Columbus City (part 21 of 57)

After his marriage Mr. Davis took up his abode on the farm just east of Galloway, known as the Isaac Neff property. On the 15th of August, 1862, he responded to the country's call for aid, enlisting as a member of Company H, Nmety-fifth Ohio Infantry, under Captain Wiley and Colonel McMillan. He served for five months and was then discharged at Camp Chase, February lo, 1863, on account of disability. After joining the army he went to Covington, Kentucky, and thence to Richmond, participating in the battle at that place. There nearly all of the members of the regiment were captured by the forces of General Kirby Smith, but soon afterward Mr. Davis was paroled, together with many of his regiment. They then returned on foot to Covington, Kentucky, and to Cincinnati, finding the latter city in charge of the "Squirrel Hunters." From Cincinnati Mr. Davis made his way home by train, and at Camp Chase received an honorable discharge. He then resumed agricultural pursuits, operating on shares the farm owned by F. A. McCormick. In the following autumn he removed to the Chrisman farm in Pleasant township, where he resided for two years and then went to Vermilion county, Illinois, spending the winter in Danville. In the spring he located on Eight Mile Prairie, fourteen miles from Danville, where he purchased one hundred and twenty acres of land, continuing its cultivation until the winter of 1872, when he rented his farm and returned to Franklin county, locating en the old homestead. He afterward sold his Illinois property. For three years he remained on the old home place and then purchased his present home, moving into a hewed-log cabin, which had a frame addition. This building was burned December 6, 1879, and two years afterward he erected his present beautiful brick residence, one of the most tasteful homes in his section of the county. He has one hundred and sixty-two acres of line farming land, all under a high state of cultivation.

Unto Mr. and Mrs. Davis were born six children : Amelia, wdio died in infancy; William E., of Madera, California; George C, who died at the age of eight years; Leander, who died in childhood; Alletta, the wife of Charles Ruppel, of Indiana ; and Scott, who is living in Terre Haute, Indiana. After the death of his first wife Mr. Davis was again married, on the 22d of June, 1875, his second union being with Miss Malissa Gardner, who was born in Pleasant township, November 5, 1857, and is a daughter of James and Mary (Norris) Gardner. Her father is now deceased, but her mother is still living. The children of the second marriage are: Arthur, who died in 1896; Nellie E. ; Rosalie; Oliver; Theodore, who is a student in Westerville; Laura Ann; Emma May; Ada Florence; Theressa Mary; and Grover Cleveland.

Mr. Davis is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of Galloway. He was a Republican during the Civil war and supported that party until President Grant's second term, when he joined the Democracy, with which he has since voted. He served as school director for eleven years and has taken an active interest in educational affairs. He served as a delegate to the state conventions of 1896 and 1900. and on the 12th of February, 1 90 1, in connection with W. J. Bryan, Charles A. Towne, D. E. Armand and many other distinguished men, he became a member of the Jefferson, Jackson and Lincoln League.

The field of business offers limitless opportunities to men of energy, determination and ambition. To a student of biography there is nothing more interesting than to examine the life history of self-made men and to detect the elements of character which have enabled him to pass on the highway of life many of the companions of his youth who at the outset of their careers were more advantageously equipped or endowed. The subject of this review has, through his own exertions, attained an honored position and marked prestige among the representative men of the west, and with signal consistency it may be said that he is the architect of his own fortunes, and one whose success amply, justifies the application of the somewhat hackneyed but most expressive title, "a self-made man." He was a native O'f New York, born on the 15th of September, 1854. His father, Patrick McGrath, is a native of Ireland, and in early manhood he married Miss Mary Magher, who was also born on the green isle of Erin. On crossing the Atlantic to the new world they located first in Genesee county. New York, and from^ Lewiston, that state, they emigrated to Ohio about 1856, taking up their abode in Madison county, upon a farm. At the present time they are residents of Columbus, and are communicants of the Sacred Heart church.

Having completed his educational course, Daniel W. McGrath began learning the mason's trade, and after mastering tjiat business worked as a journeyman for a time. In 1874 he came from Madison county to Columbus, where he was employed at his trade until 1884, when he began contracting and building on his own account. He has since carried on an independent business career and has won prominence in his chosen calling. A great many of the school buildings erected in Columbus during the past sixteen years stand as monuments to his thrift and enterprise. He also erected the jail in Madison county, and he now has under contract the fire-proofing and mason work on the new addition to the Ohio state house, He built the only four "sky-scrapers" of the city, these being the Wyandotte, the Spah, the Schultz and the Olentangy, all fine office buildings. He is to-day regarded as one of the most prominent builders in this portion of the state, owing to his thorough understanding of the practical work, to his close application to business, to his fidelity to the terms of a contract and to his honorable effort. He did all the mason work on the National Steel Plant, also on the Martin Furnace Works, and secured and executed the entire contract for the Glass Works. He is now duplicating the same plant.

In 1883 Mr. McGrath was united in marriage with Miss Mary Jane Hunter, of Sidney, Ohio, a daughter of William and Mary (Gallagher) Plunter. Mr. Hunter was a prominent farmer of Shelby county, Ohio, and died in 1878. at the age of seventy-five years. Unto Mr. and Mrs. McGrath have been born six children, three sons and three daughters: Edward, Frank.

John, Marie, Lillian and Annie. They are now attending private schools, some of the family being students in the Sacred Heart parish school.

In his political affiliations Mr. McGrath is independent, and sociahy he is a member of the Elks and Knights of Columbus. His time and attention, however, are practically given to his business affairs, in which he has met with signal success. Regarded as a citizen he belongs to the public-spirited^ useful and helpful kind of men whose ambitions and desires are centered and directed in those channels through which flow the greatest and most permanent good to the greatest number, and it is therefore consistent yvith the purpose and plan of his work that his record be given among those of the representative men of the capital city.

Adam Trish

A well known and highly respected farmer of Norwich township, Franklin county, Ohio, is Adam Trish, the subject of this sketch. He was born in. Truro township. May 4, 1852, and was the son of one of the most highly esteemed citizens of that section. His father, also Adam Trish, was a nativeof Germany, born there in 1823, who was sent to school until he was fourteen years old, at which time his uncle came to America, bringing the lad with him. He remained at Tiffin, Ohio, engaged in farming, but when a boy he had. learned the trade of weaving. In that place he met the mother of our subject, Elizabeth Shafer, a daughter of John Shafer, of Tiffin, and after marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Trish moved to Truro township where he engaged in work as. a day laborer.

In 1858 Adami Trish, the elder, bought a tract of land containing one hundred acres, upon which wasi built a log cabin of two rooms. By industryhe managed to get this land cleared and in 1876 built upon it the substantial residence now occupied by our subject. He was a man who took an intelligent interest in politics, but never wished office, consenting to serve only on the school board. Other members of hi& family probably came to the United States, but separation had caused him to lose knowledge of their movements- Both Mr. and Mrs. Trish were members of the religious sect known as the River Brethren. His death occurred in July, 1885, and that of Mrs. Trish, August 7, 1888, the children born to them being Emmeline, Mrs._ Joshua Armstrong, of Mercer county, Indiana ; John, of Licking county, Ohio ; Barbara, Mrs. Christian Myer. of Licking county, Ohio; our subject; Margaret, Mrs. George Somers, of Franklin township, Franklin county, Ohio ; Josephine, Mrs. William Somers, Of Newark, Ohio ; and Marie, MrS'. John Hummel, of Columbus.

Our subject was about five vears old when his father located .ipon his present farm. His parents were anxious to have him take advantage of all school privileges that were provided, and he recallsi his first experience at the old Brumley school and the name of his first teacher, Joseph Godo^wn. As soon as he became large enough he v:as obliged to take part in the work of the farm and his school opportunities were Hmited to three months in the winter. Until his marriage, Mr. Trish continued to work for his father, but after that event he rented the farm from him and also rented other land, buying the home farm in 1893. He has been very successful in his efforts, and much credit must be given him, for he began without a dollar of his own. A great amount of pluck, energy and honest labor is required to obtain the comforts of life which are now enjoyed by Mr. Trish.

The marriage of our subject took place January 17, 1877, to Miss Louisa Carl, daughter of Christian and Mary (Selbert) Carl, wdio was born in Prairie township,' March 10, 1854. Mr. Carl came from Germany with his parents, when he was eighteen years old, they being Louis and Elizabeth (Koerchner) Carl, who died in Prairie township, this county. The family of our subject and his esteemed wife are: Elizabeth M., born August 28, 1877; Marie A., born September 14, 1S79; Emmerson R., born December 11, 1882; Nettie Forest, born March 12, 1886; Maggie F., born February 22, 1889; and Adam Carl, born February 25, 1893.

Mr. Trish is a stanch Democrat in his political convictions, and has always been ready to assist in the councils' of his party. He has served on the school board several terms, and in 1898 was elected township trustee. Mrs. Trish is a most estimable lady, a valued member of the Methodist church and a kind neighbor and friend.

