Columbus City (part 22 of 57)

His boys were growing up and our subject had trained them to habits of frugality and prudence, so that when he erected his brick store near his house, in 1876, he could entrust the peddling business to his sons, while he remained manager of the large mercantile business which he soon commanded. No extra good fortune came to our subject except that earned by his own efforts. He was honest and his patrons learned that fact and trusted hisi word; he was energetic, and hence made rapid progress: w^hile he still continued the habits of careful living that he had practiced since youth. In 1896 Mr. Yeager was able to , retire from active business.

The estimable family born to Mr. and Mrs. Yeager comprises Peter, who now lives in Arkansas; John, who resides in Columbus; August, who is a resident of Dayton, Ohio ; Mary, at home ; Michael, who resides in Illinois ; Christian, who lives in Columbus ; and Stephen, who resides in Arkansas. Mr. Yeager is one of thoisie men who have come up the hard road of toil and self-denial to the eminence of success. He combined shrewd business methods with other qualities, which made the names of customers and friends synonymous.

The lack of persistency of purpose accounts in large degree for the failure of men in business life. It renders effort futile and labor unavailing, but he who pursues a given course through an active business, career and follows honorable methods that win the confidence and therefore the patronage of his fellow men is always sure to eventually gain the merited reward of labor. Prompted by a laudable ambition to win success and confining his efforts to

?. buisiness of which he has practical knowledge. ]Mr. Walcutt has gained a place among- the citizens of substantial worth in Franklin county. He resides in North Columbus and was born in Perry township, Franklin county, upon his father's farm, his natal day being November 8, 1835. His father, Robert Walcutt, was a native of Virginia, born in Loudoun county in 1797. He followed agricultural pursuits and thereby gained a desirable competence. Fie wedded Miss Susan Legg, a native of the Old Dominion, and after their marriage they left that state for Ross county, Ohio, where th'ey located in 1828. Two years later, in 1830, they became residents of Franklin county, settling in the green woods, some three miles northeast of the present city limits of Columbus. There his home was built of logs, being a primitive cabin of the pioneer times. A few years later it was replaced by a mora modern and commodious residence, wdiich siheltered the family as the children grew to mature 3'ears. The father's first purchase consisted of two hundred and thirty-five acres of heavily timbered land, and later he purchased a second tract, comprising one hundred acres, a mile south of his first farm. With characteristic energy he began clearing his land and preparing it for the plow, and in course of time his fields were under a high state of cultivation, yielding to him excellent return for his labor. He also engaged in dealing in live stock, which he drove across the mountains to the city of Baltimore, where he found a market, and also to Pennsylvania, making sales in both places. Throughout the greater part of his life he was actively engaged in agricultural pursuits', and upon the old homestead in Perry township he died in 1877, having passed the eightieth anniversary of hisi birth. His parents were ^Villiam and Sarah (Mitchell) Walcutt, the former a native of Virginia.

The mother of our subject bore the maiden name of Susan Legg and was born in Virginia in 1800, her death occurring upon the farm, in Perry township, in 1857. Like her husband, she vvas a devoted member of the Baptist church, doing all in her power to promote its work and secure the adoption of its principles by those with wdiom she wasi associated. By her marriage she became the mother of sixteen children, twelve of whom reached years of maturity, as follows : Anna, deceased wife of G. M. Peters ; Jacob ond Tabitha, who have also passed away; James, who died in 1897; Lafayette, Margaret and John, all deceased; Absalom M. ; Louise, who married J. E. Slyh and died July 13, 1900; Amelia, wife of Calvin Rutter. of Westerville, Ohio ; Robert, who resides on Eighth avenue in Columbus ; and William, a farmer of Blendon township, Franklin county.

Li the usual manner of farmer lads Mr. Walcutt, of this review, spent the days of his youth, receiving such educational privileges as the district .schools afforded, and later attended a select school taught by John Kinney. He remained under the parental roof until he was twenty-one years of age, w^hen he began farming upon bis own account and later extended' the field of his labors by dealing in live stock, shipping hogs:, cattle and horses. After his marriage he took his bride to his farm in Perry township, and there they resided until 1889, when they took up their abode in Columbus, and, although lie left the farm, ]\Ir. W'alciitt still devoted his energies to the management of his farming interests and to stock dealing. He owns one hundred and four acres of valuable land in Plain township, which is under a high state of cultivation and which he rents.

On the 2d of July, 1857, occurred the marriage of our subject and Miss Mary K- Slyh, a daughter of Jacob and Emeline (Lakin) Slyh, who were pioneer settlers of Perry township, where they resided for many years. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Walcutt have been born six children : Louisa A., widow of Charles W. Hoyt; Anna R., who died in her twentieth year; Delia, deceased; Mary E., wife of George Wiley, a son of Judge Wiley, who was prominently connected with railroad affairs for a number of years; and Fanny C, who is a student in the high school. Their home is at No. 39 West Duncan street, in North Columbus. In politics Mr. Walcutt is a Democrat, who stalwartly advocates the doctrines as advanced by ^^'illiam Jennings Bryan. \\'hile residing upon his farm he served for twenty-one years as a member of the school board and was also elected justice of the peace, but refused to qualify, preferring to devote his energies entirely to the management of his business affairs. For the past ten years he has given considerable attention to the handling of real estate, mostly city property. His close attention to business has enabled him to win prosperity and to-day he is numbered among the most successful representatives of agricultural interests in his native county.

H. G. Steickley, who is engaged in the undertaking and embalming business in Columbus, was born in the capital city May 11, 1854, his parents being Christian and Fannie (Magley) Steickley. His father was born, reared and educated in Germany, while his mother was a native of Switzerland, and with her parents came to the United States in childhood.

The subject of this review pursued his education in the public schools of Columbus, completing the grammar course, and after putting aside his text-books he entered the employ of W. H. Jarer, an undertaker, with whom he remained for five years, acquiring quite a' thorough knowledge of the business. Afterward he entered the service of Louis Fink, an undertaker, with whom he remained for a short time. Subsequently he spent two and a half years in the employ of George J. Schoedinger, and in 1881 he entered into partnership with B. B. Anderson, under the firm name of Steickley & Anderson, which connection was maintained for two years. The partnership was then dissolved and Mr. Steickley entered the employ of E. Fisher, who was engaged in the undertaking business, and with whom he remained for eight years. In 1893. he established his present business at No. 184 Ea.st Long street, where he has well appointed rooms and offices and carries a fine line of caskets. His; wife is also quite proficient in the line of work to which he gives his attention and ably assists her husband.

of Briggsdale, Franklin county, Ohio, the second daughter of W. C. and Harriett A. (Demorest) Briggs. For several years Mrs. Steickley was a successful teacher in the schools of Franklin county. By her marriage she has become the mother of one son, Ernest C, who is now a student in. the high school. Her father was born in Franklin county and now resides at No. 1507 Franklin avenue, where he is living retired. Her mother, however, passed away in 1879. She, too, was a native of this county. Mr. and Mrs. Steickley have spent their entire lives in the capital city and have a wide acquaintance here, while the circle of their friend-s is extensive.

Henry Huy

Henry Huy, who owns and operates a farm in Clinton township, came to Franklin county with his parents when eleven years of age; He was born in the Rhine province, Germany, on the 22d of December, 1828, and is a 'Son of Daniel and Philopena (Knost) Huy, also natives of Germany, in which country they were married. In 1840 they crossed the Atlantic to the new world, accompanied by their only son, Henry. The voyage continued for forty^two days, but was at length terminated when the vessel dropped anchor in the harbor of New York. They made their way westward to Buffalo, thence to Cleveland and on to Columbus, being three weeks on the way from New York to Franklin county. In the capital city the father purchased two acres of land, which he devoted to the raising of garden produce, and in addition he performed other labor which he could secure that would supplement hisi income. Fcr thirty years he was a resident of Columbus, and then took up his abode in the home of his son in Clinton township, where he died in the year 1877, at the age of seventy-two years. His wife died in 1879, ^vhen about the same age. Both were members of the Lutheran church.

Henry Huy pursued his preliminary education in the schools of Germany, where he began his studies at the age of five years. After coming to Ohio he attended the subscription schools of Columbus and acquired a good practical education. He was married in that city to Miss Barbara Rentz. in the year 1850, and unto them have been born seven children, namely: Daniel, Elizabeth, Dora. Henry. Barbara, Abraham and Lena.

In 1870 Mr. Huy and his father purchased one hundred and sixty-two and a half acres, which was but partially cleared, and thereon he has since made his' home, becoming one of the prosperous, enterprising and progressive farmers of the community. He is also the owner of city property in North Columbus. He is a molder by trade, and has followed that occupation for eighteen years in Columbus. In 1900 he was called upon to mourn the loss of his wife, who died on the 14th of February, at the age of sixty-six years. Both she and her husband became members of the Lutheran church in childhood, and she was a consistent Christian woman. All of the children are also members; of the Lutheran church. On matters of public importance Mr.

Huy is well informe'd, and his political support is given to the Democracy. He deserves great credit for what he has accomplished in life. His possessions are the visible evidences of his labor, energy and perseverance. His life stands in exemplification of the opportunities that are afforded to young men of ambition and resolute will in the land of the free. His honesty and in trade transactions have gained him the public confidence, and all who know him esteem him for his genuine worth.

