himself with the manufacturing interests at Columbus and is now secretary and treasurer of the Columbus Brick & Terra Cotta Company, and president of the Columbus Trunk and Hand Luggage company, which he organized in 1882. He is a director in the Gallon' (Ohio) Water Works Company and is' a stockholder and otherwise connected with other important interests. He is a Mason and past master of his lodge and is past high priest of his chapter.

Colonel Coit's military history began in 1882, when he became captain of Company B, Fourtenth Regiment, National Guard of the state of Ohio. He was promoted major in 1885, lieutenant colonel in 1886 and colonel in 1887, and served as such until the outbreak of the Spanish-American war. He served with his regiment fourteen times on riot duty, occasioned by labor troubles in different parts of the state. He was indicted for manslaughter on five counts at Washington Court House, because of his part in defending negro prisoners against mob violence. His trial lasted one hundred and fiftyseven days and the jury acquitted him after only a few minutes' absence from the court room. He accomplished much toward breaking up mob rule in Ohio and, commenting on the charges against him, Governor McKinley declared that he had done only his duty and had done that fearlessly and with good judgment.

At the beginning of the war with Spain, he was commissioned colonel -of the Fourth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, which, July 29, 1898, embarked for Porto Rico with the Third Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and the Fourth Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, under Generals Haines and Brooke, and led the advance at Guayama, where he was the only colonel under fire. After the engagement at Palmasas he was given civil control of the eastern part of the island, which included thirty-one towns of more or less importance. He returned to Columbus November 2, 1898. having lost twenty-one men by sickness and had seventeen disabled by wounds, and was placed on the retired list ofNational Guard colonels. He organized the Ohio Society of Spanish-American war veterans and was made its commander and the National Porto Rican Invasion Association, of which he is commander for the department of Ohio. He is a member of the Sons of the American Revolution.

Until after the Spanish-American war in politics Colonel Coit was a Democrat of great independence, and though he has at different times been a member of state and county committees of its party, he has resolutely refused all offices proff'ered him, except that of police commissioner of the city of Columbus, which he has filled for two terms without compensation and that of a member of the board of education of his home township of Marion, in which his services have also been gratutitous. Colonel Coit said : "The theories of Populism attempt tci inflate the curency by free silver, and the unpatriotic attacks of the party leaders on the administration were not Democracy; and it was his duty to support President McKinley." He is a trustee of the First Universalist church of Columbus and is generously helpful in all of its material interests.

Colonel Coit married ]\Iiss Annette Preston, of Columbus, daughter of Samuel D. Peterson, a pioneer merchant of that city. They have three children, named Harvey, Preston and Elizabeth. Harvey is the superintendent of the water-works at Gallon, Ohio. Preston was the youngest enlisted soldier in the Spanish-American war. At fourteen years of age he was a trumpeter in Company A, Fourth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and for four months was in a hospital. He is now completing his elucation at Columbus. Elizabeth married Harry Williams, of Youngstown, Ohio.

William Duller

William Miller is a retired farmer of Columbus. He was born in Franklin township, Franklin county, Ohio, in 1845, and is a representative of one of the prominent pioneer families, for in the early part of the century his grandfather, Major William Miller, came from Virginia to Ohio and aided in laying wide and deep the foundation for the present prosperity and progress of the commonwealth. He served in the state militia at an early day and was a major in the war of 1812. After joining the state militia he was commissioned captain by Governor Morrow, the paper bearing the date of April 14, 1823, and appointing him to the command of the Second Company of the Second Regiment, of the Second Brigade of the Seventh Division of thg Ohio militia. He was identified with the interests of Franklin county during almost the entire first half of the nineteenth century and died in 1850, at the age of sixty-two years, his birth having occurred in 1788. He married Miss Christina Fisiher. a daughter of Michael Fisher, who came to Ohio in 1798, and was one of the first white men to invade this region to reclaim the wild land for purposes of civilization.