Edward E. Miller

The history of an industrious, honorable and useful life is always valuable reading, inculcating lessons which must be beneficial to young men wase enough to learn from the experience of others and conscientious enough to desire to emulate the good example of others. Such a well spent life as is here suggested is that of Edward E. Miller, of Jackson township, Franklin county, Ohio;

Mr. Miller was born in Jackson township, Franklin county, Ohio, May 2, 1836, a son of Isaac and Fannie (Holloway) Miller. His father, who was a native of Virginia, came with his parents to Clark county, Ohio, when he was seven years old, and he was there educated in the common schools i.nd reared as a farmer boy of all w^ork. After his marriage, in 1834, he came to Jackson township, Franklin county, and locating in the w^oods he lived for some time in a little log house wdiich he built there, then sold the place and bought another which he cleared and improved, and on which he lived until his death, at the age of seventy-one years. He was successful in a W'Orldly way, and as a citizen was popular and influential. He was a Whig until the Whig party was merged into the Republican party, and after that he voted the Republican ticket and worked for Republican principles until the end of his life. For many years he ably filled the office of justice of the peace. In religious affiliation he w^as a Methodist, active in the work of his church and generous and helpful in the support of all its interests. He was a class-leader, a steward, a Sunday-school superintendent, and in one capacity or another was always laboring for the advancement of the cause of Christ in his denomination. He not only donated the land on which Concord church stands, but was a liberal contributor toward the maintenance of worship there until the end of his days, and he was largely instrumental in replacing with a modern frame structure the small primitive church originally erected of logs cut on his land. Abraham Miller, his father, was born in Virginia, of German ancestors, and spoke the German language. Mr Miller regrets that he knows little about the family history of his mother, Fannie (Holloway), who died in the sixty-second year of her age, after having brought into the world six sons and six daughters, all of whom married and reared families, and four sons and three daughters of whom are now living.

The subject of this sketch was the third 'fon and fifth child of his parents in order of birth, and was reared to farm work in Jackson township and was there educated in public and subscription schools, and has a vivid recollection of the early log schoolhouses, which had greased-paper windows which admitted some light but would not permit the children to look out, seats were of split logs, the rude slab desks were supported ion pins driven in the walls, there were big fireplaces' and stick-and-mud chimneys, and other crude and unattractive furnishings. Notwithstanding the fact that the teaching in those days was as primitive as the schoolhouses, the boy acquired a fair education, and at the age of twenty lie hired a man to work in his place for his father until he should be twentyone and began life for himself as a teacher. He taught five years continuously, and some years later, after his marriage, he taught two winter terms. Ehza A. Demorest, who became his wife October 2, 1866, was a native of Piatt county, Illinois, and was born at Whiteheath, April 4, 1839. Her father, Isaac Demorest, was born in Ohio, of French ancestry, and was twice married, first to Margaret Alkire, who bore him a son named \\'illiam, who died at the age of twenty-one years, and after her death, to Clarissa Kerr, a native of Franklin county, Ohio. Miss Kerr, who was born and reared at Harrisburg, descended from Irish ancestors. On the paternal side his mother was Leah Goetchius, a native of the state of New York, and of German ancestry. Isaac and Clarissa (Kerr) Demorest had four daughters and one son. A biographical sketch of their son, Russell B., appears elsewhere in this work. The daughters were named Margaret, Emeline. Eliza A. and Jennie. 'Mrs. IMiiler was the third daughter and fourth child of her parents in order of nativity, and was four years old when they came to Franklin county. She received a collegiate education at Delaware, Ohio, and after her graduation taught school one year.

After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. IMiller located on the farm upon which they now live and began housekeeping in a weatherboarded log house -of four rooms, which in 1874 was replaced by their present more modern and much more commodious residence. His original farm consisted of one hundred and thirty-four acres. By purchase of the old family homestead he increased his holdings to almost three hundred acres, which is devoted largely to general farming. Besides being a successful farmer, Mr. Miller has achieved considerable reputation as a stockman, and he had on his place an establishment for the manufacture of drain tile, of which he sold considerable quantities to neighboring farmers and some of which he utilized for the improvement of his own farm. Politically Mr. Miller allied ^limself with the Prohibition party more than a quarter of a century ago, and since then he has worked consistently for the advancement of the interests of that organization. In 1874 he was the candidate of his party for the office of county treasurer. He is an active member of Concord Methodist Episcopal church, and was its recording secretary for twenty years, and has filled every other office in the chi^rch except that of pastor, and has been superintendent of its Sunday-school since 1867. He is a prominent member of the local post of the Grand Army of the Republic, and has a good record as a soldier in the Civil war. He enlisted in 1862 as a private in Company B, Ninetyfifth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was promoted to the office of corporal. At the battle of Richmond, Kentucky, he was shot through the foot, and in January, 1863, he was honorably discharged from the service on account of disability, and for two years afterward conducted a photograph gallery at Camp Chase, and for a short time after that was in the same business in Coilumbus. He is a man of much public spirit, whO' takes a real interest in his township and county, and works conscientiously for their moral, educational and political advancement and prosperity. Mr. and Mrs, Miller have three children, named Marcus R., Merritt F. and Clara Ethel. Two others died in infancy.

One of the prominent and representative members of the medical profession of Columbus, Ohio, is Francis Wharton Blake, the subject of this sketch. He was born in Gambier, Knox county, Ohio, in 1858. His father, the Rev. Alfred Blake, D. D., was a native of New Hampshire, born in 1809, and his later years were devoted to the ministry of the Episcopal church. For a number of years he was the proprietor and principal of a boys' school in Gambier, where he is still gratefully remembered.

He moved to Ohio in 1827, entering the junior class of Kenyon College. His grandfather was a native of New Hampshire, and died in 1827, after a life of agricultural pursuits. His wife was a member of the Jilson family. The mother of onr subject was Anne J. (Leonard) Blake, a daughter of Joseph Leonard, who for many years was agent for the Lloyds at Amsterdam. Her mother was Ann (Peake) Leonard. Mrs. Blake was born in Llolland, and came to America in childhood. She still resides in Gambier, although her early home in Ohio was at Circleville.

in the schools of Gambier, later entering Kenyon College, from which he was graduated in 1880. Choosing medicine as his life profession, Dr. Blake began its serious study with Dr. j. \\\ Hamilton, of Columbus, and graduated at the Columbus Medical College in 1883. Following this successful termination of his college course, our subject then went to New York city, where he became associated with the New York Hospital for Ruptured and Crippled, remaining two years and gaining invaluable knowledge and experience. Still pursuing his profession in other lines, he became an assistant in the New York Ophthalmic and Aural Institute, and also in the New York Polyclinic. He returned to Columbus in 1886, thoroughly prepared to practice his profession. Since that time Dr. Blake has earned most gratifying success and the esteem of the community.

Dr. Blake is connected with the Columbus Academy of Medicine, the Ohio State Medical Association, the American ^^ledical Association and the American Academy of Medicine.

Lewis Morehead

There is something in the way of example in the life of every man who triumphs over obstacles and gains an enviable place among his. fellow citizens that should not be withheld from others who are struggling for success, for there is much of encouragement in the trite declaration, "\Miat man has done man may do again," and many a man who has succeeded in life acknowledges indebtedness to it. The career of Lewis Morehead, ex-county commissioner of Franklin county, Ohio, is that of a worthy self-made man, and as such deserves a place in a work of the character and scope of this.

Lewis Morehead was born in Hamilton township, Franklin county, Ohio, November 26, 1843, ^ son of Lewis and Charlotte (Wright) jMorehead. Lewis Morehead, Sr., was born in the same house in which his son was born and was reared in Hamilton township and educated in its public schools, and he wasi there married and passed his days as a general farmer and a leading citizen and died in 1844. aged about thirty-eight years. Ferguson Morehead, his father, was a native of Kentucky and one of the early pioneers in Hamilton township. Charlotte ^^'right, who married Lewis Morehead, Sr., and is the mother of Lewis Morehead. was born in Pennsylvania, the daughter of Thomas' and Elizabeth (Watt) \\Tight, and was of mixed English and Scotch blood. At the age of nine years; she was brought to Franklin county by her parents, who were among the early settlers there. She is still living.

Lewis Morehead was the only child of his parents and was reared and educated in his native township and brought up to the laborious and honorable life of a farmer. He was' married, January 14, 1869, to Elizabeth Williams, a native of Hamilton township, Franklin county, and a daughter of Benjamin and Catharine (Weight) Williams, who were among the earlv settlers in the county. Unto Mr. and Mrs. ]\Iorehead were born three children, but Carrie

After his marriage Mr. Morehead settled on the Williams homestead' and farmed there successfully until 1898, when he located at Shadeville. In 1880 he went on the road for the Aultman concern, selling agricultural implements, and was thus employed in connection wdth farming until 1886, when he was elected county commissioner of Franklin county. His performance of the duties of that important office was characterized by so much honesty and efificiency that his re-election was demanded by the people and he was elected again in 1889. He has also held the office of township trustee and in that capacity he showed the same devotion to the public interests that marked his administration of the office of county commissioner. In his political views he is a Democrat, and he is fully in accord with the best principles of his party, past and present.

Mr. Morehead owns five hundred and twenty-six acres of land, all under a good state of improvement, and ranks with the well-to-do farmers of his part of the county and is honored as a citizen of integrity and influence and as an ex-soldier of the Civil war, for he enlisted May 2, 1864, in Company K, One Hundred and Thirty-third Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, for one hundred days^, and served the term of his enlistment, and re-enlisted for one year or during the war and attended faithfully to his soldierly duties until discharged from the service on accoimt of ill health contracted in the army. Since he has retired from active life it is fitting that proper reference to his achievements in his official capacity should be made in this connection. During his service as county commissioner the county courthouse was finished, the new county jail was built, more needed bridges were constructed than in any like period' of the history of the county, the soldiers' monument was erected, noteworthy provision was made for the county's unfortunate and deserving poor and numerous other reforms, and improvements were instituted. In all the good public w^ork indicated ]\Ir. Morehead took a prcminent part, which will not soon be forgotten.