Daniel Pegg

The members of the Pegg family living in Franklin county trace their ancestry back to Daniel Pegg. whose name introduces this review. He was the founder of the family in America, and from the records it appears that he settled in Philadelphia in the year 1676. Ten years later he purchased three hundred and fifty acres of land from Jurian Katzfedder in the northern limits of Philadelphia. William Penn transferred a portion of this same tract to Daniel Pegg in 1684. Soon after its purchase Mr. Pegg deeded one hundred acres of this land to Thomas Coates, his brother-in-law. and beo-an improving the remaining two hundred and fiftv acres of his farm He built a dike m the marshy land so as to form low meadows, and also built a brick kiln. He erected upon his place a two-story brick mansion, which was for many years a prominent land mark and was generallv spoken of as the "big brick house of the north end." it was situated upon Front street a little below Green street, although at the time it was erected it was surrounded by his well developed farm and no one had any idea the land would afterward constitute a part of one of the leading cities of the countrv. In 1709 William Penn proposed to rent the home for his residence. The cherry trees planted by Daniel Pegg were cut down and used for fuel by the British durino- their occupancy of the city during the Revolutionary war. A small creek wended its way across the farm and was known 'for many years as Pegcr's Run On Its banks a body of Indians were fired upon by white men, which brought an order from William Penn to make an earnest inquirv to apprehend the guilty men, saying that the Indians must be appeased or evil would ensue J hat occurred m 171 1.

The value of Daniel Pegg's farm in those early davs is disclosed bv a letter written by Jonathan Dickenson in 1715, in which he wrote that he could buy Daniel Pegg s farm fronting the Delaware river for fiftv shilline-s per acre. In 1729 Mr. Pegg advertised his farm for sale, describing it thus- To_be sold or let by Daniel Pegg, at the great brick house at the north end of Philadelphia, thirty acres of upland meadow ground and. marsh " Dur ing the period of the Revolutionary war his brick house was known as the Dutch House both because of its peculiar form and also because it had long been noted as the place for holding Dutch dances called "Herpse^aw " a whirling dance m the waltz style. The first powder house ever erected in Philadelphia was built on the north bank of Pegg's marsh, a little west of what is now known as Front street. The family of Daniel Pegg consisted of Elizabeth, Jane, Nathan, Eliasi and Daniel, Jr. The father made his will on the nth of February, 1702. He died soon after in the home of his- eldest son, Daniel, to whom, according to the English custom, the larger part of his estate was willed. In his will Daniel Pegg makes mention of his slaves, which is an interesting fact, owing to his being a Quaker.

Daniel Pegg, Jr., who inherited the major part of his father's property, married, and died in January, 1732, leaving a widow and one child, Sarah. In his will he bequeathed the greater part of his property to his nephew, Daniel Pegg, a son of his brother, Mathias, and the great-grandfather of those of the sixth generation now living in Franklin county, Ohio. A brief history of Daniel Pegg, the second, shows the vicissitudes of human affairs. Possessed of the fee simple of a valuable property he left no rich heirs and in the settlem.etit of his estate much litigation followed and the property became absorbed finally. Daniel ^tgg, the third, it appears! never realized from the estate, as in the records of the family the name does not occur after the second generation.

The family of Daniel Pegg, the third, was, so far as known, constituted of two sons, Elias and Benjamin. The latter never married and died in Norwich, Franklin county, Ohio, in 1830, at the ripe old age of eighty-four years. He was a brave and efficient soldier during the war of the Revolutiou. Elias Pegg, the other son of Daniel Pegg. the third, probably spent his boyhood days in and near Philadelphia. At the beginning of the Revolutionary war he was too young to enlist in the service, but his brother Benjamin being a little older was one of the first to raise hisi voice and hand against the oppression of Great Britain, and was found fighting in the ranks at the battle of Lexington, and faithfully served until the end of hostilities. Elias Pegg later entered the service and valiantly aided his struggling country for five years. The two brothers were members, of the same company in a Pennsylvania regiment, fighting side by side. Both were afterward remembered and rewarded by their government with pensions. The Pegg family were originally of the good old standard Quaker stock, holding to the religion of their fathers for three generations, but Elias Pegg, of the fourth generation, broke away from the religious moorings of the Quaker church and became a strong Methodist, much against the wishes of his father. He married Miss Elizabeth Nonsettler in 1786. Her people were of Dutch descent and always claimed to be of the blood of AA'illiam, Prince of Orange. Mrs. Pegg was a woman of bright intellect and much force of character, steadiness of purpose, goodness of heart and excellent business capacity. - in fact was an ideal wife and mother. E,lias Pegg and his wife first settled on a farm in Wiest Virginia, then a part of A^irginia. where six of their children were born. There about 1795 Elias Pegg's father. Daniel, came from Philadelphia to live with his son and continued to reside with him until about 1800, when he was called to his home on high. In the year 1801 Elias Pegg and his family removed to Jef¥erson county, Ohio, locating on a farm of nine hundred acres. They left a number of relatives near Wheelino- West Virgniia among whom was Beal Pumphrey, a large planter who owned from forty to fifty slaves. Mrs. Pumphrey and Mrs. Pegg were sisters. There was also a brother of the Nonsettler family who died at the very advanced age of one hundred and fourteen years.

Near the close of the war of 1812 Mr. Pegg received 4 good offer for his farm m Jefferson county, and having heard much of the fertJity of the soil m the Scioto valley he proposed to Henry Innis and Ephraim Fisher two of his sons-in-law, that they remove to Franklin county and determine for themselves the truth of tho,s:e reports. Accordingly they made the trip on horseback and after a week of travel arrived in Franklinton. Althouo-h these men were Methodists, one an exhorter and very earnest in church work while another was a class leader, they made a contract with each other that whoever finished his meal last at the hotel where they stopped should pay for he .tirup dram for the entire party. They supposed in those early days n \V^^rf°''? """^ "'^^ horseback without first taking a drink of vvhisky On Mr. Pegg s return to Jefferson county he sold his farm and with his family removed to Franklin county early in the year 1817. Here thev met with a fair degree of success and enjoyed a happy home until the year 18^2 when an epidemic of typhus fever broke out, prostrating more than half the people During this siege of illness the good mother died and the loss was an irieparable one to the family, consisting of the father and ten children, namely- Catherine Rachel, Elizabeth, Isabel, Mary, Ezekiel, Margaret, Barbara" Ehas and Joseph. I he eldest, Catherine, was born March 3. 1787 and ^^tt' is ^T^^') ;^^^ born May 25, 1809, being therefore fourteen years of age at the time of his mot^ier's death. Eight of the children came to this county with their parents, Rachel and Elizabeth ha^-ing died in Tefferson county. In 1825 Elias Pegg married Mrs. Holmes, a widow, who died Clinton township, m 1830 After her death Mr. Pegg made his home with different members of the family until he, too, passed away, in 1838 at the age of eighty- four A^ears. a ^ <^^

William H. H. Lukens

William H. H. Lukens was a soldier in the Civil war and gave his life in defense of the Union, although he did not die upon the field of battle ^ To such the nation owes a debt of gratitude which can never be reioaid for all honor IS due to those who wore the blue to perpetuate the Unicn when its stability was threatened bv the secession of the south iSo/"" nt^ntf Pennsylvania Mr. Lukens was born nn the 7th of March. \^^^' . AA.n ' ""''"' Lukens, was' born near Philadelphia and wedded Margaret Williamson. They became early settlers of Franklin cm n 'kmg up their abode in this section of the state when it was considered a f on tier legion. They were Quaker people, living Godly, upright lives, and heir many estimable qualities insured them the confidence and good will of al

Surrounded by the refining influences of a good home, W'iUiani H. H. Lukens was thus' reared to manhood, pursuing his education in the primitive schools of the times and aiding in the task of clearing and developing the home farm. His youth was one largely of activity in the line of farm work, but he thereby developed a self-reliant and determined spirit which stood him in good stead in his own business career.

On the 28th of February, 1850, Mr. Lukens chose as a companion and helpmate on life's' journey Miss Catherine Grouse, who was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, January i, 1826. Her father, John Grouse, was of German lineage and died in the city of Brotherly Love. He wedded Mary Rogers, who was born in Reading, Pennsylvania, and during his bushiess career engaged in butchering in Philadelphia, but died at a comparatively early age. His widow was twice married, and by her first husband, Henry Fowser, had one son, Henry, who died in early manhood. By her second marriage she became the mother of three children, namely: Mary, who liecame the wife of George Kline and died in Philadelphia; Mrs. Lukens; and Edward, who became first lieutenant of a company of Ohio soldiers and was promoted to a captaincy on the field of battle. In an engagement he was killed, thus laying down his life as a ransom for his country. Mrs. Lukens was' reared in the state of her birth, attended the public 'schools there and remained in Philadelphia until twenty-four years of age. At the father's death the family was left in straitened circumstances, and she early began work in order to earn her own livelihood. She became acquainted with Mr. Lukens while he was temporarily in the city, and in 1850 their marriage was solemnized. They became the parents of two children, - Henry, who is at home with his mother; and George, who wedded Mary Moore and is now living in Madison county, Ohio.

After his marriage Mr. Lukens' took up his abode upon a farm of fiftytour acres in Pleasant township, Franklin county. The greater part of this was covered with a native growth of timber, but he cleared away the trees until the sunlight poured down upon the fields and mellowed the soil, making it rich for cultivation. In those early days he also engaged in hunting to a great extent. Golumbus was then the nearest market, and supplies were there obtained and products' there sold. He was a very energetic business man, and his unfailing industry enabled him to make his farm a very ]:)roductive and profitable one. At the time of the Givil war he put aside all personal considerations and enlisted for three years, as a private of Gompany H, One Hundred and Thirty-third Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He went to the front, but in 1865 was sent home on account of disability, and on the 29th of December of the same year he passed away. He was a very kind and devoted husband and father and in all life's relations was faithful to his duty. As a citizen he was public spirited, and his loyalty was manifest by his response to the country's call for aid. After the death of the husband and father ]\Irs. Lukens managed the home i)roperty until her sons were old enough to relieve her of its care. She is still living- on the old farm to which she went as a bride with her husband, and is numbered among the worthy pioneer residents of the county.