homestead in Franklin township, January i, 1818, the farm being then the property of Major Wilham Miller, while at the present writing it is in the posisession of William Miller, the subject of this review. Throughout his active business career he carried on farming and stock-raising and his well directed efforts brought to him a comfortable competence. Recognized as one of the leading and influential citizens of the community, he was called upon to fill various offices, and discharged his duties' with promptness and fidelity. He wedded Mary Elizabeth Wolf, who came to Ohio from Washington county, Pennsylvania, and died in 1855, at the age of thirty-four years. Her parents were Jacob and Margaret (Clark) Wolf, and the former served in the war of 1812, participating in several battles. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Miller were born four sons and one daughter. One son, Jacob, has for fifteen 3'ears been a member of the police force of Columbus, wdiile Fisher Miller is a farmer of Franklin township; Margaret is the wife of J. B, Mc- Donald; and George died in 1894.

Upon the home farm William ]\Iiller spent the days of his early boyhood and in 1862 became a student in the schoolsi of Granville, where he continued his education until 1864, when, at the age of nineteen years, he responded to his country's call for troops, enlisting as a member of Company G, One Hundred and Thirty-third Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He participated in the battle of Monocacy and in several skirmishes, and when the country no longer needed hi.& services he received an honorable discharge and returned to his home, taking up the pursuits of peace. He was trained to habits of industry upon the home farm and early became familiar with the work of cultivating the fields, and continued to operate his land until 1890, when he left the old homestead and became a resident of Columbus, but still runs his farm.

On October 16, 1867, wasi celebrated the marriage of Mr. Miller and Miss Emily House, a daughter of William and Julia (Moler) House. Her father was born in Franklin towaiship and is still living. He has filled the position of township trustee and is a well knowui and highly respected citizen. Her mother was/ a daughter of Rollin and Susan Moler, the former having been one of the pioneer settlers of Franklin township. On coming to Ohio he took up his residence in Franklin township and there spent his remaining days. He owned a water power, which he used in operating a gristmill, just south of Greenlawn avenue, carrying on busines's along that line for many years. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Miller have lieen born three children: Mary Gertrude, the wife of Harry E. Bulen, who is a graduate of the high school of Columbus and was for seven years a successful teacher, but isi now the proprietor of the Bryden Hotel; Clara Julia, who is a teacher in the public schools and is also a graduate of the high school of Columbusi and Kindergarden School; and Alice Pearl, tlieir youngest daughter, who is engaged in pyrography - the new art of burnt wood. She was married May 27, 1901, to Herbert Rockinham Earhart and is living in Charleston, West Virginia. The family belong to the INIethodist Episcopal church and Mr. Miller is' a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. In politics he is a stalwart Democrat and for six years he was the township trustee. He belongs to Wells Post, No. 451, G. A. R., and in the year 1900 served as officer of the day, while now in 1901 he isi junior vice commander. As a citizen he is public-spirited and progressive, manifesting a commendable interest in everything calculated to prove of benefit to the community along social, material, intellectual and moral lines.

George W. Hoover

One mav travel far and see much, but it is doubtful whether any land presents more marked contrasts than our own, transformed from the wilderness of the primitive forests to the cultivated farms of the present. Interesting and instructive, indeed, are the stories of frontier and pioneer life, and none can tell them so well as those who literally hewed their way to civilization and comfort.

Such were the parents of the subject of the present sketch, George \\\ Hoover, a resident of Jackson township, who was born in Franklin county, Ohio, September 23. 1824. His father, George Hoover, was a native of Kentucky, a son of John and Margaret (Smith) Hoover. The former took part in the Revolutionary war, and came to Franklin county in 1807. George Hoover was here married to the mother of our subject. Catherine Kious, a native O'f Virginia, who had accompanied her parents to Franklin county in 1806. Her father, John Kious. was a native of Virginia, a natural mechanic and a soldier of the war of 181 2.

Mr. and Mrs'. George Hoover after marriage settled upon the farm where George W. now resides, living a life of labor and struggle with nature, peacefully passing away in their seventy-sixth year. He was firm in his religious convictions and a consistent member of the Xew Light Christian church. In politics he was a Democrat, and highly esteemed in the community, holding a number of minor pul^lic offices which he filled with a firm adherence to duty. Three children were born to ]\Ir. and ]\Irs. Hoover. Polly married William Neiswendere and died in her sixty-seventh year; and ]\Iargart married Jonas Smith and died when about ssventy-four.