Mr. Morehead is a thirty-second-degree ]\Iason, and his son, Lewis W. Morehead, who manages his father's farming interests since the latter's retirement, took all the degrees wdth him. They are well informed and enthusiastic Masons who exert themselves in every way for the benefit of their beneficent order, and, through it, for the good of their fellow men, and are well and widely known in the fraternity and are popular not only in Masonic circles but in all circles in which they move.

After the death of Lewis Morehead, her first husband, Mrs. Morehead married Lockhard Ramsey and bore him two children, one of whom is living - Lockhard Ramsey, Jr., a w^ell known farmer of Hamilton township. Lockhard Ramsey, Sr.. died in 1852, and for twenty-one years Mrs. Ramsey has been a member of the household of her son Lewis IMorehead and is accorded the honors due to one of the early born women of the township, a living link between the old order of things and the new.

A native of Ohio, Dr. Turner was born in Zanesville, on the 19th of April, 1874. But Httle is known concerning the ancestral history of the family save that the first of the name in America came from England. John L. Turner, the father of our subject, was born in Baltimore, Maryland, and in early manhood engaged in the manufacture of woolen goods in his native state. He afterward retnoved to Zanesville, Ohio, where he is still living. The mother of our subject bore the maiden name of Elizabeth A. Mile and w^as born in Ellicott City, Maryland.

Dr. Turner spent the days of his youth in his parents' home in Zanesville and attended the common schools. He was graduated in the high school of that city and then, preparing for professional life, became' a student in the office of Dr. J. M. Easing, of Zanesville, who directed his preliminary reading until he was enrolled among the students of Starling Medical College, being graduated there in 1896. Later he went to New York city, where \\t took a post-graduate course in the Post-Graduate College, completing the same in September of that year. Returning to his home in Zanesville, he made arrangements to remove to Columbus, and through the past five years has conducted a general practice here with good success.

On the 1st of June, 1898, Dr. Turner was united in marriage to Miss Wilhelmina von der Auf, of Columbus, a daughter of John von der Auf. Their pleasant home is a hospitable one and their friends are numerous. The Doctor be'longsi to Mentor Lodge, No. 642, K. P., and in the line of his profession holds membership in the Columbus Academy of Medicine and the Ohio State Medical Society. He entered upon his professional career well prepared for its arduous and responsible duties. He is most faithful to the trusts reposed in him, and his persistent efforts have led to his continued advancement.

Robert D. Grant

This, well-known general merchant of Grove City and one of the leading business men of that place has shown in his successful career that he has the ability to plan wisely and execute with energy, a combination which, when possessed bv men in any walk of life, never fails to effect notable results. He is a native 'of Franklin county, born in Jackson township August 28, 1847. and is the eighth child and second son in the family ot Hugh and Leah (Deamer) Grant, more extended mention of whom is made in the sketch of A. G. Grant on another page of this volume. .

Our subject was. reared in his native township, and obtained his education in its district schools. On the seventeenth anniversary of his birth he joined the boys in blue of the Civil war, enlisting in 1864 as a private of Company E One Hundred and Eightv-second Ohio Volunteer Lifantry. with which he served until the close of the war, taking part in the battle of Nash-

Mr. Grant then learned the plasterer's trade in Grove City, but after completing his apprenticeship plastered one house and then retired from the business. For about five years he was engaged in mercantile business with hisi brother, A. G. Grant, and then formed a partnership with him, which lasted about the same length of time. He then sold his interest in the business to his brother, A. G. Grant, but a month later purchased the establi-hme'nt, and has since engaged in business alone; being the oldest merchant in Grove City. He Carrie's a large and well-selected stock of groceries and dry goods, and enjoys an excellent trade. For about ^ix years he was also interested in the manufacture of brick at Mt. Sterling and Grove City, and was engaged in the grain and coal business three years.

Mr. Grant has been twice married. In 1871, he wedded Miss Isabel Stranahan, by wdiom he had four children, but Adelbert arid Lillie May are both deceased. Those living are Nellie, wife of Dr. F. C. Wright, a practicing physician of Grove City; and Elizabeth at home. In 1887 he married his present wife, who was in her maidenhood Miss Caroline Rowles.

Mr. Grant is five feet, four inches and a half in height, and now weighs three hundred and fifty pounds, while at one time he weighed three hundred ninety-eight and a half. Socially he is an honored member of the Grand Army of the Republic and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows at Grove City, and politically is identified with the Republican party. For eleven years he was the efficient and popular postmaster of Grove City, and has been a member of the school board twelve years. By his untiring industry and sound judgment Mr. Grant has won me'rited success in business affairs, and is in all respects worthy the high regard in which he is held by his fellow men.

George A. Nichols

George A. Nichols, one of the younger engineers in the employ of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, was born in Fairfield county, Ohio, on the 28th of January, 1866, a son of Daniel and Caroline Nichols, who were married April 16, 185 1, His grandfather was a native of New Jersey and removed to Ohio at an early day, while his original American ancestors were of Holland birth. His father, who was born in Fairfield county, on the 4th of November, 1829, has devoted his entire life to agricultural pursuits. Mrs. Caroline Nichols was born in Berks county, Pennsylvania, February 2, 1831. Their children are : Ellen, Eliza, Kate and George A. The last named was married October 2, 1871, in Avondale, Ohio, to Miss Carrie Nelson and they have since resided in Columbus. Her parents, Samuel and Sarah Nelson, were born in Coshocton county, Ohio, and now reside in Evansburg, this state. Their children are : Jacob, who is now a fireman on the Atchison, Topeka & St. Louis Railroad; John, an express messenger on the Pan Handle

Railroad; Robert, who is engaged in clerking; Clarence, who is also in the railway employ; Agnes, wife of James Drafton; and Carrie, the wife of our subject.

Mr. Nichols entered the railway service February 2, 1889, as an employ of the Pennsylvania road. He has acted as fireman on both passenger and freight engines, and after ten years spent in that way he was made an engineer, in which position he has since served. On the 2d of July, 1898, he met with an accident. The train was going at the rate of forty-five or fifty miles an hour, and Mr. Nichols jumped from his engine and escaped with a broken nose and a bruised head, while his fireman had an arm broken. He is a member of Division No. 445 of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen of Columbus. He has a wide acquaintance among train men and also has many friends in other walks of life.

John Warner

On one of the fine farms of Hamilton township resides John Warner, who is classified among the leading agriculturists of his community. For forty- nine years he has 'been a resident oif Franklin county. To-day he owns and operates two hundred and ninety acres of land, and his progressive business methods have made his property very valuable.

Mr. Warner was born in Hanover, Germany, August 22, 1835, his parents being John and Elizabeth Warner. The mother died during his infancy, while his father died when he was a small boy, so that he was early left an orphan and was reared by his brothers and sisters. When about seventeen years of age he came to America with his brother Henry, making his way direct to Columbus, Ohio. This was in 1852. He began working by the day or [month at anything he could get to do in or near Columbus, and was employed in that manner until his enlistment in the Union army, as a member of Company B, One Hundred Thirteenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He joined the service as a private, was promoted to corporal, afterward to sergeant and later became color bearer of his regiment, which position he filled until the close of the war, in 1865. He was at the front for almost three years, and at Chickamauga was slightly wounded, but did not leave his post of duty. He was never in a hospital or in a southern prison, and with loyal spirit he followed tlie stars and stripes on many a southern battlefield, participating in the engagements at Chickamauga, Lookout Mountain, Missionary Ridge, Resaca, Kenesaw Mountain, the siege of Atlanta and- the battle of Jonesboro, together with many otlver engagements' of less importance. He was with Sherman on his famous march to the sea and was at the battles of Evansburg and Bentonville. He also participated in the grand review at Washington, and was mustered out at Louisville. Kentucky, receiving an honorable discharge at Columbus, Ohio.

ing-ton Rees for a year and then began operating land for him on the shares, Mr. Rees furnishing ah supplies and implements and giving to Mr. Warner his' board and one-third of the crops. 'I'he succeeding year he operated Mr. Rees' land for one-half the crops, our subject furnishing the supplies, and boarded with Mr. Rees until 1872. He thus followed farming on the shares until about 1890, when he purchased of Mr. Rees the farm upon which he is now residing, comprising one hundred twenty-five and a half acres. However, he had previously purchased the McLish farm of eighty acres,, but never lived upon the place and afterward sold it. He has purchased one hundred and sixty-five acres of the Kelly farm, on the Chillicothe or High street pike, and that land is now operated by his son.

Mr. Warner was married May 16, 1871, to Elizabeth Franck, a native of Franklin county and a daughter of Samuel and Jane Franck, who were early .settlors of this; locality. Her father came to Ohio from Pennsylvania, but her mother, who bore the maiden name of Jane Adams, was bcrn on the farm where Mr. Warner now resides, the Adams family being among the first to locate in Franklin county. Unto our subject and his wife have been born five children, two sons and three daughters : Nellie, now the wife of Henry Constant, by whom she has three children, Clark, John P. and William Ray, their homes being near Columbus ; Henry, who married Ida Fisher, by whom he has a son, Horton, and resides on his father's farm on the High street pike ; Clara, the wife of Charles Hann, a farmer of Hamilton township, by whom she has' a son, Raymond Claytoni ; John, at home ; and Effie, who is attending school. All were born in Hamilton township. The family is one of prominence in the community and the members of the household enjoy the high regard of many friends. Mr. Warner belongs to Johnson Watson Post, G. A. R., of Groveport. In politics he is a stanch Republican, and is now serving in his third year as trustee of Hamilton township. He is also school director, and is a citizen who takes a deep interest in everything pertaining to the welfare of the community, its progress and upbuilding. Coming to this country empty-handed, he owes all that he possesses to his own efforts and his success is creditable and well deserved.