Lewis L. Pegg

One of the most prominent families of Franklin county is that to which our subject belongs. His; father, Joseph Pegg, is represented in another sketch in this work. Lewis was the eighth member of the familv and was born in Clinton township on the 15th of August, 1843. ^^'hen he had attained the usual age he entered the schools of the neighborhood and on mastering the branches that formed the curriculum there he further continued his mental training by two years.' study at Otterbein College, at Westerville, Ohio. At the age of nineteen he laid aside his text-books there and entered upon the task of providing for his own support. He had previously engaged in teaching in the schools of Franklin county and from the age of twenty years he spent each winter season through the succeeding decade in the .school-room, usually teaching for about four months in the year. Through the summer he engaged in farming. He won a very enviable reputation as an educator, his expressions being clear and concise, always impressing the student with a knowledge of what he wishes to impart.

Li the year 1873 Mr. Pegg was united in marriage to ]\Lss Virginia D. Shattuck, a daughter of Alexander and Flora (Andrews) Shattuck, \\iho were pioneers of Franklin county. After his marriage I^Ir. Pegg and his bride located on a tract of land in the eastern part of Clinton township, becoming owners of oue hundred and ten acres, which he purchased of Walter Field, a pioneer settler of Franklin county. IVIr. Pegg continued the development of that farm for three years and then removed to the farm upon which he now resides, - the old Shattuck homestead. It has since been his place of abode and the scene of well directed and prosperous labor. His energv. strong determination and perseverance have made him a successful farmer, his labors being crowned with a merited financial reward. Unto Mr. and T^Irs. Pegg have been born two children : Florence, now the wife of Ralph B. Taylor, M. D., of Columbus, by whom ,sihe has one son, Lewis L.; and Flora Liflian!

Mr. Pegg has been called to fill a number of positions of public trust.' He served as deputy sheriff from 1879 ^^"til 1885. and at the same time continued the operation of his farm. He filled that office under Josiah Kinnear, Louis Heinmiller and William H.- Barber. Mr. Pegg has been a member of the county board of school examiners, and, with the exception of a period of one year, held the office for twenty-seven consecutive vears, being the present incumbent. He has frequently served as chairman of the board and the cause of education has found in him a warm friend. The office is appointive and IS mdependent of the city schools of Columbus. He has been a member of the township board of education for more than fifteen years. He is a member of the Masonic 'fraternity, belonging to New England Lodge. Xo. 4,

F. & A. M., of Worthington, Ohio, and hasi attained the thirty-second degree of the Scottish Rite. In pohtics he has always taken a deep interest, yet has never been an aspirant for the honors and emoluments of public office. In his political affiliations he is a Democrat and is active in the local work of the party, believing it the duty of every American citizen to see that good men are in office. His wife isi a member of the Baptist church, with which she has long been identified. Mr. Pegg contributes to its support and gives his earnest co-operation to all measures for the general good. In the line of business his attention is given undividedly to the operation of hi,si fine farm of one hundred and thirty-two acres. He raises grain and stock and takes a just pride; in his work, which i,s: carried on systematically and energetically. He has been very successlful and is a self-made man in the truest and best sense of the term. He is a gentleman of upright habits and keeps well informed on the issues of the day, both politically and otherwise. The cause of improvement and progress finds in him a friend and he is a worthy representative of an honored pioneer family whose name is inseparably associated v.'ith the development of Franklin county.

As the name indicates, Dr. Emerick is of German lineage. His paternal grandfather, Abel Emerick, was descended from German ancestors, the family having been founded in America at an early day. He was a native of New York and married a Miss Snow. Among their children was James Emerick, the Doctor's father. He was born in the Empire state in the year 1820 and was by occupation a farmer. With his family he came to Ohio in 1846 and located upon a farm in Fulton county. In October, 1841, in Lysander. New York, - his' native town, - he had wedded Miss Mary A. Humphrey, of Stephentown, New York, and they became the parentsi of seven children, six of whom reached yearsi of maturity. Mr. and Mrs. Emerick were devot&d Christian people and the father passed away on the 24th of February, 1893, when in his' seventy-third year, while his wife died in 1883.

The Doctor, of thi'si review, is numbered among Ohio's native sons, his birth having occurred upon the old homestead farm in Fulton county October -28, 1863. The usual experiences that fall to the lot of the farmer boy in youth were his. He early became familiar with the work of field and meadow and his; preliminary education was acquired in the district schools, but later was supplemented by study in the village school of Fayette, while his literary course was completed in the Fayette Normal University, at Fayette, Ohio. His resolve to acquire an education indicated the eleme-ntal strength of his character, which has since been developed into the strong purpose that has enabled him to carry forward' to successful completion, his' chosen life work. He read medicine with Dr. E. FI. Rorich, of Fayette, and subsequently entered the State University of Michigan, at Ann Arbor, in 1884, where he devoted two years to medicine, and in 1886 entered the Long Island Medical College, where he graduated in 1887. He then located in Fayette, entering upon his professional career. Until 1891 he practiced at that place and in the month of December of that year he came to Columbus, where he fitted up a pleasant and tasteful office at No. 1126 Neil avenue. Here his business' has steadily increased both in volume and importance, and he has won his way to the foremost rank among the medical practitioners of the city. From 1892 until 1898 Dr. Emerick was professor of dermatology in the Ohio Medical University, and he then resigned for the purpose of devoting his entire attention to his large and constantly growing practice. He is now physician of Grant Hospital and is a member of the Columbus Academy and the American ]\Iedical Association.

On the i6th of September, 1891, Dr. Emerick was united in marriage to Miss Carrie Dill, of Franklin county, a daughter of Cubbage and Emily (Needles) Dill. Socially he is a representative of York Lodge, No. 563, F. & A. M. ; of the Knights of Pythias fraternity and of the Red Men of America. He early realized the truth of the adage that "there is no excellence without labor," and'therefore he closely applied himself to the mastery of the; principles of the medical science and to the understanding of the cases entrusted to him. He is extremely careful and therefore accurate in diagnosing dis'ease and the results which have usually attended his practice have been most desirable and gratifying, demonstrating his superior skill and ahility.

Albert L. Gantz

The well cultivated farms and comfortable homes of Franklin county,; Ohio, excite favorable comment from exery traveler, and among them that of Albert L. Gantz, located in Jackson township, may be cited as an example. Mr. Gantz is a farmer and dairyman and hasi resided upon this place since March 14, 1857. His parents, x\dam and Catherine (Finnic) Gantz, were of Pennsylvania-German descent, and came from the Keystone state with teams, locating in Jackson township, where they passed their lives, the father dying at the age of seventy-two, and the mother passing away on her sixtieth birthday. Both were most excellent and industrious people and did much to improve the land where their son now resides. They had reared a family of fourteen children, all of them growing to maturity except two, who died at the age of eleven and seventeen, respecti\-ely. Nine of this family are still living- and are neighbors and residents of Franklin county.

Albert L. Gantz, the fourteenth and youngest child of his parents, grew up on the farm, early becoming accustomed to agricultural pursuits. He was educated' in the country school nnd immediately after marriage settled on the old homestead and took charge of the farm. His marriage took place March 26, 1878, to Hannah M. Brown, a daughter of John and Elizabeth (Ricketts) Brown, who were also old residents of Franklin county, where Mrs. Gantz was reared and educated. Eight children have been added to the family circle, four of them sons and four daughters : Bert B., E. Gail, John

Mr. Gantz is an extensive and smccessful farmer, cultivating- a farm of three hundred acres of his own and also one of three hundred and ninetyfour acres belonging to Mrs. Gantz. In 1897 he entered into the dairying business and has been very successful in this also, nov^ employing two^ w^agons.

Charles J. Karch

Conspicuous in the ranks of successful business' men of Columbus stands Charles J. Karch. Possessed of fine commercial ability, aided by the exercise of sound judgment and indomitable energy, Mr. Karch has not only won success for himself but has assisted materially in the growth and prosperity of the city. In the real-estate business the fact is especially apparent that is the basis of all security." This basis is founded in the knowledge and probity of those through whom the transactions are conducted. In view^ of this' fact there is probably no one in Columbus possessing more of these qualifications than Mr. Karch. He has been connected with many large sales \vhich ha^-e been made, and his business interests have been closely interwoven with the history of the capital. This knowledge, together with long experience makes him an invaluable aid to investors.

A native of Germany, he was born near the Rhine, on the 5th of July, 1864. and is' a son of Frederick J. and Caroline (Wasson) Karch, both of whom were born and reared in the fatherland. In 1864 the parents with their children crossed the Atlantic to America on a westward-bound steamer that dropped anchor in the harbor of New York, and from that city they made their way direct to Columbus, where the father was employed by Mr. 'Gill, a stove manufacturer, in wdiose service he remained for twelve years. Through the succeeding eight years he w^as employed as a blacksmith and tool-maker, and now he is living retired.