George W. Hoover was reared in Jackson township, learp.ing of his father the values of crop?, drainage, the raising of cattle and the various lines which make agriculture a success. He attended the district school and can relate many amusing and interesting details concerning the conveniences provided for the children of that early day in their pursuit of knowledge. His marriage to Miss Nancy Smith took place in 1 847. She was a native of Franklin county, Ohio, and came of sturdy stock and was a capable assistant to Mr. Hoover, moving into a log cabin and proving equal to the emergencies of pioneer life. The most of the land upon which Mr. Hoover now resides was cleared by himself, and he feels entitled to the comfort and rest he now enjoys.

Mr. and ]Mrs. Hoover became the happy parents of a fine family of children, all of whom have grown to be esteemed and some of them prominent in educational centers. The names of these children are : Dr. Louis Smith, who is a practicing physician and surgeon at Laura, Miami county, Ohio; George, who settled on the home farm ; Dr. William, a practicing physician of Grove City, Ohio; Catherine, deceased; Laura J., deceased; Eliza E. ; Trevitt, in the grocery business in Columbus ; John, a druggist of Grove City ; Sarah ; Clement L., a prominent teacher of Portland, Oregon; Warren J., deceased; and Adah A., remaining at home. The death of Mrs. Hoover occurred in 1887, leaving a vacancy in this family impossible to fill.

Mr. Hoover commands the respect of the whole community in which he lives and is a remarkably preserved man for his years. An easy explanation may be found for this, as he has ever lived a most temperate life, having no perverted tastes, using no tobacco, and drinking only cold water. He certainly gives a fine example of temperance and is an object lesson to many who do not follow his example and live sickly, unsuccessful lives. Mr. Hoover has been honored often with marks of esteem and confidence from his neighbors, having served three years as justice of the peace, tv^'o terms as township clerk, and for thirty-three years was school director in his district. He is not identified with any religious organization, and since the last administration of Mr. Cleveland has been independent in politics.

Joseph N. Bradford

A representative of the educational interests of Columbus, occupying the position of professor of architecture and drawing in the Ohio State University, Professor Joseph N. Bradford is well known in his adopted state as a man of strong mentality and sterling worth who has attained an enviable position as a representative of the calling which he has made his life work. He was born April 3, i860, near Placerville, then a mining camp of California. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Bradford, now reside in Columbus. They were natives of Lincolnshire, England, and the father came to this country when twenty years of age, landing at New York city, whence he made his way direct to Columbus, arriving in Ohio's capital in 1850. His wife was a maiden of fourteen years when she came with her parents from England, the family locating in Oberlin, Ohio. The family name was Pickworth, and their marriage was celebrated in Columbus in the year 1858. Unto them were born the following children: Joseph N., of this review; Samuel, who was born December 25, 1862, and was married, in October, 1886, to Miss Winnie Nearevamer, of Columbus, where they now reside; Frank, who was born August 12, 1865, and is not married, and resides with his parents in Columbus; Helen, a teacher in the public schools of this city; Ernest, who was born September 7, 1869, and is now occupying a position in the city as an analytical chemist; and Herbert, born August 21, 1872, and married Catherine Mauk. They, too, reside in the capital city.

Professor Bradford, whose name introduces this record, acquired his early education in the public schools of California, and in 1873 accompanied his. parents upon their return to Columbus. Here he entered the public schools and in the year 1877 matriculated in the Ohio State University, and after a six-years course was graduated with the degree of mechanical engineer. His high scholarship and ability are indicated by the fact that he is now occupymg the chair of architecture and drawing in that institution.