Daiwalt Machlin

Daiwalt Machlin, a retired farmer of Pleasant township, is numbered among the native citizens of Pennsylvania, his birth having occurred in York county, that state, on the i8th of ^August, 1834. His grandfather, George Machlin, was also born in the same county and. was a farmer by occupation. His ancestors came to America from the Netherlands, in 1727, and located ini Philadelphia, thus founding the family in the new world. George Machlin married Elizabeth Achenbach. He is a native of York county, where they spent their entire liveS'. Daiwalt Machlin, a brother of the grandfather, left Pennsylvania for Ohio and died near Lancaster, this state. Another brother became a resident of Perry county, while a third took up his abode near

Cleveland, and among the early settlers of the state they were numbered. Daniel Machlin, the father of our subject, was born in York county, Pennsylvania, in 1 813. His educational privileges were limited, but his trainmg at farm labor was not meager. He married Mary Linebaugh, who was born in York county, Pennsylvania, about 181 3, and was a daughter of Abraham and Elizabeth ( Wikle) Linebaugh. The latter's father came to America from Germany before the war of the Revolution. After his marriage Daniel Machlin. rented land for a time and then purchased a farm from the Furnace Company, which cut timber from the place and used it for charcoal for fuel. Throughout his active business career he carried on agricultural pursuits, but died in early manhood, passing away in 1846. His wife, long surviving him, died in York county, Pennsylvania, in 1894. She had again married, becoming the wife of Genesis Glassick. Both the parents of our subject held membership in the Methodist Episcopal church, and in his political affiliations the father was a Whig. Their children were five in number, namely : Daiwalt; Silana, who bcame the wife of Howard Linebaugh, of York county, Ptennsylvania ; Mary, the wife of John Fishel, also of York county; Sarah, wife of Solomon Wire, of the same county ; and Susan, who married Henry Kochenaur, who died in York county soon after her marriage. By her second marriage the mother had twO' children : John H. and William D., both of York county, the latter a practicing physician.

'Mr. Machlin, whose name introduces this record, began work early in life as an assistant upon the home farm. He attended school for about three months during the year, but the teachers were often incompetent and the studies were of a limited character. He remained under the parental roof until eighteen years of age, when he spent one summer on a farm twentyfive miles from his home. In the following spring he came to Ohio, having twenty-five dollars above the expenses of the journey . He worked his way to the home of an uncle, John Linebaugh, of Columbus, with whom he learned the carpenter's trade, remaining with him as an apprentice and journeyman for ten years. Mr. Machlin was then married in Jackson township, on the 24th of August, 1864, to Miss Catherine Gantz, who was born in Jackson township, OctoiDer 24, 1836. Her girlhood days were here spent, amid the wild scenes of the frontier life and her education was acquired in a log schoolhouse, seated with sdab benches and supplied with a slab writing desk, which rested upon pins driven into the wall, and there were windows along three sides of the building. Her first teacher was Miss Christina Yates and the school was upon his father's farm, about a mile from her home. The way lay t'lrough the woods and as the land was swampy she often had to jump from log to log to keep out of the wet. Her father, Adam Gantz, was born m Washington county, Pennsylvania, in 181 2, and Avas married there to Miss Catherine Pinix, a native of the same county. They removed to Jackson township, Franklin county, taking up his abode in a log school building, the teacher dismissing the scholars in order to allow them to move in. Mr. Gantz purchased two hundred acres of wild land and later became the owner of an additional tract of three hundred acres. He died upon the home farm whicH: he developed in 1878, and his wife passed away in 1876. The paternal grandparents of Mrs. Machlin were John and Mary ^(Horn) Gantz and both died in Pennsylvania.

Mr. and Mrs. Machlin became the parents of twins^, who died in infancy. They now have an adopted daughter, Alice Machlin, the wife of Dr. G. W. Helmick, of Harrisburg. After their marriag^ Mr. and Mrs'. Machlin took up their abode upon a rented farm on the Harrisburg pike, south of Grove City, and in 1864 he purchased his present farm, but coiild not obtain possession of the same until the following year. His home place comprises seventytwo acres and he also owns another tract of thirty-eight acres in Pleasant township and a farm of one hundred acres in Pickaway county. He has done very little carpentering since his marriage, but from 1886 to 1894 he was agent for the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company at Pleasant Corners. His careful management and his energetic industry in the active affairs of life brought to him a very desirable competence so that he is now enabled to live retired. Both he and his wife hold membership in the Presbyterian church at Grove City, in which he is serving as elder. He has frequently visited his old home in York county since coming to Ohio, but is well content to make the Buckeve state the place of his abode, and he has long been classed among the representative citizens of his adopted county.

Honored and respected by all. there is no man in Columbus who occupies a more enviable position in commercial and financial circles than Irvin Butterworth, whO' until recently resided in Columbus but is now living in Denver. He was born on a farm near Loveland, Ohio, July 7, i860, of Quaker ancestry, and when he was but two years old his father removed to a farm near \Vilmington, where his son remained until he had attained his majority, attending school through the winter and working upon the farm in the summer months. While pursuing his education he daily walked to^ and from school - a distance of three miles. He w^as' nineteen years of age at the time of his graduation.

In 1 88 1 Mr. Butterworth came to Columbus wdiere he entered upon what has been a brilliant business career. He filled successively the following positions : stenographer for the Hon. George K. Nash, then attorney-general of the state and chairman of the Republican state executive committee and since governor of Ohio. In the fall of 1881 he became private secretary to Colonel Orland Smith, then general manager of the Columbus, Hocking Valley & Toledo Railroad Company, leaving his employ in 1883 to accept a similar position with M. M. Greene, then president of the same company. In 1887 he \vasi offered and accepted the position of bookkeeper and cashie'r in the office of the Columbus Gas Company and was promoted to the superintendency of the works in 1886. In the previous year he was chosen secretary of the

Ohio Gas Light Association, in which capacity he served for nine years, acting as president of the association in 1894. In 1889 he was chosen general manager and a director of the Cohimbus Gas Company, acting as such until 1900. In 1893 he was elected vice president of the company and in 1898 was elected its president, to which office was added that of treasurer in 1900. He continued to discharge the duties of both positions until the ist of June, 1901, when he was elected president and general manager of the Denver Gas & Electric Company, of Denver, Colorado, whither he removed with his family.

His attention and efforts, however, have been by no means confined to one line and his discriminating judgment has proved an important factor in managing successfully many enterprises. During the past decade he has served a term of years as director of the Western Gas Association, and a member of the council of the American Gas Light Association, having also been vice-president of the latter. In January, 1901, he was elected president of the Columbus board of trade, of which he had previously been a director for two years. He was also one of the organizers of the Engineers' Club, of Columbus, and served as its president in the year 1900. To the various gas associations of which Mr. Butterworth is a member he has from time to time contributed papers on technical subjects pertaining to the gas business, as follows: Natural Gas; A Regenerative Furnace Adapted to Small Works; Does Ohio Want a Gas Commission ; Governor Burners ; Gas Franchises and Other Topics; Street Main Pressures; Ventilation of Gas-lighted Rooms; A Curious Gas Explosion; A New Purifying Box; and Vitrified Clay Pipes Instead of Iron for Gas Mains. These papers have been of great value to those connected with the gas business^, setting forth new ideas and improvements, and Mr. Butterworth has contributed in no small measure to the advancement of the enterprise which he represents.

In 1887 Mr. Butterw^orth was joined in wedlock to Miss Mary Adelaide McMillin, a daughter of Emerson McMillin, of New York city. Unto them have been born three children: Paul, Corwin and Emerson, aged respectively thirteen, eleven and six years. Mr. and Mrs. Butterworth were very prominent in the social circles of Columbus, where their very extended acquaintances gained for them the hospitality of the best homes of the city.

Frank L. Falloon

Frank L. Falloon, who is one of the popular passenger conductors' on the v;estern division of the Pennsylvania railroad and resides at No. 753 Leonard avenue, Columbus, was born in Athens, Ohio, November i, i860. His father, James H. Falloon, was a native of Canada, born in Ottawa, and his mother was born in Montreal. In the public schools of his native county Mr. Falloon of this review began his education. He continued his studies in the high school at Athens, and afterward was graduated in the High University of that place. In 1880 he began his railroad career by working as a brakeman on the Ohio Central Railroad and was afterward baggage master and served in those two capacities for five years. In 1885 lie was made brakeman on the Panhandle Railroad and on the western division, running through Columbus, in 1887, he was promoted to freight conductor. Alter eight years of faithful service, in 1895, he was promoted to passenger conductor and in that way has since been continuously connected with the road. He has a very exceptional record, having never been even 'slightly injured, never been in a wreck or collision and never had a man injured on his train.