In October, 1849, Frederick J. Karch was united in marriage to Miss Fredericka Deibert, of Germany, who was born in the same neighborhood as h-er husband, and was a daughter of Frederick and Catherine (Ruf) Deibert. She was born April 11, 1828, and by her marriage became the mother of the following children, namely : Catherine, now the wife of Charles Herbst, of Columbus; Frederick, a farmer; Joseph, also an agriculturist; Charles, J., who is engaged in the real-estate business'; Eliza, wife of Amos M. Decker, a painter; and Caroline, at home. The father gives his support to the Democracy, but is not an office seeker. The successi which he has achieved in life is indeed creditable, as it has come to him as the direct result of his own efforts.

Charles J. Karch, whose name introduces this record, was not a year old when brought by his parents, to Columbus, where he pursued his studies until his' fourteenth year. He then put aside his text-^books and entered upon his business career' and became an employe of Frederick Deibert, with whom he remained for several years. With the capital he had thus acquired he embarked in business on his own account as a dealer in sand, which he furnished in large quantities to a number of contractors and builders. He afterward purchased a tract of land in South Columbus, which he platted and laid out. The addition consists of one hundred and fifty lots and is known as the Karch & Wolf addition. Since that time he made a second addition, known as the Karch & Legg addition. Many of the lots have been sold and good residences have been erected upon the major portion of them. In 1885 Mr. Karch was united in marriage to Miss Josephine Foss, of Columbus, a daughter of Joseph B. and Ann (Hosack) Foss, who resided in Franklin county in pioneer days. They were natives of Boston, Massachusetts, but for many years the father was connected with the milling interests of tins city, the mill being located at the corner of State and Front streets , however, it has since been removed to make way for more modern buildings. Mrs. Karch was' born, reared and educated in this city and by her marriage she became the mother of five children: Stella F., Jessie E., aosephme Mav, Robert H. and Olive N. In his political views Air. Karch is a Democrat, and while he has never sought official preferment for himself he has taken an interest in securing the election of his friends and has served for several years as one of the judges of election in the first ward. He belongs to that class of representative American citizens who, while promoting their individual success', also contribute to the general prosperity. He has been largely instrumental in the upbuilding of South Columbus and has used his money and influence toward securing and locating industries in that portion of the city, among them the Columbus Chain Company, which has become one of the most substantial enterprises of the locality, employing a large force of workmen. He is a self-made man, who, without any extraordinary family or pecuniary advantages at the commencement of life, has achieved both character and fortune by sheer force of will, energy, indomitable courage, integrity and untiring effort, and has worked his way upward until he occupies an enviable position in commercial circles.

William J. Means

One of the most exacting of all the higher lines of occupation to which a man may lend his energies is that of the physician. A most scrupulous preliminary training is demanded and a nicety of judgment little understood by the laity. Then again, the profession brings its devotees into almost constant association with the sadder side of life,; - that of pain and suffering, - so that a mind capable of great self-control and a heart responsive and sympathetic are essential attributes of him who would' essay the practice of the healing art. Thus when professional success is attained in any instance it may be taken as certain that such measure of success has been thoroughly merited. Dr. Means is a prominent representative of the medical profession of Oliio and is widely known throughout the state by reason of his efficiency in the line of his chosen calling. As one of the founders and the registrar of the Ohio Medical University he has been connected with the institution since its inception, and that it has become one of the leading medical colleges of the country is due in no small degree to his efforts'.

Dr. Means is a native of Pennsylvania, his birth having occurred upon a farm in Jefferson county in 1853. He is a son of Joseph and Margaret (Sutter) Cleans, the former a native of Pennsylvania and the latter of Germany. The father was a carpenter and builder by trade, but at the time of the Civil war lie put aside all business and personal considerations and faithfully served his country for four years as a defender of the Union. His death occurred in 1896.

The Doctor spent the first seventeen years of his life in the place of his nativity, wdiere he enjoyed the advantages of a common-school and academic education. For two years he engaged in teaching. In the spring of 1870 he came to Ohio and entered the National Normal University, at Lebanon, thu§ further preparing himself for teaching. He became principal of the Christiansburg high school, which position he held for four years. On determining to devote his life to the practice of medicine he began reading under the supervision of Dr. Burns, of Christiansburg, and was afterward graduated in the Cincinnati College of Medicine and Surgery with the class of 1874.

The following year Dr. Means located in Sabetha, Kansas', where he remained for nine months, returning in 1876 to Christiansburg, Ohio, where he successfully engaged in the practice of his profession until 1888. Throughout the intervening years he continued his studies and reading in order to be well prepared for the responsible duties' that devolved upon him, and in 1888 he entered upon a post-graduate course in New York city. On its completion he located in Columbus and with others he organized the Ohio Medical University in 1891. He became its registrar and has since held that position. He also filled the chair of surgery in the college and is surgeon to the Protestant Hospital. His professional knowledge isi deep and profound and he has the added faculty of being exceptionally capable as an educator, his explanations being lucid, concise and easily understood even when he explains what is seemingly a most abstruse medical problem. He is chief surgeon for the Columbus, Sandusky & Hocking Valley Railroad Company and medical director of the American Insurance Company. The fraternitv recognizes his ability and accord him a position of prominence in its ranks.

In 1876 Dr. Means was united in marriage to Miss Estelle Thomasf, of Christiansburg, Ohio, a daughter of John Thomas. She was born, reared and educated in her native village, and after twenty years of a happy married life she died' in 1896, leaving two children, - Hugh J. and John W. For his second wife the Doctor chose Miss Ida Huff am, a daughter of Louis Huffam, a prominent citizen of Columbus. In social circles of the city they occupy an eminent position, being recognized leaders where true worth and intelhgence are received as passports into good society. The Doctor holds membership relations with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Knights of Pythias fraternity, and is' also a member of the Baptist church. In the line of his profession he was formerly a member of the Champaign Medical Society, and is at present a member of the Central Ohio, the Ohio State and the American Medical Associations. Whatever tends to promote the interests of his profession and place before man the key to the mystery of that complex problem which we call life at once attracts the interest and cooperation of Dr. Means. He is an extremely busy and successful practitioner, constantly overburdened by demands for his services, both professionally and socially. He is a man of the highest and purest character, an industrious and ambitious student and a gifted teacher of surgery. He is genial in disposition, a man of scholarly attainments' and splendid endowments, who' in every relation of life commands admiration, confidence and respect.

Theadore Hart

A leading farmer of Franklin township, Franklin county. Ohio, is Theadore Hart, the subject of this sketch, who was born in Bucks county, Pennsylvania, March 14, 1821. Mr. Hart is able to trace his ancestry as far into the past as' 1652, and among his English forefathers were some who came to this country with William Penn. His great-grandfather, his grandfather and his father were born in the same house, in Bucks county, which witnessed his own birth. All lived out their honorable lives: in Pennsylvania, upon the same land, and their descendants are scattered over the Union. The mother of our subject was named Catherine Kreusen. also a native of Bucks county, and she was of English descent, that name being well known in the land of her forefathers.

Our subject was the oldest child in a family of three children and is now the only survivor. He was reared upon the farm of his father, where he remained until he was eighteen years old, when he went for a four-years sojourn in Montgomery county, while there learning the carpenter trade. To the young man of that period the west offered unbounded opportunities, and Mr. Hart resolved to make his way to Ohio, accomplishing the journey on foot, in company with Hiram Puff. The comrades lived in Columbus until the fall of 1842, and while working at his trade in the city he bought the farm upon which he now lives, going back to Pennsylvania in the fall and returning to Ohio again in the spring. Upon this trip he brought with him a twohorse wagon, and hidden somewhere about it fifteen hundred dollars in silver.

The only house upon the farm was a round-log structure, in a dilapidated condition, no stable and but little fencing. He went to work with a will and put to practical use his knowledge of carpentry, immediatelv beginning to build a house with his own hands. The result showed that Mr. Hart was a master workman; for the planing of the boards;, the making of doors and windows and its' entire finishing were well done by his hands. So well was the work done, indeed, that ever since then the house has afforded' a most comfortable residence for the family. Other buildings followed the erection of the dwelling, all of which were built by Mr. Hart. Now his farm of seventy-eight acres is in a fine state of cultivation, his fences and buildings presenting a most substantial appearance, and all reflect credit upon his industry and skill.

In the fall of 1843 Mr. Hart made another journey tO' Pennsylvania, this time upon horseback, and in November of that year was married to Catherine \\alton, a native of the same state.. With his wife Mr. Hart returned to Ohio, making this trip in a one-horse w^agon, and arrived at the new home on Christmas day, 1843, and here he has lived ever since. Mrs. Hart died DecenAer 15, 1891, leaving the following children: Lewis', deceased, who njarried Henrietta Chambers and left one son, Wallace ; Thomas, who married Sarah Jane Lott; Louisa, who married J. E. Chambers and has three children, - Warren, Jennie and Melvin; Mary, who died in infancy; Willis, married Lillian Hatch and has two children, - Theadore and Eva J. ; Frank, who has been twice married, the first time to Anna Wilcox, the second time to Doll Robbins, and has one son, Thomas Floyd, by the first marriage ; Elmer, who resides' at home and carries on a dairy business, owning some of the finest cows in Franklin county; and Jennie, who is at home.

Mr. Hart is very well known in the county. He was early instructed in Democratic doctrine and voted for Stephen A. Douglas, but cast a ballot for Abraham Lincoln at the time of his secoud election, and since that time has voted with the same party in national affairs, although at local elections he prefers to select the men he feels are best fitted for the position. He hasi held the office of township trustee and possesses the entire confidence of his neighbors, all of whom are also his friends. Since tAventy-two years of age he has consistently lived the life of a member of the Methodist church and has taken an active part in hoth church and Sunday-school work, being for a time superintendent of the latter. He is most highly esteemed in the section which has so long been his home, and is a worthy representative of a retired farmer of Franklin county.