On the 30th of December, 1885, was celebrated the marriage of Professor Bradford and Emma Walter, whose parents came to the United States from Paris, France, at an early date. Her father, Frederick Walter, has been dead for twenty-two years, having departed this life in Jersey City,_ New Jersey but her mother, Mrs. Victoria Walter, is still living and is now in the eio-htieth year of her age. She also has. a sister, Mrs. Marie Mocre, who is now a widow. Unto the Professor and his wife have been born two children, ^Grace E. and Florence, - both of whom are in school. They attend Dr. Gladden's church in Columbus, of which Mrs. Bradford is a member, and the Professor is an active member of the Sigma Xi, the American Society for Advancement of Science and American Society for the Promoti(ni of Engineering Education.

It would be almost tautological in this connection to say that Protessor Bradford is a man of broad intelligence and intellectuality, for this has been shadowed forth in the lines of this review. Added to his knowledge acquired in the collegiate course, he is constantly broadening his mind by study, reading and observation, and has more firmly fixed his knowledge by his work in educational circles. The surest way to prove one's understanding of a question is to explain to others, and his labors as an instructor have given him rank among those whose knowledge is sure and dependable. He has many friends in Columbus and among those who have come under his instruction, for his personality is one that makes him popular.

The career of the subject of this sketch is' that of a self-made man, who, beginning in an humble way, has advanced by industry and perseverance to an assured position in his chosen avocation and as a citizen of Columbus, Ohio. His ancestors were of Scotch descent and they located early in V irginia whence those of a later generation removed to Ohio-. His father, John McClure, died at Columbus, about 1852, at the age of thirty-five years, and his mother died in 1890, aged fifty-eight years, at the residence of her son, the subject of this sketch.

John McClure, of Columbus, Ohio, was l3orn at old Frankhnton. near the west side market, Columbus. February 7, 1850, and received his early education in public schools in that neighborhood, where he lived until 1862, when his parents removed to the east side of the city. About his first employment was as a bell-boy in the United States Hotel at Columbus, and as such he wasi on duty there during all the earlier days of the Civil war. July 12, 1864, he went to Cincinnati, Ohio, and enlisted in the United States Navy and was assigned to the Victory, No. 33, commanded by Captain Fred Reecl. The vessel was attached to the Tenth Division of the Mississippi Squadron and was as'signed to patrol duty on the Cumberland and Tennessee rivers. After considerably more than a year's arduous and dangerous experience the youth was honorably discharged from the service November 18, 1865, at Mound City, Illinois, and returned to Columbus, Ohio, in such a condition physically that he was unable to do any active work for several monthsL

January i, 1866, Mr. McClure entered the employ of S. P. Elliott, a baker on High street, Co'lumbus, with whom he remained a year. During the succeeding two years he was employed in stone masonry construction and acquired a very good knowledge of the stone mason's trade. In December, 1869, he became a stwitchman in the Columbus yards of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company, and in the fall of 1871 he was employed as a brakeman on the Indianapolis division of the Pan Handle Railway. After ten months' service in that capacity he was, luly 22, 1872, given a position as fireman on the same road, which he held until August, 1874, when he resigned it voluntarily and for a time was out of the railway service. In February, 1875, he wasi again employed in railroads yards at Columbus and later again accepted a position as fireman on the Pan Handle.

Early in 1876 Mr. McClure was promoted to the position of yard engineer at Cohmibus, and a few months later was promoted to road service, a position which he held until January 27. 1883. From that time until May 21, 1883, l^e was engineer on the Cincinnati Southern Railway, and after that was employed until July 5, 1883, on the Toledo, Cincinnati & St. Louis Narrow Gauge Railway. August 27, 1883, he became an engineer in the service of the Scioto Valley Railroad, now a part of the Norfolk & Western Railway, and has filled that position continuously to this time, having been a passenger engineer since September 25, 1887. He became a member of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers in 1880 and has been an active and helpful member of the order since, being chief engineer of Division No. 72, one term.