In 1895 Mr. Falloon was married, in Columbus, to Miss Margaret Lauber, whose parents (are now both deceased. Unto our subject and h'is wife has been born one child, Margaret L., whose birth occurred February 15, 1898, the very day the battleship Maine was blown up. Mr. Falloon is a member of the Order of Railway Conductors and of the Knights of Pythias fraternity. He has resided in Columbus since 1882 and has a wide acquaintance among railroad men and in other walks of life.

James H. Hess

Among the prominent and influential citizens of Clinton township no man in his day was more popular than James H. Hess, who' as a teacher and officer was actively identified wuth public affairs for many years. He was born August 21, 1839, at the old homestead in that township, where his wudow and daughter still reside, and was the second son of Moses Hess by his third wdfe, Elizabeth Grayless, and' grandson of Balser Hess, who came to this county from Bedford county, Pennsylvania, in 1802, and in the midst of the unbroken forest purchased four hundred acres of land. He fought for American independence in the war of the Revolution, and during the battle of Staten Island was captured by the Hessians and imprisoned in the old sugar house in New York city for seven days without anything to eat. Out of the seven hundred prisoners incarcerated there only fifty survived ! Balser Hess was in the service seven years, and took part in many important engagements, among which was the battle of Brandywdne. He w^as with Washington at the crossing of the Delaware, and remembered hearing the general, say, "God will build us a bridge before morning."

James H. Hess was the; eldest child in his father's family, and before he attained his seventeenth year lost both parents. His early education, acquired in the common schools, was supplemented by a full course at Otterbein University, at Westerville, Ohio. While a student there he paid his own way by teaching in that institution. After completing his education he was the principal of the Westerville public schools for a ishort time, and then accepted the superintendency of the Shelby ville (Illinois) Seminary, which position he retained for about two years. On returning tO' his home in this county, he was appointed a deputy clerk of the common-pleas court, and when he retired from that office engaged in farming on his father's old homestead, the pioneer farm of Clinton township. For several years he served as county school examiner, and at the time of his death was justice of the peace, succeeding Justice John Starrett, who had succeeded Thomas Jeffries, all three of whom, strange as it may appear, died during the last six months of their respective terms of office. Mr. Hess was also deputy district commander of the Grange, in the prosperity of which he evinced great interest, as well asi in that of the Central Ohio Farmers' Association, of which he was vice-president and a frequent lecturer. Politically he was an uncompromising Democrat. He was a man of sterling integrity, and was identified with all the leading public enterprises of his neighborhood. He died from blood poisoning, February 13, 1889, at the age of forty-nine years, five months anfl seventeen days, leaving a brother, John Moses Hess, and an only sister, Mrs. William P. BroAvn, of New York city, and many friends and his immediate family to mourn their loss.

On the 26th of October, 1871, Mr. Hess was united in marriage with Miss Eliza Jane Kenny, and to them was born one child, Mary Eve, who lives with her mother at the old home.

John Kenny, the grandfather of Mrs. Hess, and one of the honored pioneers of Franklin county, was a native of Mifflin county, Pennsylvania, where he was married, April 11, 181 5, to Miss Nancy Criswell, and where he continued to make his home until after the birth of two of his children, - - Benjamin C. and James. In 1819 he brought his family to this county, and in Perry township purchased three hundred and thirty-seven acres of heavily wooded land, for which he paid five dollars per acre. During the construction of their cabin home they lived in a covered wagon. In this wagon they made the journey from Pennsylvania, it containing their entire worldly possessions. After living for twenty years in the log house it was replaced by the commodious brick residence which now stands upon the farm, it being constructed of brick burned upon the place and lumber from the trees standing there. The highest-priced w^orkman at that time - the boss carpenter - received but fifty cents per day for his labor, while everything was done by hand. When completed Mr. Kenny said to his men, "Well, boys, I guess I shall have to pay you ofif in castings." Then was heard muttering enough to create a strike at the present time. He was as good as his word, however, and paid them in castings, - from the mint, - gold and silver!

He w^as a successful farmer and acquired a large acreage, which he placed under cultivation and improved with good buildings, becoming one of the wealthy land-owners of Perry township. He died on the old homestead February 7, 1873. at the age of eighty-two years, and his wife departed this life in March, 1866, past seventy years old. Both were devoutly religious and attended divine worship at Worthington, being communicants of the Presbyterian church at that time. In early years they became members of the Union church, which was erected by the Episcopal and Reformed denominations, which alternated in holding services. In the construction of the house of worship Mr. Kenny bore a prominent part, giving both of his time and means to its erection, and was afterward one of its principal supporters.

For a good many years he was officially connected with the church in the capacity of deacon and elder, iand in the discharge of his Christian duty bore himself in a manner becoming a Christian gentleman.

To Mr. and Mrs. Kenny were born the following children: Hannah, born January 12, 1823, married William Fairfield, of this county, and died December 6, 1847, leaving t\vo children: Adelman, and Hannah, wife of John M. Hess. Eliza Jane, born November 30, 1825, died unmarried April 20, 1847. Benjamin C, born March 8, 181 7, died unmarried September 4, 1866. He was a well-educated man who followed teaching in the schools of this! county for some time, and was later one of the successful farmers and representative citizens of Perry township. Jam^s, born in Pennsylvania, January 26, 1819, was only nine months old when brought by his parents to this county, and was educated in its common schools. On the 13th of June, 1848, he married Miss Elizabeth Holly Legg, daughter of Thomas and Amelia (Holly) Legg, and they began their domestic life on the old homestead with his parents, where they continued to reside throughout life. He, too, was a successful farmer and one of the highly respected citizens of his niative township. During the greater part of their livesi he and his wife were members of the Reformed church, and as an energetic worker he took his father's place in church affairs, serving as deacon, elder and superintendent of the Sabbath-school. He died February 24, 1895, and his wife departed this life on the seventy-second anniversary of her birth, October 2, 1895. Their children were Eliza Jane, now the widow of James H. Hess, of this review; Nancy Amelia, who' died unmarried in 1872; a son who died in infancy; Rachel Flora, wife of Oliver Orr, who' resides on East Eighth avenue, Columbus; and Hannah JNIinerva, wife of Harry D. Kennedy, who lives on the old Kenny homestead.

Edward Courtright

Edward Courtright, who is identified with the business interests of Galloway, Franklin county, represents one of the honored pioneer families of this portion of the state. His grandfather, Howard Courtright, located upon a farm near Groveport at an early day and there spent his entire life, his attention being given to agricultural pursuits. Jesse Courtright, the father of our subject, was born at Groveport, about the year 1820, and spent his boyhood days in the usual manner of farmer lads. For many years he engaged in teaching school and he also learned surveying, which he followed through a long period. He was county surveyor for three or four terms and proved a capable and efficient officer. He married Miss Mary A. Brown, who was born in Jackson township, Franklin county, about 1822, a daughter of William Brown, a native of Ireland, who, when a young man, came to the United Slates, locating in Jackson township. For several years after his marriage Jesse Courtright resided in Jackson township, but about 1859 removed to Prairie township, taking up his abode south of Galloway, where he spejit his iremaming days, being called to his final rest in the year 1870. In the latter years of his life he gave his attention exclusiively to agricultural pursuits. In his political affiliations he was a Democrat. His wife, who was a member 'of the Methodist Episcopal church, died in 1885. Their children were Sarah, who married Thomas Horn, now deceased, of Columbus; Martha; John, wha married Minta Vernatta, and is now a surveyor of Columbus; \\'illiam, who was married and died in 1897; Jesse, who is upon the home farm; Edward of this review; Samuel, who wedded Leona McGill, is also living on the home farm ; Newton and Milton, twins, the former of whom married Jennie Ditum, while Milton married Rela Byrum, now deceased.

Edward Courtright was born on the old homestead farm in Franklin township, October 16, 1853, and at the age of seven years accompanied his parents on their removal to Prairie township, where he' pursued his education in the district schools, laying aside his text-books at the age of twenty years. His first teacher was his sister Sarah. He completed his studies when twenty years of age. During that time he had remained upon the farm and then he entered upon an independent business career by trading in horses, vehicles, buggies, harness and other commodities of that character. He is now enjoying a very extensive business in Galloway, his patronage constantly and" steadily increasing. He also has extensive farming interests, owning a valuable tract of land in Prairie township, another farm in Vinton county, Ohio, and one in Scioto county, besides valuable real estate elsewhere in the county. He deals in real estate and has an excellent knowledge of land values.

In March, 1880, Mr. Courtright was married to Miss Lillian Lavely, of Prairie township, a daughter of Henry and Jemima (Bukev) Lavelv. they DOW have two children, Mary and Florence. After their marriage they located in Galloway, Mr. Courtright erecting his present residence in 1882. His wife is a member of the United Brethren church. In his political affiliations our subject is a stalwart Democrat and he is a man of strong will and steadfast nature, having earned the distinction of being what the world calls a self-made man. He started out in life upon his business career empt3'-handed. He asked for no financial assistance, merely craving the opportunity to test his ability in the business world. This he soon found and his capable management, unfaltering perseverance and indomitable will have enabled him%o work his way steadily upward until now he occupies a very enviable position among the substantial citizens in Franklin county.