The history of the family of Westervelt is' an old and interesting one. The earliest mention of the name that can be ascertained in Holland is that of Dirck van Westervelt, who was born about the year 1475. That historic member of the family married into the family of Van Wenkom. His son Lubbert came to America in 1662, arriving May 24, on the ship Hope, from Meppel, province of Drenthe, Holland, and settled first at Flatbush. New York, and afterward located at Hackensack, New Jersey, where he and hi'S descendants acquired considerable property and where the members of his family were burgomasters for many years. Lubbert had a son named Lubbert

Lubbertsen van Westervelt, and the latter had a son named Roeloffe van Westervelt, who had a son named Kasparus, who had a son named CorneHus, and the next in descent was Jacobus, who married Rebecca Du Bois, and l3y this' marriage there were nine children, of whom three sons - William, Peter and Mathew, - and a daughter, named Catharine, were pioneers in Franklin county, Ohio, in 18 18.

The Westervelt family in Holland still own the land there which was owned by their ancestors as long ago as 1472 ; but the old castle of the Westervelts has crumbled away. The Westervelt coat of arms consists of a shield with three silver flleur de lis, helmet and crown, crest, arms in armor rising from the crown holding on fluer de lis, mounting green and silver. Motto, above in scroll, "Per crucem ad coronam :" below the shield the name "Van Westervelt."

Rebecca Du Bois, who became the wife of Jacobu'Si Westervelt, was a descendant of the famous French family of Du Bois and a daughter of Louis Du Bois, a Huguenot who renounced his lands and titles for his faith in reformed religion and went to Holland, whence he came in 1660 to New York, where he owned an immense tract of land and passed the remainder of his' days. William, Mathew and Peter Westervelt, son of Jacobus and Rebecca (Du Bois) Westervelt, accompanied by their sister Catharine, wdio married Stephen BrinkerhofT, came to Franklin county, Ohio, in 181 8 from Poughkeepsie, New York, where William Westervelt was born, August 8, 1792. They bought a large tract of land, nearly two thousand acres, in what has' since become known as Blendon township. The gift of land for educational, church and burial purposes at and near Westerville, the seat of Otterbein University, is referred' to in the biographical sketch of Mathew Westervelt elsewhere in this work. William Westervelt joined in this benefaction and was' otherwise prominent in local affairs.

He married Sarah Bishop, August 16, 1814, a daughter of William and Sarah Bishop, of Poughkee'psie, New York. He died March 31, 1878, at the age of eighty-six years, and his wife died in 1876. They were prominent members of the Methodist Eii>iscopal church, ever solicitous for its welfare and helpful to its progress. They were the parents of thirteen children, twelve of whom grew up. A son died in infancy, and the others were Jane. Lovina, Bishop, Hannah, James, Caleb, Helen, Sarah, Grover, Rebecca, Catharine and Celia. Of these Jane married David Headington, and her daughter, Mrs. Georgianna Wells, lives at Westerville. Lovina married Sylvanus Budd. James was educated in Worthington Academy, at Worthington, Franklin county, Ohio, and married Kate Knox, who bore him two children, - Milo, who lives in Iowa; and Laura, of Columbusi. After the death of his first wife, James married Minerva Lawson, of Westerville, who bore him two daughters : Ada, who married John Joyce, of Columbus ; and Mary, who is a bookkeeper at Deshler's Bank at Columbus'. Caleb Westervelt, also educated at Worthington Academy, became a merchant at Westerville and married Mary Van Derhoff, a daughter of Henry Van Derhoff, Her father came from Oak Ridge, New Jersey, and died soon after his arrival, in Dela- ^vare county. Caleb and Mary (Van Derhoff) Westervelt had three children, named Therese Medora, Cora Dell and Herschel D. Medora was educated at Otterbein University and married N. J\l. Hoffhines, a teacher in the Columbus schools, who died in 1889. By this marriage there was one son, W'ilbur Westervelt Hoffhines', who is a resident of Columbus. In 1894 she married George Nitschke, of the firm of Nitschke Brothers, printers and bookbinders, of Columbus. Cora Dell died January 27, 1876. Herschel Douglas is a well known druggist of Columbus, and isi prominent in Masonic and Pythian circles. He was educated at Westerville and taught school for a time in Delaware county, this state. He married Miss Martha Martin, of Columbus, and they have a son named Leland Earl. Grover Westervelt, who lives at Norfolk, Nebraska, married Amelia Grinnell, a member of a pioneer family of Blendon township, all of whom have left Franklin county and most of whom are living at Kankakee, Illinois. Sarah Westervelt is the widow of John Price, of Westerville. Rebecca W^estervelt is the widow of Irvin Lawson and lives at Westerville. Bishop Westervelt, deceased, left a son named Freeman, who' was one of the founders of an institute for the deaf and dumb at Rochester, New York, and isi engaged as a superintendent there. Celia married Newell W. Grinnell and now makes her home in Kankakee, Illinois. They have three children, - Harry, Fannie and Darwin. Others of the children of William and Sarah (Bishop) Westervelt not here named left their native county years ago and the writer has not been able tO' trace their history.

Christian Bachmann

This well known farmer and dairyman of Truro township, has spent his entire life in Franklin county, Ohio, his birth having occurred in Columbus, December 20, 1853. His father, Christian Bachmann, Sr., was born in Bavaria, Germany, on the 22d of February, 1823, and was about twenty-seven years of age on his emigration to the United States, having" been reared and educated in his native land. Locating at Columbus, he worked as a laborer in the Ridgway foundry for a time, and later was employed in the starch factory then located in that city. By the strictest economy he managed to save enough from his meager wages to purchase fifteen acresi of woodland. This he cleared, chopping the wood into chips, which he hauled to Columbus and sold for one dollar per load. Being industrious and energetic and with the firm determination to succeed, he at length: acquired a handsome property and at his death left three hundred and one acres of valuable land to his family. In 1852, at Columbus, he was united in marriage with Miss Catherine Commerson, also a native of Bavaria, Germany, and to them were born five children, namely : Christian, Henry, Katie, Mary and William, all still living

The days of his boyhood and youth our subject passed upon the home farm, and he is indebted to the common schools of the neighborhood for his educational advantages. His 'Sthool days' were over, however, at the age of fourteen years as he was obhged to aid his father with the farm work. He never left the parental roof, and is no-w successfully engaged in general farming and dairying.

On the 1 2th of December, 1877, Mr. Bachmann led to the marriage altar Miss Clara Alice Krumm, a daughter of Henry Krumm, a prominent farmer and miller of Truro township. By this union were born eight children, as follows: Lydia, Harry, Rosa, Charles, Clara, Sadie, Luther and Mamie. All are living with the exception of Mamie, who died in infancy ; while Harry was in the employ of the electrical department of the United States exhibit at the Paris Exposition. All are now at home with their parents.

Mr. Bachmann is an active and prominent member of the Lutheran church and the Lutheran Aid Society, and to all religious work he contributes liberally. He is also a member of the German Singing Society, and is a stanch supporter of the Democratic party and its principles. At local elections, however, he votes' for the men whom he considers best fitted for office without regard to political affiliations. On his party ticket he was elected justice of the peace by a good majority, and has also filled the offices of school trustee five years and school director for a number of years. In all the relations of life he has been found true to every trust reposed in him, whether public or private, and well merits' the high regard in which he is uniformly held.

William Strickler

AVilliam Strickler. who has held the office of justice of the peace since 1893, and is widely known as' Squire Strickler, is numbered among the prominent old settlers of Franklin county, his home being on section 36, Hamilton township. Lie was born in this township, November 21, 1848, and is a son of William Strickler, a native of Fairfield county, Ohio, whence he removed to Franklin county, in 1843, locating in Hamilton township, where he died at the age of thirty-five years. He was a descendant of an old Pennsylvania German family. His wife, who bore the maiden name of Elizabeth Peters', was also a native of Fairfield county, wasi cf Pennsylvania German descent, and died in Franklin county at the very advanced age of eighty-one years. By her marriage she became the mother of eleven children, of whom two died in infancy, while the others reached adult age and six are now living, namely: Mrs. Eleanora Hoggkins, a widow living in Columbus; Isabella, who is the widow of Joseph Stump and resides in Hamilton township; John, whoisi also living in Hamilton township; Susan C, who is the widow of Edward Koocken and lives in Ellis county. Texas; Margaret, wife of ]\Iichacl Rohr, of Van Wert, Ohio; and Maxamilia j\I., who resides with John.

Mr. Strickler, of this review, w^as the sixth of the family, and was only two and a half years of age when his father died. He was reared in Hamilton township, and attended its district schools, beginning hi's; education in a log school house. He assisted in the cultivation of the fields on the home .farm until after the inauguration of the Civil war, when in 1864, in his eighteenth year, he enlisted as a private of Company K, First Ohio Cavalry, with which he served until the close of the war. He participated in the Kilpatrick raid. around Atlanta, together with many other small engagements, receiving an honorable discharge at Columbus' when the country no longer needed his services. He then returned home and assisted in the cultivation of the farm until his marriage.

In 1869 Mr. Strickler wxdded Rachel C. Rohr, who was also born and reared in Hamilton township, being a representative of one of the oldest families of the county. Her mother was born in a little log house that stood on the farm where our subject now resides, and which was built in 181 1. And' in that cabin home Mr. and Mrs. Strickler began their domestic life, there living until 1879, w4ien the present residence was erected. Eight children have been born of their union : Eva M., wife of Jesse Ranck, a farmer of Marion township; Nellie B., wife of Alonzo Simms, of Columbus; William G., who is a mail clerk on the Panhandle Railroad running from Columbus to Pittsburg; Herman, who died at the age of eighteen months; Clara B., who died at the age of one year; John Russell and Laura E., at home; and Stanley, who passed away at the age of four years.