Mr. McClure was married December 10. 1868, to ]\Iissi Elizabeth Nowell, who died March 28, 1881, after having borne him three children as follows: Charles R. was born October 27, 1869, and is in the employ of the Pennsylvania Railway Company, and is not married. John F., born August 5, 1871, is married and is also in the Pennsylvania Railway service. Sadie G. married Thomas Heilman and lives in Pennsylvania. Air. j\IcClure's second wife, whom he married June 21, 1884. was Miss Hannah Blankinship, of fronton, Lawrence county, Ohio, whose Welsh ancestors early emigrated to Virginia. She was born at Coalgrove, Lawrence county, Ohio. Her father died there December 2, 1865. Her father was a member of the One Hundred aiid liighty-ninth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, in the last year of the Civil war, and after serving five months received a sunstroke, while on an arduous march, from the effects of which he died. He had three brothers, Fusion Blankinship, now deceased; John, deceased; and Hiram Blankinship, of Portland, Oregon. Mrs. McChire's mother was born in Scott county, Virginia, and is living in Kimball county, Nebraska. Josephine Blankinship, Mrs. McClure's eldest sister, married Joseph Hoke, of Silver Lake, Indiana, and they have three children, named Bertha, Charles and John. Her sister Maud married John Klei, and is living at Portsmouth. Ohio. Blanche, her youngest sister, married James H. Lindsay, of New Cumberland, West Virginia, and has a son named Edwin-. Mrs. McClure's brother, Chades Perry Blankinship, is living in California, is married and has three children: Charles, Josephine and Rowland.

Mr. McClure has advanced to his present good position as a railroad man and his creditable standing as a citizen by his own unaided efforts. Though not a practical politician he has decided views on public questions and is not without influe'-'-.e in his party.

Lafayette Woodruff

A prominent phvsician of Columbus, Ohio, is the subject of the present sketch. Lafayette Woodruff was born December 27, 1830, in Warren county, Ohio, a son of Israel and Sarah (McNabb) Woodruff, and a grandson of Jesse Woodnrff, well known in early days in the state. Having obtained a preparatory education in the academy at Lebanon, Ohio, he read medicine under Dr. F. A. Williamson, at Harvey sburg. Ohio, beginning in 1848, later attending lectures at the Ohio Medical College, in Cincinnati, and Starling Miedical College, at Columbus, taking his degree in the latter in 1852. He located in Alton, Ohio, and continued there in practice until March 19, 1900, when he removed to his present location.

Dr. Woodruff served as an assistant surgeon in the Civil war in 186 1-2, in the Fifty-seventh Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Fie is a prominent member of many medical associations, belonging to the Ohio State Medical Society; the American Medical Association; the Central Ohio IMedical Society, of whi'ch he was president in 1883; the Madison County Medical Association, of wdiich he was president in 1875; of the Alumni Association of Starling Medical College, and a member of the board of censors of that college; and socially is also connected with the Masonic fraternity; the Grand Army of the Republic; and in addition is medical examiner for several life insurance companies. He is at present the president of the board of pension examining surgeons for Franklin countv and belongs to the military order of the Loyal Legion. Dr. W^oodruff is widelv known among the members of his profession and the state at large, bv his literarv productions, including an address before the alumni of Starling Medical College, in 1884. published by the association in the Columbus Medical Journal ; Amounting, its importance as a symptom, published in July, 1894: Polypharmacy, published in December,

Dr. Woodruff wasi married, November 25, 1856, to Mrs. Maria L. Golliday, who died January 10, 1872. His second marriage occurred March 4, 1874, to Miss Mary L. Miller, a daughter of Rev. John Miller, of Wauseon, Ohio, who died July 26, 1898. He married his present wife, who was Miss Catherine E. Williams, of Columbus, Ohio, March 15, 1900. Since the spring of 1900 our subject and his excellent wife have been residents of the city of Columbus, where he commands a lucrative practice. His residence on West street is situated in one of the finest localities in this beautiful city.