George Dyer

George Dyer isi numbered among Ohio's native sons, his birth havinooccurred m Columbiana county on the 6th of Februarv, 185 1 and is now hvmg in the city of Columbus. His father, Joseph DyeV, died at the family homesread m Canton, Ohio, in the year 1887, when sixty-two years of a^^e His wife, Mrs. Mary Dyer, is still a resident of that city. The familv left Columbiana county in 1867, taking up their abode in Canton. The father was a brick mason by trade and became interested in the Diebold Safe Company, in Canton. In the family were five sons and three daughters : Jacob, the eldest, was born in 1853 and was also connected with the Diebold Safe Company; Joseph, born in 1855, was foreman in the molding department in a foundry in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, and died in that city in 1886; Henry, who was born in i860 and was in the employ of the Diebold Safe Company, died at his home in Canton, Ohio, in 1887; John, born in 1865, also worked for the same company; Maggie is now married and resides in Pittsburg; and Elizabeth and Sophie are both married and are living in Canton.

George Dyer, whose name introduces this review, has a very excellent record as a railroad employe. He entered the service as a brakeman on a freight train on the Cleveland, Akron & Columbus Railroad September 13, 1877, and was thus employed for a year and a half. Subsequently he was brakeman and baggageman on a passenger train for six years, and afterward conductor on a local freight for one year and since that time has been passenger conductor. He ran on the same train between Columbus and Hudson, Ohio, for seventeen consecutive years, no injury ever being sustained by the passengers under his care. He is one of the largest men that wears a conductor's uniform in the Pennsylvania Company, being five feet, eleven and a half inches in height and weighing two hundred and sixty pounds. He has a most genial nature and kindly disposition, and these qualities render him a favorite with the regular patrons of the road.

Mr. Dyer w^as married, in Millersburg, Ohio. November 27, 1875, to Miss Mary A. Teisher, and is the father of five children, - four boys and one girl. The family have been residents of Columbus for sixteen years, their home being at No. 818 Kerr street.

Williaini S. Adams

Among the progressive and energetic farmers of Perry township, Franklin county, Ohio, is numbered William S. Adams, a native of this state, whose birth occurred in Pickaway county February 25, 1838. His parents were James audi Julia Ann (Toy) Adams, natives of Delaware and Virginia, respectively, and pioneers of Pickaway county, Ohio, the Toy family having been founded there almost a Qcnturv ago. In 1833 James Adams purchased one hundred and one acres of timber land in Perry township, this county, but did not locate here until 1840, when he erected a log cabin and began to clear and improve his property. He wasi not long permitted to enjoy his new home, however, as he died in 1844, leaving a widow and six children, the youngest being only four weeks old. Being a woman of courage and fortitude, Mrs. Adams managed to keep the family together upon the farm, which she rented until her sons were old enough to carry on the place, but from the rent she did not derive enough to support herself and children. She was a hard worker and by her industry managed to properly rear her family. She was devoutly religious, being a member of the Methodist

Episcopal church the greater part of her Hfe, and died in that faith July 23, 1888, at the age of seventy-seven years. Of her seven children, Charles, the eldest, died in childhood. Mary, deceased, was the wife of Lewis L. Newbury. Addison is a resident of Columbus, Ohio. William S. is next in order of birth. Martha is the wife of Ezra 'Preston, of Illinois. Charles Wesley enlisted in 1861, during the Civil war, in Company D, Fifteenth United States Regiment, and was in active service two years, when he was discharged on account of illness and returned home to die in 1863. Rachel is Mrs. Fellows, of Findlay, Ohio.

William S. Adams was only two years old when brought by his parents to this county, where he was reared, his education being" obtained in the common schools of his home district. He early became inured to hard labor by aiding in the work of the farm, and is now the owner of the old homestead comprising seventy-six acres of land, which he has placed under a high state of cultivation and improved with good buildings.

In 1864. Mr. Adams enlisted in the one-hundred-day service, becoming a member of Company E, One Hundred and Thirty-third Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and participated in all the engagements in which the regiment took part, being honorably discharged at the close of his term of enlistment. Politically he affiliates with the Republican party, and gives his support to all worthy enterprises which he believes calculated to advance the social, moral or material welfare of his township and county.

On the 25th of October, 1871, ]\Ir. Adams was united in marriage with Miss Lina Domigan, of Columbus, and they became the parents of four children, namely: Charles. S.. Sarah J., Mary T. and Walter L. Fraternally Mr. Adams is a member of \Miite Bear Tribe, I. O. R. M.

William Domigan, father of ]\Irs. Adams, was for many years one of the most prominent and influential citizens of this, his native county. His parents were from Pennsylvania and located here some years prior to his birth, which occurred July 14, 181 2. in Franklinton, where he was reared, receiving a good practical education in the common schools. At the age of twenty-one he married Miss Sarah Armstrong, by whom he had eight children, three still living, namely: Sarah A., wife of Walter L. Turner; William H., a resident of Columbus : and Lina, wife of our subject. The deceased were Jane Eliza, Irvin, Harriet, Orville and Emaline. The mother of these children died December 9, 1870, and for his second wife Mr. Domigan married Lydia Dobbins, of Hilliard. His death occurred October 6, 1884.

At a very early age Mr. Domigan became actively interested in political affairs, his inclination being toward a political life. Originally he was a Whig, but in later years affiliated with the Democratic party. As a political worker he was shrewd and untiring and wielded a strong influence in both local and state politics. For several terms he was a member of the city council of Columbus, and held the office of sheriff of Franklin county two terms of four years each, his last term being served during, the period of the Civil war. As an officer he was brave and efficient in the discharge of duty, and it is said of him that he was one of the best sheriffs the county has ever had. He also held other public positions of minor importance, in all of which he displayed the same fidelity to the discharge of each and every duty. During his first term as sheriff he had charge of the execution of two criminals, a white man namfed Clark and a colored woman called Esther. These executions took place on the old prison hill where the arsenal is nowi located. Mr. Domigan was a man of wide acquaintance, being known by almost every one in the county, as well as a large number throughout the state. He was very popular and highly respected.

Talent and acquired ability have no greater opportunity than in the medical profession, and in no field of endeavor is there demanded a more careful preparation or a more thorough understanding of great scientific principles. Unflagging application and intuitive wisdom and a determination to fully utilize the means at hand, are the concomitants which insure personal success and prestige in this great profession, which stands as the humane conservator of man's most highly prized possession - health; and it is a profession into which one should not enter without a recognition of the difficulties and obstacles to be overcome and the responsibilities involved. One of the eminent representatives of the medical fraternity of Columbus is Dr. Linhart, nor is his reputation limited by the confines of the city, for hisi skill has won recognition in the profession and gained for him the patronage of the people outside of the city with which he has more closely allied his interests and labors.

The Doctor is a native of Pennsylvania, his birth having occurred in Pittsburg, Allegheny county, in January, 1861. He is a son of Phillip and Eliza (Hottman) Linhart, both of whom were natives of Pennsylvania. The father was a farmer by occupation and in 1863 came to Ohio, taking up his residence upon a farm in Hancock county, where he and his wife spent their remaining days, the father passing away in 1894 and the mother in 1895. The Doctor was only two years of age when the parents came to Ohio and his early education was acquired in the common schools of Hancock county, after which he entered a select school in Findlay, Ohio. Subsequently he studied telegraphy in the office of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad and after filling positions as an operator for a time he began reading medicine under the direction of Dr. Allen Chilcote, of Bloomingdale, Ohio, of which city the Doctor's father was the founder. Later he matriculated in the medical department of the Western Reserve University, of Cleveland, Ohio, and was graduated with the class of 1882. Later to still further prepare for his profession he pursued a post-graduate course. While he did not at once step into a large practice there was no dreary novitiate awaiting him. He opened his office and his successful ministrations and conduct of several cases demonstrated to the public that he possessed skill and ability.

Accordingly his business grew and his advancement has been continuous until to-day he stands among the most successful and eminent members of the medical fraternity in Ohio. In March, 1883, he was appointed house physician at Lakeside Hospital and was also demonstrator of anatomy in that institution. He afterward became assistant in Dr. Ketchem's office on Euclid avenue in Cleveland and later went to New Jersey, where he was physician, educator and director in the German gymnasium in the Young Men's Christian Association at Newark. On leaving that city he went to New York, where he took a special course on diseases of the ear, nose and throat, and became operator and clinical assistant at the Manhattan Eye and Ear Hospital.

In 1898 Dr. Linhart was appointed physical educator at the Ohio State University, which position he still holds, also maintaining an office in the Vendome Hotel, w^here a part of his time is spent in special practice. He has carried his researches far and wide into the realms of medical science, and has not only studied the methods of treating disease but of preventing it, and makes this a large part of his practice. He is a member of the Alumni Association of Lakeside Hospital, also a member of the Columbus Academy of Medicine, the Ohio State Medical Society, the American Medical Association and the American Laryngological, Rhinological and Otological Society. While the greater part of his time and attention are devoted to his professional duties, he finds opportunity to enjoy some of the social pleasures of life and is a prominent Mason, belonging to the chapter and consistory in New York. He is also identified with the Mystic Shrine and is a member of the Columbus Whist Club.