Mr. Strickler is now the owner of one hundred and twenty-four acres of rich and arable land, on which he carries on general farming. His pleasant home standsi in the midst of well-tilled fields, and is highly improved with substantial buildings. In politics he is a stanch Republican, and since 1893 he has held the office of justice of the peace, discharging his duties with strict fairness and impartiality. He belongs to McCoy Post, No. i, G. A. R., and for over fourteen years has been identified with Tent No. 55, K. O. T. M. He has a wide acquaintance in Franklin county, where he has spent his entire life, and by reason of his many sterling qualities enjoys the respect of all who know him.

Frank Theodore Cole

The family in America of which Frank Theodore Cole, of Columbus, Ohio, is a representative, isi descended from Thomas Cole, who settled at Salem, Massachusetts, in 1634 and whose descendants lived at Boxford and Harvard, some of them going to New Hampshire. Captain Theodore Cole, father of Frank Theodore Cole, was born at Westmoreland, Cheshire county, Hsiew Hampshire, May 19, 1813, and died there July 2, 1885, aged seventytwo years. He! was for many years master of a whale ship sailing from New Bedford, Massachusetts, and his voyages took him to all parts of the world. He was one of the first to enter the Arctic ocean by way of Behring's strait, and was in the region of the mouth of the Yukon many years before it came to public notice. He married Miss Livilla Gleason, born March 21, 18 18, a daughter of Captain Wilson Gleason, of Westmoreland, Nev^^ Hampshire. Captain Gleason was one of the most prominent men in his part of the state, and was for many years active in military affairs as a captain of cavalry organized under the militia law of other days. He died in 1866, aged seventy-eight years. His grandfather, Isaac Gleason, of Petersham, Worcester county, Massachusetts, was a soldier in the colonial wars, as was also Abijah Cole, of Harvard, Massachusetts, grandfather of Captain Theodore Cole. Captain Gleason was a descendant of Thomas Gleason, who was at Charlestown, Massachusetts, as early as 1652, and whose descendants lived afterward at Framingham and Petersham, Massachusetts, and moved at the close of the Revolutionary war to New Hampshire.

Frank Theodore Cole was born at Brattleboro, Vermont, June 22, 1853,. a son of Theodore and Livilla (Gleason) Cole. .He was educated at Phillips Academy, at Andover, Massachusetts, and at Williston Seminary, at Easthampton, Massachusetts, graduating in 1873; ^nd was graduated from Williams College with the degree ot A. B. in 1877 and from the Columbia Law School with the degree of LL. D. in 1879. He was admitted to the bar in New York in 1879 and to the bar in Ohio in February, 1880, and practiced his profession at Columbus until 1886. In the meantime he had become active as a Republican, serving his party as a member of the city and county committees. From 1886 to 1889 he was secretary of the disbursement committee of the centennial celebration of the passage of the ordinance erecting the Northwest Territory and the encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic held at Columbus that year.

For ten years Mr. Cole was secretary of the Franklin County Sundayschool Association, and for five years was a director of the Young Men's Christian Association. He was president of the Garfield and Arthur Glee Club, of Columbus, in 1880, was a member of the executive committee of the Blaine and Logan Club, of Columbus, in 1884, and was a member of the executive committee of the Harrison and Morton Club, of Columbus, in 1888. He was for some time a member of the Columbus Club, the Columbus Whist Club, the Garfield Club and the University Club. For ten years he was. assistant superintendent of the Congregational Sunday-schooland for. two years of the Goodale street mission of the Congregational church, also one of the founders and for a time, trustee of the Mayflower Congregational church. He is president of the Columbus Golf Club and a director of the "Old Northwest" Genealogical Society.

In 1886 Mr. Cole published the early genealogies of the Cole family in America, and he is now publishing the genealogies of the Gleason family in America. In 1889 he opened the Columbus Latin School, a private school for boys in Columbus, and in 1899, with Professor Abram Brown, he established the University School of Columbus, of which Mr. Cole is secretary and Professor Brown head master.

This well-known resident of Grove City and manager for the A. G. Grant Railroad Company, was born in Washington, Pennsylvania, on the 27th of November, 1842, and nn both the paternal and maternal sides is of Pennsyl- vania-Dutch extraction. His grandfather, George W'eygandt, spent his entire life as a farmer in the Keystone state. The father, George W. Weygandt, was also a native of Washington, Pennsylvania, and by occupation was a carpenter and contractor. On coming to Franklin county, Ohio, in 1849, he located in Grove City, and erected some of the first houses in that town, also building the hotel, the first Presbyterian and Lutheran churches. He hewed the timbers for W. F. Breck's mill, the first steam mill in Jackson township, and erected many other buildings throughout the county, always receiving a liberal share of the business in his line. He became widely known and w^as highly respected. In early life he was a member of the Lutheran church, and when it was abandoned became a Presbyterian. Li his political aflfiliations he was a Democrat, and taking an active interest in everything pertaining to the good of his community, he most creditably and acceptably served as a member of the school board and as township trustee for several terms. He died at the age of seventy-tw^o years, but his wife, who bore the maiden name of Rachel Gantz, is still living at the age of eighty-four, and makes her home with our subject. She is also a native of Pennsylvania, and was reared in Washington county, that state.

In the family of this worthy couple were nine children, namely : John A., who enlisted in 1862, in the Union army and died in the service; Daniel, of this review; Jacob H., deceased; William M. L., who died leaving a family of five children and a widow who is now living in Columbus; George C, who with his wife and three children resides in Springfield, Ohio; Benjamin F., of Grove City, who has been twice married and has' two children by the second union; Isaac, who died at the age of two years; Lovina C, w-ho died at the age of seventeen ; and Jennie, who died at the age of thirteen years.

Daniel Weygandt was only seven years old when brought by his parents to Franklin county, Ohio. He had previously attended school in his native county one term, and completed his education in the log school houses' of Jackson township, this county. At the age of eighteen he commenced learning the carpenter's trade, but after serving one year of his apprenticeship, he laid aside all personal interests to enter the service of his country, enlisting in 1862 for three years, as a private in Company C, One Hundred and Thirte<'nth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, under Colonel John G. Wilcox, at Columbus. He participated in all the battles in which his regiment took part until taken ill and sent to the hospital at Nashville, Tennessee. On his recovery he rejoined his command at Rossville, Georgia, and later took part in Sherman's celebrated march to the s'ea. He never received even a slight w^ound and was always found at his post of duty except when confined in the hospital by illness. The war having ended be was mustered out at Louisville, Kentuck}^ and honorably discharged at Columbus, Ohio.

Returning to Grove City, Mr. Weygandt again took up the carpenter's trade, at which he worked as a journeyman for about sixteen years, and then engaged in contracting on his own account for twelve years'. He has done some farming and still ov^ns a place of sixty acres near Grove City, which he rents, and also^ owns his residence, which is located at the beginning of the Grove City street car Hne. Under A. G. Grant, as superintendent, Mr. Weygandt manufactured the timber for the construction of that road. He hag smce been employed as foreman by the street car company, his duties being to look after their interests, pay the men, etc.

In 1866 Mr. Weygandt was united in marriage with Miss Frances ^\'hite, a native of Franklin county, and a daughter of Alexander White, one of its early settlers, and they have become the parents of four children: ' Jacob H., who married Clara Large and has four children, - Ira, Frank, Hester and

Mr. Weygandt is a member of the Union Veteran Legion, and holds' a card m the Grand Army of the Republic and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows at Grove City. In his political views he is' a Democrat. He is a good financier and has been called upon to serve as township treasurer four years, treasurer of the Fair Association, and of the canning factory of Grove City! His life has been one of industry and usefulness and the success that has attended his efforts is certainly worthily achieved. As a citizen he ever stands ready to discharge any duty that devolves upon him.

Few men in Franklin county enjoy a higher or more widely extended degreeof respect and confidence of their fellow men than John L. B. Wiswell, and it is therefore with pleasure that we present the record of his career to our readers. He was born in Massachusetts, October 21, 1827, a son of Daniel H. and Ann (Gates) Wiswell. His maternal grandfather was General Gate^ of Revolutionary fame, who was killed at the battle of Quebec. Daniel H. Wiswell was a son of Amasa Wiswell, who was also a native of the old Bay state and was of Welsh lineage, their ancestors having come to America during the early colonial days and established homes in IMassachusetts The name was originally spelled Wiswall. From. Wales the first of the name brought with him a Penstock diamond, which has' remained in the family as an heirloom, passing down from father to son throughout the generations and being now in possesision of Amasa D. Wiswell, of Illinois.

Daniel H. Wiswell, the father of our subject, was for manv years a resident of Buffalo, New York. He was both a carriage maker and painter by trade and followed those pursuits throughout his active business career His last days were spent in Buffalo. Unto him and his wife were born five children, but John L. B. Wiswell is the only one now living. Two of the sons of Amasa Wiswell came to Franklin county, namely: Amasa and Joseph while three daughters also found homes in this locality, namely: Bebev who married Truman Skeeles ; Mrs. Angeline Reed ; and one other The Wis-

The subject of this review was reared in Petersham, Worcester county, Massachusetts, and pursued his education in >the common schools. Under the direction of his father he learned the painter's trade. In 1848 he went to Illinois, settling in New Lexington, Morgan county, where he followed his chosen vocation for four years. On the expiration of that period he returned to Buffalo, New; York, but after a year again went to Illinois and a year subsequent to that time came to Franklin county, Ohio, in 1854. While living in Morgan county he had married Miss Sarah Murgatroyd, and they became the parents of two children, of whom one is living, namely, George. For his wife Mr. Wiswell chose Chestina Wilcox, of Springfield, Illinois. By this marriage six children were born, of whom^ four are living, namely : Priscilla Ann, Harriet C, Mary Jane and Jerusha Sophia. They lost their two sons, Daniel T. and John L.