Among the farmers of Jackson township who have grown up with the country and not only have seen the improvements in the section but have materially assisted in the same, is Milton Near, a resident of Stringtown Pike. He was born in Ross county, Ohio, April 30, 1856, a son of Philip and Sarah J. (Duff) Near, the form'cr a native of Ross county, the latter of Jackson township, Franklin county. The grandfather of. Mr. Near on the paternal side was one of the old settlers of Ross county, having emigrated from Pennsylvania at an early day. Philip Near was a farmer by occupation, but was the victim of a cyclone when only thirty years of age, dying before he had been able to provide for his family of three small sons. . The mother of the subject of this review, although born and reared in Jackson township, in Ross county after her marriage to Mr. Near. Later she married Solomon Swagler and is now a widow, living in Jackson township. Her father was one of the old settlers of Jackson township.

The family of the parents of our subject consisted of three sons : Marion, who is a resident of Jackson township; William, who died at the age of eight years; and our subject, who was left fatherless at the tender age of two years. By her second marriage his mother became the parent of three daughters : Emma, now the wife of R. E. Shover, and now resides in Jackson township upon the farm that her grandfather, William Duff', cleared and improved; Jennie, the wife of L. J. Kolter, resides in Wapakoneta, Ohio; Viola, the wife of Otis Borror, lives upon the farm where Mr. Milton Near resided for eleven years in Jackson township.

When Mr. Near was' brought to Jackson township he was about three years of age, and here he grew to manhood, working on his stepfather's farm and attending the district school until the date of his marriage. This occurred November 7, 1878, to Clara E. Preston, who was born in Pickaway county, Ohio, May 2, 1856. She was a daughter of Solomon Preston, a farmer by occupation who had emigrated to Ohio at the age of sixteen and had settled in Muskingum county, afterward removing from there to Franklin county and locating in Jackson township. His first marriage had occurred in Franklin county, but his second wife was a resident of Madison township, Frank- lin county, by the name of Rachel Kramer, and after this marriage Mv. Preston, senior, removed to Pickaway county, where he engaged in farming. The last years of his life were spent in Columbus, Ohio.

Mrs. Near, the fifth child in a family of eight children, was reared in her native county, enjoying some superior educational advantages, having had a course of three years at Winchester.

Milton Near, after marriage, located near Borror Corners, Jackson township, where he rented his stepfather's farm and remained upon it for eleven years, leaving it to remove to his present farm which he had bought. Since that time he has successfully pursued agricultural pursuits, improving his land, which comprises sixty acres and has responded so generously that he also engages in marketing. Mr. Near's family numbered seven children: The oldest died in infancy, and the next one lived only to be three years old; and the others - Otto S., Guy C, Sheldon, Myrll and Ethel J. - are still at home with their parents.

Mr. and Mrs. Near are members of the Methodist Episcopal church, where they are highly esteemed. He is a Republican in politics and is considered one of the representative men of Jackson township.

Edward J. Miller

The scriptural declaration that he who is "faithful in few things" shall be made ''master over many," is exemplified in the advancement of every competent, honorable and deserving man who has a responsible position in a permanent business managed by appreciative and far-seeing employers. The name of Edward J. Miller, foreman of the mechanical department of the Panhandle machine shops at Columbus. Ohio, is presented as that of one who in his career has exemplified the truth of the declaration referred to above.

Mr. Miller was born at Zanesville, Muskingum county, Ohio, in 1863, a son of Nicholas J. and Catherine (Gabel) Miller. His father, a native of Germany, came to the United States in 1858. A carpenter by trade, he for a time found employment at hisi trade in Zanesville, but eventually retired from active business. He had nine sons and daughters, of whom Edward J. IMiller was the second born. The boy was educated in the Zanesville high school and at the Zanesville Business College. In 1879 he apprenticed himself to the H. & F. Blandy Machine Company, of Zanesville, builders of portable and stationary engines, by which he was employed four years. After that he went to Newark, Ohio, and was for several months employed by the Newark Machine Company. We next find him in the emplov of the Baltimore & Ohio Railway Company, in its machine shop at Garrett, Indiana. He afterward worked at Chicago, Illinois, and at Kansas City, Missouri. Later he returned to Ohio and entered the service of the Morgan Engineering Company, at Alliance. From there he came to Columbus and began work in the old Piqua shops west of High street as a machinist. In 1886 the shops were moved on the hill, and he was also transferred. In

1887 the value of liis services was recognized l>y his appointment as acting foreman of the machine department of the Panhandle machine shops at Columbus, and he was soon afterward made foreman and given control of the shops and a large number of employes'. Being a skilled mechanic, thoroughly acquainted with the construction and operation of machinery in all its parts, he is able to direct and assist officially in every department of the shops and virtually has oversight of thirteen hundred men. In 1889 Mr. Miller associated himself in business with P. C. Krouse, the firm being known as P. C. Krouse & Company, jewelers, at 232 North High street, which has grown from a small plant to its present magnitude.