J. Thomas Jerman

The story of the lives of the persons who are to have prominence in this biographical sketch begins in Montgomeryshire, Wales;, where Thomas Jerman lived and died. Thomas Jerman had children named Thomas, Mary and Richard. Thomas died in Wales, Mary married and died there, and Richard, who was born in Montgomeryshire August 18, 181 8, gained a limited education and by hard work and economy saved enough money to bring him to the United States, and he and iVndrew Briggs sailed from Liverpool to New York, w^hence they came direct to Columbus, where Richard Jerman arrived with a cash capital of only a half a dollar. He secured work in a foundry on the west side of the city and married Elizabeth Evans, widow of David Evans, whose husband had left her at his death a wooded farm in Brown township, which she was unable to cultivate and who had come to Columbus and was supporting her five children by washing. On this farm Richard Jerman and his wife moved after he had gone out to it and made a small clearing and built a one-room house of round logs, which covered a ground space of fifteen by twenty feet, and after he located there he continued to work at Columlms until he could partially clear the farm and put it under cultivation. After that he devoted himself entirely to farming with such success that he increased the size of the farm to one hundred and eighty-three acres and prospered well upon it. For a time after they moved there they had no table and with the children of the family Mr. and Mrs. Jerman stood around a large box while they ate. This, however, was but one of their experiences of primitive life in ths Ohio woods and they laughed at it and other similar experiences in after years. Mr. Jerman died on the farm September 3, 1886, deeply regretted by all who had known him. In politics he was a Republican and in church affiliation a Methodist. His wife died there June 30, 1887.

Mrs. Jerman was born and married in Wales and came to America with her husband, David Evans, and four children, and their baby in arms died soon after they reached Columbus. She had five children by Mr. Eivans, as follows: David died at Columbus, Ohio. Richard, who was a member of Company C, Fortieth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, was killed at the battle of Lookout Mountain, TenneSiSee. Eliza married Thomas Herbert, of Brown township. Evan died in infancy. Edward was born in Columbus, three months after the death of his father. He fought for the preservation of the Union as a member of the First Ohio Cavalry and survived until August, 1900, when he died at Saint Francis Hospital, Columbus.

J. Thomas Jerman, son of Richard Jerman bv hisi marriage to Mrs. Evans, was born at Columbus in 1843 ^"'^^ ^^'^^ ^^'^ years old when his parents moved to Brown township, where he grew to manhood. He attended school in the log school house near his pioneer home and as soon as; he was old enough began to assist his father in clearing, improving and cultivating the farm, and was thus employed until September 3, 1864, when, not yet quite twenty-one years old, he enlisted at Columlius in Company B, One Hundred and Seventy-eighth Regiment, Ohio. Volunteer Infantry, for one year or during the war. The regiment went to Nashville. Tennessee, thence to Murfreesboro, Tennessee, thence to Manchester, Tennessee, thence back to Murfreesboro, where Mr. Jerman participated in a memorable battle, and from there to Franklin, Tennessee, and thence to Clifton. Tennessee, from which place he returned to Columbus, Ohio, at the expiration of his term of service, after having participated in a good deal of hard marching and fighting. But he had not yet had enough of war, and, goinsf to Raleigh, North Carolina, he participated in operations under General Sherman, and was later detached witlr his regiment and sent to Charlotte, North Carolina, where he was mustered out of the service and sent home, when he resumed farming.

November 11, 1870, Mr. Jerman married Miss Mary M. Burt, a native of Brown township and a daughter of Edward and Anna (Benner) Burt. For a year after his marriage he was a member of the household of his father-in-law, then for three years he worked a rented farm and at the expiration of that time located on his present farm of fifty acres, mostly improved, in Norwich township, to which he has since added a farm of forty-two acres.

He has acquired also a farm of fifty-eight and one-half acres in Brown township. He is an influential Republican and a public-spirited citizen, and has been for many years a school director and is now filling that office, together with that of trustee of his township. Mr. and Mrs. Jerman have had five children, as follows: Nettie, who married Jesse Elliott, of Brown township; Richard, who is a member of his father's household; William, who was born May 15, 1879, and has acquired a good education in the district schools in Norwich township, is working his father's home farm and has already made himself known as a stanch Republican; Charles, who is now at school; and Ruth.

Hon. Samuel J. Swartz

In no other phase of life can a man better demonstrate his fealty to his country and his loyalty to its interests than in the political arena, for therein is invested the vitality of a nation's power, the mainspring of its internal machinery and the keynote to its progress and prosperity. Ohio is recognized as one of the strongest Republican states in the Union, and among her patriotic citizens who have been closely identified with the party is Judge Samuel J. Swartz, of Columbus. He has served in important official positions with marked ability and fidelity and has been a recognized leader in the capital city in formulating the policy of the party for this portion of the state. He is a man who believes that the highest duty of every American citizen is: to give his time and energies' to public interests, and he carries out this principle in life by taking an active part in political work, and is a firm believer in the trite saying, that "eternal vigilance is the price of liberty."

A brief glance into the personal history of Judge Swartz elicits the fact that he is a native of Fairfield county, Ohio, born on the 8th of February, 1859. He was early left fatherless, for at the time of the Civil war his father responded to the call of the country, and, joining the Union army, was killed at the battle of Shiloh. Reared in his native county, the son attended the common schools until sixteen years of age, when he became a student in the Fairfield Union Academy, at Pleasantville, Ohio, and later he matriculated in the Wesleyan University, at Delaware, Ohio. After completing his literary course he came to Columbus, and has since been identified with the interests of the capital city. He entered the emplov of a wholesale house, with which he remained for several years, for a part of the time representing its interests upon the road, but commercial life was not entirely congenial to him and he resolved to enter upon a professional career. He prepared for the bar as a student in the law ofiice of Converse, Booth & Keating, and in due course of time was admitted to practice. With a thorougii preparatorv training and strong determination to succeed he entered upon his chosen work and soon gained a foremost position among the younger members of the bar. He steadily worked his way upward and gained a distinctively representative clientage, which connected him with some of the most important litigation tried in the courts of the district. He prepared his cases with great thoroughness and planned for the defense of every possible point of attack. His arguments were strong, the points he made following in logical sequence and demonstrating the force of his reasoning. He was appointed by the govlernor to till a vacancy in the police judgeship, which he did with honor and credit, and after a few months, at the spring election of 1897, he was elected by popular ballot to the same office for a term of three years. The compliment was more marked from the fact that the balance of the ticket was defeated.

For some time Judge Swartz has been recognized as one of the leading representatives of the Republican party in Columbus. He has marked ability as an organizer, is an untiring worker and possesses the pov/er of harmonizing forces and utilizing the strength of the party to the best advantage. He was instrumental in effecting the organizations of the Ohio' League of Republican Clubs and has served as its secretary. His fellow citizens gave evidence of their appreciation of his worth and public spirit when in the spring of 1899 he was elected on the Republican ticket to the mayoralty for a term of two years. His administration, business-like, progressive and practical, won him strong commendation. He is an approachable gentleman, genial and with unfailing courtesy, and he enjoys the warm regard of a large circle of friends. Over the record of his public career there falls no shadow of wrong and in professional life be also sustains an enviable reputation.

Joshua W. Brothers

For more than a half-century Joshua W. Brothers has resided in Franklin county, and as his life has ever been a useful and honorable one, he well deserves representation in this volume. He is engaged in the manufacture of harness! at Lockbourne, wdiere he is numbered among the enterprising business men. A native of Franklin county, Pennsylvania, he was born IMarch 7, 1826. and is a representative of one of the old families of Maryland. The grandfather, Joshua Brothers, w^as a native of Westminster, Maryland, and was of German lineage. A farmer by occupation, he had extensive landed interests, and was one of the substantial citizens of his community. He valiantly served his country in the war of the Revolution, and lived for many years to enjoy the freedom of the republic, his death occurring at the advanced age of one hundred and one. His son, William Brothers, the father of our subject, was born in Westminster, Maryland, made farming his life work, and died about 1838. His wife, Mrs. Sarah Brothers, died about 1854. They were parents of seven children, five of whom reached years of maturity.

Joshua ^^^ Brothers, the fifth in order of birth and the only one of the family now living, remained in the county of his nativity until nineteen years of age. with the exception of a period of two years which he passed in Hagerstown. ]\Iaryland. There he learned the harness.maker's trade, and in 1843 he went to Columbus, Ohio, where he began work as a journeyman, being thus employed until 1849. During that period, however, he joined the United States army and served until the close of the Mexican war, when he resumed work at his chosen vocation in Columbus. While working as a journeyman he also spent four winters in New Orleans-, and followed harnessmaking at Marysville, Woodstock and Milford Center.

In the latter part of 1849 Mr. Brothers removed to Lockbourne, where he began business for himself and has since engaged in harness-making at this place with the exception of one year spent in South Perry, Hocking county, Ohio, and one year in Bloomfield. During his long connection with the business interests of Lockbourne he has enjoyed a liberal patronage, owing to the excellence of his goods, his reasonable prices and his' honorable business methods and his courteous treatment of his patrons.

In 1853 Mr. Brothers was united in marriage to Miss Martha Jane Henderson, a native of Pickaway county, Ohio, and a daughter of Thomas and Eliza Henderson, who were early settlers of that county. Four children were born unto our subject and his wife, but only one is now living, Viola, who married Sanford Brownlee, by whom she has two children living, Edward and Myrtle. There is also one great-grandchild, Lula Mance. In early life Mr. Brothers gave his political support to the Whig party, and on the organization of the Republican party joined its ranks. During the period of the Civil war he ^served as a sergeant in the state militia. At all times he has been true to his duty to his neighbor, to himself and to his; country, and through fifty-^one years' residence in Franklin county, he has ever commanded the respect and confidence of his fellow men.