After taking up his abode in Franklin county our subject worked at the painter'sf trade until 1862, when, feeling that his first duty was to his country, he responded to the call for military aid and joined Company C, of the One Hundred and Thirteenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, which was commanded by Colonel J. A. Wilcox. The regiment remained in camp at Columbus from August until December, and was then sent to Camp Dennison, and a few days afterward! was transferred to Louisville, Kentucky. After a month they were ordered south to Nashville to reinforce Rosecrans. This was in February. While at that place Mr. Wisiwell was taken ill and was sent to the hospital in Nashville, where he received an honorable discharge. He then returned home, but in 1864 he again entered the service, as a member of Company E, One Hundred and Thirty-third Ohio Infantry, for three months. He was in active duty during this term, and at its close was honorably discharged.

Since his return from the war he has followed his trade in Columbus,, and is an energetic and trustworthy business man, who owes whatever success he has achieved to his own efforts. He has' been a prominent factor in military circles throughout the intervening years, and retains pleasant relations with his old army comrades through his membership with DeWitt Corps. He was the originator of the Ex- Soldiers and Ex-Sailorsi Society of Columbus, and took a leading part in forming the Firing Squad, an organization whose members were formerly soldiers. He likewise belonged to the Ancient Order of Knights of the Mystic Chain, of Columbus. He organized Walhonding Tribe, No. 105, I. O. R. M., and Buffalo Tribe, No. 109, I. O. R. M. He also aided very largely in the upbuilding and the work of this organization, so that his brethren of the fraternity call him the father of the order. In ]\Iasonry he is quite prominent, belonging to the blue lodge and the Horeb Chapter, No. 3, R. A. M. Of all these organizations! mentioned he is a charter member, excepting the last. In polities' he is a stanch Republican, unswerving in his advocacy of the principles of the party. As a citizen he is as true and faithful to the best interests of the community, state and nation as when he followed the stars) and stripes upon the battlefields of the south. Wherever he is known he is highly esteemed for his sterling worth, and his many excellencies of character have gained him a large circle of warm friends.

Lemuel Smith

A representative of one of the pioneer families of Ohio, Lemuel Smith is' now a well-to-do and enterprising agriculturist of Pleasant township, Franklin county. His paternal grandfather, Lemuel Smith, Sr., was born in the Green Isle of Erin, whence he emigrated to the new world and founded the family in Maryland. The grandfather made farming his life work and died in Dorchester county in Maryland. It was in that county that Handy Smith, the father of our subject, was born in the year 1808. He received only a limited education and found plenty of work to do upon the home farm. After arriving at years of maturity he married Sarah Littleton, who was born in Dorchester county, Maryland, in 18 10, a daughter of Edmund Littleton. In 1839, with his wife and family. Handy Smith came by team to Ohio, being five weeks upon the road. He located in Monroe township, Pickaway county, where, in the midst of the forest, he secured a tract of land. Subsequently he purchased fifty acres of wild land in that township, erecting a hewed-log cabin of one room 16x16 feet, and with characteristic energy began the cultivation of his farm. He performed the arduous task of clearing and breaking the land and in the course of time his labors were rewarded with abundant harvests, and as the years passed he added to his possessions until he owned two hundred and twenty-five acres in the township where he first 'Settled, and also a tract of one hundred and ninety-two acres in Pleasant township, Franklin county. His death occurred on the latter farm in June, 1884. His first wife died in Monroe township, Pickaway county, in 1850, and he afterward married Rebecca Jane Tainer, who died in 1882. ' The parents of our subject held membership in the Methodist Episcopal church, and in hrsi political affiliations the father was first a Whig and afterward a Republican. Their children were as' follows : Clara, now the wife of Henry Dennis, of Monroe township, Pickaway county ; Adaline, who became the wife of Jacob Watts and died in Iowa : Joseph, of West Jefferson, Ohio; Lemuel, of this review; and Stanford, of Pleasant township; Isaac, who is living in Oklahoma; Thcmas, who died at the age of thirty-five years ; and Susan, who died in childhood. By the second marriage there were four children: William, who has passed away; Joan, wife of Alex Mauser, of Monroe township, Pickaway county ; Mary C, deceased; and Hettie, who is the wife of Ezra Hatfield and resides on the old homestead.

In taking up the personal history of Lemuel Smith we present to our readers the record of one who is wi'dely and favorably known in Franklin county. He was born in Dorchester county, Maryland, near Salisbury, on the 2d day of March, 1833, and when six years of age came to Ohio. His education was pursued in the district school, which was some distance from his home. The schoolhouse w^as built of logsi and his first teacher was David Cardiff. Through the winter terms he continued his studies and in the summer months he assisted in the labors of the home farm. In March, 1857, he married Miss Lucinda King, who was born in Monroe township, March 16. 1^38, a daughter of Reason and Elizabeth (Mauser) King. She, too, was reared to womanhood amid the scenes of the frontier and was educated in the log schoolhouse. Mr. and Mrs. Smith began their domestic life upon a farm of fortyfive acres in Pleasant township, belonging to his father's estate, and there they resided for about fifteen years. When they took up their abode upon the place it was covered with a heavy growth of timber. He erected a log house, 16x16 feet, and with characteristic energy began the development of his' farm. In 1874 he sold that property and located upon his present farm of one hundred and fifteen acres, of which thirty acres had been cleared. Almost the entire tract is now under cultivation and all of the buildings upon the place have been erected by the owner, save the residence. His farm is a monument to his enterprise, perseverance and good management and now he is s'uccessfully engaged in the cultivation of his fields and the raising of stock. The home of Mr. and Mrs. Smith has been blessed with the following children : Sidney, now the wife of William Vittum, of Columbus ; Handy, of Indiana ; Joseph, who lives in Pleasant township; Laura, wife of Thomas' Chaffin; and Sarah, who is now the wife of Seymour Harter. While Mr. Smith gives his political support to the Democracy, he cannot be called a politician, having never sought or desired office. His worth as a citizen, however, is widely recognized. He is public-spirited, progressive, and co-operates in all movementsi and measures for the general good.

Among the leading physicians of Columbus, Ohio, is Philip E. Blesch, who is not only a successful practitioner but also a man of science who has made special studies and discoveries which may do much toward alleviating the sufi^erings of mankind.

Dr. Blesch was born in Baden, Germany, May i, 1845, 'i^d was a son of George Adam and Rosina Mary Bles'ch, who emigrated to the United States in 1848. Hisi father died in Columbus during the cholera scourge of 1849, bi-'t his mother lived to be eighty-two years of age, dying in 1890. Dr. Blesch was but four years old when brought to Columbus, where, during youth, he was educated in the public schools. He spent some years in reading medicine in the office and under the direction of Dr. John Dawson, later under Dr. Holderman, with whom he completed his reading. Then he entered Starling Medical College, at which he graduated in 1868.

While a student of medicine he had opportunity to study chronic diseases in all their complicated manifestations by serving as steward in the Franklin County Infirmary, and after graduation he immediately engaged in general practice, calling science to his aid in his endeavors to eradicate pain and sickness'. The special studies which he hasi pursued have resulted in a wonderful discovery that has been called by some of his patients the elixir of life. He has named this new treatment Dr. Blesch's Vacuum Treatment and in it he uses but little medicine. Since 1896 he has most successfully used this great pam eradicator, claiming that it restores a physiological circulation which makes a phvsiological man.

Dr. Blesch is a member of the Central Ohio Medical Association and the Ohio State Medical Association ; also is' connected with the Masonic and Odd Fellow fraternities, the Knights of the Maccabees and Columbus Lodge, No. 80, A. O. U. W. Many years of his life have been given to his study of the pains of mankind, each year making him wiser and more helpful to others. His life is bound up in his beneficent work and his' grateful patients rejoice that it has been given to one so worthy, to make the important discovery of the new healing agent.

In 1869 Dr. Blesch was' united in marriage to Miss Eliza Schneider, of Columbus, a daughter of Andrew Schneider, a confectioner well known in this city. Two talented children were born of this union : Clara, an artist ; and Emma, a teacher in the public schools.

Henry Adam Weber

One of the most highly esteemed and best known educators of the state of Ohio is Henry Adam Weber, now occupying the chair of agricultural chemistry in the Ohio State University. Professor Weber was' born in Clinton township, Franklin county, Ohio, July 12, 1845, the third son of Frederick and Caroline (Tascher) Weber, both of them natives of Germany, where they grew to maturity, emigrating to America in 1830. , After marriage they settled upon a farm in Clinton township, in 1832. Here Mr. Weber engaged in farming, later establishing a malt house, which business he conductedin connection with his farm. He was' an industrious, honest, enterprishig citizen, accumulating more than a competence before old age. He died in 1888, Mrs. Weber having passed away some years previously. A number of children were born to them as follows: Frederick; Caroline; Louisa, the wife of Dr. Leopold Schuab, living in Columbus; Wilhelmina. deceased; Amelia. George, Henry Adam, Herman P., residing on a part of the old farm ; and Lena, a widow.