In 1897 Mr. Miller married Miss Anna Abrams, a daughter of Thomas Abrams, of ColumbuS'. Politically he is a strong Republican and takes a deep interest in all matters of public importance calculated to affect the interests of the people of his city, county or country. He is a Knight of Pythias and a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. He is a popular Mason, who, after having been made a Master Mason, was exalted to the august degree of a Royal Arch Mason and constituted, created and dubbed a Knight Templar.

William A. Hardesty

Honored and respected by all, there is no man in Columbus who occupies a more enviable position than William A. Hardesty in industrial and financial circles, not alone on account of the brilliant success he has achieved, but also on account of the honorable, straightforward business policy he has ever followed. He possesses untiring energy, is quick of perception, forms his plans readily and is determined in their execution ; and his close application to business and his excellent management have brought to him the high degree of prosperity which is to-day his ; and he has demonstrated the truth of the saying that success is not the result of genius, but the outcome of a clear judgment and experience. He is now president of the State Savings Bank and Trust Company, president of the Columbus Varnish Company and owner of the Capital City Mills, at Columbus.

Mr. Hardesty was born at Malvern, Carroll county. Ohio, February 14, 1848, and is a son of Thomas and Mary J. (Collins) Hardesty. Hisi grandfather was William Hardesty. The father was a native of Ohio and was a merchant and miller, continuing in those various lines of businessi until within a short time of his death, which occurred in 1870. His wife was a native of Virginia.

The subject of this review spent his boyhood daysi in Malvern, Ohio, and attended the public schools there, acquiring his preliminary education, M'hich was supplemented by a business course in P. DufT's Business College, in Pittsburg. On leaving that institution he entered upon his business career in his nineteenth year, l3ecoming connected with the milling interests at Canal Dover. He operated his mills at that point successfully until 1872, when he purchased an interest in another mill at the same place, continuing its conduct until 1880, when he came to Columbus and built the Capital City Mills, which are supplied vnth all the latest and best improved machinery, including a complete roller system as well as the best separators. The mill is operated by steam power and the capacity is five hundred barrels in twentyfour hours;. Mr. Hardesty has a large local trade, and the surplus, which is also quite extensive, is shipped to different cities throughout the United Kingdom. It is not difficult to find a market for their product, for it is of superior grade and quality and is thus easily sold. Mr. Hardesty is a practical miller, his connection with the business dating from his early manhood, so that he is well versed in the mechanical operation, at the same time being fully competent to control its financial and trade interests. A man of resourcefurability, his efforts have not been confined to this one line, for he has extended the field of his labors and his) counsel has proven an important factor in the successful management of other enterprises. He assisted in the organization of the Columbus Varnish Company, of which he is the president and one of the principal stockholders, and he is vice-president of the Hanna Paint Manufacturing Company, of Columbus, also a director in the Columbus Machine Company. In 1892 he joined with other promment and reliable citizens in the organization of the State Savings Bank & Trust_ Company, and was thereupon elected its president, in which capacity^ he is still serving. A general banking business is carried on, and the institution has become one of the solid financial concerns of the county and its business returns a good dividend to the stockholders.

In 1870 Mr. Hardesty was united in marriage to Miss Delia F. _AIoore, of New Philadelphia, Ohio, a daughter of Thomas and Nancy (Dickson) Moore. They now have three children, - Florence M., Thomas M. and Helen Josephine. Their home is a neat and substantial residence at No. 91 Hamilton avenue. His career has ever been such as to warrant the trust and confidence of the business world, for he has ever conducted all transactions with the strictest business principles of honor and integrity.