The subject of this review is actively connected with a profession which has important bearing upon the progress and stable prosperity of any section or community, and one which has long been considered as conserving the public welfare by furthering the ends of justice and maintaining public right. One of the younger representatives of the legal fraternity in Columbus who has already gained a position of distinction as a member of the bar is Edward L. Taylor, Jr., the present prosecuting attorney of the city.

He is one of the native sons of the capital, his birth having here occurred September 10, 1869. His father, Edward L. Taylor, Sr., was born upon a farm in Franklin county, Ohio, March 20. 1839, and on the paternal side was of Scotch-Irish lineage. After arriving at years of maturity he prepared for the bar and iisi now one of the prominent lawyers of the city, the senior member of the well known firm of Taylor & Taylor.

His son and namesake pursued his literary education iji the public schools of Columbus and is a graduate of the high school of the class of 1888. The following year he began preparation for the bar as a student in the ofiice and under the direction of hiisi father, who was a member of the law firm of Taylor & Taylor, On the 3d of December, 1891, he was admitted to practice and has since been an active member of the profession in his native city. The firm engages in general law practice and its knowledge of jurisprudence in its various departments is quite extensive and very reliable. On the 7th of November, 1899, he was elected prosecuting attorney of Franklin county for a term of three years, defeating Lee Thurman, the Democratic candidate, a grandson of the Hon. A. G. Thurman. He had been appointed, in 1899, to serve out an unexpired term and had been nominated bv the Democracy for the position in the fall of that year. Mr. Taylor, however, was the victorious candidate, and entered upon the duties of the position Dn the 1st of January, 1900. He has been most faithful in their discharge, preparing his cases with care and precision and doing everything in his power to serve the ends of justice and protect the public liberty.

On the 4tli of January, 1894, Mr. Taylor was united in marriage to Miss Marie Firestone, of Columbus, a daughter of C. D. Firestone, of tlie Columbus Buggy Company. Mr. Taylor is a member of the Order of Elks and is one of the trustees of the lodge in Columbus. He is yet a youngman, ambitious, determined' and energetic, and his natural talent and acquired ability, stimulated by earnest desire for advancement will undoubtedly gain for him a foremost position among those who have gained success and woii fame at the Columbus bar.

William M. Fisher

William M. Fisher is one of tlie strong and influential men whose lives have become an essential part of the history of Columbus and of Ohio. Tireless energy, keen perception, honesty of purpose and genius for devising and executing the right thing at the right time, joined to every-day common sense and guided by great will power, are the chief characteristics of the man. Connected with one of the leading wholesale houses of Columbus, the position that he occupies in business circles is in the front rank.

Mr. Fisher is a native of Franklin county, his birth having occurred in what was then Hamilton but now Marion township on the lotli of September, 1840. His father, Jacob Fisher, was born in this county July 2, 1808, and was a son of Michael Fisher, a native of Virginia, who removed to Kentucky and was there married to Sarah Petty, a native of that state. Subsequently he removed from Kentucky to the territory of Ohio, for it was in the year 1798 and the state had not then been organized. He located four miles south of the courthouse in Columbus and purchased a tract of eight hundred acres on the west side of the Scioto river. There be erected a cabin home and began to clear away the forest trees, experiencing all the hardships, privations and trials incident to pioneer life and to the development lof a farm in the midst of the wilderness. There were one hundred Indians to one white man in the state. The settlements of the white people were from four to five miles apart. The woods abounded with wild game of all kinds and hunting was the principal amusement of the people. The wants of the family were few and simple, for they lived in plain frontier style, dressed accordingly^ and knew little of the luxuries of the east. They came to found homes in the wilderness, and their earnest labors laid the foundation for the present prosperity and progress of this great commonwealth. Michael Fisher died upon his farm in 18 16, his wife surviving him until 1845, ^vhen she, too, was called to the home beyond. Their family numbered the following named: Christy, the wife of W. M. Miller; Joseph; Jacob; Milton; Michael; George; Elizabeth, the wife of William Stewart; Sarah, the wife of William Cramer; and Miranda, the wife of Arthur O'Hara.

Jacob Fisher, the father of him whose name introduces this review, died in Columbus, at the age of seventy-six years. In early manhood he wedded Mary Briggs, a native of New Jersey, who came to Ohio in her early girlhood. By the marriage of INIr. and Mrs. Fisher thirteen children were born, six of whom reached years of maturity, namely : Milton, Edward, Jo-eph, Michael, Jacob, and Sarah Jane, the wife of Abram Schaffer. Five of the brothers are still living.

\\"illiam M. Fisher, the well known wholesale produce merchant of Columbus, was reared as a farmer boy and received his primary education in the district schools. He early learned from practical experience in what the work of the farm consisted, for as soon as old enough to handle the plow he took his place in the fields and assisted in the plowing, planting and harvesting. He remained under the parental roof until twenty-seven years of age, but, not wishing to devote his entire life to agricultural pursuits, he determined to enter the field of commerce and embarked in the grocery business' as a clerk for F. A. Sells for a short time, when Mr. Fisher entered into partnership relations with John AVagonseller, under the firm name of Fisher & Wagonseller. They, too, established a grocery, which they conducted for two years, when they sold out. Mr. Fisher then returned to the farm and was engaged in the raising of grain and istock, at the same time shipping grain over the Hocking Valley Railroad. Subsequently he again tcok up his abode in Columbus and was once more connected with the grocery trade for eighteen months. During that time he also shipped fruit and produce and later merged his retail business into that of a wholesale fruit and provision house, hisi location being on Fourth, near Town street, until 1882, when he moved to larger quarters, - No. 8 Guinn block. His business house, which is of brick, has a frontage of forty-five feet, a depth of one hundred feet and is three stories in height. It is especially equipped for the conduct of his extensive business, which has grown to great magnitude, the annual shipments constituting a considerable portion of the products which are exported from the capital city. He is also largely interested in the Dahlonega Gold Mining Company, of Georgia, which is rapidly developing its splendid property and from which he is deriving a handsome income.

He is a man of resourceful business ability, his fertile brain enabling him to form and execute many plans which prove of practical and profitable benefit to the enterprises with which he is connected. From 1875 down to

In 1862 occurred the marriage of Mr. Fisher and Miss Katherine Martheny, of Cohimbus, a daughter of John Martheny, of Fairfield, Ohio. She is a native of Indiana, and by her marriage has become the mother of six children, namely: Mary A., the wife of Charles Thurber, of Columbus; Grant S. ; William G., a member of the firm of W. M. Fisher & Son ; Martha A., the wife of Mark Gifford, of Toledo, Ohio; Kirk B., at home; and Katherine, who completes the family, Mr. Fisher is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, also of the order of F. & A. M. He has an elegant home, with all modern improvements, at No. 695 Bryden Road. He to-day enjoys the reward of his painstaking and conscientious work. By his energy, perseverance and fine business ability he has been enabled to secure an ample fortune. Systematic and methodical, his sagacity, keen discrimination and sound judgment have made him one of the leading wholesale merchantsi of the city.

Peter Yeager

Among the wealthy retired residents of Prairie township, near Camp Chase, Franklin county, Ohio, is Peter Yeager, the subject of this sketch. The life history of our subject began in the little town of Bavaria, Germany, where his grandfather, Peter, was known in the village of Talmansfeld as a leliable and capable laborer, his father upholding the same excellent reputation. The latter died at a comparatively early age, and his mother, Sophia Yeager, married Paulus Heidle. who with his wife and our subject's one sister sailed from Bremen in 1852 and located in Columbus, Ohio. Mr. Heidle w^as a day laborer, and after his death, in 1881, our subject's mother made her home with him, where she died in 1883, having been born in 1800. The sister of our subject, Mary, who married Owen Zimmerman and resides in Cincinnati, was a daughter of the second marriage.

Mr. Yeager, of this sketch, has had a life which has thoroughly tested his manly qualities, and that he has overcome his many disadvantages is much to his credit. His birth took place September 30, 1830. When six years of age he removed w^th his mother to Burgsalach, county of Weissenburg, state of Midelfranken, where he remained until he was twenty-one years old. He learned the trade of shoemaker when he was fourteen, working at it until his majority, when, according to the draft law in his country, he was obliged to give his services to the army. For one and one-half years he w^as connected with the infantry, and four and one-half years were spent in the police corps.

During this' time our subject became attached to the young lad}- who later became his wife, and together they took passage on a sailing vessel from Bremen to New York, where they landed after a stormy passage of seventy days. He had been able to save only money enough to pay the passages of himself and the young lady through to Columbus, where' he knew he could find friends. Borrowing seventy-five cents, our subject immediately bought a license and was married, in July, 1858, to Miss Mary Nass, by Rev. Mr. Mess, a German Presbyterian minister of Columbus. She had been born in Bavaria, October 12, 1831, and after twenty years of illness died June 8, 1900, having been a good and faithfuf helpmate.

After marriage our subject settled down to work at his trade in the new home, remaining for eight years, during which time he lived a sober, industrious life and succeede.d in saving enough to purchase three acres of land, upon which place he continued at his trade for two years, but lost all his work on his land on account of an unusually dry season. He had in the meantime rented out his place, but returned now to it. where he was stricken witli fever and lost almost everything he had accumulated through so much selfdenial and economy.

At this juncture kind friends appeared who as'sisted him to some extent and he started out in a new line. He had one old horse, an old wagon and nine dollars' worth of notions ; with these he began the life of a peddler, succeedino- so w^ll that his courage and health came back, and as time went on he adcfed more and more to his stock until another horse and wagon became necessary to accommodate his trade.