Professor Weber was reared a farmer boy and acquired the rudiments of his' superior education in the district school, later attending a school at Westerville preparatory to a course in Otterbein University, where he remained for some time. He is a graduate of the Polytechnic School at Kaiserslautern, of the class of 1866, a student of chemistry under Von Liebig and Reischauer; in 1866-8 was under the instruction of Von Kolbe, of Munich; and in succession was a doctor of philosophy in the Ohio State University in 1879; in the chemical department of the geological survey of Ohio in 1869-74; professor of general chemistry and mineralogy in the University of Illinois, 1874-82; chemist to state board of agriculture of Illinois, 1874-82; chemist to state board of health of Illinois, 1874-82; has occupied the chair of agricultural chemistry in the University of Ohio since 1884; and was the state chemist and chief chemist of Ohio State Dairy and Food Commission, 1885-97.

In 1870 Professor Weber married Miss Rosa Ober, of Columbus, a native of Germany, whose acquaintance he had made during his residence in Munich. Two children have been born of this union, - Henrietta C. and Hilda A.

The high attainments of Professor Weber make him eminently fitted for the important position he holds. The bent of his mind has always been toward the science which he teaches and which his education and travels have made so thoroughly understood.

Ezra Dominy

Ezra Dominy was born in Canaan township, Madison county, Ohio, November 23, 1847, and there spent the first seventeen years of his life, after which he came to Franklin county with his father, Henry Dominy, one of the honored pioneer settlers of Ohio. The district schools afforded him the educational privileges which he enjoyed, and he was reared to farm life. He also learned carpentering and cabinet-making and these have contributed to his income and enabled him to keep everything about his place in good condition.

On the 1st of January, 1878, Mr. Dominy wedded Miss Ann M. Ferris, who was born in Brown township, Franklin county, January 21, 1849, ^ daughter of Nicholas E. and Maria L. (Samuel) Ferris. After their marriage our subject and his, wife resided in Brown township for a few years, but in the spring of 1870 removed tO' Illinois, locating in Ludlow township. Champaign county, where he operated rented land for a year. In the second year there he purchased a farm of eighty acres, but a year later sold that property and returned to Ohio, working at the carpenter's' trade for a time. He subsequently became the owner of a farm, which in 1880 he sold to William Walton, while he bought his present farm of eighty acres in Norwich township. He has placed the greater part of it under a high state of cultivation, and all modern accessories and improvements are there found.

Unto Mr. and Mrs. Dominy have been born nine children : Harriet L., who died in her eighteenth year; Ruth A., who died at the age of three years; Laura J., who became the wife of C. L. Bower and is now deceased; Carrie D., wife of H. H. Kramer; Henry E., of Denver, Colorado; Maggie M. and Gertrude Ann, both deceased'; Estella F., at school; and Robert E.. who has also passed away. The parents are members of the Methodist Episcopal church, in which Mr. Dominy is serving as steward. In politics he is a stalwart Republican, and for five years efficiently filled the office of township trustee. Socially he is' an Odd Fellow, and both he and his wife are connected with the Rebekah Lodge of Hilliard. Thev are well known in the

It may be interesting in this connection to note something of the history of Mrs. Dominy's family. Her father, Nicholas E. Ferris, was a son of Dennis Ferris, a highly respected farmer and early settler of Perry township, whence he afterward removed to Worthington township, where his last days were passed. He married Nancy Egbert, who died in 1876, when more than eighty years of age. Their children were Nicholas E. ; John, who died in Oregon; Joseph, who died in California; and Mary J., who became the wife of Charles A. Holmes and died in Franklin county.

Nicholas E. Ferris, the father of Mrs. Dominy, was born in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, in 18 14, and in his boyhood accompanied his parents on their removal to Columbus, Ohio. Later his father purchased a farm in Perry township, on which the son was reared to manhood. He acquired a common-school education and afterward engaged in teaching for several terms. On the loth of December, 1837, he wedded Maria L. Samuel, who was' born in Wales, August 19, 181 3, a daughter of John and Elizabeth (Davis) Samuel, both natives of Wales. In 1823 the family came to the United States, landing at New York city, where they lived for a time, the father following his trade of cabinet-making. With his family he subsequently came to Columbus, Ohio, where he engaged in the undertaking and cabinet-making business, subsequently purchasing and removing to a farm in Brown township, where he spent his' remaining days. His children were Maria L., who became Mrs. Ferris; John, who died in Iowa; James, who went to the Black Hills at the time of the gold excitement and acquired a considerable sum of money, for which he was killed by his supposed friend in Council Bluffs while he slept; Ann, wife of John Roland, who died in Brown township; William, who died near Westerville; and Samuel E., who for many years was' a druggist of Columbus, but died on his farm in Franklin -county.

After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Ferris resided in Mifflin townshin for a few years and then purchased a farm in Brown township, where his death occurred March 23, 1879, his wife having passed away January 15, 1863. They were Methodists in religious faith, and he was a Republican in his political belief. For many years' he was justice of the peace of Brown township, was also township clerk for a long period and for one term was land appraiser. He had six children, namely: Cyrus D., Charles S., Mrs. Dominy, John E., Elyria J. and Bayard T. The last named died in infancy, and the fifth child is. also deceased.

Andrew Planck

The life of most farmers is uneventful. There are some who have had adventures by land and sea and there are some living who have had the experiences of the soldier, but there are not many remaining in Ohio who can look back upon the unique vicissitudes of emigration to California in the days following the discovery of gold there, as' the gentleman whose name is above is able to do.

Andrew Planck, who is one of the most prominent farmers of Franklin township, Franklin county, Ohio, was born in Hopewell township. Perry county, Ohio, August ii, 1828, a son of Adam and Mary (Horn) Planck. Adam Planck was born and passed his younger days in Maryland and came with his parents to Ohio, about 1819, and settled with them in Hopewell township, and remained there till 1846, when he removed to Franklin county, and there his father died at the age of seventy-three, and his mother at the age of seventy-four. His parents were both of German descent and could speak the German language. They had nine children, of whom eight grew to manhood and womanhood and of whom the subject of this sketch was' the fourth in order of birth and the second son, and is the only one living in Franklin county, Ohio. Three of his sisters live in Perry county, Ohio, one of his brothers living in Missouri and two others live at Burlington, Iowa.

Mr. Planck spent his boyhood in Perry county, Ohio, and there attended school in a log school house in the woods a mile and three-quarters from his father's house. He came to Franklin county with his father's, family and was a member of his father's household until 1852, when, attracted by the discovery of gold there, he went to California, going from his home to Cincinnati and thence to St. Joseph, Missouri, where he and his party bought ponies and packed their belongings on them and started on a long and perilous journey across the plains. Graves were seen on either side of the road all the way through. They were the first emigrants who went in the spring of 1852, by way of Fort Kearney, and they remained there for a time, and receiving accessions to their company went on by way of Fort Laramie and the Carson valley, arriving at Placerville July 4, 1852. The latter part of the journey was arduous for the reason that they disposed of their ponies and such supplies as they could not themselves carry, at Carson valley, and traveled on foot from that point. They were seventy-five days en route from St. Joseph, Missouri, to Placerville, California, where Mr. Planck remained until September, 1854, when he set out to return by water to New York, going by way of Graytown and Norfolk, and stopping at the latter place for provisions', landing- in New York twenty-two days after leaving San Francisco. ]\Ir. Planck has stated that his sojourn in California was more fruitful in experience than in money, but he has never regretted it.

In 1856 Mr. Planck went to Nebraska and pre-empted one hundred and sixty acres of land about three miles north of Blair, Washington county, upon which he erected a house for temporary occupancy. After remaining there for four years he went to Denver, Colorado, where he engaged in mining. He was for a time at Gregory's Diggings and was' afterward at South Park. From there he went to Denver and thence to Omaha. Denver then consisted of a few log houses and Mr. Planck, who had worked as a carpenter in Nebraska and who would have been very likely to have noticed such a thing and remember it, states that he saw the first shingle roof put on a building in that now flourishing- city. It was put on with wooden pegs'. Omaha had but one istreet and was otherwise primitive. From Nebraska he crossed over into Iowa and assisted in building a bridge two hundred and forty feet long across the Little Sioux river at Little Sioux City, where he was placed in charge of the men and held responsible for the proper construction of the bridge. Returning to Franklin county, Ohio, he married, in i860, Lucy A. Schrum, a native of Columbus' and a daughter of Joseph Schrum, an early settler there, who married Chloe Breckenridge, a member of a prominent Franklin county family. Immediately after his marriage Mr. Planck settled on his farm in Franklin township, where he has since made his home. The farm then contained one hundred acres. The place i;ow consists of three hundred acres and has many improvements, most of which have been made by him. He has given his' attention to general farming c'r-d has achieved a notable success. Mr. Planck, who is a stanch Republican, has been treasurer of his township and was for many years a member of the local school board. His public spirit has led him to identify himself with every movement tending to benefit his town and county.

Andrew and Lucy A. (Schrum) Planck have had eleven children, namely : Eliza O., who married Samuel Newner, of Piqua county, Ohio; William E., who married Augusta Stafford, and is a native of Nebraska; Thaddeus L., w^ho married Eva Wilson, of Franklin township ; Grant, who married Frances Derrer, of near Columbus', Ohio ; Emma, who married William Baker, of Franklin township; Oliver, who married Susie Warlie, of Franklin township; Charles and Laura, who are members of their parents' household; Martha, who married Lawrence Barbee ; and Albert and Clara, also members of their parents' household. The family is a highly respected one, and its several members' are safe in the good opinion of all who know them.