So comparativelv few are the accidents which occur in railroad service that the public little 'realize how greatly indebted it is to the employes who have charge of the trains that daily carry their human freight from point to point The great corporations which control the railroad lines of the country demand of their representatives the most painstaking care and thus in safety the travel of the country continues day by day. Mr. McDermott is among the well known representatives of the Pennsylvania line, occupying the position of conductor. His home is located at No. 750 St. Clair avenue, in Columbus, and in the city, as well as among the patrons of the road, he has many warm friends. . . , . . , ., roading, accepting a position as section workman on the Pennsylvania road May 14, 1881. in the summer of the same year he secured a position as brakeman and on the ist of October, 1883, he was promoted to that of a conductor, in which capacity he has since faithfully performed his important duties, his run being on the Pittsburg division between Columbus and Dennision, Ohio. He has always been at the post of duty and has never sustained any personal injuries during his long connection with railroad service. He is now recognized as one of the most popular and efficient conductors on his line, his obliging manner, genial disposition and unfailing courtesy winning hmi the esteem and good will of all with whom he comes in contact.

On the 15th of October, 1889, was celebrated the marriage of Mr. McDermott and Miss Olive Moody, of Dennison, Ohio, and unto them have been born four children: Helen, born September 12, 1890; Hazel, born August 3, 1892; Catherine, born August 2, 1897; and Hugh, born August 15, 1900. In 1885 Mr. McDermott became a member of Division No. 100, of the Order of Railway Conductors, at Columbus, and in 1895 he was transferred to Division No. 278, at Dennison, Ohio. He is a prominent member of the Orders of Foresters and Hibernians. He and his family are communicants of St. Peter's Catholic church in the capital city. He has resided in Columbus since 1889 and 'has here a wide acquaintance among men whose respect he commands by reason of his sterling worth.

In the sphere of his special vocation, one of the most eminent of the citizens of Columbus is Frederick William Stellhorn, D. D., who has been connected with the Capital University as a professor of theology since 1881. His duty and his choice have limited his work and influence mainly to the church and theological learning, so that he is not so well known to the general public even in his own city ; but his ability is recognized in the Lutheran church throughout our land and other lands, and his labors have contributed much toward shaping the course of events in the congregations and synods of our country. His extensive learning, his profound thinking and his lucid speech have given him eminence which those who appreciate his sincere devotion and persistent work could not fail to accord.

Frederick William Stellhorn was born in a little village of Hanover, Germany, on the 2d of October, 1841. His parents were poor and could do but little to give him an eminent position in the world, if they ever had any such thought : it is likely that they never had. They were devoted and therefore humble members of the Evangelical Lutheran church and were instructed in the ways of righteousness through faith in the Saviour of the world, in this faith they trained their boy. Having been baptized into Christ in infancy, he was sent to the village parochial school, where he learned besides reading, writing and arithmetic, the gospel truth unto salvation set forth in the Lutheran catechism, the^ Bible history and the beautiful hymns

Frederick W. Stellhorn

When he was not quite thirteen years old his parents in 1854 emigrated to this country with their family and located in Fort Wayne, Indiana. There his father died, of cholera, but a week after their arrival. The bereavement was great, but an older brother was enabled to supply the wants of the family, so that the orphaned boy could still have the advantages of a good education. He entered the parochial school connected with the Lutheran congregation then in charge of Dr. Sihler, and in the following spring, having attended a course of instruction by the pastor, was received as a communicant member by the rite of confirmation in the fifteenth year of his age. Notwithstanding the limited circumstances of the family, it was desired that he should have further educational advantages, and means were found to realize the desire. The practical seminary of the Evangelical Lutheran Missouri: Synod for the Education of Ministers was then located at Fort Wayne, and he entered that institution as a student in the autumn of 1857. Two yearsafterward he was sent to the Concordia College at St. Louis, where he graduated in 1862. He then entered the theological seminary of the same synod. in the same city and completed the prescribed course of three years and was graduated as a candidate for the Lutheran ministry in 1865.